Phoenicianpirate
@Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
- Comment on Why people consistently vote against their own interests to benefit the rich? 1 day ago:
This is true. Always has been, always will be. Many Trump voters are already regretting their decision after seeing the early consequences of Trump’s statements. But that won’t be permanent. Many will likely be duped again by another conman using the same tactics.
I need to mention that old school ‘patent medicine’ (ex: snake oil) in the 19th to very early 20th was not destroyed by advancements in actual medicine and education and awareness… it was done by simply banning the patent medicines and forcing others to disclose their ingredients. When buyers of said medicine were aware of the bullshit of old snake oil, they just moved onto another brand of snake oil (which may or may not have been made and sold by the same guy).
If they removed regulations on medicine and legalized many of the old hard drugs we would see a resurgence in patent medicine that caused so many problems in times past. There was actually a reason why people who avoided all medication in the 19th century actually had a longer than average life expectancy.
- Comment on It's insidious 1 day ago:
I remember watching DS9 back in the 90s. I didn’t see it as a bad show. Not sure why people hate it. But then again… I haven’t seen any of it since the 90s…
- Comment on But yes. 1 week ago:
Sail ships continued to be used well into the 20th century. The absolute last purely sail powered warship served during WW1!
- Comment on Half as Hot 4 weeks ago:
😱
- Comment on Anon questions physics 5 weeks ago:
Some asshole needs to remind him of something called evaporation and vapor pressure…
- Comment on This made me so angry, enjoy! 1 month ago:
I guess I need to familiarize myself with the loss meme. I have been seeing it around lately.
- Comment on This made me so angry, enjoy! 1 month ago:
I don’t get it. Can someone explain it to me?
- Comment on Might as well go cyberpunk, I guess. 1 month ago:
2010 repomen movie…
- Comment on Might as well go cyberpunk, I guess. 1 month ago:
You forgot firearm vending machines and rampant gang violence.
- Comment on More trustworthy than what's currently on the road 1 month ago:
Oh god! Herbie! I thought you were all forgotten!
- Comment on Jon Stewart: Trump Is The Opposite of Who His Supporters Claim He Is | The Daily Show 1 month ago:
Their views on women are worse than the worst Muslim views. The most they have on Muslims is the hijab when Muslim countries have the highest rate of women in STEM fields in the world, and Muslim countries that haven’t been destabilized by the US and Israel also have them exceed men in advanced degrees.
I am not saying that it is all hunky dorey in the Muslim world, but it isn’t what they say it is.
- Comment on Jon Stewart: Trump Is The Opposite of Who His Supporters Claim He Is | The Daily Show 1 month ago:
You haven’t been banned.
- Comment on Anon tries smoking for the first time 1 month ago:
This reminds me of when I tried smoking when I was 18. It did nothing to me and I didn’t see the point. So I did not continue.
- Comment on If Bethesda released Skyrim today, they would have made it woke 1 month ago:
In short, exactly how it was and how it should be.
- Comment on THICC 1 month ago:
But Abby is cute and also is thicc.
- Comment on I hope you don't have any plans this evening. 2 months ago:
There were 666 likes to this post. I ruined it by turning it to 667!
- Comment on Seriously, what the f*** is keeping Donald Trump in this presidential race? 2 months ago:
That was Bernie Madoff’s mistake.
- Comment on Seriously, what the f*** is keeping Donald Trump in this presidential race? 2 months ago:
That should have happened to him a long time ago.
- Comment on Seriously, what the f*** is keeping Donald Trump in this presidential race? 2 months ago:
Trump’s ego and desire for self preservation (throwing a sitting president in prison never happened) is unmatched in US politics. And don’t forget, there is still a lot of new gerrymandering shit that is going on that will still swing in his favor no matter how demented he gets.
- Comment on Trump Is ‘Weird,’ Vance Is ‘Creepy.’ Finally, the Democrats Start Name-Calling. 3 months ago:
Republicans have been name calling and employing underhanded tactics against their opposition for decades. It is about damn time that they get a taste of their own medicine. They don’t know how to react because this is the first time it actually happened (as opposed to their delusions that they were always on the defensive).