the_gastropod

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by the_gastropod 5mo ago
Elon Musk promises a lot of things that never come to fruition.
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by the_gastropod 6mo ago
> The good thing about China is that apart from Taiwan they have little territoral ambitions One of the reasons China wants Taiwan is because it would enable further territorial expansions into The Philippines and Japan. China considers
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by the_gastropod 6mo ago
As far as I’m aware, every US city where it’s at all common (let’s say 10%+ of households) to live without a car, it’s extremely expensive to live. Are there gems that I’m unaware of?
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by the_gastropod 6mo ago
Or maybe it’s a problem of spending all your effort working a job for 40+ years, and having your curiosity atrophy into nothingness. I retired last year in my late 30’s and it’s just such a life upgrade. I study Mandarin, go to the gym, coo
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by the_gastropod 6mo ago
That cat story seems more than a little suspicious given the Ruby Central drama / its relation to the founders of Spinel.coop. This project feels likely vindictively named.
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by the_gastropod 6mo ago
Are you trying to make a point? Go ahead and make it. Or are you one of those “just asking questions” types?
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by the_gastropod 6mo ago
Show some data! Here’s a report on political terrorism up to 2025: https://www.csis.org/analysis/left-wing-terrorism-and-politi... I encourage anyone reading to look at the charts. There’s a single clearly anomalous da
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by the_gastropod 6mo ago
Vending machines and guns both kill people, so we should expend equal effort addressing the problems with both. Do I have that right? This obsession with just pretending the two sides are mirror images, who simply need respect each other mo
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by the_gastropod 6mo ago
Nope. Both sides are not equivalent. The political right, in the U.S., has been significantly more violent than the political left for quite some time. And it’s not even close. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9
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by the_gastropod 6mo ago
“I’m not right wing” “Antifa attacked a guy!” I’ve got news for you, friend!
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by the_gastropod 7mo ago
Exactly. And also a solid chunk of the 20th century. "Starting a war" can be a bit of a fuzzy delineation, but reasonably-speaking, it's been over 60 years since a Democratic president started a war (Vietnam war in 1965). For
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by the_gastropod 7mo ago
Yea, other commenters on this thread got it, so think you misunderstood my point: no. Biden did not start any wars as far as I’m aware, which was the point I was trying to make: not only have there existed non-war-starting presidents, our p
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by the_gastropod 7mo ago
For once? Didn’t our previous president just clear this cynically low bar?
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by the_gastropod 7mo ago
Aaaaaabsolutely not. The president should have virtually no say in who is allowed or not allowed to run an election against them. All but 7 Republicans in the Senate voted he was not guilty in his impeachment trial. They were gifted the opp
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by the_gastropod 7mo ago
You don’t often hear from the pro-seal-clubbing lobby.
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by the_gastropod 7mo ago
Think how much more fun posting these Trump ass-kissings will be from your T1 Trump phone whenever it arrives! The anticipation must be overwhelming.
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by the_gastropod 7mo ago
Let’s not forget the kidnapping of Maduro, where we killed another ~80 people.
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by the_gastropod 7mo ago
This is from May 2025. Before we, remember, "completely obliterated" their nuclear facilities. And again, nothing about this justifies the way this war was initiated.
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by the_gastropod 7mo ago
I think you're missing the crux of the point: why is anything the Trump administration says taken at face value? They have no commitment to the truth, whatsoever. If Iran was on the path to developing nukes, the correct path here was t
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by the_gastropod 7mo ago
> What makes you think the Iranian regime is trustworthy I don't think anyone believes the Iranian regime has ever been trustworthy. Probably why part of Obama's deal included inspections, surveillance, and monitoring.
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by the_gastropod 7mo ago
The "legitimate attempts of building nukes" as claimed by the same folks who, ~9 months ago said "Iran's nuclear facilities have been obliterated, and suggestions otherwise are fake news" ( https://www.whi
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by the_gastropod 8mo ago
1. Id guess an average cloth diaper gets reused more than 100x 2. Think about the mass differences you’re comparing here. A standard plastic grocery bag is about 5 grams of material. A standard cloth bag is around 250. Cloth vs disposable d
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by the_gastropod 8mo ago
I think as a general rule: a reusable thing is more environmentally friendly than a single-use thing (especially when the reuse cycles are high). Yes, there are exceptions. But you’ve got the bizarre case to make here, if you want to sugges
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by the_gastropod 8mo ago
DO YOU THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD AGREE? CARE TO MAKE IT INTERESTING? WHY DON'T YOU PUT IT UP ON POLYMARKET, BRO? OTHERWISE, YOUR WORDS ARE EMPTY VENTING. (See how dumb this is?)
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by the_gastropod 8mo ago
I miss the days when having a financial stake in something was considered a conflict of interest, and not a weakly held belief. Your whole transactional nihilism schtick here is extremely gross. People can have genuine beliefs, and share th
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by the_gastropod 8mo ago
Yea! Suggesting the guy who refuses to acknowledge he lost the 2020 election, caused a whole to do on January 6th over it, has printed up TRUMP 2026 hats in the White House, and constantly “jokes” about being owed a 3rd term might not be to
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by the_gastropod 8mo ago
I'm studying Chinese (Taiwanese style, so traditional characters), and my understanding is anything back to about the Han Dynasty (~200 BCE) is intelligible to an educated Chinese speaker. Resiliency is one of the weird beneficial side
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by the_gastropod 8mo ago
“That's not sloppiness — that's your signature finding itself.” Thanks ChatGPT…
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by the_gastropod 8mo ago
I never worked at a company that could broadly be considered unethical, I don't think. But it was always a bit disheartening how many little obviously unethical decisions (e.g., advertised monthly plans with a small print "annual
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by the_gastropod 8mo ago
Unless you have a union, there's a dramatic power imbalance between you (the employee) and the employer at the negotiating table. I'd urge you to read up about the 19th century labor movement and what conditions prompted it.

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