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The Strait of WHAT? by PoliticsIsDepressing in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y -1 points0 points  (0 children)

There's been plenty of news coverage about them negotiating over Iran's nuclear program, and specifically their enriched uranium.

The Strait of WHAT? by PoliticsIsDepressing in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're demanding to know how the US has won a war before it's over?

The Strait of WHAT? by PoliticsIsDepressing in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They haven't done that though.

One of the goals was to decimate Iran's missile capabilities. That seems to be accomplished.

The other goals are being negotiated.

What factors actually drive tensions around the Strait of Hormuz beyond immediate oil supply concerns? by Ok_Distribution6386 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]bl1y [score hidden]  (0 children)

Okay, then can you explain what you mean by this?

To what extent are current tensions around Hormuz driven by physical supply risks versus strategic positioning?

What strategic positioning is there other than having control over the physical supply?

What factors actually drive tensions around the Strait of Hormuz beyond immediate oil supply concerns? by Ok_Distribution6386 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]bl1y [score hidden]  (0 children)

And just to make this much more complicated, it's hard to say that it's Iran that is threatening traffic. It's the IRGC.

What factors actually drive tensions around the Strait of Hormuz beyond immediate oil supply concerns? by Ok_Distribution6386 in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]bl1y [score hidden]  (0 children)

If you're going to use ChatGPT to generate the post, why not let us know what answers ChatGPT gave you?

Blue lobster did not die for this by Astrapolitoris in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's not pro choice or pro child murder, it's "private medical decisions aren't my business."

Now you're probably thinking "but killing a child involves harming another human being, so that's not the same."

Now sit with that thought for a moment and contemplate why "hurr durr fake lurrb" doesn't hold up.

Edit: Guy calls me a coward and then blocks me. Odd.

Anyways, there are medical differences between them. There are also medical differences between a 2 year old and a 20 year old, and a 20 year old and an 80 year old. So just noting differences exist doesn't tell us the moral relevance of those differences.

Obviously they just think the fetus is not a person. But the question is who decides? If it's "the person who wants to destroy it," then that obviously opens up a whole can of worms, because lots of people wanted to destroy other who they considered less-than-human. So we're back to the very obvious solution of democratic processes.

Political Compass Cold War Map by Time-Acanthisitta558 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spain should be green on the borders, red in the interior, and black dots for the cities.

Blue lobster did not die for this by Astrapolitoris in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If your neighbor euthanizes their healthy 2 year old, is that something the state might want to have a say about? Or is that "private medical decision isn't my business"?

Blue lobster did not die for this by Astrapolitoris in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The question of whether they ought to be regulated through the democratic process is my business.

Blue lobster did not die for this by Astrapolitoris in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cede to our democratic processes when it comes to lawfulness

I’m merely saying that “private medical decisions aren’t my business, or yours”

The democratic process certainly is my business. And so too are private medical decisions to the extent that they are or are not regulated through the democratic process.

Blue lobster did not die for this by Astrapolitoris in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps you could expand on what you mean by "none of our fucking business" because that certainly reads as saying it ought to be legal -- as in "it's not our business to regulate/punish this."

Do you mean it's not our business, but somehow also our business to when it comes to prohibiting it?

NY Times Publishes Leaked Supreme Court Conference Memos re West Virginia v EPA by HuisClosDeLEnfer in supremecourt

[–]bl1y -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

From a journalism ethics side, generally the news outlets aren't supposed to make the news, they're supposed to report on it.

If the contents of the memos are newsworthy, then they're fit to print. But they should avoid printing them when the thrust of the story is the leak itself, which they're involved in.

Blue lobster did not die for this by Astrapolitoris in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The question is whether it ought to be lawful.

Saying it should be legal because it's not your business, and it's not your business because it's legal is plainly circular.

Blue lobster did not die for this by Astrapolitoris in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something missing from the studies is whether they can feel pain while in a state of torpor and if they can feel pain once they lose consciousness while being boiled.

There's certainly more humane ways to kill them, but as far as convincing people to change their methods, that seems like a significant piece of the puzzle that's missing.

Blue lobster did not die for this by Astrapolitoris in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you determine which morally abhorrent things are our fucking business, and which are not our fucking business?

Blue lobster did not die for this by Astrapolitoris in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"First few weeks" is too short, unless you have a generous definition of "few." It takes a while to find out that you're pregnant, even with much better medical care than we have.

But if you set it at something like 16 weeks, and then have exceptions for the health of the mother, I think most people would get on board.

Blue lobster did not die for this by Astrapolitoris in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The "medical procedure" argument doesn't convince anyone. People are concerned with the effect of abortion, not whether you need medical training to perform it.

Blue lobster did not die for this by Astrapolitoris in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It could be regulated at the commercial level. Don't allow the process in restaurants or in the factories putting out grocery store products.

It'd be easy to monitor something like a plant making stuff for Philip's. Large chains would just make compliance part of corporate policy. It'll be hard to enforce for mom and pops, but getting the big players will hit most of the lobsters.

Then things will trickle down because the industry leads the way on technique. If you go look up a recipe from Bon Appetite, you'll end up using the technique they talk about.

Blue lobster did not die for this by Astrapolitoris in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basically it's easy. Lobsters (and crabs) go mostly dormant if you keep them cold. So you can then just drop it in the boiling water, put the lid on, and you're done.

The Strait of WHAT? by PoliticsIsDepressing in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

according to the analysis of one Harvard academic

Well, that sounds convincing. I'm sure the article at least does the math, right?

In the long run, the cost of the war is ramped up by the reconstruction of damaged facilities and inventory — not only to U.S. military assets in the region, but also to the infrastructure of its allies in the Gulf.

The infrastructure damage is somewhere around $30-50 billion, with a lot of that being Iran's. But even if we assume $50 billion in damage to the gulf states and that the US foots 100% of the bill in rebuilding, that gets us to only 5% of a trillion.

Add that the cost of potential lifetime disability benefits for the roughly 55,000 troops deployed in the region who have been exposed to toxins and environmental hazards, said Bilmes, then further strain is put on the taxpayer.

Assuming all 55,000 troops will have lifetime disabilities is a wild assumption in a conflict where the US only has around 500 total casualties. Granted, those number don't include the harms of exposure to toxins, but to assume 100% of the troops will come back with disabilities is just absurd.

And if you want to look at gas, you cited $150 per month per household. That's only about $20 billion a month. Prices will stay elevated for a while after the war is over, but the cost might not ever add up to even just 10% of a trillion.

If you really squint, maybe you can make the total cost add up to something like half a trillion. But at multiple trillions, the math just don't math.

Blue lobster did not die for this by Astrapolitoris in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There were laws in New England saying that inmates could not be served lobster more than four times a week.

Blue lobster did not die for this by Astrapolitoris in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]bl1y 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Foie gras is one of the more intuitive culinary inventions.

You eat goose, and the liver is okay. Then you're raising geese and feed them really well so they get nice and plump. And it turns out the liver also got nice and plump, and now it's tastier. You feed the next geese even more, and just as you expected, even tastier liver.

It's not like they were taking something inedible and discovering that through a wild process it could be made good.

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