miras_chinotto
certified low iq
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miras_chinotto
certified low iq
5d ago
Do we have any idea when a ruling on Chevron could be expected and how sure are we that it's actually on the chopping block?
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
2mo ago
The residency slots are capped by the AMA, are they not? Seems like a relatively easy fix while we are talking about grandiose civil rights reform.
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
10mo ago
Ticks will stay on your body for comparatively a much longer duration than mosquitoes. I don't see how there's any actual benefit from a mosquito having any kind of analgesic property when they'll finish sucking and fly off in seconds. The benefit to a tick is much more obvious.
Additionly, as someone in the American south and no stranger to "skeeters" and ticks, I don't know that I've ever had a mosquitoes bite become itchy as quickly as you describe.
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
1yr ago
How long until Julius Bronson finds this place? There have been a few other bad actors the Motte has come across as well (e.g. vintology). Has there been any thought about how to handle them if they were to show up? Should their permabans be continued here or this a chance for everyone to have a fresh start?
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
1yr ago
I do not believe there's a sincere desire in the masses to reconcile, nor do I believe there's a practical way to do so.
I agree and think this is the real mystery in today's culture war - how far will escalation continue?
In a way, civil war is incredibly unlikely for now because of the relative comfort and safety we have. However, I worry that this comfort allows the divisions plaguing us to keep simmering away and implicitly raises the stakes of any eventual conflict or divorce. We defer the conflict resolution at our peril. The evaporative cooling of a small scale civil war or something analogous like secession a decade ago, could have actually allowed a rapprochement.
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
6mo ago
Well, fundamentally, I don't see why a community shouldn't be able to vote to remove a statue. I certainly hope one day we have the option to remove through civil means all of the stupid murals and art of a lefty bent in my city. This has just illustrated for the hundred thousandth time that "not an inch" is the only reasonable policy toward activists.
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
9mo ago
I vary based on season. Living in the American south, the temps strongly affect whether a scent is overbearing or weird in my opinion.
Winter - Burberry London
Spring - Guerlain Jicky
Summer - Guerlain Vetiver or Burberry Brit
Fall - Guerlain Habit Rouge
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
1yr ago
The fundamental power balance in this world is not "we've got nukes, everyone without must bow before us or we'll nuke them".
I mean, that's something of strawman. To say "I have nukes, you don't" is absolutely an example of a fundamental power imbalance and to quibble otherwise is naive at best.
If Russia nukes Kiev (no one will give a damn how its spelled when it's a crater) and Odessa, they have to seriously consider the possibility that the response will be nukes on Moscow and St. Petersburg.
No one would nuke Russia over Kiev. It's incredibly irrational that so many politicos are grand standing and stating otherwise. This isn't some kind of turn based strategy game where Russia nukes Kiev on turn 1, then the US nukes Moscow on turn 2 before Russia can respond on turn 3.
if you're Putin, you can't be sure the West won't risk trying to put the mad dog down.
I have very little faith in our leaders, but I don't think they're suicidal and willing to self-immolate to own the Russians.
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
1yr ago
Drink a cup of water after every drink. Gatorade or similar before drinking or before bed.
And weird thing I don't know if anyone else has experienced but if I stay up late, long enough that I start feeling sober (or at least not drunk) I will generally feel better than if I go to sleep (even if it's earlier) while still drunk. I've tested this with the same quantity and type of drinks in both scenarios.
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
1yr ago
Based on my limited experience, I would say the emotional quality of your trip will depend a lot on your state of mind. If you're alone and in a bad place, you'll have an unpleasant experience. If you're with someone else and the two of you make it positive, then it'll be great.
That said, there's obviously higher risks here. Imagine you're eating some random amonita that's quite toxic rather than the correct shroom or something along those lines. You're putting yourself in a potentially dangerous position.
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
1yr ago
As someone from a huge family, I think 4 is probably the sweet spot and 5 is probably great if you have the resources for it. 6 or more though, and the children can become ungovernable and the sheer space requirements are very large. If your older children were sufficiently conscientious, it may not be as bad.
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
6mo ago
I really miss Waffles fm, the private music tracker that popped up after What cd died, became quite popular for a couple of years, and then died itself. Not so much the tracker, but the forums and the editorial blog post things about weird genres of music were great for finding really obscure music (and even movies). It seems like every other music based forum I encounter is full of typical culture war bullshit.
Idk just pouring one out for another victim of the current age.
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
6mo ago
Are those good weights? Do those match the actual spending or preferences of the people whose "vibes" we are deriding?
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
1yr ago
The report function should have a list of available rules and decorum violations, a spam option, and a troll/gore/garbage option. As it is now, it's just a textbox.
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
1yr ago
I am convinced that having a large cohort of men who simply fail to launch is a very bad outcome, both for them and for society at large.
Couple this with our society's deepening political and ideological polarization, the dwindling reserves of social trust, and reduction in economic opportunity and you have all the ingredients for civil unrest. Hell, maybe we're already seeing the first symptoms in the form of the BLM riots and the Proud Boy/antifa larping. God forbid they stop looking like larpers and start looking like the IRA.
I'm old enough to remember the late 2000s and the countless public intellectuals pointing to polygyny and economic inequality in the Muslim world as the primary drivers of fundamentalist Islamic terrorism.
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
12d ago
It's hard to say. The east coast had always been the center of the Jewish business/neocon republican wing. The really kind of excessive coverage of the Columbia stuff may simply be a product of proximity to this compared to the other universities with similar protests.
To the extent that this Jewish republican wing had been trending away from the GOP, I fully expect that to reverse.
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
6mo ago
Audio seems fake to me, but when has that ever stopped a government? They will use whatever resources they have to accomplish their ends. Even if they had no relation to the hospital, there's effectively zero downside to fabricating evidence in addition to what is already available.
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
9mo ago
Perhaps but then you run into the same failure mode ad Google+, which was a functionally great social media platform with a lot of good ideas and was very hot when it first launched. The invite only character made it exclusive and exciting...for a few months when everyone realized that the appeal of social media is having that un-gated garden of millions of other people to potentially interact with. Interest and use dried up as suddenly as it came and the rest is history.
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
10mo ago
Mosquito bites transmit bacteria and such as well as mosquito saliva which triggers an intense and localized inflammation response. Same thing with ticks and other blood suckers.
These are substances that require some amount of time for the body to notice and react, which is why bites don't hurt immediately or even shortly after receiving them. The mosquito has already fed and gone by the time the bite starts swelling and itching.
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
1yr ago
Truthfully, I thought he could be funny at times. I think most users found that he wasn't arguing in good faith (he never actually addressed specific counter arguments) and he gave a weird, negative image to the place.
I think fretting about the latter issue was silly but some seem to care (and is it unwarranted given that we are now on a diaspora from reddit?).
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
19d ago
It was always the case that Ukraine was losing this conflict. The vibe shifting now isn't anyone having their minds changed, it's the raw reality of the situation overwhelming jingoism, propaganda, and russophobia. The only aspect that opponents of western support in the conflict had missed was how brutal and slow and generally ineffective contemporary war looks like today.
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
6mo ago
Israel nuking Iran wouldn't jive with any of their western partners. You can highlight all the Iranian aid and enabling for Hamas you want, but to launch nukes on Iran prior to any other kind of soft or hard escalation would lose all but the most zionist western politicos.
This has made me respect Benji much less than I had previously. He's clearly far from impartial here and is burning his credibility to advocate for his own interests.
miras_chinotto
certified low iq
1yr ago
How much of this is feminism vs other aspects of the western disease? Feminism is but one aspect, along with obesity, anomie and atomization, video games, wage, stagnation, and general sedentary behavior.
I wouldn't be surprised if the problem is that Westerners are fat and lazy which is a turn-off for both western men and women.
AmeDamnee
Someone please ping her. I know she had some trouble with the rules, but it's at least worth starting fresh.
Ditto for iprayem3 or whatever his name was. I thought he had great commentary prior to quitting.
I would just get over it. It really just doesn't matter 99% of the time. If you want to spend money and time on treatments that will at best slow it down, then by all means do so, but I would recommend really examining why it matter so much to you.
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