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derf82

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  • TIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.

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  • Yeah, the US once has a half penny. Adjusted for inflation, it is worth more than a nickel is today when it was eliminated.

    But I don’t think that will give us a 9 cent discount.

  • TIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.

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  • This has been studied. The US uses a higher quality paper that lasts an average of 7 years. So it is actually cheaper than minting coins. In other countries that switched to coins, singles only lasted a year or two.

    There is nothing stopping people from using coins now. People just don’t like them.

  • TIL Ecuador doesn't have its own currency and uses US dollars, but maybe not the same US dollars you are used to seeing.

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  • Ecuadorians are very touchy about the condition of their paper bills. I tried to pay for a Panama hat with some cash that included a slightly torn but fully in tact $10, and the shop owner refused. As such, more durable dollar coins, which were minted by the US but never really caught on, are quite popular.

    Interestingly they do mint their own coins, with Ecuadorian half dollar, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuadorian_centavo_coins

  • So, anyway...

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  • Why does this discussion immediately turn to culling and eugenics? It’s like you can’t even admit there could be a problem. Fixing it will be hard, but few suggest those steps are the solution. Instead, it starts with realizing everyone can’t have the standard 2.5 kids. We cannot just keep going. Earth is finite and has finite resources. Adding people means less and less is available to everyone else. But people that want a ton of kids hate hearing that. So it becomes solution aversion (if you don’t like a solution, deny there is a problem) and strawmen, like claiming anyone that thinks there is overpopulation wants eugenics.

  • Biden calls for 'immediate ceasefire' in Gaza

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  • And they are never satisfied.

    “Biden must demand an immediate ceasefire!”

    Biden: I demand an immediate ceasefire!

    “Biden isn’t doing enough!”

  • Fridge failures: LG says angry owners can't sue, company points to cardboard box

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  • Arbitration clauses need to be banned, at least for regular consumer purchases.

    But thanks to lobbying, that will never happen.

    But at least I know never to ever buy anything from LG and Kenmore.

  • love the🗿tho

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  • Ain’t nobody got time for that.

  • Mom loses $820,000 injuries claim after she was pictured tossing a Christmas tree

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  • She clearly exaggerated her claims. The article says “The constant pain in her back, neck and thoracic spine left her unable to lift groceries, do chores or play with her two children.” Yet she can toss a Christmas tree, and win the whole competition? She can play with a dog for over an hour, but can’t play with her children?

    She tried swinging for the fences for the largest payout and missed. She may vey well experience pain, but once you start lying, where does the lie stop? If she wants a payout for a dynamic disability, that’s what she needs to claim

  • Sinking ship hit by Houthi missile leaves 18-mile oil slick in Red Sea, US officials say

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  • Civil disobedience: refusal to obey governmental demands or commands especially as a nonviolent and usually collective means of forcing concessions from the government - Merriam-Webster

    This is not civil disobedience by any definition. It is violent, and it is not refusing to follow an unjust law.

    Tell me, when did Dr. King or Ghandi shoot missiles at people?

  • Sinking ship hit by Houthi missile leaves 18-mile oil slick in Red Sea, US officials say

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  • Israel is guilty for what it’s doing, but blaming Israel for these Houthi attacks is ridiculous.

    The Houthis are self serving in these attacks. As they have claimed land, support has turned against them because it turns out they suck at providing services to the people that live in areas they control. So they are falling back to the one popular policy they have: supporting Palestinians, and fighting back against “imperialists.”

    Except attacking ships in the Red Sea is doing nothing for the Palestinians. Maybe if they only targeted Israeli vessels of ships heading to/from there, but they are not. Even getting bombed has an upside as it reinforces their underdog anti-imperialist messaging.

  • [meme] There is no one-size-fits-all solution to transportation

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  • I mean, y’all literally call the place “fuck cars.” You call anyone that disagrees with you a “car-brain.” Not a lot of nuance.

    As someone scrolling by from all, I’m actually surprised to see any acknowledgement that some people may need to rely on private automobiles.

    Maybe y’all need to work on your messaging.

  • Delta flight forced to turn back after maggots fall on passengers

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  • When was US Customs to find this on a flight departing mainland Europe? They don’t see anything until it lands in the US.

    There are a few airports in Canada and Ireland that have pre clearance, but that’s it.

  • ‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals

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  • Oh, we know. NPR had a report a few years where they interviewed someone that helped spread the lies. But this country will never hold corporations accountable.

    The ridiculous thing is they are doubling down on the lie, insisting that this time they will figure out a way to recycle plastic, so just keep buying it.

  • The Best F**king News Team Meets Real America | The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

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  • Does recycling actually help the climate? (it's a relatively minor act, with the notable exception of metals recycling)

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  • There are a lot of problems with recycling, thanks largely to laziness and capitalism.

    • Plastic recycling is largely a marketing ploy. Oil companies (after all, most plastics are made of oil) and chemical companies saw that plastic waste was a huge issue that might stop people from adopting plastic. So they created a myth that it could easily be recycled and started marketing efforts to blame consumers for waste by not recycling. They still don’t know how to recycle some plastics, if they can it’s more expensive than new, and those that are get turned into lesser quality products that usually can’t be recycled again
    • We adopted single stream recycling to make it easier, but it just leads to massive contamination, which goes to the landfill. Furthermore, we also have to put forth a lot of effort to sort what isn’t contaminated.
    • Marketing, while promoting recycling, has also encouraged “wishcycling” where non-recyclable items are put in recycling because people wish they were and figure that recyclers will find a way.

    My city, after getting so much contamination, lost its contract for recycling and just tossed everything put in blue bins. They have since reintroduced it, but making it opt in and providing stickers for the bins to make it clear what is and isn’t recyclable. Contamination has gone way down.

  • Measles Is Coming Back. We’re Not Prepared

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  • Well, I’m fully prepared. And I’m also prepared to watch Darwinism in action.

  • The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers?

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  • Didn’t say you did.

    I just want you to realize there are still a ton of us struggling, regardless of what the official numbers say. For a lot of us, or pay has not caught up with inflation, and there is no sign of it happening soon. Necessities continue to go up faster than inflation. I don’t care that TVs are cheaper, I don’t need a new tv, but I do need to eat.

    It is more dangerous this November than people realize.

  • I just want to read the article...

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  • The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers?

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  • I have and will have no children

    I’ve been graduated from college for 18 years

    I’ve never paid an overdraft fee in my life

    I am 24 years from being Medicare eligible

    I don’t think I’m that unique. Your below policies will help many, but also will not make a difference for many. Sorry I am not pleased being in a perpetual donut hole. Too poor to be comfortable, yet too “rich” to get help.