Verdant Banana

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on Plasma donations is a job? · c/news · 21 pts · 25d

No it is not a job

It is exploitation

Plasma centers are built in areas where people are already struggling and there is little to no opportunities

Old people hoarding wealth and some of them being in positions of power not just Trump got us here

Grandparents watching their family slide into poverty while they live on their granddads grown generational wealth while voting for policies that further the wealth gap is just one example of this

Best grab those bootstraps and start pulling By God Murica Fuck You

Healthcare

Same as with mens health a lot of things go unattended even dental and nutrition too ties in

Hard to be independent and act on your own agency when even if have access to healthcare easily the way it is now don't get the healthcare you need and not seen as important as should be

With the nutrition aspect lot going against that too corporate shaped culture and all that

Dental work is expensively prohibitive and that too plays heavy into the equation

Definitely healthcare

Hyaluronic acid, which is not banned in sport, can be used to increase penis circumference by one or two centimetres.

This would increase the surface area of their suits during competition, which, according to FIS, the international ski and snowboard federation, could increase their flight in the air.

"Every extra centimetre on a suit counts. If your suit has a 5% bigger surface area, you fly further," said FIS ski jumping men's race director Sandro Pertile.

so women ski faster?

shit like this proves we have a very long way to go before we are an evolved species

“When I came back, I found I had a wife and a two-and-a-half-year-old child. That was hard. Before the invasion we were closer; it was very romantic. Now we are a lot colder and my daughter is struggling to see where I fit into their lives. Sometimes she calls me Daddy but sometimes she calls me Valentyn.

“I’m suffering with feelings of aggression. I can’t find anyone I trust to get help, so to cope I stay away from alcohol, I meditate and write my poetry.”

“My wife and I are closer since the invasion, especially since my injury. Young men have it harder – young women think the war is too much, too long. They are so fed up and are arguing with their men, but really there is no choice here.

“There are huge misunderstandings between Ukrainian men and women, lots of difficulties in relationships. The invasion has turned ordinary men into warriors, and that seeps into and divides the family.

“As soldiers, men function differently,” he says. “You are with this tight group and you know each other completely because you have to open up fast. Everything in war happens so quickly.”

“Ukrainians don’t give up, but what does suffer is the relationship between the sexes. A lot of couples are doing very worse now; lots of women left with the children. The days off – you can be 100 or 200 days on the frontline, about 15 days a year leave to see your family.

“It is very sad, but war is very sad. War doesn’t knock on your door, it just barges in.”

so fucking relatable whole article

when talk to people these kind of things hard for them to understand

because he brought beef tallow fries back

if you have not had the pleasure will instantly change your opinion

beef tallow fries are fucking awesome

steak n' shake is one of the places where can find everything fried in beef fat not just the fries but the onion rings chicken tenders everything

even offer beef tallow by itself to fry with at home

plus addicts know their healthcare paraphernalia and can find a vein better than any nurse

just now started rewatching

remember when first got introduced to this show

was being held hostage by a meth head couple in a half million home on a golf course (preinflation prices)

one of them gets home and is like bring that guy out we gotta watch this

they had brought home breaking bad season 1 on dvd

been hooked on the show ever since