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ColdSlither

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I hate to say it, but good. Yes it's a slippery slope, but these platforms need to regulate their content. I'm not sorry. People are fukking stupid and will believe anything. I do think that social media has done a lot of good. There's a lot that the mainstream press just isn't going to give a lot of attention to. There is a lot of bullshyt out there though and it is swaying opinions out there for the worst. A lot of this stuff have always been out there. The difference is that 25-30 years ago you had to seek it out and get newsletters mailed to your home. If there was internet and Twitter in the 60's, a John Birch Society person would have been president already. Yes we have a first amendment, but the founding fathers, the same people who also made the electoral college because they didn't trust people, didn't foresee Twitter.
 

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I hate to say it, but good. Yes it's a slippery slope, but these platforms need to regulate their content. I'm not sorry. People are fukking stupid and will believe anything. I do think that social media has done a lot of good. There's a lot that the mainstream press just isn't going to give a lot of attention to. There is a lot of bullshyt out there though and it is swaying opinions out there for the worst. A lot of this stuff have always been out there. The difference is that 25-30 years ago you had to seek it out and get newsletters mailed to your home. If there was internet and Twitter in the 60's, a John Birch Society person would have been president already. Yes we have a first amendment, but the founding fathers, the same people who also made the electoral college because they didn't trust people, didn't foresee Twitter.

Yep, its essential that you can have a discussion and voice your opinion, arguments may get heated too, no problem. But theres a difference between conflicting opinions and sometimes maybe "extreme" view points and straight up, factual non-sense and lies. If someone comes up to me and wants to "debate" "Hey, the sky is actually red" there is no discussion. Its just false and I would tell him to gtfoh.
 

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Yep, its essential that you can have a discussion and voice your opinion, arguments may get heated too, no problem. But theres a difference between conflicting opinions and sometimes maybe "extreme" view points and straight up, factual non-sense and lies. If someone comes up to me and wants to "debate" "Hey, the sky is actually red" there is no discussion. Its just false and I would tell him to gtfoh.

I work in NYC, well working from home now, and I go under a tunnel that is over 100 years old and is dire condition. I've had heated discussion with people whose viewpoints are, "That's not my problem. That's wasteful spending blah blah blah." Opposed to NJ spending a dime and then opposed to the federal government spending a dime to help NJ and NY fix it. Viewpoints so extreme that it's detrimental to the common good of everyone. It's why NJ.com shut down it's comments section.
 

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Some promising news from Belgium regarding a treatment/vaccine being developed from llama antibodies....​



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All those buffet places I go to for lunch in NYC are going to have to switch things up. I wouldn't be surprised if they start having boxes of gloves at the door and by the buffet bays for people to handle the utensils.


I ain’t gonna lie, I’m probably never eating at a buffet again
Some promising news from Belgium regarding a treatment/vaccine being developed from llama antibodies....​


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I fukk with the Dutch. Good people and love some Beyoncé.. had a nikka royalty check looking :ahh:
 

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Are y'alls cities still under a mandatory mask policy in places where social distancing is difficult? When I go out, I'm always masked up but I notice a lot of cacs not wearing masks still.
 
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