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shiphascomein
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| Registered on: | 5/6/2015 |
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re: Confirmed: The US is basically the new Roman Empire
Posted by shiphascomein on 12/8/25 at 12:03 pm to hawgfaninc
Does Alaska not exist?
re: What would you go back and tell your college self?
Posted by shiphascomein on 9/8/25 at 1:30 pm to brexitgeezer
Buy bitcoin.
re: Louisiana Estate Inheritance Question...
Posted by shiphascomein on 7/11/25 at 11:39 am to sidewalkside
re: Anyone put the 3in rough country lift on the Chevy 2500
Posted by shiphascomein on 6/16/25 at 3:12 pm to denhamtiger
i would look into a bilstein lift, if they make one for your truck.
re: If you were the devil and wanted to keep an entire nation sick, what would you do?
Posted by shiphascomein on 6/10/25 at 3:16 pm to Mike da Tigah
If you were the devil and wanted to keep an entire nation sick, what would you do?
ChatGPT said:
That's a provocative question — and an interesting lens through which to examine systemic problems. If we’re speaking metaphorically — imagining “the devil” as a symbol of destructive forces — then trying to keep an entire nation sick would involve a mix of manipulation, deception, and exploiting human weakness for profit or control.
Here’s a breakdown of what a “devilish” strategy might look like, with commentary on how these reflect real-world issues:
1. Corrupt the Food Supply
Promote ultra-processed foods high in sugar, salt, and unhealthy fats.
Market to children and normalize junk food in schools and media.
Subsidize harmful ingredients (e.g., corn syrup, soy oil) while making fresh food more expensive.
Real-world parallel: Fast food and processed food companies have massive lobbying power and dominate marketing budgets, especially in low-income areas.
2. Undermine Preventive Health
Encourage a reactive health system, not a proactive one.
Discourage physical activity by promoting sedentary lifestyles.
Undermine public health education with confusion, disinformation, and conflicting advice.
Think of the pharmaceutical vs. lifestyle medicine divide — much money is made from treating sickness, not preventing it.
3. Control Information
Drown people in conflicting health advice — create so much noise that people give up.
Suppress independent research that challenges corporate interests.
Distract with entertainment, fear, and sensational news.
“If you can’t convince them, confuse them.” A tactic seen across industries and media.
4. Exploit Mental Health
Promote chronic stress through economic instability, social division, and information overload.
Encourage comparison and dissatisfaction through social media.
Make access to mental health care difficult or stigmatized.
Mental and physical health are deeply linked. A sick mind can’t make healthy choices.
5. Weaken Trust in Good Institutions
Sow distrust in science, doctors, and effective public health interventions.
Blend truth and lies so thoroughly that people no longer know what to believe.
Replace real expertise with influencers or ideologues.
6. Turn Health Into a Luxury
Make quality healthcare, clean water, healthy food, and safe neighborhoods available only to the wealthy.
Let the poor suffer under environmental toxins, food deserts, and crumbling infrastructure.
A healthy population is often less profitable and less controllable.
7. Punish the Healthy
Tax or regulate natural remedies, holistic care, or community health efforts disproportionately.
Make it harder to live well — long work hours, limited time for cooking, exercise, or rest.
In summary, if the goal were to keep a nation chronically ill, you’d:
Normalize dysfunction, monetize disease, discourage critical thinking, and pit people against each other.
Would you like to explore ways to counteract this kind of systemic manipulation — or look into examples of countries that have done better?
ChatGPT said:
That's a provocative question — and an interesting lens through which to examine systemic problems. If we’re speaking metaphorically — imagining “the devil” as a symbol of destructive forces — then trying to keep an entire nation sick would involve a mix of manipulation, deception, and exploiting human weakness for profit or control.
Here’s a breakdown of what a “devilish” strategy might look like, with commentary on how these reflect real-world issues:
1. Corrupt the Food Supply
Promote ultra-processed foods high in sugar, salt, and unhealthy fats.
Market to children and normalize junk food in schools and media.
Subsidize harmful ingredients (e.g., corn syrup, soy oil) while making fresh food more expensive.
Real-world parallel: Fast food and processed food companies have massive lobbying power and dominate marketing budgets, especially in low-income areas.
2. Undermine Preventive Health
Encourage a reactive health system, not a proactive one.
Discourage physical activity by promoting sedentary lifestyles.
Undermine public health education with confusion, disinformation, and conflicting advice.
Think of the pharmaceutical vs. lifestyle medicine divide — much money is made from treating sickness, not preventing it.
3. Control Information
Drown people in conflicting health advice — create so much noise that people give up.
Suppress independent research that challenges corporate interests.
Distract with entertainment, fear, and sensational news.
“If you can’t convince them, confuse them.” A tactic seen across industries and media.
4. Exploit Mental Health
Promote chronic stress through economic instability, social division, and information overload.
Encourage comparison and dissatisfaction through social media.
Make access to mental health care difficult or stigmatized.
Mental and physical health are deeply linked. A sick mind can’t make healthy choices.
5. Weaken Trust in Good Institutions
Sow distrust in science, doctors, and effective public health interventions.
Blend truth and lies so thoroughly that people no longer know what to believe.
Replace real expertise with influencers or ideologues.
6. Turn Health Into a Luxury
Make quality healthcare, clean water, healthy food, and safe neighborhoods available only to the wealthy.
Let the poor suffer under environmental toxins, food deserts, and crumbling infrastructure.
A healthy population is often less profitable and less controllable.
7. Punish the Healthy
Tax or regulate natural remedies, holistic care, or community health efforts disproportionately.
Make it harder to live well — long work hours, limited time for cooking, exercise, or rest.
In summary, if the goal were to keep a nation chronically ill, you’d:
Normalize dysfunction, monetize disease, discourage critical thinking, and pit people against each other.
Would you like to explore ways to counteract this kind of systemic manipulation — or look into examples of countries that have done better?
re: Murray States home field holds 800 people
Posted by shiphascomein on 6/10/25 at 12:50 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
re: Introducing LSU's 2025 "Tiger Twelve"
Posted by shiphascomein on 5/6/25 at 4:10 pm to McDonaldsBagMan
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2, 1, 5, 4, 6, 7, 8, 3
1,2,6,8,5,4,3,7.
re: All Inclusive - Older teens, preferably golf nearby
Posted by shiphascomein on 5/6/25 at 11:41 am to meAnon
Look at any of the resorts in the Playa Mujeres area, just north of Cancun. We have stayed at Excellence, Atelier and Dreams. All are highly recommended. But, for a younger crowd, of those three i would recommend Excellence.
re: Has Madison Beer ever been discussed here?
Posted by shiphascomein on 4/29/25 at 3:11 pm to schatman
Visible boob veins in pic #2 and hairy belly button in pic #3. WNH.
re: Federal Judge has had about enough of the Archdiocese of NOLA bankruptcy case
Posted by shiphascomein on 4/29/25 at 11:51 am to LSUFanHouston
quote:
quote:
The institution that the abuse flourished under is being punished.
Not really
You can’t punish walls and buildings, and the people in charge of that institution are long gone
So, if you are in a car wreck with a Fed Ex truck and you are severely injured, and the driver of the Fed Ex truck (who 100% caused the wreck) is killed in the wreck, you don't think Fed Ex (as the driver's employer) should be held liable for the driver's fault and pay you damages? Answer that question honestly and then get back to me about "...punishing walls and buildings" when the person who actually caused the harm is "long gone".
re: YouTube Channels
Posted by shiphascomein on 4/25/25 at 6:13 pm to BoogerNuts
Outside the levees
re: If You Ever Doubted Heroin Usage by Siegen Lane Homeless, Check This Out
Posted by shiphascomein on 4/15/25 at 3:46 pm to Shexter
Not sure where the photos with the chair are at, but the one where it looks like they are in a parking lot is the McDonalds on Siegen by the I-10 on ramp.
LINK
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re: Why is the Dow green today?
Posted by shiphascomein on 3/31/25 at 2:45 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Dead cat bounce. But, probably not. I am wrong almost 100% of the time.
re: Anyone got a recommendation for a dash camera?
Posted by shiphascomein on 2/24/25 at 2:24 pm to JumpingTheShark
Garmin Mini.
re: Adding teenager to vehicle insurance - questions and looking for advice
Posted by shiphascomein on 2/19/25 at 3:25 pm to Townedrunkard
quote:
Not even a little bit true when it comes to people living in the home listed on the title. Kid gets in a wreck and they aren't on insurance, no insurance pay out.
So what about my situation if kid lives with another parent. Get into a wreck, DL will have a different address from what’s on my policy. What’s the difference if it’s my adult sister uses my car and wrecks and lives at a different address?
Insurance won’t pay out?
Your adult sister most likely does not have regular access to your car. She may drive it once every blue moon, and that is the purpose of permissive use coverage. But, if you have a car that your kid uses fairly regularly, you should assume the insurer will not pay the claim.
Not even a little bit true when it comes to people living in the home listed on the title. Kid gets in a wreck and they aren't on insurance, no insurance pay out.
So what about my situation if kid lives with another parent. Get into a wreck, DL will have a different address from what’s on my policy. What’s the difference if it’s my adult sister uses my car and wrecks and lives at a different address?
Insurance won’t pay out?
Your adult sister most likely does not have regular access to your car. She may drive it once every blue moon, and that is the purpose of permissive use coverage. But, if you have a car that your kid uses fairly regularly, you should assume the insurer will not pay the claim.
re: Adding teenager to vehicle insurance - questions and looking for advice
Posted by shiphascomein on 2/19/25 at 3:17 pm to Townedrunkard
quote:
This is some of the worst advice i have ever seen. Almost universally, auto policies have permissive users clauses, but exclude as permissive users those who live in the same household unless they are listed on the policy
I have two teenagers, first one I added her to the policy, I went from paying 100 a month to over 500.
Learned my lesson, I made my second one get her license address with her mom, (divorced), but the car is under my policy at my home.
So she’s not a household member. Think I’m good hopefully.
Well, I think you are opening yourself up to a situation where if there is an accident you likely wont have liability coverage. If your child is a licensed driver and has regular access to your vehicle, even if they technically don't have the same address as you because you and the mom are divorced, my firm belief is that if the accident is bad enough for the insurance company to really look into it they will figure out what you are doing and will deny the claim. You have a duty to disclose that kind of stuff to the insurer so they can rate the risk, and if you fail to disclose it's probably fraud. The reason your premium went up $400/month with your first kid is because the insurer knows its risk of having to pay a claim is way higher. That additional premium is what their actuaries believe is necessary to mitigate the risk of your 16 year old injuring someone in an accident. By allowing the other kid regular access to your vehicle, the insurer would have the same additional risk without the benefit of the additional premium.
I am sure you understand all this, you just dont like having to pay the premiums. No one does, but insurance companies are not charities and no matter how smart you think you are in finding a "loophole", if an accident happens and the insurer is looking at a $500,000 claim, you can bet your arse the adjusters will figure out your kid should have been a listed and rated driver and they will deny your claim.
Good luck to you, but like almost everything in life, there are no shortcuts and no free rides.
This is some of the worst advice i have ever seen. Almost universally, auto policies have permissive users clauses, but exclude as permissive users those who live in the same household unless they are listed on the policy
I have two teenagers, first one I added her to the policy, I went from paying 100 a month to over 500.
Learned my lesson, I made my second one get her license address with her mom, (divorced), but the car is under my policy at my home.
So she’s not a household member. Think I’m good hopefully.
Well, I think you are opening yourself up to a situation where if there is an accident you likely wont have liability coverage. If your child is a licensed driver and has regular access to your vehicle, even if they technically don't have the same address as you because you and the mom are divorced, my firm belief is that if the accident is bad enough for the insurance company to really look into it they will figure out what you are doing and will deny the claim. You have a duty to disclose that kind of stuff to the insurer so they can rate the risk, and if you fail to disclose it's probably fraud. The reason your premium went up $400/month with your first kid is because the insurer knows its risk of having to pay a claim is way higher. That additional premium is what their actuaries believe is necessary to mitigate the risk of your 16 year old injuring someone in an accident. By allowing the other kid regular access to your vehicle, the insurer would have the same additional risk without the benefit of the additional premium.
I am sure you understand all this, you just dont like having to pay the premiums. No one does, but insurance companies are not charities and no matter how smart you think you are in finding a "loophole", if an accident happens and the insurer is looking at a $500,000 claim, you can bet your arse the adjusters will figure out your kid should have been a listed and rated driver and they will deny your claim.
Good luck to you, but like almost everything in life, there are no shortcuts and no free rides.
re: Adding teenager to vehicle insurance - questions and looking for advice
Posted by shiphascomein on 1/30/25 at 2:15 pm to The Mick
LINK
You do you, but I am telling you you are wrong. There is no loophole and if your kid gets into an accident driving a vehicle you own, but is not a listed and named insured on the policy, you wont have liability coverage.
You do you, but I am telling you you are wrong. There is no loophole and if your kid gets into an accident driving a vehicle you own, but is not a listed and named insured on the policy, you wont have liability coverage.
re: Adding teenager to vehicle insurance - questions and looking for advice
Posted by shiphascomein on 1/30/25 at 8:59 am to The Mick
This is some of the worst advice i have ever seen. Almost universally, auto policies have permissive users clauses, but exclude as permissive users those who live in the same household unless they are listed on the policy.
re: Anybody have any luck disputing a speeding ticket on the Bonnet Carre Spillway?
Posted by shiphascomein on 12/29/24 at 6:50 pm to TigerBR1111
Article 894. Google it.
re: Tours to do in Los Angeles
Posted by shiphascomein on 10/30/24 at 2:00 pm to The Scofflaw
We went this past summer for a week in Malibu. Was awesome. Would not recommend spending too much time in the actual city of LA or Hollywood. The SoFi tour sounds awesome and wish we would have done that. We played golf in Thousand Oaks, surfed in Malibu, spent a day in Venice and had drinks and dinner on a rooftop hotel restaurant overlooking the ocean and the Venice beach area. We did the PCH to Beverly Hills drive one day. That was spontaneous and we did not really have a plan. Just stopped at Palisades Village for lunch, some shopping, and then drove into Beverly Hills where my kids wanted to stop at the McLaren and Lambo dealerships. The sales guy at McLauren was super cool and let my teenage boys sit in the cars even though he knew we were just window shopping. The Santa Monica pier was overrated for me, but it was still cool. We also drove around UCLA just to see the campus. The whole area is absolutely stunning, and the amount of money in Malibu is mind-boggling.
re: Trump is not worried about the group 'White Dudes for Harris'
Posted by shiphascomein on 10/18/24 at 7:41 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
wish chicken would let me up vote this 50 times!
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