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by rexpop 2y ago
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) directly oversees the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA is one of HHS's operating divisions, with its Commissioner reporting to the HHS Secretary. QED, the guy who admitted to
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by rexpop 2y ago
Can someone explain what this has got to do with the OP?
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by rexpop 2y ago
I should think it were fruit of the same root.
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by rexpop 2y ago
In light of these contexts, what would you rather see at the top of HN?
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by rexpop 2y ago
> This [site] is my life and this is where I have any control. This is the only rebellion I am capable of. Jeeze, talk about defeatist! What a narrow view of the world. Is this cowardice, or mere naivete? Edit: I'll give credit wher
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by rexpop 2y ago
> they need their next paycheck to cover their monthly financial outflows [without dipping into their "rainy day fund"]. There, now Bernie makes sense.
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by rexpop 2y ago
To me, a car symbolizes willful ignorance, ugly selfishness, jealousy, and insecurity. It's also a tragic reminder of our inability to organize and collaborate. It's really a disgusting thing that we're trapped in. To me, fre
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by rexpop 2y ago
I haven't read the article, but research has identified several components of processed foods that are detrimental to health beyond their caloric content. *Trans fats*, often found in hydrogenated oils, raise bad cholesterol levels and
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by rexpop 2y ago
Sci-fi was always a current-day allegory. That's why I prefer cyberpunk: rather than allegorical, it tries to be literal and concrete. But cyberpunk is not imaginative in the way you're looking for. I can appreciate that. What a
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by rexpop 2y ago
I believe in this example, OP is requesting a phone number dedicated to the onair coupling. So the "dedicated" number would serve as a prophylactic managed through onair.
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by rexpop 2y ago
> Donald Trump Concedes... Hm, maybe the prompt is too tightly constrained. There is historical precedent for Donald Trump refusing to concede a presidential race, as seen in the 2020 election when he did not formally concede to Joe Bide
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by rexpop 2y ago
> what is the actual purpose of exposing yourself to the gory play-by-play of that framing of world events? ...to wit: > That people everywhere may better understand the Circumstances of Public Affairs, both abroad and at home; which
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by rexpop 2y ago
> comes across as personally aggressive Oof, this is obvious in retrospect, and I regret it. Unfortunately, there are some very useful rhetorical angles which do not translate to text, and pity is one of them.
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by rexpop 2y ago
I expect adults to govern their own self-care, but I can't expects adults to do their own journalism. We will encounter, as our awareness of the world expands, turbulent and traumatizing information. This isn't something to be cri
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by rexpop 2y ago
I don't go to church. My family has worked hard for generations to separate themselves from exploitative churches. But now, at the end of this process, I am able to see better the cost of this separation. I don't regret it, and
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by rexpop 2y ago
Well, yes? This is how it has always been throughout history? > And crawling on the planet's face, > some insects called the human race. What we don't do for ourselves, and for one another, isn't done. (Except in some c
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by rexpop 2y ago
[flagged]
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by rexpop 2y ago
I'm being sarcastic. This entire concept is bogus.
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by rexpop 2y ago
edit: FWIW I didn't flag you or downvote you. I upvote you for taking me seriously enough to contest. > I can practically replace Iran with US here, and this would actually still be true. That's valid! The US is predominantly b
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by rexpop 2y ago
Condemn a nation? What part of "affection unspeakable" do you not understand? All you have to assert is that Iran is not a totalitarian theocracy, and that academic research reliably benefits the Iranian people at the expense of t
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by rexpop 2y ago
> There are plenty of undemocratic and authoritarian countries around the world Well, yes, but I was responding to a comment re: Iran. > scientific knowledge and a better educated population is one of the best ways to combat authorita
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by rexpop 2y ago
Blaming the innocents? I thought I was very clear that the oppressed Iranic people were not the problem.
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by rexpop 2y ago
Two wrongs don't make a right.
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by rexpop 2y ago
So weak men make hard men? You're welcome. How graciously the womenfolk leave us to our tragic autopoiesis.
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by rexpop 2y ago
> draw, write, compose The primacy of these artforms is subjective, and there's no accounting for taste.
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by rexpop 2y ago
You join a union, or you join a different company. Or you threaten to, at any rate. Understand your leverage: job marketplace bargaining power stems from your willingness and ability to do the latter, while structural bargaining power stems
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by rexpop 2y ago
What I find even more tedious is the viewpoint that imagines itself "confronting to a consensus worldview" while echoing mainline meritocratic commercialism. Shades of "What You Can't Say"[0]. 0. https://
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by rexpop 2y ago
> is that really a valuable goal? Congratulations, you've taken a swing at this troll's strawman.
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> Someone forgot to check a physics textbook before sewing a flag, which isn’t exactly a shocker. Why does the author find it necessary to mock "scientific accuracy at Gay Pride parades"? Especially when the point of the arti
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by rexpop 2y ago
> give them the time and money Sounds like a republic, which most of us live under. The issue is that "the time and money" is exactly what "the general population" doesn't have (per your example), and so their in

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