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jachell

Just because video games are popular doesn't mean they are not juvenile and a waste of time :)
Re:Moving from YouTube to PeerTube on Thursday August 20, 2020 @09:42AM (#24223119)
I haven't used it, but maybe TikTok?
You're moving goalposts.
I don't appreciate the condescending tone.

"2013 nationally representative phone survey of about 2000 subjects showed that one-fifth of Americans thought FF was good for health, whereas two-thirds considered FF not good. Even over two-thirds of weekly FF consumers (47% of the total population) thought FF not good."

Note: FF = fast food

https://academic.oup.com/advances/article/9/5/590/5062131

There's also this scene from Fat Head: https://youtu.be/evcNPfZlrZs?t=1258

I think this will happen too.
>Humanity isn't going to go extinct from climate change

Seems like the most likely way right now.

>Causes of climate change are fossil fuels

Yes, and fossil fuels are used in livestock production.

Through use of petrochemicals to produce feed and deforestation. 18% of GHG emissions are estimated to be from livestock and dairy production.

This article covers a lot of the usage: http://www.docbrownscience.com/uploads/4/8/7/2/4872895/food_....

The factory farming way of producing beef is certainly not good for the environment and soil.
I bet if you ask any random person in the US if McDonald's is bad for you, they will say yes.

I don't think the obesity epidemic is from lack of information.

Re:USPS Files Patent for a Blockchain-Based Voting System on Sunday August 16, 2020 @09:38AM (#24177668)
I thought we made it past the era of every company having a blockchain patent.
Re:Web by Google (TM) on Sunday August 16, 2020 @09:25AM (#24177570)
I'm not convinced that legislation, created by politicians who are unfamiliar with the internet, will break up Google and transform the web in a good way.
Who's "we"? Uber?