"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
03/25/2019 at 09:54 • Filed to: None
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
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Over in West Virginia, the West Virginia Manufacturer’s Association asked the state
not to implement stricter guidelines on clean water. Because, really, who needs clean water? Not West Virginians, apparently
. Why? Because they are fat.
[The Manufacturer’s Association] argue that the EPA encourages states to incorporate state-specific science, and that because West Virginians are heavier, their bodies can handle more pollutants, and that because they drink less water, they are less exposed to the pollutants. They have commissioned a worker to gather that state-specific information.
Certainly, the WV House of Delegates would see through this ludicrous argument and vote in favor of the health of their citizens. No, of course they wouldn’t . They sided with the manufacturers.
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It’s not all gloom and doom, I suppose. A different committee put the stricter rules back in place, and the manufacturers have until October to find more sham “state-specific science” to back up their claims. In the meantime, West Virginians are encouraged to gain weight and switch to drinking soda. It’s better for your health, apparently.
KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
> ttyymmnn
03/25/2019 at 10:00 |
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Idiocracy was a documentary of the future
Azrek
> ttyymmnn
03/25/2019 at 10:03 |
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They can start sourcing this!
https://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Death-Mountain-Tallboys-12-Pack/dp/B07G3G3F53
I got a pack...because...well..marketing. I brought one into work and they thought I had a beer.
WilliamsSW
> ttyymmnn
03/25/2019 at 10:05 |
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“... that g overnment of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth”
* Edit> search> find and replace “ people” with “ corporations”*
themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
> Azrek
03/25/2019 at 10:13 |
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TALLBOYS?
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Skip to 0:55 for tallboys.
412GTI
> ttyymmnn
03/25/2019 at 10:18 |
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That quote is so absurd you’d think it was from The Onion.
Would you like a Mtn Dew with your cereal lol?
nermal
> ttyymmnn
03/25/2019 at 10:20 |
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Ironic that the discovery of Dieselgate was in WV.
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> Azrek
03/25/2019 at 10:26 |
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Did it work? Did you murder your thirst?
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MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> WilliamsSW
03/25/2019 at 10:27 |
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Didn’t you get the memo? C orporations=people now ...no need to replace it
BigBlock440
> 412GTI
03/25/2019 at 10:28 |
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Wait, you have water with your cereal ?
Svend
> ttyymmnn
03/25/2019 at 10:28 |
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Are you serious!?
What the actual f***!
This is one of the main things every country in the world is striving to give it’s people, clean, safe drinking water.
America scares the crap out of me for so many things.
Well, I suppose the pharmaceutical business has to keep the sick rolling in somehow.
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Azrek
> MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
03/25/2019 at 10:30 |
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Yes, it was strangled....but that was after I got over the taste expectation of drinking a tallboy. I expected beer...and got...water.
facw
> BigBlock440
03/25/2019 at 10:31 |
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I bet West Virginia cows drink West Virginia water. Of course they are even fatter than people, so I’m sure pumping them full of toxins is safe too!
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ttyymmnn
> 412GTI
03/25/2019 at 10:31 |
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Froot Loops and Mountain Dew. Breakfast of champions.
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WilliamsSW
> MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
03/25/2019 at 10:37 |
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Yes, and all people are created equal, but some people are more equal than others so that needs clarification
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ttyymmnn
> Svend
03/25/2019 at 10:41 |
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America’s growth as an environmental cesspool peaked in 1969, when a river in Ohio caught fire because of all the industrial waste that had been dumped into it (it wasn’t the first time the river had caught fire) . The fire was highlighted in a Time Magazine article, and the attention helped bring about a new emphasis on the environment and spurred the beginnings of the Environmental Protection Agency. While some see the work of the EPA as onerous and anti-business, their work has generally made great strides in cleaning up the country. Many pro-business politicians have decried the work of the EPA, calling it federal overreach, and some have sought to abolish the department altogether. They say that industry can police itself, but we see in this article what that really means. Without the ability to do away with the EPA entirely, the current administration has put lobbyists and former heads of oil and gas and energy companies in charge who are openly antagonistic to the role of the EPA , and the past two years have seen a steady pullback from much of the federal legislation that was designed to provide all people, not just Americans, with clean air and clean water. It’s appalling.
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ttyymmnn
> Svend
03/25/2019 at 10:41 |
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America’s growth as an environmental cesspool peaked in 1969, when a river in Ohio caught fire because of all the industrial waste that had been dumped into it (it wasn’t the first time the river had caught fire) . The fire was highlighted in a Time Magazine article, and the attention helped bring about a new emphasis on the environment and spurred the beginnings of the Environmental Protection Agency. While some see the work of the EPA as onerous and anti-business, their work has generally made great strides in cleaning up the country. Many pro-business politicians have decried the work of the EPA, calling it federal overreach, and some have sought to abolish the department altogether. They say that industry can police itself, but we see in this article what that really means. Without the ability to do away with the EPA entirely, the current administration has put lobbyists and former heads of oil and gas and energy companies in charge who are openly antagonistic to the role of the EPA , and the past two years have seen a steady pullback from much of the federal legislation that was designed to provide all people, not just Americans, with clean air and clean water. It’s appalling.
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Svend
> nermal
03/25/2019 at 10:42 |
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Think of it as a brother sticking up for his brother, sure he beats up his brother all the time, but that doesn’t mean that others can.
shop-teacher
> ttyymmnn
03/25/2019 at 10:44 |
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I just threw up in my mouth a little.
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Svend
> ttyymmnn
03/25/2019 at 10:47 |
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It’s just another way you guys and gals scare the crap out of me though. Flint was an eye opener, and still is.
If it was any other country in the world, the U.S. would be all over them about providing clean and safe water.
I'm hating the thought of the world in the next few years.
fintail
> ttyymmnn
03/25/2019 at 10:54 |
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I expected so much better from such a developed relevant first world-y location where everyone wants to live, no doubt emigrants from Norway are lining up to gain admission to this bastion of justice and prosperity.
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ttyymmnn
> Svend
03/25/2019 at 10:54 |
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If it was any other country in the world, the U.S. would be all over them about providing clean and safe water.
Under any other administration, this would be true. But since Trump fancies himself a dictator just like his favorite people Kim, Putin, Erdogan, etc, he won’t say anything. There was a time when this country championed democracy abroad, now we kowtow to dictators. It will get worse before it gets better.
ZHP Sparky, the 5th
> ttyymmnn
03/25/2019 at 10:58 |
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Sounds an awful lot like a Parks & Rec/Paunch Burger situation.
Really can’t make this stuff up. I guess I’ll remember that I should put on more weight and drink less water. And we must demand that all science be specific to us individually from now on, whatever that means!
punkgoose17
> 412GTI
03/25/2019 at 11:04 |
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People who live an Appalachia are known for drinking extremely large quantities of Mtn Dew to use the sugar and caffeine
to combat exhaustion and depression from being overworked and impoverished.
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punkgoose17
> ttyymmnn
03/25/2019 at 11:07 |
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WV seems like a state that lets themselves get screwed over by corporations
. Mining companies destroy the land and water, and manufacturers
are allowed to mess up the water now. WV already has lower quality of life and life expectancy then many states. Is this a race to the bottom?
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BigBlock440
> facw
03/25/2019 at 11:11 |
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West Virginia isn’t really a huge dairy state, most of the milk likely comes from out of state.
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facw
> BigBlock440
03/25/2019 at 11:12 |
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Hopefully not from down river then.
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ttyymmnn
> ZHP Sparky, the 5th
03/25/2019 at 11:12 |
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I think the argument about “state-specific science” is a reaction to what they see as federal overreach. How can political appointees in DC know anything about what happens in WV? The states want to control their own destinies, right up to the point where they need money from Uncle Sugar.
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ttyymmnn
> punkgoose17
03/25/2019 at 11:13 |
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It’s a race to the bottom for the residents, and a race to the bank for the corporations and politicians.
Tekamul
> ttyymmnn
03/25/2019 at 11:14 |
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This is incredibly on brand for WV.
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ttyymmnn
> Tekamul
03/25/2019 at 11:14 |
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on brand
I like that.
DipodomysDeserti
> Svend
03/25/2019 at 11:17 |
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There’s whole sections of my state’s populace without clean drinking water. Much of it has been polluted by uranium in our strive to out dick wave the Soviets.
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412GTI
> BigBlock440
03/25/2019 at 11:43 |
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Of course, that’s how I get delicious diet cere al juice
wkiernan
> ttyymmnn
03/25/2019 at 11:51 |
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Also, opiates reduce the effect of pollution by depressing the rate of metabolism.
Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now)
> ttyymmnn
03/25/2019 at 12:47 |
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West Virginia residents are definitely in an abusive relationship where they seem to continuously tell themselves “if I let them do this maybe they’ll stop destroying my life” except they never do and they never will.
B/Xmrrmvr
> ttyymmnn
03/25/2019 at 12:55 |
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Joe Manchin seems to sum up West Virginia pretty well.