criitz

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Is it really confusing? You know what they mean

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Google the primacy and/or anchoring effect, they are well known psychological biases

Edit: In the linked video I believe he even references example of its effect

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

"Can still do most things reasonably well" Jesus you're 45 not 85

[–] [email protected] 159 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (10 children)

To save you a click:

“When I hear Donald Trump talk ... he’s very quick to say to Kamala, ‘Well, you were vice president for four years.' Dude, you were president for four years! As I recall, you were up there in the Oval Office!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I think it's valid to feel this way. Even so, it's impossible to stop the progress of time. You just have to find a way to balance this in your life. You don't have to stay up to date in everything, either.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

They put forward a bill like every year. Republicans vote against it.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Yes, but, safe abortion access should be available even to those who weren't raped.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

I've never heard of anyone in the US who didn't learn about the Trail of Tears (and how bad it was) in grade school.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Fertility rate is the average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime. Deaths aren't part of it

[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 weeks ago (11 children)

3 miles is roughly how far you can see to the horizon (before the curvature of the earth blocks your line of sight)

https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/distance-to-horizon

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