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  • That’s the flavor of the taco. Otherwise it’s just meat in flatbread.

    You are telling on yourself by saying “some people don’t like it hot”. There are many peppers that are not hot: ancho chiles, chile del arbol, Anaheim pepper, poblanos, banana peppers, cascabel, chilaca, etc.

    If you don’t know about mild peppers, you don’t know about Mexican food. It’s just that simple. Downvote away Europeans.




  • The issue is that you are paying for the daycare’s rent, wages, utilities, and food. That’s expensive now. Daycares don’t make a ton of money unless you pay more than $1000 per month. With 30 kids, that would pay for $5000 in rent and 4 people working for $75K (taxes and benefits included). That doesn’t even include food.

    Any cheaper and they are going to have to cut costs somewhere. If you have 2 kids, it can be cheaper to just have a caretaker visit your house. You are already paying for the mortgage and food.


  • The main issue is that religion is something that makes you feel better when you have emotional pain, like a loved one dying. Like any painkiller, it has a purpose and if you abuse it you can deaden your response to actual issues that need your attention.

    Originally Christianity was mostly about helping the poor, sick, dying, etc. That genuinely makes you feel better about yourself. Judaism has a lot of references to remaining strong in the face of adversity. Religions are just mental tools. What you do with that tool is up to you. If you hurt other people, it’s your fault.






  • They’re not profitable for cities, they’re profitable for people who bought land in the area before the development of the stadium. Look into who is pushing for the “revitalization”. It’s usually property developers who just bought cheap land in the area.

    They get subsidized improvement of their property, and can sell at a profit or make some minor “improvements” (paint and landscaping) and rent it for a lot of money. I’m not saying that developing these properties is bad, but cities usually don’t make back the money they spent on the stadium. They lose money and property developers gain (and donate to local politicians).

    Cities should never give companies or developers lower taxes in exchange for “revitalization”. No developer will invest in a project unless it’s already profitable. If you don’t make them pay taxes, there’s no way to make it up in “jobs”. Companies that can be lured with tax breaks will leave as soon as they get a better deal somewhere else. It’s not sustainable.


  • How many times they had the presidency and the congress and haven’t changed shit?

    In the past two decades? Maybe 4 years total, less than that. And Congress was on a razor edge margin last time.

    The first time was under Obama and we got the ACA, which forced health insurance to cover cancer patients (who were kicked off in the middle of treatment before).

    The second time was just recently where we got all the Biden Administration accomplishments listed in this chat. Infrastructure. IRS funding for wealthy tax cheats. Cheaper prescription drugs. Weed. The list goes on.

    What’s that? You weren’t genuinely asking? You actually don’t know or care about any of this? Ok cool…






  • Nah, that doesn’t give Trump any advantage. He can just go on Fox any time he wants and have a “pretend debate” with no one. There are still rules to the reality Trump supporters have in their heads.

    Basically, Trump supporters want to see him as better than someone else. So that other person has to play along. If you notice, the Republicans who support Trump have to pretend that he’s better than them when they give speeches. It’s just a modern monarchy (a conservative form of government).

    Biden doesn’t play along, so he actually doesn’t look weak. Trump was begging for a debate and was ignored (looks weak). Biden said “let’s debate” and Trump accepted. No one ever accepted Trump’s debate on Fox, so rejecting it actually makes Biden look more powerful.





  • Uh… Nixon was terrible. He resigned in disgrace. Even Republicans shunned him after he left. It’s hard to put into words how much Nixon disappeared from modern society.

    Without a second Nixon term, Watergate is probably not as big of a deal. Then Fox News is never created. You can see where I’m going with this.

    The point is, yes every election is important. Be grateful you can vote, and that your vote counts. It hasn’t been the norm for most of human history.