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Author Topic: European Union thread  (Read 50972 times)

Frumple

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Re: European Union thread
« Reply #15 on: October 03, 2015, 01:43:02 pm »

So apparently sweden may be trying something interesting? Starting to shift over and run experiments and whatnot on rolling with six hour workdays. Anyone closer to the place hear anything about this?
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Re: European Union thread
« Reply #16 on: October 03, 2015, 02:54:14 pm »

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Re: European Union thread
« Reply #17 on: October 03, 2015, 03:03:01 pm »

So apparently sweden may be trying something interesting? Starting to shift over and run experiments and whatnot on rolling with six hour workdays. Anyone closer to the place hear anything about this?
I wonder what it is about Sweden that makes it a country so receptive to social experiments. I'd say they're the world's human petri dish but that title belongs quite literally to Iceland. Nonetheless I am appreciative that they run headlong first, if they succeed they succeed.

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Re: European Union thread
« Reply #18 on: October 03, 2015, 03:52:47 pm »

So apparently sweden may be trying something interesting? Starting to shift over and run experiments and whatnot on rolling with six hour workdays. Anyone closer to the place hear anything about this?
I often wonder if I should be jealous of Sweden, having a government that seems to care about being sensible.

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Re: European Union thread
« Reply #19 on: October 03, 2015, 06:27:50 pm »

*hides his steel beams*

What steel beams? *whistles a tune*
You better get rid of these more permanently. I got some jet fuel if you need some, I know a guy...
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E: I feel a distinct need to add this here: I am a shitposter disregard my opinions.
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Re: European Union thread
« Reply #20 on: October 03, 2015, 08:46:49 pm »

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34425536

I guess you can always count on the Russians being true to their stereotype. Not that I think the Russian forumers are rowdy drunks.
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Re: European Union thread
« Reply #21 on: October 04, 2015, 05:22:43 am »

In Britain we've had about 20 foreign athletes since the 2012 Olympics who used their mad sports skills to try and illegally immigrate
Personally I think they should be given citizenship if they can defeat our medalists and represent GB hahaha

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Re: European Union thread
« Reply #22 on: October 04, 2015, 07:05:59 am »

Apparently one more high-speed train was stopped for several hours for security reason after someone locked himself in the toilet.
Is this a metaphor for your locked toilet thread being derailed by loud whispers high speed shitposting ?
Page 1 shitposting.

*tennis clap*

This is why Europe can't have nice things.

To be fair, most of them are saving on PTW-style empty posts. Mainiac is the only person in that chain that's posted more than once in this thread.
You mean original post shitposting right?
...no relation to any other threads whatsoever....
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Re: European Union thread
« Reply #23 on: October 04, 2015, 07:10:14 am »

A centralized Europe will be the death of innovation.

It will lock the diversity and (friendly or less friendly) rivalry that made Europe the centre of innovation for several centuries behind a big fat wall of bureaucracy.
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Re: European Union thread
« Reply #24 on: October 04, 2015, 08:11:30 am »

I'm pretty sure USA has been centralized for a couple centuries already, and if you're implying that USA has experienced "death of innovation", then I've a bridge to sell.
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Re: European Union thread
« Reply #25 on: October 04, 2015, 08:12:53 am »

And rivalry between U.S. states is what drives innovation around there? Silicon Valley is a hotbed of innovation because California wanted to beat Oregon and Arizona?

EDIT: Stupid ninja Sergarr...
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Re: European Union thread
« Reply #26 on: October 04, 2015, 08:49:08 am »

I'm pretty sure USA has been centralized for a couple centuries already, and if you're implying that USA has experienced "death of innovation", then I've a bridge to sell.

Innovation in a technological sense, No. But innovation In a social economic sense? Fuck yes.
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Re: European Union thread
« Reply #27 on: October 04, 2015, 08:51:58 am »

SirQuiamus, actually its partly the case, when you look at sutff like state shelling hundreds of millions to try to bring spaceport within their border and so on.

Anyway, I was browsing the economist to avoid meaningful work, and I stumbled on this snippet about Sheffield signing some kind of deal with the Central government, agreeing to elect a mayor in exchange for some cash. It also mentioned that Manchester signed a deal giving the city control over health-care spending. What the hell is going on, is England turning into a confederation of city-state or what?
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Re: European Union thread
« Reply #28 on: October 04, 2015, 08:52:04 am »

I'm pretty sure USA has been centralized for a couple centuries already, and if you're implying that USA has experienced "death of innovation", then I've a bridge to sell.

Innovation in a technological sense, No. But innovation In a social economic sense? Fuck yes.
1) Goal post shifting.
2) I'm pretty sure that USA still has more "social economical" innovation than most of the world's countries. Africa, South America, East Asia...
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Re: European Union thread
« Reply #29 on: October 04, 2015, 09:00:05 am »

SirQuiamus, actually its partly the case, when you look at sutff like state shelling hundreds of millions to try to bring spaceport within their border and so on.

Anyway, I was browsing the economist to avoid meaningful work, and I stumbled on this snippet about Sheffield signing some kind of deal with the Central government, agreeing to elect a mayor in exchange for some cash. It also mentioned that Manchester signed a deal giving the city control over health-care spending. What the hell is going on, is England turning into a confederation of city-state or what?

The bolded bit sounds rather corrupt to me. Unless theres something wierd about English politics that I'm missing.
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