• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    I don’t demand a perfect world

    Why do people feel the knee-jerk need to apologize for what is popular, sensible, evidenced based policy? Nobody is blowing up a plane with a bottle of water. Everyone is at risk of communicable disease, particularly during a high point in the flu season.

    Perfection: Even a token nod to reality-based public policy

    Acceptable Standards: Ever-So-Slightly Less Geriatric Fascists

    This is your brain on Bidenism. Just clinging to the second-worst choice like it’s the last life raft on the ship, only to discover you’ve grabbed the anchor.

  • PhiloRath@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    “Never remember anything not designated mandatory. Never forget anything not designated forbidden.”

  • PriorityMotif@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Some smart person at the airlines finally jumped on their chance to ban nail clippers in airports and planes. The real reason is because nasty people would clip their nails in the airport and on planes.