My understanding is that it is intentionally adulterated by illegal distillers in order to increase potency while keeping costs down in a competitive black market of alcohol sales to those who can not afford legal alchohol.

I’m not entirely sure what would be expected here. Reality television is trash entertainment for trash audiences. I can’t imagine intentionally placing myself in the crosshairs of society’s lowest common denominators unless I had a plan to leverage it for my financial benefit. The people who consume this media lack critical thinking skills, the ability to differentiate reality from fiction, and a lack of impulse control. This didn’t occur thirty years ago when “reality tv” was in its infancy. The actual reality is well known and abundantly clear now.

I didn’t look at the post myself, I was just going off of the statement I responded to stating it was “mild disagreement.” That’s on me. As for the symptoms, I can explain in my own words next time, that may read better.

I’m ND myself, thanks! The person I was responding to seemed confused as to why the poster is so upset with folks having mild disagreement with their statements, and I provided context.

The larger issue here is that our society idolizes the military in the first place. I find that much more concerning than “stolen valor.”

“Symptoms include an excessive need for admiration, disregard for others’ feelings, an inability to handle any criticism, and a sense of entitlement.”

Don’t tell idaho, their bars will have a “Super awesome straight skinny guy beach days” every Saturday…

Most of the information available surrounding marijuana online is bullshit. A lot of the information at dispensaries is bullshit. Look at all the discussion surrounding “indica” and “sativa.” It’s all literally nonsense. It’s the same as the morons that say “I can’t drink x alcoholic beverage because it makes me y.” I could understand how such myths propagated before the big medical push, but the industry should be ashamed of continuing to spread these myths as marketing tools when dealing with medical patients.

You apparently struggle with reading comprehension. You wrote out that entire tirade against something I didn’t say. Again, the advertisement was KEVIN COSTNER, the actor not a character, going on about what great people settlers were. In fact, it was a rather terrible advertisement because all I could gather is that the movie is about settlers going west.

The advertisement I saw for this film struck me as some white supremacist nonsense, so I won’t be seeing it. Costner carrying on about what great people settlers were, no thanks.

If you consider that around 3,000 people were killed on 9/11 and around 5 million were killed by America’s responding “war on terror,” this really was Isreal’s 9/11. Hell, the US put boots in damn near every country in the region except the country that funded, trained (with our help), and planned the attack.

I think that is fish filets with lemon and fly garnish.

I apologize if I wasn’t clear in my statement. I was not supporting shaming fat people. As someone who is, once again, overweight, I know they are well aware. I am, however, opposed to those who state that you can be healthy and obese, as the evidence does not support it. Also, no one is owed to be found attractive by others. The greater your weight deviates from healthy, the lower your pool of potential partners. People need to accept the realities, not expect others to indulge in fantasies. That was all I was trying to convey in short hand. I still think all people should be treated with respect, and it isn’t anyone’s job, except maybe a medical professional, to point out someone’s weight to them.

As with most things in “mainstream” American culture, that was the case for the majority of minority cultures in the US. It just takes a while until the majority catches up.

This was a decade before all about that bass, the healthy at any size nonsense, etc. Either way, it really is unfortunate that we’ve gone from “you shouldn’t be shitty to people because they’re fat” to “being obese is something to be celebrated.”

It really is a terrible article.

That was an unrelated story about some other guys with “ties to ISIS” who were not implicated in any specific plot that was included in the story for reasons unknown.

I’m very suspicious of this story, myself. Somebody hit that little girl with the racquet.

I get it, though. Every country has the equivalent of “felons,” and they are not obliged to allow felons from outside in.

I spent six years there as a kid and experienced quite a bit. I really wanted to revisit as an adult, but that’s not in the cards now. I will always cherish the memories of my time spent there, and I’m glad my parents made a point to see as much of the country, people, and culture as possible.