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Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
I don't have any problem with drug use morally or legally speaking, but it IS true that the best way to be not addicted to drugs is to just never try them.
It's the same with abstenance-only education. "Abstenance is the only 100% effective birth control method." Well yeah, that's technically true, they just don't mention condoms are 99.9% effective.
Miencraft, Rateria, Luxemborglo
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
-Charlie Kirk
Founder, Turning Point Life
Rateria
"Your hormones are at uncontrollable levels, you're mentally maturing, and your one desire in life is to have sex. Just don't do it."
I remember in my first sex ed class they were like "Yeah you can actually get pregnant from any sort of touching."
Rateria, Articles Of Confederation Usa
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
Some drugs like caffeine or nicotine are OK, but the others are not. Now stop obsessing over your precious weed
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
You've clearly never had gas
And the exact line that a drug has to cross to not be okay is...?
Rateria, Venomringo, Jadentopian Order, Articles Of Confederation Usa
Happy self-birthday
Islands, Narland, The New United States, Rateria, Highway Eighty-Eight
Look, I don't need to justify and argue for everything I say; I simply made a comment and you can take it however you want.
"Science is a liar sometimes" Mac
The New United States
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
You kinda do when you make a point that literally requires more explanation than just "this is how it is" in order for the point to make any kind of sense.
Unless, of course, you don't want the point to make any kind of sense.
Rateria
Happy birthday, Pevvania!
The New United States
x is bad
Not making an argument btw
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
In Lib's defense, there does seem to be a qualitative distinction between the mind altering effects of caffeine and nicotine, and those of marijuana, cocaine, and others. The former doesn't really change your personality in a noticeable way, unless you're addicted to them and haven't had them of course, the latter cause noticeable personality shifts immediately.
I'm not of the mind that any drugs should be banned, but to someone who IS of that mind, that distinction would seem to be self-evident.
Watching Congress screw up US, or Parliament screw up the UK makes them the drug of the latter kind for me. I get all bent out of shape, and chug my drug of choice Dr. Pepper (drug of the first category) by the dozen. My closest friends form "Interventions" and try to pry the remote from my hands.
The New United States
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
The UK has a Silly Party with Lord Bucket-head and some form of mutant Elmo. If the US had a silly party I would:
>>>>>1. change my name to "U(llysees) S Taxpayer,
>>>>>2. wear a paper bag over my head (with changeable permanent marker expressions),
>>>>>3. a barrel over my torso emblazoned with the official US Taxpayer logo,
>>>>>4. fuzzy bunny slippers on my feet and
>>>>>5. sock puppets on my hands (one red, and one blue that would attack each other with their most idiotic talking points).
I would run on the platform that:
>>>>>1. every Congressman be subject to every piece of legislation on themselves first for 7 years before it is implemented to the rest of the nation.
>>>>>2. require every Congressman to wear shock collars that zaps them with severe amperage every time they tell a lie.
>>>>>3. require every Congressman to live and work out of an office on the block of their most crime ridden, or economically depressed district.
>>>>>5 require every President to: wear an orange Donald Trump Toupee and either a tie that hangs three inches below the belt line, or an ugly colored oversized Hillaryesque pantsuit and Hillarydo Wig or admixtures of both (their choice).
Rateria
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
Boris Johnson's landslide victory is a historic outcome for freedom and sovereignty against socialism, antisemitism and globalism. This has remade the political map and will guarantee Brexit once and for all. I'm proud to have voted Tory in vanquishing the globalist socialist hordes.
Narland, The New United States, Miri Islands
Post self-deleted by Narland.
Post self-deleted by Narland.
I am glad you were able to participate. Use the opportunity to undo the 20th Century rot of Statism as best you can. Convincing the Brits that the civic virtues of freedom and liberty are better alternatives to the despotism of Statism and serfdom of Socialism is an Sisyphean task.
I do not think Prime Minister Johnson embodies all that you expressed (just as Trump is not as Conservative as most GOPers think) but I do think Johnson (like Trump) is a step in the right direction (no pun intended).
The New United States
Caffeine and nicotine are both drugs. You shouldn't get addicted to either.
Miencraft, Rateria, Highway Eighty-Eight
I'm having a real hard time deciding whether I should smoke the thing that definitely is a known carcinogen, or the thing that's being looked into for treating cancer.
Rateria
Are we talking about weed or caffeine here
Rateria
I would hope nobody's smoking caffeine.
Rateria
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
Cigarettes can be enjoyed in moderation, but your weed thing is just nasty and the curing cancer thing is just to give some hippie douches excuses to be smoking it all the time
The healthiest number of cigarettes is 0.
Miencraft, The New United States, Rateria, Miri Islands
I'm under no illusion of Boris being a radical free marketeer. On domestic matters, he's a fairly moderate One-Nation conservative (though much further to the right than Theresa May) who, in his campaign, pledged increases in government spending on healthcare and education and a boost to the minimum wage, alongside some modest tax cuts. Those are not election promises that excite me, many of which would elicit eye-rolls from many in the region. But the most important things about Johnson's victory is that it means a) Brexit will be achieved and b) socialism has failed.
The former will allow the UK to set competitive tax, trade and regulatory regimes, all of which were in some way restricted by the protectionist EU. For example, in Europe we are not allowed to lower VAT (national consumption tax) below 5%. Unshackled from the EU, we are free to liberalize our markets as much as we may. And the latter is just as significant, as Jeremy Corbyn promised to nationalize rail, energy, water, broadband and postal services, an unconscionable intrusion of government into the market.
You're right that Brits on average have few classical liberal tendencies, but I think getting Brexit done is so important for our long-term sovereignty and preventing further erosion of our freedoms that this is a victory worth celebrating.
Narland
Cigarettes are a billion times worse than marijuana. The former causes cancer, addiction and a whole range of health problems; moderate use of the latter just makes people lazy and hungry.
Miencraft, Rateria, Miri Islands
You're mad you smoke the cancer stick. If you think smoking Cigs are anywhere near weed you are delusional.
Pevvania, Miri Islands
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
No, not really. Tobacco is one of few things where doing it at all is going to wreck your health.
Pevvania, Jadentopian Order
Sometimes I want to go learn how the UK government works and then I remember that even they don't actually know how it works and have just been making it up as they went along for the past thousand years, and nowhere in that millennium did anyone suggest that maybe they should write it down.
Pevvania, Narland, The New United States, Highway Eighty-Eight
Their gov is to cricket as the US is to baseball or something like that. :)
The New United States
It is very encouraging that so many voted and voted for Brexit. Hopefully this is the start of something big.
***anecdote alert***
I was outside of Norfolk on one of the last days that Subjects had to turn in their firearms. We went with a WWII vet as he turned in his rifle to a detail that removed the trigger mechanism and plugged the barrel of his old long rifle with hot metal. He had welled up and fought back the tears. >:( They at least let him keep it. I vowed stop that from happening back in the States.
***end anecdote alert***
Pevvania, The New United States, Rateria
I recall seeing something once saying that an elderly man had his entire milsurp collection confiscated for destruction. He had original SMLEs and hand grenades (they were possibly inactive). Whenever I think of Great Britain, I think of gun grabbing. I would love to hold such historic treasures for myself, but not everyone appreciates history. It appears that the British government doesnt.
Narland, The New United States
Post self-deleted by Narland.
Its greatest flaw. Theoretically, a non-MP could be elected prime minister if the Parliament voted them in. The only thing stopping them is convention.
The New United States
Just think of it like the House of Representatives being the only significant office citizens vote for, and usually only every 4-5 years, and it running the rest of the government and courts.
Arguably, the UK has been moving towards a codified constitution over the past 10-20 years, especially with the advent of the Supreme Court since the late 2000s. But is doubtly one any liberty-minded person would like to see.
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
I think the Weimar republic wants to have a word with you
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
The UK needs to be devolved into principalities based on medieval kingdoms. Kent, East Anglia, Wessex, Scotland, etc.
And the Magna Carta could be used as a basis for a constitution.
Islands, Pevvania
Just bring back the Danelaw. That'll fix everything.
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
Guys what causes cancer in cigarettes is that you're inhaling SMOKE; the same thing is happening when you SMOKE weed. Not complicated
You're trolling
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/tobacco/cessation-fact-sheet
"Among the 250 known harmful chemicals in tobacco smoke, at least 69 can cause cancer."
https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects/complementary-and-alternative-medicine/marijuana-and-cancer.html
"Different compounds in marijuana have different actions in the human body. For example, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) seems to cause the "high" reported by marijuana users, and also can help relieve pain and nausea, reduce inflammation, and can act as an antioxidant. Cannabidiol (CBD) can help treat seizures, can reduce anxiety and paranoia, and can counteract the "high" caused by THC."
Then if you look at the potential harms section, it says: "it also delivers harmful substances to users and those close by, including many of the same substances found in tobacco smoke." 1.) There are more ways to consume it. 2.) Unless you are a complete idiot and decide to roll a joint with tobacco, you aren't going to get nearly as many carcinogens as cigarettes. The other danger it lists is that it basically just makes you high. Yes, paranoia and anxiety are a real effect of weed. You know how you can solve that? Literally just consuming less or none at all.
And this is completely off-topic but it bugs me: There's not just one strain of marijuana with the same effects every time, there are plenty of different ones that have different effects. You don't always have to consume it just for a couple of hours of chill time.
Pevvania, Rateria
Guys what causes cancer in cigarettes is that you're inhaling SMOKE; the same thing is happening when you SMOKE weed. Not complicated
Well you may think this is a fancy and conclusive rebuttal of what I was saying but there is nothing there that refutes what I said, that is that the smoke you inhale is what causes the cancer. Also I don't know why it matters that there are many kinds of different weeds or whatever - the same is true of tobacco
Did you miss the part where I said
Okay cool but doesn't change what I said because most people smoke it and vaping it doesn't seem any healthier
Okay so then just do what plenty of people do and eat edibles
Rateria
Cost/Benefit Analysis:
Cost - ~$15, cancer apparently
Benefit - its cool
Benefit>>>
Highway Eighty-Eight
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
Have you ever tried a cigar? They're nothing special and you only smoke them if you a) are an old man or b) you're a posey and pretentious prick
Wait are you talking about weed or cigs?
Meth
Rateria
You get to save on dental care as well
Rateria
Its just a long term investment with high risk
Islands, Rateria
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
Trump has made the history books as the first man to ever be impeached for presidenting while orange.
I wonder if the House can make Trump give back the $4 ($1 per year in office he did not want) that he is required to take as the minimum wage for President?
I think what the Administrative State (and the swamp creatures) hate the most is that Trump doesn't need them. He doesn't need them for his keep. He doesn't need them for his say. The worst for them I think is that not only does Trump not need their permission, he denies them their validity of their self-justification for their (own) existence. He makes it clear (no matter how inadvertent) that the Swamp needs drained, and how.
Pevvania, The New United States, Miri Islands
Post self-deleted by Narland.
Narland doesn't smoke, but if he did it would be the tires of a Ford GT (first or second gen) winding through the mountain roads in excessive speeds of lawfully good governance.
Pevvania
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
I always wanted to try hookah
Venomringo
I agree on this, this seems a great idea.
Are you threatening me master Representatives? I am the Senate. *does 720 spin from a standing position*
Rateria
How did they fit him into a peach
Islands, The New United States, Rateria
Go to a hookah bar, they hit hard
The chemicals that make cigarettes hyper-addictive and cause cancer aren't nicotine. Nicotine is addictive, but it's only as addictive as caffeine. If you vape or drink coffee all the time and then you don't, you'll get headaches and be irritated. It's not like someone who hasn't had a smoke.
Miencraft, Rateria, Miri Islands
Nicotine always seems more addictive, but probably because its seen as more serious.
I don't see how after the Clinton impeachment, Democrats don't see how impeaching a president, but not removing them, actually increases their popularity. Trimp especially, will wear it like a badge of honor.
Pevvania
Honestly I think smoking is better than vaping because when you vape you can do it pretty much anywhere, while with cigarettes you can't do it in class or in the bus or whatever, so it is easier to set limits, but yeah, one of the reason one might like cigarettes more than vaping is the ritual; the going outside, the lighting up of the cigarette, watching it burn, and the social aspect as well.
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
Yes, carcinogens cause cancer, but a steak or a burger on average has far more carcinogens than a joint. So unless you're consuming weed 24/7 you're pretty safe from cancer.
Miencraft, Rateria
For that matter, campfire fumes are carcinogenic. Time to ban camping, I suppose.
A local cafe has "Trumped-up Im-Peach Pie" -- a slice of heated peach pie served a la mode (with two scoops of ice cream).
The New United States, Rateria
Drugs are bad, M'kay
Miencraft, The New United States, Rateria, Highway Eighty-Eight, Kongeriget Island
Trump will be rallying to his base, "I'm a Bazillionaire. If the corrupt politicians in the Swamp can impeach me over a perfect call, and just being me, think of what they will do to you. When its time to get you in their sights ... their crosshairs, it won't be good, I can tell you that." Trump Rallyers, "Drain that Swamp!!!...Drain that Swamp!!!...Drain that Swamp!!!" X 15 minutes. Unless he actually does something starkly malevolent (not merely societally obnoxious, insufferably braggadocious or unbureacratically iconoclastic), Trump has the 2020 election in the bag.
The New United States, Miri Islands
Dream debate: Trump, Gabbard, McAfee, some crazy Green, it doesn't matter which one
The New United States, Rateria
The duties of the President should be to Preside over Residents that require a President to Preside over such Residents as the Residents need a Presider whose responsibilities include Presiding
The New United States, Rateria
Agreed so why exaclty make them legal?
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
Im not quite sure Iceland has television yet
Well we do have it, but a a fun fact - since you mention it - is that until the late 80s, there was no TV in Iceland in July nor on Tuesdays
Rateria
So I've come to a realization; Capitalism will be unnecessary once the world is entirely automated and has eliminated scarcity. Once everyone has a food printer in their kitchen that converts oxygen to carbon food products and other such devices; our labor will be obsolete. At such point UBI makes complete sense.
Here's the problem; we aren't there yet, and the way we get there is through increased productivity and technological advancements brought about by competition. So yes, Capitalism will eventually Capitalism so hard that it turns into Communism, but it's not due to some moral problem with Capitalism. It'll simply work it's way out of a job as a philosophy. Capitalism creates resources, including resources that create resources, eventually we'll have so many resources that create resources that we'll have no need to get more resources.
Here's the bigger issue: This is common Marxist doctrine. They've always said that Communism can only exist in a post-scarcity environment, BUT THEY STILL WANT TO IMPLEMENT COMMUNISM NOW.
"Why has Communism never worked?"
"It can only work in a post-scarcity society."
"Do we live in a post-scarcity society now?"
"No"
"Do you still want to implement Communism KNOWING it can't work now?"
"..."
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
Yeah thats exactly wh-
Beat me to it.
No but seriously, I think theres at least some goods where you can make the argument that were past scarcity in. Just look at how much food we waste. The most common argument Ive seen is that capitalism/markets are inefficient and allocate resources to the top.
A truly post-scarcity world would be one where every commodity can just be created out of thin air and requires no labor. The energy plants run themselves, carbon printers create all the food, the cars run on oxygen, literally everything is done permanently. At that point labor will be obsolete.
Even if one commodity is no longer scarce, it's still effected by the market of things that aren't scarce. Only when EVERYTHING is infinant will we have acheived post-scarcity.
Republic Of Minerva
Post by Highway Eighty-Eight suppressed by a moderator.
Ok boomer
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