throwitaway1235 (u/throwitaway1235)

throwitaway1235 commented on It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record noaa.gov/news/its-officia... · Posted by u/matsemann

throwitaway1235 · 5 years ago

What year does NOAA choose as the beginning for "record"? It's relevant to the discussion.

Earth is 4.5 billion years old.

Humans have existed for 200,000 years.

This all comes off as political or quasi-religious because I can assure you that the author knows average people will read that headline and assume "begining of time". Hence I call bullshit.

throwitaway1235 commented on America’s losing battle against diabetes reuters.com/investigates/... · Posted by u/lxm

TylerE · 5 years ago

Yes, t had a lot to do with it.

The war against salt, also.

throwitaway1235 · 5 years ago

As a millennial, I remember my Mom buying those Snack well cookies for herself, thinking they were more healthy than traditional cookies. I assume they compensated for less fat with added sugar.

throwitaway1235 commented on America’s losing battle against diabetes reuters.com/investigates/... · Posted by u/lxm

throwitaway1235 · 5 years ago

Do you guys think the mid-late 20th century phenomena of fat = bad, sugar = no comment, has anything to do with this battle?

throwitaway1235 commented on China Is Totalitarian. Why Is That So Hard to Say? foreignpolicy.com/2021/04... · Posted by u/paulcarroty

theandrewbailey · 5 years ago

> China becoming more authoritarian rule but it's not close to the level the level totalitarian control over individuals it was during the Mao-era, or height of Stalinism, or Nazi Germany.

Have you read about the Chinese social credit system?

throwitaway1235 · 5 years ago

The West has the same thing. Journalists have had their bank accounts closed over political commentary. Classic social credit system.

throwitaway1235 commented on China Is Totalitarian. Why Is That So Hard to Say? foreignpolicy.com/2021/04... · Posted by u/paulcarroty

raarts · 5 years ago

Extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence.

throwitaway1235 · 5 years ago

In Australia you are forbidden to communicate with fellow citizens in public.

I don't recall China demanding that. You guys live in a bubble.

throwitaway1235 commented on China Is Totalitarian. Why Is That So Hard to Say? foreignpolicy.com/2021/04... · Posted by u/paulcarroty

throwitaway1235 · 5 years ago

The United States, Western Europe and Australia are totalitarian.

Something both true and much harder to say than China.

throwitaway1235 commented on Pentagon unveils subdermal implant that detects Covid in the body news.yahoo.com/pentagon-u... · Posted by u/aww_dang

throwitaway1235 · 5 years ago

cOnSpIrAcY tHeOrY

throwitaway1235 commented on The Source of America’s Rising Rage motherjones.com/politics/... · Posted by u/paulpauper

throwitaway1235 · 5 years ago

The author of this piece, Kevin Drum on 7/15/19 - "Reactionary American whites, as always, won’t give up their power unless it’s taken from them....Liberals need to be as Lincolnesque as possible in this endeavor, but we also need to be Lincolnesque in our commitment to winning America’s latest race war."

My point - that kind of extreme rhetoric, borderline sociopathic, certainly racist, is behind much of America's "rising rage".

throwitaway1235 commented on NYC to mandate proof of vaccination for many indoor settings nypost.com/2021/08/03/nyc... · Posted by u/underseacables

chadcmulligan · 5 years ago

Do you really believe that mandatory vaccination is the start of some expansion of government checking on everything? I'm seriously asking, like you already need a drivers license to drive, you put in taxes and the government keeps those in a central database, if you have kids in school they need to be vaccinated in most places I read in this thread. Why would covid vaccination suddenly trigger some government panopticon? they already have so much information on you, why would this be the hill you die on?

throwitaway1235 · 5 years ago

If this is a good faith question that's fine. A health passport to buy groceries is the hill to die on because you are consenting to a lifetime of injections just to live.

No one should be under the impression that the next booster won't be mandated. You give these people an inch and they take a mile.

And it's also not a government thing. I would think that the White House is upset with New York's decision because they preferred private business restrict access to the unvaccinated, New York might have jumped the gun, revealed the play etc.