“I want to be where the people are”

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Thoughts are habits. You can’t always change your circumstances, but you can change the way you think about them. The more you practice healthy thought patterns, the better you develop good habits.

Here is the original study. He shows that on certain issues of governance, the far right and far left are more similar than the center.

He also cherrypicks 7 data points out of hundreds (from 2008-2014) to support his conclusion. He provides no criteria for inclusion of these particular data points.

The authors of this article (found here) also equate Joe Biden with centrism, providing no evidence. Would he really rate his views as a “5” or “6” on a scale from 1-10, as these authors suggest? I doubt it, but like the authors of this article, I simply do not know.

Using another metric of his positions suggests that he would be around a 2, making it irrelevant to this study, which focuses on only 5-6.

I’ll stop here because this comment is already better researched that the article in the meme.

That I can get behind!

I probably overstated by saying it is equally dangerous with somebody driving drunk. However, there are lots of studies that show it causes serious impairment.

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My federal loan servicer has confirmed that repayment requirements will begin in August at the previous lower rate. That’s as much as I can personally confirm.

For sure there’s still a lot of uncertainty and who knows what will change between now and then, or in the future.

Not sure what you mean.

The Democrats did work on student loans. Biden forgave millions of loans and the Republican Congress overturned it in the Conservative courts. So he capped repayment for most borrowers (I’ve verified with my own loan that the lower rates are still active), and placed almost all loans in forbearance. It was the closest thing to forgiveness that was legally achievable.

Then leftists decided he was too old to be re-elected. Harris promised to continue the fight, as well as advance other progressive causes like criminal justice reform, federal decriminalization of marijuana, etc. We all know what happened there.

Let’s not rewrite history here.

BAC is also well correlated with impairment. Obviously it varies from one individual to another, but it is related strongly related enough to have fair and consistent enforcement.

AFAIK, blood tests that measure the presence of marijuana are relatively cheap, but measuring the concentration is slightly more difficult and is not well correlated with impairment. That means enforcement is problematic and subjective.

Look, I feel the same about liquor stores and mattress stores, to name a few. There are some nice examples, but most I don’t like to see.

Again, that’s my opinion and does not deserve any legislation. I’m glad other people feel differently. Businesses serve the needs of a community, not the feelings of internet randos. OP asked for our honest opinion and that’s just mine.

Literal video game villain

Having lived in both, absolutely legalize.

I don’t personally care for it and I get annoyed by the public smells, the tacky and run-down stores that make neighborhoods feel trashy. But that’s all personal preference.

The one legitimate issue is that it is very difficult to regulate and enforce impairment. Someone driving or operating machinery high is just as dangerous as someone driving drunk. With alcohol, there are a number of different tests and impairment is well correlated with BAC. For marijuana, there is no quick and accurate way to assess how high someone is at a given time.

“Birds aren’t real” conspiracy theory coming true.

I’m the one who knows how to use Lemmy.

He believes controlling the military could help him hold onto power.

Unfortunately he’s not wrong.

You could change like 3 words and this could be a positive cheer from someone on the left.

Never thought I’d be agreeing with this homophobe.

This could go potentially be a war crime.

I’m likely to end up in the same situation unfortunately. I’m cancelling the card for unrelated reasons, so I don’t really anticipate any way to see my money again.

That’s the nature of monopoly. What are people going to do? Never leave the house?

It’s been too long. Most credit cards only allow a limited period of time to challenge a charge. I stupidly hoped that it would be rescheduled. You know, since Ticketmaster told me it would be. After 60-90 days, the money is theirs whether they deliver a product or not.