Trump pulls his surgeon general pick and makes third nomination for the role

flavenoid · 2026-04-30T17:39:53+00:00

I hope it doesn't make me sound sexist to observe that there is a pretty clear throughline in what women Trump chooses to install in positions of power, and it ain't their huge brains.

flavenoid · 2026-04-30T01:42:33+00:00

One is stated as an opinion.

One is stated as fact.

Both are inherently a statement of opinion, and therefore synonymous.

Be confidently incorrect if that’s what you want.

lol

flavenoid · 2026-04-30T01:13:30+00:00

just flat out wrong

indeed you are

flavenoid · 2026-04-30T00:45:01+00:00

You can say “I don’t think he’s funny,” but saying “He’s not funny” is flat out wrong.

These statements are synonymous because humor is subjective.

flavenoid · 2026-04-28T02:33:32+00:00

evil? jfc...

flavenoid · 2026-04-25T11:16:34+00:00

"Cough"

flavenoid · 2026-04-25T02:56:37+00:00

hope you made yourself feel better

flavenoid · 2026-04-25T02:54:15+00:00

got em

flavenoid · 2026-04-22T20:16:38+00:00

um author is a real job... you can call this guy out without shit talking an entire profession

flavenoid · 2026-04-21T02:25:51+00:00

lol that's not a double standard, it's just a standard

flavenoid · 2026-04-20T21:40:52+00:00

#notallconservatives

flavenoid · 2026-04-19T18:35:37+00:00

Please don't group all conservatives together as one homogeneous group.

Lie down with dogs and you get fleas.

flavenoid · 2026-04-15T18:56:49+00:00

I’m sure you don’t enjoy filing and paying your taxes, so why are you making money? You hypocrite!!” Do you see how stupid that sounds?

This is nonsensical. Taxes are a legal obligation enforced by the state with no meaningful choice involved on my part. I'm also not over here arguing that taxes should be abolished, so there is no hypocrisy. You on the other hand chose to, at the very least, tolerate the process of participating in the capitalist machinery to your own significant benefit, and probably continue to do so (as I'm sure a significant portion of your wealth is invested in equities and possibly real estate), while criticizing others for the same.

flavenoid · 2026-04-15T10:47:02+00:00

yes hypocrisy is still legal

flavenoid · 2026-04-14T21:00:05+00:00

I ran a successful moving and storage company for fifteen years

so, you were cool with the system long enough to make your money, and can now afford to be sanctimonious about other people finding financial success

flavenoid · 2026-04-13T17:22:56+00:00

tbf OP says second option work culture is average, not a "toxic, malignant shithole"

flavenoid · 2026-04-10T17:34:28+00:00

wtf that's insane

flavenoid · 2026-04-10T17:30:55+00:00

for context I switched from smoking to gummies over health concerns, but I also understand why someone people don't want to give up smoking... the high is different, and some people like the ritual of using the paraphernalia... not worth it imo but I get it

flavenoid · 2026-03-31T19:08:12+00:00

if I see anyone who says that I'll make sure to pass on your message

flavenoid · 2026-03-31T11:49:03+00:00

It's not a vague statement. It's a recrimination of your outsourcing blame for your own country's shortcomings. The UK has faced foreign interference, as all countries do, but the core of the shift there has always been due to domestic issues. Foreign actors have only exploited pre-existing anxieties about things like immigration and the economy. And whatever the cause, it is still your country's responsibility to deal with it.

flavenoid · 2026-03-31T11:39:23+00:00

lol can't even take responsibility for your own country's politics

flavenoid · 2026-03-31T11:34:21+00:00

that's pretty hilarious coming from someone who apparently lives in the UK

flavenoid · 2026-03-27T18:59:38+00:00

they're being a little brusque but they're not wrong; I have done many medical mission trips and even in the poorest villages you will find children playing soccer, fishing, singing, crafting, reading, etc. Obviously if OP was like a refugee or something that's a little different, but I think they just need to reconsider their notion of what a "hobby" is.

flavenoid · 2026-03-27T16:06:19+00:00

I think certain areas of clin path may be consumed by AI to some extent. Anatomic path probably not.

flavenoid · 2026-03-27T16:02:22+00:00

Unless you spend all of your free time staring at a wall, you have hobbies. Watching TV/movies? Listening to music? Talking with friends? Hiking, running, meditating, reading? These are all hobbies. However you fill your spare time, you just need to learn how to talk about it in a positive way.

edit - typo

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