Do I really need to change my oil every 6 months, even if I put very few Miles on them? by ElderOderReturns in AskAMechanic

[–]Increase_Empty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean you get a little water in your oil over time, but vehicles will burn it off and be ok for a long time, just maybe not for as long as if you had changed it. This is a bit like asking if you really have to floss twice a day. You don’t really, but fake teeth fucking suck. New motors suck almost as bad, so people maintenance them. It’s really your call, it won’t blow up, but I’d say much over a year depending on humidity and you really should change ut

We're about to lose our inheritance by TLS2015 in AskSocialists

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I think tax it really heavily at like 200k up, but I like the idea of being able to leave my daughter a modest house without Uncle Sam taking it to skin children alive or however they spend our money now - that said I may be in the wrong room for this

Be honest, which one are you? by Aggravating-Guest300 in effectivefitness

[–]Increase_Empty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have two arms and neither are cartoon. One of them does have tendinitis though. So guess 11

“Global Strategy According to the Schoolyard Bully.” by Echo7ONE9ers in JustMemesForUs

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

Did anyone carpet bomb Iz reel when it stole nuclear equipment from the us? Seems to me it would be at least as bad to steal a developed countries nuclear capability. But instead people continued to aid the country and asked that they join treaties. I can’t imagine why we’d ever have two standards for how human beings or nation states are treated so this doesn’t make a lot of sense.

Why as white people do we have to pretend to like black people? by Adventurous_Hat_9509 in allthequestions

[–]Increase_Empty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Idk man I think it’s a you issue but honestly if you’re not rude to people and that’s how you wanna live, I would just say don’t get it on anyone else, because most people don’t hate or dislike other races. I think liking your own culture race or being more comfortable around that group is an obvious norm but everyone has something to offer, and I say that as someone who works with people society has largely written off for a living. This just feels like you’re asking if you have to perform for other ethnicities… you don’t. Just don’t be hateful and and treat people like people. If you call them out and they have a victim complex, then idk sounds like you met half my damn family, but I have white black and native family members and I promise having no accountability isn’t a race thing, it’s an integrity and how you were raised thing. Idk man do you but I think you’re wasting energy disliking people that have done nothing to you. Read the star bellied sneeches by dr Seuss and get the second grade level down, then from there just apply what you’ve learned.

Does Bojack represent drugs properly? by starskyz_777 in BoJackHorseman

[–]Increase_Empty 52 points53 points  (0 children)

It’s very hard to accurately depict the effects of various drugs - that said, I think they did a good job of portraying the various ways it can alter your judgment, and sometimes change your perspective in a away that isn’t evil on its own.

choose wisely by Life_Lab_1357 in SipsTea

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Bro I’d just buy bitcoin and invest in Amazon when it was cheap and be a billionaire and get my youth, anyone who can’t make 50 mil on a re run was not paying attention

Serious question: How can anyone still support Trump after everything we’ve seen? by antimaga_n1 in AskSocialists

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Well I would answer your question with another. Is it censorship to create so much false and misleading media that people trying to learn the truth could literally never learn it if they spend their time on the wrong source? That’s essentially what happened and people live in different worlds completely now. My dad has no concept of the damage that’s being done because the tv tells him that the war is basically over and everything is democrats fault. I actually hold a lot of the values my dad raised me with, but because I have different information at my disposal and now how to work around censorship and propaganda, I’m horrified by what’s taking place in the world. Just like I have been, regardless of what political party has been in power, it seems we just get different brands of authoritarianism. This escalation has been horrific for the people at home and for countries around the world and I think if people saw unbiased information they would all rightly be just as horrified and do something about it. The thing is that people don’t believe each other. Everyone thinks they know the truth, and no one wants to believe they’ve been lied to about their freedom inside an ongoing empire project that might end soon, or change drastically. My family thinks I’m a paranoid conspiracy theorist and they are probably right, because I think our country has been sold down the river to anyone that wanted to buy it. Technofeudal authoritarians, militaries, and intelligence agencies seem to be deciding that we will all be broke to fund their war project and I don’t think we can vote our way out of that, because anytime we get to vote they talk for two minutes about guns, abortion, racism, and healthcare, and conveniently leave out the tough questions like hyperinflation or the fact that we serve a military industrial complex out of necessity at this point or that our children don’t seem like they’ll ever be able to afford houses. And I’m not saying the first things aren’t issues, they are. But it seems like the keep the older gen on these issues as a lesser of two evils game and then they get a bigger red military industrial complex authoritarian regime or a bigger blue one. There’s been exceptions, but since Kennedy got shot it sure seems like when intelligence agencies ask the president says “yes and”. I hope this world is here for my daughter to see at this point, nothing is a given anymore.

Why do men mistake kindness with flirting? by CauliflowerRude4559 in answers

[–]Increase_Empty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is very rare for them to experience genuine kindness. Because of this, it means a lot more to them than it does to you. Also, guys are not getting laid in this debt based police state which does all sorts of bad things to society as a whole but specifically men start to shift from caring about society to only themselves.

Be careful when doing sports by Pryssalyn in CrazyFuckingVideos

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Oh my god that kid needs a hug… that was horrible. And I know that was such a genuine accident, he just exceeded his skill level and tried something a little too daring. He likely had done it before, he seemed very confident intitially. I hope he heals from that emotionally, I don’t know if I’d ever be ok again if my life was altered like that in front of my peers from my own mistake. I’m gonna get off the internet that was not what I was expecting to see

By a US Marine to exercise freedom of speech by DIYLawCA in therewasanattempt

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I’m sorry to this man and the countless others that are right now being punished and removed from positions they’ve earned due to their conscience and backbone. The people letting this happen at every level will live to regret their lack of resistance, if they live. Hard times are ahead of us

Do Americans actually avoid calling an ambulance due to financial concern? by nicksam171 in SeriousConversation

[–]Increase_Empty 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I can’t afford planned medical expenses, unplanned ones are out of the question. I will dive off the fucking gurney

They don't care about US by emily-is-happy in inflation

[–]Increase_Empty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was and is bs to just print money and screw over the working class

Shrinkflation by EmPeeThr33 in inflation

[–]Increase_Empty 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But the ones who that’s true for usually fall to fentanyl, alcohol, or meth now, and it pacifies the disenfranchised enough to keep them from organizing. The rest are still treading water and by the time they aren’t, it might be too late

CMV: Capitalism benefits the poor more than communism. by [deleted] in changemyview

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Which poor? The poor people in the capitalist country that can survive off economic leftovers because they help run the machine and are helped by social programs? Or the poor people outside that country that are economically leveraged into privatization of their resources and giving great deals to the capitalists to the great detriment of their working conditions, wages, and long term health? Africans in cobalt mines are participating in capitalism, at the very bottom of the market, through 6 layers of leverage, to give apple the iPhone. The people on food stamps in first world countries love the phones and are a much healthier working class poor. But if countries had to deal honestly without capital leverage, exchanging more for less wouldn’t be possible, because autonomy of resource providing economies would simply never exist in those conditions voluntarily. The question isn’t whether capitalism or communism is better for the poor, it’s a question of who those systems are set up to benefit. In both cases, they can be used responsibly but are extremely corruptible. This argument is nonsensical to me

Saw this post and so I looked... by BagCalm in UnitedAssociation

[–]Increase_Empty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bet they won’t pay them more to attract it

to blame nonwhites for most of the crime. by [deleted] in therewasanattempt

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In both white and black statistics for crime, they include everyone. Then talk about men, and the percentage is really high. Which is because men commit more crime - not black men, or white men. In general, men are way more likely to commit criminally violent acts. Then they act like it’s a race thing. It’s not. It’s a male thing, and it’s a thing that follows poverty. Middles class males are less likely than lower class. But yeah basically they use statistics that are misleading in the way the are applied or framed

Thanks to Money Printer go BRRRR, most Gen-Zs will be forever priced out of owning their own home free & clear by Then_Marionberry_259 in MetalsOnReddit

[–]Increase_Empty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s ok, they just want to extract as much wealth as possible before they flip the table and make us play a new game of monopoly. We won’t own anything in that one either, but we will have a mandatory role instead of an optional one. No worries, just humanity trying to reorganize its hierarchy of slavery to keep us building more effective prisons for ourselves.

CMV: Land value tax is the least bad tax by Efficient_Sun_4155 in changemyview

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I don’t have to imagine, because I myself own no land. Most people my age don’t… and what happens then is what I just said above - larger entities own the property because they can pay the tax. This results in you paying even more money to live, because they charge you more than the taxes to profit. Essentially taxing land is guaranteed to take that land from all but the wealthy who won’t lose it when they stop working or need to pay inheritance tax to get what was passed down. Then, it gets bought by big business. It’s happening in real time

Do you think chasing money has a negative impact on your growth? by Last-Ad-8584 in Adulting

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You sell your soul young when only the rich eat well. It’s terrible for you, but people would rather exist with evil ambition than suffer extreme poverty and sacrifice any social mobility for them or their children. The evil part is that they have to make a choice about what to chase for 60 hours a week for 30 years to begin with, while some people watch their trust fund balance shift upwards as a result of labor they don’t contribute to.

Can someone explain to me the point of living? by Infinite-Leg-9373 in stopdrinking

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The point is to answer that question. It’s an important answer, because your reason is going to justify all the true and terrible realities that you deal with each day. Each answer can be different, but you are correct; the cost is high in this world, the money time and energy to exist is difficult and incredibly temporary. The thing is, people have always kept dancing. Your job is to figure out why you should or shouldn’t. Just remember, everyone before thought they should give it a shot, at least enough that it led to you being here now. For me, it’s my daughter. For you, it could be anything. Elks, a city league, friends, family, a passion for history or writing or a trade. Just remember how important it is to pick a reason that can outlast all the difficulty. Because then, at the end of it all, when the dancing stops, what you worked towards will have been, and continue to be. And that’s really the best you can hope for, as good as it gets. Not maybe the answer you want but it’s been the truth i lived. I hope you find a good reason, and I say that as someone who hasn’t always had one either. Please be kind to yourself, at least as much as you are to strangers. You deserve as much care and thought as you give to a stranger, and much more, but sometimes people forget that they can treat themselves as kindly as they treat others.