I got an arm infection near the injection site of one vaccine that was so bad that there was briefly discussion of possibly needing to amputate it if the third round of antibiotics didn’t clear it up. When the primary abscess at the injection site ruptured, I collected over a pint of bloodypusieyuck in the first couple of hours. Fortunately, it began resolving shortly thereafter, but it definitely made me more wary of vaccinations.

That being said, I still got vaccinated for COVID and some other things after that. Because I am capable of taking a deep breath, rationalizing the actual proven risk odds and then deal with my very real anxiety and do the thing I know has the highest chance of being the best course of action (at least sometimes).

Though, I do always ask they do it in my non-dominate arm now, just in case.

However, if a moon is sufficiently large compared to its planet, it also gets to be a planet and part of a binary planet system, not a moon.

You didn’t even mention all of the alligators and crocodiles!

Nah, it had the purpose of doing a genocide on Palestine. It desensitizing people to Venezuela is just a highly hoped for bonus, per those pushing it.

If you pick the right currency, Musk is already the first multi-trillionaire!

It was probably their own fault they got smooshed by The Hand, anyway. Obviously, they did heinous things no one knows about or The Hand wouldn’t have chosen them for smooshing.

It’s also just not true, the villain/killer/etc has iPhones in many shows and movies already, including multiple AppleTV shows.

So much this. You can fix blatant bugs sometimes and have people whine because it breaks their flow to have it work correctly.

What do you mean you made it so it no longer freezes for 20 seconds after clicking the Q-button?! I count on that pause to ensure my J-Flame comes at the right time! How dare you?!

If they had user replaceable batteries like 20 years ago no one would need to replace them.

I’ve only had 1 without a removable battery and decided never again. Can recommend Fairphone, or maybe Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro.

The Fairphone is particularly repairable and more sustainably and ethically produced than pretty much any other phone FWIW. Almost any component can be replaced in minutes, including the screen and camera($106), as well as microphones, speakers, usb ports, etc ($20~40). It uses de-Googled android and has a variety of built in security and privacy features other phones lack. They’re a good company trying to improve the industry, so I think more people should be aware of them.

The Galaxy XCover Pro is the best of the very limited number of removable battery phones from major well known brands, IMO.

Somewhat, but not nearly as quickly or to the extent of something like gasoline, acetone or even d-limonene/orange oil (which is what I use to dissolve styrofoam packaging for repurposing, because it smells the best and is less flammable).

This video is someone dissolving polystyrene in kerosene, and as you can see it is a very slow process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1yDdIanTEA

I think they meant the overwhelming majority of people who have/use them, not of people in general.

That’s literally what I was saying/implying, so I’m not sure “no” is a particularly valid response. I think you misread.

The comment chain went like this:

1. Communism can’t be a dictatorship.
2. China disagrees with 1.
3. Marx agreed with 1, i.e. Marx agreed communism can’t exist in a dictatorship.

However, Marx (and most other communist philosophers) would agree, however.

Because it’s economic philosophy concept, not necessarily a literal term. The German form of the term is about 100 years old refers to the form of capitalism that took root post-WWI; the English translation didn’t really take off until about 50 years ago and typically refers to capitalist forms that rose after WWII.

did anybody notice that the hundreds of thousands of deaths attributed to the opioid epidemic included heroin?

This is because of two main things, AFAIK.

1. The number of heroin and other opiate addicts that got that way because of prescription opioids. This is a period of time where a significant majority of opiate/opioid addicts started on legally prescribed pills, were kept on them too long and weren’t properly tapered off. Many then sought street versions of the drugs to avoid withdrawals and fell further into addiction.

2. Adulteration of other drugs. It has long been common to adulterate drugs by adding cheaper but stronger drugs and filler to the mix so that most users know something is happening but remain unaware they paid more for a mix of dubious efficacy. Incomplete mixing, higher tolerance to the advertised drug than the additive one, or are in some way compounding in the mixed drugs cause many more overdose deaths than those of known and consistent effects.

And when both aspects combine, it can prove to be a particularly deadly combo.

Unfortunately, they are people. Evil, narcissistic, sociopathic, detestable people. Dehumanizing them is easy because of how inhumane they are, but it jumpstarts one of the more verified slippery slopes that ends up “justifying” atrocities.

That being said, I’m all for them being stripped of every possession and asset they’ve ever had, sending every participant family member and associate put in a different high security prison for life, and possibly sentencing them under 13th amendment slavery rules with all revenue going to addiction treatment.

Because they’re people. And they deserve all of the things our judicial system has to offer. As people. Evil, shitty, greedy, people.

A captured justice system that has been corrupted by twisted, mutant late stage capitalism, mostly.

The French made some attempts at making metric time a thing, but no one really liked it.

Do a barrel roll!

A significant number of his best investments were based upon fuckery that the rest of us aren’t really able to enact, so “spite buy entire companies” or whatever isn’t really any sort of opinion I’d listen to, either.