[–] midnightblue1335 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago (edited ago)
I feel it's important to frequently remind Americans of where those millions of needles that litter the streets of California came from: At least 6 million needles get handed out in one of those stupid "needle exchange" programs every year. I don't recall if that is for the entire state, or if it's just San Francisco- either way, that's about 6 million too many needles being handed out to junkies.
There are also legal "shooting galleries" in California; places where the homeless and other junkies can walk in, get a little booth, shoot up, and dispose of their waste before stumbling back out onto the street lit up on a shot of meth/heroin/coke, where they can seek out money for their next fix- usually it's someone else's money that they seek out. Someone should barricade all the junkies in one of those buildings and set it on fire...
But goddamn, if they don't handle straws well. There may be millions of uncapped, disease ridden needles littering the streets and beaches, but there hasn't been a single straw accidentally inhaled by a sea turtle since the straw legislation! Sure, there may be people stepping on needles and contracting HIV at an unprecedented rate, but the turtles couldn't be happier, and that's what really counts.
[–] The_Prophets_Profit 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
6 million you say?
[–] midnightblue1335 ago (edited ago)
Yep! And this 6 million claim actually has real facts to back it up!
Sometimes, 6 million of a thing can happen!
That article says 4.5 million are handed out in San Francisco. So if you tracked down the numbers handed out throughout the entire state, I'd reckon the number would be well over SIX MOTHERFUCKING MILLION!
[–] Weasel_Soup ago
Commie rule book 101. You destroy the economy and then you have an army of leftist voters move to a new area. Where are they moving to now, Colorado? Texas?
[–] CapinBoredface ago
Denver and Kansas City are new shitlib hotspots. I give Denver 5 years until its exactly like San Fran and I give KC about 10.
[–] Shilly_Mc_Shillface 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
That's it. This is the Last Straw.
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[–] The_Prophets_Profit 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
It's not what they're responsible for. You must be new to the internet so I'll let you in. The above image is a "meme". Memes convey messages via visual and sometimes auditory information. Notice the above meme is split into two frames, top and bottom. Also notice the difference between the frames, the eyes on the top are closed symbolizing a lack of sight or acknowledgement (of an issue), while the bottom eyes are wide open and red symbolizing an alertness and indeed even anger or outrage (of a perceived issue). The text gives the context for the image, e.g. the name of the entity it's refering to and the list of issues or perceived issues to which that entity reacts.
[–] whisky_cat 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
tl;dr the Cali population is quick to believe plastic straws are a critical piece of legislation [which costs money]... while wildfire prevention does not get a budget increase during an increased period of wildfires. Not gonna debate the rest. It seems clear, people are supporting retarded fucking policies when valuable opportunities of real progress are entirely ignored and even discouraged.
[–] MelatoninDreams 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
And now San Francisco is floating around the possibility of banning new corporate campuses from having cafeterias because apparently that is negatively impacting restaurants in downtown San Francisco.
[–] uvulectomy 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago (edited ago)
Yep. Cafeterias at work are hurting restaurants, not things like:
Nope. It's workplace cafeterias that are the problem. Ban those and everything is magically fixed for local restaurants. Great work, California!
[–] weezkitty 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Fuck California. It is like a concentration of everything wrong with modern society.
[–] Whitemail 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
They have to ban bringing your own lunch to work too.
"Is that an illegal lunch you're carrying there?"
[–] Holonomic ago
Let's not forget Kate.