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I used to be okay with generics, until I realized that I wouldn't buy food that I knew was made in India or China. Imagine buying Cinnamon Toast Crunch if it were made in India. So why would I eat a prescription / OTC drug that&#x
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> He literally funded Trump. You stop here as if to assume this is enough info to prove his productivity was undesirable, and that everyone will understand and degree, but that’s an incorrect assumption. What specifically was undesirable
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Hopefully non-non-drowsy antihistamines aren’t considered “sleeping pills”?
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I was worried about that too, but yes, there was a comment box asking to explain the reason for the cancellation, and I was careful to make it clear.
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I canceled my premium subscription because of all of the Joe Rogan episodes they deleted.
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YouTube reviews are typically not actual reviews. They are usually hype videos containing “influencers” talking excitedly about the product they received for free under the condition that they sugarcoat everything. A minimum of 60 jump cuts
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It reads like the author really wanted to get that "privilege" line in there, and then came up with a lot of other words to put around it to hide that fact.
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> You could utter this exact statement every day since 1995. No you couldn't. Because back then, even 10-15 years after 1995, not everyone went to the same 3 websites, and there were more than 3 companies on the web that owned every
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Is that why all YouTube comments are exactly the same now? It’s like the top of every major subreddit post’s comment section. It’s almost as if you’re witnessing 14 year olds discover the internet and humor, but over and over again on a dai
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> I hate to admit it but this is the exact reason I stopped being vegan too. I'd just start feeling weirdly faint like I was about to pass out randomly. You know when you're in an elevator and there's a slight gravity shif
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My ex was vegan (most of the time; she would switch back and forth between vegan and vegetarian often) and she would go through times when she would experience extreme fatigue, nausea, faintness, etc. Eventually I noticed this coincided in
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Did you not see the interview? It’s related in that it’s a humorous synopsis of those whose ideal society is that of the article title.
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I wish that article focused solely on whether or not the technology actually works, rather than leaning heavily on the “problematic” aspect that forces people to maybe face facts that run counter to their dishonest or at least misleading na
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> that Trump gets boo-ed by his supporters Clarification: some of his supporters.
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> Yet snd still it’s rural America that’s subsidized by those “filthy cities” where all of the economic activity is taking place. If you don't think rural America would trade those subsidies in the blink of an eye for the dissolutio
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> Source? Every single violent and property crime statistic ever.
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> The entire federal system in the US is built to favor rural areas That’s because those who choose not to live in filthy crime ridden cities shouldn’t have to suffer from the lowest common denominator laws and high taxes said cities “re
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You make a good point; another possibility is the COVID clingers all see the end on the horizon and are grasping at straws trying to take advantage of one last opportunity to admonish/control people.
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I really hope Neil Young and Joni Mitchell (and any other artists of their ilk who think it should be basically illegal for people to hear anti-establishment opinions they don’t like) follow each other into removing their names from all new
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As a PA resident, it’s interesting how other large states are able to get by just fine with fewer taxes than PA takes out of our paychecks (and adds to our receipts). Call it less of an anti tax issue, and more of a “the state needs to reig
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We know, otherwise about 3/4 of all tweets ever made on the platform wouldn't exist.
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Probably most. And not even primarily because of inertia: for the average person, even the technically inclined person, there's really not much of a reason at all to move away from an iPhone. It just works, it almost always just works,
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What does comedy theater have to do with the real world?
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> Think about what you’re saying: No open discussion can possibly contain misinformation. That is not what I'm saying. I am opposed to the boiling down of a non-establishment discussion podcast to the singular word "misinformat
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People having open discussions is misinformation?
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Let's also not forget that cancel culture and throwing out incendiary labels like "conspiracy theorist" based on a particular set of personal views you and the establishment deem "incorrect" really belongs on Reddit
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> this just seems like a completely uninteresting use of blockchain. You don’t understand how blue checkmarks make their owners feel. To them they are changing the world one smarmy tweet at a time. Blue checkmarks validate everything the
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Is there a solution out there somewhere that hides all blue checkmark Twitter accounts, and without having to log in?
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For just text I find Notepad2 far superior. The shame of it is (or not, because it’s excellent as-is) it’s not been updated in years.
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But, maybe, also, that guy has a point that doesn’t involve citing a comic strip.
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