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MonkRome

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  • consensual

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  • Well every minute they're alive feels like an eternity, even if they die early. The peak age of death is 84, even though the average is lower. If Trump dies before that age while getting the best healthcare in the world, it will still feel like he lived forever.

  • Pope Leo: Palestinian state 'only' solution to Israeli conflict

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  • I guess it depends on what you mean by almost done. They've taken 50% of the land in gaza. They've killed 3% of the Gaza strip and .06% of the West Bank. These are massive extinction events by population percentage, but the Palestinians are still very much there. As soon as people give up, the Palestinians are in a much much worse state than they already are.

    It won't be as easy for them to push through the other 50% without displacing or killing 2 million people, which is a world of difference from 70,000. I'm not optimistic, but I also don't see a current path for Israel to "finish the genocide" that doesn't simultaneously eliminate a large percentage of their remaining political and economic power in the process. On the other hand fascist counties aren't know to act rational. Either way, this genocide is far from over. Imo, it will last at least another decade, if not much longer, if it's bent on geographic, cultural, and/or population annihilation. I think there is at least some hope that the political winds can change before that happens.

  • 86 Democrats Join GOP in Voting for 'Very, Very Stupid' Resolution Condemning Socialism

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  • Both of the ones from my state are from moderate conservative districts. Completely unsurprising that they won't stick their necks out for something entirely symbolic. Though I don't get why they can't just abstain from a silly vote.

  • Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal

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  • Not a huge fan of Chomsky as a person, even if he's said things I agree with. But it's worth considering that he was extremely critical of the exact apparatus that is reporting his demise. Not saying he wasn't a creep, he was arrogant enough to be, but this could all be fiction. Also plenty of people knew Epstein that were not part of his extracurriculars. As much as I want to see a lot of these rich fucks squirm, we really lack incriminating info. And even if we had it, I'm not sure I trust the current people handling the documents.

  • Peanut Allergies Have Plummeted in Children, Study Shows

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  • Changed, in to "before", iirc this impact persists a little past infancy, but yes not into the teens, I just was not thinking about my words.

  • Peanut Allergies Have Plummeted in Children, Study Shows

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  • Evidence shows that early exposure to potential allergies reduces the likelihood of getting that allergy. Since we've know this doctors have recommended early exposure to allergens, instead of avoiding them. Now that we no longer avoid peanuts before adolescence, the allergy is receding.

  • Cloudflare blames massive internet outage on 'latent bug'

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  • Anyone using any technology can miss something and end up in the same spot. I think the real takeaway is that there is way too much consolidation of our technology.

  • Linus vs Linus

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  • I don't follow this either, but devils advocate, a review would find no wrongdoing without evidence beyond someones word. But just because something isn't provable, doesn't mean it didn't happen. At my workplace there is a tenured professor that has been harassing people into quitting for 30 years, and they still don't have "evidence" beyond someones word, not enough to get around tenure. If they were forced to give a statement they would likely say no wrongdoing.

  • Americans with six-figure incomes are in 'survival mode'

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  • Upper middle class, used to be poor. I've been fighting for things my whole life that would disadvantage our current comfort if they were put in place. I also just helped organize a union at work, because most of my coworkers make half what I make (I'm not in management, but with a tech salary). In contract negotiations. We are not all shitty, though many of my neighbors in a nice neighborhood are greedy trumpists, whining about the scary poors, so I could certainly understand some animosity towards people who enjoy comfort in this shitty economy. But I think many people that grow up poor and get money remember what it means to be poor.

  • Americans with six-figure incomes are in 'survival mode'

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  • I'm in Minnesota, twin cities, sounds like property is comparable. To pay less than $300k you're probably getting something you couldn't realistically fit a family of 5 or likely something that needs $100k of work to bring up to code anyway. You could get a dump for $150k and fix it up yourself, but most people are not going to do that. Not the most expensive city, but far from the cheapest.

  • be a friend to the animals

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  • I've come to realize over the years that most TV is problematic, but you can still be consciously aware of it and still enjoy what you like within that context. I think it's worse if you watch it, but have no idea that it's problematic. My dad watches big bang theory sometimes, and that show is incredibly misogynistic for laughs. He has no idea, he thinks the humor is normal. He just takes a lot of that stuff in completely unexamined. My point being, if you are consciously aware of something being problematic, it makes your consumption of it more responsible.

  • be a friend to the animals

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  • I don't like it, but it's plenty well written, it's obvious why people like it. I think people just like to hate on things they don't like, it can be fun to be negative with no substantial harm, like complaining for fun.

  • Elon Musk says Optimus will 'eliminate poverty' in speech after his $1 trillion pay package was approved

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  • If you're talking world wide you could give everyone on earth that is currently in poverty about $1200. That's enough to help a great deal in poor countries, but it would be very temporary. If you're talking just the USA, you'd be giving everyone in poverty $30k. That would certainly keep people out of poverty for a while. But under capitalism where people have to work many would be back in poverty in a year. Cash infusion would only work if it was permanent like a UBI.

    Even if you spent that money to build free housing all over the country, it wouldn't be enough to end poverty, though that would probably be the best use of the money. Just flood the market with housing availability and living gets way cheaper.

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  • Mentally going through all the couples I know and half of them involve overweight men. Absurd to live in North America and think you can't date if overweight, 1/3 of our continent is overweight and the majority of that is men. Over 2/3 of Canadians are in common law relationships or married at the age of 35-44. To be this deluded you have to believe basically 100% of single people are overweight, which is not true. But seeing what you type I'm guessing weight has nothing to do with it, people don't like people with defeatist, lazy, downer personalities way more than they dislike overweight people.

    App dating isn't the only way forward, you actually have to have a life and put yourself out there. All my relationships were when I wasn't really looking but still kept my circle of friends wide, and I'm not an extrovert.

  • Excellent costume

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  • At no point in this conversation were they inconsiderate, you on the other hand... Your self righteousness is making you completely blind to self reflection. Take a moment and reread this thread putting aside your moral certitude and it's clear who's tone was inconsiderate.

  • Are there actually any good mobile games?

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  • Belatro won all sorts of awards, including GDC game of the year. $10 for an award winning game is nothing. Probably the most addicting game I'd played in years, and I'm not even into that type of game.

  • Inspiration towards a life more aligned with solarpunk values

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  • Makes perfect sense. I do get some light exercise on the e-bikes. If you're familiar with zone minutes, I get between 15-75 each 18 mile round trip, depending on how hard I peddle. It's usually enough to cover my exercise for the week. I can always peddle harder on the way home when I'm not worried about being sweaty.

  • Inspiration towards a life more aligned with solarpunk values

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  • Revolution doesn't have to be violent. We do need a revolution, but I agree that violent revolution leaves a power vacuum any shithead can fill. We desperately need a grass roots, community based, cultural revolution though. One that firmly opposes our current consumerist culture.

  • Inspiration towards a life more aligned with solarpunk values

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  • This as a pretty awesome list, I'm gonna save it.

    One thing you could add is e-bikes, depending on how good the bike infrastructure is where you live. We were able to completely eliminate a second car because I can bike much further to work without getting sweaty. 9 miles each way. Also bike to some other local things like farmers market. Unfortunately my dad got old and we got a hybrid for free since he can no longer drive, to help him with appointments. But it was working in concept until that point.