NauticalNoodle

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[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 hours ago

The current tobacco companies are no longer any more evil than any other business is my point. It's a bad comparison for a modern day Social Media company, especially since so little of the population today was around for when Tobacco companies were at there worst.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml -5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (6 children)

The evil tobacco company is an outdated narrative. They were already regulated to hell 22 years ago when I started smoking and since then I've only ever seen the regulations increase now with the new apparent goal of outlawing nicotine. I can only speculate that people think this time we're going to get prohibition right.

btw I quit smoking 7 years ago, and nicotine altogether 5 years ago.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

According to the records Arkansas has never had this many storms in the past, so she must be lying. -She'd know how.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

As someone that subscribes to the fundamental tenants of vexillography, I have a bigger issue with Virginia's state flag overall design. It is bad practice to use a state seal in a flag design. It is worse practice to also include text in a flag's design. -Imagine if you shrank that flag down to 2"x3" do you think you'd still be able to read that? Flags are supposed to be read from a distance.

-My solution is to keep the boob, and get rid of everything else except the blue and white background. It would be distinctive and it would still retain it's same symbolism.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Cool, does it run on a Galaxy Xcover6 Pro with a Verizon plan? I bet it doesn't, nothing does besides the big-2 OS's it seems.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 102 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I always liked using this on the premise of privacy-through-obfuscation. If the powers that be must get information from me, then i'd prefer to give them garbage information.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I'm not a professor but I would've fled 8-9 years ago if any of my preferred destination countries would have me. -The thing is, those countries have to want you. It's a lot easier to flee or migrate when you have a PhD, youth, a personal business, and/or lots of money.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 18 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I think the point is to get names of politicians who have been otherwise trying to avoid publicly taking a position on the public-record.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Outlook not so good.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

"Even the gun control issue, which is the most conflicted on this thread"

I've long been convinced a lot more Democrats and Progressives could make it much further on other issues if they simply sat down on the 'Gun control' issue. To me it seems like a rallying cry of a wedge-issue that gets used to make sure they don't have to try and address all those other things listed. It also guarantees a spike in gun sales every time they make a public statement about the issue.

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