Many non-US places (otherwise known as the rest of the world) have cheap wine, cheap food, and social benefits. Cigs though idk, you'd have to be insane to smoke in most developed countries because if the cancer doesn't kill you, the prices will.

::: spoiler Sorry to be so snarky but it's a lot funnier to put it that way. :::

Hey, America, what the fuck?

Americans will do anything other than buy an electric kettle.

It's gonna get down to -30°C this week, I'll turn the heat off and just throw on the good ol' toque and a sweater and report back, assuming I still have fingers.

Take the red pill, all linguistic categories are equally unreal.

Jailing is not the answer, no, but throwing in "[m]arijuana may not even harm fetuses" is not the kind of message we want to be sending. One of my professors is a leading expert in cannabis research in Canada, and he is currently studying the effects of cannabis on fetal development in rats. They and previous studies are finding/have found increased anxiety and decreased cognition and sociability in rat pups exposed in utero, with worse effects in females than males. Other studies have found some physical deformations I believe, but I'm not so familiar with their research. My professor is studying this specifically because of the extent of its use in pregnancy and his concern with the long-term and large-scale effects of this. Cannabis is a drug and should not be used – without exception – in pregnancy until its safety and efficacy is established. I sympathise with women in a tough situation, but it's simply not fair to the children. I just think throwing in these kinds of phrases is dismissive of rational concerns, even if the responses to these concerns are irrational.

I really don't understand how people have gone this long without realising that Linus and the company lost any morals they had (if any) a long time ago for the sake of profit. In my opinion Linus is just another greedy capitalist who treats his employees like shit and only cares about profit.

I would've expected more people to have at least noticed that the videos are pretty low-quality in terms of actual substance when you look past the professional coat of paint, and it's been that way for a loooong time.

Makes me sick, fuck that hellhole of a country.

Canada redeemed, absolutely beautiful leef lads.

Bet you can fit a hell of a lot of diplococcus in a diplodocus.

According to this source via wiktionary, it's '[p]ossibly from a contraction of "grinning like a ’possum eating shit."'

It's FOSS, so fork it and host it yourself or find someone else you like who has/can do so. I don't personally think it's too surprising that this free (as in freedom) platform was created by and initially attracted leftists and anarchists, and even if it is, I think it matters far, far less than everyone seems to think it does.