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A famous social experiment with a poll at the end using a sample size of three people. And you expect statistically significant accuracy out of such a poll? Absurd.
Three people per game.
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Well, you generally agreed with me.

And I will agree with you about conversation.


And Texas was without power because of the extreme weather....Funny how you didn't mention that.


And the Dr Suess, Pepe le Pew reference, just didn't work for me.....It's an age thing I suppose.
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#75.

Well stated.

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What is it that's troubling you?


I display patterns of behaviour defined by inheritance, conditioning and social pressure..... Same as you, St 3RU7AL

And morals are a variable construct, to be found therein.


And if my neighbour collapses from starvation, I will be sympathetic....Though, if my neighbour collapses from starvation, whilst chatting on their mobile and smoking a cigarette, I will still call for an ambulance, but would be less sympathetic.

Having said that though....The welfare system in the UK is such that no one should starve....Maybe the US is less sympathetic.


To paraphrase Charles Dickens:
Income $500 expenditure $499, result happiness. Income $500 expenditure $501, result misery.
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And Texas was without power because of the extreme weather....Funny how you didn't mention that.
Which Texas’s state government failed to weatherproof after they got a report in 2011 which warned them of potential failure.
What do you think I meant when I said they cut corners?

And the Dr Suess, Pepe le Pew reference, just didn't work for me.....It's an age thing I suppose.
Well it’s been in right-wing news cycles like Fox quite a bit. So you aren’t a boomer?
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Boomer...No post boomer, a 60's inbetweener, and British.

And Sr Seuss isn't big news over hear...In fact, not news at all.


And investors in a competitive market, whether that be public or private, will weigh cost against benefit.

And the risk from extreme weather events in Texas, was probably not regarded as significant enough to warrant the cost of future weather proofing power supplies.


One could also rightly argue,  that peoples indifference and unpreparedness for extreme weather events, raises a different social question.....The reliance on a Nanny State and the inability to think for oneself....After all what effort does it take to have suitable clothing and a few extra food supplies in for the Winter.

I would certainly survive quite well if the power was down for a few days...And probably quite enjoy the experience.

I could certainly manage without the TV and internet and mobile signal.





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Boomer...No post boomer, a 60's inbetweener, and British.

And Sr Seuss isn't big news over hear...In fact, not news at all.
It sounds like your on some sort of pacifier though.

And investors in a competitive market, whether that be public or private, will weigh cost against benefit.

And the risk from extreme weather events in Texas, was probably not regarded as significant enough to warrant the cost of future weather proofing power supplies.
A lot of people are morons especially conservative politicians when it comes to not understanding that maybe experts are smarter at any given topic. 

One could also rightly argue,  that peoples indifference and unpreparedness for extreme weather events, raises a different social question.....The reliance on a Nanny State and the inability to think for oneself....After all what effort does it take to have suitable clothing and a few extra food supplies in for the Winter.
Oh yeah, it doesn’t matter if we economically cripple the economy and put people in more danger as long as the individual is prepared for the worse with a starvation wage.

I would certainly survive quite well if the power was down for a few days...And probably quite enjoy the experience.

I could certainly manage without the TV and internet and mobile signal.
Oh that’s nice, belittling the critical failure of elected officials which oversaw half a month collapse in their energy grid, which left millions in the dark.
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In your opinion.


And experts tell you how to spend money.....And  they expect a lot in return..... And never have to foot the bill themselves.


And 60 years ago when I was a kid, there was no central heating, Ice on the insides of the windows in the morning and an outside privvy.....And we survived just fine.

These days it seems like the molly-coddled even need someone to wipe their backsides for them.


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And experts tell you how to spend money.....And  they expect a lot in return..... And never have to foot the bill themselves.
In this case we’re talking about engineers, etc that are warning of critical infrastructure failure. 

And 60 years ago when I was a kid, there was no central heating, Ice on the insides of the windows in the morning and an outside privvy.....And we survived just fine.
Yeah and someone born 60 years before that would have told you something similar about how hard it was to ride dinosaurs or something. 

These days it seems like the molly-coddled even need someone to wipe their backsides for them.
And soon someone will need to wipe yours.
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I have a feeling that 'brutal' struggles at strategy games in general if he doesn't understand what skill and luck are in a hybrid game like monopoly.
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And soon someone will need to wipe yours.

You might not be wrong there.

And soon comes sooner than you first expected.

And when you're 60 you will be regaling  kids with tales of the Big Texan Freeze of 2021, and they will gaze at you in wonderment and disbelief.


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I display patterns of behaviour defined by inheritance, conditioning and social pressure.
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Which Texas’s state government failed to weatherproof after they got a report in 2011 which warned them of potential failure.
Free-market and the profit motive is GREAT for "efficiency" but not-so-great for "reliability" (redundancy).
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Nicely quoted.