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Pew finds nation divided on whether the American Dream is still possible (www.cbsnews.com)

While 53% say the American Dream remains possible, another 41% believe the life of relative economic security the notion once conjured up is now out of reach, the survey of 8,709 U.S. adults found. That divide roughly held regardless of race, ethnicity, partisanship and education of respondents, the nonpartisan think tank found....

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I don’t even know what people think “the American dream” means anymore.

When I was a kid, it meant a house and two cars and a family of four, which, yes, is unachievable by even most of the people who actually want that, but that doesn’t seem to be what people mean anymore.

And really, since that isn’t achievable by so many, we are in much bigger trouble than that 53% thinks. Unless by ‘possible,’ they mean ‘a small number of people can still afford a house.’

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Wait, does this mean Sunny D will have to be made from real oranges from now on?!

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Lead used to be considered safe in paint

It’s worse than that. Ancient Romans knew that lead could poison you and no one ever forgot. They all kept using it anyway because lead was cheap.

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Okay, but have they considered horse paste?

It’s apple flavored.

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As long as fruit flavor is involved somehow.

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Turns out people don’t like robots to rule over them.

Perhaps executives should have watched any science fiction movie.

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Yes, but that was clear from the first three words of the headline.

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“We do not normally sing this song we all knew the tune and lyrics to.”

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That’s what they want to conserve. Nazism. Let it never die is their philosophy.

Giuliani disbarred in NY as court finds he repeatedly lied about Trump’s 2020 election loss (apnews.com)

Edited for rule 10: NEW YORK (AP) — Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, federal prosecutor and legal adviser to Donald Trump, was disbarred in the state on Tuesday after a court found he repeatedly made false statements about Trump’s 2020 election loss....

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And to think, he was never even president of the United States!

What does a world without Airbnb look like? (www.bbc.com)

On 21 June, Barcelona mayor Jaume Collboni announced plans to ban short term rentals in the city starting in November 2028. The decision is designed to solve what Collboni described as “Barcelona’s biggest problem” – the housing crisis that has seen residents and workers priced out of the market – by returning the...

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AirBnB was founded in 2007.

So almost everyone who is an adult knows what things were like before AirBnB.

Personally, despite having taken advantage of them (others have paid), I would like to go back to how things used to be.

For one thing, making sure I clean up is not what I should be worrying about when traveling.

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Not being forced to use a bad thing doesn’t make it not a bad thing.

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I can’t wait to see how none of this applies to Biden.

FlyingSquid ,
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This person clearly doesn’t even know what ‘sovereign’ means.

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The FDA nothing, the EPA is completely defanged now. The American justice system will decide on climate change. It’s terrifying.

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I’m so sorry. I hope that happens despite this.

Peru grants China's state-owned Cosco Shipping the exclusive right to operate its Chanchay port while pressure is built to construct a highway across the Amazon rainforest (www.asianews.it)

Peru and Cosco Shipping, a Chinese state-owned construction company, have settled a dispute over the business model to be put in place for the Port of Chancay, built under China’s “Belt and Road Initiative”. The company is granted the exclusive right to operate the port after it is inaugurated in a few months....

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They may understand, but they also don’t care.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5307d765-cf2b-4f62-9849-7b3f24cb44e9.png

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Not sure about their relative sizes, but neither country could give less of a shit about the toxic crap their corporations put into the air, yes.

In Georgia, conservatives seek to have voters removed from rolls without official challenges (apnews.com)

They’re asking election administrators to use their data to purge voter registrations, which means names could be removed in a less public process than a formal voter challenge. The strategy could mean electors won’t be summoned in advance to defend their voting rights and the identities of those seeking to purge voters...

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I assume they are just going to go by a skin tone chart like in that Family Guy bit.

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Without anyone being able to challenge them. Meaning they can claim whoever they want died or moved and those people can get struck off the voter rolls.

And if you don’t think Georgia has a long history of preventing certain people from voting, I suggest you look at their history of elections, especially pre-1964.

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What would you have them do?

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Seriously? You take over their country, tell them how much better your civilization and culture are and then expect them to want to stay where they are?

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Yes, I understand that if you’re a bigot, you think that only white people deserve to be in France. I already suggested as much.

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Yes, I understand that people fear those who are different from them.

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No? You’re saying bigots do think that only white people deserve to be in France?

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Okay, but he named the show. So apparently he has secret, conspiratorial plans.

Or he’s just a hack.

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You do know that’s where the idea of space lasers comes from, right? She said Jews use them to start forest fires.

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They haven’t gotten that fine yet and $13 billion out of $134 billion is absolutely a “cost of doing business” fine. If they still make massive profits at the end of the year, they haven’t been hurt.

Corporations have to be punished and they rarely are.

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I have no idea how someone like you can see an internet full of crazy people and just assume a crazy person isn’t being crazy.

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Are you making an anti-cannabis claim here? Because Willie Nelson and Tommy Chong have not fried their brains.

This is a bunch of ugly dog toys that cost way too much, but that has nothing to do with his weed smoking. He just has bad taste.

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Yep. This is in Indiana.

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That’s why I asked.

And are the only two choices ‘rocket scientist’ or ‘fried brain?’

Willie Nelson is 91 years old and still touring. May we all have a brain that fried.

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I get that you’re on an anti-cannabis crusade here, but you’re not doing it well.

FlyingSquid ,
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Possibly. That’s the year I moved out of my parents’ house.

FlyingSquid ,
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I have been constantly pessimistic since 1977.

Do you have a website link for someone who constantly attacks a person who isn’t talking to them?

Because I’m getting really tired of you harassing me.

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I do not believe for one second after all of the previous times you’ve treated me like shit that this comes from a place of genuine concern?

Also, because I’m not a religious person, I listen to mental health advice from doctors. Where did you get your psychology degree from?

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I assure you I hold no ill will towards you.

Sorry, you’ve proven otherwise.

Nowhere, which is why I linked to a Harvard website.

Then keep your mental health advice to yourself. I have no interest in it. This should be your cue to go away and not give me advice I didn’t want.

In fact, if I ever want your advice on anything, I’ll let you know.

Otherwise, my reaction from now on will just be to repeatedly tell you to go away and stop harassing me.

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Go away and stop harassing me.

FlyingSquid ,
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Maybe so, but in this case, a rock is a rock.

FlyingSquid ,
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You think people with cars registered in Mexico have to go back to Mexico every night?

Mexicans can’t drive their cars further into the United States than a 12-hour drive? You really think that?

Gathered at Camp David, Biden's family tells him to stay in the race and keep fighting (apnews.com)

President Joe Biden’s family used a Sunday gathering at Camp David to urge him to stay in the race and keep fighting despite his dreadful debate performance, and some members criticized how his staff prepared him for the faceoff, according to four people familiar with the discussions....

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Not supporting him after he gets the nomination and just giving your vote isn’t really enough if we want to stop a dictator.

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We all need to do what we can to get as many of our peers to vote for him as possible, even if they don’t like him. I don’t like him. Dictatorship is worse.

I want people to be able to vote in 2028 and 2030 and beyond if possible.

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No, I’m seriously not one of those. I don’t think anyone needs to see your browser history.

Also, why did you insult me when I doubt I’ve ever insulted you?

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That’s okay, according to @ASeriesOfPoorChoices, it’s because I am “going insane.” Gotta love an ableist. (I actually have mental illness, so I always love people who use it as a weapon.)

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