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[Tooting Carmen]

It's a sad fact of human nature, the need to conform to the next new thing. It's how the painter, with the little mustache, came to power. I blame pharmaceutical companies and quacks too. They classify normalcy as a disorder.

I am no fan of Islam, but a small and nasty part of me thinks that, at least in some societies and circumstances, it might be a useful antidote to some of the shit we see. (That said, ironically the Islamic Republic of Iran has been in the vanguard since Khomeini himself for transgender surgery, because they see it as a 'solution' for homosexuality).

[Anglo-Celtic]

I am no fan of Islam, but a small and nasty part of me thinks that, at least in some societies and circumstances, it might be a useful antidote to some of the shit we see. (That said, ironically the Islamic Republic of Iran has been in the vanguard since Khomeini himself for transgender surgery, because they see it as a 'solution' for homosexuality).

I'm on the normal Muslims' side on some issues. For instance, I was definitely on their side when they told the Dearborn school board to remove pornography from local grade schools, an issue that would not have been on the radar screen ten to twenty years ago before we entered It World.

[Tooting Carmen]

I'm on the normal Muslims' side on some issues. For instance, I was definitely on their side when they told the Dearborn school board to remove pornography from local grade schools, an issue that would not have been on the radar screen ten to twenty years ago before we entered It World.

One of the perversities (in more ways than one) of the modern world is how we seek to corrupt the innocence of children, yet at the same time infantilise adults. I believe that laws regarding pornography and sex work for consenting adults should be liberalised, yet at the same time keep a clear boundary between what is appropriate discussion for children and what is not.

[Anglo-Celtic]

One of the perversities (in more ways than one) of the modern world is how we seek to corrupt the innocence of children, yet at the same time infantilise adults. I believe that laws regarding pornography and sex work for consenting adults should be liberalised, yet at the same time keep a clear boundary between what is appropriate discussion for children and what is not.

That's a main pet peeve of mine. It's like they can't tell real children from young adults, and the nitwits (both political sides) refuse to see the differences like they've lost all semblance of logic and reason. One side preys on grade school students with LGBT debauchery, and the other side pretends that a 20-year-old male, who dates a 16-year-old female, is a pedophile (the childish insult du jour for my side of the political aisle). It's like both sides came from different wards of a lunatic asylum.

[tropicalslavic]

Probably not unpopular here but definitely unpopular on places like Facebook:

In the United States, eating healthy food is significantly cheaper than eating unhealthy food is.

A couple of weeks ago I was on a short road trip with my mom and she decided to get McDonald's. For two adults and one child, $24. Not my favorite but my mom insisted. For $24 I can get broccoli and a few other vegetables and some pasta to make a soup for my entire family for dinner, a week's worth of fruit and cheese to snack on, a week's worth of eggs, etc., and probably at least two healthy dinner's worth of groceries as well. Bean soup basically cooks itself and you just need to chop an onion, some garlic, a tomato, and get some dried beans and broth and seasonings. It's like $4 worth of ingredients max.

But it doesn't surprise me because the people posting on social media about how "this is what $100 gets you, unbelievable, inflation is so bad!" are buying like a couple of bags of chips, frozen pizzas, multiple giant sodas, etc.

Or they are buying those giant tubs of pre-cut fruit. Yeah the grocery store is going to charge you $15 if they think you are stupid enough to buy a tub of pre-cut pineapple mixed with grapes and some other shit. Guess what? You can get all of those fruits whole and intact and much more of them for like, $8 tops. That is how capitalism works. If you are too lazy to spend 5 minutes cutting up a pineapple they will exploit that.

Meat is unbelievably cheap if you're willing to buy a whole chicken and cut it up yourself. Another 5 minute task that takes way less effort than driving to Burger King.

I need to stop checking Facebook, I mostly have it to keep up with random old people or people that live far away, but the algorithm for some reason insists on showing me this shit constantly. That and sourdough. Why does it think I want to make sourdough at home?

EDIT: Is this also why "nobody can afford a house anymore"? Because they spend like, $200 a week on slop?

[Tooting Carmen]

That's a main pet peeve of mine. It's like they can't tell real children from young adults, and the nitwits (both political sides) refuse to see the differences like they've lost all semblance of logic and reason. One side preys on grade school students with LGBT debauchery, and the other side pretends that a 20-year-old male, who dates a 16-year-old female, is a pedophile (the childish insult du jour for my side of the political aisle). It's like both sides came from different wards of a lunatic asylum.

Speaking of what you have called 'clown world'@ https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...-a-human-right

[Anglo-Celtic]

Speaking of what you have called 'clown world'@ https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...-a-human-right

Subsidizing voluntary hermaphroditism. I can see Justine Castro getting behind (no pun) that one. I couldn't make that joke in Scotland. The thought police are on the lookout for comedians and writers who use muh hate speech to commit muh hate crimes, so who needs Hitler and Stalin to remove your free speech rights.

[Vessna]

Probably not unpopular here but definitely unpopular on places like Facebook:

In the United States, eating healthy food is significantly cheaper than eating unhealthy food is.

A couple of weeks ago I was on a short road trip with my mom and she decided to get McDonald's. For two adults and one child, $24. Not my favorite but my mom insisted. For $24 I can get broccoli and a few other vegetables and some pasta to make a soup for my entire family for dinner, a week's worth of fruit and cheese to snack on, a week's worth of eggs, etc., and probably at least two healthy dinner's worth of groceries as well. Bean soup basically cooks itself and you just need to chop an onion, some garlic, a tomato, and get some dried beans and broth and seasonings. It's like $4 worth of ingredients max.

But it doesn't surprise me because the people posting on social media about how "this is what $100 gets you, unbelievable, inflation is so bad!" are buying like a couple of bags of chips, frozen pizzas, multiple giant sodas, etc.

Or they are buying those giant tubs of pre-cut fruit. Yeah the grocery store is going to charge you $15 if they think you are stupid enough to buy a tub of pre-cut pineapple mixed with grapes and some other shit. Guess what? You can get all of those fruits whole and intact and much more of them for like, $8 tops. That is how capitalism works. If you are too lazy to spend 5 minutes cutting up a pineapple they will exploit that.

Meat is unbelievably cheap if you're willing to buy a whole chicken and cut it up yourself. Another 5 minute task that takes way less effort than driving to Burger King.

I need to stop checking Facebook, I mostly have it to keep up with random old people or people that live far away, but the algorithm for some reason insists on showing me this shit constantly. That and sourdough. Why does it think I want to make sourdough at home?

EDIT: Is this also why "nobody can afford a house anymore"? Because they spend like, $200 a week on slop?

It depends on where you live. In eastern PA food prices are ridiculous (eg eggs $4.99 and milk $5.49 at Walmart). People cannot afford a house not only because everything is expensive (including groceries), but also the average house price in my area is $750,000 for a 3 bedroom home.

[Blondie]

Hungarians and romanians are milk brothers.

[Universe]

Country music seems far more noble/ high class to me than rap (and I like some rap tracks, I listen to it more often than country). I noticed on the interenet it's popular to hate on country music and consider it trashy.