You should look into serfdom or feudal land tenure if you think mortgages are something new. They're just an iteration of a system that has existed for a long time. Also, unsurprisingly, mortgages exist pretty much everywhere. The financialization of them might be more of a US problem indeed but the other points stand.

Not trying to be pedantic but the housing crisis is not specific to the US, it's a problem that exists in a lot of the Western world. The leave the other two as special US issues along with gun violence, incarceration rates along with a whole string of other issues that are American exceptionalism.

I'll try my hand at an all Asian list, I think they do horror in a different, more uncomfortable, way:

• Audition (2000) - even better if you can find the directors commentary. The guy is fucked in the head.
• Ring (1998) - a classic, watch it in Japanese, the director pushed the actors to change their voice to make the movie uncomfortable. Avoid the American remake trash.
• Dark water (2002) - same director as Ring, he'll make you scared of that humidity patch on your ceiling or a puddle of water on the street.
• Ju-On: the grudge (2002) - just the sounds will make you check the room behind you.
• Train to Busan (2016) - a different take on zombie movies, now considered a classic and appears on most zombie movie lists.
• The Host (2006) - monster horror, no frills.
• A tale of two sisters (2003)

I'd add Kingdom(2019) as another different take on zombies, this is a TV show though.

There's so much more to explore in Asian filmography, just search for best Asian horror movies and you won't be disappointed.

Sauna does solve everything

I do believe you're right. Conservatives constantly demonstrate their hypocrisy and intellectual dishonesty as well as their self serving nature. There's a real possibility for people publicly railing against mandami to signal in-group but vote for him in the secrecy of the booth to their benefit.

Check here for the full video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=67ho3OxCmmM

An upvote because I never heard of it. Looks excellent!

mkusb is a simple bash script around dd to make things easier. I always have it installed on my laptop, in my ~/bin/.

Don't get me wrong, this woman is a Karen and actually quite typical of the mainland China entitlement and behavior. BUT there's a massive amount of mandarin speaking people in Malaysia to the point where it's a destination for mainland Chinese. Not excusing her ridiculous behavior but providing context here.

Here's the article: https://inews.co.uk/opinion/hated-landlords-until-i-became-one-3881463

Very little substance, wide generalization because that woman doesn't think she's a bad person. Not much to read here.

What's fascinating is the constant worry about trans and women not being able to serve be cause they couldn't possibly. But somehow, that is fine be cause they're pretty? Just another example of the inconsistency in their thinking.

Wait for the University to revert the ban under political pressure. That's happening for sure.