Salamendacious @ Salamendacious @lemmy.world

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Teacher should 100% be an option

It's gotta be hard work.

My fear is this. Trump's support appears to be building while Democrats are busy complaining to each other that Biden's too old. I work with guys who say, "my 401k was doing better under Trump. He's an ass but I think I'll vote for him." I'm legitimately nervous.

Unless we see an enormous surge in voter participation. I think next year is going to be very bad. We're looking at the house, Senate, white house, & supreme Court all controlled by maga Republicans

I feel like there's a distinct possibility that this supreme Court is going to hollow out a lot of civil liberties over the coming years

"I let the devil creep into my mind and let my insecurities take over. I have asked God and my family to forgive me..."

The devil did it... God and my family said I'm good though.

That's one Superb Owl!

So you'd rather have a Republican that you disagree with on 90% than a Democrat that you disagree with 60%. The most important vote a member of Congress does is for who leads the chamber. That let's your party set the agenda. Right now there are 48 Democrats in the Senate.

What does it depend on?

My favorite part of this is your assumption that I have no personal experience in any of this. I know that it's hard. I also know it's possible to stop drinking and stop eating to excess. These are not analogies for me.

What's the remedy when anyone steals anything?

I believe yes. I think it's hard but I think you can. Weight loss drugs, liposuction, stomach stapling, etc none of those methods helps someone learn to control their cravings or redirect their cravings. We live in a world of excess. There's food everywhere you turn. It's like a recovering alcoholic. He or she needs to learn to live in a world where alcohol is omnipresent but they have chosen to not indulge their inner cravings. Someone can be craving horrible food and choose to eat salads without creamy dressing. You can choose to not drink sugary drinks. You can crave ice cream but choose to eat raw carrots instead. Is it as fun? No. But alcoholics walk by bars and liquor stores every single day and they choose to not indulge their cravings. It isn't as fun but they do it regardless.

That's an interesting point. I have Google voice but I honestly don't use it much. Are you a big Google voice user?

No it isn't. You can't choose to not be depressed but you can choose to eat less and accomplish it through willpower.

People can have self control. It's possible through nothing more than willpower to choose to eat less and just do it. Just like how there are people who choose to stop drinking alcohol. They chose to be sober and then they worked at being sober. Some people get help with support groups but there are a lot of sober people who just chose to stop drinking. People can infact choose to eat less. I'm not saying it isn't hard but it is possible. No one can choose to have a house through willpower alone.

You can downvote me all you want. It doesn't bother me in the slightest. Because I think it's so incredibly weird how every little imperfection now needs the pharmaceutical industry to sell you a pill to fix it. Medicine is one thing. Antipsychotics, schizophrenia, ADHD medications, etc. there are plenty of things that require medication. But weight loss? Come on. Unless you have some diagnosed underlying condition, which I imagine is rather rare, then you don't need a pill to lose weight. You are capable of doing on your own.

Or you can just eat less

I'm personally a big fan of consuming fewer calories.

That's a tough one ... I think I'll go with they're all culpable.

Irony is extremely hard to convey in text. I wasn't trying to be malicious.