That’s bad RNG, but there are worse spawn locations.
Speaking of which my youngest sons contact for his mom is Spawn Point and I think that is hilarious.
Definitely, but a red state in 2025 is right up there with third world countries at war for the umpteenth time in terms of bad spawn locations if Trump continues doing his thing.
My original spawn was a dictatorship, I wasn’t supposed to be born.
Guess what, I left that dictatorship, now I’m in a different dictatorship (I mean its better, but only slightly better, with unique challenges like having to deal with xenophobes). Isn’t life just so wonderful? 🫠
Please don’t be Earth, give me a Class 3 civilization with a post-scarcity civilization.
China, I guess ?
Probably, but was it first or second their dictatorship?
Lol the other way around wouldn’t make sense.
China does not accept immigrants, The US does (or at least they did before 2025, idk about now).
First dictatorship, the one I was born in, is People’s Republic of China.
The second dictatorship I’m referring to, the one I’m currently living in and have citizenship of, is the 2025 trump regime.
Oh you’re just a troll, that explains things
Explain how they are a troll, troll.
It says lemmy.troll behind your name why is that?
There are left wing dissidents in china. That’s what tiennamen square was. There are left wing dissidents in America, we’re just disorganized
From the Chinese immigrants I know that were actually at that event, they say China was not like it was today. There was “democracy” and open exchange of ideas, but as the left pushed for more and the government was changing it came to a head.
I think eerily similar to what is happening in USA with Trumps admin.
After the clash, their government went full authoritarian, and hunting down protestors.
It looks like USA left movements have been too slow to become the tank man guy though.
It’s a LARPer.
Better jump the train to the EU. We don’t have a dictatorship, we only have a neighbour who tries to invade.
Service guarantees full citizenship!
;)
Why is your avatar the ROC flag if you’re from PRC?
Because its a protest flag done out of spite.
Just like people can wave a Ukraine flag to protesr against Russia, or Palestine flag to protest againsr Israel. Its for solidarity.
When I was in the 8th grade I had a friend who had two kids already. TBF he should have been a high school senior but he had been held back four times (this was before school districts had really grasped the concept of passing kids to get rid of them).
His favorite song was “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2” by Pink Floyd which was very popular at the time and featured the lyric “We don’t need no education”. Even at the time I remember thinking “Tracy, you might in fact need an education”. I think it’s under-appreciated how much that one line from that one song had to do with the success of that album.
Pink Floyd is probably the greatest rock band of all time in my opinion. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 is their worst song and so freaking unsatisfying to hear come on the radio. It’s like when people’s only reference to Fight Club is “We don’t talk about Fight Club.” Okay great, you missed not only the entire point of the movie, but you can’t even wrap your head around what that one single line actually meant. But that’s why Fight Club (and therefore Palahniuk and Fincher) and Pink Floyd made money and were able to continue making great art for the people who are capable of understanding and appreciating subtext, so I guess I can’t be too mad. But I am.
Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 is their worst song
I mean, The Wall isn’t even close to being their best album. It’s not their worst, at least – thanks to Syd Barrett and The Final Cut.
Is it their best album? No. Is it still one of the greatest albums of all time? Definitely. Is Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 representative of the album at all? Hell nope!
“I didn’t do 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, and 4 years of residency to be called ‘sir,’ baby.”
And since this is America.
“Take on 500k in student loan debt.”
Let’s be real, 50% chance their life up to 40 was bankrolled by The First National Bank of Mommy and Daddy if they’re a doctor in the US.
“And your birth just put them in crippling debt that they will never be able to recover from. Enjoy life!”
let’s hope grandma is up to the challenge, after all, she’s probably 28 by now.
The good news is the baby’s parents already live together. Their mom could only afford a single wide two bedroom trailer.
I mean they’re probably siblings, so yeah…
That’s the joke, yeah.
Uhh what age are middle schoolers?
The source of all wisdom and knowledge says 11—14. So perfectly fit for starting procreation in hunter—gatherer societies like — oh, wait…
It’s possible, we are talking about it so it’s happening
😬
East midlands, your grandma is 32 years old.
I’d imagine generational wealth matters more than location. Also don’t know if someone with more melanin than this child would want Norway lol. Urban US/Canada would be vastly superior in terms of high development index without being stared at like you just landed from Mars.
Norway has a sovereign wealth fund, everyone has generational wealth there.
Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund is currently valued at. ~$1.9 trillion USD.
They have a population of ~5.6m people.
They works out to be ~$340K USD for every man, woman and child in the nation. That’s a lot, but not anywhere generational levels of wealth.
Mind you, the above numbers aren’t perfect as it doesn’t take into consideration non-citizens living in Norway (who may not be eligible), as well as ex-pats living abroad (who would).
Norway has a massive refugee and immigration rate. They have historically been (near or at) the highest per capita. Their refugee system actually puts people all throughout the country. It’s surprisingly diverse, especially in cities.
Not to say there’s no racism, it’s just dead silent when compared to the seething hatred for melanin that permeates the fabric of US culture/structure.
Beyond that it’s rather egalitarian in effect and you’d actually get similar quality of life and outcomes as white Norwegians.
it’s just dead silent when compared to the seething hatred for melanin that permeates the fabric of US culture/
OK, tell that to this guy…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik
Beyond that it’s rather egalitarian in effect and you’d actually get similar quality of life and outcomes as white Norwegians.
Cool story that unsurprisingly doesn’t align with reality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_statistics_by_ethnic_group
Wow a neo-nazi. Certainly those aren’t a problem in the US or the rest of europe!
Race/ethnicity/migration doesn’t work the same way between US and europe, nor does it work the same across europe.
Your statistics page is misleading. It does not differentiate between first and second generation immigrants. Being BORN in Norway leads to roughly equal outcomes as if your parents were Norwegian. Immigration can be hard on the first generation depending on culture.
Should have been more specific. How should god know if they meant Norway the country or any of the other Norways, such as Norway, Iowa/Nebraska/Kansas/Indiana?
On that note: Guess which is the largest of the four Norways in the U.S. mentioned above? Unlike mastodon it seems like lemmy doesn’t support multiple choice questions, at least I don’t know how.
spoiler
Norway, Iowa: 466 people
Norway, Indiana: 327 people
Norway, Kansas: 17 people
Norway, Nebraska: 0 people?
Wikipedia lists 7 more
Hopefully got a respawn waiting
Still born in a first world country though
Are we still clinging to that claim, at this stage?
Yeah, the US have a crazy man at the helm but a very strong and resilient ship. Not the best in every regard but it’s still a very good country to be born in.
I haven’t seen a doctor in fifteen years. I haven’t been able to afford a car since my last one died seven years ago. I’m thirty years old having to split rent three ways. This country is a labor camp with a first world facade.
You are still better of than most of the world. Not saying that you have to accept the way they require you to live just because other’s got it worse.
Living a boss’ minor inconvenience away from being scraped off the street by a bulldozer while sleeping in mid winter is about as bad as you can have it short of being on the street, prison/labor or genocide.
“Freeedums” doesn’t mean much when your life is a cycle of work-work-work-eat(maybe)-depression/stress/anxiety-sleep(if you’re lucky).
I guess you can still say the words, “fuck trump” but we’ll see ig.
That’s kinda like saying “China is a good place to be born in, at least its not North Korea”.
Sure, the US isn’t nearly the worst, but I would never choose to be born here if I have, say, Norway to choose from.
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To be fair, you do have the legal ability to relocate to a better place within the country. Its much harder to leave a developing country.
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Inb4 someone informs you you’re wrong
Current conditions in the US aside, Mississippi is just soy beans, mosquitoes, and poverty. It’s a shithole.
Yes, USA is the #1 violent empire.
The US is a third world country with Prada bags.
Only by the technical, cold war definition of “The First World,” that being everywhere under the American political & economic umbrella.
That would suit in firstworldproblems community. People in the US don’t get it how lucky most of them are.
spoken like a person who has never stepped foot in the US in the last 8 years.
And then there’s Mississippi
