A ton. Where have you been the last 20 years?

Why would greedy men give up an easy way to make money?

I think that any solution in the form of a formal government regulation will be subject to that kind of corruption, and real solutions need to be found elsewhere.

I think that’s a fair statement as it relates to the current US government but I don’t think that’s a valid general philosophy. I agree that our current priority should certainly be to implement a government that can be trusted to regulate things effectively. If that isn’t taken care of first then the rest doesn’t matter. As evidenced by, well, everything happening right now haha. Still, the ultimate goal should be government action on this topic because we cannot solve the problem at an individual level. Some people can have better outcomes than others but there’s no level playing field without government intervention.

Its perfectly relevant to my point, which is that the government is already involved in the sort of behavior we’re discussing. If we accept that preventing societal damage, or promoting social well being, or whatever else you want to call it, is a part of what the government exists to do, then why would something like preventing mega corporations from hijacking the development of children fall outside its purview?

I notice you left education off that list

How is this argument different from “it’s not the governments job to provide healthcare / education / social services”

Let’s get it boys and girls. I’m ready

A few minutes per bite?!?

Judging from the response of the internet, which of course could be wildly different from the public as a whole, it doesn’t seem like a crazy idea that at least 1/12 jurors would refuse to convict the real shooter. Seems like a possibility of mistaken identity only increases those odds.

The meter melted? Jesus, that’s a unique place isn’t it haha

Ignoring all the obvious bad decisions, what were they trying to accomplish? Even if that was wired correctly in a breaker panel enclosure I can’t figure out why it would be placed in a location that had a shower head pointed at it.

What’s the better and safer alternative to nuclear power plants?

They are implying that when faced with the choice of paying €30 for a couple of pints or smoking free weed that many will choose the latter which will impact alcohol sales in bars to a significant degree.

It would also evaporate pretty much instantly

The second one for sure. The first is the regular pronunciation.

Pop-sickles vs Pop-see-kleez in case that helps

And yet they still regularly have a right wing government fucking things up for them. Perhaps turnout is not the primary issue after all.

Nightly strollers is an interesting one. The rest have mostly survived as things a certain subset of people look down on but I don’t think there’s many modern complaints about people walking at night. Unless maybe that specific wording implies some sort of unsavory behavior I’m not aware of.

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I don’t think it’s mental gymnastics I think it’s a lack of actual gymnastics, so to speak. Body odor mostly comes from sweating so if you don’t sweat much you don’t need deodorant near as much. Someone with a healthy body weight living a largely sedentary lifestyle in a cooler climate might not need it at all and might smell perfectly fine with showers every other day or even every third day. However, that’s best case scenario and most people don’t check all those boxes. If you’re overweight, move around a lot, or just live in a warmer climate then that’s not going to work.