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[–] yarr -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There are very, very few. I cited some cannabis policy above.

[–] yarr -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I don't see this happening, but let's say he reverses course and renounces all his past decisions, steps down and the USA enters a new golden age. Should we be totally against that too? For any given position, I try to keep in mind what would have to happen to make me reverse that decision. If the answer is "nothing", then I may be missing something, or maybe I am letting my personal prejudices get in the way of what could be a good outcome.

It's often confusing when someone we really dislike does something we agree with, but it is a thing that can and will happen from time to time.

I look at this similarly to how I view my atheism. If a God were to appear and demonstrate all kinds of supernatural activity and capability, I think I'd have to renounce my atheism. I don't think that's likely to happen, but if it did, I do have a condition where I would reverse my belief.

Same thing with being anti-Trump. I am for now, but there are certain unlikely conditions that would make me reconsider that, should they occur.

[–] yarr 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

LOL! The guy said the trade deal that was made between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico (USMCA) was done by an idiot and had to be re-done.

That was HIS DEAL! HE WROTE IT!!!

Well, he's not wrong...

[–] yarr -5 points 2 weeks ago

I have to really, really dig for this one, but Trump's attitude re: cannabis is that it should be up to the states to decide, and has also been quoted as supporting medical cannabis. I think overall, this is a good move, not as good as it being Federally legal would be, but a step in the right direction.

It's just the other 99.95% of the things that he does I don't agree with. :)

[–] yarr -4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Don't fall for the fallacy of binary thinking. A good way to oversimplify your opponents/enemies is to put them totally in another category from yourself. Life is rarely this simple. There's a huge continuum of beliefs and behaviors that fall between these two belief systems.

I recall my acquaintance being surprised that I wasn't for "open borders" even though I voted for Biden. The idea that one could have a belief that is independent of Trump and Biden had not occurred to him.

[–] yarr 0 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I will start this out with a disclaimer that I do not follow Christianity at all....

If you are a bible-follower and friendly towards homosexuals, then I guess you're skipping over that part where it says "homosexuality is an abomination".

That's one of the many reasons I can't look to the Bible for guidance. I have some gay friends and they deserve all the love and consideration everyone should get.

To those that say the Bible deserves to be followed, but exclude the parts where it says homosexuality is an abomination, I wonder what other parts you ignore? AFAIK, one isn't supposed to flip through the Bible and pick and choose which sections should be followed.

This is one of the many reasons why I consider the Bible immoral, and following it either immoral or morally and logically inconsistent.

[–] yarr 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, it is ideological, like saying "All men are equals" or "Eating healthy leads to a longer life". I wish people would just come out and say what they really mean. Are the same teachers striving for a classroom where not everyone is equal?

[–] yarr 1 points 2 weeks ago

This sounds like it would be something that's an interesting anecdote and a "GOTCHA". Has there ever been any confirmation of this from Grindr? As amusing of a story it is, it's only really useful information if it's provable.

[–] yarr 4 points 2 weeks ago

Then I learned that Pink Slime didn’t go away, they just changed the laws so they could add up to a certain percentage of pink slime to ground beef without identifying it. I believe it’s up to 15% where i live. Suddenly the quality difference between the store ground beef and the next price tier makes a lot of sense. Also the ammonia smell as it’s part of the processing. Fucking vile what american governments allow capitalists to get away with at our expense.

This is like when the cacao content of Hershey's chocolate dipped so low that they were going to be legally forced to call it "chocolate flavored bar". Did they alter the recipe? No, they just had the laws changed so they're still considered chocolate.

It's like how people were really against Obamacare but loved the Affordable Care Act. All you need is a bit of a label change and the public falls in line. The public has an attention span of about 2 weeks and rarely ever follows up, so they are really easy to fool.

This is one of the reasons the new administration loves to cut education budgets. Stupider people are easier to govern.

[–] yarr 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't forget the shrinkflation. Many, many, many products are now smaller or lesser in quantity than they used to be.

[–] yarr 5 points 2 weeks ago

MAGA believes so many contrary things at the same time, this will just join the list of them. They will figure out a way to blame the Democrats, I'm sure. Some people will slurp it right up.

 

With all the talk of tariffs, I've seen more or less this argument:

"Once the tariffs go in place, companies will start manufacturing in the USA and that's good thing."

However, when I think about being able to manufacture something like a laptop computer, or a car, these are both operations that require a lot of things:

  1. the input components to build the thing
  2. skilled labor that can manufacture the thing
  3. supply-chains that are in place from initial build all the way to retail

The premise seems to be: "OK, tariffs go in, someone INSTANTLY sets up a company that manufactures X, then USA wins".

However, for someone to want to take the "bet" on setting up a really expensive factory, they'd have to believe that the tariff will be in place a long time, because if it is NOT... then they have made a terrible investment and the new factory will be instantly non-viable.

Am I crazy? Am I missing something? I understand that it would be great if we had domestic manufacturing but it seems like the people that are behind tariffs think you just snap your fingers and there is a factory cranking out laptops, when in my understanding this is a process that requires a huge amount of money and time.

My thinking is that the amount of people / companies in the USA that have enough capital to start up a manufacturing company like this want to make sure it's a relatively safe bet before pulling the trigger, and if past tariff behavior from Mr. Trump is any indication, we can't count on these tariffs being present for a long time.

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Since it's the main costume, you think it'd be easy to find crowds of people wearing them at the same time, but that's proved difficult for some reason...

 

I did a pasteurization one time and almost died

 

My Dad works at Nintendo and he said the same thing and then everyone clapped

 

Thoughts?

 

they poison you with lectins!

 

Owning the libs one day at a time

 

Part of the never ending battle to categorize every chemical as either "good" or "bad"

 

Polio peaked in the U.S. in the year 1952, with 57,879 cases. Once the vaccine became widely available in 1955, this figure dropped to 29,000 cases. So, to claim that polio cases were dropping significantly before this point is incorrect.

 

Tell me that such a thing is coincidence?

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