buddascrayon

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buddascrayon , to Technology in What's Happened Since Time Dropped Its Paywall 1 Year Ago

LoL, no with stock splitting you get the same value only with more stocks that can go up in value eventually. This is worse cause the same amount of work*(arguably more considering how many server farms are out there mining the same coin now as opposed to back when it started)* for half the value. So, in a very real sense it does actually halve the value. And that's not even looking at the fact that crypto currency has no inherited value. It's not backed by anything but the investment of interest by crypto bros and shady groups looking to hide transactions and assets.

buddascrayon , to News in My Health Insurance Company Is Trying To Kill Me

Not only that but the ACA rating system for plans is completely useless because the insurance companies invent brand new plans every single year so none of them ever have any kind of rating.

buddascrayon , to politics in Lindsey Graham Claims Biden's Student Loan Relief Is 'Beyond Dangerous'

Yes exactly!! We should stop giving billionaires massive tax breaks on their yachts and private jets give them to ordinary citizens for higher education.

buddascrayon , to Technology in VPN by Google One shuts down

Google: people weren't using it.

The People: you cancel literally everything you create, so why should we bother?

buddascrayon , to Microblog Memes in I can't disagree.

You're reading comprehension is lacking. The people I am referring to having a stigma against prostitution are not the pimps or the girls who are performing. It's the law and the society of people who think prostitution is a lowly profession for degenerates.

buddascrayon , to Microblog Memes in I can't disagree.

The problem in the countries that generally allow prostitution is that, though it has been legalized, it is still horribly stigmatized. Which creates that gap where forced prostitution can flourish. If a "business" is using illegal immigrants as forced labor, who can they turn to for help? That's a double dose of stigma right there. But even a native person who's being coerced would likely get little in the way of help since "upstanding" society looks down on their chosen profession.

Our collective worldly society needs to stop looking down their nose at sex workers as some kind of deviancy.

But then, seeing how religious extremists seem to be gaining power all over, I doubt we'll see any positive change on any of these things.

buddascrayon , to Microblog Memes in I can't disagree.

All adult sex work should be legal across the board. Anyone, of legal age, should be allowed to not only sell their services but they should be able to pay taxes and be allowed to unionize and collect benefits from any organization they work for (brothels).

A lot of the people in this world who are messed up in the head just need to get laid, and those doing to dirty work should be celebrated and rewarded for their efforts. I genuinely think this would make the world a better place.

buddascrayon , to Microblog Memes in I can't disagree.

I'm thinking more likely accidents are going to occur when people try to avoid road hazards or go around corners and they don't remember to turn on their turn signal and the car just goes straight and barrels into something...or someone.

buddascrayon , to News in ‘Will I ever retire?’: millennials wonder what’s on the other side of middle age

Meanwhile your grandparents were golfing at 65 and are living comfortably on their reverse mortgages up to 95 years old.

buddascrayon , to News in Karine Jean-Pierre calls out Republican attacks on transgender Americans during Pride Month

You should read the article before commenting.

buddascrayon , (edited ) to News in H5N1 Bird Flu Isn’t a Human Pandemic—Yet. American Contrariness Could Turn It into One

Wondering if a mask would protect you from COVID-19? CDC does not currently recommend the general American public use a facemask to protect against novel coronavirus. Only healthcare professionals caring for COVID-19 patients, people who are sick with COVID-19, or in some cases people caring for patients who are sick with COVID-19 need precautions like a facemask to help limit their risk of spreading COVID-19.

CDC always recommends everyday preventive actions, like staying home when you are sick and washing hands with soap and water, to help prevent the spread of respiratory illness.

This literally says exactly what I just did. Wearing a mask will not protect you from getting covid or any other disease but it can protect other people from catching it from you by stopping you from spreading it.

P.S. and yes, at the time healthcare professionals needed the masks desperately so that they could administer to patients without the fear of spreading the disease all over the place if they caught it because COVID has such a long incubation period that overlaps significantly with its shedding phase.

buddascrayon , to News in H5N1 Bird Flu Isn’t a Human Pandemic—Yet. American Contrariness Could Turn It into One

Early on in the COVID pandemic, the CDC told the public that masks weren't important for stopping the spread, when they knew this to be false.

This is why. It's not true. This is not what they said. At all. They said what I outlined above.

What you said here is what has been distorted by conservative media in the smear campaign against Fauci. A man we owe a great debt too and yet he continues to get threats and hate because of the absolute distortion of what he was saying and doing during the pandemic. All in an effort to shift the blame for how bad things got away from the great orange dipshit who bungled every aspect of our response to the disease when it hit the world.

buddascrayon , to News in H5N1 Bird Flu Isn’t a Human Pandemic—Yet. American Contrariness Could Turn It into One

Our fuckery with other countries is well documented. Right now we're talking about the things that our government tells us. Quite frankly, if one wanted to make a decent argument about our government lying to us they should point to Snowden. He is a much better example than the covid conspiracy theory garbage that OP has spewed forth.

buddascrayon , to News in H5N1 Bird Flu Isn’t a Human Pandemic—Yet. American Contrariness Could Turn It into One

The CDC said that masks would not be very effective at preventing you from getting the disease if you don't already have it. They are however extremely effective at preventing you from spreading it if you are already infected.

THAT is the difference.

Yes, masks (not just N95 masks either) were indeed in short supply when the pandemic hit and the morons were buying them up like hot cakes in an effort to be "protected" from getting the virus. Except even if you are wearing a mask the virus can get in your eyes or get on your skin and get wiped on you nose, mouth, and eyes and you can get it. The only way to prevent the spread is for those who are infected to stop spreading the disease and masks are extremely effective at that.

Fauci and the CDC didn't lie, they were trying to stop idiots from hoarding masks that were in desperate need in hospitals and immediate care facilities. They just underestimate how unfathomably dumb you all are.

buddascrayon , to News in H5N1 Bird Flu Isn’t a Human Pandemic—Yet. American Contrariness Could Turn It into One

If it is then it's not working well enough.

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