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HootTheOwl posted:Boomer: 'the green thing'..... "Well thanks to LBJ the neighborhood went to crap, and we had no choice but to flee to a walled exurb and live in a huge mansion with all the modern conveniences and drive everywhere"
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PhantomOfTheCopier posted:There's no butter here so uh... I got lost. Everything before that made perfect sense! I think "warm butter" is supposed to refer a "come gently caress me" expression
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Jul 29, 2019 22:47
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centrism.txt from a (fairly distant) cousin of mine:quote:To the one extreme is socialism. To the other capitalism without honor... the extreme of capitalism. Not sure if he's quoting something or came up with this on his own but he's very deep into the 'both sides' stuff.
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:centrism.txt from a (fairly distant) cousin of mine: ask him what should happen to the poor if no-one voluntarily decides to help them
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Jul 29, 2019 23:17
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Julio Cruz posted:ask him what should happen to the poor if no-one voluntarily decides to help them "that'll never happen! someone (not me) will inevitably step up and help!"
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Jul 29, 2019 23:18
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quote:The poor should be cared for, but as the voluntary, ethical motivation of individuals. (Demonstrates the character or lack thereof, of a society) Okay, so we've demonstrated that our society is callous and unfeeling, and nobody is willing to help. Now what?
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I like that just "socialism" is an extreme. Capitalism is only an extreme in excess tho.
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Eschenique posted:
I mean the key detail about this image is that it is an outright lie, the forward detachments of Desert Shield were living in rough conditions but when combat units are in rough conditions and not expecting combat soon they spend a lot of their duty hours building up their defenses and then their camp and facilities. Only absolute shitbirds would be too lazy to set up a shower tent and cistern, even if they only had enough supply for mass showers every 2-3 days. Shitbirds with leaders too passive to get a bunch of recent high school graduates to grab a shovel and start digging.
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Julio Cruz posted:ask him what should happen to the poor if no-one voluntarily decides to help them e: Someone else went a lot farther in challenging him than I did and he got pissy with her: quote:Socialism is on the extreme left. Not just on the left. Therefore, I haven't said that we shouldn't help people at all. However, the base of that help should lie within the society of the people to help a neighbor, as opposed to all of the help coming from the government. Neither of you realize what the extreme means. You see it as an attack, when in reality, you should be seeing it as a logic statement to benefit all. This is pretty much what I was expecting: saying "help should come from charities; not government!". I didn't feel like getting into an argument about socialism vs. capitalism so I just left it at that. F_Shit_Fitzgerald fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Jul 30, 2019 |
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RagnarokAngel posted:I like that just "socialism" is an extreme. Capitalism is only an extreme in excess tho.
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InsertPotPun posted:That's what makes Socialism so dangerous! No one quite knows where the line is between "capitalism with honor" and "socialism"! One minute you're giving children free healthca-BAM RAT SOUP FOR MONTHS ON END! Of course, all the historical communist dictatorship started not through a slippery slope, but through violent revolution against excesses of capitalism. So if you really want to prevent a dictatorship, you should favor a strong safety net.
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Found on my uncle's Facebook. quote:I may tick a few of you off by posting this. We can handle it one of two ways: discuss it like adults or you can unfriend me..your choice. You have your opinion and I have mine. Before anyone gets their panties in a wad, I add that my ancestors came here from other countries and they learned the language and worked and never once did I hear any of them trash America. They became a citizen, were proud to be one and some served in the military! I am nice to everyone and I have no problem with anyone coming here and making a good life for themselves and their family, BUT if you are coming here and expect us to become what you just came from, then that’s not happening! Mission accomplished. Also, as horribly written as it is, it's far too well written to be by Trump.
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Jul 30, 2019 12:12
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pop fly to McGillicutty posted:piss is sterile Where did this dumb idea come from anyway?
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Jul 30, 2019 12:45
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Unless you have a UTI or bladder infection there's less bacteria per cc in your piss than in tap water. That doesn't make it sterile, because tap water isn't, but it's cleaner than a lot of other water sources found in the wild.
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blackmet posted:I add that my ancestors came here from other countries and they learned the language and worked and never once did I hear any of them trash America. i too have been in psychic conference with the totality of my ancestors and get this - all of them hate ilhan omar
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PhantomOfTheCopier posted:There's no butter here so uh... I got lost. Everything before that made perfect sense! I may not be an expert in politics, but I’m pretty sure this has to do with all those buttery males that helped Trump win in 2016.
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Jul 30, 2019 13:33
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Guavanaut posted:Unless you have a UTI or bladder infection there's less bacteria per cc in your piss than in tap water. That doesn't make it sterile, because tap water isn't, but it's cleaner than a lot of other water sources found in the wild. When it comes out yes, but bacteria grows in it
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Jul 30, 2019 13:52
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:When it comes out yes, but bacteria grows in it That's why we're staying to put it back in.
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Jul 30, 2019 13:54
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PhantomOfTheCopier posted:Edit: If you gave me a stick of butter and told me to rub it anywhere I wanted on a hot naked guy, I'd rub it on his lips (because I want smooches, duh). If you gave me a stick of butter and told me to rub it anywhere I wanted on a hot naked gal, I'd run the other way, or eat the butter. Don't get me started on what I'd do with a slab of bacon.
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Orange Devil posted:Where did this dumb idea come from anyway? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iITtVjtr5-Y
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said that she doesn't understand why some people are afraid of 70% marginal tax rate when 40% of Americans struggle to pay for food or rent. Do you think she is right?quote:No. https://www.quora.com/Alexandria-Oc.../Bart-Hawkins-3
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Jul 31, 2019 14:54
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Please, remember that life is a struggle whether or not one has money, and we should never question or try to change that.
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I love a person making $23k a year, imagining themselves as a billionaire who wouldn't help their own families. It really drives home how hosed we are as a nation.
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Jul 31, 2019 15:46
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Oops, I criticized the perfect nation, time to send me to Gitmo for thinking differently than our dear leader.
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Jul 31, 2019 15:47
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The same stereotype of the lazy poor person living high on the hog hasn't changed since the 1960s either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmwOWmd7c98
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Quick, someone rewrite that vignette from the point of view of someone mocking poor people in the 1960s because they had it easy compared to someone who was poor during the Great Depression. Then do one about poor people living through the Great Depression from the point of view of a pre 1900s industrial worker. Then do one from the point of view of a pre-industrial age peasant. We should never improve anything ever!
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Jul 31, 2019 16:56
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Confused. Does the writer not know what a marginal tax rate is or am I reading it wrong?
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Have you seen my apex seals? I seem to have lost them.
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Aeka 2.0 posted:Confused. Does the writer not know what a marginal tax rate is or am I reading it wrong? He's using the incorrect idea that wealth redistribution is going to just cut poor people a check rather than, y'know, going into a healthcare system.
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Jul 31, 2019 17:08
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thanks to the anonymous male boomer who spends a whole day's words misunderstanding the question and calling a woman stupid, before he admits that he'd still gently caress her though
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luxury handset posted:the anonymous male boomer who spends a whole day's words misunderstanding the question and calling a woman stupid, before he admits that he'd still gently caress her though Forthwith!
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Jul 31, 2019 18:04
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man it's been a while since I saw "you're not poor if you own a CELL PHONE* or a FLAT SCREEN TV**" in the wild * good luck getting a job without internet access ** have you tried getting a non-flatscreen any time lately
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Julio Cruz posted:man it's been a while since I saw "you're not poor if you own a CELL PHONE* or a FLAT SCREEN TV**" in the wild Well they shouldn't have TVs at all. That would provide them respite from the crushing weight of their own decision to stay poor.
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Jul 31, 2019 18:08
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Just work says the guy who’s on SSI because there are no jobs in his rural community.
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99.6% own a refrigerator.
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All the rice, beans, and powdered milk you can haul away
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PoizenJam posted:Quick, someone rewrite that vignette from the point of view of someone mocking poor people in the 1960s because they had it easy compared to someone who was poor during the Great Depression. Pre-industrial peasants actually had it better than industrial workers. The enclosures were a rather violent affair as people did not voluntarily turn their labour into a commodity to really get this capitalism thing going. It was violence all the way down.
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Jul 31, 2019 18:15
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https://youtu.be/yTwpBLzxe4U All over again.
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Guavanaut posted:99.6% own a refrigerator. Not own, "have". Bet most fridges are owned by landlords. Just another way that graphic is disgusting.
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luxury handset posted:thanks to the anonymous male boomer who spends a whole day's words misunderstanding the question and calling a woman stupid, before he admits that he'd still gently caress her though He does actually have a name, I just didn’t copy it. He’s Bart Hawkins. Also I love how she’s “the woman,” because using her name would be too respectful. Mainly, though, that post just needs a giant “citations needed.” “I don’t believe 40% of people have trouble getting food, it’s probably more like 4%.” Sure. Also, poor people are obese because high calorie, low nutrient food is cheap. Jurgan fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Jul 31, 2019 |
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Jurgan posted:Also, poor people are obese because high calorie, low nutrient food is cheap. ...and the only thing available because the local grocery store shut down and all they have is a convenience store.
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