If I may point out... there are some foodies like me who make their own concoctions, such as peanut butter, cashew butter, etc. Most mason jars have awkward angles for an average utensil. That may be what this is aimed at.
After reading the blogpost in the link, her argument seems to consist of "forget what medical and scientific professionals say, this guy deserves to compete because something really bad happened to him". That's pretty thin rhetoric.
Pull your head out of your ass just for a second. I didn't say people with genetically inherited conditions should lined up and shot; as someone with several genetically inherited conditions myself, I'd be first on the block.
I said that eugenics goes both ways. Whether you're trying to exterminate all Irish people because of red hair, or redirecting resources to keep alive someone who would not survive to procreate otherwise, you're messing around with the gene pool. Both have horrible consequences for the species in general.
This sounds like fun until you realize that in order for them to have things like iPods and designer clothes, most things will have to be worth a lot less than $10. Unless the proprietors are running this as a charity.
We as humans self-selected ourselves outside of evolution a long time ago. Using advanced medicine to keep alive a person that would not, without constant intervention, be able to survive and pass on their genes is also eugenics. Take, for example, near-sightedness and other hereditary disorders.
You're off by a factor of ten. The town has nearly 40000 people. And the issue isn't really whether he can hold down two occupations at once, as most mayors have full-time jobs. The problem is that he isn't even old enough to drink, rent a hotel room, or rent a car. He can't possibly have enough experience to deal with all the things that can go wrong in the average town.
This is only slightly related to this post, but I love how many random American words were coopted from Dutch. It ranges anywhere from baas, mentioned above, to koekje for cookie, to hoeker for hooker (literally, person on the corner).
Let me guess, you eat vegemite?
Pull your head out of your ass just for a second. I didn't say people with genetically inherited conditions should lined up and shot; as someone with several genetically inherited conditions myself, I'd be first on the block.
I said that eugenics goes both ways. Whether you're trying to exterminate all Irish people because of red hair, or redirecting resources to keep alive someone who would not survive to procreate otherwise, you're messing around with the gene pool. Both have horrible consequences for the species in general.
You're off by a factor of ten. The town has nearly 40000 people. And the issue isn't really whether he can hold down two occupations at once, as most mayors have full-time jobs. The problem is that he isn't even old enough to drink, rent a hotel room, or rent a car. He can't possibly have enough experience to deal with all the things that can go wrong in the average town.
Read the description accompanying the picture.
How many cartoons have you met with real breasts?