EatATaco

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 4 months ago

During the period when inflation was real hot, my wife got a 35% pay raise and I got around a 28% pay raise. We beat inflation by a long shot.

Should I recognize that my situation was the representative of the general economy? Or should I say something like "my personal situation reflects the general state of people in the economy" and then argue that wage growth was outpacing inflation?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Wage growth has been outpacing inflation for well over a year now in the us. The issue is that there was a huge spike of inflation during the pandemic and many people have fallen far behind so there is a lot of catching up to do.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Did those people just put the lyrics in? I've used udio a bunch, but not suno, but I just did it here and I and to generate the lyrics first. I could have put anything i want in there.

But even with that, at least the maria Carey one is really bad.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is one long strawmen: you're generalizing my argument for this single situation to every situation.

You're basically accusing me of doing what you're doing: thinking in black and white. In my case if I think that ruining his life here with severe punishment is wrong, it must always be wrong.

Ask yourself this. Is there anyone who did something very stupid in HS that turned out to be a good adult without facing severe consequences for their actions? I can think of a few.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

Common or not, they did not make the argument. You presumed a position and then used that made up position to launch an ad hominem.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

A kid was arrested, but released pending further investigation, so I'm hard pressed to believe there is no punishment for this. But we're talking about teenagers here, the fact that he could be punished is there, but was not given serious consideration if any at all...because he isn't a fully mature adult. So what would a more serious punishment do?

This is something probably solved with education rather than more punishment.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (6 children)

The human mind doesn't even really fully mature until your mid 20s. A 15 year old still has a good full decade until full maturity, and they are notorious for making impulsive decisions without realizing the consequences of their actions.

What he did was wrong and he deserves punishment, but ruining his life too for being a dumb teenager does nothing for the unimaginable harm caused to this girl, it just makes more victims.

I don't know what the right answer is, but I can tell you the wrong answer is to ruin a teenagers life over a stupid act when that isn't going to solve anything.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Ultimately I'm not sure where I fall on this issue, but the fact that you just mindlessly claimed that this person wants to see tits and clits, when they said nothing of the sort, just exposes how fully you realize you can't defend an actual position.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

No, I did not.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I was me, yes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

It's not about finding a way to be distracted, it's about having a device that's filled with shit that's meant to be addictive distracting you whether you are seeking it out or not.

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