While all of that is true, I don't feel like that's a stance I wish to take. How do you bridge that gap so that other's can come out of that space? Berating a child for their beliefs does little in the long run if they have an echo chamber they can retreat to. I completely understand if that's not your concern and you would rather not waste the time with science deniers, it can be dangerous and frustrating as you've stated.

Very true, any recommendations that you enjoy? For the most part as I stated it's useful for certain topics that come up when someone's discussing some woowoo, it's hard for them to sit down and go through a whole course when the context of what they're discussing doesn't come up. There's also the problem of being slightly educated in a topic but then falling down a rabbit hole thinking it's all legit (quantum subject matter seems to be particularly susceptible).

I've been suspecting this is one of those "do 200% horrible damages but increases revenue (or at least make the company seem more profitable)" then have a "management change" that comes in as the savoir but they only roll back 10% of the changes to show they've fixed things.

That's, an interesting website. The name was a red flag for me, the article format is excellent though and I wish more websites would adopt this style of presenting information. I've gone through about 10 articles from what seems to be the main active author (David Demos), very neutral and non-descriptive language being used throughout. The premise of the site is using fertility and population reproductive stats coupled with policies to distinguish social-economical standings and impactful progressive legislature. It's definitely a niche view and I believe leaves out nuances that are important for determining "quality" of a society, but I agree that better child/elder care services, paid leave, eliminating gender pay gap, reproductive assistance, etc can be good indicators of economical advancements.

I just keep wondering though if there is a dog whistle I'm missing out on. They're very careful with not defining "family unit" (from what I've seen), as some conservatives and religious organizations don't recognize all the various types. If I'm not mistaken, a lot of the policies they're advocating as positive includes all family types including non-child ones (such as prolonging lifespan, elder care like mentioned before, etc). It would be fascinating to see an exit poll style survey from different demographics and what they personally interpret from the articles though. I guess "bravo"? would be in order for the site, these types of subject matter can boil down to polarization in a heart beat but they're walking the tight rope well.

As for the article itself, it's refreshing to see Michigan using policies from a fellow state that has proven and verified net positives they can correctly point towards when bad actors try to claim "whataboutism". If you haven't checked out the article I would highly suggest it as it's basically already a TL;DR and anything else I can say about it is probably more condensed in the actual writing than what I could spell out here.

The 3 that stand out the most for me thinking back on it

Typer Shark and Mud's (typing skills)

Really helped me get down my typing skills which translates to a lot of pc based games (even just chat). Mud's were some of my favorite fast paced games (multi-user dungeons). Godwar's was my shtick and as a Drow character you had a lot of powers you had to get out before an opponent could notice and respond to your presence.

MechWarrior: Sega Genesis (team work skills)

This was a crazy one I would play with family. There was a co-op mode that allowed one person to control the bottom half while the other person controlled the top half of your mech. You really had to cooperate and work together so it didn't turn into an actual physical brawl because of the frustrations.

Call of Duty: Zombies (game mechanics)

This was probably my first game that I really got into game/enemy mechanics. To survive to higher rounds you had to adapt and know what the zombies were gonna do. Later iterations kinda destroyed that feature with zombies stumbling and etc but I get they were trying to stay innovative and fresh, still killed the genre for me though.

Honorable mentions are the great RTS's that were everywhere in the 90's. Starcraft for sure but even blizzards previous Warcraft's and then of course C&C and even Dune (another sega game but solid RTS for it's time). Really though the skills for RTS's don't translate as direct to other games anymore (just got me better at the RTS's that I love) as more and more they become hero focused like what they did with WC3.

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You do know that it's not the cops job to prosecute and punish for a crime, right?

It's also clear you didn't read my entire comment, because at the end of it you can see I mentioned the aerial view of which you can see the cars.... and the cops... and the emergency vehicles. Meaning the officers have been on the scene for a while, enough to have to call in other emergency vehicles to respond to the crime scene and injuries the cops just created.

From your post and responses on here it's obvious you don't really care about the traffic, it's just an excuse to revel in authoritarianism and violence on others. The cops didn't come in and restore order so the traffic could continue like I suggested in my original comment. They made it worse and delayed it even further, but that doesn't matter right?

It's funny because you're demeaning the protestors but also supporting them at the same time. They want a scene, they want attention, that's the whole purpose of a protest. If the cops had just directed traffic around and handled the situation with level headed - legal action, everyone would just be slowly cruising by shaking their head at these people while they were being arrested. We wouldn't be having this discussion, it wouldn't have been all over the news, and would just be a random footnote a few people at burning man would've been discussing. The protestors got what they wanted, lifetime vindication that only strengthens their movement in their head making them the righteous party.

I'm sorry you're not getting the responses you had hoped for. Hopefully one day all police vehicles will be snow plows to make you happier. Scene of an accident? Plow it right through so traffic can continue because it's more important for traffic to proceed. Flock of animals blocking the highway? Plowed. Old lady with dementia lost walking on the highway? Plow'er. It's insane you're commenting on their crime but feels it's legal to use a vehicle driving through a group of pedestrians.

Oh man, the irony in this video is just crazy. Love the dude in the american flag hat who is press but also highway patrol. "You're making a 10 mile back up", shows less than 50 cars in line. "You guys are making an unsafe environment for people... people are stuck in this heat", while on there way to the desert to stay for days. It's literally a desert, this is like the scene from obi wan where a single barricade is blocking him from going forward. The only smart people are the ones that drove around and continued on with their day.

Burning Man is an event focused on community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance

Proceeds to watch cops plow through pedestrians, pull guns on unarmed protestors, and a guy at the 11:00 mark literally on the side of the road drawing the scene while the cops manhandle everyone. All the comments from extremists congratulating police escalation and brutality is truly the chef kiss on top. At the end it shows an aerial view where there's a dirt road running along the power lines 20ft off to the side. Literally just had to direct traffic around, talk to the protestors and arrest/remove the people from the scene if a crime is being committed. Done and done with no harm or escalation.

Top comment atm, "When that ranger plowed through, that brought me unexplainable levels of happiness." - yikes

Sanders said he agrees it “certainly is not” the best economy the U.S. could create, he called on progressives to coalesce around Biden..... I think we’ve got to bring the entire progressive community to defeat Trump or whoever the Republican nominee will be, [and] support Biden

(bold by me)

This is just kinda sad and heart breaking. I just don't get it, with this rhetoric there is never an end and it's for a candidate who's not even that great of a choice for the people. Now it's not even "Trump" that's the reasoning, just....anyone who's the republican nominee?

“Where I disagree with my good friend, Cornel West, is I think in these really very difficult times, where there is a real question whether democracy is going to remain in the United States of America.

This is a guy who fought in the civil rights era, he above anyone else should know Democracy will always be threatened.

Democracy is a system of government and form of liberalism in which state power is vested in the people, or the general population of a state based on principles of liberty and free will. source

How is true Democracy being upheld if you're voting under duress with fear mongering threatening to take the very thing that's being stolen when told this is the only path forward? The republican party is a shit show right now. The red wave scare that never happened in 2022, the front-runner nominee indicted under multiple charges, the completely abysmal performance of the republican debate, in-fighting between their zealous factions, on and on we must not look at the reality of what's happening before us. We must simply check-mark the D box without looking into anything and all will be saved.

and yet every single online grocery shopping I've been on refuses to have a filter or sort by price per weight option. It's even more incredibly infuriating when you have to click into an item's description or calculate it yourself, extra bonus hell points to the sites that change the weight metric so it's an extra step to figure out what the actual comparison is (probably more a US problem with ounce/pound conversion).

What do you think the majority of people are doing now?

I do agree with the previous comments though that UBI can't successfully exist by itself. Heavy regulations and consumer protections will have to be revamped but that needs done regardless of UBI or not. It's the same vein as the loan forgiveness program the Democrats tried to implement in the US, they never actually addressed or promoted any policy change that was needed in higher education costs.

The mental gymnastics are interesting though. The same people who scream to vote for the "lesser of two evils" will not use that premise for actual policy. Inflation will go up regardless of UBI (as we've seen from corporate greed), any type of shelter during record making climate dangers is better than homelessness.

Also, I take offense to the drinking pasta water comment (not really offended but it's funny you commented that). It's literally how ramen is suppose to be consumed.

Really great dialogue and discourse going on in this post. Thank you everyone for your opinions and viewpoints. Definitely have a lot to think over on my current stance. Exactly what I was missing lately from the social media I've been consuming (actual discussions with merits both sides hold).

How do you feel about government subsidies being used to bolster a free press? From past examples like oil, they don't become a shell company of the governments whims and I feel journalism is just as important to an educated populace in comparison to oil for our commerce.