arrow74

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Boy Dinner⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I once saw a guy eat an entire pound of ground beef. Just some pan fried ground beef with salt and pepper. Nothing else, just pure boy kibble

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Coaxed into inhumane cosmetic dog decisions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  These dogs weren’t running factories they were chasing vermin and helping in hunting. The wild animal will fight, but both jobs were necessary for survival and impossible to redesign at the time.

  But we have invented new ways meaning that dogs are no longer required for these jobs. This should have been when docking was abandoned

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Heat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggests⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My local city in the US had sent people to do energy audits and gave a slight discount on the next month’s electric bill if you let them in.

  They would tell you where you needed more insulation and sealing. The city offered rebates for various types of insulation and energy related overhaul.

  The city owned the local utility and they determined it was way cheaper to help reduce energy consumption than to scale up production

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Coaxed into inhumane cosmetic dog decisions⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Idk if this makes it any better but docking started as a practice for dogs doing certain jobs to help avoid injury.

  Basically tail injuries were common and a clean removal was overall actually better. Then it slowly became something done for no purpose other than cosmetic which is disgusted. Honestly we shouldn’t even have working dogs anymore either, but at least its origins made sense at the time

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A man in France was beaten after throwing rocks on firefighters⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  French people doing exactly what their ancestors who built that city would want

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paris, France⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean something can be not safe and based at the same time. Revolution is often not safe, doesn’t mean it’s not worthwhile

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Anonborn gets recruited⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d argue it means the opposite.

  In terms of Skyrim though the nords have been there for about 4,000 years.

  I’d say if you’re the first people there congrats you’re that Natives. If you’ve replaced/eliminated the original population and lived there at least 1,000 years congrats you’re the natives.

  Honestly the timing is arbitrary, I pick 1,000 because in modern day it’s nearly impossible to track back descent that far. Very very few people can. In a society like Skyrim I’d argue it’s after the last person that remembers that last person that moved there. About 6 generations or so

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Anonborn gets recruited⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean it’s getting a bit loose with the term native. The Nords have been there a long fucking time.

  Humans on Earth are only native to Africa, but unique cultures have evolved elsewhere

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wealth inequality will destroy America.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sorry where do you think profit comes from? It’s not grown on profit trees, it’s baked into the price. Higher markup, high price, higher profit.

  Non sequitur my ass

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wealth inequality will destroy America.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not buying the very last link in the chain doesn’t matter.

  It absolutely does. You’re cutting out the part with highest markup. Skipping an entire manufacturing process.

  You can get the ingredients for a fraction of the cost compared to a finished product.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨she has risen!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Gandalf doesn’t exist either, but he does have an established canon

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨she has risen!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Since Jesus is also God he’s technically a murderer and a mass murderer at that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨she has risen!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly both of those are more humane than lethal injection. The cocktail we use is absolutely horrific. Basically you are conscious the whole time and your lungs slowly fill with fluid while you drown.

  It’d be more humane to slam a fuckton of morphine and fentanyl. If that’s not an option I’ll take the meat grinder

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A one-time 5% wealth tax would bring Silicon Valley’s billionaires’ wealth back to where it was just 31 days ago⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  5% off the top!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A one-time 5% wealth tax would bring Silicon Valley’s billionaires’ wealth back to where it was just 31 days ago⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And before the laws hadn’t been changed to make it so easy to hide it all

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No, you can't keep your 20 year old dictionary password⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, but it’s going on a sticky note taped on the bottom of my keyboard

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Make Congress Earn Average American Wage.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah renting a luxury car would be a weird choice, but nothing described is that weird from a practical sense.

  Honestly if a job is having you use your personal vehicle and isn’t reimbursing you you shouldn’t do it.

  Also if you don’t allow basic reimbursement then you severely limit the ability for a normal person to run for office. Making it much easier for a wealthy person to run comparatively

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Make Congress Earn Average American Wage.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Representatives need a salary, otherwise only those that are independently wealthy can hold office.

  I’m with you on this idea for campaign financing though

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Make Congress Earn Average American Wage.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Also low compensation makes it nearly impossible for the average person to run an office, live in DC, and maintain a home in their home district.

  I’d be okay if they recieved some kind of voucher or stipend that can only be used on a lease in DC and office necessities. Just to make up the difference

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All that I need⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d still take a nice lunch though

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RIP 🚽⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I bet the ashes thing is an old law, probably based on religion. I’d imagine they just never saw a need to change it, and too few people cared about it to ask for it to be changed

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RIP 🚽⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So perfectly safe to flush, your sewage is not going straight into the environment. It’s either treated or held in a septic tank and disposed of after it’s emptied.

  Sure some stuff may get out of either system, but the dose makes the poison as they say.

  I wouldn’t plant tomatoes in a mix of compost and human ashes, but if I scattered it across a whole field of tomatoes there would be no impact.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A good reminder that it can always get worse⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t tell you how often I’ve been walking around looking for a place to eat and I see all these AI generated slop menus with AI generated food photos. I just walk away from those places. I can almost forgive the AI generated format for the menu, almost. But I can’t forgive the food photos

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mental health professionals rarely allow you to talk about the socioeconomic factors too⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like a good psychiatrist. Like I think we can acknowledge the cause is valid and acknowledge you deserve to be happy and able to live.

  Some say that’s denying reality, maybe it is, but humans have had to endure some really bad times. For us it is natural to be able to find something to enjoy even at the worse of times, just a biological drive to survive. Honestly I think the destruction of our normal living patterns, extended family groups interconnected forming small communities to this extremely isolated nuclear family, has absolutely trashed our natural coping mechanisms

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minimum Wage Must Cover Basics⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Amazing how sone countries have much more survivable minimum wages, more vacation time, low cost health care, and still have local ice cream shops

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Minimum Wage Must Cover Basics⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve heard rumors that back in the 90s is was considered normal to work a 20hr part time job and split a 2 bedroom apartment with a friend that also worked 20hrs or so. With a bit left to spare even.

  Not sure how true it is

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon was a cub scout⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t tell you how many times I did both of those though. Never by plan of course, but it happened

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I CANNOT TOLERATE⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So I lied, I cheated, I bribed men to cover the crimes of other men. I am an accessory to murder.

  But most damning thing of all, I think I can live with it. And if I had to do it all over again, I would.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We live in a society...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s pretty common in the North. Older houses built in the 40s thru 60s that have never been fully renovated. Furnaces are surprisingly resilient

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Simple. Elegant. Fashionable, even. Become the envy of the airport.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve only flown maybe 6 times from Europe, 2 domestic/Schengen and the rest international. I’m only counting the times I started at an airport within Europe.

  So far never had my carry on weighed. France, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, and Portugal