Worker cooperatives should be everywhere. I hope that governments start recognizing it and giving subsidies to co-ops instead of corporations.

Sorry for taking a dig at you like that. You’re right, the tension had me jumping to conclusions about what you meant, and it wasn’t deserved.

It’s weird to point out that the man will a history of lying to multiple wives about their relationship is being hypocritical towards an ad telling vulnerable women to lie so they can exercise their rights?

I’m able to sleep almost immediately basically wherever I lay my head, so I’ve never really had any problems sleeping. However the most important change I’ve ever made for sleep quality was how I consume caffeine. Yes, I believe you can fall asleep while totally wired, I can too. The problem is that the sleep quality will be terrible and definitely can contribute to insomnia.

So first, the FDA nailed the appropriate amount of caffeine in a day. Don’t consume more than 400mg in a day, and keep track. Too much caffeine with overstimulate you and will contribute to any feelings of anxiety while awake or trying to sleep.

Second, stop consuming caffeine several hours before bed. The biological half life of caffeine is between 6-8 hours, so if you have 400mg at 2pm, you’ll still have roughly 200mg in your system at 10pm. That’s where your sleep quality will get impacted. My personal rule is that I should space out my consumption over the morning, and stop having any caffeine at all in the afternoon.

They’re allowed to play wherever they want. If they cared about the genocide then they would boycott Israel.

The only mass production ethical chocolate I trust is Tony’s Chocolonely, because they’re the most transparent about how they source their chocolate, acknowledge that they can never be perfect in their goal, and actively try to improve conditions for workers that grow cocoa. I will also buy local artisan chocolate while traveling.

Basically, I’ve decided that chocolate isn’t worth the neo-imperialism and slave labor.

I’m excited to see them succeed. I love it when stuff is designed with function over form, and made practically. I’m a tall person, this is the only small electric vehicle I feel I could actually fit in

You missed my point. I own guns, know how to operate them, and know the names of the parts. I use magazine and clip interchangeably, because pointless pedantry doesn’t contribute anything to the conversation.

Please put an NSFW tag on this. I was on the train and when I saw this I had to start furiously masterbating. Everyone else gave me strange looks and were saying things like “what the fuck” and “call the police”. I dropped my phone and everyone around me saw this bible passage. Now there is a whole train of men masterbating together at this one bible verse. This is all your fault, you could have prevented this if you had just tagged this post NSFW.

Between the blurriness, compression, and watermarks, I can barely tell there are explosions.

So then all magazines are clips, but not all clips are magazines.

You’re right, there’s nothing inherently evil about renting, however it’s inherently unequal. Now your home is in the precarious situation of being at the whims of someone whose only motive is profit. You’re also assuming capitalism is a law of nature. It’s not, and trying to frame it as such is a tired trick. Why do your strawmen have control over how a human right is provided? Why did you pick an example of extreme systemic injustice as an argument against providing housing instead of the litany of successful housing-first programs?

Most people in America live in a house or apartment larger than they need

The only one in a position to determine that are the people that live in those apartments. Additionally, I doubt that most people choose apartment size as a deciding factor. With the cost of rent, price of the apartment is the much bigger factor.

saddled with credit card debt they chose

Most people didn’t choose credit card debt. They were forced into it because they couldn’t afford basic needs.

Most Americans complaining about the cost of living and housing could lower and share their expenses if they were serious about it

That’s total bullshit. Over 60% of Americans can’t afford the cheapest house in the cheapest state to live in. The living wage in this country is at the very least $25/hr and the minimum wage hasn’t increased in over a decade, but we’ll discuss wages much more later.

living here is easier than almost anywhere else in the world

Tell that to homeless people. Did you forget about them, or do they not count?

Even at the bottom incomes, the people complaining about earning $15/hr in the US should learn

Newsflash, suffering elsewhere doesn’t minimize suffering for you. Now let’s talk wages. Everywhere, there’s a cost associated with basic living called a survival wage, and a cost to live a dignified life that can accommodate hardship and enjoyment in equal measure known as a living wage.

The living wage for a given area has a lot of factors, but it’s relatively easy to calculate. Where I live, the living wage is $27/hr. I also happen to live in a state with a minimum wage larger than federal and tied to inflation, putting it at $11.13/hr. That’s an annual difference of $33k dollars between a living wage and the state minimum. I can’t tell you how I managed to conjure $3k to assist a single coworker once, let alone $30k on top of it every year for the foreseeable future.

Don’t forget that there are millions of people working on the federal minimum wage of $7.25/hr. In Memphis TN, the living wage is $20/hr and the minimum wage is federal. There are people working for minimum wage that can’t even afford to rent a broom closet. This all also assumes everyone has a job, so it totally excludes anyone who can’t work or can’t find a job. These people exist too and still deserve a dignified life, even without an income.

You mean the table that the US government built by gutting US manufacturing in the 90s?

All of what you said is a bullshit non sequitur that has nothing to do with the actual problem. If you thought you were clever for “looking at the obvious”, you were wrong.

Why the fuck are US citizens not allowed to vote in a US election?

The Guardian is a decent source. I recommend Democracy Now!, NPR (and any state-level equivalents), AP, Jacobin, Unicorn Riot, and outlets like that. There’s also some genuinely good independent news on youtube, like Democracy@Work

A plutocratic oligarchy

Are US troops involved there?

Yes. Biden officially sent 100 troops to Israel a few weeks ago.

I’m looking ahead, beyond the election. Don’t start lecturing me about this shit, because I’ve heard it a million times. Biden is doing less than Reagan did towards Israel.

We’ve gone back and forth with each other in the past about voting, but I understand why it’s so prominent for you now. I’m of the belief that it’s the easiest and least effective method of change, so it’s been frustrating to seemingly see no real plan to put on the pressure folks are telling us to wait for.