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Explaining the inflation rate
  • Some inflation is a good thing. It keeps money moving, which is absolutely crucial to the system as it is. Wages do need to rise with or outpace it, though.

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    US medics who volunteered in Gaza demand arms embargo over ‘unbearable cruelty’ inflicted by Israel
  • I'm at a loss for words how this ruthless, mass killing of civilians can keep happening, despite the mountains of evidence that it is. This genocide Israel is perpetrating with western weapons is truely sickening. And normal people are cheering this on...

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    Anon tries to impress his doctor
  • I really don't like this attitude. It's just smugness about medical knowledge, because it's often paired with a hate for people that come in for things that are easily googlable... Directing people HOW and WHEN to do research would be so much more productive for a working doctor-patient relationship.

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    a cool guide to diets
  • Not only that, but CICO on its own terms just isn't at all useful. It's like saying "the cure to poverty is to make more than you spend." Like, no shit. It's just fully handwaving in terms of anything actionable. What are the barriers to exertion? What effect does food type have on feeling satiated? Is there a biochemical mechanism? Psychological? Social?

    It's just an absurd reduction to "personal responsibility" that seems to be the default answer to any widespread, population level problems that the speaker doesn't really understand.

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    Chris Hedges on Israel...
  • I really want this to happen but I'm worried the scales in the West will tip in the wrong direction, further toward true and open fascism... We (yes, you reading this) have a personal responsibility to be informed and speak out as best we can. This history is not yet written — we have to write it.

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    The Vitamin
  • The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.

    I know nothing about you or your situation, but food allergies can really mess up your life, and they're often overlooked (speaking from experience).

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    The Vitamin
  • It was Celiac for me... It's such a relief to be able to make a change and do something about it instead of "just getting on with it."

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