It’s the New York Times. Even “journalist” in quotes is generous.

That’s not at all what that means, nor does it make any sense.

I’ll come back to this in 4 weeks. See you then 😉

The parts of the economy that would be heavily impacted by oil prices

Literally all of it. https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/06/oilpricesinflation.asp

are already in the gutter.

You’re not wrong. Does not refute my claim though.

Two things that have also failed to manifest, in large part thanks to the prolific state spending following COVID.

We’re still only 3 days into this war. And yet this is already manifesting right now in real life as we debate it on the internet. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-sink-while-oil-prices-jump-as-iran-attacks-jolt-markets-235000934.html

Trump’s very obviously not going to do that.

Yes, agreed, this is very obvious. Because Trump does not have control over the interest rates.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/saudi-aramco-shuts-ras-tanura-refinery-after-drone-strike-source-says-2026-03-02/

oil skyrocketing in price and the economy and stock market taking a huge hit could cause the investments required to prop up the bubble to run out of steam

I’ve stopped watching him. Not that it wasn’t always obvious, but him speaking at Davos to European leaders and an international audience made it super extra clear that he really has nothing else to say besides his broken record “everything is great, I stopped all the wars, everything bad is Biden’s fault”

when the really fallacy is your inability to understand nuance and context

That’s truly ironic. Again, no self awareness at all? Nuance and context is what I have highlighted for you. If you understood nuance and context, then you would understand that things happening in a different context to different subjects are actually nuanced and different. Instead your flawed world view requires all of this to be viewed as black and white and the same, when it is not.

“Comparison doesn’t mean perfect equation.”

this you?

You admitted that artificial insemination of livestock is not equivalent to rape. So yes, I did come out on top, as this was the original point that we were debating. If there is something else you’d like to still debate, you can make another point. But my point has been resolved.

Yeah there’s the discomfort coming out. That’s what I thought.

Comparison doesn’t mean perfect equation.

This doesn’t match with your claims just a few comments ago. So now you’re admitting they aren’t the same? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance It’s okay to feel uncomfortable and conflicted right now. Perhaps dwell on the fact that you actually do understand that they aren’t the same while simultaneously clinging to a world view that requires them to be the same.

your world view is compatible with allowing black women to be raped in a world with chattel slavery because slaves were once though to be property of a white male.

Imagine thinking you have the moral high ground while trivializing and using the suffering of actual rape victims and slavery by falsely equating it to something as harmless as artificial insemination of livestock. That’s genuinely disgusting. No self awareness? Just none at all? And I’m allegedly the one with an incorrect and morally indefensible world view…

Do you really think this makes you look good? Get help.

Rape doesn’t have to involve a person. Rape must involve a sentient being that can communicate its wants and desires. Humans and cows are both of those things.

Yeah, agreed. Go ahead and quote me where I stated that an animal cannot be raped. Artificial insemination of an animal is not rape though.

You’re losing the argument

You’re not floundering at all.

Keep pretending that you don’t know the difference between artificial insemination of livestock and rape of a person. You do know the difference, but admitting it would prove your worldview false.

Good to know we’re at the end of the line here.

Because you don’t have a response.

Do you think that it isn’t rape if you do it to someone with, say, a hand/fist/arm? How about a bottle?

someone

Pet animals and other animals are no different in and of themselves, objectively. A pet dog is no different than a stray dog. A pet cow is no different than a domesticated cow.

Agreed. This is completely irrelevant though. If someone was fucking cows, that would also be wrong. Duh?

The difference in these scenarios is one scenario was artificial insemination of an animal and the other scenario was a person having sex with an animal. These are not the same actions.

I guess the vast majority of people on the planet are “psychopaths” because the can tell the obvious difference between these 2 things? Honestly, if you cannot tell the difference between this, then you seem more like a psychopath.

And dox this girl to a bunch of rabid extremist vegans on the internet? Yeah right. What a great idea.