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this is the single greatest line of dialogue that has ever or will ever exist im so glad the big bang happened and life progressed to the exact line of circumstances that allowed this to happen

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i must not reference dune. referencing dune is the ah beans

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I rlly like the emphasis that live action one piece is putting on the fact that literally nobody else think about piracy the way luffy does. "Being a pirate is about being free and having friends :3" while every other pirate is doing legitimate career criminal shit around him.

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anyway sound off. at what stage do ppl think Han figured out the Force was real. the boring answer is after seeing Obi-wan vanish but i think he could rationalise that away as his eyes playing tricks on him. what do we think.

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poker is a hateful game that punishes people who wear their beautiful sensitive heart on their sleeve

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ant queen: iam so dehydrated and full of eggs can smebody get me a class of water.... ogf

the HUD in the corner of her vision at all times: larva3847 has begun to pupate! 😯 larva3848 has begun to pupate! 😯 antwarrior234579 has died in battle! 😨 antwarrior225680 has died in battle! 😨 antwarrior234236 has died in battle! 😨 larva3849 has begun to pupate! 😯

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i love how defensive the last part is, the greenland shark wrote that

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Please Stop Using Inflation Calculators for Jane Austen’s Novels

Public Service Announcement: They just don’t work 200 years back.

This problem is explained very eloquently by the BBC radio show More or Less. But the basic problem is this, the economies of the early 1800s and the 20th-21st centuries are so different that conversion is not possible. This article also does a decent job of explaining.

Inflation is calculated by looking at a basket of goods that someone can buy and comparing the price over time. It breaks down if the economies are too different. How do you compare a shirt, which took your mother 17 hours to hand sew, to a shirt made in a factory in minutes? People did not yet purchase clothing, they purchased fabric. Many people grew their own food, only purchasing things they could not produce themselves. So basically, what they purchased just wasn’t comparable to today. The early 19th century economy relied on cheap labour and goods were often made by individuals not factories.

Here is Darcy’s income in the Bank of England inflation calculator:

Which is a lot, but it doesn’t actually capture how insanely wealthy he is! A master blacksmith in the early 1800s only made about £100 per year. Darcy is making 100x more than that. Which is why a GDP comparison has Darcy closer to £16 million per year. 

If you look as his income as a share of all money made in the UK economy at that time, it works out to £61 million PER YEAR! His assets by that calculation would be nearly £3 billion in today’s money.

The point is this: a modern Darcy would be a Fortune500 CEO or in possession of extraordinary generational wealth, as he is in Pride & Prejudice. He is making far more than say, decorated brain surgeon in the U.S. money (about $550,000 a year) or even most athletes. Bingley is also making huge money. Mr. Bennet is probably much closer to making an income that one could find from a high status job, but even he is making 20x more than a blacksmith. 40x more than a governess.

For context, the average income of a peer in this time period was £8000. Mr. Darcy is indeed, as good as a lord.

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we all talk about doing it scared doing it alone doing it weird etc. but the the hideously awful truth is that you also often have to do it stupid

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(April 12th 2024)

No medical confirmation or psychological evaluation necessary. The law will be active by the 1st of November this year.

First names can also be changed while changing gender. One all inclusive package with minimum effort.

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The thought of scientists dropping plants 60 times and comparing their reactions to when you shake them is hilarious