I general, I agree 100%.
There's an exception for Remedy though. They have a strong track record of not releasing underwhelming unfinished crap.
SirEDCaLot
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Because 90% of consumers don't give a fuck what's in their food. They buy whatever is on the shelf and eat it without a second thought. And the government doesn't regulate such things much, so the EU version of something has 5 ingredients and the US version has 20 and most of those 90% never read the list.
The next 5% would like to eat better but are burned out. It's fucking hard, because every other 'natural' 'healthy' product is the same shit just a little bit less son. I'm in this group. I can't tell you how many times I buy something that looks natural and healthy only to realize it's the same chemical shit just in a different 'healthy looking' package.
I don't drink soda though. Probably 95% of what I drink is water, the rest is some variant of coffee or tea.
The last 5% are the ones who really pay attention- who still check every ingredient, who spend a bunch of time cooking regularly, who buy mostly organic products or natural foods (which are significantly more expensive). Most of these people don't drink soda anyway no matter how it's sweetened so soda companies don't bother with them.
Right, suspicious. Suspicious doesn't mean guilty, that's not enough to convict someone in court.
Okay that's fair.
Also the Super Size Me guy did the mcdonalds mold test- the burgers all decayed, the fries didn't decay at all.
Taking a bus isn't a crime. And if you don't have the files on the computer, or the backpack full of evidence, all you have is a guy who's acting a little suspicious and looks like the guy in the video.
I'm saying he was smart enough to do this, and to evade authorities for 3 days, but dumb enough to be caught with a backpack full of evidence and the files on his computer. I'm not sure that adds up in my opinion.
I think that's called conflict exhaustion. You're sick of fighting, sick of holding your nose and respecting things and people you find repugnant, while there's little/no serious progress in your direction, it seems like there's more racism and hatred than ever. So part of you is ready to set the world on fire if it gets rid of MAGA and all the thinly veiled (or not so thinly veiled) racism and intolerance.
Just keep in mind that the dark wolf actually serves those nazi punks. Punching them only makes them stronger.
and not even good for you
Dude, soda isn't 'not good' for you. It's fucking toxic. Corn sugar makes you fat and screws up your metabolism, added caffeine is addictive, and the rest is just an artificial chemical bath that rots you from the inside out.
There was a lawsuit a while back, a dude sued claiming he found a dead mouse in his can of soda. Pepsi's defense was that in the amount of time between when that particular can was bottled and when he drank it, the soda would have completely dissolved the mouse. They won the lawsuit.
And that's what you are drinking..
Play it out with your mind.
Police arrest a guy who matches the picture but without the backpack full of evidence have no proof that he is the guy. After 3 days his lawyer demands they let him go. End of story.
Exactly 100%
No worries my friend. I know it's hard, but it's useful to always assume good faith.
"The monster never sees a monster in the mirror. We all have good reasons and justifications for what we do." -- J. Michael Straczynski
That applies to us too.
I think it especially applied in 2016, first time in my life that all pretense of respectful debate went away, replaced with 'unfriend me if you like Trump' as a mainstream accepted even encouraged position to have.
I talk to a lot of people who supported Trump. Most of them talked about tariffs, manufacturing, jobs, there was a dream of bringing back American industry and rolling back outsourcing. Yes there was some assholes, but there were plenty of good American folks who just wanted to keep their jobs.
But if you listened to Democrats, the only valid reason anyone would vote for Trump is because they are a tiki torch wielding racist misogynist sexist xenophobic islamophobic basket of deplorables. The public discourse broke down for good, it was all just insults from both sides.
Nobody saw a monster in the mirror. We only saw an opposition supporting a guy who was basically openly racist and creeped on his own daughter.
But they didn't see a monster in the mirror either. They only saw an ivory tower elite whipping ourselves into a frenzy over which bathroom someone uses while the middle class is dying.
That's why, in my opinion at least, it is always vitally important to generally assume good faith on the part of your opposition. Because if there is good faith, then we repair the cracks that are dividing the country. And if there really isn't good faith, then we are all totally fucked anyway so it doesn't make any goddamn difference.
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Can you explain to me how punching Nazis works to reduce Naziism and racism? What is the mechanism of action? Like how specifically does getting punched make someone less racist?
That is a genuine question and I'd love an answer.
I personally believe that punching racists only creates more hatred. The racist will be angry at the one who punched him, and thus less open to anti-racist messaging.