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[-] toasteecup@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

We've not talking about colonizing though, we're discussing invasive species.

Given humanity (Homo Sapiens) is currently thought to have evolved in Africa, that is the natural human habitat. All other habitats we've created we can be thought of as an invasive species.

Please don't virtue signal when it's off topic like this, it's really annoying.

[-] toasteecup@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Truthfully they were also invasive. We're only native to Africa

[-] toasteecup@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago

The only hipster statement I've liked. Good job and great plugin

[-] toasteecup@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Please explain the edit a bit

Edit: also thank you for the info. I had only ever seen a picture with the quote and his face. So the video source is new for me and given the stated age, not faked.

[-] toasteecup@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Another commentor corrected my info.

I had suspected it was faked because I only ever saw his picture and a quote like it was designed to look like a magazine. Turns out it's a direct quote from an Oprah interview he did in the late 80's

[-] toasteecup@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

I suspect it was faked personally

[-] toasteecup@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Oh, we're splitting hairs. Cool, I'll cease participating in this pissing contest.

[-] toasteecup@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I would pay money to keep Firefox foss for other people who can't afford to do so.

[-] toasteecup@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

I believe that if America has been more proactive, we could have either limited or delayed the infection. As I remember it, the infection spread from Asia to America and hit Europe after us on the East Coast, at least that what I remember hearing from the reports.

So yes, if we had been more proactive and developed a response much more in line with the Ebola outbreak, i believe it could have been delayed or lessened.

[-] toasteecup@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

My bad, I didn't see the joke for what it was. I'm US based and I'm trying to not be stressed given we have a chance of dealing with fucking Donald Trump again. I do wish we'd do more to teach about how bad fascism truly is, but at least I get to understand given my heritage.

[-] toasteecup@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

While you are correct that he didn't directly cause it, his actions allowed it to become as bad as it was. Had he been less of a piece of shit about it, it's quite possible that it could have been limited and had a much smaller impact so I feel fine with my previous statement as is.

For context, consider how the ebola outbreak was handled under Obama. As soon as we became aware of it, we had teams going directly to the outbreak sites and dealing with the problem. There was no "shelter in place" in the states, no global pandemic. Contrast that to covid-19 which people on 4chan were posting about before oompa loompa decided to give a shit.

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2014/10/28/president-obama-provides-update-our-ebola-response-when-disease-or-disaster-strikes-

And that's for a disease that is very infectious. https://www.paho.org/en/topics/ebola-virus-disease#:~:text=Ebola%20Virus%20Disease%20is%20a,only%20when%20they%20show%20symptoms.

So I stand by my statement, Donald Trump is a piece of shit and caused the global plague.

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