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by eirini1 6y ago
obviously you listen to the epidemiologist, not the economist. The economist is an expert on the economy and not on pandemics, and therefore will always give advice that is aimed at keeping up the economy and not saving people and preventin
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by eirini1 6y ago
>It is fascinating to me how left wing protests seem to frequently degrade into violence. Recent case in point was the reopen protesters. I don’t think a single shot was fired by the crowd, nor were any buildings burned or looted. thats
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by eirini1 6y ago
right, and the fact that there is no institution that seems to hold cops legitimately accountable as to wether or not there was actually probable cause seems to be a big issue here.
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by eirini1 6y ago
regardless of the reasons black people overall might commit more crime, or whether they actually commit more crime or are just singled out by police more often, do you feel that this is relevant to how often police kill people? Capital puni
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by eirini1 6y ago
>6x more black guys killed than white? That does not mean anything. What if there are x12 more black guys committing a crime? this is adressed on the page, where it is noted that the rate of black people murdered does not correlate with
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by eirini1 6y ago
yeah we really are doomed unless drastic change comes to how these kinds of decisions are made and how they are enforced. The American middle-class didn't even want to stay at home for a few weeks to prevent an epidemic that could dir
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by eirini1 6y ago
I'm not sure how you can type this out with a straight face. A store that sells medicine is obviously significantly more essential than a factory for luxury cars - especially considering that most people who can afford them also most l
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by eirini1 6y ago
marijuana is an important, life-saving medicine for a lot of people. Being able to visit a hardware store is important because some home repairs simply cannot wait. A car factory on the other hand has literally no reason to be open right no
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by eirini1 6y ago
I think its funny that you mention 9/11 as an example there because most people I know would agree that the whole world completely changed after 9/11 (and I'm not even American myself). Both on a cultural and social level, th
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by eirini1 6y ago
good luck, we could have completely eliminated HIV by now but corporate profits are more important than that so the vast majority of the population who has the virus doesn't get the medication they need to not transmit it.
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by eirini1 7y ago
weird, in the netherlands I just send a message to my boss saying im sick. He's also not allowed to ask what kind of illness I have, unless it lasts long and then a company doctor (not actually from the company, its just how they call
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by eirini1 7y ago
>In China when the government tells its citizens to do something, they just do it. They don't ask why. They don't deliberate on whether it's the correct choice. They simply follow the directions. In the West, everything is
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by eirini1 7y ago
Clearly this failed massively, because these days its flooded by /r/The_Donald transplants.
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by eirini1 7y ago
if stimulants make you sleepy you may have ADHD, just saying you might wanna look into that.
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by eirini1 7y ago
Did we stop building boats?
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by eirini1 7y ago
Dude the stuff we're discussing freaks me out just looking at it, and I'm a grown adult. If I'm watching a horror/gore movie I'm fully prepared for everything thats coming, if this kind of thing randomly appeared wh
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by eirini1 7y ago
Perhaps people who really want to be electricians because they like the trade itself?
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by eirini1 7y ago
it does point to a pattern. Both me and the rest of my real family don't talk to our bio families anymore and this kind of stalking behavior is something I'd expect out of one of one of those boomer assholes! objectively its super
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by eirini1 7y ago
>The woman in Tulsa, who identified herself only as Carrie, said she had been fighting cancer and was estranged from her daughter, who has refused to let her see her granddaughter even though both live close by. >“I really thought the
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by eirini1 7y ago
many times slower than it is now. The answer is of little relevancy because every single plan we have for reducing this rate either doesn't reduce it enough or only barely does so.
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by eirini1 7y ago
I always found this such a weak argument. A small store deals with inflation all the time - for the rent it pays for the shop, the products it buys and services it employs. Surely wages as well then? If, even with increased consumer spendin
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by eirini1 7y ago
Its a thread of tweets turned into an article by a bot.
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by eirini1 7y ago
thats fair, I haven't personally. However my wife is chilean and I am capable of reading and comprehending statistics so I'm satisfied.
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by eirini1 7y ago
living in your own studio (as opposed to a double room in a shared appartment), owning a car and going eating out on occasion definitely sounds much more luxurious than how most college graduates that I know of live right now. I think if yo
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by eirini1 7y ago
I personally don't think 30 minutes would ever cause me some kind of issue. Currently my commute is 1 hour 10 minutes, through a combination of walking, bus and train (i live in europe) and I am rather unhappy with it, although it is s
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by eirini1 7y ago
> If your "revolution" is based on stealing from the Spanish-blooded landowners to feed Amerindian losers who breed like rabbits, you will get opposition. this is some real mask-off shit.
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by eirini1 7y ago
unprecedented prosperity for like, 20 people. The millions of other people definitely haven't enjoyed anything but immense poverty and misery since the Pinochet coup the implementation of the neoliberal wet dream.
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by eirini1 7y ago
but this kind of censorship has occured forever. It was just for the sake of the US, instead of China. To those outside of the US, not much has changed.
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by eirini1 7y ago
Sounds like a company tailoring its products to its market. This has happened forever, its just that the U.S market is no longer the biggest or most important one.
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by eirini1 7y ago
really? I find it rather great. Whats wrong with it?

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