nemo44x

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by nemo44x 3y ago
> There's plenty of wealth. The issue is the concentration of wealth at the top. That's just an opinion. What we do know is that as more wealth has been generated via Capitalism more and more people globally (and nationally) ha
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by nemo44x 3y ago
The book "Gravity's Rainbow" had this as a theme throughout. That Capitalism will co-op anything that it finds useful. That there's no way to subvert it as it will pick up on, embrace, and exploit it for profit. Amazon s
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by nemo44x 3y ago
Poverty is the default state. We shouldn’t ask why we have poor people but rather how can more wealth be generated to have fewer poor people. Our system has redefined what it means to be poor. So much that we’ve forgotten that abject povert
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by nemo44x 3y ago
You can’t really unless you check out completely. America isn’t a country like yours or any other. America is the global empire with hegemony everywhere. This includes not just unparalleled military might but cultural artifacts and technolo
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by nemo44x 3y ago
It goes like this: 1) it’s not happening. 2) ok it’s happening but it’s not a big deal. 3) it’s actually good that it’s happening. 4) the people complaining about it happening are problematic.
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by nemo44x 3y ago
Or make grand theft auto an offense that is actually prosecuted. Make hard penalties for violating another citizens by stealing their property. Start with 5 year minimums off the bat and every offense afterwards adds another 5 years. You&#x
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by nemo44x 3y ago
Your argument is that because in your opinion we don't arrest enough white color criminals that we shouldn't bother with violent criminals? I don't understand how these are related? This isn't a trade or a negotiation. L
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by nemo44x 3y ago
> We already identify, arrest, and prosecute criminals... We've given up on that part in many instances.
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by nemo44x 3y ago
> If people acted responsibly we would not need to ban guns. Nearly everyone that does own a gun acts responsibly with it. The very few that don't do cause damage however. But the same with cars and many other things. Nearly everyon
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by nemo44x 3y ago
One of the problems with a lot of the liberal arts curriculum today is that every university tends to slant the same way with the same topics. They all come to same conclusions on non-deterministic, subjective ideas. There's a missing
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by nemo44x 3y ago
Those are activists that call themselves journalists.
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by nemo44x 3y ago
I should rent a car multiple times every week? No thank you. I don’t think people with infants and toddlers expect them to ride a bike. Taking kids around to their clubs and sports, etc isn’t practical. I’m happy almost no one thinks like y
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by nemo44x 3y ago
What about all the things I have to haul? What if I don’t want to ride a bike or the weather is bad? What if I have kids? There’s a million reasons your solution is awful.
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by nemo44x 3y ago
Life is a lot more than cities and traveling between them. The USA has a vast array of things not in it even close to cities. The USA is vast and beautiful and many people like to explore our nature, parks, etc, etc.
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by nemo44x 3y ago
Just because I have a car doesn’t mean I intend to drive it in the city. There’s a whole world out there and a lot to do that requires a car. So if I live by a train that’s good for commuting to the city I’m now stuck only doing that? What
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by nemo44x 3y ago
People like to do more things than take the train back and forth. I’ve spent a lot of time in the UK and I’ve had to use a car to go to most places outside of commuting to and within the city. In the USA there’s even more to do and see that
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by nemo44x 3y ago
You think it’s weird that these types of people want to force others to be reliant on the state? That individual liberties are cast aside to empower the state even more?
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by nemo44x 3y ago
Right but imagine that millions of people have to transport bottles to thousands of retail locations. Those need to be sorted and picked up and send to many locations to be cleaned, inspected, relabeled and filled. If it were centralized th
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by nemo44x 3y ago
Should be sent to the states where they belong. Congress and Exec just love creating unelected offices that perpetuate the regimes power without any democratic check. Just expand and consume more and more. Local is best. Send this kind of t
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by nemo44x 3y ago
It has led to massive uptake of single use containers. I believe as of this year the German regime felt it necessary to levy an additional tax on these because the people are rejecting schlepping their containers back and forth.
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by nemo44x 3y ago
Probably uses less energy to toss them and manufacture new ones close to the filling source.
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by nemo44x 3y ago
People continue to make ketchups that people say they prefer after a single bite and it’s usually because they have a certain flavor that stands out. But they don’t see return customers. Similar to soda. Coke has just the right combination
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by nemo44x 3y ago
Malcolm Gladwell wrote a thing on ketchup years ago called “The Ketchup Conundrum”. [1] It’s worth a read as it goes deep into the history of ketchup but more so it investigates food tasting, super tasters, etc. It turns out that Heinz Ketc
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by nemo44x 3y ago
Last time I did petunias I planted about 50 of them in the front and back beds. That would cost well over $1600 for the plants alone so I think I’ll wait until this has been scaled.
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by nemo44x 3y ago
If you’re changing the amount of eggs and butter then you aren’t making this recipe. Your favorite pancake recipe is inspired by this one.
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by nemo44x 3y ago
Letting the batter rest after mixing allows the flour to fully absorb the moisture and for the gluten to relax. Ends up with a better texture. No need to rest overnight as a single hour is enough time. However no one wants to wait an hour i
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by nemo44x 3y ago
It doesn't last that long. Been there, done that. But yeah it's work, of course it is. What I'm saying is it isn't as difficult as it is made out to be - that is it's made out to be this impossible thing. But yeah t
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by nemo44x 3y ago
> Parents should be paid to be parents. A parent is wealthy beyond money. Besides, we get tax breaks and if you're not a decent earner you get free things for being a parent. And I guess when I say it's not that hard - what I m
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by nemo44x 3y ago
> Raising kids is hard work. It's really not that hard. You just have to change expectations and lifestyle. I never thought of it as "work" per-se but rather an obligation and responsibility to people brought into the worl
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by nemo44x 3y ago
Every single parent I'd wager that made those sacrifices and raised their family would tell you it was the best thing they ever did and that they'd do it again. If you've never been a parent you can't possibly understand

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