this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2024
199 points (98.1% liked)

politics

19097 readers
4854 users here now

Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!

Rules:

  1. Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.

Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.

Example:

  1. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
  2. Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
  3. No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
  4. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
  5. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.

That's all the rules!

Civic Links

Register To Vote

Citizenship Resource Center

Congressional Awards Program

Federal Government Agencies

Library of Congress Legislative Resources

The White House

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

Partnered Communities:

News

World News

Business News

Political Discussion

Ask Politics

Military News

Global Politics

Moderate Politics

Progressive Politics

UK Politics

Canadian Politics

Australian Politics

New Zealand Politics

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

You guys are welcome to eat me when I'm dead. I cannot think of something I'm less concerned about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Did this happen once before or am I having a case of déjà vu? The human composting thing is ringing some bells.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Jokes aside, this bill is problematic for a couple of reasons I can think of (although this bill isn't going to pass unless big funeral throws money at it). It sounds like this bill would ban green burial practices. Embalming is not good, the chemicals leech into the ground and eventually can end up in the groundwater. And some of those non embalming burial methods are basically the equivalent of chaining yourself to a tree for the foreseeable future due to the way our culture treats burial sites - your body is protecting the existence of a forest or similar.

Another non-embalming burial is a traditional Jewish one. They wrap a body in a decomposable sheet and bury it in a hole in the ground. It's pretty eco friendly too. Would this bill end up with freedom of religion issues?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago

If you’re wasting government time making something that’s already as illegal as cannibalism illegal then you should be declared unfit for office.

It’s not like you’d lose anything of value in the interim while you’re finding someone else. It’s not like she’s fucking doing anything.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You know, I would have expected today's repubs to open up the law allowing the eating of the homeless and unemployed. Nice to see their ignorance at least trying to do good for once.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I have a Modest Proposal for you…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Now now - repubs don’t like Swifties.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I have a Modest Proposal for you…

Now now - repubs don’t like Swifties.

This is such a good joke that I felt it deserved acknowledgment beyond a simple upvote. Well done!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

The official statement of purpose of House Bill 522 states that the expanded law “has no fiscal impact,” because it “causes no additional expenditure of funds at the state or local level of government, nor does it cause an increase or decrease in revenue for state or local government.”

But it is revenue neutral.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

“So, I wanted to address this because what I didn’t want to see is bags of compost with human bone fragments.”

“I didn’t want to see that in my Home Depot stores,” Scott said.

Sorry what???? Like what the fuck is happening in her brain? Having said that. I would totally buy the human bone meal at Home Depot.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (3 children)

She was upset because Washington legalized human burial without preserving the dead?

So, hold up. Are they worried that if you don't preserve the dead they turn into zombies or something?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What, do you think the funeral industry mutilates corpses and soaks them in chemicals just for enormous profit? Don't be a conspiracy theorist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

It's definitely not a perfect business model, what happens if people stop dying, or all people are dead?!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

They oppose anything that challenges cultural norms.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Only if you embalm them with Worcestershire sauce.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Give your meat a good ol rub!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

pink...eye...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Are we sure they weren't trying to ban weed?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago

Republicans are mentally defective. They should have no say over anything of consequence.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Everybody's gotta eat, I just happen to eat bodies. /s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aghori

They also practice post-mortem cannibalism
[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

It's because sooner or later they know we're going to have to eat the rich and they're getting a leg up before it starts.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 43 points 8 months ago (1 children)

“I thought — this is going to be normalized at some point,” Scott said. “The way our society is going, and the direction we’re going, this is going to be normalized.”
“There is a lot of documentation out there,” Scott insisted. “If you just google it, people showing it, and how they’re doing it.”

After watching a decade old David Spade show! 😂

Of the Republican party's two main factions - the grifter wing and the rube wing - it's pretty clear which one she caucuses with.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

The absolute disconnect from reality truly is disorienting.

"I heard about a thing that seems so implausible as to be ludicrous. I won't verify it. It has to be true!"

These people are living in a fantasy world that doesn't remotely exist. It's no wonder we're so fucked.

load more comments
view more: next ›