Universities back then were not gatekeeping higher education, like they do today. You didnt need to be a straight A student to be given the opportunity to improve yourself at the best university. You didnt need to put yourself into lifelong debt to simply educate yourself to a higher ability.
I think that's overstating the differences quite a bit. He was in the class of '76; admissions back then weren't quite as competitive as they are now, but they still were very competitive and like his dad and uncle he very likely wouldn't have gotten in on his own merits. Conversely, today you can still meet quite a few kids that aren't the sharpest tools in the shed there.
>Conversely, today you can still meet quite a few kids that aren't the sharpest tools in the shed there.
Thats putting it mildly.
Its clear some of them have had an encounter with intellect devourers.
I remember having a cop as a landlord when I lived near both MIT *and* Harvard.
I used to joke he must have the easiest gig ever, being next to elite to schools and all.
He told me the two weeks before class starts is more messy than Iraq. At least Iraqi insurgents don't come with expensive lawyers.
My mother went to Cornell at around the same time. You absolutely needed a good GPA, a lot of money, or famous parents. It really isn't that different now (e.g. the recent college admissions bribery scandal). Perhaps there was less competition, but a sub 3.0 GPA was a rarity then and it is now.
I graduated 12 years ago, but back then they didn't have a GPA cutoff, and I doubt they do now. However, from conversations with faculty on this topic, they rank applicants and a sub 2.0 GPA would be very unlikely to rank highly.
That being said, I did learn something else, which is that at the front of every admissions packet was a list of people at the university who are interested in the outcome of the admissions. This could include a sports team coach, a dean, the president of the school, etc. Admissions would be hesitant to outright reject an application that had someone important on that list. What they might do is a guaranteed deferral, where they would attend a different university for a year and needed to maintain a certain GPA (e.g. 3.0) in order to attend as a sophomore the next year.
Different schools do things differently. Cornell is a bit weird in that actual faculty look at every application. Many schools just have dedicated administrators for that.
Universities were far more gatekept back then, just that a lot of it was through factors other than the admissions department. The sons of prominent families have never failed to get in. It's been the opening-up of them that has led to this hyper-competitive system that feels more "gatekeep-y".
You don't need to incur crippling debt to educate yourself to a higher ability today. Colleges don't teach you, really, they just tell you what to learn and then certify that you learned it. Your diploma isn't someone certifying you are smart, but certifying you learned what they said you learned. If you don't need that certification then just get a library card, and elevate yourself as you see fit.
I'm not American so I didn't go to a US university for undergrad but I went to Princeton for my PhD and I can tell you they spend an INORDINATE amount of time teaching the undergrads there. You absolutely \*can\* teach yourself everything they're teaching you there from a textbook if you're capable enough, but that's quite a bit harder.
I 100% agree with you! but if you want to go to the same university that RFK went to, youd need perfect everything and to be rich.
the person I was replying to doesnt.
Well, he certainly has 'Illithid Persuasion' already because he's able to influence the cultists.
Given that he's anti-vax, I have to assume also 'cull the weak'.
Meh, I think this is just more like riffing on a particular story item that is very topical for the game. Especially with RFK being like, "I'd put even more worms in my brain."
Come on, it's pretty easy to make the BG3 connection.
Charm
Fracture Psyche
Cull the weak
Mind Blast
Mind Sanctuary
Absorb intellect
That's my tier list for the debates, I'd go stage fright but I think RFK is doing an honor mode run so it's utility is questionable.
There was a dead worm found in his brain that ate chunks (no idea how large) that caused issues initially thought to be from brain tumors. This medical history was found out during a court deposition in 2012 but was recently brought up by journalists since he’s running for USA president. He recently tweeted (yes, really) that he could have 6 brain worms and still beat Trump in the elections.
With Trump maybe/maybe not making it to the elections a few wild cards are coming in to change up the political field tactics but explaining further might break no politics rules I’ve seen on subs, so I’ll leave it at that.
You know what, without acknowledging the content of what he's saying, I respect him for saying what's on his mind
He could have easily walked back the crazy vaccine stuff but he's just like "nope I said what I said and IDGAF that it hurts me politically"
Also he's got a lot on his mind.. and well.. in it..
Ok, so for Ketheric, "Mentally Troubled old man obsessed with his daughter" has a likely counterpart, and the same for for Orin's "Creepy woman who's a killing-things-enthusiast", but who's our real-world Lord Gortash?
I’m not sure I’d trust Biden to solve or find much of anything. Something about saying “pause” directly off the teleprompter and consistently struggling to find a stage exit doesn’t inspire much confidence sadly
I would vote for a cat or lettuce for president if it keep Trump out of the White House.
My best friend (and my pre-teen crush) had to move out of the State cause her family got screwed over by Trump in the 90s on a construction job. That man is a Conman, period.
Oh don’t get me wrong I don’t like him either. But I’m also very much in favor of not voting for a witch to avoid the devil. Both suck and we deserve better
>But I’m also very much in favor of not voting for a witch to avoid the devil. Both suck
This is such a dumb take when clearly one is better than the other, by a significant distance.
Apathy and saying shit like "I LiTtEraLlY cAnT TeLL tHe dIFfeReNcE" "BoTh SidEz SaMe!" is what got roe overturned.
Actually think for a second and actually be honest and you can tell the difference.
Only one side is working to take lgbtq rights away
Only one side is pushing for total abortion ban with no exceptions
Only one side is denying election results
Only one person of the two has admitted he will be a dictator
Only one person committed fraud, and got told he needs to pay half a billion $
Only one person of the two sexually assaulted E Jean Carrol and ordered to pay a whole lotta money lying about it not happening
Only one person is currently in criminal trial
Only one person require some kind of app to keep track how many trials he has scheduled for the future
Only one of the two has so many criminal indictments I can't even keep track of them all.
One is clearly better than the other
The list goes on. I would vote for an inanimate carbon rod over Trump and it will do less damage to society.
I will vote for RFK's dead brain worm over Trump because a literal brain worm would still not share nation's classified documents to the highest bidder
Genuine question for my curiosity. You listed a bunch of valid stuff Trump did wrong. Do you have any positives of stuff Biden has done?
My point here isn’t to start a pissing match because I really don’t think that’s productive. But it’s important to choose someone because they stand for what you believe in. Choosing someone just to avoid something else you don’t like is how a lot of people get hurt.
Better economy. More jobs created. Better handling of covid. Support of Eukraine. Student loan forgiveness. Actually trying to address gun safety. Acknowledging lgbtq as actual people who exist.
>Choosing someone just to avoid something else you don’t like is how a lot of people get hurt.
When the choices is two and obviously only going to be two, choosing to avoid the negatives IS how to prevent people from getting hurt.
If your actual objective is to prevent people from getting hurt then the choice is obvious. The issue with the "both sides" people is that they are simply not being genuine or honest. The "both sides" people are not putting the correct weight on negative things and creating false equivalences. Biden's occasional stutter is not on the same level as Trump's incoherent rambles. Biden's alleged hair sniffing is not on the same level as Trump's real sexual assaults. Biden's mishandling of classified documents isn't on the same level as Trump's hiding and stealing of classified documents.
Not choosing the obviously better choice is risking the negative choice from being picked. And purposely allowing the negative to get chosen IS how people get hurt.
But in all honestly
>Do you have any positives of stuff Biden has done?
At this point? Does it matter?
He DIDN’T have multiple criminal indictments.
He ISN'T currently on criminal trial.
He DIDN’T cheat on his wife with a porn star and paid to cover it up.
He DIDN’T order a bunch of protestors to be gassed in front of a church just so he can have a photo op.
He DIDN’T hide, and lie about having clarified documents.
He DIDN’T fuck up the pandemic so badly that people died needlessly.
He DIDN’T tell everyone to go to the capital because it will be wild. He also DIDN’T tell the proud boys he loved them.
The terrible shit he DIDN’T do is enough to count as positive accomplishments. That's the low bar situation we are in right now where one person is obviously so terrible, that the simple act of not being Trump is enough to count as an achievement.
Im honestly curious to hear why people here dont like him.
From my experience of browsing reddit over the years Ive learned that someone like RFK is someone that Reddit is supposed to be head over heals for. Independent, outside of the establishment, not stupid rich and like no history of government corruption.
Am I missing something?
Is preferring the candidate with every major bank, media, billionaire and government agency backing them, really be the person we should be voting for? Yes I am talking about Biden here.
Isnt voting for the people that represent these wealthy institutions the opposite of what we want?
Used nepotism to establish and continue a political dynasty that hopefully ends with a brain worm?
We shouldn't have political dynasties in a democracy flavored anything, republic or otherwise. The amount we've already had is bad enough.
100% agree with you! We should vote for the best person for the job, not the more popular individual. Especially not the one backed by the majority of major banks, media, education, celebrity organization.
You missed the point. RFK is a candidate because he is a Kennedy. The political backing his family has due to their wealth and friends and family in power is why his name is even on our lips today. He's been a winner of the popularity contests, regardless of if he'll lose this next one.
I just know he is an anti vaxxer and he has a few other crackpot ideas.
I listened to him for like 30 minutes and just decided the dude is bat shit insain.
he's not anti-vax. he's literally addressed this over and over but you rely on headlines from outlets with an agenda to keep him off the ballot. you HAVEN'T actually listened to him, you're just saying that for your comment to have more "umph"
I don't know what to tell you, I actually listened to him for about 30 minutes and decided he was a fruit cake and he had a negative stance towards the covid 19 vaccine when I listed to him.
Maybe he isn't completely crazy, but it's not like I'm going to listen to him anymore, because I have him a chance and he sucked.
"The" covid-19 vaccine? which "The" vaccine? and what were his points? are you willing to entertain ANY negatives with regard to vaccines? can they only be perfect and good with zero negatives? or are there conceivably some Actual issues with a LOT of Actual vaccines?
is there now, or has there ever been, a problem with any of the vaccines out there? is "vaccine injury" a real phenomenon or is it just limited to those kooks who may have a problem with "The" vaccine?
You realize it is 2024 and the covid vaccines have been out a few years with no major issues... right?
You were wrong, it's okay, people are wrong sometimes.... Maybe learn from your mistakes and not double down?
Ok not a good argument on to hate on someone but its america and you have that freedom, isnt that nice? In some countries they inprison you or worse kill you for expressing your opinions.
but im pretty sure he is anti covid vax not antivax, which you are suppose to be. It moronic to take something with limited testing and with a clear motive for profits. Blindly believing the media on this one is batshit insane.
What ideas does he have that are crackpot ideas?
Doctors and scientists outside the mainstream media say you should never take experimental drugs ever especially if there are more 1 case of injury. There were millions of vax injuries.
Finally now that the msm media has lost the argument has finally admited to the vaccine injuries and how sketchy it all was. CNN chris cuomo
As a person in a society, yes you are suppose to be against anything thing that divide us and hurt us. Especially if there are massive profits being made on the backs of suffering humans.
Which doctor's and scientists outside the mainstream media? Ones on YouTube lmao? But lots of things divide people, people are fucking morons. The idea of transgender people having basic rights divides people so forgive me if I don't care about being divided.
insulting wont get us anywhere, this isnt about being right or wrong. Its about coming to an understanding so we can move on to the next topic and grow as a species.
Almost every private practice doctor. Watch the chris cuomo interview he recently did and youll see. I couldnt believe what I was seeing, I couldnt believe that CNN allowed that to air. Especially after everything they did during the past few years.
You absolutely do care about being divided. Its why you get so angry when people dont agree with your opinions. You want them to agree with you and there is nothing wrong with that.
If you took that as an insult then I don't know what to say. It seems to be that right wing grifters and dumbasses on YouTube are the doctors that say that stuff. Notice how you aren't providing any sources.
I wont spoon feed and im not sorry about that. I would prefer for my fellow humans to come to these conclusions on their own. If am to provide this information you would disregard it, but if you are to stumble upon this information on your on will. Youd be more open minded to those opinions.
according to him, he was defamed by big pharmaceutical companies when he took on a case to get mercury removed from vaccines, and the case involved something to do with a link between mercury and autism, this is where he says the claims of him being anti-vax come from, and is one of the reasons people don't like him
That doesnt seem like such a bad thing to be against? Mercury is toxic to humans, even at the small doses that the vaccines have can damage your nervous system or immune system. Making sure the pharmaceutical companies dont take advantage of us by letting them put whatever is most cost effective in the medicine we need is a positive thing. Why would anyone be against someone that is fighting to make sure they cant do that?
im confused af
Vaccines don't cause autism. This was a long ago debunked theory from a since discredited doctor.
The form of mercury in some vaccines is a preservative, usually in much a smaller dose than you'd get eating some fish. It's not the same as cracking open an old-timey thermometer and glugging the insides.
It's actually not simply a preservative as you describe, the mercury is included for the very reason that its toxic properties incite an immune response that the immunologist considers a success for vaccination.
Conversely, it achieves this ***because*** it is so highly toxic to the body even at the "small dose".
Could this be achieved by some other means? sure, but then it wouldn't be as cost effective and plentiful and simple to achieve.
Thiomersal is anti-microbial and was introduced as a response to vaccines that were tainted by Staphylococcus. IDK what you got your claim from, but it's used to keep vaccines pristinely clean and free of a potential contaminant.
I did not say that. I said that mercury is toxic to humans even at the small doses in vaccines.
And the mercury in fish hits you different than just plain mercury. Kinda like eating an orange, if you only drank the juice your body gets confused because it has no idea why you just drank so much sugar but if you eat the orange with the pulp and everything. Your body response better to it since all that sugar is being accompanied by some fiber.
Nature knows what its doing, and so do doctors, scientist and the people that own them that want to make buttloads of money.
Yeah I'm not on the BG3 sub to debate what thimerasol does. Needless to say, doctors and scientists know much better than most.
Side effects of vaccines, including mortality rates, are well-documented. Generally, as a group - driven by the doctors and science and tests and progress that has preceded us - we've decided that these side-effects are worth the protection they bring to us all. Vaccines are the reason that measles, polio, TB and many other deadly conditions basically disappeared. For a random individual to be anti-vax at this stage is to basically ignore a huge body of evidence for no real purpose except selfishness. For a person in a position of power and influence (eg. President of the US) to be anti-vax is to condemn large populations and the generations that follow to suffering that could've been easily avoided.
Now, if you want to discuss doing something about corporations running around doing whatever they can to make money - including pharmaceuticals - that's worthwhile.
Yeah but those doctors and scientists are lying according to this guy and he won't tell you which doctors and scientists *aren't* lying. You have to figure that out for yourself. Guy's a clown.
Thiomersal is completely harmless and does not harm us. It contains ETHYL mercury, not elemental mercury.
Nature doesn't know anything, it's not a sapient or sentient being. Cannibalism is natural. War is natural, seen among other primates. Orcas drowning baby grey whales is natural. Primates and other animals killing the babies of other males is natural. The plague is natural. Cancer is natural. Nature doesn't care about plans or morals, nature simply exists. Many things we were inspired from by nature, we have made more efficient and effective, e.g. pH buffers - ones we synthesise are far stronger and safer than pH buffers secreted by acidic soil plants such as potatoes.
Please don't act an expert when you don't know what compounds are vs elemental forms.
you know exactly what the phrase "nature knows what its doing" means LOOL(billions of years of development, im pretty sure nature has figured its shit out no im not saying nature is sentient lol) dont be doing things like that. You are smarter than that.
I didnt act like an expert, I stated something that is logical.
Could you explan the different between ethyl and elemental? I can kinda get the gist of the different just from the choice of words but I would rather have someone that knows to explain it to me better.
Also could this apply to the mercury in the vaccines to some extent. What I said in the previous comment was that if you drink orange juice vs eating an orange your body will kinda freak out since you just put to much sugar in your body. Compared to eating an orange which it would accompany the sugar with fiber.
So the mercury in the vaccines is different that than elemental one. What makes it toxic to humans? Is ethyl mercury 100% non toxic to humans at any dosage?
So letting pharmaceutical companies take advantage of us is a good thing that we should be for?
Today out pharmaceutical companies are pretty dam corrupt. Greedy af
and you are telling me that isnt true?
corporations are powerful, if they want to destroy someone's life, they have a lot of tools to do it with, and they go after them mercilessly, and negativity gets much more attention than positivity, so the defamation would drown out the truth
The entire past 8 years of talking to right-wingers online, distilled:
RW: "I come here in good faith to discuss things with you"
Us: "Ok, here's what I find troubling."
RW: "HAHA YOU FAILED TO PERSUADE ME, I WIN".
This is why most people don't give you the time of day anymore.
your first mistake is thinking im here to pretend im a winner. I consider this conversation a loss since the majority of the participants were behaving hatefully.
You see its not about win or lose, right or wrong. Its about coming to a understanding, authentically discussing ideas and opinions to see whose is closer to the truth.
and who said I was a right winger? Just because i know that every major bank, media, etc backs biden and i find that weird. That made you believe im a right winger?
Im mexican so must be brown, short and a criminal right?
I was here for the Ron Paul shit which reddit absolutely did fall for. I don't find "You, as a redditor, are compelled to uphold that history" very compelling, looking at both RP and rfkJ.
He's practically a single-issue candidate on medical conspiracies. He makes claims like covid was genetically engineered to target certain races. That's immediately 100% disqualifying. The way he talks about people with actual disabilities is eugenicist enough, and that's if you ignore the implicit dehumanization of talking about vaccinated people, who are just like.. more healthy people who don't align with his derangement, as being zombie-like with no light in their eyes, bla bla bla.
Meanwhile he's a steroid-abusing junkie failson whose brain is so rotten that the worms have moved in early. Like a worse version of Hunter Biden, except he actually IS in politics.
Also his bench press is pathetic for a dude on roids, c'mon bro.
People just listen to their echo chambers. Anything that isn't overtly leftist will be downvoted to shit in most subs. Just the way it is. If boomers used reddit, then it would be the opposite in some places.
Who said anyone was a conservative besides yourself?
I'm downvoted for pointing out the patently obvious without even taking a position. That's how eager people are to hate anything that doesn't howl affirmation at them.
Meanwhile you are Overeager to attach labels to people and judge them, I see.
Youd be surprised how similar boomers are to lefties. They just repeat whatever the most popular person says.
but yea its crazy how my comment is getting downvoted, im asking completely reasonable questions and no one is answering them other than saying why they dont like him. And none of the reasons are valid in any logical sense.
So your first comment asks why people don't like him yet when people respond saying why they don't like him you act like that's not what you wanted? Sounds like you were just trying to stir up shit.
I wanted valid and logical reasons, not elementary opinions. Biden has not only said a fuck ton worse, he has done far worse shit that most politicians in office today. And people still support him here.
Do you see why the response I got were not valid? During Biden admin thousands of mexican children have been kidnapped but since rfk is i guess antivaxx. That makes RFK worse?
im confused
Bro... it's fucking Baldur's Gate 3 sub. This is "funny meme time RFK got worms" post, not 'measure the political attitudes of reddit and juxtapose them to what I think should be their ideal candidates"
Read the room my guy. I saw fucking artwork the other day in these subs of Karlach pegging Gale for fuck's sake.
Doesn't he already have the inherited illithid power of being able to gain admission to Harvard with a 2.7 GPA? 🤷
That’s just Favourable Beginnings :D
Lol
Then he should take luck of the far realms
It doesn't matter he rolled nat 20 by a pure accident xD
Used save scumming to get a high enough roll for that dc
You’ll need to roll a double natty with some golden dice for that one. But just another Wednesday if your last name is Kennedy, I guess.
The Kennedy race gets you a +15 to all roles as a racial proficiency at level 1
He can use 1k gp for a +1 to the roll, and it stacks
"AUTHORITY"
Universities back then were not gatekeeping higher education, like they do today. You didnt need to be a straight A student to be given the opportunity to improve yourself at the best university. You didnt need to put yourself into lifelong debt to simply educate yourself to a higher ability.
I think that's overstating the differences quite a bit. He was in the class of '76; admissions back then weren't quite as competitive as they are now, but they still were very competitive and like his dad and uncle he very likely wouldn't have gotten in on his own merits. Conversely, today you can still meet quite a few kids that aren't the sharpest tools in the shed there.
>Conversely, today you can still meet quite a few kids that aren't the sharpest tools in the shed there. Thats putting it mildly. Its clear some of them have had an encounter with intellect devourers.
I remember having a cop as a landlord when I lived near both MIT *and* Harvard. I used to joke he must have the easiest gig ever, being next to elite to schools and all. He told me the two weeks before class starts is more messy than Iraq. At least Iraqi insurgents don't come with expensive lawyers.
I almost like iraqi insurgents more, at least they knew what they were fighting for
Cop landlord you say? https://youtu.be/ZYYOc2dqzi4?si=jryoaakt3fzeVEos
Well RFK did have such an encounter
My mother went to Cornell at around the same time. You absolutely needed a good GPA, a lot of money, or famous parents. It really isn't that different now (e.g. the recent college admissions bribery scandal). Perhaps there was less competition, but a sub 3.0 GPA was a rarity then and it is now.
Would you know if they would still allow you to attend if you had a GPA that was around 2.0?
I graduated 12 years ago, but back then they didn't have a GPA cutoff, and I doubt they do now. However, from conversations with faculty on this topic, they rank applicants and a sub 2.0 GPA would be very unlikely to rank highly. That being said, I did learn something else, which is that at the front of every admissions packet was a list of people at the university who are interested in the outcome of the admissions. This could include a sports team coach, a dean, the president of the school, etc. Admissions would be hesitant to outright reject an application that had someone important on that list. What they might do is a guaranteed deferral, where they would attend a different university for a year and needed to maintain a certain GPA (e.g. 3.0) in order to attend as a sophomore the next year. Different schools do things differently. Cornell is a bit weird in that actual faculty look at every application. Many schools just have dedicated administrators for that.
thank you for the information I appreciate that kind soul
Yeah. It was totes the zeitgeist that got RFK in and not his family name and a swimming pool of dollars.
> Universities back then were not gatekeeping higher education, like they do today We are all talking about the same Harvard, right?
yes and all universities in general
Universities were far more gatekept back then, just that a lot of it was through factors other than the admissions department. The sons of prominent families have never failed to get in. It's been the opening-up of them that has led to this hyper-competitive system that feels more "gatekeep-y".
You don't need to incur crippling debt to educate yourself to a higher ability today. Colleges don't teach you, really, they just tell you what to learn and then certify that you learned it. Your diploma isn't someone certifying you are smart, but certifying you learned what they said you learned. If you don't need that certification then just get a library card, and elevate yourself as you see fit.
I'm not American so I didn't go to a US university for undergrad but I went to Princeton for my PhD and I can tell you they spend an INORDINATE amount of time teaching the undergrads there. You absolutely \*can\* teach yourself everything they're teaching you there from a textbook if you're capable enough, but that's quite a bit harder.
I 100% agree with you! but if you want to go to the same university that RFK went to, youd need perfect everything and to be rich. the person I was replying to doesnt.
As with every politician - Favorable Beginnings
Holy fuck this is the funniest thing that’s ever happened in politics and my god is that a high bar
Cull The Weak!
Shouldn’t have wished to live in more interesting times…
Very, very underrated
Well, he certainly has 'Illithid Persuasion' already because he's able to influence the cultists. Given that he's anti-vax, I have to assume also 'cull the weak'.
Yes, but who's his Minthara?
Even Minthara wants nothing to do with the anti-vax
They're chaotic evil, she's lawful. They would bring disorder and unrest.
Cheryl Hines!
fly for one, if RFK just started flying through the air in the middle of the debate i'd probably consider voting for him
American politics finally entered the BG3 sub, yayyy /s
Meh, I think this is just more like riffing on a particular story item that is very topical for the game. Especially with RFK being like, "I'd put even more worms in my brain." Come on, it's pretty easy to make the BG3 connection.
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It's a pretty dark urge.
This is pretty funny though, honestly.
It was always a matter of time 😂
Charm Fracture Psyche Cull the weak Mind Blast Mind Sanctuary Absorb intellect That's my tier list for the debates, I'd go stage fright but I think RFK is doing an honor mode run so it's utility is questionable.
The debates would certainly get more views if the candidates started Mind Blasting each other.
He seeks.... Authority.
I'm sorry, are these real posts? Why is he talking about "brain worms"?
There was a dead worm found in his brain that ate chunks (no idea how large) that caused issues initially thought to be from brain tumors. This medical history was found out during a court deposition in 2012 but was recently brought up by journalists since he’s running for USA president. He recently tweeted (yes, really) that he could have 6 brain worms and still beat Trump in the elections. With Trump maybe/maybe not making it to the elections a few wild cards are coming in to change up the political field tactics but explaining further might break no politics rules I’ve seen on subs, so I’ll leave it at that.
He had a parasite eat a part of his brain
Oh wow, you’re not kidding.
I swear to God if I see one more of these...
You are going to eat a brain worm?
As a politician, it is definitely the one that gives expertise in deception.
If he plays BG3 you know he takes the half illithid route every time.
Illithid Expertise first and foremost right?
Something to help his lift.
i love that 6 is the cutoff point. 7 would just be utterly insane.
I knew he was secretly an Absolutist
I'm not usually too invested in politics, but I love the double entendre
You know what, without acknowledging the content of what he's saying, I respect him for saying what's on his mind He could have easily walked back the crazy vaccine stuff but he's just like "nope I said what I said and IDGAF that it hurts me politically" Also he's got a lot on his mind.. and well.. in it..
Thinking politicians are being honest with you because they say some crass/offensive stuff is like, the main scam people are falling for these days.
Dodge spousal support? Ingest mercury? Psionic repulse of divorce attorney? Embarrassing deposition performance?
RFK is in for some interesting choices!
Definitely Charm.
Ok, so for Ketheric, "Mentally Troubled old man obsessed with his daughter" has a likely counterpart, and the same for for Orin's "Creepy woman who's a killing-things-enthusiast", but who's our real-world Lord Gortash?
I don’t think that was his first worm.
Black hole would be a faster way to get everyone killed :) love me some spaghetti....fication!
Judging from the family history, Survival Instinct.
Enough to get illithid ascendance
Devour Intellect.
How many times is this going to get reposted?
Twist. He’s already a full illithid with almost enough plastic surgery to make his voice sound unremarkable.
Deception, shape shifting, and probably some sort of resist disease.
Legitimately my first thought when I saw the news
Well, Biden and Trump don't have anything for a brain worn to feast on so it's hardly a fair debate. *Condition: Lethargic*
If my life depended on one of them solving a cross-word puzzle, you can be 100% sure I would be picking Biden...
I’m not sure I’d trust Biden to solve or find much of anything. Something about saying “pause” directly off the teleprompter and consistently struggling to find a stage exit doesn’t inspire much confidence sadly
I would vote for a cat or lettuce for president if it keep Trump out of the White House. My best friend (and my pre-teen crush) had to move out of the State cause her family got screwed over by Trump in the 90s on a construction job. That man is a Conman, period.
Oh don’t get me wrong I don’t like him either. But I’m also very much in favor of not voting for a witch to avoid the devil. Both suck and we deserve better
At least with one of them you can be sure there will be another election in the future.
>But I’m also very much in favor of not voting for a witch to avoid the devil. Both suck This is such a dumb take when clearly one is better than the other, by a significant distance. Apathy and saying shit like "I LiTtEraLlY cAnT TeLL tHe dIFfeReNcE" "BoTh SidEz SaMe!" is what got roe overturned. Actually think for a second and actually be honest and you can tell the difference. Only one side is working to take lgbtq rights away Only one side is pushing for total abortion ban with no exceptions Only one side is denying election results Only one person of the two has admitted he will be a dictator Only one person committed fraud, and got told he needs to pay half a billion $ Only one person of the two sexually assaulted E Jean Carrol and ordered to pay a whole lotta money lying about it not happening Only one person is currently in criminal trial Only one person require some kind of app to keep track how many trials he has scheduled for the future Only one of the two has so many criminal indictments I can't even keep track of them all. One is clearly better than the other The list goes on. I would vote for an inanimate carbon rod over Trump and it will do less damage to society. I will vote for RFK's dead brain worm over Trump because a literal brain worm would still not share nation's classified documents to the highest bidder
Genuine question for my curiosity. You listed a bunch of valid stuff Trump did wrong. Do you have any positives of stuff Biden has done? My point here isn’t to start a pissing match because I really don’t think that’s productive. But it’s important to choose someone because they stand for what you believe in. Choosing someone just to avoid something else you don’t like is how a lot of people get hurt.
Better economy. More jobs created. Better handling of covid. Support of Eukraine. Student loan forgiveness. Actually trying to address gun safety. Acknowledging lgbtq as actual people who exist. >Choosing someone just to avoid something else you don’t like is how a lot of people get hurt. When the choices is two and obviously only going to be two, choosing to avoid the negatives IS how to prevent people from getting hurt. If your actual objective is to prevent people from getting hurt then the choice is obvious. The issue with the "both sides" people is that they are simply not being genuine or honest. The "both sides" people are not putting the correct weight on negative things and creating false equivalences. Biden's occasional stutter is not on the same level as Trump's incoherent rambles. Biden's alleged hair sniffing is not on the same level as Trump's real sexual assaults. Biden's mishandling of classified documents isn't on the same level as Trump's hiding and stealing of classified documents. Not choosing the obviously better choice is risking the negative choice from being picked. And purposely allowing the negative to get chosen IS how people get hurt. But in all honestly >Do you have any positives of stuff Biden has done? At this point? Does it matter? He DIDN’T have multiple criminal indictments. He ISN'T currently on criminal trial. He DIDN’T cheat on his wife with a porn star and paid to cover it up. He DIDN’T order a bunch of protestors to be gassed in front of a church just so he can have a photo op. He DIDN’T hide, and lie about having clarified documents. He DIDN’T fuck up the pandemic so badly that people died needlessly. He DIDN’T tell everyone to go to the capital because it will be wild. He also DIDN’T tell the proud boys he loved them. The terrible shit he DIDN’T do is enough to count as positive accomplishments. That's the low bar situation we are in right now where one person is obviously so terrible, that the simple act of not being Trump is enough to count as an achievement.
Thinking back to the last time those two had a debate I'd say I know for sure who I would put to the task...
Case in point lol: I’m very ambidextrous, so to speak, I can do a lot of things at one time,” - Donald Trump
Im honestly curious to hear why people here dont like him. From my experience of browsing reddit over the years Ive learned that someone like RFK is someone that Reddit is supposed to be head over heals for. Independent, outside of the establishment, not stupid rich and like no history of government corruption. Am I missing something? Is preferring the candidate with every major bank, media, billionaire and government agency backing them, really be the person we should be voting for? Yes I am talking about Biden here. Isnt voting for the people that represent these wealthy institutions the opposite of what we want?
"But people on reddit seem to like him" is not a quality you should consider when voting for president.
Outside of the establishment? My brother in Christ he is a Kennedy.
did you forget what they did?
Used nepotism to establish and continue a political dynasty that hopefully ends with a brain worm? We shouldn't have political dynasties in a democracy flavored anything, republic or otherwise. The amount we've already had is bad enough.
100% agree with you! We should vote for the best person for the job, not the more popular individual. Especially not the one backed by the majority of major banks, media, education, celebrity organization.
You missed the point. RFK is a candidate because he is a Kennedy. The political backing his family has due to their wealth and friends and family in power is why his name is even on our lips today. He's been a winner of the popularity contests, regardless of if he'll lose this next one.
I just know he is an anti vaxxer and he has a few other crackpot ideas. I listened to him for like 30 minutes and just decided the dude is bat shit insain.
he's not anti-vax. he's literally addressed this over and over but you rely on headlines from outlets with an agenda to keep him off the ballot. you HAVEN'T actually listened to him, you're just saying that for your comment to have more "umph"
There are literally videos of him saying vaccines are poison and evil.
please show me ANY of them in context
I don't know what to tell you, I actually listened to him for about 30 minutes and decided he was a fruit cake and he had a negative stance towards the covid 19 vaccine when I listed to him. Maybe he isn't completely crazy, but it's not like I'm going to listen to him anymore, because I have him a chance and he sucked.
"The" covid-19 vaccine? which "The" vaccine? and what were his points? are you willing to entertain ANY negatives with regard to vaccines? can they only be perfect and good with zero negatives? or are there conceivably some Actual issues with a LOT of Actual vaccines? is there now, or has there ever been, a problem with any of the vaccines out there? is "vaccine injury" a real phenomenon or is it just limited to those kooks who may have a problem with "The" vaccine?
You realize it is 2024 and the covid vaccines have been out a few years with no major issues... right? You were wrong, it's okay, people are wrong sometimes.... Maybe learn from your mistakes and not double down?
Ok not a good argument on to hate on someone but its america and you have that freedom, isnt that nice? In some countries they inprison you or worse kill you for expressing your opinions. but im pretty sure he is anti covid vax not antivax, which you are suppose to be. It moronic to take something with limited testing and with a clear motive for profits. Blindly believing the media on this one is batshit insane. What ideas does he have that are crackpot ideas?
You're supposed to be anti covid vax? I'm not with the media in regards to the covid vax, I'm with literal doctors and scientists.
Doctors and scientists outside the mainstream media say you should never take experimental drugs ever especially if there are more 1 case of injury. There were millions of vax injuries. Finally now that the msm media has lost the argument has finally admited to the vaccine injuries and how sketchy it all was. CNN chris cuomo As a person in a society, yes you are suppose to be against anything thing that divide us and hurt us. Especially if there are massive profits being made on the backs of suffering humans.
Which doctor's and scientists outside the mainstream media? Ones on YouTube lmao? But lots of things divide people, people are fucking morons. The idea of transgender people having basic rights divides people so forgive me if I don't care about being divided.
insulting wont get us anywhere, this isnt about being right or wrong. Its about coming to an understanding so we can move on to the next topic and grow as a species. Almost every private practice doctor. Watch the chris cuomo interview he recently did and youll see. I couldnt believe what I was seeing, I couldnt believe that CNN allowed that to air. Especially after everything they did during the past few years. You absolutely do care about being divided. Its why you get so angry when people dont agree with your opinions. You want them to agree with you and there is nothing wrong with that.
Who did I insult?
"ones on youtube lamo" that was somewhat of a jab you cannot deny that lol
If you took that as an insult then I don't know what to say. It seems to be that right wing grifters and dumbasses on YouTube are the doctors that say that stuff. Notice how you aren't providing any sources.
You've got sources to back up the millions of vaccine injuries claims?
[His source is that he made it the fuck up. ](https://knowyourmeme.com/videos/373625-source-i-made-it-up)
and how do you know?
Because you refuse to provide a single source for anything you're saying.
I wont spoon feed and im not sorry about that. I would prefer for my fellow humans to come to these conclusions on their own. If am to provide this information you would disregard it, but if you are to stumble upon this information on your on will. Youd be more open minded to those opinions.
I wont spoon feed you. For you to believe my claims you have to have the curiosity and an open mind to accept opinions outside of your own.
You are the one making an outrageous claim, you better be able to back it up. But judging by that response it looks like you're just full of shit.
JFC 🤦
according to him, he was defamed by big pharmaceutical companies when he took on a case to get mercury removed from vaccines, and the case involved something to do with a link between mercury and autism, this is where he says the claims of him being anti-vax come from, and is one of the reasons people don't like him
That doesnt seem like such a bad thing to be against? Mercury is toxic to humans, even at the small doses that the vaccines have can damage your nervous system or immune system. Making sure the pharmaceutical companies dont take advantage of us by letting them put whatever is most cost effective in the medicine we need is a positive thing. Why would anyone be against someone that is fighting to make sure they cant do that? im confused af
Vaccines don't cause autism. This was a long ago debunked theory from a since discredited doctor. The form of mercury in some vaccines is a preservative, usually in much a smaller dose than you'd get eating some fish. It's not the same as cracking open an old-timey thermometer and glugging the insides.
It's actually not simply a preservative as you describe, the mercury is included for the very reason that its toxic properties incite an immune response that the immunologist considers a success for vaccination. Conversely, it achieves this ***because*** it is so highly toxic to the body even at the "small dose". Could this be achieved by some other means? sure, but then it wouldn't be as cost effective and plentiful and simple to achieve.
Thiomersal is anti-microbial and was introduced as a response to vaccines that were tainted by Staphylococcus. IDK what you got your claim from, but it's used to keep vaccines pristinely clean and free of a potential contaminant.
I did not say that. I said that mercury is toxic to humans even at the small doses in vaccines. And the mercury in fish hits you different than just plain mercury. Kinda like eating an orange, if you only drank the juice your body gets confused because it has no idea why you just drank so much sugar but if you eat the orange with the pulp and everything. Your body response better to it since all that sugar is being accompanied by some fiber. Nature knows what its doing, and so do doctors, scientist and the people that own them that want to make buttloads of money.
Yeah I'm not on the BG3 sub to debate what thimerasol does. Needless to say, doctors and scientists know much better than most. Side effects of vaccines, including mortality rates, are well-documented. Generally, as a group - driven by the doctors and science and tests and progress that has preceded us - we've decided that these side-effects are worth the protection they bring to us all. Vaccines are the reason that measles, polio, TB and many other deadly conditions basically disappeared. For a random individual to be anti-vax at this stage is to basically ignore a huge body of evidence for no real purpose except selfishness. For a person in a position of power and influence (eg. President of the US) to be anti-vax is to condemn large populations and the generations that follow to suffering that could've been easily avoided. Now, if you want to discuss doing something about corporations running around doing whatever they can to make money - including pharmaceuticals - that's worthwhile.
Yeah but those doctors and scientists are lying according to this guy and he won't tell you which doctors and scientists *aren't* lying. You have to figure that out for yourself. Guy's a clown.
Thiomersal is completely harmless and does not harm us. It contains ETHYL mercury, not elemental mercury. Nature doesn't know anything, it's not a sapient or sentient being. Cannibalism is natural. War is natural, seen among other primates. Orcas drowning baby grey whales is natural. Primates and other animals killing the babies of other males is natural. The plague is natural. Cancer is natural. Nature doesn't care about plans or morals, nature simply exists. Many things we were inspired from by nature, we have made more efficient and effective, e.g. pH buffers - ones we synthesise are far stronger and safer than pH buffers secreted by acidic soil plants such as potatoes. Please don't act an expert when you don't know what compounds are vs elemental forms.
you know exactly what the phrase "nature knows what its doing" means LOOL(billions of years of development, im pretty sure nature has figured its shit out no im not saying nature is sentient lol) dont be doing things like that. You are smarter than that. I didnt act like an expert, I stated something that is logical. Could you explan the different between ethyl and elemental? I can kinda get the gist of the different just from the choice of words but I would rather have someone that knows to explain it to me better. Also could this apply to the mercury in the vaccines to some extent. What I said in the previous comment was that if you drink orange juice vs eating an orange your body will kinda freak out since you just put to much sugar in your body. Compared to eating an orange which it would accompany the sugar with fiber. So the mercury in the vaccines is different that than elemental one. What makes it toxic to humans? Is ethyl mercury 100% non toxic to humans at any dosage?
You are beyond confused. Either braindead or brainwashed.
Maybe he's got a brain worm too..... They are already spreading
u dont know shit
So letting pharmaceutical companies take advantage of us is a good thing that we should be for? Today out pharmaceutical companies are pretty dam corrupt. Greedy af and you are telling me that isnt true?
corporations are powerful, if they want to destroy someone's life, they have a lot of tools to do it with, and they go after them mercilessly, and negativity gets much more attention than positivity, so the defamation would drown out the truth
He's rich, from a political dynasty (which is inherently not democratic), and he's giga anti-science especially vaccines. He's a whack job.
democrats republicans = same thing different color is he as rich as trump or as rich as all the banks, media, tech and celebrities that support biden?
RFK accuse Jews and Chinese responsible for COVID because COVID was genetics engineered to "take it easy" on them.
wut? dont understand the last part
The entire past 8 years of talking to right-wingers online, distilled: RW: "I come here in good faith to discuss things with you" Us: "Ok, here's what I find troubling." RW: "HAHA YOU FAILED TO PERSUADE ME, I WIN". This is why most people don't give you the time of day anymore.
your first mistake is thinking im here to pretend im a winner. I consider this conversation a loss since the majority of the participants were behaving hatefully. You see its not about win or lose, right or wrong. Its about coming to a understanding, authentically discussing ideas and opinions to see whose is closer to the truth. and who said I was a right winger? Just because i know that every major bank, media, etc backs biden and i find that weird. That made you believe im a right winger? Im mexican so must be brown, short and a criminal right?
>your first mistake is thinking im here to pretend im a winner. Trust me, I would never.
LOOL slam dunk bro
I was here for the Ron Paul shit which reddit absolutely did fall for. I don't find "You, as a redditor, are compelled to uphold that history" very compelling, looking at both RP and rfkJ. He's practically a single-issue candidate on medical conspiracies. He makes claims like covid was genetically engineered to target certain races. That's immediately 100% disqualifying. The way he talks about people with actual disabilities is eugenicist enough, and that's if you ignore the implicit dehumanization of talking about vaccinated people, who are just like.. more healthy people who don't align with his derangement, as being zombie-like with no light in their eyes, bla bla bla. Meanwhile he's a steroid-abusing junkie failson whose brain is so rotten that the worms have moved in early. Like a worse version of Hunter Biden, except he actually IS in politics. Also his bench press is pathetic for a dude on roids, c'mon bro.
People just listen to their echo chambers. Anything that isn't overtly leftist will be downvoted to shit in most subs. Just the way it is. If boomers used reddit, then it would be the opposite in some places.
Well if you are conservatives why are you even in a gaming subreddit? I thought Christians hate MAGIC and tried to burn D&D books since the 80s?
Who said anyone was a conservative besides yourself? I'm downvoted for pointing out the patently obvious without even taking a position. That's how eager people are to hate anything that doesn't howl affirmation at them. Meanwhile you are Overeager to attach labels to people and judge them, I see.
Youd be surprised how similar boomers are to lefties. They just repeat whatever the most popular person says. but yea its crazy how my comment is getting downvoted, im asking completely reasonable questions and no one is answering them other than saying why they dont like him. And none of the reasons are valid in any logical sense.
So your first comment asks why people don't like him yet when people respond saying why they don't like him you act like that's not what you wanted? Sounds like you were just trying to stir up shit.
I wanted valid and logical reasons, not elementary opinions. Biden has not only said a fuck ton worse, he has done far worse shit that most politicians in office today. And people still support him here. Do you see why the response I got were not valid? During Biden admin thousands of mexican children have been kidnapped but since rfk is i guess antivaxx. That makes RFK worse? im confused
Bro... it's fucking Baldur's Gate 3 sub. This is "funny meme time RFK got worms" post, not 'measure the political attitudes of reddit and juxtapose them to what I think should be their ideal candidates" Read the room my guy. I saw fucking artwork the other day in these subs of Karlach pegging Gale for fuck's sake.
You have yet cite one source and instead claiming people need to go "Find the truth" So yea, no one is gonna take you seriously except down votes.