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  • The Reckoning (Sam Harris)

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  • In the case of Dr. Hooven -- the person being referenced here -- her usage of binary biological sex categories was why she eventually needed/was bureaucratically forced to retire from Harvard. She never had issue with using people's preferred pronouns or names. She taught a well-regarded course, "Hormones and Behavior," and was attacked, in my opinion, for going on Fox News to defend the usage of "female" and "male" as categories of biological sex in medical classes.

    While she's a life-long Democrat, I suspect if she hadn't gone on Fox & Friends to defend the position, the blowback would have been less targeted and vicious.

    That being said, Harris's piece is exponentially more troubling and offensive than anything Hooven ever did. In my estimation, it's misguided, short-sighted, and poorly conceived. Worse, it's largely wrong.

  • Any recommendations to my blocklist?

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  • What are you even talking about? They're curating the communities and instances they engage with. That's literally one of the core functionalities of the fediverse.

    "YOU'RE NOT ENGAGING WITH LITERALLY WHATEVER IS PUT IN FRONT OF YOU. MAYBE YOU SHOULD STOP USING THE INTERNET!"

    Omg I'm dying lol 🤣

    Hey OP, I have a suggestion for someone to block... I'm going to block him as well.

  • Yep, it's pretty normal

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  • You're a world-class moron.

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  • 😆

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  • K.

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  • What are you even talking about? The per capita death rates differ from what you're posting (making up?) here. ​According to data from the World Health Organization (WHO), the death rate from alcohol use disorders in Germany is 9.2 per 100,000 population, whereas in the United States, it is 14.3 per 100,000 population.​​ That's a substantial difference. Are you a recovering alcoholic or lose someone to alcohol or something? It's fine that you are against alcohol, but you're making false comparisons and citing false data to do so.

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  • Your own Wikipedia link puts alcohol dramatically lower than cocaine and heroin in terms of dependence and harm. Were you raised by alcoholics or something? If so, sorry, that sucks.

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  • You're unironically putting alcohol on par with cocaine and heroin? You really missed your calling as a roller-pin-wielding prohibitionist by 100 years.

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  • My god, it's incredible you made it out alive.

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  • To make it even more complicated, counties, of which states are composed, can also set the terms of alcohol use in their jurisdiction. There's "dry" counties all around the US where alcohol cannot be legally purchased.

    And then there are counties where public consumption is fine and prostitution is legal. So... idk. It's a big country. Montana, just one of the states, is larger than Germany, and it's only the 4th largest state. The largest state is over four times bigger than Montana.

  • Yep, it's pretty normal

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  • No one is saying kids require you to drink. The idea that having a glass of wine while playing games with kids and other adults is very puritanical of you. Do you come from a family of alcoholics or something? You'll be shocked to know many people also have an alcoholic beverage at dinner and their kids are there! 🤯

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  • No...kid-ding. See what I did there?

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  • No one is going to comment on the name? Lol

  • Trump's victory reveals secret Republicans: Joe Rogan-obsessed Gen Z men

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  • Cmon, you gotta admit Tom Sawyer is a jam.

  • Trump's victory reveals secret Republicans: Joe Rogan-obsessed Gen Z men

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  • Oh, but she went on The View! So, she's all set.

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  • Commit a crime against others, pardon crimes against friends, dissolve criminal investigation of self.

    Totally normal first-day agenda for a supposedly democratic country.

  • Democrats' $1.9 trillion bet that blew up

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  • Yes, absolutely. I was largely restricting it to domestic factors and admittedly jamming a lot into the phrase "supply-chain issues." ☺️

  • Democrats' $1.9 trillion bet that blew up

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  • At its core, that basically is what they're saying. The argument points out that while the cost of goods went up because of supply chain issues, it wasn’t just that—prices also rose because consumers were in a better position to pay more. The Recovery Act and the student loan repayment pause boosted disposable income, making it easier for people to absorb these costs. As supply chains improved, prices have come down somewhat, but not entirely, partly because wages have gone up, increasing production costs. But there’s also truth to the idea that corporations took advantage of the pandemic to hike prices, blaming it all on COVID-related issues. This kind of “pandemic pricing” kept prices higher even when some original causes started to ease up. That being said, that isn't the main factor at play—it was for FY21, to be sure, and it's part of the broader problem, but it's not the main driver like it was then.

    To deny the Recovery Act’s role in shaping today’s economy misses the bigger picture. A-1.2 trillion-dollar injection obviously needs to be recognized for its effects in the economy. Even so, without that support, a lot of people would likely have struggled even more to cover basic costs. Ultimately, the choice was about providing a financial cushion when people needed it most, even if it meant dealing with some inflation down the road. Unfortunately, voters don't envision the worse reality they would be in where they didn't make it, they see the world where the costs of inflation has them barely make it. It would be difficult to argue that more people are worse off than they would be without the Recovery Act, but it's hard to envision because the hypothetical worst-case scenario never seems as bad as the actual bad-case scenario. It's what's called the "preparedness paradox." And you might be doing it right now. ☺️

  • Your body, a choice

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  • Yes, people are saying this. Search any major social media site. Or Google the phrase for any number of articles about the rise of this and other similar sentiments online and irl.