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faul_sname
Fuck around once, find out once. Do it again, now it's science.
1d ago
Radio is now a "medical treatment" in the sense that unlicensed people are no longer allowed to do it without a license from the board, yes. It's not a medical treatment under the lay interpretation of those words. Terms within a legal context sometimes mean something different than terms outside a legal context. It's quite obnoxious as a layperson trying to understand laws.
OliveTapenade
1d ago
This has been relevant to me in professional contexts - I don't want to get into specifics, but I have seen laws drafted on 'conversion therapy' that, if taken literally, would make it illegal for a pastor to pray with someone.
It's not that rare a situation that a religious person feels same-sex attraction, wants to resist that attraction and not act on it, and requests help and comfort from one of their spiritual authorities, or even just from brothers or sisters in the faith. Yet I have seen proposed laws that would criminalise that.
Dirty_DemSoc
Registered Demoncrat
1d ago
I think a proper civil war in the Alex Garland, ‘true sequel to the OG Civil War’ is highly unlikely, and that pretty much the only way one could emerge from the current sociopolitical circumstances would be Trump (or some other dictatorially-minded future President who thinks that Trump’s biggest failure was not going hard enough) attempting a coup, and (a) failing to pull it off as a fait accompli, thus allowing (b) a -more-or-less- coherent coalition of opposing states to emerge that attempts to depose them militarily. Other than that specific scenario, I view a true Civil War breaking out to be roughly as likely as a communist revolution breaking out in America.
Low-level sectarian violence, or a transition to a more repressive style of government (with an accompanying rise in violent protests that ultimately fail to succeed in dislodging the regime they’re protesting) seem far more likely to me.
dr_analog
top 1% of underdog fetishists
1d ago
It took me way too long to realize cutting your dicks off wasn't all that contrived.
Primaprimaprima
Aliquid stat pro aliquo
1d ago
I just wanted you to know that I’m not ignoring this, but I only have so much time in the day for typing long replies, and this thread is already buried. I’ll save my thoughts on this for the next time this topic recurs.
veqq
1d ago
El Salvador uses US money, specifically a cartoonish amount of interesting US 1 dollar coins: https://imgur.com/a/6wcXnGi
An average meal costs $1.50-2.50 (although little Caesars is still $5), a milkshake perhaps 50 cents. 3 amazing tamales for $1. A furnished bedroom with private bathroom for 2 in a central location $5-7.
netstack
Texas is freedom land
1d ago
I don’t think that checks out.
The death penalty is extremely right-coded. Even back when opposition came from Christians it was considered progressive.
Instead, I would say conservatives are more comfortable with solutions that require any sort of violence. Domestically, that means “tough-on-crime” policy, low tolerance for riots, and at least lip service given to the Second Amendment. It might also apply to the neocon style of foreign interventionism.
FtttG
1d ago
Price including the sales tax is the norm in Europe, the lack of it was one of the biggest culture shocks the last time I was in the states. I understand some jurisdictions have passed laws against drip-pricing - the idea that the price indicated must be the final price (i.e. including the sales tax) seems like an obvious extension of that principle.
sarker
It isn't happening, and if it is, it's a bad thing
1d ago
What do you need a $200 bill for?
We're in an interesting situation where inflation has made these chicken shit denominations worthless but large denominations are not useful since big transactions are handled by check, card, wire, etc.
I don't even know when is the last time I've held a $100 bill despite selling my last car for cash money. I got an envelope of twenties for it.
ChickenOverlord
1d ago
I might be pulling a mathcel move (so somone correct me if I'm wrong) here but it looks like Bluesky's decline has slightly accelerated in the last week: https://bluefacts.app/bluesky-user-growth?t=7d
Compare the last 7 days to the last 4 weeks. I would expect the figures for the last 7 days to be roughly 1/4 of the figures for the last 4 weeks, but in most categories it appears to be almost half.
No idea if this has anything to do with the CEO waffles nonsense or if it's for completely unrelated reason. Bluesky was already in decline anyway
sarker
It isn't happening, and if it is, it's a bad thing
1d ago
Put, like, Bessie Coleman on one of them but keep Andrew Jackson. None of these ‘literally who?’ Activist women like they’ve got on quarters now, though.
Coleman is definitely a "literally who." How about, like, Louisa May Alcott or something?
phailyoor
1d ago
Bluesky is apparently imploding
Big nothingburger. I don't see it actually affecting the user numbers much.
netstack
Texas is freedom land
1d ago
No, I’m pretty sure they just had a disjoint set of witches.
TowardsPanna
1d ago
Debased?
hydroacetylene
1d ago
Red triber, not going to watch a bunch of YouTube videos, but lots of blue tribe speech norms just come off as… some combination of effeminate, corpo-speak, and backstabbing. A ‘firm’ tone of voice is what an honest man who’s sûre of what he’s saying uses.
Pulpachair
1d ago
It’s a common tool for things like snake training your dog. A dog’s prey instinct and natural curiosity can get it killed or maimed in a number of ways, so it CAN be useful as a training tool to help stop dangerous behavior.
My proposal is that we redefine the system at 1/25 the value is to protect more long term inflation.
The quarter becomes the ‘new penny’, and we mint a new nickel, dime, quarter and bills appropriately scaled in value
hydroacetylene
1d ago
There are entire companies specializing in figuring out after tax price right now. Presumably ‘opt in based on your location’ would be a disclaimer on e-commerce sites not much different than ‘allow cookies’.
hydroacetylene
1d ago
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Declare goldbacks legal tender alongside the dollar
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Introduce a $250 bill with Trump on it, but completely change the dollar bills- there should be bills of different sizes(physical length) to help the blind. A nice set of decorations in bright colours might be good- celebrate US achievement(moon landing and stuff). Put, like, Bessie Coleman on one of them but keep Andrew Jackson. None of these ‘literally who?’ Activist women like they’ve got on quarters now, though.
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Pennies are stupid but dimes and nickels are useful for irregularly priced items. I’d say keep em.
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Pass a law requiring prices and salaries to be advertised after tax.
anti_dan
1d ago
Okay, but what if the state wants to regulate radio transmissions and gives the board the ability to impose sanctions on rogue radio broadcasters? Is the radio now a medical treatment?
Dirty_DemSoc
Registered Demoncrat
1d ago
In particular, I would argue that outside your odd lizardman, none of the smarter MAGA people believe the narrative. I think it highly unlikely that Charlie Kirk thought, in his heart of hearts, that Biden was committing treason for which his countrymen would sent him to the gallows if they knew about it. But the narrative played really well with the idiots, so he spread it.
As much as I’d personally like to believe that, but I doubt it. I’m on record several times advocating for people to actually assume that the “other side” probably believes what they say they do, and I think that’s the case here as well- while, as an admitted partisan, I think right-wing influencers are full of shit, I’m sure they genuinely believe that shit; after all, after decades of the conservative media ecosystem being increasingly divorced from reality (at an alarmingly accelerated rate in the last few years), it’s probably never been easier to buy into ‘your side’s’ narrative than it’s ever been before.
The ‘smart’ people on the right don’t necessarily have to be any better-informed than ‘the idiots’ that make up the rank-and-file. Possibly even the opposite; greater reasoning can easily turn into greater capacity for rationalization.
ActuallyATleilaxuGhola
Axolotl Tank Class of '24
1d ago
I'm in favor. Japan has a 500 yen coin and it's quite convenient.
I think that the concept of borders is more than a little bullshit, but I’m under no illusion that more than a tiny minority of the country agrees with me on this.
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