#dependency ratio

[pressnewsagencyllc]

Six ways Britain can fix its looming retirement crisis

Larry Fink, head of the global investment giant Blackrock, devoted a fair chunk of his latest “Chairman’s Letter” to the challenges posed by an ageing population. As he put it: “America needs an organized, high-level effort to ensure that future generations can live out their final years with dignity.” These challenges are much the same on this side of the pond. According to the latest UN…

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#ageing population #dependency ratio #Larry Fink #UK population

[devxoid]

come home to me

#MANIFESTING AVEN LIKE MY LIFE DEPENDS ON IT #4 hours left im shakign #aventurine #dr ratio #ratiorine #honkai star rail #hsr #devxdraws

[endlesslytired]

#i think i ran out of material then suddenly my archives are no longer redundant and the cycle never dies. #ive had a lot of these in waiting for a day they're useful and mannn. depends on how you see these posts. #honkai star rail #hsr aventurine #hsr dr ratio #hsr aventio #hsr ratiorine #hsr firefly #hsr trailblazer #hsr stelle #hsr sampo #hsr black swan #hsr sparkle #i don't know if i actually ship this or not but SPARKLE WAS MAD FUCKING FLIRTING and the dynamic is hilarious #hsr black sparkle #hsr swan sparkle #personally i think dark spark sounds good but thats too out of balance for common ship names rip #hsr march 7th #MARCH WTF DOES THAT MEAN AND WHAT HAPPENED TO MAKE YOU SAY THAT #hsr misha #hsr himeko #hsr dan heng #hsr silver wolf #hsr natasha #hsr serval #hsr servasha #this is like my 3rd top fav ship in this game and my fav rare pair because i don't understand why its rare #hi3 kiana kaslana #ggz raiden mei (I think) #gi lumine

[cogitoergodeusnonest]

Why a shrinking human population is a good thing

Why a shrinking human population is a good thing

The other day I was asked to do an interview for a South Korean radio station about the declining-population “crisis”. Therein lies the rub — there is no crisis. While I think the interview went well (you can listen to it here), I didn’t have ample time to flesh out my arguments; I’ve decided to put them down in more detail here. Probably the most important aspect that I didn’t even get a…

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#age #ageing population #ageing population crisis #biodiversity crisis #climate change #consumption #dependency ratio #extinction crisis #immigration #quality of life #refugees #shrinking population #wealth #xenophobia

[lesbiancolumbo]

watching my 700th film on turner classic movies tonight

#700 films over 6 years is either crazy person ratio or rookie numbers depending on who you ask

[eligobrrrrr]

Concept art for Enoch Hume

A half-drow wizard from Strixhaven, specifically Quandrix

#EliGoArt #EliGoCharacters #Enoch Hume #I don't know if I'll add his tag to the list #Depends on how much I draw to the ratio of how much I post of him #mf is fuckin sleep deprived #strixhaven #quandrix #dnd #dnd art #dnd character #d&d #d&d art #d&d character #half drow #dungeons and dragons

[chaldeanu]

rotating sweet soft-spoken sunday in my head as i’m typing this. i think about his control tendencies that slip through in private… he’s definitely the gentle, nice type who fucks like he hates you.

and then there’s dr. ratio… but i wouldn’t say he’s a mean type, just painfully direct without sugarcoating his opinions. which can be tough… but he definitely softens if he wants to be close with someone.

#always thinking that these two were introduced to us as teachers #the cosmodyssey special interaction about them lmao #and that sunday was willing to teach us about penacony when we first met him in a dream #ratio is demanding and strict but will help you achieve greatness #sunday will explain to you concepts as best as possible without getting impatient #but it won’t get you anywhere near the top… it’s just for your own understanding #depending where you aim which one of them is better for you #but sunday won’t hit you with a chalk— if you’re serious about learning things #then ratio won’t have the excuse to do that lol #i’m sorry for talking about them again (i want them both badly) #thirsts ノ

[ancient-rome-au]

The Vanilla Expedition (Part IV)

#the vanilla expedition #I restricted this list to trade goods with relatively high ratios of economic value to volume #to avoid wasting limited cargo space on stuff that isn't very valuable #but ultimately the sale value of these goods will depend on where you go looking for vanilla... #...hopefully in the correct direction! #but that will be the next poll :)

[mummer]

brought back some New York Bagels and these taste exactly the same as the bagels i get from my local west coast jewish bagelry so what now. “it’s to do with the heaviness of the water” kill yourself. you guys think you invented corner stores AND bagels. Wrong!

#‘maybe you didnt get them from a good enough bagel shop’ okay so you admit. bagel quality is dependent on the store and technique and not #the location. fascinating….. #I will say montreal bagels ARE different. but these are NORMAL GOOD BAGELS!!!! #look it’s annoying to have to go out of my way to the jewish bakery to get real bagels but WEST COAST NOT FORSAKEN. RATIO ETC

[essektheylyss]

I am once again BEGGING folks in the critrole fandom to understand that terms for problematic queer tropes have actual meaning and context.

Queerbaiting cannot exist in the context of "the queer relationship I prefer didn't happen but another one did." Nor does it mean "a queer character doesn't get into a relationship with someone they're implied to be attracted to." It cannot exist because one character you wanted to be queer was not confirmed as such and did not have the chance to explore a relationship the fandom wanted, in spite of a plethora of other queer characters and relationships in the media.

Because queerbaiting means an intended, marketed implication that there would be a central queer relationship that was never actually going to be delivered on, in an effort to attract queer audiences without alienating straight/homophobic ones.

Bury Your Gays cannot exist in the context of "character I ship in a queer relationship died." It cannot exist in the context of "other characters of canonical queer status lived." It cannot exist if the story and setting otherwise strongly and repeatedly refute the idea that any experienced queer happiness must be punished. It cannot exist if the character you're talking about has not been confirmed queer.

Because Bury Your Gays is a term for introducing a queer character into an otherwise straight work (usually in a tokenistic way) and then killing them off without ceremony or purpose—often or, depending on the definition, exclusively just after they have started or consummated a relationship, as it is an implication that queer happiness must be punished as a cosmic rule of the setting.

These tropes virtually cannot be present in a work if they are otherwise refuted by the work itself due to the presence of other queer characters. They suggest a rule of the narrative that queerness is anathema to the narrative and world, and cannot be allowed to exist, which cannot apply if the world and narrative is otherwise very supportive of queerness. In fact, the context of these tropes when they were established implied that this was applicable to the only queer person or relationship in a work, because in the context of their inception, it was nearly unfathomable to have even a semi-mainstream media with numerous queer characters and queerness normalized and expected within the setting.

EXTREMELY specific parameters would have to be met to have either of these tropes in particular present in Exandria at this point, and even then, the question of whether or not it would still apply given the conceit of the setting's relationship to queerness and gender as well as the improvisational format of the medium is something that would take whole dissertations to discuss and come to anything approaching a definitive answer.

#cr spoilers #cr discourse #cr meta #do NOT try me on this particular subject i stg #because your options are 'read my very reasonable and organized explanation post' (the 'me being nice' option) #or 'take my 600 page thesis on the matter to the fucking face' #feel like I should make a graph here. #does the character have to be confirmed queer? no for queerbaiting. yes for bury your gays. #does the story need to exclusively handle queerness in a tokenistic way? yes for bury your gays. it's complicated for queerbaiting #(complicated cuz... a character can be confirmed queer and it can still be queerbaiting. #depending on severity of the bait vs actual amount of time/importance of the character on screen) #(i.e. end of supernatural? queerbaiting cuz like. the ratio was absurd. the random gay character cameos in disney films? queerbaiting.) #does it have to be intentional? yes for queerbaiting. not necessarily for bury your gays. #death of the author and all that. #honestly I would personally argue that the nature of the game of dnd makes it impossible to have an instance of bury your gays. #but I'm not writing that essay today cuz it would be wasted on tumblr. #and like. in general. suggest a queer person who enjoys narratives about death and grief is homophobic one more time. #you will get the ream of paper to the face.

[chicago-geniza]

The "former academic who became too disabled to continue their graduate studies-to-anarchist organizing" pipeline is perhaps unsurprisingly robust

#Found out yesterday my friend was doing a linguistics fellowship before their brain injury lol #We are Legion #We arrived at a similar an-com position re: necessity of impartial centralized resource distribution #In part because of disability and the disproportionate ratio of needs vs. contribution which #Can be ameliorated by the social model but never collapsed or nullified #And in communities of care the available resources become dependent on relationships that require #'Social cachet' as the saying goes; moreover they're inconsistent and unreliable because people are people

[gemkun]

@tavustlik said : [ 12 : 13 am ] ✉ VERITASS : [ AN ATTACHMENT HAS BEEN SENT ]

[ 12 : 13 am ] ✉ VERITASS : haha look doctor, it's you

      ⸻      ✉   [   this   contact   has   been   blocked.   ]

#* ✦ 𝐈𝐈. ❮ asks ❯ ⸻ ❝ #* ✦ 𝐕𝐈. ❮ muses ❯ ⸻ ❝ 「 veritas ratio 」 #* ✦ tavustlik #* ✦ tavustlik | aventurine #he will unblock it later if he remembers #depends how long it takes him to finish this 2000 page book #dont even attempt to bypass it or get others involved

[mysacredmuse]

YES MUSE ID CERTAINLY LIKE MORE OF THOSE SOFT BF AVENTURINE HEADCANONS, AND SMUT ONES TOO <33

ur feeding us so well....... in an endless sea of mischaracterizations for aventurine there is u, a blessing....

I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!!!

thank you so much for your kind words and for the feedback - I trully appreciate it deeply! :D <3 also, thank you so much once again, I will do my best at doing so and I hope that you will have an incredible day yourself, remember to be kind to yourself and take care as much as you can ! :)

but I wouldn't say that yan!aventurine or...more rough, for the lack of the better word, aventurine would be mischaracterized. He has never had anyone to be his friend, he didn't have a genuine connection with someone, so it wouldn't be surprising at all if his idea of affection was twisted hence the yandere behavior. I mean, even in the quest he gives us more money because "he has to have us as a friend" which alone proves his social...clumsiness or lack of awarness as to how to make friends LOL, so yeah :3 It's up to a writer to pick apart and choose the possible side of a character they wish to represent :)

#muse answers #muse's anons 💜 #similarly how you can represent ratio as a total asshole (lovingly) or a total calm yet firm partner #depending on which part of his personality you want to choose #so yeah :D

[dizzybevvie]

Milk in tea literally changes nothing???

as in, as in English breakfast tea??? or other tea???????

#asks #beverly says stuff #also depends on the ratio #just waters down the tea flavour really and makes it a lil thicker #good for dunkin biscuits in #yum #raya tag

[kariachi]

Did I ever sit down and work out firelizard sizes? Like, the dragon and wher ones I did and am pretty happy with but I can't remember if I did firelizards or just went 'dear god don't make me do firelizards'....

#because one could do that it is possible if we assume a similar size ratio to dragons #we wouldn't be getting exact but we could get something we can assume is in the vicinity of accurate #and of course if we go with a specific dragon size ratio #and we do have a rough idea of gold length for flits so... #depending on if their tails are counted in what we get #but i assume it's likely they are #and it's not that much more work to hedge our bets #and have two options

[guinevereslancelot]

i'm so bummed i accidentally turned town a job interview for a job where I could have worked with a good friend and mentor 😔

#i was telling her abt the preschool i got hired at and i was like yeah im worried bc the other teacher doesn't seem nice #and the student teacher ratio is really bad they're really understaffed and underfunded im just really worried it will be too much for me #and she was like oh you should apply to the school i work at bc we're hiring snd the ratio is great and the pay might be better also #and i never knew the name of the school she worked at until then #and its one i DID apply to but i told them nevermind after this one hired me 😬 #but now i really wish i'd taken that interview #i'm going to call or email first thing on monday tho and hopefullyyy i can get in for an interview before i start my new job on thursday #so i wont literally have to take time off for it #and then if they offer me i will be able to tell the new job nevermind while its still early #either that or i'll try to stick it out a few months then apply to the other one for summer or something #but im not sure whether its best to quit immediately or let them think im dependable and staying then leave in three months lol #but mostly for the other job idk if it would ruin the opportunity to tell them nevermind i want the job a week after i said no #compared to a few months later #they might have forgotten me by then which would probably be good #idkkk #my first reference literally works there which will hopefully help and maybe they'll give me a break #the pay scale looks the same as the one i just accepted but i think they'll offer less bc they're not as desperate #but i literally dont care its such a better working environment #and the pay scale is the same so they would give me a raise after a few months #and the work will be so much easier #and the commute #and i Definitely know i can work with my friend #vs the co teacher at this new job who seems really intense and unfriendly #anyway!! #im really anxious abt this new job and i'll stay if the other place wont take me now #but i really hope they give me another chance #also its super close and easy drive and the commute for the other one scares me a bit lol #this has been a shitpost