Mohamed

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[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 23 points 20 hours ago (7 children)

Oh, 16 degrees Fahrenheit. Still, thats quite a bit.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 21 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Something my therapist told me and that works more often than not. Set out to do the task for a very small time, like 3 minutes. After 3 minutes, you may find that you are absorbed in that task, but if not, just stop doing it.

The idea I think is to get over the difficulty in starting a task.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 5 points 20 hours ago

That's how do most of my tasks.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

Coalition for what? You have barely done damage to Iran.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago

Hey, $1.5 million to not shoots you sounds like a fair deal. Just keep the money coming, Jerry.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If this happens, I wish someone in the US Army refuses an order to participate in the war, arguing that he will not follow illegal orders, because only Congress has the right to declare war. Assuming this goes to a non-military court, we would finally have a case against the president's ability to wage war which is very very clearly very unconstitutional.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The article listed 800% fps gains due to ntsync. Wait, were those over fsync, or vanilla?

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 days ago

Yep. A million dollars is much closer to 0 dollars than it is to a billion dollars. An even bigger problem is the ultra billionaires.

Aside from that simplistic argument, billionaires are much much more parasitic to society than millionaires are.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I doubt it's intentional. Dealers and other people in the middle of the chain cut drugs with things that lets them increase their supply. One could add active ingredients:

  1. Fentanyl is similar to heroin but much cheaper. Adding fentanyl can make a supply of heroin appear to be better quality.
  2. 25-NBOME is occasionally sold as LSD. It has somewhat similar effects.
  3. Benzocaines and other -caines could be added to cocaine. These -caines, including cocaine, all have a local numbing effect. Adding benzocaine can make the batch of cocaine feel like it's got more cocaine than it actually does.
  4. Meth and amphetamines are often added to MDMA, since amphetamines give a similar energy focus boost like MDMA does.

Oftentimes, the adulterant is inactive, and is added to the drug to make it bulkier.

None of those are meant by the drug dealer to harm the drug consumer. The main reason why drugs do kill so many people, especially opioids, is that they are of unknown potency. For example, if one always takes the se amount of heroin when they get high, they might OD if, for example, a specific batch had more fentanyl than usual. Fentanyl is especially especially bad because it is very very potent, making it really easy to OD on.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Just thought of an alternative theory. Republican states may be more obsessed with trans porn, but maybe its not the anti-trans or Republicans in those states that are obsessed. Maybe the reason why so many are antitrans in those states is the prevalence of trans porn in their communities.

Repressed Republican is an attractive explanation, and probably true for a significant portion, but I doubt it's the full truth.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago

That, isnt even logical enough to not make sense.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca -2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Gravest crime against humanity is not the same as the most suffering caused. It is not just number of people that suffered either.

 

This survey is nuts. Here are some quotes:

  1. Pierre Poilievre will lock up the worst criminals for life. Do you want safer streets?* Yes – Jail, not bail! No – I want dangerous criminals terrorizing my streets
  1. The Carney Trudeau Liberals have FAILED our military. Pierre Poilievre and Canada First Conservatives will strengthen it. Do you want a stronger military?* Yes - Warrior culture—NOT woke culture. No – Woke culture is more important

The * just means its a required field, if you are wondering.

 

I am genuinely curious. Some of my passing thoughts are below, if some context is needed.

I strongly believe that PR is a much better and fairer system than FPTP, and I hope it passes in Canada at least at the federal level.

The question. Are there any real disadvantages to PR compared to FPTP?

PR is obviously not a peefect system, and it has downsides compared to other forms of representation, such as Direct Democracy. But i cant find any real downsides when compared to FPTP.

I heard about:

  1. PR allows extremist ideas to be represented. This is maybe true, but I think it is blown out of proportion It is also probably not a negative. Allowing their representation means that these ideas can be challenged in public, rather than simply censored. It also could reduce feelings of not being represented among the public, feelings which might be a strong contributing force to the rise of authoritarianism.

  2. PR could effectively freeze government by not allowing anything to pass. This could be a negative, but in many cases it isn't. In case the majority is the extremist party, PR allows a sort of damage control.

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