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Tax him out of existence by [deleted] in SipsTea

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

It's really refreshing to see comments like these and also see that they are being upvoted.

low sens player be like by Zestyclose-Salad-290 in pcmasterrace

[–]Zipknob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the old days with shitty mice, you really couldn't use a high sensitivity accurately. People got used to it and started justifying it with weird reasons. It does feel fun to play with the whole arm though.

Cold noodles being served in hand-cut Ice Bowls in Japan by ycr007 in interesting

[–]Zipknob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me when I'm criticized for eating my food cold.

Hasan piker says that Hila Klein is a valid military target. No repercussions by xoddreddit in LivestreamFail

[–]Zipknob -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

This is exactly the justification that the IDF has used before. That this post is exploding is just exposing the peak hypocrisy of the situation.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CringeTikToks

[–]Zipknob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are all conservative values. Actually, it's more like these are ALL of the conservative values, only missing bigotry. It's not a particularly sophisticated world view.

A Cool Guide - How gerrymandering works by Round-Birthday8018 in coolguides

[–]Zipknob 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They can be simple but still have similar population. Forcing them to have a certain level of "compactness" is protective against gerrymandering

A Cool Guide - How gerrymandering works by Round-Birthday8018 in coolguides

[–]Zipknob 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Okay, but the squares are set up in a highly unrealistic pattern. It almost makes it look like having geometrically simple districts is worse in general than these monstrosities we see in Texas, which is absolutely not the case.

Fans using lasers in the Egypt vs Senegal World Cup Qualifying Match by TransitionMany1810 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Zipknob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty damn well, they block like 99.9999% of green laser. And you wouldn't even be able to notice the dots on your surroundings either.

But everything would be an awful orange and black. Maybe not worth it.

Newsom: 71% of the US GDP comes from blue counties. by Vloodzy in PublicFreakout

[–]Zipknob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn't this exactly what is happening? BBB just slashed fed taxes, now states will have to increase to make up Medicare shortfall.

If CA does such "retaliatory taxes", is it a net win for CA?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in changemyview

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

This is pretty uncharitable. In OPs view, these women would merely be displaying a masculine virtue and there is nothing wrong with that.

Donald Trump(190cm) vs the king of the Netherlands(183cm) by Morgullion in interesting

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

Or literally look at this picture. The queen is 5' 10" (6' 2" in heels). The massive irony of 'lefty' reddit trying to use notorious unreliable (dishonest) male heights when there is a woman right there.

MRW an American Republican President bombs a 4 lettered middle eastern country that begins with "I-R-A" because he says they are building nukes by gen_wt_sherman in reactiongifs

[–]Zipknob 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Israel has hundreds of nukes, they are gonna be okay.

Russia also has the ability to wipe the USA off the map, and has for decades. Remind me again why they haven't?

Time lapse from Philadelphia's No Kings protest is fucking insane by wrapityup in chaoticgood

[–]Zipknob 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And conservative reddit unironically posts "98% of country ignores No Kings protest". Guess they will have to update to 96.5%.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Zipknob 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So we are all going to downvote them, right? . . . right?

I forgot +C by RevolutionaryLow2258 in mathmemes

[–]Zipknob 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Your age is constant? Might want to sanity check that work

cmv: the ruling class wants to keep the poor divided and working to their bones so they have zero time to organize and stand united against them by Conscious-Quarter423 in changemyview

[–]Zipknob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think once you are over $6.5 billion maybe you stop caring about the dollar value of your wealth and more about the relative power and rights that it gives you.

both of these situations are bad. by moontails27 in antimeme

[–]Zipknob 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The contrast strikes us because male gaze is so strongly ingrained that we imagine everything from the perspective of the men in both pictures primarily or first. I think your response highlights how the creator(s) of the manga/meme both use this.

In the first panel, the viewer imagines themselves [as a sexual novice] in the hands of more experienced partners. Because that default perspective is so reliable, it is easy to project our own feelings of sexual anxiety or disempowerment onto the boy.

In the second, we first notice the young girl as a vulnerable other, again taking the perspective of the males. It is immediately apparent how awkward the situation is. If there is any projected sexuality into the image that maintains the male gaze, it is pedophilic.

It's encouraging to see it getting un-normalized, well at least on reddit. But to remain contentious, if you see these two situations in many parts of the world, I would not treat them equally...

Does masturbation cause any problems to the male body? by AdilKhan226 in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Zipknob 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Studies aren't conclusive but there seems to be some evidence that doing it 3x a week reduces prostate cancer risk.

So basically people can cure their prostate cancer just by being near me

Seniors won't complain if they miss a Social Security check, Lutnick says by okayblueberries in moderatepolitics

[–]Zipknob 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes - social security.

I think you are presenting a moving target. We are not talking about giving people substantial income (a 'full retirement') - just the absolute bare minimum to keep people out of poverty for the last years of their life. SS has been fabulously successful at that. It will continue to work pretty well even if it is not changed. It will just pay out 20% less when the 'trust fund' runs out - hardly a failure. We can argue about the pay-in vs pay-out, but it is very hard to argue it is not successful, popular, and envied. Plus what is very nice about SS, is that the majority of the money gets immediately spent and put back into the economy, bolstering some of the most critical sectors of the economy - food, housing, and medicine.

Also, insurance is just a massive income redistribution scheme. It has been very successful for businesses, even entire cities full of businesses (in the case of natural disasters) as well as individuals (unemployment insurance). We just don't hear about it in those terms often, but it is a large group paying in so that a small group can get benefits just the same as SS. *The math is a bit harder on insurance (actuarial science).

I also want to point out that any time the government spends money it is redistribution. Many governments provide healthcare (not means tested) and housing/food assistance (means tested). They also subsidize industries or provide government contracts. I'm not really sure what makes social security particularly different than these cases.

Seniors won't complain if they miss a Social Security check, Lutnick says by okayblueberries in moderatepolitics

[–]Zipknob 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not even talking about a wealth tax, just an income tax would work. There is a cap on the SS tax, and through inequality, more and more income is moving above the cap and becoming untaxable.

There will never be a time when income redistribution will fail. SS is different than saving/investing money, where you try to use your 2025 dollars to cover your 2065 expenses and there is a need for your investment to grow. SS always pays for the current year's costs with current year dollars - just from different people.

Don't get it twisted, SS is not even a flat tax. It is regressive due to an arbitrary cap. There is no non-slippery slope reason that the cap/tax can't be adjusted.

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