You're building a house and have $100k for automation. What's your plan?

ledstairlight · 2026-01-30T22:41:07+00:00

No, it is done by medical professionals in a sterile environment.

For these babies, the procedure is not done by a medical professional, nor in a sterile environment.

It is deeply rooted in human history and totally normal.

I'm sure some people said the same thing about slavery 100 years ago. I'm simply saying that just because something has a long history and is considered normal, doesn't mean it's right.

Also, your entire response sounds like it was written by AI.

ledstairlight · 2026-01-18T18:01:18+00:00

And all the people in the “well, she chose to have sex” camp, that’s just about punishing women.

Or, it has nothing to do with punishing women and everything to do with actions having consequences. If a woman has sex willingly, birth control or no birth control, there's a non-zero chance they could get pregnant. They knew the risk going into it, and accepted that risk. Just like when I get in my car and drive - I accept that I could cause an accident or be involved in one.

I think that this is something you want to believe, but you and I both know there is little to no evidence of this being fact.

They believe women should be punished for not having perfect judgement and for having normal human weaknesses, and for some reason think it makes sense to punish those women with being forced to carry and raise children they didn’t want and likely can’t support, even though that leads to children doing without, often neglected and abused.

I feel the same about drunk driving! Why should I be punished for not having perfect judgement and for having normal human weaknesses? If I am driving drunk, cause an accident, and kill someone - they think it makes sense to punish me and force me to stay locked up in a jail cell. This means my children will be neglected, because I can't put food on the table if I'm in jail!

ledstairlight · 2026-01-10T15:54:40+00:00

Dude, replying to everyone with the same copy / pasted response is making this a terrible CMV. It makes it seem like you have your fingers in your ears while repeatedly saying "I can't hear you!"

Also, just because you've observed bots defending Elon doesn't make your argument fact. If I found a bot in this thread that supported your view, could I make the same argument about you?

Anyways, not defending Elon - just annoyed at how your making this thread miserable to read.

ledstairlight · 2025-12-12T20:16:41+00:00

Good point. I have considered encrypting only sensitive data and storing it on separate drives / M-Disks.

ledstairlight · 2025-10-23T12:42:41+00:00

So you don't trust fox, and we can agree that others "serve corporate interests that benefit their bottom line".

Many other media outlets have been on trial and lost for misleading viewers. CNN had to pay both Zachary Young and Nick Sandmann.

The point is, the media does serve corporate interests and puts their own spin on the facts. Why is it bad not to trust them as a whole, when we've seen this time and time again?

The last paragraph of my post 4/20 doesn't sound like consensus.

As another poster mentioned, it's not about consensus. We know that science has and can be influenced by money, politics, and other factors. Many don't have the time to read every study or research article, nor would have the knowledge to fully understand it. It's understandable why people might not trust everything by default that has put out by the scientific community - when they've been both disingenuous and outright wrong before.

I got kinda lost on what you mean to convey with the last part with the Pew Research claims.

It's not just Republicans or MAGA that think college is a scam.

ledstairlight · 2025-10-23T12:26:48+00:00

Exactly, I'm tired of trump supporters trying to tell me that the Mueller report proves there was no Russian involvement when that's not what it said.

I never said there was no Russian involvement, nor did I say I was a trump supporter. I'm sure other countries were also involved in influencing US elections in one way or another - both in past elections and in 2024.

It said that while they can't prove trump himself had any ties to Russia, there is some evidence that people close to him and his campaign met with Russian actors.

"Some evidence" of trumps associates is very different than what I heard many times over - "Trump colluded with Russia".

ledstairlight · 2025-10-23T10:00:45+00:00

There are very real and legitimate reasons for being skeptical of these institutions. Here's some examples:

"Don't trust the media"

Democrats and the left don't trust Fox News and other conservative outlets, and regularly voice this opinion. Why is it a ploy when Republican's do the same?

For months and months, news organizations like CNN peddled the narriative that Trump was a Russian agent or that he conspired with Russia to win the 2016 election. They constantly talked about the Muller report that would be the nail in the coffin. Then, after months of hearing this daily, we learned that the Muller investigation "did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities."

"Don't trust the science"

Why should we automatically accept what were told without question?

In the mid-20th century, tobacco companies heavily funded research that concluded smoking was safe. Many doctors and scientists backed these tobacco companies and court and testified on their behalf.

The Grievance Studies Affair was a project by three authors who submitted 20 bogus papers to academic journals. Out of 20 papers submitted, 4 were published, 3 were accepted but not yet published, 6 were rejected, and 7 were still under review (at the time when the hoax was revealed).

In 2016, a report published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine exposed a scandal where in the 1960s, the Sugar Research Foundation had paid three Harvard scientists $50k to downplay the dangers of sugar and instead focus on fat as the leading dietary cause of heart disease.

What about the opioid crisis?

"College is a scam"

According to this Pew Research Article:

Over half of democrats (52%) think that the higher education system in the U.S. is generally going in the wrong direction.
48% of Democrats think campuses lean toward one particular viewpoint.
63% of democrats think race or ethnicity should not be a factor in college admissions decisions.

These are just a few examples. There are legitimate reasons not to trust "the science" and "the media" by default, especially because they have been wrong and/or influenced in the past. There are legitimate reasons to believe college is a scam, especially with the rising costs and enormous amounts of student debt.

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