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[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@fedia.io 12 points 2 months ago

They used that part of the 13th that said "Well, except prisoners, those can be slaves." Local law enforcement rounded up former slaves on trumped up charges and leased them back to the same plantation owners they were freed from. Only now if they escaped they were "escaped criminals" and they could count on even northern law enforcement returning them. The US is still a pro-slavery country and will be as long as that part of the 13th amendment stands.

[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

His supporters will do it for him regardless, mark my words. We're going to see instances of people being shot for being Democrats after the election regardless of who wins.

[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

It's called sociopathy mixed with dementia.

[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@fedia.io 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

he was charged with battery because police said Scott resisted arrest, including kicking and head-butting an officer

Granny has some spunk left in her!

[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Gravity and Inertia are harsh mistresses.

[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@fedia.io 8 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Was that an autocorrection or are we calling him Elmo now? Because I'm down to start calling him that either way.

[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My wife has stage 4 colon cancer. One thing people who don't know some who has had cancer don't understand is that you can have it for a long time before it becomes so obvious that you have it. So while she has been far more susceptible to diseases before we figured it out, she found out because she went into the first stage of sepsis due to a necrotic tumor in her uterus that got infected. Sepsis isn't a disease, it's condition. Any infection can cause sepsis so it isn't a symptom but something caused by the symptoms, an add on effect, if you will. If not treated in time, you die of septic shock. Again, septic shock isn't a disease but a condition brought on by a disease. So no, dying from all diseases does not cover everything that you can die from that cancer or emphysema or COPD can have an effect on. In my wife's case, had we waited 24 hours more, she would have likely died because her organs would have started failing due to acidosis. Again, not a disease, a condition. Even if they had been able to treat her in time, her cancer would have likely made their treatments less effective than as they would have been for someone without cancer.

Let me try to put it in better terms. A disease can create a condition which can have a negative effect on the body. This condition is not necessarily solely caused by that disease, so it isn't a symptom. This condition, like acidosis of the blood, can then go on to create further problems, like organ failures, which you can die of. So in this example, the cause of death is organ failure, not acidosis, not the disease. and not the cancer. Without the cancer, the disease might not have spread as fast or happened at all. And thus, quitting smoking improves your chances of not dying from all causes, not just all diseases.

[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@fedia.io 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It takes a certain level psychopathy and/or sociopathy to be really successful in business. You have to be willing to do truly horrible and despicable things in order to make shit tons of money.

[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Porque no los dos?

It's possible that both can exist.

I have had depression and anxiety for my entire life. I was treated for both. Then I found out I had ADHD and am on the autism spectrum. Guess what having those and being untreated can cause? Depression and anxiety(amongst others). This doesn't mean that everyone who has anxiety and depression have ADHD and autism. The brain and the mind are highly complex things and very, very often after multiple paths to the same thing.

[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@fedia.io 14 points 2 months ago

"My juice packs are the best juice packs. I was just talking to the inventor of the juice pack, Hannibal Lector, the other day and he says to me. He says, "Donnie," he calls me Donnie because we're that close, Hannibal Lector and I. So Hannie, I call him Hannie because we're, like super duperly close, closer than brothers. So he, Hannibal Lector, inventor of the juice pack, he says, "Donnie, you always have the best juice packs. I don't know how you do it, but yours are the best juice packs, and that's why you should be president for life." Very smart man, Hannibal Lector. Really, really smart."

[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago

You forgot non-rich and non-land owning.

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