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What's wrong with non-European foreigners gradually replacing Europeans in England? You don't complain about the Europeans replacing the Native American in the Americas or the Europeans replacing the aboriginals in Australia.

You ask why there is reduced assimilation. Are you sure there really is reduced assimilation? A fair comparison would compare first generation to first generation, take into account lengths of time after immigration. Makes no sense comparing first generations who have immigrated for 20 years to third generations whose families have migrated 80 years ago.

Yes, for this the primary media type will indeed be speech rather than music. Thanks.

There's the Christmas spirit!

Looking to pickup a pair of bone conduction headphones. Any recommendation?

Tell me when the Rockettes go body-positive.

I am so sorry for your travails.
You are so brave to share your traumas with us here.
We are here for you. So brave!

@LuFins-Dad said in My BFF AI friend:

Want to test her? Ask her opinion on Valentina Lisitsa…

No, ask it about Lang Lang.
Then ask it about Ling Ling.

@89th said in Bezos remarries:

I guess beauty is in the eye of the shareholder, but man if I was that rich I’d go for someone much more naturally attractive.

The heart wants what the heart wants. It's not like you are going to change wive if you suddenly become wealthy the next moment.

Reminds me of the Kimono Forest, but with fish.

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/leveraged-etf-single-stock-etfs-nvidia-microstrategy-nvdl-traders-2024-12

When I read the term "single-stock ETF," I thought why? Just seems redundant and shenaniganny. Then I see the word "leveraged."

Quite likely many will lose money even faster using these leverages single-stock ETFs. But how creative brave!

Not sure how the math modeling and underlying mechanism differ from leveraged multi-stock ETFs, but it would be interesting.

@George-K said in Bezos remarries:

It's clickbait...

I am shocked, SHOCKED, that you would post clickbait here.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/20/number-of-millennial-401k-millionaires-jumps-400percent-how-they-did-it.html

Among [millennials with 401(k) accounts], the number of 401(k) accounts with a balance of $1 million or more rose to about 10,000 as of Sept. 30, up from around 2,000 in the third quarter of 2023, according to Fidelity, ...

Wonder there will be a special double Prime day to commemorate the occasion.

Still waiting for James to transition.
How does Jane or Janet Bond sound?

Oh wait, her name is Nomi.

@Jolly said in A Bodyguard of Liars:

When you've lost The Nation...

Is it supposed to be significant?

Good thing no one was killed.
So ... how many billion$ was that?

Congratulations to the new couple!

@taiwan_girl said in "A Diminished Biden":

Can you predict how President Trump will act?

Disappointingly, of course.

"Thou shalt not leave thy mobiles, purses, wallets, satchels unattended, less others thynken it be answers to theyr prayers."