To everyone affected: I hope you're doing okay. 36 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 5 years ago
There are going to be so many long lasting consequences to this shutdown, we'll be feeling it for at least a decade
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He's not wrong you know 31 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 5 years ago
Gah! That's not what I meant. Giving blood and providing your spit to a private organization is totally different. I most definitely could have worded that better.
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He's not wrong you know 31 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 5 years ago
I'm not so sure I agree with the government conspiracy theory, but it is usually not a good policy to give your bodily fluids to any organization.
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Get your facts straight 10 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 5 years ago
I was unaware that not complying with a police officers instructions meant that you should be killed on the street with a chokehold while others watched.
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A wall won’t fix the cause, just the symptom 11 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 5 years ago
Neoliberal policies were endemic in central and south America, especially during the 60s and 70s at the height of Cold War panic. Just look at the Argentine inflation crisis to see what that gets you.
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Dumbo 9 comments
Make Them Wonder 2 comments
Japanese art 10 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 5 years ago
Realistic does not always equal good. Artistic liberty is a desirable quality.
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Megacorp are people too 1 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 5 years ago
There's a line in the tv show Fargo about how money is the first step being wealthy, then it's power, then it's the ability to completely disappear. We all know the public facing aspects of these companies, but they have so many fingers in the public pie we don't even know about.
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A friendly advice 10 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 5 years ago
A boss of mine used to make us do these mindfulness exercises for 15 minutes before the work day. While everybody else was closing there eyes and "feeling their feet on the floor" I was farting around on my phone. I hate shit like that.
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Ummmmmmmm 24 comments
"Firm but fair" is the way to go 23 comments
Ummmmmmmm 24 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 5 years ago
The lyrics are more operatic and theatrical than anything else. Scaramouche is a trickster clown and Bismillah is a Zoroastrian god. Like most Queen songs, the lyrics are meant to fit the music, not the other way around. But the good thing about lyrics is that each person can find their own meaning in them.
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I don't even know anymore 12 comments
Generalisations are bad all around 14 comments
Generalisations are bad all around 14 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 5 years ago
That ain't a woman's thing. Men are just as likely to do those thing as any woman is.
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I meann 71 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 5 years ago
Apple components are manufactured in a facility that had to install a net to stop people from committing suicide, Coke routinely buys indigenous water sources then reroutes them to bottle Dasani. All big business uses exploitation, and the owners know this. They can pretend all they want that they're woke t-shirt wearing normal folks, but being a billionaire changes people.
I meann 71 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 5 years ago
Because business is all about one thing, and that is making a profit at the expense of everything else. There are no morals in business, which is why most liberally inclined people who do start businesses create what's called a triple bottom line, where each bottom line is just as important as the last. They can be profit, environmental impact, social justice, any number of things.
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I meann 71 comments
pripyatplatypus
· 5 years ago
Big business doesn't lend itself to liberal ideology. That's not exactly a new insight.
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