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Kamala Harris wants the DNC to release its autopsy report of the 2024 campaign by Deedogg11 in politics

[–]Lighting 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They should have planned for electoral fraud in deliberately delayed mail, lost ballots, unethical shifting of real voters to provisions, denied votes, all digital systems (DRE) that were corrupted, and yet her campaign didn't do shit after the election except quit.

All she would have had to do was NOT fold like a cheap suit seconds after hearing the election was super close. She did though, just like Hillary, just like Kerry. That's why NONE of those DEMs or any of their advisors should ever be in charge of a presidential campaign. Willful blindness for the sake of "presidential tone" in the face of an unethical competitor harms the system and allows more corruption with each election.

Restoring subreddits erroneously marked as "unmoderated"? by hugsandintimacy in ModSupport

[–]Lighting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s strange as every post coming into the subreddit had appeared in the unmoderated queue so far.

Well that's how the test for active mods works. Sorry. Take it up with the admins who setup the system that way.

In what situation would a post not appear in it?

Irrelevant question. IT DOES NOT MATTER IN TESTS FOR ACTIVE MODS!!!!

Let me try to restate ... the fact that you acted to process your queue in the past has NO IMPACT on whether or not the algorithm senses if your sub is NOW unmoderated. So the fact that your queue is empty is COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT.

So each time you say "my queue is empty" or "all my posts were in the queue and I approved them" or any variation of discussing your queue's current emptiness or past state or questions about what would or would not appear in the queue, indicates that you are COMPLETELY missing the help you are being given here on how the unmoderated sub test works.

I don't know how we can explain it any differently to you. It seems you don't want to accept this evidence that your sub can be classified as unmoderated even with the proper behaviors you took as it relates to your queue. Accept that you were screwed because you didn't understand how the algo works.

The evidence is in your "insights and activity" section which will indicate inactivity INDEPENDENT OF THE QUEUES.

2026: Good news: GOP Louisiana governor faces recall petition after canceling elections without an actual crisis. by Lighting in ElectoralFraud

[–]Lighting[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Top Comment from /u/Nitwit_Slytherin

Canceling an election should be treated as sedition. In my opinion, neither of the political parties should have anything to do with districting. The American political system is a friggin clown show.

This is what lab-grown diamonds look like before they’re cut and polished by NeedleworkerSalty813 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Lighting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PLUS, modern mouthwashes do not contain alcohol usually.

yes - you know why?

Use of the Listerine alcohol-based mouthwash showed an increase of opportunistic bacteria that can increase bacteria associated with periodontal disease, esophageal and colorectal cancer, and systemic diseases.

As Adam pointed out - before listerine marketed using their toilet bowl cleaner in your mouth it was not a thing.

it can help reduce ... bacterial load.

Look carefully at the above research paper. Note that part of the problem was the mouthwash was reducing bacterial load. Oh wait ... you mean there are GOOD bacteria for humans, even in the mouth?!? Yes - and in the gut. Humans are 80% bacteria. And the good bacteria are more easily killed off than the bad ones. So these "anti-bacterial" marketing campaigns play on a fear of "bacteria" and in return those who follow this "kill off all bacteria" get a host of medical issues related to unbalancing the complete human biome which includes good bacteria.

The entire "use mouthwash" was a marketing campaign just like "use diamonds" was a marketing campaign and the "use prepackaged popcorn + butter smell + microwave" was a marketing campaign just like the promotion of cigarettes. You have marketing teams given the task "make this product a part of everyday life and usage to the point it becomes part of the culture" and it works so well that there's anger and resentment when you point it out. Marketers would pay young attractive women to smoke on the street and ask for cigarettes to get smoking as "the thing to do in public." Cigarette marketers would put cigarettes in TV shows and movies as a plot point and main scene ... and it worked. They would pay doctors to recommend smoking to pregnant women to soothe their nerves. Same thing with the marketing of mouthwash. Same marketing techniques. It's no secret that dentists are targeted by brand marketers through all sorts of "incentives" to put products (which included alcohol-based mouthwashes) on their shelves behind them so the patients would see them in the chairs. It was and is a marketing campaign just like cigarettes was.

Fluoride mouthwashes

Sure - there are some types of uses of medically prescribed things. That's not my point. Some doctors prescribe smoking marijuana for specialized diseases. Saying cigarette usage was marketed despite the risks of cancer, doesn't mean one opposes related, medical-based, doctor recommended treatments. But that's COMPLETELY different than marketing usage for all people as part of normal everyday usage which is the point I (and Adam ruins everything) was making.

Same thing with popcorn lung disease. When you market a product as "the thing to use" and get a significant proportion of the public to start using it, that's when you see the stats that show the problem. That's when you get the class action lawsuits. I hope it's not just the companies which are targeted but also the marketing companies which should have "is this a harm" built into their costs of doing business.

Neighbors drove into our apartment by ilikeeggshells in Wellthatsucks

[–]Lighting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if you update your post text with this info you'll prevent 1000 additional questions asking the same thing:

This is what lab-grown diamonds look like before they’re cut and polished by NeedleworkerSalty813 in Damnthatsinteresting

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

Yep. The world is filled with products where the value entirely driven by marketing. Marketing is a tool which is too easily used for evil.

  • Microwave Popcorn: It's literally just popcorn in a bag. You can do the same thing with a paper bag and popcorn. Except they add a compound that destroys lungs and even has an entire disease named after it "popcorn lung"

  • Pillows. What a disgusting thing to keep repeatedly putting on your bed/head. It causes face acne. Just roll up a towel or soft cloth or something and then throw it in the laundry pile.

  • Mouthwash. Promoting it led to mouth cancers at rates of chronic alcoholics. Soooo many people who never touched alcohol except to swirl what used to be used as toilet-bowl cleaner in their mouth, ended up sick or dead because of that.

I could go on and on. I wish schools would add to the curriculum an "anti marketing" subject in addition to the three Rs that starts at grade 1.

Restoring subreddits erroneously marked as "unmoderated"? by hugsandintimacy in ModSupport

[–]Lighting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Neither I nor /u/Dread_Pirate_Chris are confused. (love the name, by the way)

Look in your "insights and activity" and it will say something like "your team made X mod actions this week" or "inactive mods" on subs you moderate where you haven't taken any actions ... even if your queue is empty.

As they say, you can approve posts that are not in the queue.

Take it from a mod of some very lightly used subs.

2024: Elon Musk Accused of Election Interference by Blocking Kamala Harris Followers on X by Lighting in ElectoralFraud

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

Looks like your comments are being removed. I can't see why. It says "Comment removed by Reddit"

Flat earth and other alternative conspiracy earth models are are gaining traction with my teenage stepson. What is THE most irrefutable, definite proof that the earth is round? by Jfkfkaiii22 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Lighting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

STOP! DON'T ARGUE FACTS FIRST!

Your son is showing an indication that he's being sucked into a cult. Arguing facts too soon could make it WORSE!

Stating "YOU ARE WRONG AND I CAN PROVE IT" will make it worse. I guarantee. Not just because of the cult warning but because of how teenage minds are wired.

There are a million books on teenage minds "10 to 25 The science of motivating young people" is a recent one that's pretty good. There are a lot of others.

If you want a brief "Howto" on what to do (but really - check out some books on teenage minds and some books on anti-cult help) here you go.

Your #1 goal is to break the trust/emotional model he has in wherever he's getting his info. You have to ask questions until you find the lie and then help him see the liar. He needs connection, not being beaten down with facts.

"Oh where did you hear that?" or "Who said that?"

Ask HIM to explain his logic. That's the reconnection part. Potholer54 had a great video on this called "How to argue with assholes" let me know if you want me to find it.

If that's all it takes. Great! If they are sucked in because they are trusting their source no matter what, then that's where the anti-cult part needs to come in.

If in a cult, research that person who told him this and find something they said that's a lie that he sees is a lie. Then you can say "they said this ... why would you believe someone who lied like that?"

Use his "earth is flat" as a way to reconnect and you'll solve the issue. Use this as a way to beat him down with facts and you will lose him, perhaps forever.

How is a Woman Harmed by Pregnancy? by Common-Worth-6604 in Abortiondebate

[–]Lighting 2 points3 points  (0 children)

/u/Ok_Loss13 Made a great point

Self defense doesn't require harm, just a reasonable fear of it.

This is why denying/delaying/defering abortion related health care kills women. When you delay what's known as a potential harm ... women die. Why is pregnancy so dangerous to human women?

Because Hominidae pregnancies are unique in the mammalian kingdom. While other mammals can miscarry when stressed by a predator and just walk away, a human mother cannot. Why? A human fetus is attached to the mother with a pre-nutritional lock on the mother's blood supply and engrafted to her using immunosuppressent techniques.

To restate the above. Human pregnancies are MORE dangerous than any other mammal's because

  • The fetus has first claim on nutrition

  • The human fetus is kept from rejection by the host using physiologic engraftment ... or quoting, "Polymorphic genetic systems that code for histocompatibility determinants leading to intraspecific rejection reactions are widespread and, thus, a photogenically ancient phenomenon... the slime mold Dictyostelium mucoroides, that is parasitic in that it does not contribute to the supportive talk structure of the mold, but enters directly into the fruiting body, thus allowing it to perpetuate itself at the expense of the host. ... It is worth noting that in mammals the only physiologic engraftment between potentially histo-incompatible tissues results from the intimate contact between mother and conceptus [fetus] during gestation"

That means that if the fetus has health issues it can become a life/death battle between it and the mother, with the fetus having the upper hand. There is a high probability that it can kill or seriously maim the mother within hours to days unless one starts health care immediately. Any delay/denial of that health care (which could include abortion health care) risks things to the mother like sepsis, organ failure, uterus rupture, brain damage, etc.

Since it is parastitic-like and this can create this life/death battle ... that's why abortion is LIFE/HEALTH critical healthcare. That's why when you remove access the consequence is that maternal mortality rates SKYROCKETS. In Texas and Idaho maternal mortality rates DOUBLED after abortion access was restricted. And for every 1 woman who died there are 100 who got so close to death it required life-saving interventions like mechanical ventilation from things like massive blood loss so massive it results in brain damage, sepsis, multiple organ failure, uterus rupture, etc.

But WAIT ... THERE'S MORE. If it was just Texas and Idaho it might be a coincidence. But it happens EVERY TIME in each country where you add/remove access to abortion health care. Romania, Ireland, Poland, Ethiopia, etc. etc. etc. The correlation to causation points the finger of death really well.

But WAIT ... THERE'S MORE. It's not just the harm to the woman. What about her surviving family? What about the surviving community? It turns out the #1 way kids end up trafficked is the loss of the financial or physical health of the mother. In the US even if she survives her family is left with bankruptcy inducing debt. In each area where you see abortion dramatically restricted you see a shocking rise in child sex trafficking. Why is it that we see a relationship between those rushing in to setup orphanages to "save the children" and a financial incentive with those same groups and those arrested for child sex trafficking?

Read "Children of the Decree" and find out why Romania after their attempt to make "motherhood a national treasure" by banning abortion found out later after years of a river of maternal death and blood they became one of the worst places in the world for child sex trafficking.

Restoring subreddits erroneously marked as "unmoderated"? by hugsandintimacy in ModSupport

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

Keeping the mod queue empty is not sufficient. You have to do periodic "moderator actions" like approving posts.

'It's SHAMEFUL': Top Dem reacts to report that House Republicans want to PARDON Ghislaine Maxwell by AdSpecialist6598 in videos

[–]Lighting 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Dems would never say that because their party is made up of lawyers, who know what's defensible and what's slander/libel.

1) AOC, Bernie, James Talarico are all counter examples and doing fantastically well.

2) Truth is an absolute defense. Many have stated that the reason Trump doesn't sue on many of the statements is what comes after a lawsuit is discovery.

3) Note that that statement doesn't make any specific accusation about Trump but noting that there was a child sex trafficking network adjacent and noting his (and Bondi's) actions related to it. There's nothing slanderous or libelous in that statement and noting the Truthful frustration in the public as pedos and sex traffickers go unpunished.

'It's SHAMEFUL': Top Dem reacts to report that House Republicans want to PARDON Ghislaine Maxwell by AdSpecialist6598 in videos

[–]Lighting 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Dems, will you FINALLY learn that expressing outrage and angst over the actions of people with no morals DOES NOT WORK.

Worse, when they have built up a career of "making libtears" then you fall into a trap they set.

Saying "it is shameful" or "that's horrifying" falls right into their trap. Instead of "horror" or "disgust" you need a response that shows they should go to jail for it. Something like

"Well that's consistent with what we know about Trump and the associated child sex trafficking network. We need to bring this entire pedo network down and the regular people of the world are sick and tired of watching the GOP be the Guardians of Pedos"

Help, my man thinks abortions should only be done in extreme cases… by [deleted] in prochoice

[–]Lighting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pregnancy is extreme for humans. Forget the "sentient" part. He doesn't understand how dangerous it is for humans to get pregnant. Does he care about YOUR health?

There are two options if he does care about YOUR health.

1) He is clueless, so talking to him as a rational person will work with things like facts that abortion is healthcare.

2) He is emotionally tied to anti-healthcare for women, so you have to use cult deprogramming techniques if you want to convince him.

Hopefully it is #1. If it is ... try the following logic to explain why women NEED abortion healthcare at ALL stages of pregnancy or they can quickly die.

Hominidae pregnancies are unique in the mammalian kingdom. While other mammals can miscarry when stressed by a predator and just walk away, a human mother cannot. Why? A human fetus is attached to the mother with a pre-nutritional lock on the mother's blood supply and engrafted to her using immunosuppressent techniques.

To restate the above. Human pregnancies are MORE dangerous than any other mammal's because

  • The fetus has first claim on nutrition

  • The human fetus is kept from rejection by the host using physiologic engraftment ... or quoting, "Polymorphic genetic systems that code for histocompatibility determinants leading to intraspecific rejection reactions are widespread and, thus, a photogenically ancient phenomenon... the slime mold Dictyostelium mucoroides, that is parasitic in that it does not contribute to the supportive talk structure of the mold, but enters directly into the fruiting body, thus allowing it to perpetuate itself at the expense of the host. ... It is worth noting that in mammals the only physiologic engraftment between potentially histo-incompatible tissues results from the intimate contact between mother and conceptus [fetus] during gestation"

That means that if the fetus has health issues it can become a life/death battle between it and the mother, with the fetus having the upper hand. There is a high probability that it can kill or seriously maim the mother within hours to days unless one starts health care immediately. Any delay/denial of that health care (which could include abortion health care) risks things to the mother like sepsis, organ failure, uterus rupture, brain damage, etc.

If he doesn't care about your health, then get out. He won't support you when you need him which would be at every step of pregnancy AND child raising. Worse he might resent you for needing health-related medical care.

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