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Al-O-Meter said:
Where? During the war in Ukraine, global obesity rates have hit the all time high.

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More than 1 billion people worldwide are suffering from obesity, WHO study finds

More than one billion people around the world are now suffering from obesity with the number having more than quadrupled since 1990, according to a study released by the Lancet medical journal.
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Global hunger: 7 facts you need to know

Around the world, up to 811 million people regularly go to bed hungry. Here are 10 facts you should know about global hunger.
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The Hungriest Countries in the World Suffering from Starvation

Syria, Yemen, Nigeria, South Sudan - these are some of the countries where hungriest people in the world live, all because of one reason: war.
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One Year of War in Ukraine: How Russia’s Invasion Fueled the Global Hunger Crisis - World Food Program USA

One year ago, Russia invaded Ukraine and ignited a full-scale war. Since then, the conflict has taken a devastating toll – not only on Ukrainians but on millions of people around the world.
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War in Ukraine: How a humanitarian tragedy fed a global hunger crisis | World Food Programme

WFP looks back on a year of turmoil — and how our work helped to ease the fallout
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str8line said:
Our country is becoming infected with Taliban-like fervor. People in Congress should be censured for using "religion". Anyone who supports The Rapist after Jan. 6/the big lie is treasonous and the use of religion in the attempt to convince Americans that those type of actions are legal or even pious is a threat to democracy. We need good GOP representatives like Turner and McCaul to stand up and censure people like Marge and Gaetz and Cruz. This has to be stopped.
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And for what?

Afghanistan is a weird tribal country besieged by decades and decades of war, poverty, and misery. Americans are turning to their own religious extremists over… what exactly? What’s so miserable about living here? The poorest Americans are still better off than 99 percent of those who live in Afghanistan. Can you think of a worse place to grow up in in the last 50 years? I can’t.

So why are Americans so miserable? Oh I get it, racial and sexual minorities have made marginal gains in society and we spend too much of our free time on screens that tell us that we should be angry.

Fascism all because a black man dared to win the White House in 2008 and because the Supreme Court said that gays could get married in 2015.

It really was an educational moment for me when my Trumpiest neighbor who kept his Trump 2020 flag up until well into 2022 told me last summer how angry he was over inflation and the economy. Later that day he took off in his monster truck and boat heading down to Powell for the weekend. His wife with hair extensions and nails done and all 3 kiddos riding in the cab with the newest tech devices. The guy has more than most Americans let alone people in Afghanistan. Yet, he’s angry. He feels cheated. He’s angry and resentful at the country that has given him so much.
 
LogGrad98 said:
I've said repeatedly it'll be our ultimate downfall. Social media in general is destructive to society and the human mind. The perfect addiction machine, turns kids brains to jelly from the moment they get their first iPhone. Does the same to adults but they just lose IQ points rapidly, believing everything they see. It's a mass of confirmation bias, driving prejudicial thinking and decaying social bonds, which has serious repercussions even IRL. It's a bane on humanity and will be instrumental in our final destruction.
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Goodness gracious! I'd hate to hear what you think about Jazzfanz.
 
LogGrad98 said:
When you are shown to be a fool you have 3 options: shut up, back off the situation, or double down. The first two take some level of self-awareness. So is anyone surprised she took the third option?
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Also worth noting there were watch parties all along the path of totality yesterday. People seemed to be experiencing joy, wonder, awe, shared community, but not so much fear and trembling. Marge is a little out of touch…
 
The Thriller said:
So why are Americans so miserable?
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And why do people like MTG urge that we experience fear and a sense of foreboding during an event that, judging from the reactions in yesterday’s watch parties in the path of totality, seemed to be a once in a lifetime moment of wonder and joy, and shared community, and seeing our home’s place in the cosmos? Why do people like Marge urge us to feel frightened and alienated instead?
 
Red said:
And why do people like MTG urge that we experience fear and a sense of foreboding during an event that, judging from the reactions in yesterday’s watch parties in the path of totality, seemed to be a once in a lifetime moment of wonder and joy, and shared community, and seeing our home’s place in the cosmos? Why do people like Marge urge us to feel frightened and alienated instead?
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It's how they stay in power. Their base is mobilized by fear, and righteous indignation and superiority. It's what Christ taught. Always be afraid, we have no hope, except the fact that our religion makes us better than you so you better get in line.
 
Glad I’m not an Alpha male. Poor guys…”Real Men” vote Trump.


Nick Adams was speaking to the men in the room.

“Never apologize,” he said. “Never mask up. Never pick up the Fortnite controller. It starts with the Fortnite controller and boneless chicken wings, and ends in gender pronouns and communism. We don’t want that.”

“Damn right!” a young man in pleated khakis yelled. “Damn right, we don’t want that.”

The crowd chuckled. The affirmation was jokey, but serious — fitting for Adams, a happy culture warrior whose weapon of choice is not a video game controller but an X account, “Nick Adams (Alpha Male),” where he professes his love for Hooters, makes goofy claims like how billionaire pop superstar Taylor Swift is only dating NFL tight end Travis Kelce because she wants a piece of his $70,000 Super Bowl bonus check, and posts videos about boycotting Mars candy because M&M’s had committed “egregious sexism” for having all-female packaging. He calls his fans Nick Adams Disciples, or “Nads.”
 
LogGrad98 said:
It's how they stay in power. Their base is mobilized by fear, and righteous indignation and superiority. It's what Christ taught. Always be afraid, we have no hope, except the fact that our religion makes us better than you so you better get in line.
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Good post. Is that how all religions operate? Or all Christian religions operate? Why aren’t we seeing the same anger, hate, fear, and resentment from black evangelicals or Catholics? Why are white Christians in general and white evangelicals in particular so angry and fearful? If it’s about actual persecution, then I’d think Muslims would be the most “Trumpy.”

What should angry religious sects and denominations adopt from other religious sects and denominations to chill the **** out?
 
LogGrad98 said:
It's how they stay in power. Their base is mobilized by fear, and righteous indignation and superiority. It's what Christ taught. Always be afraid, we have no hope, except the fact that our religion makes us better than you so you better get in line.
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Obviously it was more of a rhetorical question, lol…
 
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