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Unmissed t1_jegcgo5 wrote

Reply to comment by Banestar66 in Barry Goldwater, 1967 by FNTM_309

Not really. He spent most of his career fighting against the New Deal, and was the first Republican to run the "Southern Strategy" that Nixon later perfected.

While he was fairly egalitarian in regard to civil rights, he was overwhelmingly Libertarian. He wasn't for black people having equal rights as much as he was against the federal government making a law. The KKK endorsed him (though he, of course, denounced them)

He was very critical of Eisenhower (the actual last conservative you could respect) for being too liberal. He was also a massive war hawk, who pushed to have tactical nukes (the "small" ones) be used against the USSR (The classic "Daisy" ad was Johnson's attack on him).

In short, he was proto-Reagan. He was proto-Dubya. He is the turning point, where Republicans pivoted from being conservative to fascist.

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lions239 OP t1_jegcglj wrote

Reply to comment by frozenwaffle549 in I'm 23yo kicking of my financial journey, any advice? by lions239

Wow judging from my lack of knowledge on a lot of those variables in the calculator, I definitely have a lot more to learn before I even consider buying. It's just rents are skyrocketing where I live and just using the Zillow estimates of mortgage, interest, insurance and HOA, depending on the condo, it comes out to less than or about the same as renting in the area.

Online it says my rate of return on the Roth 401k is 0.55%, is this normal? It seems low?Your ballpark of "becoming a millionaire" is that possible with these retirement accounts? Or should I be out there now slowly learning also about other ways to invest?

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Bloorajah t1_jegcg1r wrote

Reply to Today I became a construction worker by YunLihai

As a chemist myself I think you are overreacting to something that most companies in the industry would probably never do, there’s many reasons to not pursue laboratory chemistry, I’d personally put “threat from automation” near the very bottom of that list.

Nonetheless, I still applaud your determination with your choice, and wish you the best in the future.

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ronaldmczombie t1_jegcg2w wrote

Reply to comment by fewbelrambling in Movie Recommendation! by fewbelrambling

I agree about my taste in movies ; my wife does not :p Ok, since your and my tastes seem to align, here's some of my other favourite horror movies, perhaps you'll find a few more new ones to enjoy:

  • Evil Dead Series

  • Evil Dead Remake

  • Paranormal Activity 1-3

  • Ouija: Origin of Evil (not the first Ouija, which is not good)

  • Annabelle: Creation (none of the other Annabelle movies)

  • The Descent

  • Drag Me to Hell

  • Behind the Mask

  • The Invisible Man (from a couple years ago)

  • The Mist

  • It Follows

  • Oculus

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AdditionalPizza OP t1_jegcex4 wrote

Reply to comment by 1loosegoos in Over-under that Google already has AGI? Try and rationalize the release of Bard. by AdditionalPizza

Either you don't know what a straw man is, or I'm really failing to see where I made the case for one because I'm not proposing any kind or argument with anyone specifically...

Example:

Person A: "Animal testing for cosmetics should be banned."

Person B: "You must be against medical research since many medical advancements come from animal testing."

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But the point is we know Google has a better model than the version of LaMDA used, so why base Bard on it in the first place?

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