The donation IS the stupidity tax

You don't have to train low skill people to code, they can just run scripts and pre-made jobs. Plus coding isn't exactly rocket science

It ranges from basic to complex, much like anything

I think schools should start having coding classes as required curriculum. Start in middle school or so

Tier 1 ISPs have that shared monopoly, but literally no one is going after them

I like that, lol. Hindsight is 2020. Definitely has meme potential with the right context

My absolute favorite series of memes this year have been the "If 2020 was a..."

They're simple but fun

I think Nikki Haley would be a better choice for that

And the cheap labor

Well that's "supposed" to be the job of the judiciary, to interpret the law as it fits into today's world

Libertarian is one of those concepts that's great in theory and terrible in execution

Anarchists are just idiots

Honestly, the country is so divided at this point that each state should be it's own country with a barebones federal government keeping things together

And of course a strong military

Zero minimum wage would be a terrible idea. It's just a race to the bottom

Legalizing drugs takes a lot of power from the cartels. That's one upside. Not saying there aren't downsides

Legalization hurts the gangs too, cuts into their major revenue stream

Robberies?

Actually no. The assassination was intended to break off the slav parts of what was Austria Hungary at the time

Yugoslavia

I believe it was his ego. He fancied himself the greatest leader ever and wanted to do what none could

He also had poor intelligence as to the state of Russian defenses

Japan possibly lost the Axis WW2 when they attacked Pearl Harbor. Our doves were doing their damnedest to stay out of the war before then. Had Hitler consolidated his power and won his fights before Japan attacked, things would be quite different

They were reactionary. We wanted blood

Little known (or at least talked about fact) the firebombings of Tokyo with conventional weapons killed far more people than the nukes

The nukes just made for a far greater impact

I know it's jumping backwards a bit, but one major block against free Healthcare in America is the cost of college education

Our doctors come out of medical school hundreds of thousands in debt. They're able to make that up because of privatized medicine

Would not be able to on whatever wages the government would pay

Also, incentives for R+D go out the window in a socialized system

Muscle spasms are perfectly natural

Put a pillow under your head/back and press your bed. I used to do that growing up

I did both, yeah. And had my brother or friend sit on it if I needed weight. My bedframe was at the right height for either exercise

Former army here 35M

Nothing they teach you in high school is at all important. It's all about the life lessons you learn along the way. Nothing to do with the education system itself

Sadly college doesn't teach you much either, at least the first few years. There's a fuckload of mandatory "general education" shit you have to take along with your major

I'm in my masters program now and FINALLY feel like I'm learning shit

"No Child Left Behind" completely fucked the public school system

Fortunately I was out of the school system before the gender pronoun shit started. I probably would have been suspended constantly from that garbage

Now it's even in corporate world. I was filling out job applications and one of the mandatory questions is "What are your pronouns?" This, for a data scientist position for fucks sake

Grades matter for getting in to good colleges though, that's the only issue there

What you learn in high school doesn't matter for shit, but you need to do well to make it into a good school

Jobs do discriminate against public universities. I've been in hiring decision meetings, it's a fact. You get a 3.4 at a great school vs a 3.8 at a public school and jobs will take the 3.4 everytime

They're completely different fields with entirely different equations and formulas

I saw that, not sure what the deal is, but it seemed out of the ordinary

Whatever you do, DON'T take Pfizers

It needs to be stored at - 70C and most handlers won't do that. It loses effectiveness and becomes unstable above that

It's not about the vaccine itself

It's how it will be handled

Modernas can be packed in dry ice

Which is standard for vaccines

This is a really important distinction. Distributors will fuck this up guaranteed. Not speaking against the vaccine itself, mind you

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/11/17/935563377/why-does-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-need-to-be-kept-colder-than-antarctica

Oh for sure, if you can get it directly from a solid medical facility, that's one thing. But don't get the Pfizer vaccine from a CVS/clinic

No way, they'll keep milking them

And Cali, lol

It really annoys me that these people preach about how important masks are and then get caught on camera when they don't realize it not wearing one

Especially when people don't tell the whole Breonna Taylor story. Her boyfriend was a piece of work. Her getting shot was an awful tragedy, should have been him, but the cops were well within their rights to treat his apartment that way

Anyone who brings a tazer to a gunfight is a fucking idiot

Remember that guy shot trying to get into his car to get the knife a couple months ago? Cops tazed him TWICE

Defund the Police was always an incredibly dumb idea

What the fuck? I go and have drinks with my wife and the fuckin sky falls?

I... Did not expect this. Wtf! Why the hell did scotus betray us?

Even Trump is upset with the developments
https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1337571309266538496?s=19

Maggie is pretty maga friendly

Article 9 = insurrection?

I am VERY disappointed in scotus. Trump's own justices voted against him

How was there NOT injury? The 4 states cheating hurt Texas

Fuckin RINOs!

Wasn't that separate?

Really? Wtf? That's self sabotage

Lot of talk about insurrection Act in this chat

What happens now?

Wait, 19 is the oldest here rn?