hypochondriac

Euthanise everyone when they are teenagers and become all cynical.

Where is your figure from that child poverty is increasing? The joint analysis conducted by the World Bank Group and UNICEF suggest a reduction in the extreme child poverty rate from 20.7 per cent to 15.9 per cent between 2013 and 2022. This implies that 49.2 million fewer children live in extreme poverty compared to 2013, however, this is about 30 million less than projected in the absence of COVID-19-related disruptions. In the 20-year period between 2000 and early 2020, multidimensional child poverty (experiencing at least one severe deprivation) fell in developing countries from around 70% to 45% So according to the statistics people are living longer AND are healthier and wealthier on average on a global scale than at any point in human history. So it's not a nonsense at all.

100%. Humans aren't evolved to handle doom scrolling. It gives an unrealistically negative slant on everything and makes it hard for people to understand how great global progress has been.

There's massively less people in extreme poverty and people are being lifted out of it at a rate of tens of millions a year. https://ourworldindata.org/extreme-poverty-in-brief Look at the graph for extreme poverty as a percentage of the global population. The rate that has shrunk in the last thirty years is astounding. That is undeniably miles better from a global perspective than any other time in history including the 1990s. People are living longer than ever before, technology advancements mean that we can communicate better than ever before, AI advancements mean there's a reasonable chance a lot of the problems of our time such as energy will be solved or improved. People choosing to eat crap food isn't an example of things being worse. It's entirely someone's choice whether they do that or not.

Times are the best they have ever been in human history. If anyone thinks things are uniquely terrible at this point then they're either addicted to social media or completely taken in by certain media articles.

Dodgy goal for me. Still a joke to have zero goal threat against a team like wolves

We were mostly shit first half last week. We've effectively wasted a half playing the tram we did. Dibling should have started with Armstrong on the left.

They will be free to live however they like but will be legally recognised as the biological sex that they are. Nice and simple. I assume you're supportive of banning child abuse?

I'm not sure who those people were but I was saying the exact opposite about ISIS. You can probably find the evidence on here. It's not really the same thing though is it given that it didn't actually take an awful lot to defeat ISIS. Putin could be around for many years, in your view will the West minus America continue to back Ukraine for that amount of time?

It's a starting point for negotiations. I'd still like to hear how Lighthouse thinks it will end.

Americans have such a load of weird hangups about race. I assume that video is a parody though.

He doesn't and frankly if the US gets agreement with Russia (and he's already met with Zelensky apparently) then Ukraine is going to come under an awful lot of pressure to at least come to the negotiating table.

Very interesting development this. I wonder if Labour will go for it:

My point is that a variation of a plan like this was always imo the most likely end to all this. Russia won't just surrender and we don't have the political will or the resources once America stop funding Ukraine to simply carry on without them. There will be a negotiated settlement that ends this in my opinion. You disagree let's wait a little while and see which scenario is most likely.

Oh look. Almost word for word what I posted yesterday.

That's a bit like creating a law that the sky is blue and 1+1=2. What a shame it has got to the point that it needs legislation for something that 99% of people already know to be true.

How many sexes are there soggy?

Trump has announced he's outlawing gender transition surgery for children in America. One massive positive of him coming into power.

https://x.com/RachaelWongAus/status/1854755936801636405?t=5zGKf-IV9WKX8uQkYMQ88w&s=19 This is a great thread which sums up a few reasons why Trump won. Worth a read for anyone interested.

Yep. On balance I think it should continue but I don't think it will.

That would be the case if a piece of paper were signed and nothing else happened. It would have to be rigorously enforced. Supposedly there was talk of certain countries signing an agreement that further acts of aggression relating to this matter would mean intervention from those other countries in support of Ukraine. I don't see how that's a success for Russia. How do you propose it ends given Trump in a best case scenario will reduce his support for Ukraine.

Which is why it would probably be some sort of wooly compromise. Leaving the door open for future membership but stating it's not on the cards any time soon.

"Ukraine would not need to permanently concede the loss of territory but could pursue nonmilitary means to regain its 1991 borders. Russia, for its part, would face continued repercussions, as sanctions would remain in place, and its frozen assets would be used to pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction" "Beebe and Lieven imply that Ukraine would need to accept continued occupation of the territory presently under Moscow’s control. However, they likewise propose that the loss need not be permanent and would be up for negotiation between the two sides sometime down the road." Personally I don't see that as outlandish.

It's going to end with some sort of negotiation in the end. The only question is when that's going to be.

To be honest if Trump forces Ukraine to settle and maybe allow Russia to have Crimea and a few other bits that are basically Russian and not allow Ukraine to join NATO, the majority of the general public around the world will be pleased even if the public response will be outrage.