The Off Topic Topic

[Richard Hakluyt]

Seriously, the US incarceration rate is a big minus.

[The Brain]

Seriously, the US incarceration rate is a big minus.

Locking up everyone isn't the solution.

[Valmy]

That's not fair.

They incarcerate a very large portion of their poor population so they have a roof and three meals.


sorry valmy, just joking

Hey no need to apologize for making a factual statement.

[Barrister]

Seriously, the US incarceration rate is a big minus.

Locking up everyone isn't the solution.

I don't know - I don't think we've really tried it yet.

[Valmy]

I don't know - I don't think we've really tried it yet.

[The Brain]

Seriously, the US incarceration rate is a big minus.

Locking up everyone isn't the solution.

I don't know - I don't think we've really tried it yet.

Machiavelli fanbois are the worst.

[Malthus]

I don't know - I don't think we've really tried it yet.

I'm not sure whether to laugh or be scared. 

[crazy canuck]

Seriously, the US incarceration rate is a big minus.

Locking up everyone isn't the solution.

I don't know - I don't think we've really tried it yet.

[Barrister]

I don't know - I don't think we've really tried it yet.

I'm not sure whether to laugh or be scared. 

[dps]

Seriously, the US incarceration rate is a big minus.

Not for those of us who aren't in prison.

Some of the stuff being posted in this thread is just pointless.  Like the ranking I see sometimes of the best and worst US states to live in, where often the criteria includes things like percentage of the population who smoke tobacco products or the percentage who are obese.  OK, sure, from a health POV, smoking and obesity are bad for you, but those things are about your behavior, not the behavior of your neighbors.  You can live somewhere where only 2% of the population smoke or are obese, but if you're part of that 2%, you're not any better off than you would be if you lived somewhere where 98% of the population smokes and is obese;  conversely, if 98% of the population in your state smokes and is obese, but you don't smoke and aren't obese, you're no worse off for living there.  Obviously, of course, some metrics do matter regardless of your personal behavior--for example, things like the quality of public transportation and the ratio of medical doctors to population.

[The Brain]

if 98% of the population in your state smokes and is obese, but you don't smoke and aren't obese, you're no worse off for living there. 

Sure, if you have an Ahab level obsession with whaling.

[crazy canuck]

You can live somewhere where only 2% of the population smoke or are obese, but if you're part of that 2%, you're not any better off than you would be if you lived somewhere where 98% of the population smokes and is obese;

If you live where health care, income level, availability of leisure time and ready access to healthy foods and regulation of unhealthy foods is such that your jurisdiction has only a 2% obesity rate, then those 2% certainly have a better quality of life (even though obese) than the hell hole that has 98% obesity.  The only reason it would get that high is if all the above metrics were shit.

[grumbler]

You can live somewhere where only 2% of the population smoke or are obese, but if you're part of that 2%, you're not any better off than you would be if you lived somewhere where 98% of the population smokes and is obese;

If you live where health care, income level, availability of leisure time and ready access to healthy foods and regulation of unhealthy foods is such that your jurisdiction has only a 2% obesity rate, then those 2% certainly have a better quality of life (even though obese) than the hell hole that has 98% obesity.  The only reason it would get that high is if all the above metrics were shit.

Whooooosh

[jimmy olsen]

Day 3 of my trip to Dokdo.

The boat trip to Ullengdo yesterday was horrific. Never been really seasick like that before.

[mongers]

Day 3 of my trip to Dokdo.

The boat trip to Ullengdo yesterday was horrific. Never been really seasick like that before.

You're trusting to the power of The Train to cause Korean-Japanese tensions, thus drawing Trump away from the escalation in the Gulf?