If you're obese you should not be allowed to work in a health care related field.
I never can say this out loud, but it legitimately rubs me the wrong way.
this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2023
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Nuking Japan was in proportion and in service to the United States' legitimate military objectives.
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Dismissing social norms because they're "only social constructs" is ridiculous, because all social constructs are a product of our biological brains. Gender norms exist because sex chromosomes affect brain chemistry, not because some evil global patriarchy cabal in 200,000 B.C decided they should.
The problem isn't with gender norms themselves, it's the enforcement of them.
In order to actually fight climate change, we should start by trying to reduce the population in the future. Less people = more resources per person.
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I like sand
No word is inherently bad, it's all about what you mean and how you use it. Most people have a no-tolerance with a few words though.
For example, all words would be ok in educational purposes.
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I don't want mass-adoption of Lemmy by more Reddit users (said a former Reddit lurker who likes it here and actually participates because it's awesome at this stage).
Negative motivation is the real way to make changes.
It's great to have goals and positive things to look forward to when you reach those goals.
But to be consistent in doing the hard work to reach that goal it's better to scare the shit out of your self by asking
"what happens to me if I don't do the work?"
Too many people conflate the evils of corporatism and corruption with the general concept of "capitalism"/a market economy.
Now, I'm hardly an advocate of laissez-faire economics. But I'm not a full-on socialist either. I think the majority of problems people attribute to modern market economies can be corrected with aggressive anti-trust and pro-consumer regulation.
(The keyword here is majority. I'm sure it makes sense to socialize some things, but those details are best left to people smarter than me.)
Lemmy.world holding such a prevalent place in the Lemmy/Kbin part of the Fediverse makes it a major single point of failure.
They should still be the newcomers instance, but communities and users should migrate to other instances to increase the resilience of the Fediverse.
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USA is an oligarchy. I can imagine americans disagree. But perhaps not lemmies.
Almost the entire world is, that's not controversial, that's fact
I could probably do a better job running your country than the guy you elected since I know when to give the problem to someone more qualified.
I depends on the country, but definitely yes. And this is even more the case if you said βyour cityβ. Most local politicians are just straight up bad.
I used to think like this but now I realise that being in power is much harder than I thought, especially in the context of a democracy. Inevitably, in order to get something done, you usually need the cooperation of your political opponents, which usually requires to make compromises that you're uncomfortable with or make you go back on campaign promises.
That said, I think I could do a better job than Trump since I think I could at least manage to not put myself in so much legal trouble.
Remember to sort by controversial. Top comments are always going to be the popular opinions.
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Souls don't exist.
What about dark souls ?
Only 3 of them exist as far as I'm aware.
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We could reduce a lot of issues if you had to do a calculus problem to get an erection.
The COVID pandemic never ended.
I think I understand what you're getting at but just keep in mind that there are two sort of separate discussions in regards to that.
The WHO and the health organization of various countries are usually pretty specific in their definitions. The "public health emergency" of COVID is over because:
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There is no longer a need for a coordinated international effort.
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The population is no longer largely at risk due to vaccinations/immunities.
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The mortality rate has dropped significantly.
But I don't think anyone would deny that COVID is here to stay on a global scale. It's just that the health systems of most countries are now equipped to manage it without all of the lockdown precautions.
Not all migrants are good for the country. Many come with views incompatble with western culture. Stuff like homophobia, transohobia, mysogyny. And they are often brought over as cheap labor, undercutting local labor.
The right to keep and bear arms is an inalienable right. We should be able to carry on all public lands, and other places open to the public.
Tattoos look bad like 90% of the time.
The government is not to be trusted.
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