Unhinged FT Comments

FT comment: "Reduce expenses, cut every unnecessary expense, sell everything unessential. In the words of Bruce Lee: be like water The man that needs next to nothing cannot be bought."

Idiots spend thousands on financial advisors when the FT comment section is free

dear god

FT comment: "If we wanted to boost the birth rate... the NHS maternity ward would feel more like a hotel than an episode of M.A.S.H after the helicopters have landed. Once you've done that once, you never choose that again..."

What did they mean by this

FT comment: What a great man. Yes, all the phd's in the press are the commentariat (phd- "pull him down") will enjoy writing sarky comments, but really, he deserves feted, celebrated and admired.

Applying to a pull-him-down program in underwater basket weaving

Several consecutive FT comments: "I once emailed a haiku as a breakup letter. Maybe an LLM would have suggested a longer form... or could have condensed it to a couplet?" "Given correct instructions Madam ChatGPT can be brilliant 🤩🙊" "How to break up with a vegan: “it’s not you, it’s meat.” …. Thank you, I’ll be here all night."

The FT comment section is a great home for digital romantics

FT comment: People need to stop pretending folks like Mamdani aren't just pretending to be "socialist" because it's their best shot at destroying Israel. They really don't give a fig about grocery stores or daycare. And they need to stop pretending it's not antisemitic to destroy the planet's only Jewish state.

White people love to be named, "Mortimer Salamander"

FT comment: Wow. NYC close to electing a democratic socialist to Tamanny Hall. Expect the exodus to continue. They want city gocery stores ? They can't even run the subway properly. Houston and Dallas beckon.

I'm not sure that's what Tammany Hall is,,

FT comment: "Looking at it from afar I like Mayor Adams is there any chance he could carry on?"

Most deranged thing I've ever seen in the comment section

FT comment: Teflon Don Pedro is a lame duck leader, saying anything and everything to stay in power. This is a demand from his partners in the government (Sumar), who know that the current government are days away from calling an election due to corruption and lack of support for legislation. Pure political posturing.

Legally changing my name to "Teflon Don Pedro"

Though I guess I have assigned myself that role, haven't I?

FT comment: As always the key with trump is to take what he says and essentially apply it to him. I have rather always had a rule with relationships, no name calling and no violence. the name calling thing ended in about 6th grade, which is perhaps the level we are here. this should be powell's response: "I'm rubber, you're glue what ever you say bounces off me and sticks to you" or the other classic: "I know you are but what am I?" Anyone who has followed my comments over the years knows I am no fan of central banksters (as far as I know I invented this term). But trump has always called for lower rates, and in that I think it's insightful, because IMHO most economists are shills for the asset industry and call for lower rates. it's essentially a lobby group. (Which by the way is a big reason I have problems with warren and others in the dem party who think always lower rates is good). it benefits asset holders, so I wonder what their motivations are.

It takes a true poster's spirit to say something like "Anyone who has followed my comments over the years"

FT comment: In the nordics we have the legend that when old people could not contribute to the society anymore they were thrown down a cliff ("'ättestupa"). The example presented seems to be a modern version of the same. The fact is that overall the modern spending of the state controlled apparatus is insane. Elon Musk tried to correct but failed. Pensioners are not the problem. And remember Janan, some day you (hopefully) will be old too.

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FT comment: Think about the way countries are governed. No country is perfect, but some are less perfect than others. The Japanese made a huge mistake in not invading Australia. China isn’t expansionist in the way that Russia is, but it is obsessive about natural resources. What is all the nonsense in the South cchina Sea telling us? Reply reads: Big if true

"The Japanese made a huge mistake in not invading Australia."

FT comment: Maybe with people staying home during COVID we all discovered that we don't like each other. Although actually my wife and I and the dog did just fine. Well not the dog. He was 13 and it was his time. But we might say that the old dog and the new dog did fine.

I need you to understand that this is responding to an article on *Japanese birth rates*

FT comment: I am working on a theory that every large organisation ends up being run in the interests of its own employees. This is a good example

What do I do if I have theories? I contacted a college and they ignored me.

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TACO

FT comment "The libertarian economist is slashing import tariffs to reduce high consumer prices, and wants to pivot the economy from manufacturing towards mining, energy and tech." Excuse us while we falsify -- I mean amend -- some paperwork so Mr. Milei can run for US President in 2028

I, too, want a US economy based on mining

Years of Lead are Coming: Food is too cheap, so demand is too high. Economics 101. As long as food remains as cheap as it is now, there will be problems with obesity. No wonder that 120 years ago very few were fat.

Thank you, "Years of Lead are Coming." Very cool!