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      I hate to say it, but Dems should be trying to reclaim the word “freedom”. It makes absolutely no sense for Cons to be attached to it so strongly. We need more freedom fries and liberty toast.

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        I think they do, it’s just not repeated ad-nauseam and attached to everything like the Cons do. Free to be LGBTQ, free to read the books you want, free to organize labor, etc… Real, tangible, life-improving freedoms. Cons? All they want is freedom to take everyone else’s rights away. That’s their “freedom”.

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          But that’s the thing. The Dems want to campaign like they have for the past century, going out and making sensible campaign stops every so often. Obama was trying to change this, and honestly had the right of it - you blast your message everywhere, all at once, KEEP REPEATING IT, and shorten the general gist until it can fit in a meme.

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    Sometimes, I wish I lacked a sense of guilt. I could make so much money conning these people…

    But then if I lacked a sense of guilt, I’d be one of them.

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      I liked it better when W.C. Fields was attributed to have said it (although it isn’t definite that he did).

      He did say some fun things in about booze in films though:

      I was in love with a beautiful blonde once, dear. She drove me to drink. That’s the one thing I’m indebted to her for.

      I exercise extreme self-control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.

      Whilst traveling through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. Had to live on food and water for several days.

      He also once said something serious which is also my own policy:

      Hell, I never vote for anybody. I always vote against.

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    This sincerely might be the most pathetic thing I’ve ever seen, I don’t even have words anymore

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      You should use a reusable water bottle for that purpose though. Don’t reuse single-use plastic like that

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        Normally one puts used 2-liter pop bottles into recycling.

        Occasionally I reuse one a few times.

        Why would I buy a water bottle when I essentially have one—at times several—already?

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          Yes. Microplastics leech into your water when you reuse a single-use plastic bottle.

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            Microplastics are in the air we breathe and the water you’re filling your re-usable bottle with likely comes to the tap via plastic pipes.

            Moralizing people for re-using single-use plastic bottles is just virtue signaling. It’s basically impossible to avoid microplastics and if one cares about their health there are things you can do that have orders of magnitude greater impact on it such as staying lean and excercising.

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              Dogs piss on dirt, so if you walk on the grass, you may as well just be drinking dog piss. Don’t demonize people for that.

              Thanks, dope ass logic. Let’s just ingest more plastic!!!

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        She doesn’t use the word “woke” in it even once. I also don’t think the person posting it has anything to do with the company.

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          You’re going to ignore the entire thrust of the marketing because of the absence of one word?

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            The title of the article is intentionally misleading readers for clicks and rage bait. They’re not calling it “anti-woke water”, thedailybeast is. The name of the brand is Freedom2o. Is freedom anti-woke?

            They’re even talking about how their water is good for the environment.

            Support environmental sustainability by choosing reverse osmosis water. Our water bottles are crafted with a reduced environmental footprint, ensuring that your commitment to clean water aligns with a broader dedication to preserving our planet.

            Sounds pretty woke to me!

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              Are you on the spectrum? I ask because your “but it isn’t 100% literally this thing” is the sort of overly pedantic and literalist thing I would do myself.

              Would it make you feel better if you noted that the scrolling red banner at the top of the website does in fact have “this water ain’t woke” among other similar sayings? And there is a “This drink ain’t woke” Yeti cooler.

              Does that help?

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                Are you on the spectrum?

                Very likely.

                Would it make you feel better if you noted that the scrolling red banner at the top of the website does in fact have “this water ain’t woke” among other similar sayings? And there is a “This drink ain’t woke” Yeti cooler.

                I went to their website and did not see such banner but if that indeed is the case then that’s all the proof I need to admit I was wrong.

                Does it make me feel better? No, it makes me feel sad.