Part of me thinks “Surely this isn’t true” but another part of me is like “This is not the weirdest thing I’ve ever heard”
There’s part of me that can’t possibly believe this is real, bit I’ve read parts of the Old Bailey records, and this is … not exactly normal, but not that far from it. People stole lots of shit, and drunk theater people are a very odd lot.
It sounds like a Leverage/Drunk History mashup.
“You guys, lesh…let’s go steal the Globe. We’re gonna steal the Globe Theatre.”
@tzikeh says the theft itself is well known, we just now have evidence Shakespeare participate in it, to which I say, a bounty of wealth for the first person who writes a Shakespearean heist novel.
my favorite thing in the world is how every single human culture, together or independently, created its own version of Pancake. everyone took one look at frying pans and were like “holy shit i have the BEST idea”
i’m not even exaggerating not even a itty teeny bit
some of these recipes go back a thousand years, some are only a few decades old, wikipedia has like a hundred more entries, PANCAKES ARE THE UNIVERSAL HUMAN EXPERIENCE, PANCAKES ARE THE COMMON DENOMINATOR OF EXISTENCE
I’ve literally never seen any of the Jurassic Park a movies but from these tweets, I wish it was real so I could work there. And also I envy whoever writes this stuff
Also even like. Economically. It’s better to give money to poor people. That’s basic Keynesian economics.
Give $600 to someone with no money and they will put it back into the economy, buying groceries, clothes, accommodations, maybe some small luxuries. Give $600 to a rich person and it goes into their bank accounts and just stays there being useless.
If you give a poor person $20, that same $20 will be spent easily 10x over, by 10 different people, in 10 different businesses- within a week.
1- poor guy buys groceries at a local bodega.
2- the bodega owner pays his employees from the cash in the register.
3- bodega employee goes to Starbucks and tips the barista in cash.
4- the barista owes their roommate from lunch last week and pays them back
5- roommate buys something from an indie creator on Etsy
6- Etsy creator splurges on takeout & tips in cash
7- the takeout delivery driver fills up on gas
8- gas station manager (who got paid from the register) takes their kid to the ice cream truck
9- Ice cream truck driver buys a new tire and gets an oil change
10- mechanic gets lunch on a shift
….and so on.
Giving money to poor people is the single best way to stimulate and energize the economy… because poor people do something with money that rich people don’t- THEY FUCKING SPEND IT.
Also like?
Let’s say that starting this coming month (July 2021), someone said “I’ll give you $600/mo for six months and it’s up to you what to do with it.”
In July and August, I would put two massive payments on my (one and only) credit card, thus paying it off completely.
In September, I would get glasses ($120–I’d splurge and get two nice pairs) and put a large payment on an unpaid bill ($480).
In October, I would finish paying off that bill.
In November, I would get two teeth pulled, thus stopping major decay in my teeth. The $100 or so left over would get saved for future use.
In December, I’d throw in a little of my regular cash and get a crown on a tooth that’s got a cavity but is still able to be saved.
I come out of this six months, this $3600, with new glasses, two medical treatments completed, and my credit score raised by fifty points or more.
What does Jeff Bezos do with that $3600? He doesn’t even fucking notice it exists.
It’s not even just that poor people will spend it. It’s that we will spend it and make our lives better in the process.
I think what really makes this is that his American accent is perfect, he clearly has no issues with English, it’s just that the way we spell words is complete bullshit.
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