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by iammisc 5y ago
I don't mean just the democrats no. It seems to me to be a large faction of people, including certain elements of the 'alt-right'. But yes, you're right in that I perceive the left as having demonized belonging to a chur
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by iammisc 5y ago
Okay but if everyone attended church, as it used to be in this country, then by definition, essentially all political stripes of any import would be represented in them, and people would have to confront people who disagree with them physic
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by iammisc 5y ago
> To me, church attendance is about making the in/out group very clear. You may feel close to different political views based on your single church or flavor of Christianity, but that's still a pretty limited group. It's n
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by iammisc 5y ago
We used to call this going to church. When literally everyone of all political stripes attended the same churches, going to a church potluck was basically being paired randomly. However large political factions have made church membership
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by iammisc 5y ago
They're just jealous that christians have more fun.
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by iammisc 5y ago
> They may not admit it, but they’re not looking for a stronger relationship as equals Your parents will never be your equals. Have you considered that your expectations of equality are themselves a misaligned cultural values? My goodnes
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by iammisc 5y ago
I don't think I understand that either. My view of family is definitely one of obligation not understanding.
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by iammisc 5y ago
I agree... I don't relate to these articles at all. My parents are religious, and yeah, in some ways they're out of touch, but they're not so out of touch as this article makes them out to be. All old people tend to be slight
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by iammisc 5y ago
Not really. African studies is a thing (and European studies is a thing). However African American studies is a subset of American studies, just like European American studies. It's not like we have a special trigonometry department.
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by iammisc 5y ago
That's because it's as pointless as african american studies.
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by iammisc 5y ago
It wasn't coughing for months though. It started with a runny nose. Then I got a cough (coincided with the baby being born and waking up). I took cough suppressors for about 1.5 weeks. Then I had general sinus aches and the cough stopp
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by iammisc 5y ago
I'm not a fan of West's politics (look up my comment history, because it's pretty clear what my politics are), but the comments here making light of West's objections seem completely off the mark. Reading the letter I se
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by iammisc 5y ago
> Long covid asserts that people with very mild symptoms are also likely to suffer long term. This is controversial. I'm not sure I understand. My symptoms I described above were never that bad. Were it not for waking up my newborn,
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by iammisc 5y ago
> this article says the incident rate for covid-19 is 25%, which is shockingly high. To be fair, we're not fully aware of all the cases of COVID. Most likely, many people had COVID but didn't know. Because we didn't have
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by iammisc 5y ago
I've used it before as well. Here is a story about the FDA and NAC: https://www.naturalproductsinsider.com/regulatory/crn-petiti... Honestly, I haven't used NAC in ~2 years. Have just heard about the drama fr
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by iammisc 5y ago
I think it's an attention bias thing. I mean... when I found out about this phenomenon from my doctor, I was shocked -- how could people be walking around with these bad infections and just not be able to do anything about it. But then
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by iammisc 5y ago
> At this point I think it’s pretty clear that you have an unstated ideological problem with this policy, because your complaints about it are not coherent. My claim is that the time it forces parents to leave work negatively impacts the
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by iammisc 5y ago
Yes, if there is mandatory leave, it of course does. For example, according to https://anewlifeinnorway.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/norwegian-... , in Norway, fathers must take 14 weeks off. That means if a man w
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by iammisc 5y ago
When my first daughter was born in 2018, I had a respiratory infection. It lasted three months before I went in to the doctor. I hesitated to seek medical advice because it was clearly viral. But the cough was so bad it was causing the newb
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by iammisc 5y ago
NAC is illegal in the USA now. Thank you FDA.
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by iammisc 5y ago
It's possible, but I think it's the opposite, because as they introduce paternity leaves, fewer children are born. It contributes to the perception of parents as lazy.
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by iammisc 5y ago
It's not a problem for me since I'm an american, but people keep pushing for this model here. I don't want that. I don't want to be forced to have fewer children.
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by iammisc 5y ago
Not true at all. I just recognize that as a man, my utility at home is limited in the early days. Newborns want to nurse and sleep mostly, which -- get this -- their mothers also want to do. Of course, immediately after birth, you definitel
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by iammisc 5y ago
Except, this is not just about America. By and large, countries with more parental leave have lower birth rates. America has less parental leave and has a relatively higher birth rate.
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by iammisc 5y ago
Some countries require parents to take time off.
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by iammisc 5y ago
Long paternity leaves encourage people to have less children. When you have to take months off at a time for each kid, then parents are encouraged to have fewer so as not to be that guy (or gal) at work who's just having babies. As som
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by iammisc 5y ago
What gop voters want and what the GOP wants tend to be completely different, which is why younger conservatives tend to not like the GOP. Older conservatives are weird and will be gone in a few decades. As a republican for a very long time,
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by iammisc 5y ago
Yeah same.i clearly remember visiting palm springs and seeing the car thermometer read 120 outside.
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by iammisc 5y ago
We're seeing a reversion of GOP philosophy away from the influence of libertarianism (which is not traditionally conservative or even Republican) towards more traditional ways of managing markets. > That's a surprising thing to
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by iammisc 5y ago
Hays was a republican. And also president of MPAA. That one republican worked towards the Hays code is not evidence that the GOP as a whole desired it. Personally, it seems to me to be a code developed at a time of differing cultural values

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