Yeah I can’t watch subs. I don’t want to have to read for a movie. I want to see the faces and expressions of people or characters as scenes play out. If I’m reading subtitles, I’m not immersed and the story doesn’t slap as much for me.

There are bus services in rural US where companies pick up people who’ve signed up. It’s not even a market problem at this point.

People are just NIMBYs and averse to change, or at least the ones who show up to the local town council.

That's a terrible ping 😂

Also D:

Shhh! Keep it secret, keep it safe

I mean, I feel like he's being overt about the motivations the GOP has held for decades. It's just that this is a time where their despicable desires about how our society should evolve are showcased.

Don't forget about loneliness. If people don't engage with one another in the first place, then abortion isn't even needed, let alone any parental care or accomodations.

Thanks American individualism for that.

Jfc, I hope all women in Texas have their sights on eventually moving out and away. This is absurd

Maybe more than people need, but this is person specific

But not too much! Some salt is good, but not the absurd amounts you'll find in prepared food from the food service industry.

Also, make sure the salt you use has iodine in it. Lots of people don't get that

They did have quality in the early 2000s, remember my grandma taking us their for their awesome bread. Sad to see it enshittify

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Right, because voting doesn't matter. Got it.

Yeah I think the difference here is outcomes vs intentions (consequentialism vs virtue theory, if you want to be exact about ethics). Trump could support the constitution through his actions, but communicate his intentions otherwise: and vice versa.

What was the voting age at the time of that election in Gaza? I've heard that the average age of Palestinians is 18, although that might only be a recent statistic. If the voting age of that population is so young, you might imagine the ignorance that population would have towards issues, or the potential that population might have for manipulation.

Did that 2007 election take place like US ones, where only like 2/3rds of people even vote at all?

Questions like this really make you wonder if it was even possible for the election results that put Hamas into power to be representative of the general population.

So, all of this is to say that I agree with you.

Love the idea here, but I wonder if there could be an alternative to religion/churches that still allows us to congregate and deliberate about meaningful, philosophical affairs that religion poked and prodded at.

I know The Satanic Temple seeks to do this in a way, but I wonder if our universities and colleges held more opportunities to engage with the general public on meta/physics, epistemology, ethics, etc., topics also challenged by religion, we might fill the rational void people might be seeking.

The solution could be more rooted in philosophy too, but it's been a long time, at least since the time of the Greeks or Romans, since we've had Schools dedicated to the deliberation of meta/physics, ethics, epistemology, etc.

And I'm not talking about modern education here, the education that's meant to bring up the youth and develop them into functioning adults. The Greek/Roman Schools to me seemed like places of conversation, debate, etc. that anyone could join (I know that philosophy was mostly restricted to the aristocracy in ancient times, but that would be the goal today).

Maybe the answer is modern schools today, but with an effort to host local communities for thought discourse. Maybe it would look like wrapping together TED Talks with the minds of debates you see in New York that are like full blown events.

And maybe universities do deliver this kind of activity for their community that I nor you have access to because they're not near us. Dunno.

I'm not claiming they would act in good faith, just that they would have less (unconscious) biased towards plaintiffs/defendants. Conscious biases would still be in play

*paid, since it sounds like you speak American English

But this excludes all other judges that were appointed by 1) a different Republican president than Trump, and 2) a different Democrat president than Biden, no?

Unless all judge terms are shorter than 1-2 terms for presidents (haven't read all state/federal codes), this would leave a lot of judges left that would be considered less biased towards/against those under their prudence. No need to go nuclear devil's advocate for this one.