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jtrek

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  • Salad oil scandal — Wikipedia

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  • De Angelis was convicted of fraud and conspiracy charges in connection with the scandal and served seven years in prison, gaining his release in 1972

    Seven years seems light in comparison to other crimes. Unclear if he got to keep his wealth, too.

  • [War and Peas] Sitcoms

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  • My cat hasn't done hairballs during intimate times lately, but he has done "HIGH SPEED LAPS" that include jumping onto the bed as part of his circuit.

  • Hello World!

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  • I remember when the internet was new, I'd make friends with random people I'd "meet". Like, I'd play Diablo with some rando on battle.net and then we'd stay in touch. Now it seems more ephemeral. Maybe it's just because I'm older.

  • [Meta] Posting comics from transphobic artists?

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  • That isn't how this works.

    It doesn't start with the most vile filth. It starts with slightly edgy jokes, employs irony, and works slowly towards getting you to believe whatever racist slop they're selling. "The alt right playbook" was a youtube series from like a decade ago that covers some of this. I don't usually like youtube videos, but that one I make an exception for.

  • RFK Jr cut off dead raccoon's penis on family vacation 'to study later'

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  • Republicans value in-group loyalty more than anything else. That usually is part of conservatism.

  • Bosses say AI boosts productivity – workers say they’re drowning in ‘workslop’

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  • Furthermore, if you are being paid the same but your productivity goes up, and the owner keeps all the new profits, you're being robbed.

  • Truth

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  • There was a meme the other day that was text over a screenshot of final fantasy tactics. It was like

    Trans person: "are you helping us because they'll come after you next?"

    Protagonist: "I'm helping you because they're coming after you now"

    I liked that one.

  • You can make people happier by taking a small amount from their wallet weekly and then later "gifting" them all the money you took from them... that's what a tax refund is...

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  • People don't understand things but that doesn't stop them feeling ways about it.

    Also the US tax system seems complicated and error prone.

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  • Even if it was dirt cheap, I don't want to give microsoft my money. I don't want to rent games or get stuck with a subscription.

  • America is a car country. For decades, millions of families relied on inexpensive cars to get from home to work and school. Now, a growing number of americans can't afford one.

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  • The average transaction price for a new car now sits around $50,000.

    I could ride a NYC subway or bus 16,666 times for that, assuming I never do more than 12 rides in a week to trip the "rest of the week is free" condition.

    "Make cars cheaper" is a stupid solution that won't scale well. Cars do tremendous damage to the environment and our society. But I expect everyone subscribed to "Fuck Cars" already knows that.

  • [Meta] Posting comics from transphobic artists?

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  • Make a new space with your own rules

    That's what's happening here and you're whining about it. Follow your own advice.

    My big problem with censorship is that it dulls the mind. Safe spaces do the same thing. If your thoughts and beliefs are never questioned, you can never grow as a person. Echo chambers are breeding grounds for ignorance. Our world is not tolerant of ignorance. Being unable to react appropriately to emotionally inflammatory bait makes us all weaker on an emotional level.

    Also this is nonsense. Some topics don't need to be relitigated. No one benefits from giving "maybe {racist trope} is real" a platform and legitimacy.

    Furthermore, allowing stuff like Nazi ideas is corrosive to the community. Like the anecdote about the Nazi bar posted elsewhere, if you let that stuff in then you end up with all the other people leaving.

    You are wrong and your ideas are counter productive for maintaining a vibrant community. Many left wing spaces ban Nazi apologia, and have no shortage of debate and competing thought.

    Claiming your opponents are just emotionally weak is also laughable. You sound like a real sad sack neo-nazi incel projecting his own shortcomings.

  • [Meta] Posting comics from transphobic artists?

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  • So the individuals running a forum cannot moderate the forum. It must be open to any and all content. Otherwise that is censorship, and bad.

    Well, I infer from your tone you think censorship is always bad. Maybe you're just splitting a hair about how in a sense content moderation is censorship.

    because the community can’t regulate their own emotions is censorship.

    The biggest eyeroll

  • Trump gets McDonalds DoorDashed to White House and then takes Iran war questions with delivery person

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  • If it was that easy to get to trump, I assume someone would have door-dash'd him something lethal already.

  • Trump’s Approval Rating Tanking With Key Part of MAGA Base

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  • I don't think it matters. It's like sports. They might have a particular manager or player but they still love the team.

  • [Meta] Posting comics from transphobic artists?

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  • Nobody is obligated but the community is obligated?

  • [Meta] Posting comics from transphobic artists?

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  • Will you write "I'm an idiot" on your forehead for me? If not, am I being censored? Why or why not? Should you be obligated to carry my message anywhere I desire?

  • [Meta] Posting comics from transphobic artists?

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  • There are many comics in the world. Banning a handful of horrible creators won't starve the community for content. It will create space for non-horrible artists.

    Allowing the "nice" comics by horrible people just creates a funnel for people to click though and be exposed to hateful ideas.

    If in several months the ban list has grown monstrous in size, we could revisit, but that seems unlikely.

    It's not book burning or censorship. The horrible creators remain entitled to host their own websites or their own instances.

  • Who should pay for climate damages: Taxpayers or polluters? The New Jersey “Polluters Pay to Make New Jersey More Affordable Act” offers a straightforward answer.

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  • People who pollute the earth should have to fix the damage they do. Failing that, they should pay heavy fines.

  • "Vegans kill more animals"

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  • Idiots and liars, I assume.