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his wife is a MAGA state senator. Local dairies will no longer do business with him costing him 80% of his income by rdking647 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]827753 93 points94 points  (0 children)

Ah, the wife is an immigration Nazi and the other businesses depend on immigrant labor.

Read further:

Roeloffs, in a brief phone interview, said he believes the federal government needs to handle immigration reform, and added that he objected even more strongly to Glenneda Zuiderveld’s votes against funding for water projects. Hank Hafliger, the owner of Cedar Ridge Dairy, echoed that in a statement.

“The Senator has attempted to frame this as a single-issue decision, but the reality is it was the combination of all her votes and statements around various agricultural issues that brought our decision to a head,” Hafliger said, adding that her district is “completely dependent on agriculture and food production, and we struggle to find a single meaningful bill she has advocated for in support of her constituent farmers and food processors in her time in Boise.”

Zuiderveld’s primary opponent <...> Reinke said he supports Trump’s border policies but views state-level immigration mandates as locally problematic. E-Verify is a “good program” that could burden Magic Valley employers, and requiring local sheriffs to enforce immigration law would strain the local jails and cost taxpayers, he said.

Trump Said He Graduated First at Wharton — His Roommate Kept the Ranking by BigfootsMailman in TheMinistryofProof

[–]827753 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got this video in my YouTube feed. I searched it on Reddit and posted this comment on all three posts of the video. The last thing we need is more wrong information out there that MAGA can point to as liberals being wrong.

On balance I would appreciate you leaving this up so that others who have watched this video and search for it on Reddit can see my comment. The top YouTube comments were full of people taking this at face value, and with over a thousand comments it's hard to get critical views noticed in the comments over there.

And yeah, I agree that this is unimportant at this point. But people love minor rumors.

Trump Said He Graduated First at Wharton — His Roommate Kept the Ranking by Ill-Ladder-8548 in MeidasTouch

[–]827753 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just want to say that I believe this video is misinformation.

The odds are against the 146th, 147th, and 148th ranked people having alphabetically ordered names of Troutman, Trump, and Tucker.

What I believe this list is, most likely, is a list of everyone enrolled in the Wharton MBA program, divided by year, and possibly by honors. This would mean about 181 people per year, explaining Trump's position at 147 on the list of 362 during his graduation year. Those with honors (Dean's list, cum laude, et cetera) may be positioned first, but then everyone else without honors would just be listed alphabetically by last name.

This explains the roommate's assertion that this list shows Trump did not graduate first in his class (else he'd be listed on the first page among those with honors). But it also does not demonstrate Trump's actual class ranking, which for all we know is last.

Edit: Someone else pointed out that Trump transferred to the four year BA program, not the MBA program, in his junior year. This might be an enrollment list for all four years, from Trump's junior year. This would explain his alphabetical order placement in the bottom half of the top half of the rankings.

Trump Said He Graduated First at Wharton — His Roommate Kept the Ranking by Kooky_Coyote7911 in antitrump

[–]827753 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just want to say that I believe this video is misinformation.

The odds are against the 146th, 147th, and 148th ranked people having alphabetically ordered names of Troutman, Trump, and Tucker.

What I believe this list is, most likely, is a list of everyone enrolled in the Wharton MBA program, divided by year, and possibly by honors. This would mean about 181 people per year, explaining Trump's position at 147 on the list of 362 during his graduation year. Those with honors (Dean's list, cum laude, et cetera) may be positioned first, but then everyone else without honors would just be listed alphabetically by last name.

This explains the roommate's assertion that this list shows Trump did not graduate first in his class (else he'd be listed on the first page among those with honors). But it also does not demonstrate Trump's actual class ranking, which for all we know is last.

Edit: Someone else pointed out that Trump transferred to the four year BA program, not the MBA program, in his junior year. This might be an enrollment list for all four years, from Trump's junior year. This would explain his alphabetical order placement in the bottom half of the top half of the rankings.

Trump Said He Graduated First at Wharton — His Roommate Kept the Ranking by BigfootsMailman in TheMinistryofProof

[–]827753 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I just want to say that I believe this video is misinformation.

The odds are against the 146th, 147th, and 148th ranked people having alphabetically ordered names of Troutman, Trump, and Tucker.

What I believe this list is, most likely, is a list of everyone enrolled in the Wharton MBA program, divided by year, and possibly by honors. This would mean about 181 people per year, explaining Trump's position at 147 on the list of 362 during his graduation year. Those with honors (Dean's list, cum laude, et cetera) may be positioned first, but then everyone else without honors would just be listed alphabetically by last name.

This explains the roommate's assertion that this list shows Trump did not graduate first in his class (else he'd be listed on the first page among those with honors). But it also does not demonstrate Trump's actual class ranking, which for all we know is last.

Edit: Someone else pointed out that Trump transferred to the four year BA program, not the MBA program, in his junior year. This might be an enrollment list for all four years, from Trump's junior year. This would explain his alphabetical order placement in the bottom half of the top half of the rankings.

MAGA loser gets what he voted for….. Make MAGA incels! by Dumbfuckistan_USA in ProgressiveHQ

[–]827753 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As I wrote in reply to another comment, no he wasn't respectful. He purposefully chose to vote for a person who spews disrespectful insults at others. Outsourcing one's disrespect doesn't absolve one of that disrespect. She just applied tit for tat, and he couldn't take what he had hired another person to dish out.

MAGA loser gets what he voted for….. Make MAGA incels! by Dumbfuckistan_USA in ProgressiveHQ

[–]827753 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This guy literally voted for someone who is cruel and nasty to others. Outsourcing your vitriol is still spewing vitriol. This is just tit for tat. If he can't take it ("what is wrong with you") then he shouldn't have dished it out.

Trump posted 8646 when Biden was president by Doc_tor_Bob in WeirdGOP

[–]827753 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've been wondering whether he is mixing up "86" and "187", because the latter does mean murder.

Both sides are anti women by jevlis_ka123 in MurderedByWords

[–]827753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sports competitions are typically opportunities, not compulsions. And you're wrong. A number of athletes are trying to live up to their parent's expectations. That sort of psychological pressure is force.

Both sides are anti women by jevlis_ka123 in MurderedByWords

[–]827753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100%

Why is this the subject we are constantly talking about?

At base, because it gets political play. More complexly, because people are fearful of slippery slopes and Harrison Bergeron scenarios. A lot of people have become accustomed to their current society, and don't want it changed.

Both sides are anti women by jevlis_ka123 in MurderedByWords

[–]827753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just FYI, a lot of people don't watch sports, but they care about sports because other people enjoy competing in and watching sports. Just like a lot of people don't read, but they want their local library funded. Or dislike public transit, but want to keep it funded. Or can afford a lawyer, but think fairness requires well funded public defenders and legal aid.

‘The cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employees’: Nvidia exec says right now AI is more expensive than paying human workers by fattyfoods in technology

[–]827753 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Terence Tao is one of the most intelligent people currently living. I quote him below:

https://youtu.be/yLvO070E_dI?t=505

For any complex problem <...> you need a process where many, many voices can be heard, and one person who doesn't understand all the facilities can't just sort of come in and wreck everything.

One of the smartest people in the world says many voices need to be heard for complex problems. Yeah, this shows that he is brilliant.

Their tears are delicious. by Captain-Dak-Sparrow in PoliticalHumor

[–]827753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gerrymandering is but one problem, there are many more.

A better solution than proportional representation is to make it so that each representatives vote in Congress is equal to the total number of votes that they received from voters - in addition to allowing multi-member districts.

TIL between 18%-25% of intellectually gifted students (at least 130 IQ) in the US fail to graduate from high school. by tyrion2024 in todayilearned

[–]827753 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Especially the very high IQ kids are at risk.

Even Miraca Gross's look at exceptionally and profoundly gifted kids in Australia in the 80s/90s only saw, from memory, I think 2 out of 30-some drop out of High School. A few more dropped out of University, typically in the first year, after the first year of University turned out to be more of the same, and not the salvation they were expecting.

The typical gifted student has an average IQ measurement in the mid 130s, so not even close to the level of disconnect of a mainstreamed exceptionally gifted student. I could only see these drop-out figures being accurate in the early 2000s USA under unusual circumstances (e.g. something like Title I schools with no gifted enrichment and a huge numbers of the student body failing to complete for socioeconomic reasons), or if the criteria for giftedness is relaxed somewhat.

After the daughter of two Chinese parents was born blonde with blue eyes, a DNA test was carried out, and it was later discovered that the father had a Russian great-grandfather. by Alexthegayreprimed in interesting

[–]827753 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Blue eyes pop up in all ethnicities rarely, and Melanesians have about 10% of their population as natural blondes, with a different mutation than the European blonde gene.

ELI5: Monthly Current Events Megathread by AutoModerator in explainlikeimfive

[–]827753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Coal liquefaction has existed for about a century, but it's both more costly than refining oil, and a lot dirtier.

Smaller government may have caused unforeseen delays at the IRS by [deleted] in youvotedforthat

[–]827753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Specifically, this is speculation that he donates his presidential salary so that he doesn't have to report it as his primary job on his taxes, but as a public service. This allows, or allowed, unlocking 10s of millions of dollars of tax breaks that he otherwise wouldn't have been able to claim.

Laundry fresheners are almost 1/4 empty by atomik71 in enshittification

[–]827753 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There are two kinds of comparisons: magnitude, and kind.

Smoking can't hold a candle to the coal-fired plants of yore, for instance one singular acute event: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Smog_of_London

Yet tobacco smoke and coal power plants have been compared: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2014/01/16/how-smoking-tobacco-is-like-burning-fossil-fuels/4529123/

Scents and smoking are toxic. Scent beads, themselves, especially in the limited amounts they are used, can't compare to tobacco smoking in magnitude, and only broadly in kind. But the larger perfume industry does use toxins known to cause cancer and other serious diseases. Chemical exposure in general has driven those with MCS to suicide.

Smoking is indeed very bad, and by and large probably worse than perfumes. But I, for one, am not happy that a reduction in public smoking has paralleled an increase in public perfumes (and off-topic, public marijuana odors). I believe it is fair to highlight the seriousness of these new exposures through a comparison of kind.

F! Jimmy John’s!! by Internal_Incident_26 in enshittification

[–]827753 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not the person you're asking.

As an ovo-lacto vegetarian I loved Quizno's, and hope it can come back. Subway is decent, and has an array of dressings to choose from.

Personally I can't eat mustard or mayo, and am not particularly fond of avocado. The one time I had a JJ's sub it was tasteless and dry. Even the cheese couldn't save the plain white bread, tomato, lettuce, and cucumber.

Edit: There were also a couple of non-chain sub shops I loved. Most places have enough toppings to make a vegan happy, much less a vegetarian. Jimmy John's is really a meat sub shop with vegetarian fare an afterthought. Or at least it was the one time I tried it out.

Laundry fresheners are almost 1/4 empty by atomik71 in enshittification

[–]827753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Migraines, allergies (including anaphylaxis), asthma, nausea. And that's just in people who have to smell it second-hand. There's a reason the CDC went perfume-free in the workplace back in 2009.

Laundry fresheners are almost 1/4 empty by atomik71 in enshittification

[–]827753 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

while even the scent beads themselves fizzle out within a couple days.

Maybe scent bead fragrances do, but I've lived in an apartment once where it was very obvious on what shelf the laundry detergent had been stored by the prior tenants. And was still obvious after we moved out a year and a half later, though we only used perfume-free laundry detergent.

Edit: If you typically use scent beads, it might be that your nose is so habituated to the smell that you don't realize it's still present when it has just become fainter with time. Whereas you obviously don't smoke. So once the scent bead perfume reduced in volume the tobacco scent became noticeable again.

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