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Stopthatgirl7 , in An $18 Big Mac meal sparked a revolt against high prices. Companies are finally listening
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They gauged a little too much and boasted about record profits a little too loudly, and now have to deal with backlash. Too bad, so sad. 🙄

Stopthatgirl7 , in Florida man sneezes his intestines out of his body at restaurant
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…new fear unlocked.

Siegfried ,

Don’t sneeze

555_1 , in An $18 Big Mac meal sparked a revolt against high prices. Companies are finally listening

No they aren’t.

VelvetStorm , in Pollution from Ohio train derailment reached 110 million Americans

We need to stop calling this an accident. That implies no one is at fault and that it could not have been prevented. They knew the rails were bad and that they needed replaced and they fucking did nothing at all.

555_1 , in MAGA panics before Donald Trump's first debate with Biden

I hope Biden points out the diapers and the smell.

palordrolap ,

I've said this before and I'll say it again: There are better things to attack Trump for than how he looks, what physical conditions he has or how he smells.

At face value, those sorts of things have little effect on the ability to run a country well.

Even his hair is a better target because how he wears it would appear to show vanity, a quality that might actually interfere with stable management. That's still a relatively big stretch without other evidence (of which there would appear to be plenty) though.

Attack his ideas, his intents, his politics. He makes this easy enough, right? Start there.

"LOL u smel" is something you expect in the playground. Something Trump himself might use, perhaps.

We have to be better than that.

Cryophilia ,

But we’re not.

PugJesus ,

At face value, those sorts of things have little effect on the ability to run a country well.

Fuck, man, I’m not saying that the smell is necessarily a good strategic choice for winning over voters, but if it is, Biden absolutely should hammer on it. Fuck the “We go high” shite.

dojan ,
@dojan@lemmy.world avatar

I feel this. It is satisfying, but it’s not really productive.

555_1 ,

His base doesn’t care that he’s a criminal and a rapist. They might care that he smells like poop

CileTheSane ,
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His base would happily shit their pants if they thought a Liberal would have to smell it.

555_1 , in Are you better off than you were four years ago? It can be a murky picture for many

In some ways yes, in most ways no.

queue , in Rep. Jamaal Bowman loses New York primary to pro-Israel George Latimer, most expensive primary race ever
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“Fine, if you’re not going to vote Biden, at least vote down ballot. Primaries and local offices are the next wave of politicians.”

[Funds into primaries to remove progressives from office, backs conservatives because of “electability”.]

“Oh uh, sorry. By the way this is you, the pleb’s fault, not the rich we gladly accept. Maybe next year we won’t pull the football out of the way when someone pays us to?”

mightyfoolish ,

Sorry, the rest of us need to stick our heads in the sand if Trump and Russia are not involved. You know how unions work… well I don’t, I’m from the US.

IndustryStandard , in Rep. Jamaal Bowman loses New York primary to pro-Israel George Latimer, most expensive primary race ever

AIPAC solidifies that they own America.

This was a signal to every politician thinking of dissenting from Israel

return2ozma OP ,
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Bingo

sunglocto , in An $18 Big Mac meal sparked a revolt against high prices. Companies are finally listening

username checks out

cheese_greater , in Coffee recalled nationwide due to risk of fatal food poisoning

Wonder whats happening with Rudy Giuliani’s coffee.

tacosplease ,

Already went under, so it’s either rotting in a warehouse, being sold at clearance prices, or already in a landfill.

cheese_greater ,

How could he lie to me?!

ID411 , in An $18 Big Mac meal sparked a revolt against high prices. Companies are finally listening

Question on history paper in 2324 :

“which events sparked the war that began the revolution of 2025 ?”

Was it :

A. Genocide in the Middle East ❌ B. The incarnation of Trump ❌ C. An argument about the price of a junk McBurger ✅

vaultdweller013 ,

Ya can get away with a lot of shit but mess with peoples food and you will end up lashed to a cross. Ya dont fuck with the hierarchy of needs.

KillerTofu ,

No one needs Micky Ds.

vaultdweller013 ,

My point is people get pissed when you mess with available food options, its the principle of the matter. Since food is so important any amount of fucking with food will anger folks due to instinctual reinforcement.

KillerTofu ,

Playing fast and loose with what constitutes food.

vaultdweller013 ,

You are focusing way too much on the fact that its McDonald’s. The point im making is largely seperate from the quality of said food, and is moreso focused on the fact that people dont generally like being cut off from different sources of food. We all catalog that shit either actively or passively, but if youre hungry and nothing else is available ya aint gonna care about quality.

Also I have eaten the fucking egg MRE, McDonald’s is certainly closer to food than that abomination.

Perfide ,

Also I have eaten the fucking egg MRE, McDonald’s is certainly closer to food than that abomination.

Fucking this. I once went on a week long “survivalist” camping trip. Your options for dinner were catching something yourself, or an MRE. Between the 5 of us that went, we caught exactly one rabbit the whole week.

We got a mountain of McDoubles(this was back when they were $1) on the way home and it was heavenly in comparison to that shite.

vaultdweller013 ,

Oh you dont know the half of it. The egg MRE is one of the ones taken out of military rotation cause of how bad it is, for context Steve1989MRE gagged while eating one this is a man who ate Boar war proto ration and civil war hard tack.

I would rather eat a live rat than the egg MRE, no wonder the surplus place I got it from had a fucken warning on it and the dude at the counter made sure I wanted it three times.

BruceTwarzen ,

I wouldn’t wanna call that food. I don’t feel bad for people who eat there.

maynarkh ,

Some people have it as their only choice due to living in a food desert. Imagine how fucked up is that.

ShaggySnacks ,

If I recall correctly, food deserts tend to be located in areas where poor and/or minorities are located.

maynarkh ,

In either case, it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy, since only the poor would remain in a food desert, if you have money, you have options.

ShaggySnacks ,

I would say it’s more a of self-fulfilling curse.

EmpathicVagrant ,
Aidinthel , in 'It's Horrifying': West Virginia Judge Revokes Bond of White Couple Who Reportedly Kept Their Black Adopted Children Locked In Shed In 'Despicable' Conditions with No Water, Lights and Little Food

What the fuck? Why would you do that!?

ArbiterXero ,

Racism.

Really intense racism.

242 ,

That plus whatever funds they get from the state to care for them, plus free labor.

kungen , in Federal judge rejects $30 billion settlement between Visa, Mastercard and retailers | CNN Business

the proposed settlement gave merchants the ability to impose surcharges on customers depending on what kind of Visa or Mastercard card they use.

Good that the settlement was rejected then. Passing card fees onto the end-customer doesn’t fix the problem.

SuddenDownpour , in MAGA panics before Donald Trump's first debate with Biden

Both of these guys are ancient. I wouldn’t care if any of them used drugs (as long as they don’t pose long-term risks for their health) because they might as well be medication. Or are we going to be so dense that the idea that two 80 years olds are likely taking some medication is going to fly over our heads? Furthermore, where do we draw the line of what a “drug-enhancing drug” is? Coffee? Most adults take it to function under inhuman schedules. Adderall? If you do have ADHD, you do also need it to function; if you don’t have it, it’s going be even less useful than coffee. Anything else that they bought at a pharmacy? I don’t care.

All in all, this looks like a talking point made up by people who want to treat politics like a sport, where we’re supposed to watch “athletes” compete with equal opportunity for performance, which is definitely not what a presidential debate should be about.

Tryptaminev ,

Use of stimulants like amphetamine or methamphetamine, which are both drugs prescribed for ADHD comes with many side effects. When abused they deteriorate the brain and body quite strongly and they have many psychological problems associated with them like delusions, developing a lack of empathy, disorientation…

80 years old should definitely not do speed, even if it is doctor prescribed.

prole ,

They’re likely not using amphetamines, but rather (ar)modafinil or something else in that class. Which have very few side effects.

EvacuateSoul ,

Um Adderall is not less useful than coffee for non-ADHD peeps.

Edit: reading other comments, I see what you mean. For dementia/clarity, no, but just wakefulness, yes it does something.

SuddenDownpour ,

As far as I know, Adderall for people without ADHD induces the self-perception of higher performance, yet increase in performance isn’t actually statistically noticeable, so it might be useful for someone who feels emotionally stuck (afraid of failing, tired), but not for someone who does not have the capacity to do well, much like caffeine only gives you the self-perception that you’re less tired than you actually are.

JudahBenHur ,

i dunno dude, one time I got a gram of basement crank and was excited to try it, so I horked a rail right before band practice. our lead singer/guitarist was like “yo your drumming is so tight today, youre on fire!” and I was like “speed!”

havocpants ,

basement crank and was excited to try it, so I horked a rail

I love your words.

EvacuateSoul ,

I mean, fighter pilots are given them to stay sharp on long missions. You think that’s because they’re emotionally stuck?

Burn_The_Right ,

Every fighter pilot I’ve ever dated was emotionally stuck. Or “stalled” as so many of them insisted on calling it.

Maggoty ,

That’s the military in general. It’s a frat house we never actually grow out of.

prole ,

They’re more likely using “wakefulness promoting agents” like modafinil and armodafinil (Provogil/Nuvigil respectively, or probably some better shit in the same class) which are actually kind of amazing and I have zero issue with them taking it.

Non-euphoric, and as far as I’m aware, not physically habit forming; it just keeps you awake and alert, I don’t know how else to describe it. Essentially none of the side effects (pleasurable or not) of traditional stimulants. After about 8-10 hours you sleep pretty ok.

I’m really not sure why these drugs haven’t become more popular over the last decade or two… Probably the whole “not habit forming” thing.

I’ve got a stash that I’ve had in a drawer for 5+ years and I’ll take one like three times a year or something as needed.

SnotFlickerman ,
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Probably because modafinil carries some risky nasty side effects that adderall doesn’t.

Are they rare? Yes.

Are they deadly? Also yes.

SnotFlickerman ,
@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

I’ve got a stash that I’ve had in a drawer for 5+ years and I’ll take one like three times a year or something as needed.

Yo, I just re-read your comment. Yeah, that’s… not good. Modafinil is deffo one of those ones youre supposed to titrate off of and going off of it cold turkey or only using it here and there is one of the ways to get those really dangerous side effects. Please stop this.

prole ,

There is no titrating off a single dose, what do you mean? Titration would require taking the drug regularly for a period of time and then stopping.

I think you misunderstood what I said. I take one on the super rare occasion that I feel I need it, which probably averages out to like 3 times a year or less. There is nothing dangerous about that, and if you think there is then you’re misinformed.

Maggoty ,

not physically habit forming; it just keeps you awake and alert…

The military would like to know your location as it keeps having problems with minor issues like sailors falling asleep while driving ships.

Jokes aside, these are incredibly habit forming in the wrong environments. Under supervision and attempting to stabilize your sleep schedule they’re great. But the abuse envelope is huge, from truckers to cops.

Seasoned_Greetings ,

This is kind of obvious and I probably don’t have to say it but…

Trump is doing this to weasel his way out of a debate he shouldn’t have agreed to. No way in hell Trump subjects himself to the same drug test. He’s betting on Biden not agreeing to it either so he can just say “well those liberals are obviously playing dirty so I’m out”

The drugs in question are necessarily irrelevant

JovialMicrobial , (edited )

You are definitely right that this is a manipulative move on Trump’s part to make Biden look bad and get out if this debate.

But aren’t most people in their 80’s on a bunch of drugs anyway? Like blood pressure pills, cholesterol medicine, diuretics, arthritis medication etc? I’m not trying to stereotype older folks, but every person I’ve met over 60 seems to take a lot of pills… that help them live and perform actions they couldn’t otherwise.

Seasoned_Greetings ,

That’s what makes this extra stupid. Maga hats don’t think that far

explodicle ,

Furthermore, where do we draw the line of what a “drug-enhancing drug” is?

I want drug-enhancing drugs

SuddenDownpour ,

The typo will stay.

Nurse_Robot , in New Jersey gamer flew to Florida and beat fellow player with hammer, say police

What the fuck

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