partial_accumen

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

I would bet that he only still knows a few words and phrases.

Confirmed with this speech he gave as President when in Indonesian.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

CNN's Jake Tapper fact checking rigor would show this story is 100% true.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 23 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Boy are they going to be upset when they learn what Dejoy did to USPS processing infrastructure putting mail-in ballot processing at risk. Truly a "leopards ate my face" event here.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 14 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

That is one of the rare situations where it likely works to your advantage. Any negative thing you do with with your DNA will be pinned on your brother because its his name associated with the DNA you share.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

But now we might just be able to cure HIV.

First, I agree with the spirit of what you're referring to. However, I want to point out we have a fully working cure HIV, its just not reasonable to use on most people. 7 people have been fully cured of HIV with this treatment..

A cure that can be used at scale is I know what you're talking about. I'm hopeful we'll have that soon for the world. Meanwhile we have pretty darn good medicine these days to prevent HIV transmission as well as treat those with HIV to live a full life.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

I have a USA-centric view, and I'm not sure how old you are, but you don't have to go back very far to have those same risk (or worse!) for different reasons.

Like having casual sex can give lifelong diseases

Social acceptance for seeking treatment is much better now than 20 or 30 years ago. Moreover, HIV was death sentence back then, not so much anymore with modern medicine. Even contraception was harder to get ahold of as a teen 30 years ago. Now if any teen needs contraception or birth control, there are many legal and legitimate ways for them to get it easily.

the right wing bearing down on everyone’s freedoms (except theirs ofc),

I love how far we've come in the areas social justice (and we have more do to here). 30 to 50 years being gay would render you a social outcast as a teen. Telling others you were an atheist may have got you disciplinary actions from your school. If we're looking back 50 years, we'd be right on the edge of the end of the draft to be shipped off to the Vietnam war which happened to many 18 and 19 year olds. This says nothing about the negative experiences of people of color have received at the hands of law enforcement, justice system, an unequal treatment from the education system.

I would never want to be a teenager now.

I fully agree with you here. The biggest risk is for their childhood mistakes to follow them for the rest of their lives. After us old folks that didn't grow up with forgettable childhoods die off, society will evolve to forgive youthful mistakes as it will be 100% of the population that has documented past mistakes they're not proud of, but this current transition time will be painful for the younger generations.

It use to be a legitimate and good news organization covering providing some history making reporting for events in the last 30 years or so. CNN got a new owner/leadership with conservative leanings a few years ago and now its news quality ranges from "suspect" to "straight to the waste bin".

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago

I was sure this headline as going to be on an article from theonion.com detailing witty insults lobbed the the GOP candidate since his unmasking on the porn site.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

... and nothing of value will be lost by this action.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago

Quote from the article applied at the relevant point of the prayer.

The Narcissist's Prayer

That didn't happen. <--- "The people that you see leaving? Because nobody ever leaves,"-Trump

And if it did, it wasn't that bad. <--- "people were actually lining up in the back for photos since he couldn’t pose for pictures earlier."-Trump

And if it was, that's not a big deal. <--- "And when they do, I finish up quick." -Trump

And if it is, that's not my fault. <--- Trump then suggested that his staffers were to blame for the apparent departures

And if it was, I didn't mean it.

And if I did, you deserved it.

And as far as I’m concerned… he can’t be punished enough.

I was referring to punishment for his shoppers. You can bet Mike doesn't sleep on one of his own lumpy pillows, even if he should be in prison for his actions trying to overturn democracy.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I fucking hate how every time I read or hear this guy’s name, the first person I think of is Mark Rober.

For me its (Glenn) Robinson, but specifically how the sport announcer says it from the N64 version of NBA Hangtime "Robinson....serious hang time! To the jam!"

 

So wholesome!

 

Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, has died at 86.

The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a statement Wednesday that Smothers died Tuesday at home in Santa Rosa, California, following a cancer battle.

“I’m just devastated,” his brother and the duo’s other half, Dick Smothers, told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday. “Every breath I’ve taken, my brother’s been around.”

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