I'm saying this in the sense that in the state of Texas, if you're found with THC variants that you'll be at risk of 180-2 years state prison. Like that's absolutely ridiculous.

Versus if you're caught drinking underage all you'll get is a fine, same with If you're caught drinking and driving and if you do get jail time from that it's not that long.

Edit:
I'm making this post fully aware that both substances can be harmful when abused. But I'm saying in the instance where a cop is to find either weed in the vehicle or alchohol, the person with alcohol gets much less of a punishment than with weed which doesn't make sense to me.
I personally feel like the effects of weed do not even come close to the effects of being extremely intoxicated. Because hell some states allow weed as a medicated drug for people with anxiety, which is why A LOT of people smoke it! Versus alcohol has no benefits😭.

I’m not arguing for or against it here, but I just saw that Florida will be executing a man for a crime he committed in 1976. He’s essentially already served a life sentence at this point.

i was looking into weird idioms and funny sayings from different languages recently, and someone told me that in Dutch, people regularly use terms for illnesses (like fever, cholera, or pox) when they're angry or swearing.

coming from english where most swearing is about body parts or religion, this sounds super strange to me. do people actually say these out loud in casual conversation over there, or is it considered way too offensive/taboo for normal daily life?

When will it pop? Will it ever pop?

Asking as someone who was nonexistent during the 1990s.

Yesterday I got a call asking why my son had missed several days of school. The weird part is that every morning he leaves the house with his backpack like normal and comes back at the usual time, I haven’t confronted him yet because I genuinely want to know where he’s been going and why. If you were the parent, would you ask him immediately or wait until you knew more?

I got coffee this morning and the barista pours it and grabs me a muffin. eleven seconds tops. then the tablet spins around and it’s already sitting on 30% by default. you have to actively hit custom and type zero. I normally tip when it get coffee but atp it’s getting insane and I’m not tipping $4 for 10 seconds of work.

Weren’t we supposed to have had a verdict like 2 years ago?

They always laugh afterward and say they're just joking, but some of the comments actually bother me. Other people seem to think it's funny, so I feel like I'd be making a big deal out of it if I complained. What's the normal way to handle this?

i’m trying to clear up a debate with a friend because she thinks i’m disgusting for showering every other day because she showers everyday

What should I do if this gets discovered? There are a few ways it could be discovered accidentally. Please don’t give me sympathy or tell me to tell my dad. Also if anyone has tips on how to lie that would be appreciated.

Please don’t give any sympathy, I’ve been laughing about this with my girlfriend. And this is my dad’s brother and I’m 99% certain about this. I’m sure it’s through cheating and not through anything else. I want purely advice on how to lie and what I should do if this heats discovered.

Honest question,

If for some reason my leg had to be amputated, could i make the explicit request for the leg to be given to me once amputated? It's a part of me, i own it more than anything else in that world, seems only logical to ask for it after separation.

I won't lie, this is a two layer question. The main reason would be to try and cook some of it, just to know how it tastes. It's litteraly my own body, so to me, it feels completely fine ethically, even if its a bit weird. But at this point you can either throw it away or do something with it, and i'd choose the latter. Is it ok from a legal perspective?

And no i'm not a psycho, just curious. And no i'm not planning on making something happen to my leg ^^

Not sure if its breaking the rule 8 of the sub, but i wanted to ask

edit: ok i'm sorry, this felt like natural curiosity but maybe i should talk to someone after reading the comments :(

I remember growing up when the news was the most boring, non important thing ever.

Why has everyone decided that watching biased news is the way to go? Why does no one want the actual truth anymore? Why are reporters a dying breed?

Freedom of the press and press rights were so important … and now it’s just pretty people spouting corporate nonsense.

Not just your pets, but random animals like birds or other wildlife. Do you say "hello there!" or whatever, to animals you see? My wife and I both do this and I'm wondering if it's weird or normal.

I was just thinking about this, and my Grandfather worked for Caterpillar in Michigan right outta high school. He always joked he got over on the company because his pension after retirement was larger than his yearly salary. Granted, he did stay with the same company all his career.

Now, guaranteed pensions are largely strictly reserved for higher level corporate people (CEO, CFO, CMO…etc) while the average employee now is encouraged to contribute a portion of his paycheck to a 401k. Shifting the financial cost and investment risk to the worker. Even though companies have only gotten more profitable since 40-50 years ago.

So now, instead of having a guaranteed and defined benefit in retirement, your retirement can completely hinge on market performance.

How can this be seen as anything else than greed by large investment companies who wanna increase their AUM and have your funds in their control? So they lobbied for more “sustainable” investment vehicles. Because a 401k follows you from job to job whereas a pension does not. So it sounds better on paper.

Thoughts?

Edit: I should add some nuance to this and say I understand why most mid-size or mom and pop companies benefit from no pensions. Why in the hell are trillion dollar companies, that we all know would get bailed out if they failed, not doing pensions anymore. They would have higher employee loyalty. We all know Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Large Banks…etc will never be allowed to fail.

I have NOT been watching the news and wtf is all this food recall?

I’m a little late but Ik lettuce is not good right now, a few restaurants don’t serve lettuce at the moment

What else is bad? I’m about to go to Costco in a few days and I don’t wanna get poisoned

EDIT: there is LESS recalls compared to the previous years BUT the number of people getting food borne illnesses have increased thus the “propaganda/drama”

I didn’t know getting food poisoning was drama