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#science #scitech #economy #climate change #global warming

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#politics #war of terror #Iraq #Afghanistan #Somalia

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Ferrari ZF93

#car #cars #interesting #ferrari #zf93

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1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Widebody AMG Swapped Speedster

#car #cars #mercedes #300sl #amg #1950s style

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Ferrari ZF93

#car #cars #interesting #ferrari #zf93

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#nuclear #coal #scitech

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(via 2024 Piech GT: Specs, Features, Photos, Updates)

#peich #gt #car #cars

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This is just disgusting

#politics #global warming #climate change #Exxon Mobil #lobbyists #Youtube

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Lamborghini Countach Eve Concept

#car #cars #Lamborghini #countach #eve

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Because an expert told them. They have been trained by Republicans/Tobacco companies/Energy companies etc. that experts are Not To Be Trusted and are only out for gain. Experts tell you things like 'smoking causes cancer' or 'global warming is real' or 'Universal Healthcare saves money' or 'leaded petroleum is poisonous' and 'certain diets are bad for you' and so forth. And that costs those with power money if people believe these things. So they have spent 50 years undermining science reporting, funding bogus studies an doing their best to call anyone who actually knows things 'elites' and 'so-called experts' to the point the knee-jerk Republican reaction to being given researched advice is to think 'this is compromised, the REAL truth is the thing my friend at the bar said/the news anchor on my favourite Hour of Hate said/the very convincing thing my pastor said with all confidence but no training'. They have become knee-jerk trained to reject science and think anyone giving them good evidence is 'telling them what to do'. So, with the critical thinking and evidence gathering skills of a child locked in a box and shaken periodically, they take advice where they have learned/told to trust. Which is ingroups. They have been very deliberately taught to mistrust people who know things and trust people they know, no matter if the latter are actually woefully uniformed. They are desperate for medicine, but the government (who they hate) and the experts (who they don't believe) are giving them information. Which they knee-jerk react to as wrong. And instead latch on to any half-informed guess by a friend or quack who happens to be in the trusted circle. This passes down circles like rumours and urban legends. And this is what they believe. And here's the real kicker. When the experts say shit like 'don't drink bleach, don't take horse worm tablets, don't take random drug' then they believe it harder because the government and the experts are, remember, compromised and untrustworthy and so the quack remedy MUST be real! If an expert says it's bad, it must be good! If the government tells me not to do something it is my right and duty to do that thing and the evil government can't stop me! They are children eating paint-chips because they taste nice and mommy told them not to and mommy can't tell me what to do! Edit: because this is getting a lot of attention I want to add two things to respond to some common comments. 1 - no one is immune to propaganda. Not even you. Propaganda exists because it works. 2 - no one deserves to die because they fell for propaganda. I am as frustrated and angry at full grown adults acting like children as you are. And I do see the consequences very much as their own damn fault. It is their own damn fault that red states have people dying by the mass-grave-load from poverty and COVID. But none of this is good. This has flow on effects on everyone. The 'dumb people died and aren't a problem anymore' response is totally understandable, but not one I agree with. All of this costs society and us. If nothing else, I refuse to be the kind of person who finds joy in other human beings dying. Angry and frustrated and sad and even resigned... But not happy.

/u/Palatyibeast on reddit replying to:

"I'm so confused by these Republicans who keep pointing to some (seemingly arbitrary) medical substance and make unsubstantiated claims that it's a miracle cure for Covid, be it Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine, or, apparently, cow dewormer. We have a miracle preventative cure, why not use that?"

#politics #science #science denial

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Just another day in the life of cat, doing cat things

#funny #lol #cat #chaos

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GCI render of a throwback Lamborghini Countach

#car #cars #interesting #Lamborghini #countach

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New Aston Martin Valhalla

#car #cars #aston martin #valhalla #interesting

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Pizza Time. No

#funny #lol #pizza #uncle ben

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Two different worlds (Artist:Uğur Gallenkuş IG:ugurgallen)

#interesting #art #afghanistan #usa #war #peace #prosperity #poverty #world #inequality #military industrial complex

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(via Kaleidoscopic Snake Nest built by genius architect Javier Senosiain : DesignPorn)

#design #architecture #snake #interesting

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#funny #lol #cold ones #boys