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  • How come people want to work?

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  • FWIW maybe an office job isn’t for everyone. Some people need different challenges and changes of scenery. Some of those jobs may be a bit more blue collar. Things like survey teams, equipment operators, trades, etc. Probably union gigs, too. I couldn’t handle office politics or being trapped either.

  • Moats are back!

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  • I like trebuchets. They were really popular a while back.

  • Couple left with $200k bill after baby born in US

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  • The shitty American medical system being what it is I gotta blame the travel insurance. If their insurance was supposed to cover it and didn’t, that’s an insurance problem.

  • Six cancers rising faster in younger adults than older ones, study finds

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  • "The average American in the United States consumes at least 63% ultraprocessed foods," says Dr. Mussallem.

    She says vegetables only account for 12% of the average American diet – and half of those vegetables consumed are processed.

    "We know that ultraprocessed foods are linked directly to premature mortality or deaths."

    They also are linked to colorectal, ovarian and breast cancer.

    https://cancerblog.mayoclinic.org/2024/02/06/is-there-a-connection-between-ultraprocessed-food-and-cancer/

    Getting home made from scratch foods is probably becoming less and less common. Completely anecdotal…but my kids’ friends come over and all but a couple have no idea what to do with the home made stuff we make. They don’t want to eat it. Frozen pizza? Frozen chicken tenders? Boxed mac ‘n cheese? Sure.

  • Shocking

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  • Some misconceptions here. The good old days that still existed in the ‘80s and early ‘90s were kinda still there, but the signs of economic retreat were there too. We were offshoring a lot of manufacturing, bankruptcies were tools to get rid of pensions and union strength, and then everything Reagan did to fuck us that just wasn’t apparent yet. They weren’t the good old days that the Boomers had, but they were far better than today.

    You could still rent a place for a few hundred bucks on a single job, community college was ~$50/semester not including textbooks. A cheap house in a not so great area was ~$100k, often a lot less. People didn’t use credit cards the way they do now so debt wasn’t as common, it was harder to spend money you didn’t have. You could still claw your way ahead or at least tread water.

    2000 was a turning point. The dot com bust, 9/11, offshoring of even more jobs in tech, multiple recessions, endless war, and corporations running out of ideas other than finding ways to extract more and more from the consumer while offering less in return. Every generation since has had to deal with more things being put out of reach.

  • U.S. historian Robert Kagan: "We are watching a country fall under dictatorship almost without resistance"

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  • If it can’t be seen you can’t prove it is changing things. You don’t get it both ways saying it’s invisible to me but somehow isn’t invisible for you.

  • the one where ross says a slur

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  • What we consider funny has shifted quite a bit, at least publicly and for decent people. There are still plenty who are perfectly fine with lowbrow racism and all that as far as what constitutes humor.

  • U.S. historian Robert Kagan: "We are watching a country fall under dictatorship almost without resistance"

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  • You think forcing a binary choice wins the argument? One absolutely can appreciate public protest and also understand it isn’t stopping the oligarchs and fascist takeover. I can. Can you?

  • the one where ross says a slur

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  • Depends on what it was. Episodes of forward-looking shows like Star Trek or other series that tackled social issues in episodes are going to be wildly different than something like Revenge of the Nerds.

  • the one where ross says a slur

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  • I have collected so many of the movies I remember fondly as a Gen X’er. From the ‘70s to the ‘90s. Holy shit the stuff I’d forgotten that was in them. Rape-y stuff, comments about underage girls and basically leering at them with tbe camera, suicides, misogyny, women as sexual objects and nothing else, racism… It’s bad. I’d started a movie or two with my kids and had a “oh no” moment when a part started that I’d completely forgotten about. Some of that still exists, but it’s there as a narrative and plot point about the character doing the shitty things rather than the casual and institutional way it was played before. Just goes to show you how times and people (can; some don’t) change. Some of that stuff was not unusual in life for me back then, I wouldn’t dream of it today.

  • U.S. historian Robert Kagan: "We are watching a country fall under dictatorship almost without resistance"

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  • Ok, without effective resistance.

    Tell me what has changed due to the protests that is stopping trump and the rest of the regime. Be specific.

  • Small little shenanigans

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  • Omg… except I call bullshit on the “speed of sound” claim. That would have been the equivalent of being hit by a 30mm round at 700 mph. That person would have been killed immediately.

  • 'Totally Illegal,' Says Senate Dem as Trump Pledges $10 Billion in US Funds for His Board of Peace

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  • Wonder how it’s going to be laundered back to him.

  • Small little shenanigans

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  • I wonder if that would actually do damage. I think it would be painful at least.

  • U.S. historian Robert Kagan: "We are watching a country fall under dictatorship almost without resistance"

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  • It is without resistance. The citizens offer protest while the Democratic Party looks out for their retirement checks. The protest has been ineffective other than getting press and bringing out trump’s goon squad.

  • 'It's happening': Journalist warns Trump's UFO order a smoke screen for something bigger

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  • He’s insane.

  • Still got ours rockin' years later!

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  • Have one and it just won’t die. It does its job so well you don’t even know it’s there.

  • YSK: Extreme wealth inequality is baked in to the system

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  • But one seems to always grant the other. You don’t get just the power, or just the money.

  • Ad companies are the ones destroying civilization

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  • The assumption that I lack knowledge of alternate economic and governing systems and left them unconsidered is as insulting as your smug confidence that any other system is immune to corruption and disparity.

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    Ad companies are the ones destroying civilization

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    Politicians facing worldwide surge in violence and abuse, survey finds

    www.reuters.com /world/americas/politicians-facing-worldwide-surge-violence-abuse-survey-finds-2026-02-11/
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years

    thehill.com /homenews/media/5733236-gallup-stops-presidential-approval-ratings-polls/
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    ‘Why not?:' White House says Trump floats naming Penn Station, Dulles airport after himself

    apnews.com /video/why-not-white-house-says-trump-floats-naming-penn-station-dulles-airport-after-himself-2ef6a47661e4443c81dc6c3859a8865b
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    Trump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it

    apnews.com /article/trump-obama-racist-video-a48a6b8884a88f9ec30cd4913e352b51
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Republicans pan Democrats' demands for ICE reform in DHS funding, with little time to reach deal

    www.cbsnews.com /news/senate-republicans-ice-reforms-democrats-dhs-funding-deadline/
  • News @lemmy.world
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    A new report warns that combined war casualties in Russia’s war on Ukraine could soon hit 2 million

    apnews.com /article/russia-ukraine-war-casualties-dd4fae88202ba92cafd59455da69dedc
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    The dollar is sinking. Trump thinks it’s great.

    www.politico.com /news/2026/01/27/the-dollar-is-sinking-trump-thinks-its-great-00750307
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    Trump Nixes $1.8 Billion Biden-Era Loan to Arizona Utility for Clean Energy

    energynow.com /2026/01/trump-nixes-1-8-billion-biden-era-loan-to-arizona-utility-for-clean-energy/
  • Political Memes @lemmy.world
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    Anus Tangerinus

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    He should have complied

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    Live updates: Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis

    apnews.com /live/donald-trump-news-updates-1-15-2026
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Live updates: Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act in Minneapolis

    apnews.com /video/trump-threatens-to-use-the-insurrection-act-to-end-protests-in-minneapolis-c8a00b67cbfc4d30b26fbf269142a59f
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Germany joins European partners with troop deployment to Greenland

    www.reuters.com /world/europe/germany-send-reconnaissance-troops-greenland-government-says-2026-01-14/
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    US Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at Them

    www.thenation.com /article/archive/us-border-agents-intentionally-stepped-front-moving-vehicles-justify-shooting-them/
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    Trump Says US Will Start ‘Hitting Land’, Targeting Cartels ‘Running Mexico’

    www.newsweek.com /trump-says-us-will-start-hitting-land-targeting-cartels-running-mexico-11333304
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    Trump Says US Will Start ‘Hitting Land’, Targeting Cartels ‘Running Mexico’

    www.newsweek.com /trump-says-us-will-start-hitting-land-targeting-cartels-running-mexico-11333304
  • News @lemmy.world
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    Explosions Reported in Venezuela’s Capital

    www.nytimes.com /2026/01/03/world/americas/venezuela-caracas-explosions.html
  • News @lemmy.world
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    RFK Jr.’s Miasma Theory of Health Is Spreading

    www.theatlantic.com /health/2025/11/nih-pandemic-miasma/684979/
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    White House defends Trump’s ‘HANG THEM’ repost in rant calling for death to members of Congress over military remarks

    www.independent.co.uk /news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-death-threats-congress-military-b2869430.html