WoahWoah 47m ago • 100%
He's really fixated on the Harris/McDonald's thing. I honestly think with his cognitive decline, he can't can't comfortably conceive something he loves and something he hates overlapping like this. I know that sounds insane, but let's remember who we're talking about.
He mentions it all the time.
WoahWoah 4h ago • 100%
Ancient humans? Europe didn't have potatoes until they were imported from the Americas in the 1600s. Conversely, the Americas didn't have apples. So it would basically be impossible for anyone before the Colombian exchange to have eaten both of these fruits.
WoahWoah 4h ago • 100%
I was just clarifying for others where you said that sentencing isn't harsher for women of color, which isn't true for sentencing in general, only for sentences involving incarceration, which non-white women are more likely to receive.
WoahWoah 5h ago • 100%
For those saying we should do it again or more often, that isn't always a good idea. Doing it when you're sick or when there is a new and novel outbreak makes sense. But the idea that prolonged masking and distancing could eliminate illness overlooks how human immunity and viral evolution actually work. While it’s true that measures like these reduced flu cases and even eliminated a particular strain during the pandemic, immunity is a dynamic system. The immune system is constantly exposed to various viruses and bacteria, which helps it "train" to recognize and fight off future threats. If we stop exposing ourselves to these relatively mild infections, our immune defenses could become unprepared for more serious illnesses when they inevitably re-emerge or mutate.
Viruses, especially, evolve rapidly. While masking might reduce transmission in the short term, viruses like influenza and coronaviruses mutate through processes like antigenic drift, which can make them unrecognizable to our immune systems even after we've built up some resistance. We saw this recently with the rise in RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) infections, particularly in children. After pandemic restrictions reduced exposure, many children lacked the usual low-level exposure that would have primed their immune systems. As a result, when RSV returned, it hit harder. So while distancing and masking can temporarily protect us, they don't provide a long-term solution for maintaining strong, adaptable immune systems.
Just being out there in the soup of viruses and bacteria, keeping your immune system resilient, and taking advantage of immunizations when possible is really the best, only, and most time-tested practice.
WoahWoah 5h ago • 80%
The first article doesn't primarily address racial disparities within the context of gender. The second one, which does, notes pronounced leniency for white women vs. women of other races. As a woman, you are between 12-30% less likely to get probation instead of incarceration if you are white. Where things were roughly equal is if you are being sentenced to incarceration (which is more likely if you're not white as noted above), you are likely to get a roughly equivalent period of incarceration for an equivalent crime. All of these outcomes will be significantly worse if you're a man.
WoahWoah 5h ago • 100%
Most broader social biases translate into higher rates of police violence, albeit not always evenly. Weight bias in society is a fairly well-established phenomenon. It translating into an increased risk of police violence hardly seems a stretch.
Your best chance of a low-risk encounter with the police and a favorable outcome in the justice system is to be a slim, upper-middle-class, college-educated white woman. If you only get to choose one, as the commenter above noted, choose woman.
WoahWoah 6h ago • 83%
Narrator: it wouldn't be.
WoahWoah 6h ago • 100%
He hates homework and learning about... anything. To his mind, he's always already known all that he needs to know about anything, ever, now and forever.
WoahWoah 6h ago • 100%
OK DAMMIT. WHO FORGOT ABOUT THIS GLARING LOOPHOLE AND WHY IS IT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WoahWoah 7h ago • 85%
Roughly correlates with the rate of decrease in people 18-30 having sex. I'm not sure of the order of influence there, or if there even is one, but it's possible the declining presence of sex in media is a result of it being less relatable for something like 30% more young people than previous generations.
WoahWoah 7h ago • 100%
Yeah just depends on the polling. The large pulling aggregators -- 538 and Silver Bulletin -- both have Trump over 50% to win. It upsets people, so they often downvote the information, but it's just where the aggregators (and betting markets) are at the moment.
The discrepancy you're noticing might be the difference between EC vs national polling. Nationally polling is related to winning, but the EC is what actually determines the winner. The post I'm responding is talking about the likelihood of winning the election not opinion polling.
WoahWoah 7h ago • 83%
It's hard not to just be blunt here. She's a white girl. Sentencing guidelines and police protocols are different for people matching that description. It's a known, researched phenomenon.
It's not unreasonable to say that the police work for non-impoverished, non-overweight white women. It's noticeable in how quick white women are to call the police and think the police will help with a problem.
Statistically, you are roughly about 1000% more likely to experience police violence if you are not a white woman.
WoahWoah 7h ago • 100%
Unrelated to anything else, but as someone that likes to thrift clothing, I highly encourage you to find a good local tailor. It's surprisingly cheap and, as you've apparently noticed, it makes a subtle but impressive difference in the clothes you wear.
WoahWoah 8h ago • 100%
Thanks, I did know that. I edited it for clarity and to add an apology for you since you seem upset.
WoahWoah 8h ago • 50%
That's why I said "instead of British."
Sorry for hurting your feelings.
WoahWoah 9h ago • 33%
This strikes me as a classic early-med-student response. Your appear to be missing the point of the study and the broader research behind drug expiration. The journal touches on storage conditions twice, but largely in the context of resource-limited areas. The researchers, with advanced degrees and extensive knowledge in medication degradation by the way, have supported their claims with evidence from multiple studies. For example, a review by Lyon et al. (2006) and the Shelf-Life Extension Program (SLEP) studies echo similar conclusions. There are also additional peer-reviewed articles that come to the same conclusions.
Blister packs, like those my medication is in, provide an airtight seal, so your blanket advice on storage is off the mark. Even if they weren't in blister packs, the article and sources note that degradation is generally minimal, even if stored in a non air-tight-sealed container. Additionally, guessing a random one-year rule ignores peer-reviewed science. For someone in medical school, it would be better for you to focus on understanding the research and deferring to it when appropriate rather than stretching to offer input on irrelevant conditions. I appreciated your point on tetracycline and noted it, but beyond that, your comment seems more about proving you know something than contributing to this specific conversation.
WoahWoah 9h ago • 14%
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Nate Silver's polling tracker now has Trump slightly favored to win (50.2%) the election. While this shift appears small, it has drawn attention because it pushes Trump just past the halfway mark in forecasts for winning the Electoral College. Silver explains that while Trump’s rise over recent weeks is significant, and his polling model, is designed to minimize overreactions to new data to provide more accurate long-term predictions (i.e., it's likely a "real" effect), this doesn't in any way mean Trump "will" win, and the race remains highly competitive, especially in key states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, which are critical to determining the outcome.
I was looking for a community about the TV show From, but I didn't see any. Anyone here watching the show?
NBC has delayed airing a new documentary about Trump's child-separation policy, described by MSNBC's Chris Hayes as "absolutely urgent," until December, despite its importance for public interest. The reason behind the delay appears to be concerns that airing it earlier could hurt Trump's feelings, thereby making him unlikely to do an MSNBC debate. This decision has been criticized as prioritizing Trump's sensitivities over informing the public on a significant and painful policy issue.
The article describes efforts by top Republicans to penalize U.S. universities that allow pro-Palestinian protests on their campuses. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise outlined plans to revoke the accreditation of universities that don't suppress criticism of Israel, potentially jeopardizing billions in federal funding. This push, coordinated with the pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC, would be pursued under a second Trump administration. The offensive targets universities like Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University, which have faced controversy over their handling of student protests. Critics argue that this is an attack on academic freedom and could have severe constitutional implications.
I was talking to a coworker about these new phishing attacks that send your name and address and sometimes a picture of your house, and I was saying how creepy it is, and they told me that phonebooks were delivered to everyone and used to have like literally everyone in a city listed by last name with their phone number and address. Is that for real?
IN THAT ORDER MFER!!! AROOOOOOO
As this recently updated article discusses, while extremely unlikely, given the way this timeline is going it's possible the electoral college ends in a tie. Nate Silver projects this as a .3% possibility. Things to think about: 1) Only about half of the states require their electors to vote for the person that won their state. Who are the electors? Generally no one you know. 2) If there's a tie, the House elects a president and the Senate elects a VP. Sub-consideration: it is the composition of the House and Senate *after* the November election that makes those determinations. 3) This would all technically be decided on January 6th. And you remember how that went last time. Regardless, it's highly unlikely this will happen. Still, this would be utter and complete madness. There is literally a non-zero chance we have a Trump/Harris administration. 🤣
Why are knife control laws so strong in the United States as opposed to gun control? I was realizing it would be nice to have a knife with auto opening for boxes, etc., basically a switch blade or similar, and I found out that they are super illegal in my state (and/or there are length restrictions, or both sides of the blade can't be sharp, etc), but I can go into a sporting goods store and buy a pistol and ammo in under 30min. Shooting open an Amazon box seems inefficient. What is up with restrictive knife-control laws??
Ok, so obviously no one here has done anything to make this world what it is. Wall Street, corporations, and racist social structures are why the world is how it is, and that is just the truth. I don't understand why I should feel bad about anything when obviously all of these rich assholes and structures of oppression exist. I didn't make them. Until the corporations and wealthy people change, why should I feel guilty or bad about things. This literally isn't my fault, they did this, so I just feel like I should be able to live my life and not have to worry about all this. Why can't I?