Qwazpoi

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[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Personally I'm far more concerned with the amount of sauce I've been seeing on pizza than people's choice of toppings, but i honestly don't mind pineapple. The right amount and I find it a nice sweet flavor that goes nice with spicy toppings like jalapeno.

On the sauce thing, It's getting to the point where it's easier to list places that don't just give you cheesy bread with a microscopic level of sauce because apparently that's the norm around here.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Nellis AFB in Fallout New Vegas functions pretty much how you are saying.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes I'm sure you've never heard of the American national anthem that still calls the US the land of the free during all of this. I brought up hazardous heat conditions and tied that into this new policy to point out a criticism of America. I brought up the fact that the national anthem calls it the land of the free to point out hypocrisy.

So far you haven't done anything other than try and tell me that 11pm isn't night for some reason and to criticize me for pointing out the words of the national anthem.

So what exactly is your point here? What issue do you have with what I have been saying?

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

So you think that Canada is in the south? This is a discussion about the southern border wall.

Yes I've heard of night just like I said in the quoted text people were getting severe burns and needing to be hospitalized because they were not expecting the gate to their house to be that hot at nearly midnight.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (10 children)

As someone who lives somewhere that just got up to 120° f hot metal is no joke. We had a ton of people hospitalized a few years back because they went to open gates to their homes and weren't expecting scolding hot metal when it was already like 11pm.

I'm not going to hate this because it's a idea that doesn't work, I'm going to hate it because it's just another method to harm people who want to come to the land of the free. On top of it border states like to charge people for leaving out water so just anything they can possibly do to be vindictive and hateful I guess.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Could still be obeying them. Maybe it's taking energy from something that we otherwise wouldn't notice or be able to get energy from

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 66 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm no historical expert and I am just kind of spitballing here but I could see a few situations where that would make sense. Like you have something that is too hot to handle for the time being, maybe you just stole from Spain and now you have to pass through a Spanish blockade? Or maybe people can easily show up to a port with a normal amount of gold/currency but then over a certain amount it either risks being confiscated or drawing attention.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

When confronted with any questions that make people evaluate their dissonance people will often fall back on "I don't know" and refuse to engage information that contradicts their beliefs. If they do engage at all it may come in the form of circular logic, "Things are this way because they just are".

It can basically become a parent getting exasperated trying to explain why the sky is blue to a kid when they don't really know themselves.

The disconnect is often that their worldview is they are "right" and they just know that they are, and trying to prove otherwise kinda circles back on the sky argument. Saying that they are wrong is like telling them the sky is neon yellow, they know you're wrong in their mind.

So yeah I'm not sure how to get through to that other than people being social and usually abandoning ideas if they conflict with everyone around them and offer no options for people to engage with them, but that can be undone fast with an echo chamber of false information or really anything that reinforces their beliefs.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Go to your attorney general's website and fill out a form for a complaint. Check the box says you don't mind getting the news involved and detail everything you've done so far that hasn't worked.

[–] Qwazpoi@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago (6 children)

The one in Panama actually makes sense because it is near the rainforest and acting as a buffer against them. These facilities only work if they are near the flies, you can't use sterilized flies unless there is a population of flies to use them on.

When you put that together this almost looks like they are signaling plans to abandon support for the Panama facility and allow them to spread through all of South America up into Mexico.

 

I've noticed that talking to people that some common tropes seem to come up when topics like socialism come up.

Basically I hear a lot of defense of capitalism that boils down to capitalism is good because "I personally benefit". As well as "I've heard bad things about socialism", ie taxes are too high in countries with good healthcare and social programs.

I wanted to know if other people have these issues come up in conversation and if people more well spoken than me have a way of getting through the road blocks and have some easy starting points for discussing things with people.

I feel like propaganda and fear mongering have placed a divide that make talking about things harder

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