We can do better than that
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@masonwheeler said in We can do better than that:
Meh. Trump's already won, no matter what happens in November.
That's proof the USA is rich only by sheer luck, not merit.
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@groo said in We can do better than that:
@masonwheeler said in We can do better than that:
Meh. Trump's already won, no matter what happens in November.
That's proof the USA is rich only by sheer luck, not merit.
Give it another decade of outsourcing to China and India, and you won't have to worry about USA being rich anymore.
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boo 3/10 I'm really off my game today. I need to choke out a hooker or two to get back into the zone.
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@Lorne-Kates said in We can do better than that:
Give it another decade of outsourcing to China and India, and you won't have to worry about USA being rich anymore.
That's what they said about Japan. But we fooled them. They bought all of our real estate and then we had a crash!
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@Maciejasjmj said in We can do better than that:
Polls are fun.
Local paper said this morning the gap was 2pts. Hmm - maybe "margin of error" should be calculated as (normal way) + (range of all polls). I think we can reliably say that the candidates are polling equal ±50 pts.
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@masonwheeler said in We can do better than that:
Bernie Sanders ... long term
Umm. Old people's 'long term' is much shorter
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@Arantor said in We can do better than that:
@boomzilla said in We can do better than that:
@Lorne-Kates said in We can do better than that:
God plays Dwarf Fortress.
Let's just hope that He doesn't have Fun any time soon.
The great flood was clearly a ragequit.
Nope. Not enough lava.
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@sloosecannon said in We can do better than that:
@Arantor said in We can do better than that:
@boomzilla said in We can do better than that:
@Lorne-Kates said in We can do better than that:
God plays Dwarf Fortress.
Let's just hope that He doesn't have Fun any time soon.
The great flood was clearly a ragequit.
Nope. Not enough lava.
Indeed. It was clearly a tableflip, with the table landing in the pool. Thank $deity's_child for rescuing their parent's n-th favorite model from the pool, drying us off, and calming them down. We've all seen what happens it goes otherwise.
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@masonwheeler said in We can do better than that:
The next 4 years (at the very least) are going to be a mess. The Democrats' best possible strategy right now would be to find some way to throw the election, spin the narrative to blame Republicans for the mess that ensues, and put Bernie Sanders on the ballot in 2020. But of course no one's thinking about the long term.
They think long term, but then empire builders like Hillary and Trump show up.
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@Dreikin said in We can do better than that:
@sloosecannon said in We can do better than that:
@Arantor said in We can do better than that:
@boomzilla said in We can do better than that:
@Lorne-Kates said in We can do better than that:
God plays Dwarf Fortress.
Let's just hope that He doesn't have Fun any time soon.
The great flood was clearly a ragequit.
Nope. Not enough lava.
Indeed. It was clearly a tableflip, with the table landing in the pool. Thank $deity's_child for rescuing their parent's n-th favorite model from the pool, drying us off, and calming them down. We've all seen what happens it goes otherwise.
Climate change warnings are failing to convince Americans because they make for terrible movies.
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@Lorne-Kates said in We can do better than that:
Give it another decade of outsourcing to China and India, and you won't have to worry about USA being rich anymore.
Wealth spreading to poorer regions? How horrible! Someone do something!
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@Lorne-Kates said in We can do better than that:
Give it another decade of outsourcing to China and India, and you won't have to worry about USA being rich anymore.
36k is top 1% globally. Americans should pay their fair share.... for the Chinese.
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@anonymous234 said in We can do better than that:
Wealth spreading to poorer regions? How horrible! Someone do something!
Arguably one of the main uses of wealth is to make the wealthy group socially superior to the not-wealthy group. This is a function of primate social dynamics, and it really is a zero-sum game because you cannot give someone else status without thinking that you are losing it yourself.
It may also be utterly stupid…
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@Yamikuronue In other words, just because the problem is all in your head (literally), or that it was triggered by a psychological or experiential factor, it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Depression and anxiety have a similar issue, in that they are as much physiological as psychological. While sadness and even persistent acute depression are primarily mental states, and chronic depression is often a long-term effect of extended or repeated instances of acute depression, chronic depression is caused in part by actual changes in brain chemistry. Similarly, while it is normal for individuals to experience anxiety under stress, chronic anxiety is indicative of a problem in the amygdala, which can be either chemical or anatomical in nature. The sadness and anxiety are the symptoms of these problems, not the root problem, though specific events of them can be the cause (due to a traumatic change, or due to long-term canalization). While the sadness and anxiety states do usually require some cognitive and behavioral therapy to lessen the specific effects and break down the causative patterns, treating the actual problems requires pharmacological intervention - and unfortunately, we still have only a crude idea of the mechanisms involved, or the specificity of the treatments ot each patient, so it is very hit or miss.
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This is kinda on topic, because Mark Zuckerberg was mentioned at some point in the thread. You can take some money away from Zuckerberg but you'd have to give it to a pro-Social-Security group: what do you do? https://www.facebook.com/ProgressAmericaUSA/posts/337264083736723?link_id=0&can_id=b5372fad6654cc835e4b6b67cb5762bf&source=email-take-mark-zuckerbergs-money&email_referrer=email_459622&email_subject=take-mark-zuckerbergs-money
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@asdf said in We can do better than that:
@groo said in We can do better than that:
exactly, they should try to find out if something works before doing research
I haven't used this acronym in a long time, but it's appropriate here:
TDEMSYR
Perhaps it's already been explained here, but I cannot find any explanation of what "TDEMSYR" means anywhere. Even simple occurrences of it are rare.
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@kazitor that doesn't even make sense you retard.
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@boomzilla Thanks :)
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@kazitor YMBNH.
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@boomzilla said in We can do better than that:
@Lorne-Kates said in We can do better than that:
We'll see if Trump gets elected or not.
Oh, the tears! That would be so much fun.
This post has not aged well.
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@Zecc said in We can do better than that:
@boomzilla said in We can do better than that:
@Lorne-Kates said in We can do better than that:
We'll see if Trump gets elected or not.
Oh, the tears! That would be so much fun.
This post has not aged well.
What are you saying? It's been super fun!
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@Zecc said in We can do better than that:
@boomzilla said in We can do better than that:
@Lorne-Kates said in We can do better than that:
We'll see if Trump gets elected or not.
Oh, the tears! That would be so much fun.
This post has not aged well.
Correct. It aged extremely well.
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@Zecc said in We can do better than that:
@boomzilla said in We can do better than that:
@Lorne-Kates said in We can do better than that:
We'll see if Trump gets elected or not.
Oh, the tears! That would be so much fun.
This post has not aged well.
Speak for yourself. I've had a lot of fun drinking liberal tears.