ralakus

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[–] ralakus 20 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I'm pretty sure it's because the use of absurd amounts of high fructose corn syrup. There's 39g (can't confirm, I got it from Google) of sugar in a 12oz (340ml) can. US soda is pretty much just carbonated high fructose corn syrup water with a bit of flavoring. There's probably other significant differences too since the US has barely the minimum food safety laws.

[–] ralakus 6 points 5 months ago
[–] ralakus 27 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I couldn't paste the whole article since it's too long for a single post so I pulled all the main points word for word from the article without the paragraphs explaining them. You can view the full article with the noscript and ublock extensions on Firefox to bypass the paywall.

  • He will indict Biden and his other political enemies
  • He will round up, intern, and deport undocumented immigrants
  • He will send the military to the border
  • He will invade Mexico
  • He will round up the homeless and send the National Guard into cities to fight crime
  • He will ban abortion nationwide
  • He will bring back the death penalty in a big way
  • He will make stuff more expensive by taxing all imported goods
  • He will reevaluate America’s participation in NATO
  • He will roll back all of Biden’s climate progress and reinvest in fossil fuels
  • He will construct “freedom cities” filled with flying cars
  • He will do what he can to flood the nation with guns
  • He will torch the First Amendment by going after non-MAGA media
  • He will legally delegitimize trans Americans
  • He will pardon the Jan. 6 rioters
  • He will gut the federal government and take unprecedented control of what’s left
[–] ralakus 9 points 6 months ago

Anxious but looking forward to moving out. Things just have been really rough on me mentally for the past few years where I currently am and I'm just really looking forward to at least put some of those memories behind me for a while

[–] ralakus 8 points 6 months ago

64floz is roughly 1.9L of water

[–] ralakus 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I'd place the blame more on businesses and dumb managers keeping them afloat since they still think Intel is the best bet for their computers or they're stuck with Intel due to existing contracts. After AMD came in and bitch slapped Intel with Zen, a lot of the community switched teams and went over to AMD for CPUs but most businesses haven't yet.

[–] ralakus 39 points 6 months ago (3 children)

For anyone curious, I couldn't find an exact statistics but hearing aids in the US cost between $2000 to $8000 per pair with the average costs sitting around $5000-$6000 per pair.

Insurance coverage varies per insurance provider and per state. It looks like many people will end up paying the maximum required by law before insurance takes over which is roughly between $1000-$3000 depending on state.

Not only is a single purchase expensive, you usually have to replace them every 3 to 5 years.

[–] ralakus 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

At least it isn't Ohio

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