V-coins and ma-shops are reputable and you won’t easily come across fakes there. Just stay away from Ebay and the like. Also, if you go for the affordable types (common denari or late roman bronzes) these are almost never faked since it’s not worth the effort. They cost like 5 bucks for decent pieces, maybe just a bit more if you want a nicer specimen.

Ancient coins (2000-1700 years old) are surprisingly common and can be had very cheaply unless you want a specifically rare or perfect one.

I went through most of my life believing that anything older than say 200 years was automatically a museum piece or equivalent. But most museums of ancient history who display ancient coins have multitudes of the displayed coins sitting in storage. The Romans alone minted BILLIONS of coins over the span of the Republic and the Empire (that’s over 1000 years of history!) and if even 1% of them survive today, that’s still many, many dozens of millions.

Cool, had no idea this existed.

The only thing I know gas stoves to be better at than other methods is traditional wok. But that’s hardly a reason to jeopardize your health for.

Thanks for your answer! I was afraid I had posed the question wrong somehow but this is exactly what I was getting at.

If EU instates its own tariffs, do Steam prices instantly go up or can they bypass this with a legal construction like having EU subsidiaries be the publishing entity for EU customers?

It’s terrible. Most of them probably aren’t even real…

Fuck Trump & Musk. If I was in any position to, I would kill them myself, and if you ever are, it’s your moral obligation to, as well.

In a FAIR fight. We all know the Russkis don’t do fair. Expect Skripal-like poisonings in order to sow chaos and distrust.

You know very well what you would find.

I hate the fact that there are no uncompromised politicians in this world (except maybe Bernie). But literally no one else…

There must always be an “underclass” in capitalism for the upper echelons to threaten the middle echelons. No exceptions. Wether that’s the homeless, psychiatric patients, gay or trans people… doesn’t matter. There will be some regional differences in what constitutes this underclass but the end result is always the same. Capitalism CANNOT FUNCTION without this implicit threat of excommunication and starvation.

The only real difference with the recent past is that all of this has become much, much more explicit than it ever used to be before. But make no mistake, even with a Biden or Harris at the helm, this would still be the case, just much more muted.

This is a feature of the system, not a flaw, and will never change as long as capitalism in its current form dominates.

Unironically this. And gold of course. Some things never change. Humans shelling out for shiny being one of them.

Consider the worst comes to worst, you won’t have electricity, let alone internet connectivity. Good luck selling any crypto in those circumstances.

Nope, ye olde Gold & Silver are the way to go. Silver for fractional trades, gold for larger ones. Can’t beat a couple thousand years of history.

Wish I could help. I can commiserate though. 10 years in the same position without a promotion. Can’t get the benefits I’ve built up elsewhere, feel trapped in a gilded cage.

You are more than your job though, and if other people are assholes, knowingly or not, that doesn’t reflect on your worth in any way. It only underscores the fact you don’t jive with those kind of people. I’d consider that an accolade of sorts.

And so it begins…

A hot conflict in Greenland between EU and US was not on my bingo card for 2025. Reality has jumped the shark somewhere around 2016.

Ah man. 30K could turn my life around, and for some people it’s a night out. Well, may everyone get what they deserve, in this life or the next.

This is unironically my greatest fear, and I know this to be true.

The cringe is real.

Luckily the EU isn’t just a single country with a central government that’s easily swayed. Hell, they usually don’t easily agree on anything. But this is something they’ll gladly shoulder together.

As I’ve seen it described: “AI provides capital with access to skills, while those who developed those skills are kept away from capital”