Ok, but one of those is a realistic expectation, and the other is a delusional pipe dream.

Some of it is ignorance. People see TikTok is banned, google "TikTok alternative," and click on the first sponsored result. They would need to know (and care) why TikTok was targeted in order to find something better. People hear that RedNote is the next app, so people go to RedNote, and therefore it becomes the next app.

Some of it is astroturf. Do the people telling you that RedNote has become popular have any interest in making RedNote popular? Is RedNote really exploding, or is it just interesting to talk about? Like is it going to snow heavily tomorrow, or is it good for weather services to get eyes on their content? Hype has its own inertia.

Some of it is real. RedNote was already very popular in China, and there is already a lot of content. People comparing it to Loops, for example, might find Loops sadly lacking in content and influencers. Influencers go where their audience is, and the audience follows the influencers. Nobody wants to be the last one on the new platform, and it's fairly simple to make the switch, so a whole lot of people jumped into RedNote at once because they don't care about CCP data mining or political issues.

It's really unfair they dropped this on him at the very last minute when Virgina ratified the amendment in January... of 2020.

This is more like the Florida ban which is a handout to cattle farms.

Of course you're right, especially in Nebraska, but it's really interesting that the farmers are even concerned about it. I suppose they have learned from the dairy industry to fight alternatives becore they become popular?

Bees, I'm with you. Bee keeping is not inhumane to the bees. It is worth mentioning that kept bees are usually not the same native pollinator species, but there's nothing horrific about harvesting honey.

Factory egg farming is a horror show, especially in the USA. I agree that domesticated chickens shouldn't be set free to repopulate the grasslands, but neither should they be tortured for their eggs. Most people picture a red bard and an old lady in a sunhat collecting eggs from a straw bed where her chicken lays.

Here's a video tour of what it actually looks like.

https://youtu.be/M6iUN1mBzd0?feature=shared

This was produced by the farm to show how humanely they produce their eggs, and that's as good as they can possibly make it look. Notice the "cage free" chicken environment, where even the vet they hired and the owner narrating mention the bird-on-bird violence that is worse among the cage-free birds.

I'm not even going to link the videos they don't want you to watch.

That's fair, but there's a wide gulph between transient homeless and wealthy enough to pay all your bills and still travel the world. The overwhelming majority of people in the middle have to work full time to maintain their standard of living, and even the destitute will have responsibilities that prevent them from slinging a pack over their shoulder and riding the rails.

I agree that people should be encouraged to get out more and see more of the world, but that's like telling people to eat more fresh vegetables and home cooked meals because processed fast food is unhealthy. People who can and do reap the benefits, but not everyone who would, can.

You could chime in that you grew up poor on a farm where your grandma's garden was your only source of food, and that wouldn't counter the point that for most people, fresh produce is either unavailable, too expensive, or too time-consuming to be a regular part of their diet. Likewise, most people cannot drop everything and become nomads hitchiking across the lands like fucking David Banner or Jarod the Pretender.

To put it another way, Travel is a luxury enjoyed by the unencumbered, whether by wealth or absence. It is not an option available to everyone.

It's got chemicals, and it's made with dihydrogen monoxide, and cells and dna and proteins and all the sciency shit you won't find in all-natural grass-fed beef.

It is pronounced gif and I'm tired of pretending it's not.

Right, there's no satisfaction in pointing out the results of a conservative power grab. Their narcissism makes them immune to introspection or self-awareness.

Yeah, I also have nightmares about the apocalypse. Ever since I had kids, I would have dreams about inescapable volcanoes or tidal waves and just feel completely hopeless. I don't need to watch movies about it. See also: 2012, The Walking Dead, The Road, A Quiet Place, the Day After Tomorrow, Deep Impact, The Mist, etc.

I mean, it's always about money. It's just that it's the big money that the oligarchs make by profiting from colonialism, genocide, and fostering hate. The small money, the money businesses make and spend, the millions in operating costs and profits, that's not the money that matters.

Money can be exchanged for goods and services

"Infect" is the word they were looking for.

Mexico, too. I'm never sure if people exclude it because they consider Mexico to be Central America, which it isn't, but North America includes Central America anyway. Or do they just forget Mexico is a country?

But they paid Trump, so this law will not be enforced.

Seems like they should have scheduled it for a summer day.

I'm old enough to remember Abscam and the Keating Five. Apparently bribery is OK as long as it is done in public.

I wouldn't even consider that a luxury item. In cold climates, warm socks are required.

$20 can buy many peanuts.

If you didn't want to be a bigot, you should have been born rich and traveled more. That's just science, don't @ me.