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901.
by iammisc 5y ago
Oh haha... it's hard to tell what's satire these days.
902.
by iammisc 5y ago
I'd say the bombing of the capitol by certain domestic terror groups was way worse than Jan 6. Jan 6 is about as bad as the Bundy nonsense in Oregon.
903.
by iammisc 5y ago
I'm not justifying Jan 6. I'm merely pointing out that it was an expression of frustration and that it's not anywhere close to the civil war, as some politicians have put it. I think the same is true of other domestic terror
904.
by iammisc 5y ago
Except, the current media outlets will use their monopoly power to suppress you, and the government will do jack diddly squat to stop them. Just look what happened with parler and Gab. Both sought to get around Facebook and Twitter and Redd
905.
by iammisc 5y ago
These are mostly opinion pieces in 'left leaning' media. All of these are known for once in a while publishing dissenting voices. I mean NYT regularly publishes Ross Douthat and David Frum. I'm guessing the sentiment though c
906.
by iammisc 5y ago
> Where are the protests? Where is the outrage? Do most Americans even know who Julian Assange is? Unfortunately, in general, the republican base is not going to protest anything, preferring to settle things legally and in court. The mai
907.
by iammisc 5y ago
So Brazilians aren't Hispanic?
908.
by iammisc 5y ago
Simplistically... The right wing believes in keeping the old traditions and the left believes in modifying those to 'fit the day's or to achieve 'progress'. In this framework the difference you notice makes absolute sens
909.
by iammisc 5y ago
When it comes to social issues, the republican party is typically more in line with international norms, whereas the democratic party is far far to the left. People will mock this sentiment perhaps, but it's true. Take the polarizing i
910.
by iammisc 5y ago
Probably because minorities like myself don't like being pandered to.
911.
by iammisc 5y ago
> If you want to feel something, earn it. Indeed, and the feeling of earning something is termed 'achievement'.
912.
by iammisc 5y ago
> As far as I'm concerned, "being happy" is about how your baseline level of emotion is. When nothing in particular is happening, let's say if you lied down for a minute, are you stressed, depressed, worried, miserabl
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by iammisc 5y ago
It's not that I can't find it. It's that I have no interest in pursuing it. I am extremely content and satisfied with my life. See no point in chasing things I don't need. This is the problem. I tell people I'm not
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by iammisc 5y ago
I have an extremely positive outlook. I'm an eternal optimist. I'm just not happy. I don't believe in happiness. I'm an optimist because the alternative is pointless. I don'h associate sadness with despair or hapine
915.
by iammisc 5y ago
> I've started to appreciate the religious outlook more that has a mature attitude to suffering rather than this honestly pretty childish avoidance of negative emotions. People look at me like I'm nuts when I tell them (honestl
916.
by iammisc 5y ago
I don't watch Fox. I don't have cable. I don't watch TV. Like him or hate him, I always knew what Trump was thinking. He was very open. I wish Biden were as well. When he speaks, Biden can barely get a word out of his extreme
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by iammisc 5y ago
> So what would be the point of hearing a confession if you could not offer absolution? The actual confession is not a requirement to receive absolution. One receives absolution during last rites as well without a confession. The sacrame
918.
by iammisc 5y ago
Take my rich neighborhood for example. We chose this neighborhood for the tree cover. It's in Portland. Like the article says, I too immediately noticed the correlation between trees and wealth. In my neighborhood, the trees (which are
919.
by iammisc 5y ago
So high inflation and higher unemployment is working but lowest unemployment ever, first time rise in real wage in almost a decade is not working? Have you considered that you've been lied to by CNN? You say you went there 'to see
920.
by iammisc 5y ago
Yeah what I've learned in this cycle is that irrespective of their views, most Americans are utterly spineless. I would not rely on my fellow citizens to protect or even advocate for me since most seem more interested in not rocking th
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by iammisc 5y ago
If by normalcy you mean opaqueness in governance and a media machine that covers for the ruling class, yes.
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by iammisc 5y ago
This presumes that trees cause wealth, or that wealth causes trees, rather than the other possibility with correlation: the same traits that make one rich make one likely to plant trees. There is a saying 'society grows great when old
923.
by iammisc 5y ago
Catholicism taught that celibacy is ideal until vatican II. Nominally, it still does. That being said, marriage is still the only appropriate place for sex, and then only heterosexual sex, by church teaching. So both you and the one you rep
924.
by iammisc 5y ago
Moreover, traditional pre-Vatican II Catholic teaching (and I mean traditional) says that remaining celibate in the priesthood or in religious life is superior. This is one of the reasons for the evisceration of convents following vatican I
925.
by iammisc 5y ago
I agree that you can eat a homogeneous diet in america. On long drives, I often find myself at one of these places precisely for consistency. However, most Americans do not cook the way fast food restaurants produce food. Also, chains diffe
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by iammisc 5y ago
Conveniently until Biden is out of office. If he is reelected, I'm sure it'll actually remain elected another four years in a transitory fashion according to the experts until it can be blamed on the GOP as usual
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by iammisc 5y ago
> cites 16 Calories per edible Calorie of meat and 8 grams of protein per edible gram of protein produced. Two things. Firstly, those are 16 Calories that would otherwise quite literally go to waste. They would be metabolized by bacteria
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by iammisc 5y ago
This article is not about converting land from meat to not-meat. It's about converting from beef to chicken. No one doubts that chicken is more efficient than beef. I have not argued that beef is the best animal.
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by iammisc 5y ago
> I do think they're catering his support, which is what matters. Clearly he has power in the republican establishment, enough that all these powerful people you mention can't get rid of him. Because they want his endorsement
930.
by iammisc 5y ago
I swear half the people responding have never driven past a cattle ranch.

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