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  • Endorsing a candidate or a party places an additional seal of approval on the actions and beliefs of that candidate/party. There's a difference between saying "between ham or fish, I pick fish" and "I believe fish is the right choice for everyone, fish has qualities that I myself would like to emulate and believe in".

  • just watched the most unfunny SNL sketch ever
  • She's a pop singer who seemingly upset a lot of internet people (but not many real people) for saying "yeah, I'm voting for Kamala, but I won't endorse her because the democratic party hasn't done enough for the LGBTQ or minority groups and I'm not keen on the Israel support thing"

  • Republicans love DEI
  • Wait hold on, Californian's wouldn't go for it, but splitting them up into two blue states and one red state grabs 4 new Democrat senators (maybe) and 2 republican ones, allows California Republicans the chance to build the state they say they dream about, and gives the rest of the rural US a NEW California to bitch about

    I like this

  • No heresy allowed
  • People don't often grasp the Paradox of Tolerance and how it applies to others.

    If your 'opinion' is hateful rhetoric that trends towards intolerant towards the views of others, it is outside of the circle and is not/can not be tolerated.

    It's not an echo chamber to say "we don't argue about the existence/rights of lgbtq+ folks" in regular spaces. This isn't the place for the conversation, and even if it was, the conversation has already been had. If you want that anachronistic shit in your own spaces, sure, but here in the modern world we've already come together in belief that that hokey old world shit doesn't play.

  • Anon defends Michael Jackson
  • From the source you listed (because I have heard of the magazines but didn't look much into it ag the time) the author posits that the two books that had pictures of children were a gift from a fan, and the second he includes an inscription from Jackson discussing the joy of youth he's seeing in the images and that he's sad he didn't have that kind of childhood. Which, weird, but not damning to me.

    But I couldn't find a credible source for the "showing children pornography" portion you mentioned, do you have anything for that? My impression so far has been 'weird dude, if I knew him I still probably wouldn't let my kids sleep over but I wouldn't let my kid sleep over ANY adult's house, especially not a celebrity'.

  • Very mindful...
  • No it's a joke and a trend from a video on tiktok. Why do people, especially here lately, jump to hate on anything 'TikTok' or 'new' from the younger generations? We all had our stupidity, shit, people STILL staple bread on trees

  • what's a polite way to reject a picture with a very thankful patient who was under your care?
  • Please and thank you don't violate barriers. It does not allow someone into your space, you don't have to give anything of yourself to say them, and if you're a good person you probably mean them. A better example for what you're looking for would be handshakes. It's common in most western cultures at several social functions, and it can be considered rather rude to refuse one, it got a lot of folks angry during covid apparently. That's where two parties acknowledge the social bindings that call for a physical touch establishing a mutual respect. I never miss saying a please and thank you, but best believe I'm still doing the 'covid shrug' when I turn down handshakes.

    So, you'd tell your child that "yes, you have autonomy in this, but your feelings regarding your need for personal space matter less than your grandmother's want for a hug" is what I'm gathering? Do you educate your mother on the child's wants/needs? There's a reason why people are educated that, as far as physical touch is concerned, nobody else's feelings should be taken into account. If someone can't love a child without hugs, then I don't think they really understand the concept or application of love.

    I'm not saying this is your case, the next bit is an extreme but important to the overall argument, I think. People have identified that exact thinking pattern in why they didn't report sexual assault from a family member. Because they weren't taught how to properly say no and why the right to refuse touch is important, it was that much easier to abuse them.

  • what's a polite way to reject a picture with a very thankful patient who was under your care?
  • I dont like my picture on the internet. So I refuse all photos where possible. I have family, they take pictures, they're aware of this and so I'm never the direct focus of the shot (you might see me in the background).

    OP said they don't want to take pictures with people, they shouldn't have to take pictures with someone. Instead, you should be teaching your son to stand up for their boundaries, even in the face of 'tradition'. If your kid says "I don't like hugging grandma", are you making them give hugs or are you encouraging them to tell people in their life, who they trust, how they feel?

  • A millennial couple who make $250,000 say they can't find a home in their budget: 'We refuse to become house-poor'
  • That's why they said 'house poor'. They're not poor, read the article they even talk about it. Being unwilling to pay "what the market demand" is a fun way of saying "were priced out of all reasonable choices".

    Cost of living is different everywhere. If they made 250k in Indiana or Ohio, they'd have money to spare and a McMansion to boot. But Indiana and Ohio don't pay 250,000 for a lot of things, the salaries don't reach that here for a VAST majority of upper level earners in the state. Take into account cost of living and average wages in a location before you get shitty

  • A millennial couple who make $250,000 say they can't find a home in their budget: 'We refuse to become house-poor'
  • He's not complaining about his income. He's saying "I've reached a level of income that SHOULD entitle me to the American dream, but even at this amount I too am barred"

    When we say 'eat the rich' we don't mean 'shit on what is effectively what's left of the middle class'.

  • Key difference
  • Ita not about cool, I think the intent was more 'Spotify Premium to get on the go access to all of my music' being akin to the additional equipment used by the shooter on the left, versus the 'youtube to mp3 converter because free' being bereft of all bells and whistles and equipment on the right.

    Also..you could have gotten the joke and I'm overexpla8ning, one of the two.

  • UAW Rips 'Corporate Greed' of John Deere as Mass Layoffs Follow $43 Billion in Stock Buybacks
  • Yeah, if the share price goes down due to change in public sentiment and buying habits, the stock buyback essentialh wasted money.

    But if the price remains steady or goes up in any nominal way, the stock buy back nets them tons of cash. If steady, not tons of cash but plenty of 'control' of corporate direction.

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