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by magduf 7y ago
>That's a nice anecdote but what happens when you try to dislodge a ruler with 300 years worth of experience, connections, and wealth? What happens when people have so much time to amass power that at some point you realize you, the
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by magduf 7y ago
Well of course, values and prejudices are usually passed down through generations. But my point is: age isn't a very good indicator of progressiveness. Just look at the whole 20th century: back in the 1920s, there was huge social cha
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by magduf 7y ago
Ok, so if we switch to glass for everything, how much extra fuel do we burn, and how much carbon do we pump into the atmosphere, to move all that extra weight around? Glass is really, really heavy compared to plastic. Does the savings fro
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by magduf 7y ago
>because old people that bitterly cling their views and (most importantly) their power eventually die off, freeing room for the new. This is just wrong. My 80-year-old mother is far more progressive politically than many 20-35 year old
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by magduf 7y ago
Glass is inert and doesn't break down; anyone can pick up glass bottles that have been on the beach for decades, wash them out, and recycle them along with new glass. Metal degrades slowly if it's ferrous (iron/steel), but th
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by magduf 7y ago
No, it's politically untenable because people don't want to change their lifestyles significantly. At least in the US (since you're talking about SUVs and exurbs and long commutes), it's a democratic society: campaignin
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by magduf 7y ago
Re-use may be "preferred", but it just isn't practical most of the time. How do you reuse a plastic bottle? They're not fit to be sent back to the bottler and reused; they degrade much too quickly. Basically, to get aw
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by magduf 7y ago
Not everywhere, but Montana has a tiny, tiny fraction of the total population, and no large cities at all. In much of the country, for most of the population (which mostly lives in urban/suburban areas), it is as I described.
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by magduf 7y ago
Roughly half of voters voted for this. Non-voters do not count in a democratic system. I'm not counting "people", I'm counting voters . Non-voters are quite simply irrelevant. If you don't make your voice hea
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by magduf 7y ago
No, I don't think so. People can be extremely stubborn, yes, but sooner or later, reality is going to force them to make a change. No amount of stubbornness can change the laws of physics. Note that I am not claiming that things w
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by magduf 7y ago
>there is no harm from taking synthetic thyroid hormone Where are you getting this crazy idea? Have you ever known anyone who took it? I have two relatives (not biological) on synthroid and even small changes in doses have massive effe
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by magduf 7y ago
>>The US government does spend huge sums of money on healthcare. >Medicare and Medicaid are 21% and 16% Ok, I misspoke there, but the US government does not spend anything on you if you don't qualify for one of these two pro
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by magduf 7y ago
Roughly half the country absolutely did vote for this President. Moreover, while the Electoral College system does give an edge to certain places, no one has ever made it a political issue to get this changed, so that means the majority
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by magduf 7y ago
>I'd argue that US parents are so keen on schools staying open because often their jobs depend on it. I expect it would be similar in Japan as well. Why would it be similar in Japan? In Japan, children walk themselves to school (us
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by magduf 7y ago
I honestly wonder why any country would want to host the Olympics. It costs an enormous amount of money, and I'm pretty sure that it's been found that the host country never really recoups that "investment"; instead the
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by magduf 7y ago
I'm sorry if this sounds really callous, but this virus (like most flu-like diseases) is going to mostly kill elderly people and others in very poor health. The "side" that voted for Trump is probably going to be hit harder
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by magduf 7y ago
Probably, but eventually something is going to break because reality doesn't care about peoples' political views or worldviews.
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I don't really see the problem here. If the government has cut all the staff needed to respond effectively to a pandemic threat, causing the pandemic to be far, far worse than it would have been otherwise, this is just a case of the v
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by magduf 7y ago
I had a problem a couple years ago where my test showed that I had hypothyroidism. My doctor wanted to immediately put me on sythetic thyroid hormone to adjust this. The problem is that I'm thin, athletic, and have no other indicator
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by magduf 7y ago
The US medical system is a complete disaster. Basically, the government doesn't pay for anything; only private insurers do. And they try to avoid paying for as much as they can get away with. On top of that, the actual cost of care
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by magduf 7y ago
>they would vote against their interest because 1) socialism is evil, and 2) "my team should win, no matter the policy". If people are honestly this stupid, then why even bother polling them to see what policies they want? Thi
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by magduf 7y ago
>And if eating out is 2x eating in, it doesn't matter to most people if they can afford both. Huh? Maybe in your country it's like that, but here in America it's more like 5x, unless you're eating fast-food garbage (
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by magduf 7y ago
Ok, so where exactly do you find these super-trustworthy cleaning people who work for near-minimum wage but can be trusted not to steal your stuff? That's much easier said than done. And what do you do when these people you thought y
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by magduf 7y ago
>When I first started dating my now wife I slept better than I've ever slept before. ... Since then with buying a house, moving, job changes, owning cats, and a litany of other stressors, my sleep quality has substantially diminishe
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by magduf 7y ago
Fly everyone to a nice vacation spot for a week, all expenses paid (and not counting against PTO). It's probably much cheaper than the yearly cost of having a corporate office.
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>There's two other benefits - get out of tipping culture This is only a real problem in America.
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This likely only works because Singapore is so dense that the food vendors are a very short walk from your home, on average. So you can just go walk around the corner and grab something, or grab something on your walk home from work. This
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by magduf 7y ago
What exactly is the point of using these expensive appliances and utensils to make a really nice meal, if it's going to be stone cold when you finally get it home to serve it? Or are you going to eat at the rental kitchen?
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by magduf 7y ago
The rental kitchen for fancy meals is still pretty useless unless either 1) you live in a high-rise condo and it's in your building, a short elevator ride away from your home, or 2) you're going to eat at the rental kitchen. Oth
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by magduf 7y ago
This article is making claims about several polls that Americans supposedly want a bunch of things that very progressive Democrats (not just regular Democrats) want. It sounds to me like their polling methodology is severely flawed, becaus

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