Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
Well, then I stand down since I guess someone else already had the idea to put it back on the docket.
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The end of NATO?
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So you’re saying you’re dinq then 😁
Spekkio
He bowls overhand.
Hey, I've got 5 more months until I'm dinq
Interesting statistics from Russia on birth rate…
Russia was in demographic decline long before the war in Ukraine. Now it’s in free fall.
Since 2022, hundreds of thousands of Russians have died or suffered critical injuries in Ukraine. The result: According to one demographer, Russians may have had fewer children from January to March 2025 than in any three-month period over the past 200 years. As of 2023, the country’s fertility rate—1.4 births per woman—lies well below replacement level and amounts to a roughly 20 percent drop compared with 2015.
Russia was in demographic decline long before the war in Ukraine. Now it’s in free fall.
Since 2022, hundreds of thousands of Russians have died or suffered critical injuries in Ukraine. The result: According to one demographer, Russians may have had fewer children from January to March 2025 than in any three-month period over the past 200 years. As of 2023, the country’s fertility rate—1.4 births per woman—lies well below replacement level and amounts to a roughly 20 percent drop compared with 2015.
They should probably recruit Elon and Nick Cannon to help reseed their population.
There is a certain dollar amount I’d take to bear Elons seed. Ugly billionaire South Africans with overly inflated egos need lovin too….but they gotta pay.
I saw the same article. Their numbers are terrible, but similar to a number of countries in Europe to include Germany, Italy, Ukraine, etc. The lowest numbers are in Asia: China, Japan, Taiwan - with South Korea near the bottom - somewhere in the 1.1 range if not lower. (I saw 0.7 in one estimate.). There are some analysts who argue that the faster a country urbanizes / industrializes, the steeper its demographic decline - and that this surplus of labor gives a nation a generational sugar high of productivity, but only once as the population then begins to decline and not recover.
It is a global phenomena with huge implications on government spending (health care vs defense), lowered domestic consumption with export based economies (China, Germany, etc) forced to sell even more, a lack of manpower for the labor force (industry, armies, etc) - really an unprecedented shift in the human population curve that will have unforseen consequences.
The forum software lacks a much needed throwing up emoji. 😂
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