The 2024 US Presidential Election

[Farm Boy]

A dean lectured you on the the lack of capacity for her students to engage in abstract thought? Thought kids picked that up by late grade school.

 

[danjuno]

Have you seen middle-schoolers?

 

[Farm Boy]

I have one!

Edit: Random thought: if pain teaches, and I think it's highly effective at that, people who have lived comfortable lives are... stunted? Like a nutritional deficiency in mental development.

 

[schlaufuchs]

Really is a perfect summary of the current state of US politics:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1782400479743324603

just utterly bleak

 

[EgonSpengler]

Really is a perfect summary of the current state of US politics:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1782400479743324603

just utterly bleak

Yes. And it's not just the US.

Scottish government abandons flagship climate goal

Net Zero Secretary Màiri McAllan said that her government “accepts” that reductions targets for 2030 are now unobtainable.

www.politico.eu

UK likely to miss Paris climate targets by wide margin, analysis shows

Exclusive: Under current policies, Britain could fall short of internationally agreed goal of 68% cut in emissions by 2030

www.theguardian.com

I remember reading many years ago that if the UK ceased 100% of its emissions, China would make up the difference in less than 1 year. I believe China's growth has slowed since it was going like a bullet-train in the first part of this century, but still...

 

[Farm Boy]

They're still bringing online new coal plants faster than anything dreamed of that would make it up.

 

[EnglishEdward]

The UK population has grown by about ten million since the Paris treaty in 1992.

You can look at the graph at:

U.K. Population (2024) - Worldometer

Population of the United Kingdom: current, historical, and projected population, growth rate, immigration, median age, total fertility rate (TFR), population density, urbanization, urban population, country's share of world population, and global rank. Data tables, maps, charts, and live...

www.worldometers.info

If it had not been for that population growth, the UK would be more or less on course to meet that particular target.

 

[Sommerswerd]

I have one!

Edit: Random thought: if pain teaches, and I think it's highly effective at that, people who have lived comfortable lives are... stunted? Like a nutritional deficiency in mental development.

... and thus, they are in need of... special treatment, resouces, accomodations, etc...?

Trying to follow the line here...

EDIT: This reminded me of a line in Star Trek TNG... where Q is trying to convince the Enterprise crew that he has been stripped of his powers by the Q-Continuum.:

Q asks what he can do to convince the crew that he is now human/mortal... In response Worf deadpans... "Die"

which goes back to your point about the creativity (lack thereof) of killing...

 

[Farm Boy]

Heheh. After all the times he'd been called Microbrain.

 

[Cutlass]

I have one!

Edit: Random thought: if pain teaches, and I think it's highly effective at that, people who have lived comfortable lives are... stunted? Like a nutritional deficiency in mental development.

Boomers: The lowest difficulty level of any Americans. Explains their voting habits.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Boomers: The lowest difficulty level of any Americans. Explains their voting habits.

How are you measuring difficulty?

 

[Farm Boy]

Well, they are currently in the autumn phase of life, some in winter, so they're in hard mode now, at whatever the rate.