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God save the king!

Where I am they've taken it even further and are starting to sell next year's summer lines already.

But you will have to start pronouncing aluminium properly as part of the deal.

Probably the best suggestion I have read on ET for a while! I also like to think this "meta-mask" approach could be applied to problems in life.

Probably not. But in 1939? Probably.

It’s not a bad hedge in case WW3 turns out differently to 1 and 2.

Improvements in technology bring improvements in quality of life. Technology improves more rapidly with a larger population. Larger populations mean fewer resources (including personal space) per capita, which decreases quality of life. Hence the trade off; somewhere there is an optimal balance...

Quality of life has improved with technology. Does the rate of improvement of technology increase with population size? Perhaps - but it's a trade-off.

Yeah last time I looked it was around 7billion. Which just fits to show :) I don’t disagree that 10 billion people or maybe even 20 billion people could be sustained at some level but what about quality of life? Anyway it’s a moot point really, I guess it’s up to the rest of the 8 billion what...

And that is the problem - an almost a 50% increase in the number of humans on the planet. I just don't think we have the structures (political, social) or technology to support that number of people at least not with a decent standard of living. Fully agree on the colonisation aspiration, which...

Send her to the ducking stool then burn her! Although I don't think she has a cat so maybe she's innocent after all? Anyway congrats to whoever that dude is for one of the funniest videos of '23.

I don't want to kill people or impose any sort of fascist doctrine, but I do think the world is overpopulated. Carbon aside, too many people competing for resources (and by resources I include space to live) is not a good thing and is probably the root of a lot of conflict. So if there is a way...

Not sure "thrilling sport" is quite how I'd classify it.

The landings were obviously fake, the moon is far too small to land on as you can see for yourself if you look up at night. Plus it's made of cheese but apparently no-one scooped some up from the surface and made a sandwich? Case closed.

Why is that a problem?

Yeah that makes sense. I was more thinking of having a package delivered and opening it up only to find it was filled with shit. At which point the tough stuff would be the better choice.

I’ve always found that an odd expression - is tough shit worse than other kinds of shit? If anything I would’ve thought tough shit was easier to dispose of than soft, spongy or liquid shit.

Depends how you define "much". I probably spend more time thinking about: 1 terraforming and colonising far off planets, and; 2 genetically engineering a superior species of ant that could be deployed to execute various important but dangerous tasks, and; 3 food. So at most the dictator fantasy...

Just had to Google that and it sounds rather heavy going but also very worthy. Added to reading list for a later date!

Also to the point of your thread, I dislike gyms and am very happy with 30 mins of taichi and a few chin ups and press-ups most days