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DaveExeter··on It's Time for the Chicken Tax to Die
> It encourages the buying of trucks from US automakers which is better for US companies, US workers, and the environment.

You've identified the winners, but you have ignored the losers!

DaveExeter··on Airlines Colluded to Ensure Onboard Food Would Be Awful
If anyone is longing for the pre-deregulation days of aviation, ticket prices were a lot higher back then.

My grandmother was telling me about her honeymoon in Europe in the 1960s. Inflation-adjusted, the tickets were $3000 each!

Flying back then was better for smokers. They used to have smoking sections on planes. Grandpa loved his Chesterfields.

DaveExeter··on More doctors are charging fees to respond to patient messages
That's just a reflection of how thick the wool over your eyes.
DaveExeter··on Can Europe's trains compete with low-cost airlines?
Trains are expensive because they don't have any competition. When you have a monopoly, you can soak your customers!
DaveExeter··on From Seattle move in a straight line due East. What country will you hit?
That's correct you will hit Canada long before France!

I guess it is because I think of Canada as a freak American state. Upper America, not an independent country.

DaveExeter··on From Seattle move in a straight line due East. What country will you hit?
I was going to guess Spain but the correct answer is France.
DaveExeter··on Florida Passes Sweeping Bill to Keep Young People Off Social Media
You genuinely cannot see the meta-problem with this?
DaveExeter··on EU opens formal investigation into TikTok over possible online content breaches
I think you've identified the real problem with Tiktok! It is resistant to political censorship.
DaveExeter··on For Gen Z, an Age-Old Question: Who Pays for Dates?
Since young single women in urban areas earn more then single men, women should pay for dates.

Maybe a different rule for rural areas.

DaveExeter··on How do transformers work?
Transformers use magnetic fields to transform electricity.

That's why Tesla's AC system beat out Edison's DC system.

DaveExeter··on America Is Missing Out on the Best Electric Cars
https://archive.ph/KyAg7
DaveExeter··on Burger King owner will buy out its biggest franchisee in US for about $1B
Should BK pull out of Israel?
DaveExeter··on I made a website to share rejection letters
What's wrong with that? SAT scores measure IQ, and can't be gamed like grades.
DaveExeter··on US Cities Could Verge on Becoming Ghost Towns by 2100, Study Finds
Huh? If housing supply exceeds demand, rents drop.
DaveExeter··on US Cities Could Verge on Becoming Ghost Towns by 2100, Study Finds
If rents drop, not such a bad future.
DaveExeter··on I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy
Here's a fun one:

https://www.amazon.com/apologize-complete-requires-trademark...

DaveExeter··on Hertz to sell 20k EVs in shift back to gas-powered cars
I suspect the main reason is because Tesla has a monopoly on replacement body parts.
DaveExeter··on An influx of Chinese cars is terrifying the West
Terrifying the West? No, delighting the West!

It is terrifying American auto executives in their Grosse Pointe estates. They are afraid of losing their oligopoly.

DaveExeter··on Forget the Blood of Teens. Metformin Promises to Extend Life for a Nickel (2017)
I guess it hasn't killed him yet.
DaveExeter··on A tale of two teenagers (2023)
Give him a copy of "How to win friends". I think this is discussed in Chapter 1.
DaveExeter··on Forget the Blood of Teens. Metformin Promises to Extend Life for a Nickel (2017)
Has it extended your life?
DaveExeter··on Short sellers lost more betting against Tesla than any other company last year
Elon?
DaveExeter··on Quality of care declines after private equity takes over hospitals
>The free market is the most efficient system we have for optimising profits.

Um, the whole point of the free market is to destroy profit!

To paraphrase Jeff Bezos, your profit is my opportunity.

DaveExeter··on Neonatal circumcision associated with altered adult socio-affective processing
When you amputate the forskin, what do you think happens to the male glans?
DaveExeter··on Neonatal circumcision associated with altered adult socio-affective processing
It brings in $millions to hospitals, who get paid to do it and then sell the amputated forskins!

So yes, hospital staffers are heavily incentivized to promote it.

DaveExeter··on Neonatal circumcision associated with altered adult socio-affective processing
It's shocking that this barbaric act, done specifically to take sexual pleasure away from victims and their partners [1], is still happening in the 21th century.

[1]https://www.cirp.org/library/cultural/maimonides/

DaveExeter··on Mechanic shortage means longer waits, $100k salaries for some technicians
I bet if it was $100k salaries for ALL technicians there would be no shortage.

Of course this would cut into profits.

DaveExeter··on Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customers' cars: Ex-employees
I am shocked, shocked that such a thing could ever happen.
DaveExeter··on Samsung expected to report 80% profit plunge as losses mount at chip business
What do think the manufacturing cost for a can of it is? Maybe ten cents?

It's a high-margin business!

DaveExeter··on [dead]
I would assume genocide. The Strip stays, its occupants are liquidated.
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