Getting ads for shitty online college programmes in nursing/caregiving fields despite me 1) posting in every public forum I’m a member of that I’m in a grad programme 2) having a public profile on said institution’s site 3) openly voicing my opinions on how much I dislike caregiving activities 4) search history has almost no trace of interest in such fields
Can these companies at least use the data they’re collecting?
Remembering this kind of thing is how I calm myself when I get worked up over AI.
AI as it currently stands is much less “generative” as most people think.
And why should they? Zero consequences
Therein lies the rub… show me ONE drug addict that’s a normally functioning citizen. Legalize that crap ? Fuck no… hammer addicts and execute dealers
It’s true. I think it’s hilarious how much money companies spend advertising a product I already researched and bought, and don’t need to buy anymore, but it’s filling my feed for a month
Yes i know…
We live in a society where a doctor can be chastised for telling a 400lbs patient they need to loose weight.
Or a indvidual is able to draw disability… like my buddies brother did when he ballooned up to 550lbs from 250lbs in a spance of a few years.
I am okay with this provided it is conditional.
i.e. you can draw disability but must show continued progress to getting back to a healthier state through weekly supervised weigh-ins. Also - time limit is 2 years. If you cant get back in shape in two years with no job you aren’t trying very hard. After that you will have to rely on the generosity of your family and friends.
Eeeeh. It’s not that simple. The famous Maastricht University study about weed consumption - where an unique situation occurred that for some students on the campus weed was legal and for others was not - confirms that a significant percentage of people will be put off from a certain vice conditional on ease of access, even if the differences seem negligible.
One of the challenges of drug enforcement is making the punishments severe enough that they work as actual deterrents.
I see drug use as similar to things like fast driving, fireworks, shooting, starting fires, etc. Regulation is warranted since irresponsible use is highly likely to have significant negative consequences for bystanders.
Easy, alcohol, while legal, is still a drug by definition…do you know how many people go home after a full day of work and then drink themselves into oblivion and pass out until their alarm goes off the next morning and then drag themselves up and go to work? A LOT! They still hold down a job, pay bills, vote, etc. but they are physically and mentally addicted to alcohol.
If you find issue with alcohol because it is legal, then there are also many, many doctors, lawyers, teachers, etc. who smoke marijuana every single day. They will argue that they are not “addicted”, which might be true as it is not as physically addictive as heroin, but nonetheless if you’re smoking weed everyday than yes, you are addicted. Yet those same potheads also have jobs, pay bills, or are “normally functioning citizens”. I’ve know several people who were sadly addicted to crystal meth, who HAD to use everyday but yet also held down jobs, did NOT rob/steal/cheat to pay for their habit, and from the outside seemed like very “normally functioning citizens”.
After reading @loppar 's post, I might buy into that making it more accessible MIGHT make people more likely to try it, but I don’t know…I don’t think heroin, crystal, or other “hard” drugs will ever be sold in stores or hence be that easy to obtain. I also think that, just like right now, if you truly WANT to do those drugs then you will be resourceful and find a way to obtain them. And in doing so, you would be actively looking to ingest those drugs, not just happening upon them on the corner.
I think that teaching kids about drugs and the dangers and harms of drugs, which has been and is being done, is obviously a good idea. I think most intelligent people know, or have learned, that if you do crack, or if you do heroin, it will destroy your life. I don’t think anyone ever goes and does these drugs and has zero idea of their effects or of their deleterious effects they will have upon your life. I’d be willing to bet if you asked a bunch of random people on the street if crack is bad or good, most, except for the idiots, would say it is bad for you.
I don’t think legalizing possession/use will cause people to suddenly say “you know what? I want to try a speedball today!” And I said legalizing use/possession, you can still criminalize (albeit not life sentences or some stupid shit) sale and distribution, which will serve to reduce the circulating supply as dealers/sellers know they are subject to criminal prosecution.
It’s a very difficult thing, drugs, with many nuances, many individual’s different stories, that affects everyone differently, but I guess my point is that in the general scope of things, I’m much more worried about the violent criminal offender than a heroin addict in the everyday sense. The murderers, carjackers, aggravated assaulters, violent home invaders, etc. And yes, I’m aware that some of them may be under the influence of drugs, or committing said crimes in order to finance doing drugs, but as I previously said, that’s when you really throw the book at them.
We’ve been “at war” on drugs for a long time, since Nixon declared war on drugs in the 70s…how’s that working out? How many people are being caught using, selling, transporting drugs and locked up? How many “average citizens” caught with say 1,000 oxy pills are serving YEARS in prison? How many people are still dying from drugs? How many cartel murders, kidnappings, rapes, etc are due to drugs? It seems like we’re doing a pitiful job in this war, and as a taxpayer I hate the fact that my hard earned tax dollars are going to a losing cause. It hasn’t worked, and the drug trade is more lucrative than it’s ever been. I mean, why not try something different?
I can concede that … my counterpoint would be there’s damage they cause others by extension of their “addiction,” drunk driving, their nearly inevitable health issues, the mental drain it causes friends and family, etc… just something to consider
As for hard drugs… we are obviously not serious about ending the drug trade or we would via drone strikes and surgical execution of small unit raids or a full-blown invasion. I hate drugs with a passion and think dealers should be drawn and quartered or impaled
I agree heartily with both you and @EmilyQ, but my personal definition of “adult” for these scenarios would be the age of 25. Strip club math… (half) Kidding aside, 18yr olds are 100% still kids, in my strong opinion.
The “taint” was just too much:
What is strip club math?
Lol. Not sure what the actual laws are now, but the high end clubs in NYC used to have an age minimum of 25 to enter. I’m guessing old enough (maybe) to have money to spend, mature enough (hopefully) to not misbehave.
FUCK YEAH!
Bill Watterson said that anytime Calvin got philosophical or introspective he would put him on the wagon.
