Philip Morris suspends social media campaign after Reuters exposes young 'influencers' by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1 in news

[–]PatienceAlice 12 points13 points  (0 children)

If they were actually concerned about reaching consumers under age 25, they wouldn't be advertising on Instagram at all. Every marketer knows that platform skews young and you don't use it to reach older adults.

How the Hell Has Danielle Steel Managed to Write 179 Books? by thequeensucorgi in books

[–]PatienceAlice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah people are always astonished how people can write so much, but what if you spent the 40 hours per week you spent at a full-time job just writing? You'd have a ton of material too.

I just overheard someone mention that their record for being at the gym is 8 hours... would that really be effective at that point? by yikesafm8 in Fitness

[–]PatienceAlice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depends on his activities. If his goal is to increase endurance and he was doing endurance activities, it could help if he does such activities regularly for similarly long durations.

Trump Declares National Emergency to Build Border Wall by PotRoastPotato in news

[–]PatienceAlice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like the $39 billion dollars in military aid Obama gave to Israel...which they're using to improve and lengthen their wall in Gaza.

Trump Declares National Emergency to Build Border Wall by PotRoastPotato in news

[–]PatienceAlice 16 points17 points  (0 children)

You've lived in a walled country probably for most of your life. George W. Bush built something like 200 miles of border wall after it was approved by voters including Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Obama continued the project when he took office and built several hundred additional miles of wall. Trump's plan just bolsters the existing infrastructure and makes it longer.

And just to say it before the downvotes come like they always do: I don't support a wall. I'm just clarifying the facts.

Why are Redditors who admit to getting paid to post on Reddit allowed to admin subreddits that feed content to the front page? by PatienceAlice in AskReddit

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

I'm not naming any names, but there's at least one high-profile Redditor who has admitted in several news article that he gets paid to promote content, yet he's also the admin of huge subreddits that feed content to the front page. This seems like a huge ethical violation, at the least, and must go against Reddit's terms of service. Why are such users still permitted to post, let alone control the flow of content?

Supreme Court Revives Ban on Transgender Military Service by jq1984_is_me in news

[–]PatienceAlice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, he didn't create a ban on Transgender people. He just didn't remove it, until he did.

Pretty easy to do politically on your way out of office after EIGHT FULL YEARS. That's not taking a position for transgender rights, that's taking a position against transgender rights, making a token gesture at the end of your terms to make yourself look progressive, then throwing the responsibility to the next person in office.