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[Ryujin]

not where I was going with that but w/e
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We still have 5 years to bring this back:

"Swell" was also a noun, meaning someone who was rich.

 

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"Swell" was also a noun, meaning someone who was rich.

Used some of those yourself huh?

 

[Ryujin]

Used some of those yourself huh?

I'm not that old, but I like old movies

 

[Autumnal]

 

[Old Fezziwig]

I always liked "tight" for drunk. From The Sun Also Rises —

Monday evening he turned up at the flat. I heard his taxi stop and went to the window and called to him; he waved and started up-stairs carrying his bags. I met him on the stairs, and took one of the bags.

"Well," I said, "I hear you had a wonderful trip."

"Wonderful," he said. "Budapest is absolutely wonderful."

"How about Vienna?"

"Not so good, Jake. Not so good. It seemed better than it was."

"How do you mean?" I was getting glasses and a siphon.

"Tight, Jake. I was tight."

"That's strange. Better have a drink."

 

[DrunkonDuty]

I like "tight" too.

Also like "feel the click" for when you reach that point of just drunk enough. From Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

 

[Staffan]

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I'm not that old, but I like old movies

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Inflation is code for greed.

Well…not really. Both exist in any economy, but they’re not synonyms.

Inflation is an inevitable part of simple economic forces. It occurs even in the absence of greed.

Greedy people use its existence as a fig leaf for practices that are artificially inflationary. Greed is inherently inflationary.

Record profits are record price gouging and wage theft.

In 99% of mature markets, this is absolutely true. The outliers are typically in disruptive businesses, usually new entrants trying new strategies that happen to be effective.

In relatively new & volatile markets- those defined by effectively new products or services- record profits can occur simply because nobody fully grasps the demand for such. That can lead to explosive growth…AND a risk of rapid business collapses.