See some of these (like the chip bag) are so harebrained that you’re just like “surely that doesn’t work right” but it just makes you wonder how many times something like that does work, happens often, and we just didn’t hear about it.

One person doesn’t just randomly decide to take thousands or more of cash and give it to someone because “maybe it’ll work or maybe my life will be ruined”, it’s a risk, but significantly less of one if you know it’s been done before. They’re not robbing convenience stores for rent money out of desperation, they’re bribing people to change public policy that overrides the public because of their own beliefs or agenda because they think they can get away with it. And who knows how often they do.

No idea what you mean lol enlighten me

Well hang on, let’s send the elites into space first. Then nuke their ships. Then give earth a second chance. If we don’t get it in 20 years, then we can call it a wash and wipe the planet clean.

Yep. In a lot of places (check your local, I ain’t a lawyer) being under the influence isn’t illegal. It’s the supplemental stuff where you are either in possession or putting others at risk. But being stoned in your own home hanging out is (in most places) legal.

This is also a really big stepping point for independents. Almost 30% of the votes for an effective independent shows that while some people may have considered Binface a joke, it’s pretty clear that his claims and asks are important to people. And those are claims and asks that other potential candidates are going to need to address if they want those voters.

That is the once nice thing about social media. All these insufferable idiots put their insufferable actions right there in public so we can identify them and ignore them. Nothing better than seeing someone’s social media and going “ah, I’m not even gonna waste my time”

Except we have lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs from federal departments since Trump entered office, outnumbering new hires 11 to 1 (https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-government-has-lost-more-10-000-stem-ph-d-s-trump-took-office)

And 15% less PhD applicants, 21% less of foreign PhD applicants (https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/losing-an-entire-generation-of-scientific-talent-top-us-universities-accepted-15-fewer-phds/4023877.article)

Usually people come here for work when trained at that level, but we are quickly heading towards a “brain drain” of losing our highly educated population.

Just so we are clear, taking acts to directly impede the democratic process across the country.

That’s High Treason, right?

I can’t see the gif

Yep. Language can be funny like that. You are either modifying the adjective “lockable” with the prefix “un-”, or you are modifying the verb “unlock” into an adjective by adding “-able” at the end. Words can have multiple definitions, yay!

I think generically, the “worst” degree is one that is highly specialized, and overstaffed. People point at liberal arts, but the problem with it is there are a lot of people with those degrees and not enough jobs that use them effectively. You could get a hyper specific degree but if there are 10 people that work in the field and 10 jobs and isn’t growing, or you could get a very broad degree that has 100,000 jobs but also has 100,000 people working in it and also isn’t growing, you’re just as out of luck.

You have to find a degree that matches what you’re willing to do or learn with who is willing to pay you/grow. Even then, there’s no done deals. 10 years ago Computer Science was one of the top degrees to get, now people are fleeing the programs.

$20 and some pocket lint. I’d at least want to reward them for the favor

I always took it as “if you do your best you’ll never be without what you need” but that could still have a lot of broad interpretations

For me at least I feel like it was when the American dream turned from “anyone can do it with hard work and dedication” to “anyone can do it if they exploit others, get lucky, or come from money”.

The dream used to be “work hard and this will be yours” and it seems to have been turned to “work hard and dream about it someday, and maybe you can get close”. And it definitely changed over time. People often forget when the “American dream” came about it wasn’t “get a degree, and be a white collar worker for a chance” like it was with people my age. It was “go to work, wherever, with whatever skill set/background, contribute and you get a piece of the American apple pie”. Over decades though those goal posts have been shifted further and further.

Earning the American dream used to be a given for everyone if you worked hard and contributed, but over time it has devolved with a bunch of extra conditionals of “well that doesn’t count either” until we are left with “the dream exists, but only for a few who can actually get it.”

People these days are turning to betting, day trading, side hustles, and extreme budgeting to even be comfortable in some cases. That’s not how it used to be. You could work any job, minimum wage or not, and the benefits were supposed to be for everyone. That’s not the case anymore, and the American dream has faded along with it

Sure, let’s whataboutism the discussion, love that.

The problem is, there’s no way this would stay quiet if he was actually dead. There were 7 people directly involved and about 60 ultimately charged for Watergate, and that leaked like a sieve. Granted they were caught, but if he was an actual corpse there’s no way someone wouldn’t leak something. Now incapacitated, sure.

But if the dead man was on ice for a while here you can bet people are absolutely going to look into exactly how long he has been dead for. This has been way too high profile for them to try to just hand wave it through.

I really think he is just mentally useless. You saw the guy freezing and falling for months. I think whatever happened, he’s not dead, they’re just pretending “oh yeah he will be right back, just a minute.” Until the timeline passes, then it’ll be “oops actually ya know what he’s just gonna go ahead and resign” because he isn’t publicly functional anymore. He hasn’t been for years, but this last illness/injury just pushed him over the line. They were probably just trying to get him to the next election cycle, and this injury pushed up the timeline so they had to bluff to the “finish line”.

Still absolute horseshit either way. I don’t think he’s been “valid” for years.

It’s always been a shithole. The good part was the freedom, you used to be able to be exhasperated and complain to your friends. But we decided instead of improving society that some of us would rather give a bunch of facists cameras and microphones and turns out, those facists are the evil kind of facists, not this mythical “only here to protect us” kind.

Which, when faced with an absolute mountain of evidence, is still tantamount to “I don’t believe it”. You can say “I don’t think that’s accurate” but when the entire community of people responsible for checking accuracy tells you that it is accurate, that’s not disbelief, that’s denial in clown shoes.

“you’re not a scientist with all your “research” and “peer reviewed studies” and stupid “evidence”! You’re not even wearing a lab coat! I’ve got a lab coat! You’ve got to respect me because my lab coat and my name tag says I’m a scientist! This guy doesn’t even have a name tag c’mon.”

/s hopefully obviously

And that’s absolutely a view you are allowed to take. Nobody should force you to “move on” or “go get laid” or look down on you for not doing so. I would however strongly refute that everyone who does find another after losing someone is doing so to “fuck someone new”, for a lot of people that move is not one made lightly, and not something so minimally calculated.

But for the people that do make those choices, they are also not lesser or “liars”. Life can be very challenging, and connection, especially intimate ones (or lack thereof) can drastically change our feelings and wellness going through life. Some people find that connection on other people and choose to embrace it, others reject it to protect the sanctity of what came before.

I’m not trying to change your mind in either direction but to explain why other people may do what they do. There are several factors that could influence their decisions as well.

Some people don’t believe in an afterlife. They believe that when the person is gone, they’re gone. They hold memories dear, but they also know that suffering (if they feel that they are) for someone who is no longer here may not be worth the cost to their own wellness.

Some have had more than one experience like that. If I were to refuse to date anyone ever again because my 5 year relationship in highschool and college where we promised we would be together forever ended (for whatever reason). Am I a monster for finding love with another person because at the time I said and believed and truly swore we would be together? What if the separation was out of either of our control?

There’s also the aspect you have talked about, which is akin to honor. You have made a vow and promised it until death. You have every right to stand by it and dedicate yourself to it, but not to choose others decisions for them as well.

Holding your oath may be what carries you, but others may need or want further comfort in life. It doesn’t have to be sexual, but connection with other people in a way that truly shows them your heart is not something people can often find, and also not something many can just give up on in life.

Take the path that makes you happy, but if someone else’s decision means there are two less unhappy people in the world then it’s a decision worth making in my opinion.