@dhh At our home, the recycle bin is for big Costco boxes and nothing else, because they take up too much space in the regular bin.
Happy to live in America where I'm not fined or jailed for following this policy.
@blizzard219@MatthewWielicki Your claim that the finding of the "hockey stick" graph you showed has been confirmed by any scientifically valid methodology is false.
@Fairyuxfhe Wait for the grid to collapse. Then the oil supply. Then transportation of goods. Then agriculture.
Live amongst ruins following the collapse of construction.
Then die of starvation.
@funited_he@zalberico I agree with your first point, and kudos to Palantir for their unabashed support of Israel against Islamist savages.
As for your second point, many companies and people do NOT support either "sustainability" or "inclusion" in the modern sense of those terms.
@blizzard219@MatthewWielicki Science debunked it by showing it was based on bogus use of statistics and improper grafting of proxy data onto actual measurements.
That dishonest grifter "scientists" such as Michael Mann continue to claim otherwise does not alter the reality.
@deuce130@JohnLeFevre That seems more driven by in-state rivalry than snobbery, unlike when a guy tells you within 5 minutes of meeting you that he went to Hahvahd.
@EnergyMix_UK@MatthewWielicki Has human civilization ever had to endure agricultural abundance greater than what it is now?
CO2 is not toxic. It's plant food.
@JRKDillon5@RobertKennedyJr@SpencerGuard@jinsadc Every organization on your list is indeed made up of useful idiots, though many leaders of those organizations are instead dishonest sociopaths.
Which category do you belong to?
@NoLimitGains Using a 3% mortgage as a reference point is absurd. Over the past 80 years, sub-3% rates for a 30 year fixed were available for a total period of ~1.5 years between 2020 and 2022.
From the early 1960s until 2009, rates were 5% or greater.
@davepl1968@SandyofCthulhu If the guy is leaving, he is not a physical threat.
Do you really think that's the scenario @SandyofCthulhu had in mind?
But if the guy just broke in, you don't know his intentions and may end up dead if you wait for him to express them.
@japan_nobunaga@speedsterjaime Yes. That is the whole idea of "unalienable rights" in the Declaration of Independence.
Per that document, the purpose of govt is to "secure these rights," not to grant them.
Sadly, most govts today spend more effort violating rights than securing them.
@japan_nobunaga Because self-defense is a fundamental right, along with life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness.
Because without a firearm, a 50kg woman has no chance against a 100kg thug trying to harm her.
Because an armed populace is the final defense against govt tyranny.
@coxashton82@adamcarolla Past wars have everything to do with what you said because history is the laboratory of philosophy.
But whatever. Given your beliefs, you should just say, "I'm a pacifist who would rather be slaughtered than defend myself or my country," and be done with it.
@coxashton82@adamcarolla An appropriate response would be whatever it takes to secure China's unconditional surrender, up to and including leveling the entire country.
See: Pearl Harbor, WWII.