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Cake day: December 10th, 2023

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  • A lot of mythology originates from someone’s dad or older brother or uncle messing with them.

    Let’s examine the myth that you’ll find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. There isn’t an end to a rainbow, someone was messing with a kid and it got passed on. It’s like sending the new kid at work to go down to the basement or go ask for a long weight.


  • We get the dolly parton books in the mail and they’re great. I read at least one of them every day.

    Favorites are “grandpa and Jake” “the rabbit listened” and the most recent one “a book for bear.” The from last month is about sending you octopus to school, but it’s not as popular in our house. It has a lot of factoids about octopi, it’s really for an older audience like 6-8




  • The hyperfocus on co2 emissions detracts from the discussion around local emissions that have a direct effect on the majority of people.

    Germ theory has existed since at least the 1500s.

    The argument that you should “trust science” falls flat when science is constantly in flux.

    Many scientists base their knowledge on preconceived notions of truth. Never trust someone who is 100% sure of something and don’t discount someone just because they aren’t a full blown expert.




  • I hate people who say this as much as the people who say “do your own research” because they are saying the exact same thing in order to minimize any criticism. They also don’t mention that it pertains to very specific types claims. On top of that, many scientific papers often make false claims because academics need funding.

    I don’t need to “do research” to express my own personal experiences. If a chemical company is saying that their chemicals “are harmless” I’m going to assume that there’s a good chance that they’re lying out of their ass. The military is currently trying to get out of cleaning up pfas from firefighting foam.

    There’s certain things that have been around a long time like fluoride in water, which is most likely fine, but nobody can really be sure that there’s haven’t been some kind of imesurable form of long term effects​ and people are right not to trust the government.

    Another example is GMOs. There’s nothing wrong with GMO crops. It’s the herbicides and pesticides they use. They aren’t just on the outside, the plants are absorbing that stuff. It might only be a small amount, but then again someone could spill a lot in one spot and then a few ears of corn could have a huge amount.

    Oil and gas lobbyists spread misinformation about climate change and call it a conspiracy theory. Have you done any climate science to prove it isn’t?

    The author is dismissing people that don’t agree with what they think is true without questioning their own beliefs because they are an academic and obviously accedemics are inherently superior to everyone else.


  • “Converting a semi-automatic weapon into a fully automatic weapon that discharges all bullets within seconds doesn’t belong on our domestic streets,” he wrote, adding that the city does not have the power to outlaw Glock switches, only the state.

    Does this guy not know that it’s already illegal at the federal level? You can buy these things on sites like temu. I got a temu ad on Facebook one time that showed one. They will never outlaw semi auto pistols in a red state, there’s nothing they can do except block websites where you can buy these items, even then you can 3d print or machine one on your own.