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BrickHorn

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  1. Here’s the problem with that: it’s no different than saying that rather than transition genders, maybe try the Atkins diet, take some multivitamins, and talk to a church elder. It diminishes what people struggling with depression and crippling anxiety are dealing with. I know a few people on SSRIs and I can say with 100% certainly that they would rather not be and that they tried other routes like therapy, meditation, diet, supplements, exercise, etc., etc. with no success. I can also say that they have all tried to go off of SSRIs (some multiple times) only to spiral back into depression. And I believe that SSRIs may have saved their careers and possibly lives, and that the medication appears to have allowed them to be productive and happy again.
  2. Huh. Not sure why the fact that America’s top health official is a sentient California Raisin with a fistful of pea gravel rattling around in its larynx causes you to question reality.
  3. President @dril, imo
  4. Did you go to Catholic School?
  5. Yes. But… we would always kick the easy FG instead of going for it.
  6. It’s become painfully apparent that so many people we would call “farmers” are in fact just plantation owners. These dudes don’t work their farms and don’t want to. Just watch all these interviews with “farmers” belly-aching about needing to do their own farm work because of immigration crackdowns. They own the land and the equipment, exploit cheap labor from a captive workforce that has no rights, and collect the profits.
  7. Let me tell ya something: I dig your work. Playing one side against the other, in bed with everybody. Just fabulous stuff.
  8. Funny how Stassney gets suspended and then this jackass immediately shows up to spout similarly inane bullshit.
  9. That Knowledge Fight episode is gonna be the tits.
  10. Who’s that fucker in the tan suit with gray Lego hair?
  11. His hair looks like shit. But he’s alive.
  12. Heeeeeeere they come to love the Rooster. Oh yeah…
  13. This big, exciting announcement happen yet?
  14. Odds that they wheel out the animatronic Trump from Epcot?
  15. I’m with you on this. Trump is an accidental genius at persuading morons. He uses concise, simple phrases and slogans that latch themselves into the brains of the idiot mob like some kind of brainworm. He does this mainly because he’s an idiot and short and concise is all he’s capable of. But it works. Dude is an evil Chauncey Gardiner.
  16. In what sense? That there’s case law supporting the notion? Okay. But that misses the point, which is that the idea that the Friedman Doctrine is fucked up and destructive, is not at all an essential principle of capitalism, and jettisoning it could yield a better world.
  17. This fucking bullshit is one of the most destructive implicit assumptions in modern history. Economists or some talking head say this shit with confident authority, as if it’s a law of nature, and we all nod and say “Can’t argue with that!” I’m as guilty as anyone in that regard (or at least I once was). But it’s not at all self-apparent that management’s highest ideal should be maximizing returns to investors. Why is that the case? Why should that obligation not be secondary to other concerns, such as the well-being of employees or the minimization of externalities? Why is the pure maximization of profit to people who chipped in a few bucks at the front end (or worse, speculated by buying shares on the secondary market) the unquestionable ultimate duty of those who collectively manage a massive slice of the world’s productive and destructive capacity?
  18. That was my gut reaction, too. Then I thought about it for a minute. The next guy in line is a puppet of far right plutocrats. And I wouldn’t be surprised if he picks Gabbard as his VP.
  19. I’m not prone to conspiracy theories, but the timeline of events is curious. Especially considering the reports that Trump allies left the summit meeting visibly shaken.
  20. Whoever is ghost-writing these sucks. That reads very close to how Trump talks. But it’s not at all his written style, which is very different. Dude would never use commas correctly to indicate the pauses in his cadence. And he would never type a phrase like “lo and behold” (much less spell “lo” correctly). Something weird is going on. Even weirder than the usual bizarre state of affairs in this janky-ass administration.
  21. My guess? They wheeled out a Madame Tussaud’s wax figure and the forehead was melting.
  22. Spider 2 Y Bananazi
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