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... reeeeaaallly can't be arsed to get youtube running and subsequently investigate the importance of a random 'tube video. YT doesn't play all that well with my computer, generally. Anyone have a transcript/summation and/or confirmation of/news article about whatever point is trying to be made?

... you actually did, Tiru. Top of the page. You waved when blank mentioned the easterners in stripper shirts. That was definitely something construable as acknowledgement. A "Yes, I've done that" wave.

As for the role as a student. I'm not saying it's what's happening (in fact, I rather doubt it), but one of my cousins did bankroll part of their schooling as an exotic dancer. Dancing/stripping is far from an unknown part-time occupation for (college, anyway... sometimes earlier ) students.

Yeah, more institutional misuse than individual misuse -- using a thing to solve one problem (it works!) without awareness or understanding that it was causing another (it works... among other things). That's the basic problem with riding on experimental results without understanding the processes involved. Is why "it works" isn't sufficient justification. It's necessary justification, but not sufficient. The sufficient part includes things like "Isn't going to turn patient's future offspring into goo."

It's all medical (or sociological, or whatever) miracles until you or your partner gives birth to a sentient slime. Then it is also medical miracles, but of a considerably different sort.

Um, because long term or unidentified side effects (especially in regards to niche cases, like certain portions of the population with particular genetic oddities, and suchlike) are a thing? When something works, but you don't know why, it's entirely possible (and, from what I understand historically, incredibly likely) you're getting a lot more than just "what works". Which is why one should be leery of poorly understood processes, even if they're currently functioning.

Hell, wasn't misuse of aspirin killing and/or strongly increasing likelihood of death/complication for a while? It was working, but, y'know, doing other stuff. And people kicked it because of that.

Mind you, in that case, it's barely arguable that it wasn't worth it anyway, but... reason for concern, yes.

Hnnn... wet coughs at least take much longer before they feel like someone is taking a serrated knife to your throat every time they come out. Both pretty nasty, but yeah, I'd give the advantage to the ones that got gunk coming with them.

They hurt less.

Dunno about others, but t'me it would mostly be the thought that the US actually gave two blue shits about ukraine before russia shoved its dong into it.

Actually, I don't think the states really care about it after the russodonging, either, to be honest. Middle east et al stuff actually has geopolitical happenings the US thinks matters nowadays. Russia and russia related areas mostly stopped being that several decades ago.

stop zogging talking in the freaking OOC thread, goddamnit

3. No discussion, only contributions. Discussion can clutter up or derail a thread like this one, with the added annoyance of removing the mystery behind the out-of-context quotes. So please, if you must discuss, take it to another thread. This doesn't mean that you can't introduce or comment on a quote, though, as long as you do so when you're quoting it.

should not be so hard to understand

Think the sentiment goes something along the lines of, "At least you consider it important enough to fuck up." Implication being you're a terrible person for considering the subject not even worthy of notice... better to care and do ill than not care at all, et al. At least you think the issue matters. Better than both to care and do well, but *shrugs*

In relation to the geopolitical actions of one's nation, it's not an entirely unfounded sentiment. Apathy has almost certainly done more damage to the political landscape world round over the years than malignant self interest, after all...

Don't entirely agree, myself, but I see the sentiment fairly often and I don't entirely disagree, either. Not the full truth, but perhaps part of it.

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“When there are potatoes, it’s a good day,” she says. “When there are no potatoes, it’s a bad day.”

Somehow, I can totally picture you saying that Frumple.

Is good saying, really. I don't entirely base my day to day happiness on potatoes, but that might change if I didn't have casual access to them. They're a... how's it go, hygiene need, something like that. Possession of potatoes does not bring happiness, but lack of them brings unhappiness.

E: Actually, possession of potatoes does bring happiness. They're just neither a necessary nor sufficient cause for a good day. Not being able to get them if desired is arguably a sufficient (if not necessary) cause for a bad day, though.