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We can start by forming a few coloumbs and start marching
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We can start by forming a few coloumbs and start marching
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The 'Paperwork Flood': How I Drowned a Bureaucrat before dinner., Sightless Scribbles
Our government is run by Vogons
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This is what US soldiers serving in Iran are eating
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Likely very true.
I can imagine that the surfacing of these articles will prompt the Executive to blame the Navy, demand a fix and gloat about it when they get replenished and host some big food event event aboard. All while the senior Naval leadership (Aboard) has likely been complaining and signaling about this possibility for awhile now.
Because many people on-board that vessel have encountered likely the exact situation many times over.
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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
I've always found Harry Potter universe to be quite campy. But I also never got into Lord of the Rings and thought Game of Thrones was awful so my opinion on television media may not be average or popular.
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And online, you and many other American supporters whine saying "Not all of us are like that!".
I am American, I am not an 'American Supporter'.
I agree the 'not all of us are like that' argument is bad.
Im fact I hate that the country is doing what it is doing and has been for so long. It sucks, its embarrassing.
What I am I really saying is that responsibility for the acts of violence, is often attributed to the 'wrong' people. And so I was seeking some clarification.
I would agree with a Dutchman or an Iranian saying 'America and all of its citizens are responsible for the violence, and it is bad'. I can accept this is a fairly true snd congruent statement.
I would not agree with an American saying that an unspecified group of people (individuals)onboard a ship are responsible for the violence whilst they share no responsibility in it, are morally superior and clean.
'CARRYING OUT' also would require some explaining.
If were to host Nuremberg 2.0 for America. 'CARRYING OUT' could mean lots of things.
The fact is that the causality of our acts of violence are distributed---and if we begin to assign levels of complictness to individuals and groups we ought to do so carefully. Voting, for example, is not the only way one can be complicit (or increase their complictness). Agency is a real factor.
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I like to ask people i meet IRL if they have a lawn. Follow up question is why then?
A lot of people seem to be unaware of the history and origin of lawns. Put oversimply, they are and have always been about gross excess resources expenditure to show those around you how rich you are.
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I am somewhat liberal and so I personally do not support state sponsored death penalties; however, I do wish the nation I am a citizen of would be more progressive, less war prone, and yes stop bombing other countries.
Especially death penalties for people with little to no agency.
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I think the roast beef or something is labeled as 'gyro meat' aboard the carriers-experience.
What it is actually made of I have no idea.
The carrier often operates on a 'pay check to pay check' diet. The machine is packed with food stores, ammo, repair parts, etc and then it sallies forth.
The food is cooked, eaten, spoiled, otherwise consumed and must be replenished. Replenishing the machine is a huge phenomenon. Sometimes.the replenishing does not happen soon enough or there is rationing because they know the ritual of replenishment can only happen on x date which is a long way out.
With news articles like the one hyperlinked by someone, im sure the priests of the machine are going to ensure to gather a bountiful replenishment and spoil the men and women of the machine as soon as is actually possible--hopefully.
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Exactly the problem and they all cite a paper written by a pro life conservative who works at the Hamilton foundation which is a conservative 'think tank'.
The paper itself is abysmally stupid. He emailed about 60 000 people with 5 or so confoundingly, unnecessarily complex question (manipulated) and about 30 000 or so responded and then he interpreted the answers and made the conclusion that like 90% of respondents agree that life begins at conception.
Morons say 90% of scientists agree, which is not even what the paper claims at all which itself is not good.
He could have just asked 'does human life begin at conception'? Also he complained (author) in a podcast about the paper about how so many faculty at the college he was st during the paper writing urged him to discontinue the project as for various reasons and then spins that to basically say pro women's rights advocates are in a conspiracy against life and were all democratic demons in a death cult (more or less)
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Cows that have been shampooed and blow dried
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I would say high fat and/or high sugar.
Some wines are identified as rich (little fat) Soups like beef burgundy is usually described as rich Something like a rose based syrup might be described as delicate by some if only eating a little (the floral is delicate maybe, the sugar and fat is rich) So yeah fat for sure but also the flavor characteristics-floral vs herbal vs dairy maybe
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I love Indoor climbing
My gym has a few crack features, crack climbing is a niche within a niche. It is very different from face ('regular') rock climbing. It sucks yoyr energy out like typhoon would hit something with a lot of force. Feels like wrestling or mountain climbing (as opposed to rock climbing).
It's super fun though, its just very humbling for a face climber or a boulderer like myself.
I would say most indoor climbers to not do crack. Crack is for outdoors people and then a lot outdoors people probably avoid crack as well.
Me? When I do have a belay partner im jamming my hands in that crack and not even finishing, it feels grueling its very satisfying.
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Yeah I get it and I dont deny that. Having never read the books though, I find the movies to be somewhat difficult to follow and with the exception (probably) of the first movie, I simply dont find them memorable or ranked high in my own mind as something I want to re watch.
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I've lived in a area thet is mostly red area from birth until about age 20....
It is absolutely stunning the level of ignorance from many (most) MAGA. The circle jerk eachother something fierce.
Traitorous is an appropriate word for many, but for many-also- they are so uneducated, so uninformed, so lacking in critical thinking and accurate up-to-date news that, for those people, they may as well be considered retarded; and are victim to the FOX et al news and media sources. I dont know how the nation will ever get this cohort to change, unless there is a concerted (and well effective I guess)effort to improve education and some sort of changes to cable news, Facebook news and other uncool places where these peoppe get their news.
The rural people problem......
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I never thought I had ADHD until recently. About a month ago or something I was diagnosed. I have: however, for all of my life struggled apparently more than my peers. I couldn't focus, I had meltdowns learning math and reading, (crying, yelling, shutting down ) I'm late places, Im often late to turn in work things or previously school things. After work 80%-90% of the time I feel completely numb, wasted, tired, and a little (or a lot) depressed.
The memes and the mental health awareness zeitgeist, I think helped me connect the dots where I used to believe it was just depression and a lack of motivation and or discipline and also a lack of socialization at the right ages resulting in less social skills and less self confidence.
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Ha well better late than never I suppose.
Have you observed any improvements? You have had some treatment or currently undergoing some?
I think the 2 things I currently identify with the biggest are: Autism- 'bottom up thinking' (i think is what its called) Wherein I tend to converse and think from specific 'this is a woman drinking a coca cola in swimwear on a hot day' as opposed to 'this is an advertisement for coca cola, they are using the heat and the attractiveness of the woman to make an appeal' if shown an advert for coke.
ADHD- Not.being able to perform tasks unless there is an immediate consequence
Both (maybe) Stimulation must be present at the right amount. Too much (a night club) and I start using a lot of energy, im stressed, im less social, I think less clearly, and I fatigue entirely soon after. Often becoming quite irritable and oddly mad at everyone for not being interesting or cool or lacking depth or something illogical.
Hope its working out for you
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Yes I feel sometimes "wow Im eating healthy and Im exercising l, I even spoke to a stranger...I am making growth to being better. And then randomly life collapses around me again'
The YouTube is good. Not sure how I've gone so long without even considering ADHD/ADD.
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I exist mostly without relationships. I can barely fathom living with one romantic person. If that person then was able to execute sexual acts with others on a regular basis with relative ease I dont think we'd be compatible because our lives would be too different, experiences too different.
I can imagine, however, a different scenario wherein both of us pay for professional, independent sex workers occasionally-primarily themselves that are also adept in therapeutic massage. Maybe. But still it does seem like an odd zeitgeist for romantic relationships right now.