stoly

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[–] stoly@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

I honestly don't think that Trump is going for the personal angle. I think that he genuinely doesn't understand basic economics and is willing to bankrupt the country in exactly the same way that places like Venezuela and Liberia have.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

These were mineral deposits.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 48 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Basically at some point in the 70s they sold their rights to Australia, who came in and destroyed the island. They were, for a bit, the wealthiest people in the world per capita but the money ran out fairly quickly.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Correlation |= causation, which is why they can't derive that conclusion.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Speaking as someone with HIV, the worst part is actually the medication. I’ve literally spent at least 6 months at home at various points because the side effects are so bad that I sometimes need a week or two to adjust to any changes. I’ve had to try 6-8 combinations just to find something whose side effects were light enough that I could work. One caused me such bad abdominal distention that I couldn’t eat solid food for about 1.5 years and I formed a hernia that required surgery.

So yes, for me, most of them are genuinely worse than dying.

Now I think you were just saying something rude to me a moment ago.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

I've seen the word vaccine appear at least 5 times in this thread. It's weird that people are going there.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago

Go look up side effects of medications. Even if controlled, your kidneys and liver are in for a bad time.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world -3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Twice a year injectables are very scary to me because an adverse reaction is something may last more than half a year. You could be in for a bad time.

ETA Before getting angry, read my response below.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (7 children)
[–] stoly@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

The difference is now there are countries who have their shit together and will happily let the US become irrelevant.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Even real mayonnaise comes across as super eggy though.

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