rantwasp

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by rantwasp 5y ago
my point is that everything should be allowed and the decision should be at a personal level. that’s freedom! literally the definition of freedom. you can do whatever you want as long as you don’t restrict others freedom
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the point is people 1) should be educated 2) should make up their own damn minds.
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was talking us vs other places in the world.
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by rantwasp 5y ago
you got it. decriminalization == it’s still illegal, but you won’t get prosecuted for it (this deincentivizes law enforcement from pursuing it) legalization == it’s legal and now you can buy it and consume it.
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by rantwasp 5y ago
Amazon announces Elastic Firing Service. Build on years of AWS and e-commerce. You too can hire and fire your drones to adapt to the shifting realities of today's gig economy.
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by rantwasp 5y ago
well... prepare for pedantry as people will lecture you about statistics significance and how this means nothing and how you don't actually know what you're talking about. this is where we are today. people melting because of the
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by rantwasp 5y ago
look at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4337025/table/T... those studies are basically jokes. ever take tylenol? the pain killer that is available OTC virtually everywhere? do you know wh
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by rantwasp 5y ago
look, if someone wants to kill themselves they will find a way. IMHO, education is the key. With great power (access to drugs) comes great responsibility (you need to do the right thing). Nobody will mix things they know will get them kille
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by rantwasp 5y ago
anecdotal evidence: in WA state where weed is legal, I have not heard of anyone buying weed on the street. Why would you risk it when you have good quality stuff that you can buy in a safe location? so you decriminalize it first and after t
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by rantwasp 5y ago
we should educate/inform people and let them make their own choices. we want a caring society but not at the cost of restricting personal freedoms
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by rantwasp 5y ago
Instagram was fabulous until FB got their dirty fingers in there. I think Facebook and all their properties are cancer for the web. They are banned on all my devices (and traffic to/from their shitty endpoints is actively banned on my
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by rantwasp 5y ago
this person get it. my theory is that poverty and social inequality in general (as a precursor of poverty) are at a root of a lot of things. It's very easy to pay lip service to X, Y and Z and ignore the elephant in the room.
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by rantwasp 5y ago
it's not easy for kids to obtain alcohol. Also, if your safety net is that big brother is going to prevent your kid from doing heroin... well... you're gonna have a bad time. Education is key. Having a good and nurturing relations
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by rantwasp 5y ago
we're getting philosophical here. but I believe that your freedom should be YOUR freedom. Does that mean you should do stupid things and ruin your life? Probably not. But this is not about doing stupid things. It's about having th
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by rantwasp 5y ago
you can. it's called research. it can be done (if it hasn't already been done) on virtually any drug. education + choice are key when it comes to deciding if you want to try drug X. this should be a personal choice not something b
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by rantwasp 5y ago
totally agree. also here's the thing: the war on drugs was never about drugs. It was about controlling the masses and about marginalizing certain categories of people. Rich white people could and can do ANY drug they want with virtuall
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by rantwasp 5y ago
ALL drugs. ALL of them. It works. It has been done before and it was wildly successful. https://time.com/longform/portugal-drug-use-decriminalizatio...
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by rantwasp 5y ago
if it becomes routine? when i moved to the PNW 20 years ago the summer had maybe a weekend or two that were hot and by hot I mean maybe 80. You would get laughed out of a room if you asked why doesn't anyone have AC. Nowadays, nobody i
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by rantwasp 5y ago
I have a thing I say and for some reason it always shocks people: "Sugar should be a Schedule I drug" It meet all the criteria but it's so normalized in our society that people are shocked when I argue this point. Now, some s
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by rantwasp 5y ago
IMHO you should debate people that cannot see part their own stupid short-sighted self-interest and tell them about the value of human life compared to their "inconveniences". just like you did here. You should totally debate an p
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by rantwasp 5y ago
what kind of statistical proof are you looking for? Can statistics ever proof causality? At what point do you draw the line? The numbers are not the numbers I claim . Those are the numbers the national weather service is reporting. I call
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by rantwasp 5y ago
Here. let me write this again: Most houses in PNW do not have AC. Do you know why? Because up to 10-15 years ago you did not need it. The most you would get would be 80-85 once a year. 10-15 years ago you did not need AC. Today every summer
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by rantwasp 5y ago
Do you believe that is someone whats to kill themselves is their right to do it? Do you agree that people that need and want help should receive it? Where does your personal freedom and where does my personal freedom begin?
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by rantwasp 5y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR58heUGkNA We're going to grow oranges in Alaska!
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anecdotal? Seattle has had 100F+ maybe a few times in the last century. Now we had 3 days in a row of 100F+ with today hitting 110F. It's not even funny. Portland, OR has seen 115F. Most houses in PNW do not have AC. Do you know why? B
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by rantwasp 5y ago
i live in WA. here weed has been legal for quite a while. It's not a big deal and people consume basically sort of like alcohol. As far as I know there is no causation effect between smoking/eating weed and how well you do in life
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by rantwasp 5y ago
Does it really impact you though? Is our medical system so well tuned that people receiving a procedure that literally saves their lives is inconvenient for you?
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by rantwasp 5y ago
that's your opinion and it's okay to have that opinion. My opinion is that the government should not tell me what I'm allowed to do with my body (or even worst arrest me for doing stuff to my body). If I literally want to kil
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by rantwasp 5y ago
It's supersad to me that in 2021 this subject is controversial. I think the "war on drugs" charade has gone long enough and it's time to actually do the right thing. Stop targeting minorities with this stupid war and leg
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by rantwasp 5y ago
you should see what sugar does. I think sugar is even worse than alcohol. We put that shit in everything and our kids are addicted to it by the time they are 5. it's ridiculous. but... weed! think about the children!

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