Lol no. The flat earth conspiracy was almost certainly invented to make conspiracies easier to dismiss. Read Fry's post using flat earther to mock me and it proves my point.
Trump supporters, how do you square this?
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Must suck to have to straw man. I like twitter because it always gives more context. You think more context sucks evidently. To each their own.
Westernhawk
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Whew. Thanks for clarifying! Cheers.
Fryowa
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1) You don't understand what a straw man argument is.
2) To the contrary. I don't limit myself to one source of news distribution. You're the one limiting the context of what you consume, not me. I don't know if it's laziness or messianic worship of Elon Musk; I suspect in your case it's a combination of both.
thedukeofearl
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Even when using binoculars outside, Mother certainly appears a bit flat
Flying from DM to Seattle or Philadelphia in a window seat the Earth certainly appears
to be flat
Just my personal opinion
thedukeofearl
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When you look out into the ocean on a calm day it sure looks like you can see the curve.
A straw man was exactly what you were doing. I just googled it to be 100% sure and the definition looks like it could have been written to explain exactly what you were doing in your post.
Your number 2 further clarifies your ignorance on Twitter. Scrolling my feed on Twitter is similar to getting my information from every news source at the same time. Because they all post their shit on Twitter.
Once again, it's fine that you have no clue what you're talking about here. Its not like i think you're dumb for not using twitter. Hell i don't use facebook. . It's just weird that you're dying on that hill. I have some opinions on Facebook based on things Zuckerberg has said and the way my mom scrolls Facebook and can sight every single Trump hating talking point, but hasn't even heard a single counter point to any of it. But there's no way in hell I'd dig my feet in the ground in a debate on Facebook. I'd have to be an idiot to do that because I have no first hand experience with it. No offense.
thedukeofearl
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Westernhawk
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Social media curates one's feed based on an algorithm. If you either positively or negatively engage in a topic, you'll get what you are already interested in, and already believe. A lot of it isn't factual at all, but instead are fiery opinions intended to get folks riled up over the latest controversy.
Also, Musk in particular elevates what he wants people to see, and buries what he doesn't want people to see. He talks about free speech, but he bans people who directly criticize him.
In short, other than avoiding social media altogether (not a bad idea and I'm considering it), it's good to remember that one is already in a bubble when they consume certain stories. One just gets more of those stories, confirming their beliefs/bias.
I have a friend who quit all social media and noticed a definite improvement in his mood/happiness. It really has me thinking about doing the same. Have any of you contemplated this?
I agree with all of this to an extent. But one issue is people tend to engage more in the topics that trigger them. But also, people like to see things that confirm what they believe. I follow people on both sides too. Maybe others don't do that? Hell Jon Miller gives me enough far left content/ opinions all by himself. Also, Twitter doesn't edit articles or videos that other people/media outlets post. So it's not like the news I consume through twitter from other sources is somehow tainted. It's just a very efficient way to take it all in. All that said, I can't speak of someone's twitter feed who only follows one side and blocks everyone on the other. For all I know, in those instances people can get overload from only one side.
thedukeofearl
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I'm Out, Lads
You are not going to have Matt to kick around any more
How the US is destroying young people's future
In a scorching talk, marketing professor and podcaster Scott Galloway dissects the data showing that, by many measures, young people in the US are worse off financially than ever before. He unpacks the root causes and effects of this "great intergenerational theft," asking why we let it continue...
Westernhawk
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Thank you. I'd be interested to see if folks on this board disagree with his fundamental premise.How the US is destroying young people's future
In a scorching talk, marketing professor and podcaster Scott Galloway dissects the data showing that, by many measures, young people in the US are worse off financially than ever before. He unpacks the root causes and effects of this "great intergenerational theft," asking why we let it continue...www.ted.com
I don't know that I agree with everything Galloway says, he seems a bit too overconfident about his solutions (always a tell). However, the data he is providing is tough to ignore. I have heard a lot the last few weeks about "broken institutions", and that is essentially what he is discussing. Trump has certainly promised to shake up institutions...my issue is that his plans rely on cronyism, which is self-serving and invariably leads to massive corruption and incompetence (pick your favorite authoritarian ruler around the world and you will see vast evidence). But the Dems plans offer no bold solutions, and people are getting sick of their shit. Don't tell me what pronouns I need to use*, and then fail to protect me from the banks/government/corporations that are lining your pockets.
*As an aside, I used the pronouns example because it is something that has come from the left that has clearly pissed many people off recently. Personally, I believe the reactive trans-bigotry being expressed right now is horrific, and will be one of the most regrettable aspects of this period in time in retrospect.
The crazy thing about Estate Tax is that a large percentage of heirs now spend all their inheritances in the first couple of years. If they were just going to keep it all saved, then let it be taxed as Estates, but now it's getting taxed already by Feds as income tax if it's moved out of IRAs and then by states as sales tax for all the stuff that it's spent on.
Fryowa
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No. Your family is an extension of you. The act of your heart stopping should not transfer property (money is property) you earned and paid taxes on already to the hands of the government. I understand the premise that inheritors didn't do anything to acquire the gain and that you feel they should be taxed as income (that's what a gain is). I also think you're confusing the very, very tiny pecentage of inheritors to be 4th generation trust fund babies out on a yacht who've never worked before with the very, very large percentage who are normal folks like we are. If you draw that line, where do you draw it? Unfortunately those trust fund babies are a necessary evil unless we want to live under communistic rule. I do not. It has never worked and it will never work.
Estate taxes generate charitable contributions, but they also hurt small business already at a huge disadvantage.
Estate tax is the exact same thing as DEI. It's a non-working fix to a problem with no regards to the means and no regard to the offsetting negative impact.
Full disclaimer, when my last parent died she had $250 left in her checking account which was enough to pay off a $237 bill she had for an oil change and alignment on her car. I did not inherit a dime from any relative and never will.
