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Do you know what power stations feed your electrical circuit? Do you know which transformers are most critical to keep you in service? Do you know who manufactured them?

Do you know where your water comes from? Which facilities treat it? How it's treated?

Can you name your senators, house rep, state senators, state rep, and local officials?

Everyone can't know everything. I doubt you do, but I wouldn't call you a fucking idiot for that. I would call you a fucking idiot for being such a small-minded asshole though. You're not the smartest person in the room, and even if you were, you still wouldn't understand how 99% of human technology works. We're in this together and we lean on each other. That's the beauty and curse of being human

It gives the populous more 'room' to intercede. Basically, a normal person at a cafe feels they have some permission structure to stand up to ice, after all, the governor and the mayor told them to. So they aren't rebelling, they are helping uphold the law. I think things like this actually goes a long way in moving the general public. At the very least it doesn't hurt

I had to make my own salsa when I lived in the UK. I couldn't find a single one with any flavour. Granted, I lived in a city without a car so my reach was only a mile or so for groceries/eating out, but still.

All due respect mate as an American socialist who spent the past couple years living in the UK I'm not convinced y'all are in a much better position. I'm sure the community would be welcoming (as would many communities in the states) but I feel like the UK is sitting on the knifes edge ATM and could go either way. And if it goes authoritarian it may do so even faster than the US just due to the nature of how the countries are constructed. Obviously any port in a storm but if I'm looking to flee authoritarianism the UK isn't at the top of my list. Wishing y'all the best of luck over there

Mate I don't have any love for the democratic party but when one side decides to do a fascism and you call yourself a centrist then you're enabling fascism. Or at least admitting you'd like some light fascism. You can be independent without being centrist

My beef with BOTW is I can't use my sword/shield/bow while looking at what I want to look at. It's either or. I wish those could be remapped to the R/L

I mean if I'm going to spend time practicing something it's certainly going to be an instrument and not a video game.

For some people 'fun' is the primary reason they play games. If they aren't fun, they better have a whole lot else going for them. Personally I play games to unwind, so any type of 'frustrating' is a hard no from me. I get plenty of that in my day job. But not all games need to be for me and that's fine. I just wish people could understand that not all of us are looking for a 'sense of accomplishment' from playing a video game. I get that some people value that, great, stop acting like everyone needs to be the same

Blows my mind that the solution for so many things is just 'try not to make it worse while your body does magic' Broken bone? Stop moving it and wait. Cold? Drink water, sleep, and wait. Cut? Cover it up so it's not actively bleeding, and wait. Even in modern medicine were still letting the body do the heavy lifting, just trying to help it out where we can. No wonder diet and exercise are such good preventative measures

I mean it's as weird as having wet eyes I guess

Honestly, I think he might actually fall into the category of cares more about appearing smart than being smart. Not to say he's dumb, but I do get the sense the reputation is very important to him

First off, no chance those taxes cover all roads, the general population tax is subsidizing. That also doesn't consider the environmental impact that's being socialized. And the safety impact. And how roads are given priority over people almost every time. Cars are insanely subsidized by society - but that's not my point. These types of programs are more efficient without a bunch of means testing and related bureaucracy. If something is for the public good we should be willing to socialize the cost. You today, me tomorrow.

Christianity is a pile of contradictions. If that's the bar no one's a Christian. Turns out if you choose to believe something based on faith despite all evidence you're gonna find yourself with some weird company. If that makes you uncomfortable then you might just be on the path to joining reality.

Do I get a tax exemption for road construction if I don't drive a car? It's good for society, do it. We don't need every tax to have a bunch of bureaucracy piled on top of it making it less efficient. Rising tides raise all ships.

Sorry dude, if you believe Jesus is God then you're a Christian. Everything else is denominations and arguments about true scotsmen. You don't get to tell me I'm not one and I don't get to tell you you're not one. If someone doesn't eat meat they are vegetarian, even if all they eat is processed junk. I can say they are a bad vegetarian, but so long as they don't eat meat I can't say they aren't one at all.

Omg. 'look at all this lack of evidence!'. Shes so close

Mate I'm sure there's a whole pile of things in the Christian bible that you don't follow. And I'm not even talking the gotcha things but like, actual teachings. Like, do you keep the sabbath? If you're a woman do you follow all of thine husbands commands? If not am I right to say you are not a sincere Christian? If not, what are you? No it can't work that way. If someone says they are Christian, they are Christian. You can say that Catholics are bad Christians, or that they're going to hell, but you can't say they aren't Christian, because then no one is Christian. That's what denominations are for.

That's like me saying I know you don't believe in God but you also murdered someone and I don't like that so you're not really an atheist.

Yeah I think as long as the devs are forward about it no problem. I have plenty of 'hard things' in my day to day life and I'm not looking for more of that in a videogame. Give me a Stardew or Factorio everytime - I want to relax and design things. Different games are for different people and that's a good thing. Any game made to satisfy everyone will almost certainly satisfy no one.

I mean, if they believe Jesus was *Christ then that makes them christian yes?

I mean in modern times mining companies have instigated wars for 'rocks'