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by clipsy 1y ago
Alleged drug vessel.
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by clipsy 1y ago
> Taking this to its logical conclusion you should be able to walk up the hill, push aside the cops, enter the rotunda, occupy the chambers of Congress all within your first amendment rights. Isn't this exactly what the MAGA crowd h
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I genuinely am not clear on how that crosses over to a personal attack? I'm factually describing the outcome of eliminating MAID, nothing more. Edit: By the way, great job singling my post out for speaking factually about the consequen
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by clipsy 1y ago
If you mean, what would stop a random healthy person from walking into a hospital and getting MAID, the procedure is described in another post on this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45021339
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Neither the government nor anyone else is "counseling people to kill themselves," medical professionals are counseling people on the option with strict regulations on who they can provide the option to and how they can present the
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by clipsy 1y ago
The anti-MAID brigade has been asking "legit questions" for ages and has yet to come up with anything resembling actual data supporting their view. At some point the burden is on people pushing to eliminate the program to actually
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> And so my position was that maid shouldn't become a thing until eg "providing wheelchairs" is fully accomplished. Without having actual data, this is nothing more than an excuse to eliminate MAID indefinitely pending an
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Being between 18 and 65 does not mean you're in good health, sadly.
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> It's really not that simple in my experience. Younger disabled people are generally against it as well, they rightfully have their guard up about things that look like eugenics. Apologies for sounding like a broken record here, bu
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> What we do have is the words of people saying they do not wish to die, but are taking MAID due to necessary supports not being offered instead. What percentage would you consider too high for that? What you do have is a handful of anec
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by clipsy 1y ago
If you're being serious, I'd like to see actual data on what percentage of MAID-eligible patients are having MAID "pushed" on them, along with a clear definition of what "pushed" means.
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> There are lots of examples of MAID being pushed upon people that do have other options and made to feel like it's the only one. How many examples? What percentage of patients eligible for MAID receive such treatment?
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Complaining because you can "only" afford to buy a median house without needing a mortgage has to be one of the more shockingly out of touch things I've heard on this very out of touch site.
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> Even if you sell your house for a million dollar where will You move to? Literally anywhere in the "bottom" 99% of the country by real estate costs?
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To offer a counterpoint, I switched over to GE and Sylvania LED bulbs a little over a decade ago, and only one has burnt out (the most heavily used one, unsurprisingly). Almost all of my lamps and light fixtures are open, though, and the fe
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> It's hard to square that with "less consumption", though... Is it? I’m not sure of the truth, but it’s not hard to imagine that wealth inequality drives up the price of housing via the mechanism you describe, and increas
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> Is it legal for tariffs to depend on who is importing the goods? It's whatever the supreme court says it is.
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That's related but not identical; this article specifically calls out Grok's discrepancy in behavior when faced with requests for nude women vs nude men.
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You're right that debanking shouldn't be allowed; but the solution should be legislation that bans or heavily regulates debanking across the board, not executive fiat that specifically protects the president's friends and all
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by clipsy 1y ago
> Not in Japan. I didn't see this called out in the article; can you provide evidence?
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It's currently flagged, so perhaps you should ask yourself the same question?
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Once everyone's emigrated, what happens to the .tv TLD?
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> The whole point of Trump was to just steamroll over this sort of thing and ignore the criticism. Sorry, you've misunderstood: the whole point of Trump is to benefit Trump. Anyone else who benefits and any other positive outcomes a
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by clipsy 1y ago
Perhaps you didn't read the comment you were responding to[0]: > I'm sure the workers would be happy to take substantial raises in the form of equity. Let me explain it to you as clearly as possible. You claimed that reducing C
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> Probably not, since you can't pay rent or buy groceries with shares. If the company is private this is even more of a headache as you may not see any money for years and the actual value wouldn't be firm until the sale is fin
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I'm sure the workers would be happy to take substantial raises in the form of equity.
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Taxes on the very wealthy were dramatically higher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_Act_of_1935
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Probably they'll make it worse but be shoved down our throats anyways.
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> There was a time (1970-80) when work-study programs earning decent minimum-wages helped lower that barrier. But over time, the minimum wages failed to go up ... and the once widely-available scholarships were not renewed. I would note
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> I came from a middle-class family where my father was a phone installer for AT&T/SWB and barely made enough to make ends meet with three children and a wife I don't want to be disrespectful here, but this seems like a con

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