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‘Pure greed:’ Etiquette expert explains why tipping has gotten out of control
  • I get that you're trying to do a reductio ad absurdum but your post really falls flat on its face.

    The Roman Empire no longer exists in any shape or form.

    The United States of America is a surviving institution that has continuity to its darker history as it pertains to slavery.

    The problem is not simply that slavery is causing some sort of moral taint; it's that there are still institutions today that continue to have advantages that stem from the unjust practice of slavery in the US.

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  • Informed consent laws were around well before The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks came out. I think there were earlier publicized examples of subject mistreatment (like Tuskegee) that already pushed the field to be better.

  • Turns out the US Secretary of Energy is the devil when promoting EVs

    > Her advance team realized there weren't going to be enough plugs to go around. One of the station's four chargers was broken, and others were occupied. So an Energy Department staffer tried parking a nonelectric vehicle by one of those working chargers to reserve a spot for the approaching secretary of energy. > > That did not go down well: a regular gas-powered car blocking the only free spot for a charger? > > In fact, a family that was boxed out — on a sweltering day, with a baby in the vehicle — was so upset they decided to get the authorities involved: They called the police. > > The sheriff's office couldn't do anything. It's not illegal for a non-EV to claim a charging spot in Georgia.

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