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    I wonder what this does to sperm count / fertility. Infrared light aside (hello burned balls), increased temperature in the scrotum is linked to lower sperm count / viability, no? I mean that's why the ballz exist outside of the body cavity in the first place. If so, then we should all strongly encourage Carlson's followers to do this.
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    Hey if they wanna dumb down their entire population, it might take a generation or so, but they'll reap what they sow.
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    Soooo glad I got to see a live performance of this album on Halloween 2019 not long before COVID hit:
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    Russians reaping what they sowed?
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    Always wanted to require an anchor and compass to be able to eat my pizza.
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    Taking selfies with the elephant's foot?
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    I think that the level of feeling "represented" increases as you get to more local government. Recently I have really tried to read up on the candidates running in local and state elections before casting my vote. I agree that the further up you get, the less it seems the politicians do what's right for their constituents, at least in America. I've continued to vote in the main elections, but after having to choose between the lesser of two evils too often, I have started to pay more attention to the primaries which I think are vastly more important than the final elections. We need grass roots movements to get people to pay attention to and participate in primary elections at all levels, I feel that could have the quickest positive impact.
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    Yes, and people who tend to fall for scams like this are probably not very successful in life (ofc there are outliers, but by and large they're probably not successful). This orange man comes along and lets them feel that their lives are not where they want them to be because of the swamp in DC, or the minorities coming from other countries and taking their jobs. They latch onto that and get to say, "yeah, I didn't get that job because the system is corrupt or because that minority got it over me", which is easier than saying, "I didn't get that job because I'm not as qualified or as smart or hard-working as the other person". It's much easier to blame others or "the system" for their own problems. I feel that these people have always been here, but they have stayed out of politics because there were few candidates they could get behind. The problem is that Trump came along and gave them a unifying voice, something they could all rally behind, even if it was only for his own personal gain.
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    I keep wondering how the poorest, the dumbest, the most racist of Americans have identified so much with and blindly follow a rich New Yorker who doesn't care about them at all. They were just so hungry to latch on to anyone who was so vocal about being anti-establishment and racist. From my armchair psychiatrist viewpoint, they want something/someone to blame for their lousy lot in life, instead of looking in the mirror and realizing their own situation is probably because they're not smart enough or hard-working enough, etc. IMO we're lucky he doesn't give two shits about most of his followers and their well-being. Imagine if these morons all got behind someone with actual charisma, someone who could wield actual political power other than, "I'll take my voting bloc and go home".
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    Yeah yeah yeah but Nazis.
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    Leah? And pretty sure only a few people (xelah?) had a hard on for her.
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    I figured as much. And damn, that article is from six years ago... So what's a viable alternative? Natural fibers? Cotton is still a polymer, albeit a natural one (cellulose-based). Do we even know that natural polymers won't also cause negative health and environmental effects? So what, then, leather breeches or nudity??
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    I wonder if little bits that come off of your synthetic fiber clothing are considered microplastics. I mean, they're definitely synthetic polymers, and just take a look at all the little fibers that your clothes shed. It's probably not a stretch to think that those bits are falling into your food or getting rustled up in the air that you breathe. Might have to start wearing a mask when I change the lint trap in my dryer.
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    You're shouting so loudly about the nazis. Yes, there are probably nazis there as Chen has pointed out, but why are you shouting so loudly about them with all the other horrible stuff going on? We all get that nazis are bad, but it's like the house is completely on fire and you're screaming that someone left the oven on. Yeah you want the firemen to go in and put out the fire but not unless they can run through the flames and make sure that the pesky oven is off as well.
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    Totally agree. It's unfortunate that it seems to be in our nature to crash headlong into things without thinking about or caring about long-term effects too much. We'll have to try to "evolve" into new ways of thinking or future generations will face many hardships that were created by past generations.
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    I'm against plastics in general but the reality is that there is no economically-viable alternative that the public will accept. Nobody wants to see this stuff clogging up landfills or choking waterways but most people also don't want to pay the extra cost (sometimes substantial) it would take to make the products they buy more environmentally-friendly. We dug ourselves into this hole very early on and we're at the point now where it would be difficult to break our addiction to plastics. I wouldn't say that anybody is forcing plastic onto consumers. Unfortunately, it ultimately allowed businesses to create things at a lower price, and the public ate that up. We obviously can't count on businesses to do what's morally or environmentally right, so what's the solution? Enough people have to be willing to pay more for a better alternative, at least in the short run, or there need to be subsidies / penalties for producing plastic-free / rich products.
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    My co-worker and labmate is from Belarus. He says he can't even talk to his parents anymore because they are saying much of the same things. They used to speak a few times a week but he has given up even calling them at all recently.
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    Some people have questioned whether or not the systems that control Russia's nuclear weapons would even fully function if they were to want to launch them (due to neglect, lack of funding, etc.).
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    That's completely ridiculous, especially the part about making leaving the state to seek treatment a felony. I wonder though if a trans-friendly state would block extradition or even arrest the "offenders" on this.
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    I guess I'm in the (old fart) minority in that I've never had a spotify account. Sure I use other services and recommendations to find stuff I may like and If I find anything I really like, I buy it (usually physical or digital) and add it to a Plex server that I have running on a Raspberry Pi that lets me listen from anywhere. It was kind of a pain to set up at first, making sure everything was tagged correctly, but now it's a breeze to add new stuff.
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    Not yet confirmed to be real, but would be awesome if it turns out to be real.
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    I dunno, there are probably more people in Russia who back Putin than you think, and it probably runs a lot along generation lines. My friend who is from Belarus, he said that his dad is still very pro-Putin and even now denying that what's going on right now is an actual "war", or aggression from Russia. He said it's because his dad grew up in the days when it was the "mighty" USSR, and he shares the desire to see those days again (maybe subconsciously or consciously, not sure), not only when the USSR was "stronger", but when they had strong leaders who would stand up to the rest of the world. Kind of a messed up view, but I think it's completely understandable considering the circumstances.
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