Sometimes. I think a sustained general consensus has to emerge over time concerning what the major issues at least, but after that is agreed upon you can gain traction politically.

Oh, ok. I did misunderstand you a bit but I do think what I said applies. I think that Jia suggests this group of people is large and significant which I disagree with, but I do think they exist in a limited context. For people that have progressed sufficiently in the feedback loop I described, the initial offense…

People DO enjoy expressing frustration, rage, and anger. It provides a rush of endorphins and a sense of control in many cases. This is healthy in most people but some get caught in a positive feedback loop and become essentially, rageaholics. I bet expressing these feelings on the internet works the same way,…

This article is really myopic, IMO. Discussion is valuable, and simply discussing these things regularly has changed the course of public discourse. Politics moves slowly by design. You can’t go from unequal pay to paid maternal and paternal leave in one cycle. That’s not realistic. But to discount the value of…

LOL if you think the people behind this don’t believe that 100% of men with HIV are homosexuals. I wouldn’t bet on this money being reallocated at all.

Ironically, Hershey actually does make their own shitty, shitty chocolate. I don’t know where you live but odds are very high that any local small batch you’ve ever had was made with remelted industrial chocolate. Making chocolate is arduous and expensive, small businesses generally can’t afford to make it.

OP made it seem like they thought remelting chocolate at all was gross whether honestly labeled or not, that’s what I was responding to.

I agree that fraud isn’t okay. The way you worded your initial post suggested that you also felt the process of remelting industrial chocolate was disgusting when that is industry standard.

The Mast bros are asshole bros as well as frauds so that makes sense to me.

Very very few chocolate companies that you can purchase in stores make their own chocolate. Most major brands remelt industrial chocolate to make their bars.

The kid is a scumbag no doubt, but I feel bad for him because he has obviously been caught up with two much older predators that have encouraged/used him. Maybe he would’ve been a predator anyway but mentored by guys like these he never had a chance.

IMOSTLY agree as far as Trey but check out Trigga, it’s not super feature heavy and it’s probably his top effort.

He’ll definitely be drafted.

Hopefully they meant that the Nebraska players weren’t named in the complaint but that’s definitely unsettling...

This is the dumbest law I’ve ever heard of. I can’t believe they’re actually enforcing it.

The guy that wrote this song is also named Aubrey, though. It seems more likely that the song would be dedicated to the author rather than Drake. If it was dedicated to Drake she’d probably use his stage name, Drake.

This Butterfield guy sounds obnoxious. Good job, De Niro.

Ken Burns fucking rules

She was very lucky. Chasing down a petty thief is probably instinct to begin with but an iPhone isn’t worth getting stabbed over. Glad she’s alright.

It’s so much worse than the article made it sound