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- Comment on Has Charlie Kirk ever changed his views on a subject during a debate? 1 day ago:
I doubt it. I’m in a group with 3 MAGAts, a British incel and 26 liberals and despite having access to sources through this group for the past 15 years, they still vote Trump (and love Kirk).
- Comment on [deleted] 4 days ago:
Join forums with people who have similar interests instead.
- Comment on Forum sites with a wide selection of topics and/or a setup like the Craigslist forums? 4 days ago:
I’ve been on the Internet since 1992, even ran a BBS, and it never looked like that.
- Comment on How to Decide what an Appropriate Medical Response is for Loved Ones 5 days ago:
My own parents didn’t take my son to the emergency room when he had an asthma attack and was literally turning blue because they’d been taught asthma isn’t ‘that bad’ and people who have it are hypochondriacs.
- Comment on Why are a lot of statues vandalised with traffic cones in Scotland? 1 week ago:
Vandalised? You can take them off!
- Comment on STRAIGHT 2 JAIL 2 weeks ago:
That is the weirdest generalization I’ve ever read.
- Comment on STRAIGHT 2 JAIL 2 weeks ago:
There is no such thing as ‘a European’ woodland.
- Comment on How do I beat the roaches in this house? 3 weeks ago:
Depends. If you’re in a tropical area they could just be part of the local wildlife.
- Comment on Is it better to: [A] watch videos content on a flagship/midrange smartphone that you already have, OR [B] get a cheap tablet (say, around $200 USD) to watch videos? 3 weeks ago:
Do you have a laptop? I use my old work laptop to watch movies. Bonus: adblocker.
- Comment on Wife has COVID and I've had a lung infection for almost 2-weeks. Should I worry? (background in post, mods read the first bit!) 3 weeks ago:
The newer versions are just as bad as the old ones (and more contagious AND you’re immune for just a few months after catching them). Vaccinations just make them less bad.
Test again. It can take a while for them to work.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I’m not conflating anything. I know her. She’s smart. I know a lot of scientists, plenty of them are dumb as a box of frogs.
She was persuaded by a friend to go to a particular church and she was brainwashed in no time.
- Comment on VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power 3 weeks ago:
TomTom did this too. You paid them a life time fee and then they decided you had to start paying an additional fee every month.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I know a very smart lady (university professor, STEM) who voted for him. Church bubble.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I don’t find Germans reserved at all. Maybe it’s because I live in BW? I see spontaneous conversations between strangers all the time. On the train, sitting on a bench in town, during a hike, even on a parking lot (like today, a lady started a conversation about my Brandenburg license plate).
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Try all the sausages. Seriously. Every butcher has a different recipe. Whenever I’m somewhere in Germany I haven’t been before, I try a local Bratwurst.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Damn it.
- Comment on Where has the tax money "saved" in uk austerity gone? 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on I hope you like TICKS 4 weeks ago:
Hopefully there will be a Lyme vaccine next year.
Around half of the people don’t get the bull’s eye, by the way. I wish more doctors realised this.
- Comment on Getting a little nature 4 weeks ago:
People forget that animals rely on feeders because said people have removed the fucking food from nature.
- Comment on California is debating whether or not to remove the bike lane on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. During the public hearing, a politician was driving his car 4 weeks ago:
Your handle is definitely appropriate.
- Comment on If suffering is good because it gives life meaning, wouldn't it follow that hurting people is good? 4 weeks ago:
Yup. Because she didn’t use the money she got to treat people properly.
- Comment on I did not look up how progressive lenses really work before getting some. 4 weeks ago:
So how do you drive?
- Comment on If suffering is good because it gives life meaning, wouldn't it follow that hurting people is good? 4 weeks ago:
Guys, ‘suffering is good’ is literally a Christian thing. Mother Theresa used it as an excuse not to treat people because ‘suffering brings you closer to God’.
It’s bullshit, of course. It was made up as an excuse for treating people badly and (surprise!) making more money that way.
But that’s where OP gets the idea from. Religious indoctrination.
- Comment on Does putting clothes in the closet protect them from dust, or is the dust in there too? 4 weeks ago:
The dehumidifier will heat up the room, the AC will have to run more, and your electricity bill will be an absolute doozy.
- Comment on I have a question on how and when coal actually formed. 4 weeks ago:
There is no formation process. Coal exists because there were NO microbes to rot organic materials down. Coal stopped forming when microbes arrived on the scene.
- Comment on Unneccessary long context menus on YouTube Music 5 weeks ago:
And then it will be somewhere completely illogical. Like, the theme settings are under ‘privacy’ or some such nonsense.
- Comment on Every support thread on Reddit is literally this now 5 weeks ago:
They will just put them back. Your stuff isn’t really deleted.
- Comment on Are there any AI services that don't work on stolen data? 1 month ago:
Yes. Just not publicly available ones.
- Comment on I just dont seem to ever learn 1 month ago:
Blow!
- Comment on Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s explanation for socializing with Jeffrey Epstein 1 month ago:
He is a Doomsday cultist.