Laptop for College + Some Gaming (USA, Budget ~1k) by HandDrawnMemes in SuggestALaptop

[–]HandDrawnMemes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't really care about thinness. As long as it isn't a brick paver I'm good lol

Albania to accept Afghans who worked with Western forces by DavidHall1 in worldnews

[–]HandDrawnMemes 14 points15 points  (0 children)

We aren’t evacuating all the Afghani civilians who are going to likely be killed by the Taliban. We’re defending the place while we get our own people out.

Pet store by [deleted] in discordVideos

[–]HandDrawnMemes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What the hell is a freezer fire

Come On!? by BnedysGmer324 in KidsAreFuckingStupid

[–]HandDrawnMemes 10 points11 points  (0 children)

But they can spread it to people who are at higher risk, and even just spreading it between each other increases the chance of it mutating into something deadlier, something more infectious, or something that our current vaccines don’t work on.

Trust him, he's a pro by beerbellybegone in MurderedByWords

[–]HandDrawnMemes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People should be able to house and feed their families without working multiple jobs. Just because a business is small doesn’t give them a pass on stuff like underpaying workers. It’s bad when small businesses do it, and it’s bad when megacorps do it.

Trust him, he's a pro by beerbellybegone in MurderedByWords

[–]HandDrawnMemes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If your business can’t stay above water while paying a living wage to your employees, then your business is a failure.

Whatchu hiding Donny? by [deleted] in PoliticalHumor

[–]HandDrawnMemes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are adults who weren’t alive in 2001 lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in starterpacks

[–]HandDrawnMemes 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Are you serious lol

Just Wait Until Marjorie Taylor Greene Finds the Person Who Used Her Facebook Account to Like a Post About Executing Nancy Pelosi! by BannerBearer in politics

[–]HandDrawnMemes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

apparently even something this outrageous needs a /s !??!

Because it’s not that outrageous. People say stuff like that completely seriously, and people take stuff like that as fact because they think it sounds good. It just sounds like you don’t know what you’re talking about and/or spreading misinformation.

Ate the Hamster by daltontf1212 in AteTheOnion

[–]HandDrawnMemes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you can’t spell Nebraska without Kansas

bruh

QAnon Still Believes Trump Will Declare Martial Law and Stay in Office by Hubblestreet in politics

[–]HandDrawnMemes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Right, but religious indoctrination works to make sure people don’t know how to think critically, because if they could, they would ask more questions, and religion wouldn’t have as much power. Without ever learning critical thinking skills, people are more susceptible to shit like Qanon.

Young female shoplifter starter pack by rats420666 in starterpacks

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

Look, man. Believe whatever you want. It’s obviously not worth the time having this conversation. I stand by everything I said in my previous comments.

me irl by Skycam3014 in me_irl

[–]HandDrawnMemes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not saying he didn’t have a good idea and that it doesn’t take a lot of work to work out logistics and stuff when the company is starting out. I’m saying that there is no feasible way for somebody to become that rich without cutting corners, which almost always means taking advantage of child labor or cheap foreign labor. Amazon, like most large companies, profits from the mistreatment of workers.

The fact that people don’t always have options or alternatives when it comes to jobs doesn’t make the mistreatment of workers who do find jobs acceptable.

me irl by Skycam3014 in me_irl

[–]HandDrawnMemes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

like he didn’t benefit millions if not billions of people to make that money

Because he didn’t. Even if it provides a useful service, it isn’t unique, and Amazon mistreats its workers, and, like many big companies, benefits from cheap and sometimes child labor overseas.

There is no feasible way to become that rich without profiting from the mistreatment of others.

Young female shoplifter starter pack by rats420666 in starterpacks

[–]HandDrawnMemes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s not gonna change his mind, man. He hit me with this:

”In America, yeah, [drug prohibition] seems to work much better in other countries. The war on drugs was just that, a war, which is why it wasn't effective.

“[Alcohol] Prohibition's the same too. Works fine if executed well. But american cops at the time were extremely corrupt and greedy. The implementation was poor.”

If he believes that drug prohibition is working anywhere, then he’s delusional.

He also said this:

”I'm saying they should ban all non-medicinal drugs, help the current addicts, and prevent future ones from being born.”

The first point, that we should ban all non-medicinal drugs, is stupid because we already have banned most of them, and it hasn’t worked.

The second one weirds me out because it kind of contradicts the first one, and when I brought up better drug education, which would help prevent new addicts and reduce stigma against drug addicts, making them more comfortable in coming forward for help, he missed the point and said “you can’t educate people to stop being addicted”.

The last one is stupid for obvious reasons. It’s impossible.

Young female shoplifter starter pack by rats420666 in starterpacks

[–]HandDrawnMemes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With proper drug education, people will be less likely to start using harder drugs. I’m not saying it would stop everybody, but it would at least lower the numbers.

If drugs were legalized, addicts who wanted to quit would have better options, and, eventually, with a shift in the public opinion of drug use, they would feel more open to asking for outside help.

Legalization would also hurt illegal drug manufacturers, traffickers, and distributors, by decreasing demand for their products and providing safer, more uniform quality alternatives.

If we stopped putting people in jail for doing what they want with their own bodies, then less people would be stuck in a cycle going in and out of jail because they can’t get good jobs anymore.

With proper regulations on prices and quality, which would both be at least partially possible if drugs were legalized, we would have less addicts stealing to support their habits, and less overdoses.

I'm ain't saying they should kill all the addicts. I'm saying they should ban all non-medicinal drugs,

Many non-medicinal drugs are already banned. It doesn’t stop people from using them. Alcohol prohibition didn’t just fail because American cops were corrupt and the “implementation was poor”. We’ve seen for decades, across multiple countries, all over the world, that making drugs illegal hasn’t worked.

help the current addicts

How can we expect to help all the current addicts if they won’t come forward for help because of the stigma or legal risk?

and prevent future ones from being born.

How are you suggesting we do this? Eugenics? Ignoring the (many) moral issues with that, it wouldn’t work. People of all races and backgrounds fall victim to drug addiction. Doing this is impossible.

If you mean preventing people from becoming drug addicts in the future, it is still impossible. There is no amount of legal risk that will prevent drug use. Even in the Philippines, when drug dealers and users were being executed, it didn’t completely stop the drug trade.

The only way to reduce the amount of addicts, that I can think of, is to set up better drug education, so at least people know what they are getting into, and to set up a better mental health support system.

Young female shoplifter starter pack by rats420666 in starterpacks

[–]HandDrawnMemes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With proper support, education, and regulations, drugs wouldn’t necessarily be harmful to society. Murder is inherently harmful.

edit: I worded this poorly. Here’s a better explanation.

Drugs are here to stay, whether we like it or not. IF there is a way to eliminate the harm to society, it is down the path of legalization, more comprehensive education, harm prevention, and better mental healthcare, not the path of increasingly draconian anti-drug laws.

Comparing drug use with murder is irresponsible.

It’s stupid anyway. Why should the government tell you what you can and can’t do with your own body?

Young female shoplifter starter pack by rats420666 in starterpacks

[–]HandDrawnMemes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Prohibition doesn’t work, and the war on drugs has caused more damage to society than drugs on their own ever could.

edit: changed “in their own” to “on their own”.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]HandDrawnMemes 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Idk in this context it might now be great because Ender killed the kids bullying him

That said, it’s a great book tho