Doug

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[–] Doug@midwest.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I hope I'm not the only one old enough to be thinking of a Smurf yelling at me to adjust my TV

[–] Doug@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago

Even if there were any Republicans at fault, and obviously there can't be because they're always so great at their job of serving the American people. Even if there were bad ones they'd be the ones in other areas that I can't do anything about. Everyone I vote for is always the best candidate and does everything right.

It's those other ones. They're the problem.

[–] Doug@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago

It never ceases to amaze me that the actor who played an idiot on News Radio, and never really seemed like he was acting, has become what he has.

Given him and Andy Dick both were on there, maybe someone should check in on Dave Foley and Stephen Root.

[–] Doug@midwest.social -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think the standard is that you can use the tools and options available to you to open in a new tab or window. If none of those are usable for you I'd have a hard time believing you can find the option you want buried in a settings menu.

[–] Doug@midwest.social 8 points 2 years ago

Sorry, can't help but make light of this fucker's bullshit, pardon the French.

It's no trouble at all, but I don't know what a seal has to do with any of this or how you spelled phoque so badly

[–] Doug@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago

The situation will almost always call for it.

And the rules, as Barbossa would tell you, are more like guidelines. Throw out the ones that hamper fun but take the time to understand which ones those are and why they do.

But no one here can tell you which those will be. They can be different at every table

[–] Doug@midwest.social -3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Right click> select option works too. You have plenty of options that will already work for you. Just because you don't like them doesn't make it not accessible.

[–] Doug@midwest.social 22 points 2 years ago

A worthwhile thing to keep in mind whether it's for tea, supplements, or whatever, is that medication is based on things that were observed from "natural" sources.

For example, willow bark was/is/has been used for pain and inflammation. It also contains salicin which is similar to acetysalicylic acid, which you'll know better as aspirin.

Does that mean all the things people say do a thing work? Not at all. Do some of them have varying degrees of effect of some percentage of people? Yes.

[–] Doug@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago

As is tradition the hardcore right readily abandons their "morals" when they become inconvenient

[–] Doug@midwest.social 9 points 2 years ago

Except in this case others have already tried the same thing with results going from success to death. It's not unique but it is uncommon. This would speak against it as the "best way".

It's hard to convince someone bigoted against you to be your friend. If they won't be your friend the whole concept fails. This shouldn't need to be stated.

Often bigots closest friends are also bigots. Again causing issue. If one close friend points out your shortcomings but the others tell you they aren't shortcomings at all it's much easier to stick with your comfort zone, as it almost always is. Repeated efforts here cause a friendship to falter, which goes back to what was suggested in the first place, separation.

Friendship works on someone open to it working. Whether they already have that friend or not. You can't force someone to accept something they don't want to hear, which is probably the problem you're having accepting the flaws in your own point of view despite the ways they have been pointed out in other's comments.

From what I'd read in to, you're substituting "best way" for "most moral way" without considering that morality is not a standard. To many reducing harm to the masses is far more moral than making friends with bigots. They can, and must, choose to step outside their bigotry in order to leave it behind. Until then they can deal with being on the fringes.

[–] Doug@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago

It's better if you watch it at half speed and imagine he's drunk

[–] Doug@midwest.social 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

You're getting downvoted because you seem to be falling to understand that that guy is exceptional in that he is an exception, not the norm.

You realize it wasn't that long ago that black people were hanged for as little as looking at a white person the wrong way at times, yes?

Being super nice isn't a reliable way to accomplish what he has.

Even if it is it's not an option for everyone. A white guy acting like this towards a KKK member isn't going to accomplish this. A Hispanic guy doing it is unlikely to change a racist's opinion on black people.

Your statements come off as Elon Musk telling people to work hard to be rich because it's happened before.

It may be a useful tool in some circumstances, but one guy, or even a handful of them, does not prove it's the "best way".

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