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  • 1rretoMemes@sopuli.xyzTrumps all
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    2 days ago

    Exactly, money card trumps everything, with fame card and class card a close second and third; race is unfortunately still powerful but you really think Obama or Oprah are getting trumped in much of anything by a white family from detroit who are living below the poverty line?




  • Yeah, I agree that’s not great but it’s still not a reason to risk rushing in to making it worse

    Personally I think the fact it’s unelected is great, but the way people get into it isn’t so great, so would rather have reform but keeping it unelected or at most indirectly elected, with voting rights going to MBE holders (or a pool of MBE holders elected by the commons in some format which accounts for party makeup of the commons) or all Livery Company/Professional Association leaders or some other group which should know their stuff better than both the people we currently have in the lords or career politicians






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    18 days ago

    High school depends, if you’re bullied or don’t work well in that setting or feel under too much social pressure to do what’s cool then it’s borderline torture, otherwise sure it’s great






  • Sure, but people have memory and if you block people who aren’t even going to contribute to the running costs of the site via the channels they provide, never mind profit, then from the site owners perspective it’s pretty great if you recognise it as a site you don’t want to visit as you likely won’t come back





  • 1rretoScience Memes@mander.xyz( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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    1 month ago

    For mammals we are, sure, but there’s loads of things that’d kill humans that other animals chow down on perfectly happily, especially when it comes to microorganisms, mushrooms and the rotting things they’re often found in/around

    I don’t think scavenging is right also given that humans used to mainly pick fresh fruits and persistence hunt, both of which are very fresh food which is not overlooked or left by others… Given the fact we picked fresh fruits and hunted for fresh meat, being resistant to berry and fruit based poisons was more important than microorganism based ones, so it makes a lot of sense that so many of the non-intoxicating poisons we like are from fruits and berries


  • To be honest, yes they do

    If the government provides a safety net for those with no money, it’s reasonable for them to ban leading causes of losing money, like gambling, to save money for those who are just unfortunate

    If the government provides healthcare, it’s reasonable for them to ban leading causes of ill health, like smoking, to save capacity for those with less avoidable illnesses or injuries


  • By “burn it” I meant turn it into charcoal… Charcoal averages 80% carbon (range 50-95%), whereas depending on the type coal ranges from 60-92% carbon, with the purest type, anthracite, being 86-92% carbon

    Given a mass production system would likely result in more uniform carbon content near the top of the range, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to suggest that they could be swapped out pretty easily