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Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#98901: Aug 18th 2015 at 1:46:27 PM

Well. You know. The relationship between hypertension and stress, burnout syndrome and plenty of others do come from U.S based studies. Partially because it has the economy to allow such studies, partially because the work schedule is seriously brutal

If I well remember some of the first links came from medical care of one U.S President. Roosevelt? Someone like that.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#98902: Aug 18th 2015 at 1:46:46 PM

[up][up] Pretty much. The NYT article on the long work hours of Amazon employees is just one example.

edited 18th Aug '15 1:46:53 PM by speedyboris

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#98903: Aug 18th 2015 at 2:40:16 PM

Kevin Conroy calls out Trump over Twitter saying he isn't Batman.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#98904: Aug 18th 2015 at 2:47:19 PM

[up] I think everyone who is sensible needs to band together and form a staunch anti Trump group. As for his VP, I think Ann Coulter would be crazy enough to work for him.

Also: does anybody else think Trump is the Antichrist?

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
DrDougsh Since: Jan, 2001
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#98906: Aug 18th 2015 at 3:10:52 PM

As the actual antichrist, I deeply resent that comparison.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#98907: Aug 18th 2015 at 3:25:15 PM

It's possible that Chuck Norris was right and Obama's reelection brought about the End Times. Trump is our first punishment.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
BAFFU Since: Dec, 2012
#98908: Aug 18th 2015 at 3:33:34 PM

You think Trump is crazy???

Imagine any other Republican celebrity running for prez.

[[youtube:jbG4RT1yMlg]]

EDIT: Why cant I post videos???

edited 18th Aug '15 3:34:35 PM by BAFFU

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#98909: Aug 18th 2015 at 3:37:03 PM

Why imagine? The entire party is already competing. It's them I pay attention to.

Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#98910: Aug 18th 2015 at 3:38:28 PM

I like to give satan a bit more credit and think him far more competent and less ridiculous than what these guys have said.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#98911: Aug 18th 2015 at 3:38:59 PM

Ezra Klein notes Trump's strength might not be a fluke

Basically?

The Republican voters agree with him on Immigration (fuck immigrants) and on Medicare/Medicaid/Social Security (most Republican Voters want to either keep the programs at their current level or improve them and don't give a flying fuck about the Establishment's entitlement reforms.)

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#98912: Aug 18th 2015 at 3:47:34 PM

@Baffu, embedding video is broken right now.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#98914: Aug 18th 2015 at 3:52:55 PM

Trumps supporters are angry white Southerners and white Detroiters who are too lazy to get actual jobs because they think DA MINORIDEES are just going to take them. They are so whiny about the "loss of the good old days" that they have to make up some bullshit excuse about Trump not being in any politician's pockets and being successful to explain what kind of claim he has to the Presidency.

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#98915: Aug 18th 2015 at 3:53:03 PM

The world is safe so long as A) his disapproval numbers among Democrats and Independents stay high and B) the Democrats keep their own base energized enough to get them to the polls.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#98916: Aug 18th 2015 at 5:07:44 PM

[up][up]That's not really news.
The Medicare/Social Security thing is to me.

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#98917: Aug 18th 2015 at 5:20:36 PM

Makes sense: who benefits more from medicare and social security than lower-middle-class white people?

NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#98918: Aug 18th 2015 at 7:36:23 PM

Between our bad diets, lack of physical activity and excessive work weeks, we are slowly working ourselves to death quite literally.
For what it's worth, the US is hardly alone — or even the worst offender — in that. Hell, Japan has it's own word for "death from overwork" because it's such a common occurance. They're not talking about "worked for a week straight without sleep" sort of acute overwork, either. It refers to "worked 100 hour weeks for years on end" sort of chronic overwork. Of course, the end result is the same: sudden death via heart attack or strokes.

Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.
Mopman43 Since: Nov, 2013
#98919: Aug 18th 2015 at 8:19:01 PM

[up] Huh, I did not know that. I now know the reason for the title for the flash game "Karoshi Suicide Salary-man", a game where you play a Japanese salary-man who kills himself, quite bloodily and repeatedly.

Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#98920: Aug 18th 2015 at 8:28:51 PM

I'll second the fact that the poor have a poor diet partly because it's cheaper. While I joke about being rich, that's because I know how to slash expenses to the bone...and store-brand Coke costs about $.99 a 2-liter, while the same amount of apple juice or milk costs twice as much.

Of course, as has been repeatedly pointed out to me, I do not need the calories in non-diet Coke when my BMI is tipping above 30. That's my own damn choice.

probablyinsane Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#98921: Aug 18th 2015 at 8:55:29 PM

[up]

Fruit juice can be as bad as soda. Milk is preferable but it's not as healthy as the milk industry wishes it to be.

Since eating veggies apparently has S-level difficulty. Cut up three kinds of leafy vegetables (the darker the color the better). Cut up tomatoes and carrots.

Boil and blend them with the liquid. Blend (not pulp). You can drink this down in less than a minute. Should cover your daily vitamins and fiber.

Then, you can just drink water and try (not) to gorge on the carbs, fats and protein.

Plants are aliens, and fungi are nanomachines.
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#98922: Aug 18th 2015 at 9:05:42 PM

People like to make it sound so easy, but human dietary habits are more complicated than that.

Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#98923: Aug 18th 2015 at 9:16:45 PM

edited 18th Aug '15 9:17:08 PM by Xopher001

BAFFU Since: Dec, 2012
#98924: Aug 18th 2015 at 9:48:48 PM

So lets see where the Republican primaries are at:

Trump: Giving kids helicopter rides and being asked by one of said kids if he is batman (he said yes)

Marco Rubio: Hitting kids in the head with footballs.

Ben Carson: Trying to justify his use of fetal tissue in medical experiments.

Jeb Bush: Being hated by everyone except donors.

Ted Cruz: Beating everyone at the polls, except the other two candidates who might be (and this is a big if) crazier than him.

Rand Paul: Still is unconcious from the knockout punch he received during the republican debate.

Carly Fiorina: Blood currently oozing out of her mouth and her... who knows what. I mean nose.

Chris Christie: Chris who?

Sarah Palin: Its Palin BEACH

edited 18th Aug '15 9:50:17 PM by BAFFU

Aquaconda (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#98925: Aug 18th 2015 at 9:56:49 PM

Rand Paul seems to be collapsing at this point. Trying to be mainstream is hurting him.

Ben "abortion is human sacrifice" Carson is using fetal tissue for medical experiments?


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