It's crazy that the CDC can no longer be trusted as an information source now. 😖
this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2025
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Corruption is a cancer that destroys everything it touches.
Also normalized fascism but that's kind of redundant
The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.
Oh look, the bizzaro scientific method.
Prove me "crazy thing" wrong! No I don't have to show evidence you have to show evidence against it.
It's so stupid. You can't prove a negative. The people claiming vaccines cause autism need to show evidence for their claim, not the other way around.
The claim that "vaccines do not make you actually super hot and cool" is not an evidenced-based claim because no one has actually ruled out that vaccinated people are cooler and actually better hangs.
Equally valid statement
Unfortunately they are starting to exploit the biggest “weakness” in science. That theories are valid only because they have yet to be disproven. And that theories will change if new evidence is introduced to the contrary.
They are now basically saying “well since you can’t prove it, there’s a chance” which is fundamentally correct at its base but it’s in extremely bad faith.
They’re now basically forcing people to prove a negative, which is impossible as a means of forcing their views.
That theories are valid only because they have yet to be disproven.
No, scientific theories are valid because they are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
While it is true that they can be changed or replaced by evidence that dos not fit the theory, they are not just speculation waiting to be disproven. The 'biggest weakness' you are describing is a complete misunderstanding of science.
Your last sentence is correct, but also contradicts your first paragraph.
yes, when people colloquially say "theory" they usually mean "hypothesis".
The weakness of science is its vulnerability to sophistry and its demand for trusting evidence over what sounds right. The strength of science is that no other framework has ever come close to it in ability to draw practical conclusions about reality.
I thought living in the future meant we would all be super smart and know shit, not whatever the fuck this is.
I thought living in the future meant people would understand how to use computers.
I was, uh, wrong.
Life will, uh, apparently not find a way after all.
Life is finding a way. Its about to be party time for the diseases that these vaccines would have prevented
They gave the wrong people access to a keyboard
admin privs for all!
People use phones just fine all the time.
It’s probally the most popular computer ever.
Do they, though? Yeah they can scroll, but that wasn’t really what I was thinking of.
Probally is.
Or printers.
Idiocracy wasn't a movie, it was a documentary sent here from the future.
I re-watched Idiocracy recently... it was smarter than this.
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That was before income inequality and oligarchy won
it's politics.
politics makes people dumb and delusional
I don't think so, Tube Titties. There has been a lot of smart fucking politicians, and lots of solid fucking political movements.
I think it's money. Money has superseded democracy and rule of law. It's literally the only thing that matters. That is the problem.
money is politics.
Well, see, there's your problem right there. There is a distinction between what politics means and how it gets corrupted.
Like, in ancient Rome they made a decree that anyone hitting someone has to pay a $50 fine on the spot (or the fucking correlate amount of Sestertians), and one rich fuck went around in his sedan slapping people in the streets and have his posse pay the victim and then move on to the next one.
That's hardly "politics"- that's abuse and loopholing the law.
There is such a thing as just law, just politics, democracy and basic fucking human decency, and we can have it.
But rich fucks decided, what if we use our money to corrupt politics, so we can slap people in the face with impunity?
That's the problem. Money. Not politics itself.
Agreed. Politics is a natural process for us humans. We engage in politics when we raise our hand to be called on in class, or even when we blurt out our answer. We engage in politics when we decide what information should be public, internal, and confidential at work. We engage in politics when we decide to vote on representatives.
Money is just a medium for stored value, a status provided by collective agreement. Money isn’t inherently political, but it’s often used politically. Funds are often produced or withheld based on political considerations. This is usually fine when it’s money leaving our political system. The bigger problem is when the considerations are set by monolithic entities pushing money into our political system.
that sounds fine in theory but you can't extricate money from politics. even if you enacted a perfect finace reform for all govt officials, average people tend to vote on issues that affect their finances. It's always going to be about money one way or the other.
You’re missing an important distinction ….
The problem is money distorting politics to harm society or citizens in favor of a few
Politics serving the needs of citizens, including their economic needs, is NOT
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Can anyone find the “fuck no” button?
Is it this one?
This is government we’re talking about. Not an American high school.
It's that the gun's clitoris?
Of course not. If it were, the MAGAs would never find it.