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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They were right all along...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, In my experience a community of Amish people an hour away from each other can be radically different. The more laid back communities tend to be filled with hardworking and nice people. While the conservative ones can be pretty dystopian.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They were right all along...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It kinda depends on the individual communities. My dad’s side of the family is from nw ohio where there are quite a few Amish communities. They each seem to function almost like little independent nations with their own rules, cultures, and hierarchical structures.

  The small community that is closer to my family farm is really nice. Our family has a long history with them often trading skills, resources, and labour. Whenever they need someone to operate a piece of modern equipment or to provide modern tools to a job site they would call my family. We would call them whenever we needed extra hands to build a new barn barn, or to re shingle a roof.

  In my experience the larger and more strict the community was the more fucked up they were. The community next to us wasn’t very strict, lots of loop holes to make life easier. Most of them banned anything modern in the household, but would have a barn with electricity for refrigerators and other modern amenities.

  The real strict communities were always filled with miserable people, it always felt kinda what I imagine visiting a 19th century cult would be like. The elders run everything with an iron fist, and children and women were basically treated worse than working animals. Forced to work at weird little businesses to sell furniture, blankets, and baked goods to tourist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think that Trump is the most hated U.S. president?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  He arguable set up the Republican base towards Trumpism.

  I mean if that’s how we are judging them, what do you think Trump’s presidency is going to set up for future shitbags?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Probably accurate⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Benjamin Franklin cries in heaven anytime you use a hundred dollar bill to pay child support. Should have just had sex with a woman of experience. Why do we not heed the wisdom of our forefathers?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Probably accurate⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Not the origin, but he did further popularize it by using it a bit more literally than anyone before. The first use of it in literature was in Don Quixote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Probably accurate⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  He would be very interested in the very mature milf and gilf sections we have available.

  My favorite writing from any founding father is Ben Franklin writing to a younger friend urging them to take an older mistress. My man had an 8 point presentation on the virtues of fucking older ladies. My favorite saying from this is " In the dark, all cats are grey".

  1. Because they have more Knowledge of the world, and their Minds are better stored with Observations; their conversation is more improving, and more lastingly agreeable.

  2. Because when Women cease to be handsome, they study to be good. To maintain their Influence over Man, they supply the Diminution of Beauty by an Augmentation of Utility. They learn to do a thousand Services, small and great, and are the most tender and useful of Friends when you are sick. Thus they continue amiable. And hence there is hardly such a thing to be found as an Old Woman who is not a good Woman.

  3. Because there is no hazard of children, which irregularly produced may be attended with much inconvenience.

  4. Because through more Experience they are more prudent and discreet in conducting an Intrigue to prevent Suspicion. The Commerce with them is therefore safer with regard to your reputation; and regard to theirs, if the Affair should happen to be known, considerate People might be inclined to excuse an old Woman, who would kindly take care of a young Man, form his manners by her good Councils, and prevent his ruining his Health and Fortune among mercenary Prostitutes.

  5. Because in every Animal that walks upright, the Deficiency of the Fluids that fill the Muscles appears first in the highest Part. The Face first grows lank and Wrinkled; then the Neck; then the Breast and Arms; the lower parts continuing to the last as plump as ever; so that covering all above with a Basket, and regarding only what is below the Girdle, it is impossible of two Women to know an old one from a young one. And as in the Dark all Cats are grey, the Pleasure of Corporal Enjoyment with an old Woman is at least equal and frequently superior; every Knack being by Practice capable by improvement.

  6. Because the sin is less. The Debauching of a Virgin may be her Ruin, and make her Life unhappy.

  7. Because the Compunction is less. The having made a young Girl miserable may give you frequent bitter Reflections; none of which can attend making an old Woman happy.

  8. 8th & lastly. They are so grateful!!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨modest fashion is the best💖⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Tie one to the end of my penis and attach it to one tied around my head above the chin. That way when i look around and talk to people it looks like my penis is following the conversation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't have kids⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Jesus, my parents would go nuclear if I had done this. Partly from the mess, but mostly from the waste of peanut butter. Pretty sure they would make me squidgy it back into the jars and that would be my peanut butter from now on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Holy hell, Ernie.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  True, though I would say that acquiring a chronic illness or deformity is even more just luck of the draw. At least you can avoid many injuries by being cautious.

  My main point was that luck is not the main determining factor for the vast majority of the population.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Holy hell, Ernie.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I would put that in the luck category. Picking up any chronic injury can definitely have negative outcomes to your ability to maintain your mobility and your overall health.

  I work in orthopedics and rehabilitation, and it’s made me a lot more cautious about engaging in a lot of activities that may be fun, but just aren’t worth the risk.

  I used to ride motorcycles in college, but gave it up after my first stint in a trauma ward.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Holy hell, Ernie.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a lot of geriatric patients as well. I don’t know if it’s just about being lucky. Luck is part of the equation, but a bigger part of that equation is being active and maintaining your mobility.

  I have a few patients in their 80s and 90s that look younger than their own children. The big thing they always have in common is that they stay active by exercising regularly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mighty fine⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You and Nancy Regan have at least one thing in common.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yes, yes they are⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, all you can do is your best. Just keep one foot in front of the other and you’ll eventually end up old and tired, but hopefully content and with a mostly clear conscience.

  Things have always been more fucked up than the general public likes to acknowledge, but I do admit that I really feel for younger people. I’m middle aged and have seen a lot in my time, but it does seem like the kids are going to have an even tougher go at it than I did, which is saying a lot. At least I got to see the analog world, before the towers fell and America cranked the crazy to 11, a time before the end of history.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yes, yes they are⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel the same way, it’s just an uphill battle that seems to be getting harder by the decade.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yes, yes they are⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, but they can create the conditions where altruism is a non beneficial trait that ultimately leads to your untimely end. The goal isn’t for them to personally intervene in people’s lives, just to create the conditions that are most desirable to maintain their own position.

  That’s why they’ve spent decades attacking the kindness of the working class. Turning the idea of charity into an insult, Christianity into prosperity Gospel, and being neighborly into an immigrant sympathizer. They want the lower class to idolize the same kind of disregard for empathy that made them rich to begin with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨always read the label⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The brand “One Night Cough Syrup” had alcohol, chloroform, cannabis, and morphine as their active ingredients. Sure it worked great, being unconscious makes it harder to cough, plus coughing requires breathing, so it works on two fronts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Operation enduring algae⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The quote from the article is coming from a 2016 review of the original information passed on to America to justify the war. So they now recognize that it is bullshit from a movie, but that didn’t stop them from transferring the information back in the 00s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Operation enduring algae⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sarcasm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Operation enduring algae⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fun fact, Mi6 plagiarized from the plot from The Rock to justify the invasion of Iraq.

  Specifically "the use of glass containers for chemical agents and the similarity of the description to those portrayed in The Rock "

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s kinda worse than the Titanic. At least then some of the “billionaires” of their day cared enough about their image that they voluntarily gave up their seats on rescue boats to women and children. Our billionaires know that the ship is sinking and have already hired goons to make sure they get a life raft all to themselves.

  Billionaires know the boat is going down, they just think they’ll be able to buy their way out of a global catastrophe and don’t care what happens to anyone else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨magic⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Most likely they were stored in a warm and humid place. Polyurethane foam can get something called hydrolysis, where moisture breaks down the polymers in the foam.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨magic⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s called hydrolysis, it can happen to any kind of polyurethane based foam. Basically when moisture gets into the foam and causes the polymers to break down. Most likely to happen if they were stored in a humid and warm climate for long periods, or if they get wet and aren’t properly aired out before storage.

  If kept in a cool dry place the pu foam should be fine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What hot af take do you have that you think you will be HORRIBLY executed and shunned from society for?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  an idiot intern has to read it and follow the instructions exactly on what to do?

  Kinda the main factor you keep in mind when writing medical notes. The notes are to inform anyone reading them what your subjective and objective observations were and, your actions, and plan of care for the patient.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Already going to be a problem child⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you met a cop? They want violent power tripping assholes, they don’t care if anyone admires them. Like I said, the first modern police force was empowered by the state to catch runaway slaves. Most early police forces were used as strike breakers, they weren’t pillars of the community.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Already going to be a problem child⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What in that statement says that I’m ‘whitewashing’ the police?

  The part where you stated that they at one point in history attempted to restrict their hiring practices based on generally admired qualities.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Already going to be a problem child⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What day are we talking about here? Because that seems like an old house wives tale that is attempting to white wash the violent history of policing.

  There was no time period where police were actual leaders or responsible with their power. The history of modern policing can usually be traced back to slave hunters or privatized security agencies who were mainly used to murder labour movements.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What hot af take do you have that you think you will be HORRIBLY executed and shunned from society for?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know if I would agree… Variety and uniqueness doesn’t equate to art. There’s an infinite amount of ways to write a medical note, and in a large office of providers I can tell who wrote them based on composition and style…that doesn’t make me an artist.

  I work in medicine, and certain sects of our field have a similar issue. They promote pragmatic and utilitarian thinking, which when utilized within the field makes sense. The problem is when people utilize this kinda problem solving on social problems at a grand scale. I would have a similar problem with people learning how to do triage or surgery at the same age kids are getting into cs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What hot af take do you have that you think you will be HORRIBLY executed and shunned from society for?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  digital technology using binary to binary thinking, and learning computer science has the exact opposite effect. It teaches you to be analytical and break down problems into workable solutions, approach things from multiple perspectives, searching for the most elegant solution

  People I’ve met or talked to online who are in cs tend to think/argue very linearly and in a utilitarian fashion. Which is great for solving issues where you know exactly what the problem is or have a direct goal, but if applied to social problems can be very destructive.

  Not to mention open source and the hacker philosophy, both antiethical to fascism.

  Also a minority of people working in tech.

  People who study CS are usually strongly on the left. Techbros went to business school, not tech school.

  Maybe in your country? In the US CS is pretty well known for being pretty full of centerist/ right wing sexist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What hot af take do you have that you think you will be HORRIBLY executed and shunned from society for?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Studying computer science coaches young people’s brains into only thinking in terms of binary reasoning, and is the reason so many tech bros are fascist. I think it’s actively harmful to people’s development, and should be kept away from children until they are emotionally mature.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨East Asia⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, a lot of wood and coal fires for heating and cooling. Probably wouldn’t be as much of an issue, but the city is nestled in a big valley that blocks the city from the wind so the smog doesn’t really have anywhere to dissipate.