Weirdos. Here we use soda (Na2CO3) for cleaning.
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Weirdos. Here we use soda (Na2CO3) for cleaning.
And how do you say "fucking in the kitchen"?
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And how do you say "fucking in the kitchen"?
With my mouth.
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As someone who grew up in Ohio… fuck all y’all West coast people for making fun of saying ‘Pop’. Learn to use an onomatopoeia you culture deprived swine.
Most of what y’all drink does not contain sodium bicarbonate so you’re not even using the term right.
And to you Southerners, don’t let corporations choose your terminology. The following exchange drives me insane:
“What kind of coke do you want?”
“Pepsi is my favorite coke.”
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As someone who grew up in Ohio… fuck all y’all West coast people for making fun of saying ‘Pop’. Learn to use an onomatopoeia you culture deprived swine.
Most of what y’all drink does not contain sodium bicarbonate so you’re not even using the term right.
And to you Southerners, don’t let corporations choose your terminology. The following exchange drives me insane:
“What kind of coke do you want?”
“Pepsi is my favorite coke.”
Yeah, but mostly because Pepsi tastes like shit.
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So does American coke. Mexican coke isn't that bad.
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With my mouth.
How do you say it in Dutch, come on do it.
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How do you say it in Dutch, come on do it.
Okay, I did it.
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Type it out you bitch
Jesus Christ, will you two just fuck already?
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Jesus Christ, will you two just fuck already?
You're not supposed to attack other posters for their sexuality
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You're not supposed to attack other posters for their sexuality
Attack? I'm being encouraging. You could cut the sexual tension between you two with a rusty butter knife. I've had enough of the will they, won't they nonsense. Quit edging and go for it.
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Attack? I'm being encouraging. You could cut the sexual tension between you two with a rusty butter knife. I've had enough of the will they, won't they nonsense. Quit edging and go for it.
You always get jealous when another member gets my attention, especially if it's flirty.
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You always get jealous when another member gets my attention, especially if it's flirty.
Why am I not enough for you?
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Too much actually
That's fair. And even though it's over between us, you can't UN-eat my ass, bitch.
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Yeah, but mostly because Pepsi tastes like shit.
Correct. Pepsi does taste like shit.
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That's fair. And even though it's over between us, you can't UN-eat my ass, bitch.
Gross!
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Have you wondered whether our polarization is because we keep getting told how polarized we are? Maybe instead of asking what divides us (there's plenty), we should be seeking out that which brings us together... Like orgasms. It doesn't matter what your political affiliation is, we all enjoy a nice, deep, satisfying orgasm. So, instead of fighting with your neighbors, give them an orgasm. Have one for yourself while you're at it. Life's too short.
Don't believe everything that you read.
I prefer to fuck women who are 100%/180 degrees opposite of my social feelings towards the rest of the world.
They have always been the kinkiest. But, that was back in the good old days when abortion was legal in all 50 states, and SHE might have aborted the fetus and never told me later - cuz I wasn't a good enough catch.
I get along a lot better with women who see the world as I do. I enjoy sex with women who don't necessarily give 2 shits about starvation in Slovenia or Alabama. The more self centered THEY are, the better fucks they are.
Just my 2 cents.
No shit, when exactly, was America great. When was that period of time which Trump and his magats want to take us all back to?
Before women could vote? Before minorities could vote? When..?
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I recently read a book by Ezra Klein titled "Why We're Polarized."
And when I say "we" I am mainly referring the the USA, but if I put that in my thread title there are certain people that will get mad.
In this book, Klein breaks down not only the history of political polarization but also the factors that have led to increased polarization in modern times. The American population has always been polarized around specific issues like slavery, or civil rights for black people.
But nowadays people pretty much conform to the halo effect. Where if someone is anti-abortion you can pretty much guess their views on global warming. People are forced to pick a team and fight for all the issues that team supports.
It hasn't always been like this... When Medicare was passed in 1966 it received largely bipartisan support. Even though by today's standards it would be seen as a "radical leftist" program.
Let's compare that with Obamacare, which was passed in 2010 despite receiving almost no support from the Republicans. It was just a nationalization of Rebublican Mit Romney's health care plan in Massachusetts. It was a pro business, pro-corporate program that sought to increase coverage while still allowing insurance companies to stay in the game.
Yet the right wing branded Obama as a socialist.
If you are interested in actual economics then I suggest you read the works of Nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman, who has numerous books as well as online lectures.
If you look at income inequality over the last hundred years you can see that it directly correlates with political polarization.
As fewer people concentrate more of the wealth then they are able to manipulate the politics of the country. During the gilded age, they were able to do it because there was virtually no government regulation on industry. After the New Deal various social programs spread the wealth out and gave (mostly white people) affordable housing and education. Then came the Reagan era. And you can see how inequality grew once again. (Disproportionately among minorities.) The war on drugs also had a huge effect on that.
Now, they are able to dominate the political system by using social issues to manipulate working class uneducated whites into voting against their economic interests. They also maintain their power through disenfranchisement, gerrymandering, and the continuations of silly ideas like the Electoral college and the fact that Wyoming gets as many senators as California.
But I believe that there is an even more nefarious actor at work here. And that is the media.
In the 50s and 60s there were 3 networks that pretty much had the same news. The media was a trusted organization and relatively non-biased.
Now today you can still see relatively non biased news if you go to the BBC or CBC, or NPR in America. But people generally find those boring.
Roger Ailes once said that "People don't want to be informed. They want to feel informed." In other words, they want their own ideas shouted back to them.
This started with FOX news in the mid 90s, but it was really after the 2003 invasion of Iraq that FOX took on the role of the Republican Party Propaganda machine. And today, even though they are fighting against One America News Network as Trump's official ass kisser.... the network that the majority of Americans get their news from is a Trump lap dog. If you feel like that's an overestimation, then please just youtube the way that FOX has changed their "news" to suit Trump's COVID views.
So in your opinion... why are we so polarized now?
Is it the media?
Is it due to rising inequality?
Is it social media?
Or is it something else?
It is because people Don't want to work for them selves . To justify that , they come up with events of injustice [their pov] in other spaces , very little to with them. They find resonance with similar people and the sound gets louder. Media and other intellectual vultures, who feed on this tries to tap it for their self benefit...
The polarization started in 1985 when the Reagan administration did away with the Fairness Doctrine - which enabled the rise of the FOX Network by Ailes. They brag about this 'accomplishment' on Reagan's official website: https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/topic-guide/fairness-doctrine
This enabled the shitshow that Fox news has evolved into. You say it started in the mid 90s? You fail to remember the Starr investigation into Bill Clinton's behavior in 1991 after he was elected to office - he was badgered for the entirety of his 8 years in office - and Fox broadcast everything he did they disagreed with and they invented BULLSHIT he had nothing to do with to paint him AND Hillary as liberal devils.
Rush Limbaugh rose to prominence on Talk Radio during this timeframe and nobody swung more public clout than that nasty SOB.
Democrats were on the defensive all the time to the point where they failed to be able to go on the offensive at all. Newt Gingrich in the 1994 election year came rolling into power with lies and bullshit which was promoted daily on Fox Noise.
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It is because people Don't want to work for them selves . To justify that , they come up with events of injustice [their pov] in other spaces , very little to with them. They find resonance with similar people and the sound gets louder. Media and other intellectual vultures, who feed on this tries to tap it for their self benefit...
most people don't work for themselves. they work for multi-billion dollar corporations who keep getting richer, while their employers are just trying to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table.
You can’t truly call yourself peaceful unless you are capable of violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless.
It appears that Kamala is making a former conservative Trump stronghold in Florida - a lot less polarized. I bet there's ketchup all over the walls of Mar-a-Lardo tonight.
On Saturday afternoon, around 500 golf carts reportedly paraded through the Villages, a retirement community in Central Florida, in support of Kamala Harris for president — roughly 200 more than the number that reportedly showed up for President Biden ahead of the 2020 election.
Saturday’s rally was part of the newly minted Harris campaign's efforts to engage Florida voters and recruit volunteers to boost Democratic support.
With roughly 30% of Florida voters affiliated with neither the Republican or Democratic parties, per the Tallahassee Democrat, some attendees saw the turnout as a sign of a notable shift for the largely conservative community.
Political tensions were on full display in the Villages, when a man at a pro-Trump golf cart rally shouted “White power!” in a 2020
that was later retweeted by Trump with the message: “Thank you to the great people of The Villages!”At least four people living in the Villages have pleaded guilty to voter fraud for casting multiple ballots in the 2020 election.
