This whole “not as bad as that” comparison is tired. You’re being really shitty. You’re inhumane. I’m done with you.

Edit: we also feel anger about all this, but have to get shit from everyone because the election couldn’t be swayed. I hope you never have to go through a natural disaster like that and then get treated this way. Stay ignorant!

Explain, what am I missing? You want to talk down to anyone from NC because the voter suppression, voter intimidation, and everything else that handed a tyrant and traitor the win for the state means we deserve to suffer?

Look at our state elections. We’ve got a great governor (former state AG who was outstanding.) How did he win? Look at our new AG. Jeff Jackson is my favorite politician. Never seen one as transparent. I have doubts over the legitimacy of the vote, but I’m not gonna sit here and cry cheater because the other side has done that for so long it’s lost all meaning.

And yes, I assert that your attitude towards us makes you no better than them. It’s real low to insist we deserve this.

Schadenfreude or fascism, which are you?

And for the rest of us that live here? We just have to suck it up and be like, well, everybody gets to be an asshole to us because we couldn’t control our neighbors’ votes

Boone is left leaning, so are many other little towns throughout WNC. It’s not all trump voters. Not that that should matter when it comes to who receives federal aid for disasters.

Fair point. Guess we can all stop caring for each other.

You do realize there are many North Carolinians who didn’t vote for him, suffered badly from the storm, and are still becoming the target of other peoples’ smugness or rage?

Regardless, picking and choosing which people you help or care about based on politics is shitty and makes you no better than the current administration.

No they didn’t, he just got the most votes of any candidate. Some votes that weren’t for Trump weren’t for Harris either. The majority of NC voters did not vote for him. On top of that, look at the demographics of the hardest hit areas. Much of it is left leaning.

We’re going to see the results play out regardless, but it’s pretty low to act like we deserve it.

Hold up, that was one guy who threatened FEMA, and the majority of NC did not vote for Trump. It’s despicable to imply we deserve this.

Right, this seems a little blasphemous. Sloth friend!

More like be grateful for what you’re given

Dad told me when I was young to “learn to drink your coffee black and cold and you’ll never be disappointed.”

I don’t think he was just talking about coffee.

That looks like Judy. She’s more of an inflatable companion. Only hole she has is the air nozzle.

Look at the jackets. The suspect has a jacket that has a hood made of the same material and appears in this image to be a pullover. Luigi has a hood that is a different material than jacket and appears to be a zip up.

I want to find theoccult.bz again

Emphatically no. I cut people concerned with jealousy out of my life. That shit’s toxic.

I’m over 30 and see true wealth as a measure of the love I give and receive. You can’t buy that.

I’m sure they can go to McDonald’s on their own

That’s the big point you’re holding into? This is your gotcha moment? You can’t possibly be this naive. I’m convinced you’re just arguing in bad faith. Take a break dude. There’s nothing here to be smug about. This could be a constructive discussion but it feels like you’re just stomping your feet and asking why bad things happen in the world. Have a breather. Go cool off.

Go look up the creation of bovine growth hormone and its regulatory process and you’ll start to see that the FDA is most often dysfunctional at best. I’ll give you a nutshell version as best I can. BGH was created by Monsanto (was largely a chemical and pesticide company.) They’ve repeatedly gone to great lengths to deprioritize human health. Polychlorinated biphenyls are another well documented example of that. Back to BGH, the head researcher and her assistant wrote their paper for approval by the FDA. Immediately quit their jobs, were hired by the FDA for the purpose of reviewing BGH for approval in the milk supply. Sus? Yeah. Of course it was approved. Then was passed to an FDA lawyer to see if it should be labeled for milks that contain it. The FDA lawyer had previously worked for Monsanto. It was decided that not only would it not be labeled, but they would regulate that milk could not be labeled as NOT containing it for fear of “confusing the consumer.” It’s a big organization though. I’m not claiming that everyone there is corrupt, but I will point out that Clarence Thomas was a former Monsanto lawyer, has never recused himself when the former biotech corporation was involved and always ruled in their favor.

This is only one facet of why regulation is slow to do the things that help the most people.

That’s like arguing cars and treadmills are the same thing. You can move in/on both of them!

Between homeopathics and herbal remedies, one is a sugar tablet (or should be unless it wasn’t made properly.) The other has been used medicinally in some form likely before Homo sapiens had even evolved. Acting like these things can all “just be regulated” is exceedingly naive. Surely you know there’s more nuance and working parts to that argument.