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I hate to be that guy, but literally nothing is apolitical. Hn minus explicitly political content is is just status quo maintenance news.

Strom 5y ago
Where's the politics in discussing which anchor screw holds the most weight in drywall? Saying everything is political removes any meaning from the word politics.
- davmar 5y ago
  If you rent, you can't put an anchor screw in the drywall. Who rents vs. who owns is political!
  - TheSpiceIsLife 5y ago
    How many drywall screws? How corrosion resistant must they be for any given environment? Why screws rather than adhesive or nails?
  - mmdoda 5y ago
    Why would anybody in this hypothetical thread discuss the politics of owning/renting, when that doesn't bring you closer to any solution?
- sonotathrowaway 5y ago
  I could easily make an argument for price, availability, requirements for local zoning codes. I like Wikipedia’s definition of politics: “Politics (from Greek: Πολιτικά, politiká, 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations between individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status.” Any subject arising from the interactions of people can be viewed through a political lens of some sort, but the saying you’re objecting to is typically used in the context of the coded attempt to censor or ignore unpleasant news as being “political”, which in truth usually just translates to “I resent being forced to acknowledge this.”
- closeparen 5y ago
  Drywall? Who would make a house with drywall? In my country everyone lives in a stone palace. Americans are so cheap, interest rates, unions, Boomers, NIMBYs, short-termism, speculation, etc.
wolverine876 5y ago
> literally nothing is apolitical Literally nothing is perfect in the world, but that leaves all the room in the world for variation. No painting is perfect, neither mine nor Van Gogh's - why do people pay so much for Van Gogh's?
- kennywinker 5y ago
  It’s funny, because the reason van gogh’s work is held in such high regard likely has a lot more to do with politics than the particular merits of his work.
  - wolverine876 5y ago
    That is funny! It needs some serious basis to make it more than that.
co_pilates 5y ago
My eyes cannot roll harder, I think they have also gimbal locked.

Strom 5y ago

Where's the politics in discussing which anchor screw holds the most weight in drywall? Saying everything is political removes any meaning from the word politics.

davmar 5y ago
If you rent, you can't put an anchor screw in the drywall. Who rents vs. who owns is political!
- TheSpiceIsLife 5y ago
  How many drywall screws? How corrosion resistant must they be for any given environment? Why screws rather than adhesive or nails?
- mmdoda 5y ago
  Why would anybody in this hypothetical thread discuss the politics of owning/renting, when that doesn't bring you closer to any solution?
sonotathrowaway 5y ago
I could easily make an argument for price, availability, requirements for local zoning codes. I like Wikipedia’s definition of politics: “Politics (from Greek: Πολιτικά, politiká, 'affairs of the cities') is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations between individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status.” Any subject arising from the interactions of people can be viewed through a political lens of some sort, but the saying you’re objecting to is typically used in the context of the coded attempt to censor or ignore unpleasant news as being “political”, which in truth usually just translates to “I resent being forced to acknowledge this.”
closeparen 5y ago
Drywall? Who would make a house with drywall? In my country everyone lives in a stone palace. Americans are so cheap, interest rates, unions, Boomers, NIMBYs, short-termism, speculation, etc.

wolverine876 5y ago

> literally nothing is apolitical Literally nothing is perfect in the world, but that leaves all the room in the world for variation. No painting is perfect, neither mine nor Van Gogh's - why do people pay so much for Van Gogh's?

kennywinker 5y ago
It’s funny, because the reason van gogh’s work is held in such high regard likely has a lot more to do with politics than the particular merits of his work.
- wolverine876 5y ago
  That is funny! It needs some serious basis to make it more than that.

co_pilates 5y ago

My eyes cannot roll harder, I think they have also gimbal locked.