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by oxide 10y ago
>Florida have enacted mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients which is, ironically, the kind of Big Government bullshit the right-wing in this country claims to want less of. it's hypocritical.
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by oxide 10y ago
>and be optimized to take SNAP food benefits. You can't buy prepared food with food stamps, a fact welfare bashers seem totally ignorant of.
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by oxide 10y ago
"mystery meat" doesn't have the same ring to it as "pepperoni flavored pizza topping"
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by oxide 10y ago
Franchise fatigue is very real IMO, and it's all the more evident with the recent trend of annual franchises in video games. I wonder if Star Wars will suffer the same fate at the box office eventually.
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by oxide 10y ago
just like heroin laced or replaced entirely by fentanyl, there are plenty of unsavory cats ordering NBoME or other compounds online and passing it off as LSD. harm reduction circles always recommend testing the drugs yourself with a reage
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by oxide 10y ago
my busted computer barely ran Runescape when I was growing up, I played The Realm Online instead since it ran on basically anything at the time. I'd save Christmas and birthday cash to pay for my subscription annually. Then World of Wa
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by oxide 10y ago
>It's not crazy that under prohibition, taking all those extra steps would be seen as evidence of an intention to violate the law and make drinkable spirits. I naively walked around this planet giving the benefit of the doubt to any
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by oxide 10y ago
Recreational drug use and anti-bacterial soaps are a pretty poor comparison. Frankly, it's apples and oranges IMO.
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by oxide 10y ago
Kratom:opiates :: coffee:stimulants
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by oxide 10y ago
Fentanyl is Schedule II, though. Ulterior motives aside, how about if you wanted to run that same study with LSD? Would a Schedule I drug have been as accessible as a Schedule II drug?
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by oxide 10y ago
I'm going to share my comment from a few days ago, it's relevant: kratom is usually sold as a powdered leaf. you can't smoke it, you can't snort it. you can make a tea out of it if you're diligent. a spoonful is usu
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by oxide 10y ago
kratom is usually sold as a powdered leaf. you can't smoke it, you can't snort it. you can make a tea out of it if you're diligent. a spoonful is usually swallowed as a powder with a thick juice. it is habit-forming. to an ad
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by oxide 10y ago
every time Russia is mentioned on HN, folks just happen to want the narrative thread to be how unfairly persecuted Russia is by the western media.
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by oxide 10y ago
one shows up once you collect 500 karma.
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by oxide 10y ago
>as an athlete you can compete in a tested (which still of course doesn't guarantee the athletes to be "clean") or "untested" federation where anything goes. this is pretty clever, it reminds me of the "chea
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by oxide 10y ago
does the concept of Mutually Assured Destruction have roots in game theory? or does the concept itself simply tie back into tit for tat?
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by oxide 10y ago
Honestly, if my data is being used or sold I want something in return. A service, a product, a bribe. Something of tangible value. If my data is being taken and I'm not interested in the service being provided in return, I feel like I&
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by oxide 10y ago
>Why do you think they are trying to influence the election? because it's an election year?
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by oxide 10y ago
I now whitelist javascript and use an adblocker after being hit by a drive-by javascript exploit that installed a bitcoin miner. After taking these precautions, I haven't had an issue with malware since.
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by oxide 10y ago
Prohibition stops 88,000 people from drinking themselves to death. But how many lives are lost due to the illegal alcohol trade? How many people die from drinking denatured alcohol, mouthwash and vanilla extract? Bootleg booze? Illegal dist
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by oxide 10y ago
>DRM stops people like you punish the paying customer and hope for the best.
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by oxide 10y ago
>My issue is that the FTC seems to believe that "#sponsored" isn't even appropriate for platforms where hashtags are used (like Instagram). The argument that a hashtag should qualify as proper disclosure is without merit I
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by oxide 10y ago
Is this what they call knowing when to fold 'em?
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by oxide 10y ago
Also, consider the tried and true method of overdosing: taking your usual dose after a break in use. someone addicted to a certain amount of heroin per day who stops using (money, access, etc) will come back to heroin with a much lower tole
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by oxide 10y ago
You can't respond to terrorism with overwhelming force, its a concept. A tactic. It just goes underground when stamped out or gets taken up by other idealogues who act alone. We went to fight extremists who happen to use terrorism. We
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by oxide 10y ago
Does it require a java applet?
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by oxide 10y ago
ah, damn. I've been baited as the kids say. hook, line and sinker.
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by oxide 10y ago
That's not a fair comparison at all. That's an actual bloodsport, which the UFC is not. A fight wasn't stopped when a gladiator couldn't defend himself. In a Roman arena, you fought to the fucking death. Maybe against an
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by oxide 10y ago
not my best analogy.
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by oxide 10y ago
>Do you see a moral difference between violence-as-a-byproduct of a goal and violence-as-the-goal Yes. I just don't think it applies to the UFC. Violence is not the goal of the UFC. It isn't a bloodsport, it isn't cockfigh

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