I never would have seen this without the “repost”. I don’t get why people are so offended about seeing something again. Don’t like it? Saw it before? Keep scrolling then.

Her videos are excellent.

I see that, but it doesn’t mean that bigger cities couldn’t have different departments handle it

I like “unburden the police”. Take away things that aren’t actual policing. Cops don’t need to be out there doing animal control for example.

I guess so. I didn’t know that. Thanks for the info.

Huh, I never see porn, but then I sort by the 12 hour thing.

Yeah, I recently found out that even though men’s pants sizes are denoted by inches, they still vary across brands. It’s all bullshit.

Considering I don’t like eggs, no I can’t. Eggs are gross. I continue to take a prenatal vitamin because something about it prevents my headaches. My doctor theorized it’s the calcium and magnesium, but taking those separately doesn’t help. Maybe it’s the dosage in the prenatal or something else in deficienct in, but it really helps me.

Pigs act a lot like dogs too. My mom has one who rolls into his back to get belly scratches and lolls his tongue out of his mouth.

We could if we taxed people properly, if corrupt officials didn’t pocket the money for their own, if money didn’t get thrown down the drain on all the admin salaries, if Medicare was legally allowed to negotiate prices, and if corrupt officials didn’t give money to their company owning friends in the name of “business aids”.

Our country spends double on healthcare compared to the next country down the list and yet we have worse health outcomes. Making it illegal for Medicare to negotiate prices absolutely has something to do with that. In addition "Anderson attributes [higher prices] to consolidation among hospitals and doctors’ practices, which allows them to demand higher prices.

Despite paying higher prices, Americans actually have less access to doctors, nurses and hospital beds. There are only 2.6 practicing doctors per 1,000 people in the US, compared to a median of 3.2 active physicians in the OECD, for instance. The efforts include raising deductibles to give consumers more incentive to shop around for health care services and paying doctors and hospitals based on patients’ health outcomes rather than for every service rendered."

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/08/politics/health-care-spending/index.html

And before anyone argues that appropriately taxing the rich will make them all leave:

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/nov/20/if-you-tax-the-rich-they-wont-leave-us-data-contradicts-millionaires-threats

The doctor I know works 12 hour shifts, has a really nice, but nowhere near million dollar house, and isn’t ER or ICU. Anecdotes are just anecdotes.

You’re not wrong there, but just to provide a more accurate number for what’s currently happening, inflation of the cost of groceries was 11% from 2021 to 2022. It is expected to continue to be high throughout this year with an estimate between 5-10%.

https://www.gao.gov/blog/sticker-shock-grocery-store-inflation-wasnt-only-reason-food-prices-increased

You are detailing exactly what would reduce abortion. Republicans/conservatives would probably call you a socialist (while meaning it negatively) and say that you are encouraging teens to have sex by offering contraceptives and encouraging people to be lazy by offering free child care. These are the things that would really help. It feels to me like they don’t care about actually helping, just punishing people and creating wedge issues.

The movies are pretty fast paced compared to the books. I’ve tried to read the books multiple times and can’t. I really like fantasy. I love a long book. Can’t read LoTR at all. The movies, however, are fantastic. They aren’t action packed like some today, but they are beautiful visually, the music is amazing, and the acting is excellent. You also don’t have to watch the extended version. That said, I know some people who think a two-hour movie is too long.