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[ "\"In a separate 911 call, the man, who has been identified only as Ramiro, tells an operator that he had been stabbed in the heart by someone without feet.\"\nI'm sorry for the family of Anthony Lowe. But he presented a threat of great physical violence if he wasn't stopped.", ">\n\nAnyone can be a threat to the untrained public. This is why we are supposed to have the police." ]

[ "\"In a separate 911 call, the man, who has been identified only as Ramiro, tells an operator that he had been stabbed in the heart by someone without feet.\"\nI'm sorry for the family of Anthony Lowe. But he presented a threat of great physical violence if he wasn't stopped.", ">\n\nAnyone can be a threat to the untrained public. This is why we are supposed to have the police.", ">\n\nit's a really sad situation for all involved. People love to vilify the police, but i'm absolutely sure they were torn on whether to use force against a knife-wielding handicapped guy. And we forget that the instigation for this was assault with a deadly weapon on a dude who's now in a hospital bed. It's like we're failing as a society to contain & care for those who're mentally unstable & disabled. And this goes for Anthony Lowe's family too. Why did they just let him wander the streets in his wheelchair?" ]

[ "\"In a separate 911 call, the man, who has been identified only as Ramiro, tells an operator that he had been stabbed in the heart by someone without feet.\"\nI'm sorry for the family of Anthony Lowe. But he presented a threat of great physical violence if he wasn't stopped.", ">\n\nAnyone can be a threat to the untrained public. This is why we are supposed to have the police.", ">\n\nit's a really sad situation for all involved. People love to vilify the police, but i'm absolutely sure they were torn on whether to use force against a knife-wielding handicapped guy. And we forget that the instigation for this was assault with a deadly weapon on a dude who's now in a hospital bed. It's like we're failing as a society to contain & care for those who're mentally unstable & disabled. And this goes for Anthony Lowe's family too. Why did they just let him wander the streets in his wheelchair?", ">\n\nCaring for the mentally ill is hard. Ask care homes for elderly with dementia or Alzheimer's. All it takes is a moment for attention to be diverted and someone can slip out and things happen. And that's with paid, trained professional staff! I feel for any family that takes on this obligation. Whether through inability to pay for care or just because they believe they can handle it. It's complicated, terrible business and you are right, our country isn't handling the issue thanks to generations of angry stigma against even mentioning such things." ]

[ "\"In a separate 911 call, the man, who has been identified only as Ramiro, tells an operator that he had been stabbed in the heart by someone without feet.\"\nI'm sorry for the family of Anthony Lowe. But he presented a threat of great physical violence if he wasn't stopped.", ">\n\nAnyone can be a threat to the untrained public. This is why we are supposed to have the police.", ">\n\nit's a really sad situation for all involved. People love to vilify the police, but i'm absolutely sure they were torn on whether to use force against a knife-wielding handicapped guy. And we forget that the instigation for this was assault with a deadly weapon on a dude who's now in a hospital bed. It's like we're failing as a society to contain & care for those who're mentally unstable & disabled. And this goes for Anthony Lowe's family too. Why did they just let him wander the streets in his wheelchair?", ">\n\nCaring for the mentally ill is hard. Ask care homes for elderly with dementia or Alzheimer's. All it takes is a moment for attention to be diverted and someone can slip out and things happen. And that's with paid, trained professional staff! I feel for any family that takes on this obligation. Whether through inability to pay for care or just because they believe they can handle it. It's complicated, terrible business and you are right, our country isn't handling the issue thanks to generations of angry stigma against even mentioning such things.", ">\n\nIs it just just me or is the article really weirdly written?" ]

[ "\"In a separate 911 call, the man, who has been identified only as Ramiro, tells an operator that he had been stabbed in the heart by someone without feet.\"\nI'm sorry for the family of Anthony Lowe. But he presented a threat of great physical violence if he wasn't stopped.", ">\n\nAnyone can be a threat to the untrained public. This is why we are supposed to have the police.", ">\n\nit's a really sad situation for all involved. People love to vilify the police, but i'm absolutely sure they were torn on whether to use force against a knife-wielding handicapped guy. And we forget that the instigation for this was assault with a deadly weapon on a dude who's now in a hospital bed. It's like we're failing as a society to contain & care for those who're mentally unstable & disabled. And this goes for Anthony Lowe's family too. Why did they just let him wander the streets in his wheelchair?", ">\n\nCaring for the mentally ill is hard. Ask care homes for elderly with dementia or Alzheimer's. All it takes is a moment for attention to be diverted and someone can slip out and things happen. And that's with paid, trained professional staff! I feel for any family that takes on this obligation. Whether through inability to pay for care or just because they believe they can handle it. It's complicated, terrible business and you are right, our country isn't handling the issue thanks to generations of angry stigma against even mentioning such things.", ">\n\nIs it just just me or is the article really weirdly written?", ">\n\nYeah, I got the same feeling. Like some A not-so-I wrote it. \"Seeing that blood gushing out of you. Yes, I did. I thought I was a doctor right there.\" Maybe a mistranscription of \"goner\" instead of \"doctor\" that nobody bothered to catch? \"Doctor\" makes no sense at all." ]

[ "\"In a separate 911 call, the man, who has been identified only as Ramiro, tells an operator that he had been stabbed in the heart by someone without feet.\"\nI'm sorry for the family of Anthony Lowe. But he presented a threat of great physical violence if he wasn't stopped.", ">\n\nAnyone can be a threat to the untrained public. This is why we are supposed to have the police.", ">\n\nit's a really sad situation for all involved. People love to vilify the police, but i'm absolutely sure they were torn on whether to use force against a knife-wielding handicapped guy. And we forget that the instigation for this was assault with a deadly weapon on a dude who's now in a hospital bed. It's like we're failing as a society to contain & care for those who're mentally unstable & disabled. And this goes for Anthony Lowe's family too. Why did they just let him wander the streets in his wheelchair?", ">\n\nCaring for the mentally ill is hard. Ask care homes for elderly with dementia or Alzheimer's. All it takes is a moment for attention to be diverted and someone can slip out and things happen. And that's with paid, trained professional staff! I feel for any family that takes on this obligation. Whether through inability to pay for care or just because they believe they can handle it. It's complicated, terrible business and you are right, our country isn't handling the issue thanks to generations of angry stigma against even mentioning such things.", ">\n\nIs it just just me or is the article really weirdly written?", ">\n\nYeah, I got the same feeling. Like some A not-so-I wrote it. \"Seeing that blood gushing out of you. Yes, I did. I thought I was a doctor right there.\" Maybe a mistranscription of \"goner\" instead of \"doctor\" that nobody bothered to catch? \"Doctor\" makes no sense at all.", ">\n\nHeavy accent, maybe? Or maybe the reporter recorded the interview and used something like Dragon to transcribe it? And Dragon made mistakes?" ]

[ "\"In a separate 911 call, the man, who has been identified only as Ramiro, tells an operator that he had been stabbed in the heart by someone without feet.\"\nI'm sorry for the family of Anthony Lowe. But he presented a threat of great physical violence if he wasn't stopped.", ">\n\nAnyone can be a threat to the untrained public. This is why we are supposed to have the police.", ">\n\nit's a really sad situation for all involved. People love to vilify the police, but i'm absolutely sure they were torn on whether to use force against a knife-wielding handicapped guy. And we forget that the instigation for this was assault with a deadly weapon on a dude who's now in a hospital bed. It's like we're failing as a society to contain & care for those who're mentally unstable & disabled. And this goes for Anthony Lowe's family too. Why did they just let him wander the streets in his wheelchair?", ">\n\nCaring for the mentally ill is hard. Ask care homes for elderly with dementia or Alzheimer's. All it takes is a moment for attention to be diverted and someone can slip out and things happen. And that's with paid, trained professional staff! I feel for any family that takes on this obligation. Whether through inability to pay for care or just because they believe they can handle it. It's complicated, terrible business and you are right, our country isn't handling the issue thanks to generations of angry stigma against even mentioning such things.", ">\n\nIs it just just me or is the article really weirdly written?", ">\n\nYeah, I got the same feeling. Like some A not-so-I wrote it. \"Seeing that blood gushing out of you. Yes, I did. I thought I was a doctor right there.\" Maybe a mistranscription of \"goner\" instead of \"doctor\" that nobody bothered to catch? \"Doctor\" makes no sense at all.", ">\n\nHeavy accent, maybe? Or maybe the reporter recorded the interview and used something like Dragon to transcribe it? And Dragon made mistakes?", ">\n\nQuite possibly. But still, didn't anybody read it before publication and say WTF?" ]

[ "\"In a separate 911 call, the man, who has been identified only as Ramiro, tells an operator that he had been stabbed in the heart by someone without feet.\"\nI'm sorry for the family of Anthony Lowe. But he presented a threat of great physical violence if he wasn't stopped.", ">\n\nAnyone can be a threat to the untrained public. This is why we are supposed to have the police.", ">\n\nit's a really sad situation for all involved. People love to vilify the police, but i'm absolutely sure they were torn on whether to use force against a knife-wielding handicapped guy. And we forget that the instigation for this was assault with a deadly weapon on a dude who's now in a hospital bed. It's like we're failing as a society to contain & care for those who're mentally unstable & disabled. And this goes for Anthony Lowe's family too. Why did they just let him wander the streets in his wheelchair?", ">\n\nCaring for the mentally ill is hard. Ask care homes for elderly with dementia or Alzheimer's. All it takes is a moment for attention to be diverted and someone can slip out and things happen. And that's with paid, trained professional staff! I feel for any family that takes on this obligation. Whether through inability to pay for care or just because they believe they can handle it. It's complicated, terrible business and you are right, our country isn't handling the issue thanks to generations of angry stigma against even mentioning such things.", ">\n\nIs it just just me or is the article really weirdly written?", ">\n\nYeah, I got the same feeling. Like some A not-so-I wrote it. \"Seeing that blood gushing out of you. Yes, I did. I thought I was a doctor right there.\" Maybe a mistranscription of \"goner\" instead of \"doctor\" that nobody bothered to catch? \"Doctor\" makes no sense at all.", ">\n\nHeavy accent, maybe? Or maybe the reporter recorded the interview and used something like Dragon to transcribe it? And Dragon made mistakes?", ">\n\nQuite possibly. But still, didn't anybody read it before publication and say WTF?", ">\n\nThe stupidest fucking headline since:\nWhat Are You Gonna Do, Stab Me? - Man Stabbed" ]

[ "\"In a separate 911 call, the man, who has been identified only as Ramiro, tells an operator that he had been stabbed in the heart by someone without feet.\"\nI'm sorry for the family of Anthony Lowe. But he presented a threat of great physical violence if he wasn't stopped.", ">\n\nAnyone can be a threat to the untrained public. This is why we are supposed to have the police.", ">\n\nit's a really sad situation for all involved. People love to vilify the police, but i'm absolutely sure they were torn on whether to use force against a knife-wielding handicapped guy. And we forget that the instigation for this was assault with a deadly weapon on a dude who's now in a hospital bed. It's like we're failing as a society to contain & care for those who're mentally unstable & disabled. And this goes for Anthony Lowe's family too. Why did they just let him wander the streets in his wheelchair?", ">\n\nCaring for the mentally ill is hard. Ask care homes for elderly with dementia or Alzheimer's. All it takes is a moment for attention to be diverted and someone can slip out and things happen. And that's with paid, trained professional staff! I feel for any family that takes on this obligation. Whether through inability to pay for care or just because they believe they can handle it. It's complicated, terrible business and you are right, our country isn't handling the issue thanks to generations of angry stigma against even mentioning such things.", ">\n\nIs it just just me or is the article really weirdly written?", ">\n\nYeah, I got the same feeling. Like some A not-so-I wrote it. \"Seeing that blood gushing out of you. Yes, I did. I thought I was a doctor right there.\" Maybe a mistranscription of \"goner\" instead of \"doctor\" that nobody bothered to catch? \"Doctor\" makes no sense at all.", ">\n\nHeavy accent, maybe? Or maybe the reporter recorded the interview and used something like Dragon to transcribe it? And Dragon made mistakes?", ">\n\nQuite possibly. But still, didn't anybody read it before publication and say WTF?", ">\n\nThe stupidest fucking headline since:\nWhat Are You Gonna Do, Stab Me? - Man Stabbed", ">\n\nBecause the media and other people who don’t know any better are saying the guy who the police shot is somehow the victim when, in fact, this guy… who was minding his business and got stabbed and almost died, is the actual victim here.\nYou see… although some people want to portray the dead guy as another innocent killed by the police, he’s actually a criminal who attempted to murder someone." ]

[ "\"In a separate 911 call, the man, who has been identified only as Ramiro, tells an operator that he had been stabbed in the heart by someone without feet.\"\nI'm sorry for the family of Anthony Lowe. But he presented a threat of great physical violence if he wasn't stopped.", ">\n\nAnyone can be a threat to the untrained public. This is why we are supposed to have the police.", ">\n\nit's a really sad situation for all involved. People love to vilify the police, but i'm absolutely sure they were torn on whether to use force against a knife-wielding handicapped guy. And we forget that the instigation for this was assault with a deadly weapon on a dude who's now in a hospital bed. It's like we're failing as a society to contain & care for those who're mentally unstable & disabled. And this goes for Anthony Lowe's family too. Why did they just let him wander the streets in his wheelchair?", ">\n\nCaring for the mentally ill is hard. Ask care homes for elderly with dementia or Alzheimer's. All it takes is a moment for attention to be diverted and someone can slip out and things happen. And that's with paid, trained professional staff! I feel for any family that takes on this obligation. Whether through inability to pay for care or just because they believe they can handle it. It's complicated, terrible business and you are right, our country isn't handling the issue thanks to generations of angry stigma against even mentioning such things.", ">\n\nIs it just just me or is the article really weirdly written?", ">\n\nYeah, I got the same feeling. Like some A not-so-I wrote it. \"Seeing that blood gushing out of you. Yes, I did. I thought I was a doctor right there.\" Maybe a mistranscription of \"goner\" instead of \"doctor\" that nobody bothered to catch? \"Doctor\" makes no sense at all.", ">\n\nHeavy accent, maybe? Or maybe the reporter recorded the interview and used something like Dragon to transcribe it? And Dragon made mistakes?", ">\n\nQuite possibly. But still, didn't anybody read it before publication and say WTF?", ">\n\nThe stupidest fucking headline since:\nWhat Are You Gonna Do, Stab Me? - Man Stabbed", ">\n\nBecause the media and other people who don’t know any better are saying the guy who the police shot is somehow the victim when, in fact, this guy… who was minding his business and got stabbed and almost died, is the actual victim here.\nYou see… although some people want to portray the dead guy as another innocent killed by the police, he’s actually a criminal who attempted to murder someone.", ">\n\n\nPeople protest the use of excessive force by police\n\nYou: \"Quick, let me throw a race bait really fast\"" ]

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[ "This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 66%. (I'm a bot)\n\n\nHours after the announcement made by the Prime Minister's Office, India has dispatched the first batch of earthquake relief material to Turkey aboard an Indian Air Force aircraft.\nThe 1st batch of earthquake relief material leaves for Türkiye, along with NDRF Search & Rescue Teams, specially trained dog squads, medical supplies, drilling machines & other necessary equipment.\n\"India's Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief capabilities in action. The 1st batch of earthquake relief material leaves for Turkiye, along with NDRF Search and Rescue Teams, specially trained dog squads, medical supplies, drilling machines and other necessary equipment,\" Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs tweeted.\n\n\nExtended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: relief^#1 India^#2 earthquake^#3 friend^#4 equipment^#5" ]

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[ "Could've been worse... he could've ended up in Austria" ]

[ "Could've been worse... he could've ended up in Austria", ">\n\nOr Cape Breton" ]

[ "Could've been worse... he could've ended up in Austria", ">\n\nOr Cape Breton", ">\n\nSo this man ends up in Montana just as the spy balloon was passing over. A likely coincidence!" ]

[ "Could've been worse... he could've ended up in Austria", ">\n\nOr Cape Breton", ">\n\nSo this man ends up in Montana just as the spy balloon was passing over. A likely coincidence!", ">\n\nSimilar to those people who think they are traveling to Vancouver B.C. and get surprized when they end up in Vancouver, WA. And let's not even mention Vancouver Island." ]

[ "Could've been worse... he could've ended up in Austria", ">\n\nOr Cape Breton", ">\n\nSo this man ends up in Montana just as the spy balloon was passing over. A likely coincidence!", ">\n\nSimilar to those people who think they are traveling to Vancouver B.C. and get surprized when they end up in Vancouver, WA. And let's not even mention Vancouver Island.", ">\n\nthere is a difference between \"Things that have happened\" and \"News\"" ]

[ "Could've been worse... he could've ended up in Austria", ">\n\nOr Cape Breton", ">\n\nSo this man ends up in Montana just as the spy balloon was passing over. A likely coincidence!", ">\n\nSimilar to those people who think they are traveling to Vancouver B.C. and get surprized when they end up in Vancouver, WA. And let's not even mention Vancouver Island.", ">\n\nthere is a difference between \"Things that have happened\" and \"News\"", ">\n\nNEWS (North, East, West, South) is all over the map, while happenings are fairly specific in time and place, hey? Xians call their gospels \"good news\" about legendary events of millennia past -- hardly 'new', and not wretched enough to qualify as 'news' in the modern world.\nIIRC Mark Twain said, \"Dog bites man isn't news but man bites dog is,\" or something like that. But to qualify as news, that human-attack-on-dog must be witnessed and reported. Tucker Carlson has an exclusive!" ]

[ "Could've been worse... he could've ended up in Austria", ">\n\nOr Cape Breton", ">\n\nSo this man ends up in Montana just as the spy balloon was passing over. A likely coincidence!", ">\n\nSimilar to those people who think they are traveling to Vancouver B.C. and get surprized when they end up in Vancouver, WA. And let's not even mention Vancouver Island.", ">\n\nthere is a difference between \"Things that have happened\" and \"News\"", ">\n\nNEWS (North, East, West, South) is all over the map, while happenings are fairly specific in time and place, hey? Xians call their gospels \"good news\" about legendary events of millennia past -- hardly 'new', and not wretched enough to qualify as 'news' in the modern world.\nIIRC Mark Twain said, \"Dog bites man isn't news but man bites dog is,\" or something like that. But to qualify as news, that human-attack-on-dog must be witnessed and reported. Tucker Carlson has an exclusive!", ">\n\nBecause Australia doesn't exist, remember?\n/s" ]

[ "Could've been worse... he could've ended up in Austria", ">\n\nOr Cape Breton", ">\n\nSo this man ends up in Montana just as the spy balloon was passing over. A likely coincidence!", ">\n\nSimilar to those people who think they are traveling to Vancouver B.C. and get surprized when they end up in Vancouver, WA. And let's not even mention Vancouver Island.", ">\n\nthere is a difference between \"Things that have happened\" and \"News\"", ">\n\nNEWS (North, East, West, South) is all over the map, while happenings are fairly specific in time and place, hey? Xians call their gospels \"good news\" about legendary events of millennia past -- hardly 'new', and not wretched enough to qualify as 'news' in the modern world.\nIIRC Mark Twain said, \"Dog bites man isn't news but man bites dog is,\" or something like that. But to qualify as news, that human-attack-on-dog must be witnessed and reported. Tucker Carlson has an exclusive!", ">\n\nBecause Australia doesn't exist, remember?\n/s", ">\n\nHonestly, why is this reported? So stupid" ]

[ "Could've been worse... he could've ended up in Austria", ">\n\nOr Cape Breton", ">\n\nSo this man ends up in Montana just as the spy balloon was passing over. A likely coincidence!", ">\n\nSimilar to those people who think they are traveling to Vancouver B.C. and get surprized when they end up in Vancouver, WA. And let's not even mention Vancouver Island.", ">\n\nthere is a difference between \"Things that have happened\" and \"News\"", ">\n\nNEWS (North, East, West, South) is all over the map, while happenings are fairly specific in time and place, hey? Xians call their gospels \"good news\" about legendary events of millennia past -- hardly 'new', and not wretched enough to qualify as 'news' in the modern world.\nIIRC Mark Twain said, \"Dog bites man isn't news but man bites dog is,\" or something like that. But to qualify as news, that human-attack-on-dog must be witnessed and reported. Tucker Carlson has an exclusive!", ">\n\nBecause Australia doesn't exist, remember?\n/s", ">\n\nHonestly, why is this reported? So stupid", ">\n\nClose enough" ]

[ "Could've been worse... he could've ended up in Austria", ">\n\nOr Cape Breton", ">\n\nSo this man ends up in Montana just as the spy balloon was passing over. A likely coincidence!", ">\n\nSimilar to those people who think they are traveling to Vancouver B.C. and get surprized when they end up in Vancouver, WA. And let's not even mention Vancouver Island.", ">\n\nthere is a difference between \"Things that have happened\" and \"News\"", ">\n\nNEWS (North, East, West, South) is all over the map, while happenings are fairly specific in time and place, hey? Xians call their gospels \"good news\" about legendary events of millennia past -- hardly 'new', and not wretched enough to qualify as 'news' in the modern world.\nIIRC Mark Twain said, \"Dog bites man isn't news but man bites dog is,\" or something like that. But to qualify as news, that human-attack-on-dog must be witnessed and reported. Tucker Carlson has an exclusive!", ">\n\nBecause Australia doesn't exist, remember?\n/s", ">\n\nHonestly, why is this reported? So stupid", ">\n\nClose enough", ">\n\nOne would have thought he would have realized at the gate in Billings, MT when his 15 hour Pacific crossing was to be on a tiny 9-passenger P2012 prop plane (the only route/airline/aircraft to/from Sidney).\nThere was a story some time ago of somebody finding a cheap fare to Las Vegas from Birmingham. Only problem was they were in Birmingham, UK, while the flight was from Birmingham, Alabama." ]

[ "Could've been worse... he could've ended up in Austria", ">\n\nOr Cape Breton", ">\n\nSo this man ends up in Montana just as the spy balloon was passing over. A likely coincidence!", ">\n\nSimilar to those people who think they are traveling to Vancouver B.C. and get surprized when they end up in Vancouver, WA. And let's not even mention Vancouver Island.", ">\n\nthere is a difference between \"Things that have happened\" and \"News\"", ">\n\nNEWS (North, East, West, South) is all over the map, while happenings are fairly specific in time and place, hey? Xians call their gospels \"good news\" about legendary events of millennia past -- hardly 'new', and not wretched enough to qualify as 'news' in the modern world.\nIIRC Mark Twain said, \"Dog bites man isn't news but man bites dog is,\" or something like that. But to qualify as news, that human-attack-on-dog must be witnessed and reported. Tucker Carlson has an exclusive!", ">\n\nBecause Australia doesn't exist, remember?\n/s", ">\n\nHonestly, why is this reported? So stupid", ">\n\nClose enough", ">\n\nOne would have thought he would have realized at the gate in Billings, MT when his 15 hour Pacific crossing was to be on a tiny 9-passenger P2012 prop plane (the only route/airline/aircraft to/from Sidney).\nThere was a story some time ago of somebody finding a cheap fare to Las Vegas from Birmingham. Only problem was they were in Birmingham, UK, while the flight was from Birmingham, Alabama.", ">\n\nThen there are the poor sods aiming for Las Vegas Nevada but landing in Las Vegas New Mexico. Or flip-flopping destinations from Durango Colorado to Durango Mexico. Or Paris France to Paris Texas or Perris California, which at least boasts an interesting railway/trolley museum." ]

[ "Could've been worse... he could've ended up in Austria", ">\n\nOr Cape Breton", ">\n\nSo this man ends up in Montana just as the spy balloon was passing over. A likely coincidence!", ">\n\nSimilar to those people who think they are traveling to Vancouver B.C. and get surprized when they end up in Vancouver, WA. And let's not even mention Vancouver Island.", ">\n\nthere is a difference between \"Things that have happened\" and \"News\"", ">\n\nNEWS (North, East, West, South) is all over the map, while happenings are fairly specific in time and place, hey? Xians call their gospels \"good news\" about legendary events of millennia past -- hardly 'new', and not wretched enough to qualify as 'news' in the modern world.\nIIRC Mark Twain said, \"Dog bites man isn't news but man bites dog is,\" or something like that. But to qualify as news, that human-attack-on-dog must be witnessed and reported. Tucker Carlson has an exclusive!", ">\n\nBecause Australia doesn't exist, remember?\n/s", ">\n\nHonestly, why is this reported? So stupid", ">\n\nClose enough", ">\n\nOne would have thought he would have realized at the gate in Billings, MT when his 15 hour Pacific crossing was to be on a tiny 9-passenger P2012 prop plane (the only route/airline/aircraft to/from Sidney).\nThere was a story some time ago of somebody finding a cheap fare to Las Vegas from Birmingham. Only problem was they were in Birmingham, UK, while the flight was from Birmingham, Alabama.", ">\n\nThen there are the poor sods aiming for Las Vegas Nevada but landing in Las Vegas New Mexico. Or flip-flopping destinations from Durango Colorado to Durango Mexico. Or Paris France to Paris Texas or Perris California, which at least boasts an interesting railway/trolley museum.", ">\n\nLol, that museum is half an hour away from me. I don't think you'll get commercial flights to Perris airport though. In fact, way more people take off in planes from there than land while still in a plane..." ]

[ "Could've been worse... he could've ended up in Austria", ">\n\nOr Cape Breton", ">\n\nSo this man ends up in Montana just as the spy balloon was passing over. A likely coincidence!", ">\n\nSimilar to those people who think they are traveling to Vancouver B.C. and get surprized when they end up in Vancouver, WA. And let's not even mention Vancouver Island.", ">\n\nthere is a difference between \"Things that have happened\" and \"News\"", ">\n\nNEWS (North, East, West, South) is all over the map, while happenings are fairly specific in time and place, hey? Xians call their gospels \"good news\" about legendary events of millennia past -- hardly 'new', and not wretched enough to qualify as 'news' in the modern world.\nIIRC Mark Twain said, \"Dog bites man isn't news but man bites dog is,\" or something like that. But to qualify as news, that human-attack-on-dog must be witnessed and reported. Tucker Carlson has an exclusive!", ">\n\nBecause Australia doesn't exist, remember?\n/s", ">\n\nHonestly, why is this reported? So stupid", ">\n\nClose enough", ">\n\nOne would have thought he would have realized at the gate in Billings, MT when his 15 hour Pacific crossing was to be on a tiny 9-passenger P2012 prop plane (the only route/airline/aircraft to/from Sidney).\nThere was a story some time ago of somebody finding a cheap fare to Las Vegas from Birmingham. Only problem was they were in Birmingham, UK, while the flight was from Birmingham, Alabama.", ">\n\nThen there are the poor sods aiming for Las Vegas Nevada but landing in Las Vegas New Mexico. Or flip-flopping destinations from Durango Colorado to Durango Mexico. Or Paris France to Paris Texas or Perris California, which at least boasts an interesting railway/trolley museum.", ">\n\nLol, that museum is half an hour away from me. I don't think you'll get commercial flights to Perris airport though. In fact, way more people take off in planes from there than land while still in a plane...", ">\n\nYou can’t fix stupid." ]

[ "Could've been worse... he could've ended up in Austria", ">\n\nOr Cape Breton", ">\n\nSo this man ends up in Montana just as the spy balloon was passing over. A likely coincidence!", ">\n\nSimilar to those people who think they are traveling to Vancouver B.C. and get surprized when they end up in Vancouver, WA. And let's not even mention Vancouver Island.", ">\n\nthere is a difference between \"Things that have happened\" and \"News\"", ">\n\nNEWS (North, East, West, South) is all over the map, while happenings are fairly specific in time and place, hey? Xians call their gospels \"good news\" about legendary events of millennia past -- hardly 'new', and not wretched enough to qualify as 'news' in the modern world.\nIIRC Mark Twain said, \"Dog bites man isn't news but man bites dog is,\" or something like that. But to qualify as news, that human-attack-on-dog must be witnessed and reported. Tucker Carlson has an exclusive!", ">\n\nBecause Australia doesn't exist, remember?\n/s", ">\n\nHonestly, why is this reported? So stupid", ">\n\nClose enough", ">\n\nOne would have thought he would have realized at the gate in Billings, MT when his 15 hour Pacific crossing was to be on a tiny 9-passenger P2012 prop plane (the only route/airline/aircraft to/from Sidney).\nThere was a story some time ago of somebody finding a cheap fare to Las Vegas from Birmingham. Only problem was they were in Birmingham, UK, while the flight was from Birmingham, Alabama.", ">\n\nThen there are the poor sods aiming for Las Vegas Nevada but landing in Las Vegas New Mexico. Or flip-flopping destinations from Durango Colorado to Durango Mexico. Or Paris France to Paris Texas or Perris California, which at least boasts an interesting railway/trolley museum.", ">\n\nLol, that museum is half an hour away from me. I don't think you'll get commercial flights to Perris airport though. In fact, way more people take off in planes from there than land while still in a plane...", ">\n\nYou can’t fix stupid.", ">\n\nFrom our then-home a bit north of San Francisco, we flew to Fairbanks Alaska but our luggage was shipped to Fairbanks Arizona (near Tombstone). Baggage check-in error, by the clerk, not us.\nThis was in a November so we had to buy warm clothes for Alaska. Our suitcases finally reached us... ripped open, torn to crap. But at least neither we nor our stuff landed in Australia. Whew.\nProTip:: When visiting Oz, voluntarily or otherwise, be sure to obtain a coin purse made from a wallaby scrotum. Get-em for your friends. Well, they were your friends before you gave them these. So be prudent. 8-)" ]

[ "Could've been worse... he could've ended up in Austria", ">\n\nOr Cape Breton", ">\n\nSo this man ends up in Montana just as the spy balloon was passing over. A likely coincidence!", ">\n\nSimilar to those people who think they are traveling to Vancouver B.C. and get surprized when they end up in Vancouver, WA. And let's not even mention Vancouver Island.", ">\n\nthere is a difference between \"Things that have happened\" and \"News\"", ">\n\nNEWS (North, East, West, South) is all over the map, while happenings are fairly specific in time and place, hey? Xians call their gospels \"good news\" about legendary events of millennia past -- hardly 'new', and not wretched enough to qualify as 'news' in the modern world.\nIIRC Mark Twain said, \"Dog bites man isn't news but man bites dog is,\" or something like that. But to qualify as news, that human-attack-on-dog must be witnessed and reported. Tucker Carlson has an exclusive!", ">\n\nBecause Australia doesn't exist, remember?\n/s", ">\n\nHonestly, why is this reported? So stupid", ">\n\nClose enough", ">\n\nOne would have thought he would have realized at the gate in Billings, MT when his 15 hour Pacific crossing was to be on a tiny 9-passenger P2012 prop plane (the only route/airline/aircraft to/from Sidney).\nThere was a story some time ago of somebody finding a cheap fare to Las Vegas from Birmingham. Only problem was they were in Birmingham, UK, while the flight was from Birmingham, Alabama.", ">\n\nThen there are the poor sods aiming for Las Vegas Nevada but landing in Las Vegas New Mexico. Or flip-flopping destinations from Durango Colorado to Durango Mexico. Or Paris France to Paris Texas or Perris California, which at least boasts an interesting railway/trolley museum.", ">\n\nLol, that museum is half an hour away from me. I don't think you'll get commercial flights to Perris airport though. In fact, way more people take off in planes from there than land while still in a plane...", ">\n\nYou can’t fix stupid.", ">\n\nFrom our then-home a bit north of San Francisco, we flew to Fairbanks Alaska but our luggage was shipped to Fairbanks Arizona (near Tombstone). Baggage check-in error, by the clerk, not us.\nThis was in a November so we had to buy warm clothes for Alaska. Our suitcases finally reached us... ripped open, torn to crap. But at least neither we nor our stuff landed in Australia. Whew.\nProTip:: When visiting Oz, voluntarily or otherwise, be sure to obtain a coin purse made from a wallaby scrotum. Get-em for your friends. Well, they were your friends before you gave them these. So be prudent. 8-)", ">\n\nCould have ended up in Sidney, Maine. For the win" ]

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[ "I hope he had instant lava diarrhea" ]

[ "I hope he had instant lava diarrhea", ">\n\nWell, I'm convinced." ]

[ "I hope he had instant lava diarrhea", ">\n\nWell, I'm convinced.", ">\n\nFair enough" ]

[ "I hope he had instant lava diarrhea", ">\n\nWell, I'm convinced.", ">\n\nFair enough", ">\n\nThe amount we are heating the environment is not a jalapeño.\nIt's a Carolina reaper.\nLets see him eat a reaper and maintain poise." ]

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[ "What a commander he turned out to be, and what a consistent beacon of morality in these testing times. Swedes are helping the Turkish during this earthquake despite the politics. Ukraine offering medical help to POWs. Viva Ukraine, viva Sweden, and viva democracy." ]

[ "What a commander he turned out to be, and what a consistent beacon of morality in these testing times. Swedes are helping the Turkish during this earthquake despite the politics. Ukraine offering medical help to POWs. Viva Ukraine, viva Sweden, and viva democracy.", ">\n\nHopefully they will soon be able to discuss if they should stop pushing Ruzzians back at the Ukraine border, or keep going in to Ruzzia itself." ]

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[ "Isn’t that another war crime." ]

[ "Isn’t that another war crime.", ">\n\nKinda.\nRenouncing Ukrainian citizenship isn't the main issue. The main issue is gaining Russian citizenship. The moment they become Russian, they can be mobilized and sent fight against their own. The moment they become Russian, they're not allowed to leave the region as those regions are under martial law.\nIn other words, by forcing people to become Russian, they're making them legal mobiks which becomes a war crime as it's against international law to use people from invaded territory as your invasion force. They'll be used as cannon fodder.\nAnd if they don't, they'll get deported which is in itself a form of genocide or they'll get jailed which can also become a type of genocide as they'll probably be jailed/reeducation camp." ]

[ "Isn’t that another war crime.", ">\n\nKinda.\nRenouncing Ukrainian citizenship isn't the main issue. The main issue is gaining Russian citizenship. The moment they become Russian, they can be mobilized and sent fight against their own. The moment they become Russian, they're not allowed to leave the region as those regions are under martial law.\nIn other words, by forcing people to become Russian, they're making them legal mobiks which becomes a war crime as it's against international law to use people from invaded territory as your invasion force. They'll be used as cannon fodder.\nAnd if they don't, they'll get deported which is in itself a form of genocide or they'll get jailed which can also become a type of genocide as they'll probably be jailed/reeducation camp.", ">\n\nThey should all resign en masse. See how Russians can \"govern\" without anyone local to do it." ]

[ "Isn’t that another war crime.", ">\n\nKinda.\nRenouncing Ukrainian citizenship isn't the main issue. The main issue is gaining Russian citizenship. The moment they become Russian, they can be mobilized and sent fight against their own. The moment they become Russian, they're not allowed to leave the region as those regions are under martial law.\nIn other words, by forcing people to become Russian, they're making them legal mobiks which becomes a war crime as it's against international law to use people from invaded territory as your invasion force. They'll be used as cannon fodder.\nAnd if they don't, they'll get deported which is in itself a form of genocide or they'll get jailed which can also become a type of genocide as they'll probably be jailed/reeducation camp.", ">\n\nThey should all resign en masse. See how Russians can \"govern\" without anyone local to do it.", ">\n\nThey don't care about governing. They'll just abduct, relocate, imprison, rape, torture and kill anyone that doesn't do what they're told. Which I guess if I think about it, that's just Russian 'government'." ]

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[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades." ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"" ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?" ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?" ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more." ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food ." ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"" ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s" ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices." ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?" ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves." ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out." ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started." ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis." ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis.", ">\n\nPain management is broad though, there's so many alternatives to fenty or even opioids in general. The gate theory of pain management is back in vogue; When I worked in a childrens' hospital for training in gradschool, the surgeons would use local anesthetics and music therapy (banging on drums) when doing skin grafts on a child who couldn't handle stronger medication. The kids hardly knew they were being peeled like an orange (though I was trying my hardest not to wince, ugh!)\nMy worry is that simply rescheduling fentanyl isn't going to do much for those already suffering. A lot of the medical community has self corrected against the old ways of pain management that are partly to blame for this mess as it is, it's street level trade that people are getting their opioids now, and as we know, increased penalties doesn't necessarily mean less crime or access." ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis.", ">\n\nPain management is broad though, there's so many alternatives to fenty or even opioids in general. The gate theory of pain management is back in vogue; When I worked in a childrens' hospital for training in gradschool, the surgeons would use local anesthetics and music therapy (banging on drums) when doing skin grafts on a child who couldn't handle stronger medication. The kids hardly knew they were being peeled like an orange (though I was trying my hardest not to wince, ugh!)\nMy worry is that simply rescheduling fentanyl isn't going to do much for those already suffering. A lot of the medical community has self corrected against the old ways of pain management that are partly to blame for this mess as it is, it's street level trade that people are getting their opioids now, and as we know, increased penalties doesn't necessarily mean less crime or access.", ">\n\nI'm not saying that fentanyl is necessary, but to claim that it has no medical use is science denialism. I for one want laws based on evidence, not emotions, and the evidence is that fentanyl ought to remain Schedule II along with crack cocaine and crystal meth." ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis.", ">\n\nPain management is broad though, there's so many alternatives to fenty or even opioids in general. The gate theory of pain management is back in vogue; When I worked in a childrens' hospital for training in gradschool, the surgeons would use local anesthetics and music therapy (banging on drums) when doing skin grafts on a child who couldn't handle stronger medication. The kids hardly knew they were being peeled like an orange (though I was trying my hardest not to wince, ugh!)\nMy worry is that simply rescheduling fentanyl isn't going to do much for those already suffering. A lot of the medical community has self corrected against the old ways of pain management that are partly to blame for this mess as it is, it's street level trade that people are getting their opioids now, and as we know, increased penalties doesn't necessarily mean less crime or access.", ">\n\nI'm not saying that fentanyl is necessary, but to claim that it has no medical use is science denialism. I for one want laws based on evidence, not emotions, and the evidence is that fentanyl ought to remain Schedule II along with crack cocaine and crystal meth.", ">\n\noh absolutely, in 100% agreement. All schedule is going to do is give the perception that something is being done while 1. not doing much to solve the problem and 2. making things more complicated for doctors who legitimately use the substance." ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis.", ">\n\nPain management is broad though, there's so many alternatives to fenty or even opioids in general. The gate theory of pain management is back in vogue; When I worked in a childrens' hospital for training in gradschool, the surgeons would use local anesthetics and music therapy (banging on drums) when doing skin grafts on a child who couldn't handle stronger medication. The kids hardly knew they were being peeled like an orange (though I was trying my hardest not to wince, ugh!)\nMy worry is that simply rescheduling fentanyl isn't going to do much for those already suffering. A lot of the medical community has self corrected against the old ways of pain management that are partly to blame for this mess as it is, it's street level trade that people are getting their opioids now, and as we know, increased penalties doesn't necessarily mean less crime or access.", ">\n\nI'm not saying that fentanyl is necessary, but to claim that it has no medical use is science denialism. I for one want laws based on evidence, not emotions, and the evidence is that fentanyl ought to remain Schedule II along with crack cocaine and crystal meth.", ">\n\noh absolutely, in 100% agreement. All schedule is going to do is give the perception that something is being done while 1. not doing much to solve the problem and 2. making things more complicated for doctors who legitimately use the substance.", ">\n\nGotcha! Yes, I agree completely." ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis.", ">\n\nPain management is broad though, there's so many alternatives to fenty or even opioids in general. The gate theory of pain management is back in vogue; When I worked in a childrens' hospital for training in gradschool, the surgeons would use local anesthetics and music therapy (banging on drums) when doing skin grafts on a child who couldn't handle stronger medication. The kids hardly knew they were being peeled like an orange (though I was trying my hardest not to wince, ugh!)\nMy worry is that simply rescheduling fentanyl isn't going to do much for those already suffering. A lot of the medical community has self corrected against the old ways of pain management that are partly to blame for this mess as it is, it's street level trade that people are getting their opioids now, and as we know, increased penalties doesn't necessarily mean less crime or access.", ">\n\nI'm not saying that fentanyl is necessary, but to claim that it has no medical use is science denialism. I for one want laws based on evidence, not emotions, and the evidence is that fentanyl ought to remain Schedule II along with crack cocaine and crystal meth.", ">\n\noh absolutely, in 100% agreement. All schedule is going to do is give the perception that something is being done while 1. not doing much to solve the problem and 2. making things more complicated for doctors who legitimately use the substance.", ">\n\nGotcha! Yes, I agree completely.", ">\n\nCovid, regressives, and heart disease?" ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis.", ">\n\nPain management is broad though, there's so many alternatives to fenty or even opioids in general. The gate theory of pain management is back in vogue; When I worked in a childrens' hospital for training in gradschool, the surgeons would use local anesthetics and music therapy (banging on drums) when doing skin grafts on a child who couldn't handle stronger medication. The kids hardly knew they were being peeled like an orange (though I was trying my hardest not to wince, ugh!)\nMy worry is that simply rescheduling fentanyl isn't going to do much for those already suffering. A lot of the medical community has self corrected against the old ways of pain management that are partly to blame for this mess as it is, it's street level trade that people are getting their opioids now, and as we know, increased penalties doesn't necessarily mean less crime or access.", ">\n\nI'm not saying that fentanyl is necessary, but to claim that it has no medical use is science denialism. I for one want laws based on evidence, not emotions, and the evidence is that fentanyl ought to remain Schedule II along with crack cocaine and crystal meth.", ">\n\noh absolutely, in 100% agreement. All schedule is going to do is give the perception that something is being done while 1. not doing much to solve the problem and 2. making things more complicated for doctors who legitimately use the substance.", ">\n\nGotcha! Yes, I agree completely.", ">\n\nCovid, regressives, and heart disease?", ">\n\nCancer, fine. But when is anyone going to take on the obesity epidemic?" ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis.", ">\n\nPain management is broad though, there's so many alternatives to fenty or even opioids in general. The gate theory of pain management is back in vogue; When I worked in a childrens' hospital for training in gradschool, the surgeons would use local anesthetics and music therapy (banging on drums) when doing skin grafts on a child who couldn't handle stronger medication. The kids hardly knew they were being peeled like an orange (though I was trying my hardest not to wince, ugh!)\nMy worry is that simply rescheduling fentanyl isn't going to do much for those already suffering. A lot of the medical community has self corrected against the old ways of pain management that are partly to blame for this mess as it is, it's street level trade that people are getting their opioids now, and as we know, increased penalties doesn't necessarily mean less crime or access.", ">\n\nI'm not saying that fentanyl is necessary, but to claim that it has no medical use is science denialism. I for one want laws based on evidence, not emotions, and the evidence is that fentanyl ought to remain Schedule II along with crack cocaine and crystal meth.", ">\n\noh absolutely, in 100% agreement. All schedule is going to do is give the perception that something is being done while 1. not doing much to solve the problem and 2. making things more complicated for doctors who legitimately use the substance.", ">\n\nGotcha! Yes, I agree completely.", ">\n\nCovid, regressives, and heart disease?", ">\n\nCancer, fine. But when is anyone going to take on the obesity epidemic?", ">\n\nObesity is hard to tackle because there’s nothing anybody can really do for you if you don’t want to change, short of forcing people to develop healthy diets and exercise regimens mandated by law. If we couldn’t even get people to mask up during a deadly pandemic, there’s no way we’re ever going to tackle obesity." ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis.", ">\n\nPain management is broad though, there's so many alternatives to fenty or even opioids in general. The gate theory of pain management is back in vogue; When I worked in a childrens' hospital for training in gradschool, the surgeons would use local anesthetics and music therapy (banging on drums) when doing skin grafts on a child who couldn't handle stronger medication. The kids hardly knew they were being peeled like an orange (though I was trying my hardest not to wince, ugh!)\nMy worry is that simply rescheduling fentanyl isn't going to do much for those already suffering. A lot of the medical community has self corrected against the old ways of pain management that are partly to blame for this mess as it is, it's street level trade that people are getting their opioids now, and as we know, increased penalties doesn't necessarily mean less crime or access.", ">\n\nI'm not saying that fentanyl is necessary, but to claim that it has no medical use is science denialism. I for one want laws based on evidence, not emotions, and the evidence is that fentanyl ought to remain Schedule II along with crack cocaine and crystal meth.", ">\n\noh absolutely, in 100% agreement. All schedule is going to do is give the perception that something is being done while 1. not doing much to solve the problem and 2. making things more complicated for doctors who legitimately use the substance.", ">\n\nGotcha! Yes, I agree completely.", ">\n\nCovid, regressives, and heart disease?", ">\n\nCancer, fine. But when is anyone going to take on the obesity epidemic?", ">\n\nObesity is hard to tackle because there’s nothing anybody can really do for you if you don’t want to change, short of forcing people to develop healthy diets and exercise regimens mandated by law. If we couldn’t even get people to mask up during a deadly pandemic, there’s no way we’re ever going to tackle obesity.", ">\n\nAt the same time do we really need 20g of added sugar in a can Campbell's tomato soup? Sugar in products seems to be getting out of control and hard to avoid." ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis.", ">\n\nPain management is broad though, there's so many alternatives to fenty or even opioids in general. The gate theory of pain management is back in vogue; When I worked in a childrens' hospital for training in gradschool, the surgeons would use local anesthetics and music therapy (banging on drums) when doing skin grafts on a child who couldn't handle stronger medication. The kids hardly knew they were being peeled like an orange (though I was trying my hardest not to wince, ugh!)\nMy worry is that simply rescheduling fentanyl isn't going to do much for those already suffering. A lot of the medical community has self corrected against the old ways of pain management that are partly to blame for this mess as it is, it's street level trade that people are getting their opioids now, and as we know, increased penalties doesn't necessarily mean less crime or access.", ">\n\nI'm not saying that fentanyl is necessary, but to claim that it has no medical use is science denialism. I for one want laws based on evidence, not emotions, and the evidence is that fentanyl ought to remain Schedule II along with crack cocaine and crystal meth.", ">\n\noh absolutely, in 100% agreement. All schedule is going to do is give the perception that something is being done while 1. not doing much to solve the problem and 2. making things more complicated for doctors who legitimately use the substance.", ">\n\nGotcha! Yes, I agree completely.", ">\n\nCovid, regressives, and heart disease?", ">\n\nCancer, fine. But when is anyone going to take on the obesity epidemic?", ">\n\nObesity is hard to tackle because there’s nothing anybody can really do for you if you don’t want to change, short of forcing people to develop healthy diets and exercise regimens mandated by law. If we couldn’t even get people to mask up during a deadly pandemic, there’s no way we’re ever going to tackle obesity.", ">\n\nAt the same time do we really need 20g of added sugar in a can Campbell's tomato soup? Sugar in products seems to be getting out of control and hard to avoid.", ">\n\nSo not poverty and Healthcare I assume?" ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis.", ">\n\nPain management is broad though, there's so many alternatives to fenty or even opioids in general. The gate theory of pain management is back in vogue; When I worked in a childrens' hospital for training in gradschool, the surgeons would use local anesthetics and music therapy (banging on drums) when doing skin grafts on a child who couldn't handle stronger medication. The kids hardly knew they were being peeled like an orange (though I was trying my hardest not to wince, ugh!)\nMy worry is that simply rescheduling fentanyl isn't going to do much for those already suffering. A lot of the medical community has self corrected against the old ways of pain management that are partly to blame for this mess as it is, it's street level trade that people are getting their opioids now, and as we know, increased penalties doesn't necessarily mean less crime or access.", ">\n\nI'm not saying that fentanyl is necessary, but to claim that it has no medical use is science denialism. I for one want laws based on evidence, not emotions, and the evidence is that fentanyl ought to remain Schedule II along with crack cocaine and crystal meth.", ">\n\noh absolutely, in 100% agreement. All schedule is going to do is give the perception that something is being done while 1. not doing much to solve the problem and 2. making things more complicated for doctors who legitimately use the substance.", ">\n\nGotcha! Yes, I agree completely.", ">\n\nCovid, regressives, and heart disease?", ">\n\nCancer, fine. But when is anyone going to take on the obesity epidemic?", ">\n\nObesity is hard to tackle because there’s nothing anybody can really do for you if you don’t want to change, short of forcing people to develop healthy diets and exercise regimens mandated by law. If we couldn’t even get people to mask up during a deadly pandemic, there’s no way we’re ever going to tackle obesity.", ">\n\nAt the same time do we really need 20g of added sugar in a can Campbell's tomato soup? Sugar in products seems to be getting out of control and hard to avoid.", ">\n\nSo not poverty and Healthcare I assume?", ">\n\nFear and loathing?" ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis.", ">\n\nPain management is broad though, there's so many alternatives to fenty or even opioids in general. The gate theory of pain management is back in vogue; When I worked in a childrens' hospital for training in gradschool, the surgeons would use local anesthetics and music therapy (banging on drums) when doing skin grafts on a child who couldn't handle stronger medication. The kids hardly knew they were being peeled like an orange (though I was trying my hardest not to wince, ugh!)\nMy worry is that simply rescheduling fentanyl isn't going to do much for those already suffering. A lot of the medical community has self corrected against the old ways of pain management that are partly to blame for this mess as it is, it's street level trade that people are getting their opioids now, and as we know, increased penalties doesn't necessarily mean less crime or access.", ">\n\nI'm not saying that fentanyl is necessary, but to claim that it has no medical use is science denialism. I for one want laws based on evidence, not emotions, and the evidence is that fentanyl ought to remain Schedule II along with crack cocaine and crystal meth.", ">\n\noh absolutely, in 100% agreement. All schedule is going to do is give the perception that something is being done while 1. not doing much to solve the problem and 2. making things more complicated for doctors who legitimately use the substance.", ">\n\nGotcha! Yes, I agree completely.", ">\n\nCovid, regressives, and heart disease?", ">\n\nCancer, fine. But when is anyone going to take on the obesity epidemic?", ">\n\nObesity is hard to tackle because there’s nothing anybody can really do for you if you don’t want to change, short of forcing people to develop healthy diets and exercise regimens mandated by law. If we couldn’t even get people to mask up during a deadly pandemic, there’s no way we’re ever going to tackle obesity.", ">\n\nAt the same time do we really need 20g of added sugar in a can Campbell's tomato soup? Sugar in products seems to be getting out of control and hard to avoid.", ">\n\nSo not poverty and Healthcare I assume?", ">\n\nFear and loathing?", ">\n\nThat's really only a problem in one city." ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis.", ">\n\nPain management is broad though, there's so many alternatives to fenty or even opioids in general. The gate theory of pain management is back in vogue; When I worked in a childrens' hospital for training in gradschool, the surgeons would use local anesthetics and music therapy (banging on drums) when doing skin grafts on a child who couldn't handle stronger medication. The kids hardly knew they were being peeled like an orange (though I was trying my hardest not to wince, ugh!)\nMy worry is that simply rescheduling fentanyl isn't going to do much for those already suffering. A lot of the medical community has self corrected against the old ways of pain management that are partly to blame for this mess as it is, it's street level trade that people are getting their opioids now, and as we know, increased penalties doesn't necessarily mean less crime or access.", ">\n\nI'm not saying that fentanyl is necessary, but to claim that it has no medical use is science denialism. I for one want laws based on evidence, not emotions, and the evidence is that fentanyl ought to remain Schedule II along with crack cocaine and crystal meth.", ">\n\noh absolutely, in 100% agreement. All schedule is going to do is give the perception that something is being done while 1. not doing much to solve the problem and 2. making things more complicated for doctors who legitimately use the substance.", ">\n\nGotcha! Yes, I agree completely.", ">\n\nCovid, regressives, and heart disease?", ">\n\nCancer, fine. But when is anyone going to take on the obesity epidemic?", ">\n\nObesity is hard to tackle because there’s nothing anybody can really do for you if you don’t want to change, short of forcing people to develop healthy diets and exercise regimens mandated by law. If we couldn’t even get people to mask up during a deadly pandemic, there’s no way we’re ever going to tackle obesity.", ">\n\nAt the same time do we really need 20g of added sugar in a can Campbell's tomato soup? Sugar in products seems to be getting out of control and hard to avoid.", ">\n\nSo not poverty and Healthcare I assume?", ">\n\nFear and loathing?", ">\n\nThat's really only a problem in one city.", ">\n\nBiden, enough of the war on drugs. It doesn't work okay?\nFocus on legalizing marijuana and finding a cure for cancer" ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis.", ">\n\nPain management is broad though, there's so many alternatives to fenty or even opioids in general. The gate theory of pain management is back in vogue; When I worked in a childrens' hospital for training in gradschool, the surgeons would use local anesthetics and music therapy (banging on drums) when doing skin grafts on a child who couldn't handle stronger medication. The kids hardly knew they were being peeled like an orange (though I was trying my hardest not to wince, ugh!)\nMy worry is that simply rescheduling fentanyl isn't going to do much for those already suffering. A lot of the medical community has self corrected against the old ways of pain management that are partly to blame for this mess as it is, it's street level trade that people are getting their opioids now, and as we know, increased penalties doesn't necessarily mean less crime or access.", ">\n\nI'm not saying that fentanyl is necessary, but to claim that it has no medical use is science denialism. I for one want laws based on evidence, not emotions, and the evidence is that fentanyl ought to remain Schedule II along with crack cocaine and crystal meth.", ">\n\noh absolutely, in 100% agreement. All schedule is going to do is give the perception that something is being done while 1. not doing much to solve the problem and 2. making things more complicated for doctors who legitimately use the substance.", ">\n\nGotcha! Yes, I agree completely.", ">\n\nCovid, regressives, and heart disease?", ">\n\nCancer, fine. But when is anyone going to take on the obesity epidemic?", ">\n\nObesity is hard to tackle because there’s nothing anybody can really do for you if you don’t want to change, short of forcing people to develop healthy diets and exercise regimens mandated by law. If we couldn’t even get people to mask up during a deadly pandemic, there’s no way we’re ever going to tackle obesity.", ">\n\nAt the same time do we really need 20g of added sugar in a can Campbell's tomato soup? Sugar in products seems to be getting out of control and hard to avoid.", ">\n\nSo not poverty and Healthcare I assume?", ">\n\nFear and loathing?", ">\n\nThat's really only a problem in one city.", ">\n\nBiden, enough of the war on drugs. It doesn't work okay?\nFocus on legalizing marijuana and finding a cure for cancer", ">\n\nCorporate Profits and the GOP?" ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis.", ">\n\nPain management is broad though, there's so many alternatives to fenty or even opioids in general. The gate theory of pain management is back in vogue; When I worked in a childrens' hospital for training in gradschool, the surgeons would use local anesthetics and music therapy (banging on drums) when doing skin grafts on a child who couldn't handle stronger medication. The kids hardly knew they were being peeled like an orange (though I was trying my hardest not to wince, ugh!)\nMy worry is that simply rescheduling fentanyl isn't going to do much for those already suffering. A lot of the medical community has self corrected against the old ways of pain management that are partly to blame for this mess as it is, it's street level trade that people are getting their opioids now, and as we know, increased penalties doesn't necessarily mean less crime or access.", ">\n\nI'm not saying that fentanyl is necessary, but to claim that it has no medical use is science denialism. I for one want laws based on evidence, not emotions, and the evidence is that fentanyl ought to remain Schedule II along with crack cocaine and crystal meth.", ">\n\noh absolutely, in 100% agreement. All schedule is going to do is give the perception that something is being done while 1. not doing much to solve the problem and 2. making things more complicated for doctors who legitimately use the substance.", ">\n\nGotcha! Yes, I agree completely.", ">\n\nCovid, regressives, and heart disease?", ">\n\nCancer, fine. But when is anyone going to take on the obesity epidemic?", ">\n\nObesity is hard to tackle because there’s nothing anybody can really do for you if you don’t want to change, short of forcing people to develop healthy diets and exercise regimens mandated by law. If we couldn’t even get people to mask up during a deadly pandemic, there’s no way we’re ever going to tackle obesity.", ">\n\nAt the same time do we really need 20g of added sugar in a can Campbell's tomato soup? Sugar in products seems to be getting out of control and hard to avoid.", ">\n\nSo not poverty and Healthcare I assume?", ">\n\nFear and loathing?", ">\n\nThat's really only a problem in one city.", ">\n\nBiden, enough of the war on drugs. It doesn't work okay?\nFocus on legalizing marijuana and finding a cure for cancer", ">\n\nCorporate Profits and the GOP?", ">\n\nRepublicans and corporations?" ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis.", ">\n\nPain management is broad though, there's so many alternatives to fenty or even opioids in general. The gate theory of pain management is back in vogue; When I worked in a childrens' hospital for training in gradschool, the surgeons would use local anesthetics and music therapy (banging on drums) when doing skin grafts on a child who couldn't handle stronger medication. The kids hardly knew they were being peeled like an orange (though I was trying my hardest not to wince, ugh!)\nMy worry is that simply rescheduling fentanyl isn't going to do much for those already suffering. A lot of the medical community has self corrected against the old ways of pain management that are partly to blame for this mess as it is, it's street level trade that people are getting their opioids now, and as we know, increased penalties doesn't necessarily mean less crime or access.", ">\n\nI'm not saying that fentanyl is necessary, but to claim that it has no medical use is science denialism. I for one want laws based on evidence, not emotions, and the evidence is that fentanyl ought to remain Schedule II along with crack cocaine and crystal meth.", ">\n\noh absolutely, in 100% agreement. All schedule is going to do is give the perception that something is being done while 1. not doing much to solve the problem and 2. making things more complicated for doctors who legitimately use the substance.", ">\n\nGotcha! Yes, I agree completely.", ">\n\nCovid, regressives, and heart disease?", ">\n\nCancer, fine. But when is anyone going to take on the obesity epidemic?", ">\n\nObesity is hard to tackle because there’s nothing anybody can really do for you if you don’t want to change, short of forcing people to develop healthy diets and exercise regimens mandated by law. If we couldn’t even get people to mask up during a deadly pandemic, there’s no way we’re ever going to tackle obesity.", ">\n\nAt the same time do we really need 20g of added sugar in a can Campbell's tomato soup? Sugar in products seems to be getting out of control and hard to avoid.", ">\n\nSo not poverty and Healthcare I assume?", ">\n\nFear and loathing?", ">\n\nThat's really only a problem in one city.", ">\n\nBiden, enough of the war on drugs. It doesn't work okay?\nFocus on legalizing marijuana and finding a cure for cancer", ">\n\nCorporate Profits and the GOP?", ">\n\nRepublicans and corporations?", ">\n\nWoohoo more drug war! That's totally gonna work this time! Some people have doubts but I'm sure that if we just throw another trillion at it we'll see some real progress this time. \nNow that I think about it a single payer healthcare system would help with drug addiction and cancer both since it's scientifically possible to treat both drug addiction and cancer which apparently politicians are unaware of." ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis.", ">\n\nPain management is broad though, there's so many alternatives to fenty or even opioids in general. The gate theory of pain management is back in vogue; When I worked in a childrens' hospital for training in gradschool, the surgeons would use local anesthetics and music therapy (banging on drums) when doing skin grafts on a child who couldn't handle stronger medication. The kids hardly knew they were being peeled like an orange (though I was trying my hardest not to wince, ugh!)\nMy worry is that simply rescheduling fentanyl isn't going to do much for those already suffering. A lot of the medical community has self corrected against the old ways of pain management that are partly to blame for this mess as it is, it's street level trade that people are getting their opioids now, and as we know, increased penalties doesn't necessarily mean less crime or access.", ">\n\nI'm not saying that fentanyl is necessary, but to claim that it has no medical use is science denialism. I for one want laws based on evidence, not emotions, and the evidence is that fentanyl ought to remain Schedule II along with crack cocaine and crystal meth.", ">\n\noh absolutely, in 100% agreement. All schedule is going to do is give the perception that something is being done while 1. not doing much to solve the problem and 2. making things more complicated for doctors who legitimately use the substance.", ">\n\nGotcha! Yes, I agree completely.", ">\n\nCovid, regressives, and heart disease?", ">\n\nCancer, fine. But when is anyone going to take on the obesity epidemic?", ">\n\nObesity is hard to tackle because there’s nothing anybody can really do for you if you don’t want to change, short of forcing people to develop healthy diets and exercise regimens mandated by law. If we couldn’t even get people to mask up during a deadly pandemic, there’s no way we’re ever going to tackle obesity.", ">\n\nAt the same time do we really need 20g of added sugar in a can Campbell's tomato soup? Sugar in products seems to be getting out of control and hard to avoid.", ">\n\nSo not poverty and Healthcare I assume?", ">\n\nFear and loathing?", ">\n\nThat's really only a problem in one city.", ">\n\nBiden, enough of the war on drugs. It doesn't work okay?\nFocus on legalizing marijuana and finding a cure for cancer", ">\n\nCorporate Profits and the GOP?", ">\n\nRepublicans and corporations?", ">\n\nWoohoo more drug war! That's totally gonna work this time! Some people have doubts but I'm sure that if we just throw another trillion at it we'll see some real progress this time. \nNow that I think about it a single payer healthcare system would help with drug addiction and cancer both since it's scientifically possible to treat both drug addiction and cancer which apparently politicians are unaware of.", ">\n\nTobacco and alcohol , legal drugs are 10x bigger killers than illegal drugs." ]

[ "President Joe Biden will pitch new actions against two of the biggest killers of Americans ― fentanyl and cancer ― during his State of the Union speech\n\nWell I sure hope he's announcing a 180 degree shift in his (and Dems and feds) attitude on cannabis, considering it's been shown to lower opioid use/abuse and alleviate certain cancers and their effects. We'd know even more by now if the research hadn't been prevented for decades.", ">\n\nNope, just making a medicine schedule 1\nJoe Biden's America has no interest in creating sustainable change but it is \"tough on crime.\"", ">\n\nCops?", ">\n\nAnd suicide?", ">\n\n42% of Americans are obese. Obesity leads to a range of poor health outcomes. It's weird we don't talk about that more.", ">\n\nThen we will be blamed for wanting to take away everyone’s food .", ">\n\nI want to blame you for taking away my High Fructose Corn Syrup. Please. I'll shake my left fist at you (while shaking your hand).\nOh and I really want to blame you for making whole container calorie counts as big as the branding on the front of the container. No more \"serving size\" and fine print shit. Whole container calories and per weight/volume unit should be standardized and required. \nFuck \"suggested serving sizes\" and \"only 100 calories per serving! ^^^contains157.3servings\"", ">\n\nThat would be too demanding on corporations forcing them to raise prices . /s", ">\n\nCustomers breathing is forcing them to raise prices. \nBelieve it or not, customers not breathing is also causing them to raise prices.", ">\n\nGuns and healthcare costs?", ">\n\nFirearms are way down on the list. They're not even close to the top 10.\n42K people died of all firearm elated deaths in the US in 2022. 43% of those were homicide, 54% were suicide and 3% were other, largely accidents. \nWe'd have to approximately double the number of firearms deaths to get it into the top 10.\nThere is no need to exaggerate firearms deaths. The numbers should be able to stand for themselves.", ">\n\nBut what's the average age of someone who dies from heart disease, cancer, etc. compared to the average age of someone killed by a firearm?\nAny death is a tragedy, but a 16 year old getting his head blown off because of a dumb teenager argument plus a gun is a bigger problem than someone 80+ years old having their body just finally give out.", ">\n\nCorrect. We need to be factoring in the tragic nature of a death. Its quite different for someone at the tail end of life to die versus a young person just getting started.", ">\n\n\npermanently list fentanyl as a Schedule I drug, the same level as heroin and LSD\n\nSchedule I is supposed to be reserved for substances with \"no currently accepted medical use\" (per dea.gov). Hmm.\n\"Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat patients with chronic severe pain or severe pain following surgery.\" -- dea.gov \n\"Fentanyl is a strong opioid painkiller. It's used to treat severe pain, for example during or after an operation or a serious injury, or pain from cancer.\" -- nhs.uk\nIt's definitely reassuring that despite best evidence and medical practice, they're finally recognizing that fentanyl is just as dangerous as cannabis.", ">\n\nPain management is broad though, there's so many alternatives to fenty or even opioids in general. The gate theory of pain management is back in vogue; When I worked in a childrens' hospital for training in gradschool, the surgeons would use local anesthetics and music therapy (banging on drums) when doing skin grafts on a child who couldn't handle stronger medication. The kids hardly knew they were being peeled like an orange (though I was trying my hardest not to wince, ugh!)\nMy worry is that simply rescheduling fentanyl isn't going to do much for those already suffering. A lot of the medical community has self corrected against the old ways of pain management that are partly to blame for this mess as it is, it's street level trade that people are getting their opioids now, and as we know, increased penalties doesn't necessarily mean less crime or access.", ">\n\nI'm not saying that fentanyl is necessary, but to claim that it has no medical use is science denialism. I for one want laws based on evidence, not emotions, and the evidence is that fentanyl ought to remain Schedule II along with crack cocaine and crystal meth.", ">\n\noh absolutely, in 100% agreement. All schedule is going to do is give the perception that something is being done while 1. not doing much to solve the problem and 2. making things more complicated for doctors who legitimately use the substance.", ">\n\nGotcha! Yes, I agree completely.", ">\n\nCovid, regressives, and heart disease?", ">\n\nCancer, fine. But when is anyone going to take on the obesity epidemic?", ">\n\nObesity is hard to tackle because there’s nothing anybody can really do for you if you don’t want to change, short of forcing people to develop healthy diets and exercise regimens mandated by law. If we couldn’t even get people to mask up during a deadly pandemic, there’s no way we’re ever going to tackle obesity.", ">\n\nAt the same time do we really need 20g of added sugar in a can Campbell's tomato soup? Sugar in products seems to be getting out of control and hard to avoid.", ">\n\nSo not poverty and Healthcare I assume?", ">\n\nFear and loathing?", ">\n\nThat's really only a problem in one city.", ">\n\nBiden, enough of the war on drugs. It doesn't work okay?\nFocus on legalizing marijuana and finding a cure for cancer", ">\n\nCorporate Profits and the GOP?", ">\n\nRepublicans and corporations?", ">\n\nWoohoo more drug war! That's totally gonna work this time! Some people have doubts but I'm sure that if we just throw another trillion at it we'll see some real progress this time. \nNow that I think about it a single payer healthcare system would help with drug addiction and cancer both since it's scientifically possible to treat both drug addiction and cancer which apparently politicians are unaware of.", ">\n\nTobacco and alcohol , legal drugs are 10x bigger killers than illegal drugs.", ">\n\nfentanyl and cancer....really? \nDoesn't fentanyl have legitimate use cases? Aren't most of the people dying because of illegal drug use? Wouldn't the solution be idk reducing illegal drug use? Not banning it outright because all that does is reduce the amount of people who get addicted to it legally which probably isn't common.\nAlso fentanyl I wouldn't call one of the biggest killers, for drugs yes but in general no.\nAnd now cancer honestly I'm sick of how we handle it, finding a cure is nice and all but the main problem is stuff causing cancer!\nHow about we start banning more shit, force people to eat better and just improve the standard of living overall because I'm positive that wil reduce deaths from cancer a lot faster then trying to find a cure would do it. Finding new treatments is something we should do as well but that's a extremely complex solution and takes a very long time.\n\"The administration also plans to take more actions to encourage people to quit smoking cigarettes, which remain a major cause of cancer.\"\nOMG CAN WE FUCKING STOP ALREADY FOR THE LOVE OF FUCKING GOD JUST STOP IT! Like they don't do anything! Unless said encouragement is taxing the fuck out of it more but most of the time it's just stupid PSAs...EVERYONE KNOWS CIGARETTES GIVE YOU CANCER ALREADY THEY JUST DON'T CARE! \nI will say vapes need to be taxed just like cigarettes and need PSAs because a lot of people especially young people think it doesn't cause cancer because they don't understand healthier doesn't equal safe." ]

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[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work" ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂" ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂", ">\n\nIt really depends on the delivery. Just pointing out a pun is lame, but when you don't expect them from someone they can be pretty funny." ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂", ">\n\nIt really depends on the delivery. Just pointing out a pun is lame, but when you don't expect them from someone they can be pretty funny.", ">\n\nI agree! delivery can definitely elevate the status of a pun—but I guess, for me at least, even a highly elevated pun is clever, enjoyable, but rarely funny!" ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂", ">\n\nIt really depends on the delivery. Just pointing out a pun is lame, but when you don't expect them from someone they can be pretty funny.", ">\n\nI agree! delivery can definitely elevate the status of a pun—but I guess, for me at least, even a highly elevated pun is clever, enjoyable, but rarely funny!", ">\n\nPuns are hilarious when you think of them in the moment, but not so much when you are quoting something you saw online" ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂", ">\n\nIt really depends on the delivery. Just pointing out a pun is lame, but when you don't expect them from someone they can be pretty funny.", ">\n\nI agree! delivery can definitely elevate the status of a pun—but I guess, for me at least, even a highly elevated pun is clever, enjoyable, but rarely funny!", ">\n\nPuns are hilarious when you think of them in the moment, but not so much when you are quoting something you saw online", ">\n\nFor me, puns are more funny when you miss them in the moment, and then two hours later you're \"like oh shit lmao!\"" ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂", ">\n\nIt really depends on the delivery. Just pointing out a pun is lame, but when you don't expect them from someone they can be pretty funny.", ">\n\nI agree! delivery can definitely elevate the status of a pun—but I guess, for me at least, even a highly elevated pun is clever, enjoyable, but rarely funny!", ">\n\nPuns are hilarious when you think of them in the moment, but not so much when you are quoting something you saw online", ">\n\nFor me, puns are more funny when you miss them in the moment, and then two hours later you're \"like oh shit lmao!\"", ">\n\nI like puns. Some are really funny to me, some are just \"quirky\"\n​\nReading through a few Reddit comment sections will be enough to make you hate them. Not everything needs to be an overused joke, Reddit!" ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂", ">\n\nIt really depends on the delivery. Just pointing out a pun is lame, but when you don't expect them from someone they can be pretty funny.", ">\n\nI agree! delivery can definitely elevate the status of a pun—but I guess, for me at least, even a highly elevated pun is clever, enjoyable, but rarely funny!", ">\n\nPuns are hilarious when you think of them in the moment, but not so much when you are quoting something you saw online", ">\n\nFor me, puns are more funny when you miss them in the moment, and then two hours later you're \"like oh shit lmao!\"", ">\n\nI like puns. Some are really funny to me, some are just \"quirky\"\n​\nReading through a few Reddit comment sections will be enough to make you hate them. Not everything needs to be an overused joke, Reddit!", ">\n\nI don’t want to be friends with someone that finds all puns unfunny. Here’s an upvote though." ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂", ">\n\nIt really depends on the delivery. Just pointing out a pun is lame, but when you don't expect them from someone they can be pretty funny.", ">\n\nI agree! delivery can definitely elevate the status of a pun—but I guess, for me at least, even a highly elevated pun is clever, enjoyable, but rarely funny!", ">\n\nPuns are hilarious when you think of them in the moment, but not so much when you are quoting something you saw online", ">\n\nFor me, puns are more funny when you miss them in the moment, and then two hours later you're \"like oh shit lmao!\"", ">\n\nI like puns. Some are really funny to me, some are just \"quirky\"\n​\nReading through a few Reddit comment sections will be enough to make you hate them. Not everything needs to be an overused joke, Reddit!", ">\n\nI don’t want to be friends with someone that finds all puns unfunny. Here’s an upvote though.", ">\n\nI know, I’m working on it haha, maybe someday I’ll come around. 😂" ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂", ">\n\nIt really depends on the delivery. Just pointing out a pun is lame, but when you don't expect them from someone they can be pretty funny.", ">\n\nI agree! delivery can definitely elevate the status of a pun—but I guess, for me at least, even a highly elevated pun is clever, enjoyable, but rarely funny!", ">\n\nPuns are hilarious when you think of them in the moment, but not so much when you are quoting something you saw online", ">\n\nFor me, puns are more funny when you miss them in the moment, and then two hours later you're \"like oh shit lmao!\"", ">\n\nI like puns. Some are really funny to me, some are just \"quirky\"\n​\nReading through a few Reddit comment sections will be enough to make you hate them. Not everything needs to be an overused joke, Reddit!", ">\n\nI don’t want to be friends with someone that finds all puns unfunny. Here’s an upvote though.", ">\n\nI know, I’m working on it haha, maybe someday I’ll come around. 😂", ">\n\nI don't think they're that funny either, but watching my husband die inside every time I tell him one is really what I live for." ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂", ">\n\nIt really depends on the delivery. Just pointing out a pun is lame, but when you don't expect them from someone they can be pretty funny.", ">\n\nI agree! delivery can definitely elevate the status of a pun—but I guess, for me at least, even a highly elevated pun is clever, enjoyable, but rarely funny!", ">\n\nPuns are hilarious when you think of them in the moment, but not so much when you are quoting something you saw online", ">\n\nFor me, puns are more funny when you miss them in the moment, and then two hours later you're \"like oh shit lmao!\"", ">\n\nI like puns. Some are really funny to me, some are just \"quirky\"\n​\nReading through a few Reddit comment sections will be enough to make you hate them. Not everything needs to be an overused joke, Reddit!", ">\n\nI don’t want to be friends with someone that finds all puns unfunny. Here’s an upvote though.", ">\n\nI know, I’m working on it haha, maybe someday I’ll come around. 😂", ">\n\nI don't think they're that funny either, but watching my husband die inside every time I tell him one is really what I live for.", ">\n\nI appreciate an occasional clever pun. But most are juvenile and overused. Those aren't funny. Also, time & place. Don't use puns in normal conversation. Just don't." ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂", ">\n\nIt really depends on the delivery. Just pointing out a pun is lame, but when you don't expect them from someone they can be pretty funny.", ">\n\nI agree! delivery can definitely elevate the status of a pun—but I guess, for me at least, even a highly elevated pun is clever, enjoyable, but rarely funny!", ">\n\nPuns are hilarious when you think of them in the moment, but not so much when you are quoting something you saw online", ">\n\nFor me, puns are more funny when you miss them in the moment, and then two hours later you're \"like oh shit lmao!\"", ">\n\nI like puns. Some are really funny to me, some are just \"quirky\"\n​\nReading through a few Reddit comment sections will be enough to make you hate them. Not everything needs to be an overused joke, Reddit!", ">\n\nI don’t want to be friends with someone that finds all puns unfunny. Here’s an upvote though.", ">\n\nI know, I’m working on it haha, maybe someday I’ll come around. 😂", ">\n\nI don't think they're that funny either, but watching my husband die inside every time I tell him one is really what I live for.", ">\n\nI appreciate an occasional clever pun. But most are juvenile and overused. Those aren't funny. Also, time & place. Don't use puns in normal conversation. Just don't.", ">\n\nDefine \"witty\" for me." ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂", ">\n\nIt really depends on the delivery. Just pointing out a pun is lame, but when you don't expect them from someone they can be pretty funny.", ">\n\nI agree! delivery can definitely elevate the status of a pun—but I guess, for me at least, even a highly elevated pun is clever, enjoyable, but rarely funny!", ">\n\nPuns are hilarious when you think of them in the moment, but not so much when you are quoting something you saw online", ">\n\nFor me, puns are more funny when you miss them in the moment, and then two hours later you're \"like oh shit lmao!\"", ">\n\nI like puns. Some are really funny to me, some are just \"quirky\"\n​\nReading through a few Reddit comment sections will be enough to make you hate them. Not everything needs to be an overused joke, Reddit!", ">\n\nI don’t want to be friends with someone that finds all puns unfunny. Here’s an upvote though.", ">\n\nI know, I’m working on it haha, maybe someday I’ll come around. 😂", ">\n\nI don't think they're that funny either, but watching my husband die inside every time I tell him one is really what I live for.", ">\n\nI appreciate an occasional clever pun. But most are juvenile and overused. Those aren't funny. Also, time & place. Don't use puns in normal conversation. Just don't.", ">\n\nDefine \"witty\" for me.", ">\n\nI take a witty to refer to a remark that is both intelligent and playful." ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂", ">\n\nIt really depends on the delivery. Just pointing out a pun is lame, but when you don't expect them from someone they can be pretty funny.", ">\n\nI agree! delivery can definitely elevate the status of a pun—but I guess, for me at least, even a highly elevated pun is clever, enjoyable, but rarely funny!", ">\n\nPuns are hilarious when you think of them in the moment, but not so much when you are quoting something you saw online", ">\n\nFor me, puns are more funny when you miss them in the moment, and then two hours later you're \"like oh shit lmao!\"", ">\n\nI like puns. Some are really funny to me, some are just \"quirky\"\n​\nReading through a few Reddit comment sections will be enough to make you hate them. Not everything needs to be an overused joke, Reddit!", ">\n\nI don’t want to be friends with someone that finds all puns unfunny. Here’s an upvote though.", ">\n\nI know, I’m working on it haha, maybe someday I’ll come around. 😂", ">\n\nI don't think they're that funny either, but watching my husband die inside every time I tell him one is really what I live for.", ">\n\nI appreciate an occasional clever pun. But most are juvenile and overused. Those aren't funny. Also, time & place. Don't use puns in normal conversation. Just don't.", ">\n\nDefine \"witty\" for me.", ">\n\nI take a witty to refer to a remark that is both intelligent and playful.", ">\n\nOkay. Do you know the definition of the word?" ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂", ">\n\nIt really depends on the delivery. Just pointing out a pun is lame, but when you don't expect them from someone they can be pretty funny.", ">\n\nI agree! delivery can definitely elevate the status of a pun—but I guess, for me at least, even a highly elevated pun is clever, enjoyable, but rarely funny!", ">\n\nPuns are hilarious when you think of them in the moment, but not so much when you are quoting something you saw online", ">\n\nFor me, puns are more funny when you miss them in the moment, and then two hours later you're \"like oh shit lmao!\"", ">\n\nI like puns. Some are really funny to me, some are just \"quirky\"\n​\nReading through a few Reddit comment sections will be enough to make you hate them. Not everything needs to be an overused joke, Reddit!", ">\n\nI don’t want to be friends with someone that finds all puns unfunny. Here’s an upvote though.", ">\n\nI know, I’m working on it haha, maybe someday I’ll come around. 😂", ">\n\nI don't think they're that funny either, but watching my husband die inside every time I tell him one is really what I live for.", ">\n\nI appreciate an occasional clever pun. But most are juvenile and overused. Those aren't funny. Also, time & place. Don't use puns in normal conversation. Just don't.", ">\n\nDefine \"witty\" for me.", ">\n\nI take a witty to refer to a remark that is both intelligent and playful.", ">\n\nOkay. Do you know the definition of the word?", ">\n\nYes, although I’m trying to use it in another sense. If you know of a word that means playful, intelligent, pleasant, but not funny, I’m happy to rephrase. Witty seemed close to me, I want to use it in the sense of something that is verging on humor, but not quite there. \nI know that I am playing off the words connotations rather than employing its precise semantic value." ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂", ">\n\nIt really depends on the delivery. Just pointing out a pun is lame, but when you don't expect them from someone they can be pretty funny.", ">\n\nI agree! delivery can definitely elevate the status of a pun—but I guess, for me at least, even a highly elevated pun is clever, enjoyable, but rarely funny!", ">\n\nPuns are hilarious when you think of them in the moment, but not so much when you are quoting something you saw online", ">\n\nFor me, puns are more funny when you miss them in the moment, and then two hours later you're \"like oh shit lmao!\"", ">\n\nI like puns. Some are really funny to me, some are just \"quirky\"\n​\nReading through a few Reddit comment sections will be enough to make you hate them. Not everything needs to be an overused joke, Reddit!", ">\n\nI don’t want to be friends with someone that finds all puns unfunny. Here’s an upvote though.", ">\n\nI know, I’m working on it haha, maybe someday I’ll come around. 😂", ">\n\nI don't think they're that funny either, but watching my husband die inside every time I tell him one is really what I live for.", ">\n\nI appreciate an occasional clever pun. But most are juvenile and overused. Those aren't funny. Also, time & place. Don't use puns in normal conversation. Just don't.", ">\n\nDefine \"witty\" for me.", ">\n\nI take a witty to refer to a remark that is both intelligent and playful.", ">\n\nOkay. Do you know the definition of the word?", ">\n\nYes, although I’m trying to use it in another sense. If you know of a word that means playful, intelligent, pleasant, but not funny, I’m happy to rephrase. Witty seemed close to me, I want to use it in the sense of something that is verging on humor, but not quite there. \nI know that I am playing off the words connotations rather than employing its precise semantic value.", ">\n\n\nYes, although I’m trying to use it in another sense\n\n\"I have to ignore the definition in order to avoid saying I misspoke.\"" ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂", ">\n\nIt really depends on the delivery. Just pointing out a pun is lame, but when you don't expect them from someone they can be pretty funny.", ">\n\nI agree! delivery can definitely elevate the status of a pun—but I guess, for me at least, even a highly elevated pun is clever, enjoyable, but rarely funny!", ">\n\nPuns are hilarious when you think of them in the moment, but not so much when you are quoting something you saw online", ">\n\nFor me, puns are more funny when you miss them in the moment, and then two hours later you're \"like oh shit lmao!\"", ">\n\nI like puns. Some are really funny to me, some are just \"quirky\"\n​\nReading through a few Reddit comment sections will be enough to make you hate them. Not everything needs to be an overused joke, Reddit!", ">\n\nI don’t want to be friends with someone that finds all puns unfunny. Here’s an upvote though.", ">\n\nI know, I’m working on it haha, maybe someday I’ll come around. 😂", ">\n\nI don't think they're that funny either, but watching my husband die inside every time I tell him one is really what I live for.", ">\n\nI appreciate an occasional clever pun. But most are juvenile and overused. Those aren't funny. Also, time & place. Don't use puns in normal conversation. Just don't.", ">\n\nDefine \"witty\" for me.", ">\n\nI take a witty to refer to a remark that is both intelligent and playful.", ">\n\nOkay. Do you know the definition of the word?", ">\n\nYes, although I’m trying to use it in another sense. If you know of a word that means playful, intelligent, pleasant, but not funny, I’m happy to rephrase. Witty seemed close to me, I want to use it in the sense of something that is verging on humor, but not quite there. \nI know that I am playing off the words connotations rather than employing its precise semantic value.", ">\n\n\nYes, although I’m trying to use it in another sense\n\n\"I have to ignore the definition in order to avoid saying I misspoke.\"", ">\n\nLet’s let people be human." ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂", ">\n\nIt really depends on the delivery. Just pointing out a pun is lame, but when you don't expect them from someone they can be pretty funny.", ">\n\nI agree! delivery can definitely elevate the status of a pun—but I guess, for me at least, even a highly elevated pun is clever, enjoyable, but rarely funny!", ">\n\nPuns are hilarious when you think of them in the moment, but not so much when you are quoting something you saw online", ">\n\nFor me, puns are more funny when you miss them in the moment, and then two hours later you're \"like oh shit lmao!\"", ">\n\nI like puns. Some are really funny to me, some are just \"quirky\"\n​\nReading through a few Reddit comment sections will be enough to make you hate them. Not everything needs to be an overused joke, Reddit!", ">\n\nI don’t want to be friends with someone that finds all puns unfunny. Here’s an upvote though.", ">\n\nI know, I’m working on it haha, maybe someday I’ll come around. 😂", ">\n\nI don't think they're that funny either, but watching my husband die inside every time I tell him one is really what I live for.", ">\n\nI appreciate an occasional clever pun. But most are juvenile and overused. Those aren't funny. Also, time & place. Don't use puns in normal conversation. Just don't.", ">\n\nDefine \"witty\" for me.", ">\n\nI take a witty to refer to a remark that is both intelligent and playful.", ">\n\nOkay. Do you know the definition of the word?", ">\n\nYes, although I’m trying to use it in another sense. If you know of a word that means playful, intelligent, pleasant, but not funny, I’m happy to rephrase. Witty seemed close to me, I want to use it in the sense of something that is verging on humor, but not quite there. \nI know that I am playing off the words connotations rather than employing its precise semantic value.", ">\n\n\nYes, although I’m trying to use it in another sense\n\n\"I have to ignore the definition in order to avoid saying I misspoke.\"", ">\n\nLet’s let people be human.", ">\n\nI'm not preventing people from being human." ]

[ "Some puns are funny but the ones about unemployment don’t work", ">\n\nThis pun is so meta—I’ve never seen a pun about puns 😂😂", ">\n\nIt really depends on the delivery. Just pointing out a pun is lame, but when you don't expect them from someone they can be pretty funny.", ">\n\nI agree! delivery can definitely elevate the status of a pun—but I guess, for me at least, even a highly elevated pun is clever, enjoyable, but rarely funny!", ">\n\nPuns are hilarious when you think of them in the moment, but not so much when you are quoting something you saw online", ">\n\nFor me, puns are more funny when you miss them in the moment, and then two hours later you're \"like oh shit lmao!\"", ">\n\nI like puns. Some are really funny to me, some are just \"quirky\"\n​\nReading through a few Reddit comment sections will be enough to make you hate them. Not everything needs to be an overused joke, Reddit!", ">\n\nI don’t want to be friends with someone that finds all puns unfunny. Here’s an upvote though.", ">\n\nI know, I’m working on it haha, maybe someday I’ll come around. 😂", ">\n\nI don't think they're that funny either, but watching my husband die inside every time I tell him one is really what I live for.", ">\n\nI appreciate an occasional clever pun. But most are juvenile and overused. Those aren't funny. Also, time & place. Don't use puns in normal conversation. Just don't.", ">\n\nDefine \"witty\" for me.", ">\n\nI take a witty to refer to a remark that is both intelligent and playful.", ">\n\nOkay. Do you know the definition of the word?", ">\n\nYes, although I’m trying to use it in another sense. If you know of a word that means playful, intelligent, pleasant, but not funny, I’m happy to rephrase. Witty seemed close to me, I want to use it in the sense of something that is verging on humor, but not quite there. \nI know that I am playing off the words connotations rather than employing its precise semantic value.", ">\n\n\nYes, although I’m trying to use it in another sense\n\n\"I have to ignore the definition in order to avoid saying I misspoke.\"", ">\n\nLet’s let people be human.", ">\n\nI'm not preventing people from being human.", ">\n\nIm proud of you." ]

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[ "I prefer chicken myself" ]

[ "I prefer chicken myself", ">\n\nComedy (you get my upvote)" ]

[ "I prefer chicken myself", ">\n\nComedy (you get my upvote)", ">\n\nIt’s leviosa, not leviossahh" ]

[ "I prefer chicken myself", ">\n\nComedy (you get my upvote)", ">\n\nIt’s leviosa, not leviossahh", ">\n\nYeah, whatever. Call me when you acknowledge the Armenian genocide." ]

[ "I prefer chicken myself", ">\n\nComedy (you get my upvote)", ">\n\nIt’s leviosa, not leviossahh", ">\n\nYeah, whatever. Call me when you acknowledge the Armenian genocide.", ">\n\nIt’s “regional conflict” not “we wanted to commit ethnic cleansing”" ]

[ "I prefer chicken myself", ">\n\nComedy (you get my upvote)", ">\n\nIt’s leviosa, not leviossahh", ">\n\nYeah, whatever. Call me when you acknowledge the Armenian genocide.", ">\n\nIt’s “regional conflict” not “we wanted to commit ethnic cleansing”", ">\n\nInvited for tea" ]