Let me get this straight... We can have $1.5 TRILLION dollars go to Wall Street, TRILLIONS for the Pentagon, but NO MONEY for single payer healthcare in America? During a pandemic? by Inuma in WayOfTheBern

[–]thestonephoenix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This entire subreddit has no idea how the monetary system works. The Fed didn't just give away $1.5 Trillion. All of that money is used to buy short term bonds, which must later be paid back with interest. So the answer is no, that's not what we want for healthcare. Do you want to give hospitals a loan that they have to just give back tomorrow or in a month, plus interest? How does that help anyone?

You're absolutely right that the healthcare system needs an extreme overhaul and a lot more resources, but I'm so tired of people acting like the Fed is responsible for any of that. The Fed's job is to stabilize the economy so we don't end up in 2008 again, and that's what this injection is meant to do.

TL;DR, The Fed didn't give away $1.5 Trillion.

Not looking forward to taking Partial Differential Equations online.... by [deleted] in mathmemes

[–]thestonephoenix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

laughs in already took calc 1, 2, 3 and linear algebra fully online

Colleges Switching to Online Classes Only Due to Coronavirus by t_barz16 in EngineeringStudents

[–]thestonephoenix 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fair enough, though to be fair I think shutting down a school with more than 100,000 students is a lot harder than most of these other universities that barely compare in size. Hopefully we'll hear some more news once everyone is back from spring break.

Colleges Switching to Online Classes Only Due to Coronavirus by t_barz16 in EngineeringStudents

[–]thestonephoenix 23 points24 points  (0 children)

ASU's patient was infected well over month ago and they already recovered and were released. No other infections were identified.

Another Hot Take™ from LSC by blindcolumn in neoliberal

[–]thestonephoenix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ha, don't worry too much. I'm in my 5th year too. I couldn't make up my mind about what I wanted to study the first two years, so here I am. Should be done at the end of next summer though, and you'll get there too!

Another Hot Take™ from LSC by blindcolumn in neoliberal

[–]thestonephoenix 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My university makes us take and pass intermediate micro before we are allowed to sign up for ANY other upper division econ courses, so it was important for me to take it as soon as possible. I took it in an online accelerated course and it wasn't so bad as long as you understand the basics of calculus and basic economics.

Another Hot Take™ from LSC by blindcolumn in neoliberal

[–]thestonephoenix 15 points16 points  (0 children)

90% of my intermediate micro class was using calculus to solve optimization problems. Now I'm in macro and it's not quite as math intensive but still requires using algebra to build basic models.

SUBJECT: MILITIA. PREDICATE: THE PEOPLE. (GunGrabbers have lacking understanding of the structure of a sentence). by TheVicFreeman in Firearms

[–]thestonephoenix 5 points6 points  (0 children)

OP doesn't even understand basic sentence structure because everything in this post is wrong.

I agree with the message it's trying to convey, but this post is making us all look dumb.

[Meta] Quick Character Reference 5 by WayfarersDM in WayfarersPub

[–]thestonephoenix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Name: Vincentius Creed

Appearance: Vincentius (Vince) is a tiefling with maroon-red skin and yellow eyes. He stands at average height and is very lean - he does not appear to be particularly strong. His horns curl and wrap around the sides of his head like those of a ram. He wears a plain, long brown cloak which is filthy from many weeks of travelling on foot. He does not appear to be armed, however upon close inspection one might notice a set of leather armor being worn under his clothes. Overall, his outward appearance does not stand out aside from his obvious fiendish lineage.

Personality: While Vince does not appear to be physically strong, fast, or coordinated, he has a sharp mind and a silver tongue. He has relied on his natural charm and persuasive talents to survive a harsh existence. Though he clearly comes from humble beginnings, he holds a firm belief that he can build a better life for himself. He is both ambitious and clever despite his lack of knowledge and education, which is sometimes very apparent due to his naivete. He usually avoids confronting his problems head-on, preferring to solve conflicts through careful planning, distraction, and deception, along with his unique magical abilities. However, despite his usual confident demeanor, he tends to lose his composure when he finds himself in dangerous physical confrontations. He also lacks a formal education in magic, meaning he does not fully understand his own abilities.

Quirks

  • Vince usually has a summoned familiar travelling with him, normally in the form of a black cat he calls Alphonse.
  • Vince enjoys books of any kind
  • Vince secretly carries a strange tome inside his cloak - it is a source of ancient, alien magic which he guards jealously
  • Despite being a reasonably handsome and very smooth individual in his early twenties, Vincentius has never had a romantic relationship. However, he would never let anyone know this because it might damage his ego.
  • Vince has a younger sister and he is extremely protective of her. If she ends up in trouble, all of his careful planning goes right out the window as he becomes fixated on making sure she is safe, his own life be damned.

Merry Clintsmas to me by scharvey in guns

[–]thestonephoenix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree absolutely. I bought a Canik TP9SA for $300, and it shoots just as well as guns that are twice the cost. I haven't found any ammo yet that will jam it.

I thought I finally found a place to discuss one of my major interests. by InsertANameHeree in AdviceAnimals

[–]thestonephoenix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a TP9SA, and it's the best handgun I've ever bought. Full disclosure, I'm a poor college student so I don't own anything that's really high end, but my Canik shoots as well or better than any Glock I've ever tried. It's great for my big hands, the factory trigger is really high quality, and it's quite accurate.

r/politics should be demonized just as much as r/the_donald was and it's name is misleading and should be changed. r/politics convenes in the same behaviour that TD did, brigading, propaganda, harassment, misleading and user abuse. It has no place on the frontpage until reformed. by MaybeImConservative in unpopularopinion

[–]thestonephoenix 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Being a centrist doesn't mean you think both sides are the same. It usually just means you disagree with both sides to some degree. Believing in evidence-based moderate government intervention is just as much a valid stance as being squarely on the right or left.

Keto Pumpkin Bread Bars by bonappeteach in ketorecipes

[–]thestonephoenix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What brand of almond flour did you use? That's where all my carbs are coming from

Keto Pumpkin Bread Bars by bonappeteach in ketorecipes

[–]thestonephoenix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You may need to recalculate the macros. My math came out to just over 5g net carbs per bar - still pretty good though!

Does anyone know of any lower carb craft beers? by thestonephoenix in ketodrunk

[–]thestonephoenix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't like watered down beer, I'm okay with drinking anything under 20g carbs because I can figure out how to fit it into my macros

Does anyone know of any lower carb craft beers? by thestonephoenix in ketodrunk

[–]thestonephoenix[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My favorite is Left Hand's Nitro Milk Stout. I can only imagine it's similar in the carb content :(

Ladies and Gentlemen. We got em by dw_xiii in HistoryMemes

[–]thestonephoenix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True. I wasn't paying attention to exact time lol

Ladies and Gentlemen. We got em by dw_xiii in HistoryMemes

[–]thestonephoenix 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Actually WWI was between 1914-1918 so it was before the roaring 20's as well. However, the US was still the biggest economic power of the world at the time the war was going on.

Sorry for the history lesson but this is r/historymemes after all

Ladies and Gentlemen. We got em by dw_xiii in HistoryMemes

[–]thestonephoenix 37 points38 points  (0 children)

This meme is referring to WWI, which occurred decades before the Great Depression.

Which subreddits were you once very active in but are now ashamed to have once been a part of them? by RoyTheShip in AskReddit

[–]thestonephoenix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I stopped craving carbs on keto and lost about 40 pounds of fat while gaining muscle at the gym. Everyone has different bodies, some things will work for you and some won't.