benmw333

Hey hey now - the occasional $200? $250? fine is devastating enough on our selfless, dedicated, public servants!

I dislike this person and company. That is putting it mildly.

bf related, I bought: 1) trail mix 2) licorice 3) books on diy house / carpentry

not bf related but happened this week: 1) cv axles for my car ~500 and will install myself

i am employed and just make it into 6 figures $110k, which apparently is poverty level now if you have a few dependents. i consider myself fortunate.

A few of the sentences don't make sense to me. Who is "they" and "their" in the last two paragraphs?

How is America destroyed if people own their labor (money) and where they invest it?

What characteristics of the teachers and/or student body made the private school experience better?

That is good to hear. In which subjects? Did that carry out throughout your entire life so far? Or did one particular subject end up taking more of your time, and if so, do you attribute that to specific characteristics of those who mentored you? Do you know if those mentors were elevated over time in their organizations?

Yes, I'm serious.

You make the mistake of thinking I am one of few, when I am one of many.

When I think of all my teachers I had throughout K-12 public school, not one of them stands out as having meaningfully impacted my life.

In fact I would argue many of them were a net negative to my learning achievements (or lack thereof).

So yeah, defund public schools as much as possible. That will get my vote.

lol Rob Bonta has morals now eh? that's rich.

Why do you want to control the lives of others?

It is everyone in politics. Right left center up and down.

I keep reading all this "we" stuff...

Login to a service with Tor that will just kick you off if you hold views contra to corporate media.

I chuckled - but so very true.

It goes both ways - right? For Likes/Dislikes. Regardless, I think this is strictly a big business move - in response to perceived cultural movement.

I think my above question was just answered here. I think YouTube is more aligned with the cultural movement of "positive things only" and only with certain ideas, i.e. COVID vaccine. I think it is a smart business idea for them.

Genuine question - why are you "sick of it" - what does a large amount of downvotes actually "do" and why would that make you "sick"

Democracy is tyranny. Voting is for children. Contractual representation is an acceptable solution.

"Social contract" is the cry of the authoritarian. You do not speak for me. No other person does, unless I hire them. An acceptable solution would be contractual representation.

... taxation is theft.

1) Doesn't grant political power 2) Doesn't enable transfer of wealth

That is an excellent example of government overreach.

Huh I didn't know the obese were no longer a heavy weight on the cost, availability and quality of healthcare. Good to know! Looking forward to my insurance premiums coming down once you pass that info to the insurance companies and socialized gov medicine!

What is: government handing billions of us dollars to moderna, pfizer and janssen

Those who chose not to get vaccinated are doing nothing to you.

Coronavirus origins, China = racism. South African variant = science.

People down vote this - they gasp saying "no way could this be true" - yet they complain about big pharma right up until the "right" virus/disease/whatever science thing comes along and their tribe picks it up and runs with it - they're now the savior. The left/right don't realize they both have faith/religion of government. These politicians do not speak for you or me. Voting only leads to consequence without recourse.

The cathedral is falling.

This is funny/sad - mostly because this is the complete opposite of what is parroted at universities.