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Plus those "eyewitnesses" who claim to have video & have yet to actually post it. You know damn well if they had it, they would post it. It would have to be a dash cam and I'm not sure how someone would be lucky enough to be right there at that angle when the crash occurred.
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Red Lobster Preparing To File Bankruptcy
Zapp Brannigan replied to TTL News 's topic in National News
Yeah I don't frequent to many chain restaurants when we do its mostly Texas Roadhouse. Surprisingly this time I got the red lobster to go and it was better than when we ate in person last year when we went. I also skipped getting lobster because last time it just didn't taste the greatest. This time just went with one of the pick 4 shrimp and it was great. -
From what I was told, the bicyclist ran into the bus. Now, I know that goes against the opinions of the local experts on Facebook and the conviction of the public opinion court, but...
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Seriously, how in the hell can anyone afford it. Nevermind someone who isn't working at all! ( Nevermind, I know the answer. )
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"It's The Economy, Stupid" U.S. Economy Megathread
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Sure thing!
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We haven’t been in a few years and honestly don’t feel like we’ve missed much based on what I remember of our last visit. Im not surprised, and I think we’ll see this happen to more places as time goes on. We don’t eat out nearly as often as we used to and when we do, we try our best to go to someplace that’s locally owned and operated.
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I know I’ve been hard on the local media over the years, and for the most part, with good cause. But I’ve been thinking about it more, especially since the incident at Target with Sheriffs Dept. Investigator Theetge, that what’s largely lacking is those people who’ve been here for more than a year or two, and have earned the trust of the community and their place in it. So with that in mind, I wanna give a shout out to Renata Stiehl, Nick Quatrini, and Joe Veres for sticking it out here at home instead of using this as a stepping stone to a bigger market.
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Oh don’t worry, it’ll be in your tv sooner than later.
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Nope, you don’t do theaters
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Okay … guess what we’ll be watching !!
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Red Lobster Preparing To File Bankruptcy
Zapp Brannigan replied to TTL News 's topic in National News
Just had some red lobster over the weekend and it was pretty good. Love the fact that you can just buy the biscuits by the dozen. -
People need to stop making their politics part of their personality, particularly online. I don’t know how many times in a day I see someone’s profile read “proud lib” or “MAGA”. No one really cares! Is that the best you have to offer the world about what you are? And honestly, I find these type of people to be people I don’t want to be around anyway.
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I tell my son this allllll the time when he's crying poverty
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I just saw this: Maybe if you didn’t smoke you’d have more money?
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That does look good.
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I really enjoy these movies and am looking forward to this one.
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by Walker Carson Do your politics determine—or at least predict—your mental health? Recent research indicates that the answer is “yes.” A study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Psychology found a correlation between agreement with social justice mantras (colloquially referred to as “wokeness”) and depression, anxiety, and lack of happiness. As reported by the New York Post, researchers in Finland sent out an assessment to participants that measured symptoms of anxiety, depression, and happiness along with degrees of dedication to social justice ideas. After examining core tenets of intersectional feminism, critical race theory, postcolonialism, and queer theory, the study authors created a list of principles, which they called “Critical Social Justice Attitude Scale” (CSJAS). The initial CSJAS included statements such as these: “If white people have on average a higher level of income than black people, it is because of racism.” “University reading lists should include fewer white or European authors.” “Microaggressions should be challenged often and actively.” “If a white person doesn’t admit they are racist, they are still probably racist.” “Trans* women are women.” (* = born male but identifying as female) “A member of a privileged group can adopt features or cultural elements of a less privileged group.” (reverse scored) “The police are institutionally racist.” “The ideas of Karl Marx should not have more influence in national politics.” (reverse scored) “Other people or structures are more responsible for my well-being than I myself am.” “You should not say things that might offend an oppressed person.” According to the study, agreement with such statements was positively correlated with anxiety, depression, and unhappiness, though weakly. Overtly identifying as “woke” also paralleled with unhappiness: “Self-reporting as ‘woke’ … and [being supportive of] CSJAS items were strongly correlated (r = 0.62). … Self-reporting as woke was also correlated with depression, anxiety, and (lack of) happiness.” In a subsequent iteration of the study involving more participants (5,030 vs. 851 in the first study), the full list of woke statements was reduced to just seven items: “If white people have on average a higher level of income than black people, it is because of racism.” “University reading lists should include fewer white or European authors.” “Microaggressions* should be challenged often and actively. (* = verbal communication or act, which can be seen to reflect negative attitudes towards a minority group, regardless of original intent).” “Trans* women who compete with women in sports are not helping women’s rights.” (reverse scored; * = born male but identifying as female) “We don’t need to talk more about the color of people’s skin.” (reverse scored) “A white person cannot understand how a black person feels equally [as] well as another black person.” “A member of a privileged group can adopt features or cultural elements of a less privileged group.” (reverse scored) The results were substantially the same as in the first study. Agreement with the first item on the scale (“If white people have on average a higher level…”) displayed the largest positive correlation with anxiety and depression and negative correlation with happiness. The connection between negative mental health and these beliefs was the same or slightly weaker than the connection between mental health issues and being politically leftwing in general, according to the study. Interestingly, men were much more likely to reject statements in the CSJAS than women. According to Oskari Lahtinen, “Three out of five women view ‘woke’ ideas positively, but only one out of seven men.” So, what does all this mean? The findings are not conclusive, of course, since the correlations were weak and the study involved people from just one country, but they do provide a fascinating indication that social justice ideas in general bear some kind of relationship to unhappiness. What is the nature of that relationship, exactly? Here, we enter the realm of speculation. It’s unclear whether unhappiness leads people to embrace social justice ideas or whether social justice ideas engender unhappiness. Conservative commentator Matt Walsh argues that it’s a bit of both: “Wokeness attracts unhappy people, and it also makes people unhappy,” he says. Walsh points out that social justice, with its emphasis on victimhood and oppression, tends to remove human agency and responsibility from life. For those who adhere to such beliefs, this could create a feeling of losing control over one’s own life and future, which is the very essence of anxiety. Social justice is often predicated on the assumption that the world is inherently unjust. All of life, politics, culture, art, and religion boil down to a brutal battle for power, the oppressor subjugating the oppressed. A mentality that sees the world as unjust and a blind struggle for selfish ends can only breed sadness, anger, resentment, depression, and anxiety. How could it be otherwise? If you preoccupy yourself with negative thoughts, your mood will suffer. And what could be more negative than always sniffing out injuries and hidden matrices of oppression directed at oneself and others? Additionally, a person who is already unhappy will gravitate to a worldview that seems to justify and explain that unhappiness. If Jane carries some unhealed wounds inside, some feeling of having been injured in her life, it won’t be hard to convince her that all of human affairs turn on the axis of oppressor and oppressed, victimhood and exploitation. Any reputable psychologist would know that paranoia and victimhood complexes are unhealthy. What our culture today has done, however, is take those pathologies and institutionalize them, holding them up as the pinnacle of political, social, academic, and even moral/religious concerns. It is, quite literally, madness. Is it any wonder people are unhappy? **** Walker Larson teaches literature at a private academy in Wisconsin. He is the author of two novels, Hologram and Song of Spheres. When not in the classroom or spending time with family and friends, he blogs about literature and education on his Substack The Hazelnut. This content is shared and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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It’s not about the study, it’s about sharing the money.
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I remember her 😂
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Would not be surprised that the bicyclist ran the red light or just crossed in front of the bus.
