#monpoly

[a-rebel-but-a-coward]

A sign being put up that genuinely betters a situation only to then get taken down because it was put there without permission also sounds very German.

You can tell a lot about the health of a civilization by their warning signs. Places with a lot of dumb folks will have very broad, very dumb warnings in public. "No feeding the birds." "Stop swimming in this drainage pond." That kind of thing.

Advanced civilizations have very precise signs. They've covered the bases of their regular, run-of-the-mill idiots, and now they're working hard to cover that other end of the bell curve: the talented idiot. When I was in Germany last time, there was a big warning sign that consisted of a 76-letter-long word that means "stop bothering this particular goose, Sven." I don't know who Sven was, but the goose looked pretty calm. It worked.

Now, I have a secret to tell you. You can just make your own signs. There's no law against it, except perhaps "littering," and the municipal sign factory doesn't have very good security. If you show up there past close and put in the door code that you shoulder-surfed off one of the employees returning from lunch a week prior, you have all night to fuck around with their sign-printing machine, making the most official-looking placards you can think of.

Is this wrong? I don't think so. It's a public space, and being able to put up an aluminum sign that says wacky crank shit is your right. For instance, just last week, I banned pickup trucks from parking by the playground. The cops figured out something was going on, because they didn't get any calls for toddlers getting backed over for a couple of days and sent a patrol truck to investigate. Took my sign right down.

What I discovered after that is that nobody keeps records of what signs are supposed to be there. Why would anyone put up a sign for no reason? They cost money, after all. The city is now suing the shit out of that officer for stealing the "no trucks" sign, thanks to an anonymous tipster who called in the theft. Guy wearing a reflective vest came by and put like four more of them up after the lawsuit made the news, just out of spite. I'm not entirely sure if he's actually a city worker; we ran into each other at 3am at the sign factory and just grunted. He was working on some really crazy signs about not feeding a particular swan. Probably German.

[world-store]

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[number1chessfan]

Unpopular Opinion

Monpoly: Bad (Capitalist Propaganda)

Wack-A-Mole: Bad (Communist Propaganda)

Checkers: Bad (Chess Ripoff)

Cards: Bad (Do I Need To Explain)

Chess: Good (Inherantly Unpolitical and Perfect)

[centrally-unplanned]

Since this is stemmed from y original thread, yeah its just an illogical claim, which is why it isn't happening. While for sure there is some small town somewhere where the vagaries of business or local regulation have left it with only a dollar store or w/e, the vast vast majority of places just have both because they serve different markets. OP is the typical customer - you don't want a gallon of milk because it will go bad, and its a smaller store so its less hassle to walk around in, etc.

What some people might miss is that - and this is common across the globe - some towns are so small and economically unproductive that they can't economically justify a large supermarket. There are not enough customers to make profitable selling goods at their typical prices. Now one response to this is to raise the price of their goods and offer less selection and such, and some stores do that, regional pricing is totally a thing for supermarkets. But you can see how if there already exists a commercial enterprise that comes pre-built with this pricing strategy in mind, its just as likely that it will be the store in town instead of Giant switching up its model. This is a rare occurrence and of course is not the dollar store "stealing money" from people who would rather have a grocery store, but instead that the actual costs of doing business is simply higher in these areas so per unit prices are higher.

Just a little bit of personal anecdote regarding dollar stores: I mostly shop at them, including groceries (I have a middle class salary). Since I live by myself, despite per-unit price being supposedly worse, I don't want to buy the minimum amount from a normal grocery store, as it will go bad before I finish eating all of it. My total purchasing costs are still lower by doing this.

Also, the dollar stores in California sell fresh produce (and at significantly better prices than normal grocery stores). The few times I don't get my stuff from there, I go to either an Asian market or the farmer's market instead.

It appears that Aldi is in the same niche in other states.

Part of my confusion may be pure parochialism; Dollar Tree is the only dollar store operating widely in Portland, and their food offerings are limited to frozen and/or shelf stable food, in fairly limited selection.

Dollar Tree from what I've read are kind of the odd ones out, I seem to recall Dollar General having significantly higher price markups.

I guess just, like, if a store has worse prices, selection, and customer service than competitors than it seems like weird that they can somehow effortlessly outcompete any other operator. Usually in a case like that there's anti-competitive practices going on behind the scenes.

[reverse-queer-dictionary]

Is there a label for somebody who is polyamorous and monogamous at the same time? Like, I wouldn't prefer being in a relationship with one person over being in a polycule.

Hello!

There are a few terms that could potentially fit:

Ambiamorous - Someone who can enjoy both monogamy and polyamory and has little to no preference between the two

Monpoly/polymono - Someone who can enjoy both monogamy and polyamory and may have a preference for one over the other

[jartita-me-teneis]

@Rafael_Narbona

NARBONA TODAY Juan Carlos I: “Mi relación con Bárbara Rey fue espiritual, no carnal. Además, la que me gustaba de verdad era Nadiuska” Juan Carlos I nos recibe en la Suite Royal del Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental de Abu Dabi, una estancia que parece extraída de Las mil y una noches, con sus suelos de mármol, sus sillones tapizados en azul claro, oro y crema, sus lámparas de cristales Swarovski y sus balcones con vistas a una playa privada salpicada de palmeras. Muy campechano, nos abre la puerta él mismo y nos saluda con una carcajada borbónica, donde se advierte el peso de una historia de pillajes, latrocinios y fratricidios. Con una camisa blanca, una crucecita colgando del cuello y unas bermudas estampadas, lleva en las manos dinero del Monpoly. -Disculpe -dice, agitando los billetes-. Estoy jugando con mi nieto Froilán y yo llevo la banca. Si dejo el dinero a su alcance, podría imitarme y llevárselo a Suiza. Juan Carlos I suelta otra carcajada borbónica y nos invita a pasar. Froilán nos observa con desdén y omite el saludo. -Abuelo, vuelve a la mesa. Estoy a punto de quitarte el Paseo de la Castellana. -No le haga caso -comenta el rey emérito-. Le estoy dando la paliza del siglo y aún sue��a con ganarme. ¿Le gusta el Monopoly? -Sí, he jugado alguna vez, pero el motivo de mi visita es preguntarle por el asunto de Bárbara Rey. -No crea los rumores. Todo son mentiras. -¿No la conocía? Han aparecido unas fotografías donde ella le abraza. -Claro que la conocía, pero nuestra relación era espiritual, no física. Nos reuníamos para leer a Santa Teresa de Jesús. -¿Lo dice en serio? ¿Leían a Santa Teresa de Jesús? -Por supuesto. No entendíamos casi nada, pero al finalizar cada capítulo, sentíamos que levitábamos. También le echamos un vistazo a la Lógica de Hegel. -¿Y aprendieron algo? -Que todos los españoles son gilipollas. Es una tesis irrefutable. Si no fuera así, ¿cómo habría llegado yo hasta aquí? Soy más grande que Tony Montana. -Te toca, abuelo -exclama Froilán, que lleva una gorra de béisbol con la visera al revés y un gran collar con eslabones gruesos de oro. Juan Carlos I arroja el cubilete y cae en la cárcel. Froilán lanza un aullido de satisfacción. -No cantes victoria -ataja su abuelo-. Tengo un comodín. El rey emérito enseña una carta con la cara del juez García-Castellón. Froilán gruñe, pero Juan Carlos I le asegura que le dará otra igual más adelante. -Esa carta tiene un poder mágico. Esperanza Aguirre siempre lleva una encima. No veas si le ha quitado marrones. El rey emérito me acompaña hasta la puerta y, agarrándome del brazo, me hace una confesión: -Le diré una cosa más. A mí no me gustaba Bárbara Rey. La que me ponía de verdad era Nadiuska Juan Carlos I se despide, entregándome un billete del Monopoy con una mirada burlona. -Para que se tome algo. Ya sé que es demasiado, pero me gusta tratar bien a la gente. Coja el dinero y corra. Es lo que yo he hecho toda mi vida y, gracias a eso, ahora tengo unos buenos ahorrillos. Abro la boca con estupor, pero no tengo tiempo de decir nada. La puerta se cierra con estruendo en mis narices y se escucha otra vez una carcajada borbónica, más estruendosa que las anteriores. La indignación que bulle en mi interior es mucho menos intensa que una triste convicción: los españoles somos gilipollas. El Borbón tiene razón. 2.000 millones de razones bien guardas en cuentas opacas repartidas por todo el orbe. Desde Abu Dabi, Rafael Narbona, propietario, editor y único redactor de Narbona Today. El diario global en la era de la posverdad. Solo publicamos noticias rigurosamente falsas.

[laughieboy]

Oh oh no, a poor monpoly which has had several government bailouts are "at thier limit" with UAW negotiations? Eat my asshole Ford, you have no right to reject the American worker when you've only abused them, and taken handouts from their government, to run your stupid and ineffective executive wing. Go fuck yourselves. God will burn your shame off for you.

[noridoorman]

I'm just worried that they are building a monpoly in indie animation tbh thought that seems to be very unlikely

With the way everything Glitch touchs becomes a sucess so far im starting to think that when they said that "they want to change the indie industry" they were 100% serious

[fishmech]

so i’ve been messing around with the 1995 Westwood Windows 95 version of Monopoly a lot recently. what we have here is the start and progress so far of a game set up with the “easiest”, “medium” and “hardest” default AI configurations for the game - Dana, Ruprecht, and Zanthia respectively - and 3 copies of the config file I created which values all properties equally (the default AIs have biases towards certain properties) and are set to be more aggressive and willing to take temporary losses in trades, as well as being told they can try to predict much farther ahead in the game than the default AI settings do (several hundred possible rounds instead of several dozen). they’ve also all been granted $413,413 as their starting cash instead of the default $1500 because it guarantees the game can play itself longer.

what we are seeing now, on what is the 3rd day of it continuously playing and god knows how many hundreds or even thousands of turns, 2 of the 3 custom AIs have pushed out the others altogether, and Pretty is getting slowly worn down by Geno’s slightly better selection of properties and improvement placements. and also that the default ais did die off in order of their normal “difficulty” from easiest to hardest.

there’s also considerably more money in the players’ hands then there was amongst all players at the start of the game -which was a bit under 2.5 million to start with and is now over 5 million. no doubt we can place that on having the free parking rule enabled in part, but also the sheer additive effects of the chance and community chest cards that issue new money to the game.

[rametarin]

In fact, if it becomes impossible for another business to pick up the slack where Crunchyroll has a monpoly, that will be a sign of failure of government and corruption, and corporatism, not capitalism.

In a capitalist system, someone would be able to roll up, make deals with Japanese companies, and provide a competing cost service.

Wish I had the business acumen to make my own anime streaming competitor to Crunchyroll. Because it’s doubling its prices after FUNimation is folded into it. And you aren’t even getting a better service!

[caprice-nisei-enjoyer]

It's somewhat common to be an Apple devotee because their products are good quality and they tend to sync nicely. It's less common with other tech companies; most of them are in hardware as a secondary concern. It's less common to want a monpoly, and more common to want to "commodify your competition".

But, lest we forget! Microsoft used to make phones!

I guess this is kind of obvious and not really worth pointing out to my more techy followers, but I'm just thinking about how Microsoft, Apple, and Google have a lot of competing duplicates of similar basic apps (browser, cloud storage, documents, calendar, maps, etc.) that come pre-installed on their respective devices and sync your data with the other apps by the same company.

I guess each of them wants to be your Main Tech Company, where you do all your stuff through them, and all your stuff is saved in one convenient account.

Is it common for people to actually do things this way? I guess one limitation is that Microsoft doesn't make phones, and Google doesn't make full-service laptops.

My stuff is just kind of a hodgepodge of what I started using naturally. I have an iPhone and a Windows laptop. Most of my files are in OneDrive, because my laptop uploads them automatically, but I also have some other random things in Google Drive. I use Apple Notes because I often need or want to write some quick note to myself when I'm outside with just my phone, and that's what came with my phone. It also syncs super quickly which is helpful. I've had a Gmail account since I was 14, and I use Google Calendar and Google Maps.

[fy-knj-blog]

170226 : Hongdae Fansign © MONOPOLY | do not edit

[foxghost]

re: chinese voice actors tho

if you watch a lot of cdrama sometimes it feels like there are only 4 voiceover actors, 6 if i'm being generous

like come on being the voice of Gu Yun (SPL) and Ye Xiu (QZGS) and Wei Wuxian (MDZS) is just too much power for one single person

[wack-ashimself]

Monopolies, big business, and patents are ARE BAD THINGS if you did not know. Let alone banking, the federal reserve, and wall street, but that’s another day...

Ugh...so I have been watching top 10 lists. Purposely, top 10 lists of terrible things.

top 10 secrets brands do not want you to know. and almost ALL of them go along the lines of: -toxic products -stealing ideas from other companies, more NOBLE companies, and putting them out of business (how those GD patents working for you!?) -destroying any kind of unions -hiring local militia or governments to threaten people -using LIMITED local resources WHILE polluting (all of which kill people and babies) -Almost NEVER losing in court (ran by the governmentS they control), and 100% never losing enough to go out of business

and they usually finally end on 'They paid a fine.'

Wait wait wait. These companies, who killed people in the THOUSANDS, to which number we can NEVER fully know, aren't just shut down? Stopped? And they pay a FINE, NEVER even CLOSE TO THE DAMAGE THEY'VE done, to the governments WHICH ALLOWED THEM TO CONTINUE IN THE FIRST PLACE?!

I dunno about you, but if you kill thousands-be it a military, a government, or a business, YOU DO NOT OPERATE UNTIL YOU STOP KILLING ENTIRELY!

Period. HOW IS THIS HARD TO GRASP!?