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Comment · 10 years ago
No meth or heroin for the last many years. I never liked either much anyway. I've referring mostly to psychedelic drugs and marijuana, which normally are considered soft, but I've consumed them to a degree that would probably shock most people.
Comment · 10 years ago
Constantly using various recreational drugs. It's actually not something my wife has a problem with at all, and even recently she encouraged me to keep doing so. The decision to stop was my own. There have been many extended periods of heavy use and total abstinence in my life already, and I wouldn't change that. In general it's a habit that I have good control over, and one that has never jeopardized my physical wellbeing. Emotionally, psychoactive drugs can have myriad effects, but on the whole they have influenced my personality in remarkably positive ways.
Comment · 10 years ago
I'm not working right now and my wife is supporting me. To be brief, I'm taking time to be healthier mentally and my wife can see that I'm making a concerted effort. I let her know frequently how much I appreciate it, and I'm also accomplishing a lot and putting myself in a position to be successful again in the near future. I've supported her financially at times in the past as well.

Because of this, we're actually in a very good place in our relationship. I had put a lot of stress on her by being manic, obsessive, paranoid (not about her or our relationship), constantly using, etc. We've both noticed the improvement and have been more introspective and open about what causes us to argue. Anyway, just a counter-anecdote to the top comment.

Comment · 10 years ago
And potentially that men (and women) may react a certain way to unemployment that makes them difficult to be with.
Comment · 10 years ago
And meanwhile the US Department of Defense, as of 2009, had 27,000 employees working in public relations / propaganda and contracts out the development of astroturfing software. Government-paid shills are not unique to Russia, and this article does nothing to prove that Russia was involved with the DNC emails.

Beyond that, it doesn't matter who leaked / hacked the emails. If Putin was behind it, then he did a great service to open democracy in the US.

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What are his antics in politics? Can you point out specifically where he is off base?
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This applies to only a small fraction of people worldwide.
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Jill Stein is clearly a less militaristic candidate than Trump.
Comment · 10 years ago
> The only people that have issues with it are the consumers thousands of miles away who are completely detached from the issue and realities facing those workers, and who at the same time fuel demand by purchasing and funding those workers.

Ok, that is just not true. Tell that to the garment workers here that were shot last year by government police while protesting low wages and poor working conditions.

Comment · 10 years ago
I think GP had it right that this is a false dichotomy, that being "a type of informal fallacy that involves a situation in which only limited alternatives are considered, when in fact there is at least one additional option".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma

False dichotomy doesn't mean that one of the options doesn't exist, it means there is an additional option not being considered -- that is, industry and government coordinating to create safe working environments and pay livable wages.

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