nickiwest

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

American voters do seem to have very short memories.

Even faced with actual data that indicates that the economy has consistently performed better under Democrats over the past 75 years, they still pretend that the party of the oligarchs is somehow going to solve the problems of the working class.

Donald Trump is very open about his own anti-labor policies as an employer, yet the very people who hate being screwed over by their bosses worship him.

I don't understand how anyone can function with this level of cognitive dissonance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Are we definitely skipping the 2028 election, then?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I don't see any recommendations for The Lost Boys yet. It's super '80s in the "both Coreys" way. It's dated, but still a lot of fun.

Prince of Darkness is a guilty pleasure for me. I love religious horror, so it's my favorite John Carpenter movie. There are some fairly violent bits, but it's not overly gory like a slasher flick. If you're okay with The Thing, this one should be fine.

The Endless is also religious horror, but it's more psychological. There's not much violence, but it's very tense.

Little Monsters (the 2019 one) is a heartwarming comedy about a teacher who has to protect her class from a zombie apocalypse during a field trip. It's got a moderate amount of zombie-movie gore, but it's treated in a humorous way. If you're okay with Shaun of the Dead, it should be fine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Hubs and I didn't love the movie, but we totally adore the series.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm in a book club that is reading Brave New World. Several members bristled when I pointed out that sporting events and booze are basically our equivalent of Obstacle Golf and soma.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I'm pretty sure the goal of public radio and television is basically this. Maybe see how you can help your local stations.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 weeks ago

I recently saw a shirt for sale online that says, "I'm sorry for everything I said when I was evangelical," and that really just about sums it up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

If Dobbs continues to be the law of the land for any real length of time, we can also expect crime rates to rise in 18 to 20 years, just as they fell in the same time frame after Roe. But I'm sure the GOP is already planning to spin that as the Democrats' fault, too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To be honest, I don't trust The Telegraph any more than I trust The Onion. At least The Onion is straightforward about what they are.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yes. Yes it does.

From Media Bias/Fact Check:

Bias Rating: RIGHT

Factual Reporting: MIXED

Country: United Kingdom

MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE

Media Type: Newspaper

Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic

MBFC Credibility Rating: MEDIUM CREDIBILITY

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Okay, there are just multiple layers of bad women's anatomy in the original post and in the comments.

Eggs are in the ovaries. Without hormonal birth control, generally one egg (but sometimes more and sometimes none) is released from the ovary, travels down the fallopian tube, and if it is fertilized, implants in the uterus. If it is not fertilized, it passes out of the uterus, the uterine lining is shed (that's menstruation), and the process repeats the following month.

There is no "grandchild" in an ovary, any more than there is a "grandchild" in a testicle.

And if a fertilized egg implants anywhere outside the uterus, that's an ectopic pregnancy -- which is not viable because only the uterus has the capability to grow with and provide nourishment to a developing fetus. Not only that, but ectopic pregnancies are generally fatal to the mother (or however that person identifies).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

It has taken the better part of 50 years to get from there to here. I wouldn't say it was easy.

The evangelical bloc was the hardest to convince. They had to get some capitalist representation in the churches to counteract all of that business about "helping the poor" and "blessed be the meek" that Jesus was always going on about.

Once they got Joel Osteen to convince millions of viewers that Jesus wanted them to be rich, that really clinched it for them.

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