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This is why in the realm of drug law there is the concept of analogue illegality. As in one cant just take crack or whatever, modify it by one molecule, and then sell it legally just because it isnt crack anymore on a technical basis. Its overall similarity to crack, molecularly and in terms of functionality, makes it as illegal as crack

“Guy Edward Bartkus? Thats a devil name”

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Realistically I think any influencer wont be able to garner enough of the vote, at least until there is a further demographic shift, because having influencer/tik-toker as a label attached to you is not gonna get confidence from old people. Maybe some millennials and gen xers. But not the core demographic of consistent voters

I mean hell I’m only a few years older than her, but I have a hard time taking that background seriously, although I agree with the points Ive seen her make and like how she is literally feeding people. Shes definitely making a positive difference regardless of if she has that much electability, which is awesome.

Maybe it will change “influencing” more than it will change politics

Whats hilarious about this is that senior commanders would be more likely to have “girls” names considering names tend to flip back and forth gender-wise. Any young Lindsay you meet today will likely be a girl, meanwhile you have old dudes like Lindsay Graham in the senate

Leslie is another one

Its incredible how things can just slip through, especially when they start at the very top

And that was the fastest that bus will ever be seen going

Without the badge, it just looks like a Hyundai that ate too much

I think that last sentence actually does have some value, if one isnt just saying it to hock dietary supplements.

Its hard to argue against it though if you consider all the issues with highly processed foods, nutrition deficiencies, the fact that we are meant to move far more than we usually do on a daily basis, microplastics, screen time, etc. I mean hell even eating 3 square meals a day is pretty unnatural from your body’s perspective. Kids being put on ADD medication just for normal child behavior instead of any severe issues. Theres a million examples of how our lives are deeply disconnected from the way that our bodies developed over hundreds of thousands of years

I dont think the point should be used to sell shit so much as it should be used to get people to reconsider their lifestyles. And it especially shouldnt be used to argue that modern medicine is entirely useless or that correcting any of those kinds of things can cure everything that is wrong with anyone. Obviously there are all kinds of heath issues that arent derived from some externality. That said, I think its fair to say we are all round pegs trying to fit the square hole of modern life to some extent; which reframes many health issues people can have as logical results of that situation, instead of just as an isolated problem

I live in a tourist town with a ton of bears, moose, elk, etc, and its the same story. People are stupid as hell and have no respect for nature.

They think they can chase after a bear with cubs to take pictures, or let their dog go be friends with a moose. No matter how much you try to tell people to respect the animals or they might literally get killed, they still do the same dumb stuff

And then you have like one quarter of people who are overly cautious. “Is it safe to go for a run outside? What do I do if there is a bear?” Just dont fuck with it? Its not gonna mug you for your wallet, jesus

Its kind of like when racial quotas were struck down by the courts for colleges. I dont think we need to have quotas for racial categories of people, but the school can still overall choose for diversity in any given instance without having legit racial quotas. They can see the diversity of any applicant as a benefit to their application over a student who does not offer that perspective.

The law cant say “universities arent allowed to value diversity” but its fair that it can say “schools arent allowed to admit based on ‘we want X amount of Y race of people’”

Overall, a system that just recognizes, values, and attempts to incorporate diverse perspectives is far better than something like racial quotas, even though they are both “DEI”

On the one hand, the first lady is certainly a fairly highly regarded position where women have been able to influence politics and affect change for a long time, even before women were really allowed to be in politics formally.

On the other hand, having married happenstance some guy that becomes president is obviously not a feat of any kind. But at the same time, in the old-school patriarchal sense of values, a woman married to a politically powerful man is considered to be above other women. Even in far pettier situations. The governor’s wife, the senator’s wife, hell even a mayor’s wife