Idk, man. Finland has been posting some Ls recently. The Orpo Cabinet is all about those tax cuts, business-friendly deregulations, big new military spending budgets, and tighter restrictions on immigration.
Basically doing Reaganism, Finnish style.
I wonder why they feel like they need to spend money on their military
Check out his (and Andy and Matt’s) podcast “probably science” it’s a wonderful way to get all the poop, flatulence, and penis science your brain could ask for. They occasionally have on great guests, and (almost) always have interesting people doing the show with them.
Also he is great on Twitter, but usually deletes his posts after they get over x amount of views/shares, because he isn’t into going viral.
Also, please bring back Jesse vs cancer, it’s been over a year guy.
https://pca.st/podcast/d043e380-30c3-012f-feca-525400c11844
I’ve not watched the show yet, but here’s the link I just dug up for myself, for anyone’s convenience
Actually, America is one of the most disabled-friendly country in the world when it comes to access struggles like wheelchair ramps and elevators
Per the bible, we aren’t really even allowed to be human beings and are all born wretches full of original sin. If that’s true than I’d rather have the free ice cream and body tattoos and promiscuity while I’m going to hell.
Bible tl;dr: Jesus died so you DONT have original sin anymore.
Well there never really was a “Jesus” who saved us from original sin, and the bible is simply a work of misogynistic and bigoted fiction. I don’t need “saving,” I’m not a ‘wretch,’ I was never “blind but now I see.” WRONG. WRONG ON ALL COUNTS!!! I am a human being of great value and worth by virtue of my existence, and I don’t require or want dependency on some fictional idiotic being for my salvation or sense of worth.
A bit dramatic for this conversation… but given the circumstances with some religious people I absolutely get where you’re coming from. We do not need to be given the right to exist by others - we create our value.
We do not need to be told morality - we create morality (for we do not need to be told “do not be cruel or you will burn in hell,” as we understand that cruelty is for the weak who wish to be powerful, and not needed by the truly powerful.)
We do not need a god to align our will to - we can direct our collective wills by our own strength. We are worthy or unworthy of love by our own means - we do not need “forgiveness” from anyone but ourselves.
Maybe so but I’m nothing if not overly dramatic most of the time. The reason I go all hystrionic and raving about it is, because sometimes I feel like the only way people hear you or even pay attention is if you go ballistic and overstate things.
We do create our own morality, and as we learned in philosophy classes, morality is an individual (not social) construct.
I totally agree with your conclusion that we do not need a “god” to align our will to, as humans we’ve accomplished unbelievable miraculous things on our own. Some may say that’s because of divine design, but I say it’s because we’re just that intelligent. Not so intelligent as a god, maybe - but we should trust in ourselves and absolutely be good to ourselves (forgive ourselves as you say).
are you ok?
OH yeah. I’m doing great, sometimes I get a little carried away with my statements - but I really am doing great. And I feel I owe that to my own hard work and resilience and not being dependent on a fictional diety (but that’s my way of seeing it).
I sometimes forget that there are people out there that take any of this seriously. I was just explaining a plot point so your reply seemed very out of left field with a chainsaw bear.
Yeah it was a little heavy handed, I admit. I live in Utah where religion is most people’s way of life, and believe me, they’re dead serious about it to the point that it’s almost frightening.
Hey now, the ADA is one of the few things we’ve got going for us
It always pisses my wife off when I park in a “handicapped” spot that is really just an old spot with badly faded paint.
For a handicapped parking spot to actually be a handicapped parking spot, you need both the pavement painting and the sign.
I would like to note that the spots I’m talking about aren’t even the ones close to the building (which is probably why they took down the sign), and there are actual spots closer to the door.
Hey there, sometimes-wheelchair-user here. Afaik the law is also the same where I live, the spot has to have a sign. Here, when there’s a spot with just faded paint, it usually just means that the handicap spot got moved somewhere else. The only thing I’d suggest is if you don’t already, just check and make sure that there is a spot somewhere else that does have a sign. If there isn’t, it’s probably because the owner just didn’t mark the spot properly. In that case, it’s best to leave it open for those who need it, even though it wouldn’t technically be against the law to park there.
I’m not accusing you of anything, just putting this out there in case the situation comes up. Cheers!
…for now.
And all it took was paraplegics crawling up the steps of the capitol in protest.
Is… is that actually what happened? My younger self might have assumed you were exaggerating, but my current self has seen too much to assume anything.
Yep, it happened. Scroll up a bit and you’ll see evangelicals opposed the ADA because it included protections for people with HIV.
Truly no hate like Christian love
Of all the things you could reasonably criticize the US over, wheelchair accessibility ain’t one of them. Especially compared to Europe.
You think this tweet is bout wheelchair accesibility??
I get what the tweet is trying to say. What I’m saying is that wheelchair accessibility is a particularly bad example for that point.
It’s an excellent example. Take something the US does great, and fuck it up because of their religious zealousy.
That’s ridiculous.
Tja
It is indeed ridiculous that your politicians actively take away abortion right because of Christian zealots.
huh? america is absolute garbage for wheelchair access, the ADA is absolutely not sufficient
fuckin have fun navigating the average suburb with a wheelchair, you can’t even walk to the store in most places
In most of America you can’t walk to the store even if you don’t use a wheelchair. At my old place I could see a grocery store from my house, but it was on the other side of a limited access road, I had to go 1.5miles to a pedestrian overpass to be able to get to it making it a 6 mile walk to get 100 yards.
that was my point, yes
Google tells me that the US is ranked #5 in the world behind Japan, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands.
you can’t even walk to the store in most places
Or roll into the store.
you can’t even walk to the store in most places
I’d imagine walking to the store in a wheelchair to be incredibly difficult.
On the other hand, disallowin wheelchair ramps because there are not mentioned in the Bible would be a very American move.
Americans are not the caricatures of evil and malice you seem to think we are.
You are currently debating whether hospitals can let women die instead of performing abortions
It’s painful to admit, but American politicians do not actually represent Americans. Over 80% of us believe abortion should be legal under some if not all circumstances. We are being held hostage by an ignorant minority.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/321143/americans-stand-abortion.aspx
If your politicians don’t represent the people, what the heck are they doing?
Or, why do your people still vote for them?
Because the party that most people don’t vote for have become exceedingly adept at gaming the system.
Then do something about it.
But your other party won’t change it either, because they use the same loopholes.
Of course we’re not but “the supreme court bans something good because it’s not explicitly allowed in a 200 year old document” is a goddamn accurate statement lol
It’s purposefully hyperbolic to illustrate a point. You think that Finland is seriously making all ice cream free?
I would not be the least bit surprised if all the Abbotts and Thomases and Trumps and Desantises (Desanti?) announced tomorrow that they would no longer be supporting the ADA’s immoral drain on
commercial profitsgovernmental budgets.And before someone points it out, gutting a system that he has personally benefited from to fuck over Texans is exactly the kind of thing Abbott would do.
My point is that it’s not a good illustration.
Just read through some of the responses I’ve gotten. Some people think it’s a good illustration because it’s very plausible. Some because it’s not at all plausible.
I’m saying it’s not a good illustration because it’s not at all plausible.
I don’t think it makes much difference whether or not it is plausible. It’s just trying to communicate a message. I guess it has to be plausible enough that a reader can understand what it is even talking about; but not so plausible that the reader is led to believe this specific case is actually happening.
Other than all the conservative efforts to destroy the ADA I guess.
They would never make the fish flavored ice cream free. The economy would collapse.
I thought the idea was that Republicans are actively working on destroying what has been working fine and is benefitting lots of people, not just on preventing more progress.
As if Democrats don’t do the exact same thing in lock step. Interesting where your focus lies however. It’s helpful though because it indicates your bias.
The ignorance you’re showing here is absolutely astounding. Banning things and removing certain people’s rights is a defining part of US republican politics. Every damn week, there’s a new thing they’ve decided is evil and needs to be banned. That’s very much not the case with US democrat politics. Sure, there are things they too want to ban or change, but it’s based on logic and not a constant stream of new things.
Yes, thankfully the Democrats aren’t the party of trying to ban stuff. Imagine if they were, and came out of nowhere to like ban gas stoves, gas cars, freedom of medical choices, and gender affirming surgery for kids. If any of that was true then I’d have a pretty good point, but thankfully it isn’t. Right?
Are you referring to something specific?
Abortion rights, voting rights, gay marriage, privacy, trans rights, immigration, housing, the economy, net neutrality, take your pick.
The topic at hand is wheelchair accessibility, though.
Nope. The topic at hand is free ice-ceam. A topic that you, as a rational adult, can understand that is 100% literal and not at hyperbolic example to make a point about general trends and not a single specific item.
Then somehow I’m in the wrong thread.
Yes the willfully oblivious thread is elsewhere
A topic that you, as a rational adult, can understand
Massive assumption tbqh
Not specifically. They just picked a random idea out of a hat. One that is currently working fine with no issue. To signify that is the type of stuff they go after.
Which takes us back to my first comment.
Are you suggesting that Finland is offering free ice cream?
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1C022I/
Tldr, they’re actually trying and have been trying, to pass bills to gut the ADA because disability access is anti American.
Also, the post is just making fun of the US consistently doing messed up stuff. When picking something for hyperbole, you usually pick something that’s extreme, not something that actually already happened.
it’s not quite as funny to say “the news is always like: former US president argues he should legally be able to do whatever he wants without consequences and courts might let him, meanwhile Finland has nearly eradicated homelessness.” You do get that the point was to be funny?That proposal died in Congress 7 years ago.
We Americans are not the monstrous caricatures you make us out to be. We’re not evil. We’re not wicked. And the US is not some dystopian nightmare. It’s actually a pretty good place to live.
The proposal shouldn’t have existed in the first place! There wouldn’t be a need to kill the proposal if our representation was composed of empathetic decent people, instead of ghouls bought out by the wealthy few.
It’s pretty monstrous to even consider proposing a removal of legislation that objectively helps a lot of Americans.
Especially compared to Europe?
What? Europe very sound protection for the disabled. Putside of historical buildings built before disability care you won’t find better access anywhere.
I get America is pretty good too, but your comment makes it sound like Europe is a nightmare for the disabled.
Not sure about how good or bad it is in the US, but in the Netherlands (a place that is known for good infrastructure) it’s definitely not perfect.
I never realised until we got a baby and I started walking with a stroler. Way too often the sidewalk is inaccessible because of cars or bicycles. Also lots of places without ramps or elevators.
Me bout to move to Finland.
Joke’s on you, they’re just spreading some flavour on all of the snow and it’s all salty licorice.
Don’t eat the yellow one though
