The idea that I subscribe to is that a pedophile is more likely to commit child sexual abuse when there is some sort of normalization going on in the form of fictional depictions of csam (or in this case, dolls). A pedophile should come to the conclusion that these thoughts are wrong, and seek help in fighting urges through medication and therapy. If it is deemed okay to indulge “just a bit”, it would probably make it easier to justify going over the edge because you wouldn’t see it as “as wrong” if you are part of a community that is barely persecuted for it.

There will always be a lack of studies in this area though. When it comes to criminal elements, deals are cut and records aren’t fully made public because so many people plead guilty to lesser charges and the full extent of their crimes aren’t brought into the light.

Every election is held on a Tuesday. Most of those people cannot afford to take a day off of work because capitalism has fucked them over so badly.

Republicans have also stymied any attempts to turn election day into a national holiday specifically for this reason.

Because of the electoral college, getting out to vote when you otherwise wouldn’t have is almost entirely useless in most states as the party most states will side with is basically a forgone conclusion.

On top of that, the Republican party has spent decades making it deliberately difficult to vote by limiting the number of polling places, as well as limiting mail in voting.

The Democratic party on the other hand refuses to attempt radical economic upheaval that poorer US citizens desperately need because Democrats are still the “moderate” party that is in the pocket of billionaires.

The Republicans routinely promise radical actions that they say will make things better for everyone. They’re lying of course, but it’s hard to be exceptionally poor, have no access to health care and vote for the party that is not advocating radical actions on your behalf.

Depicting what the extinct Gigantopithecus blacki looked like standing next to a modern human for scale.

Which one is which?

What happened?

This may be a really dumb question, but why is there spam on the table? Not all Jewish people observe the no eating pork thing, but why specifically put it in the comic strip?

Wikipedia is built on people vociferously disagreeing and bringing sources to make the information presented ever more credible and unbiased.

Yeah, that’s why they are upset with it.

What’s your basis for believing that it’s going to be linear? Was there a leak or something?

The vast majority of people who built the pyramids were paid laborers.

Source

Doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t try though.

unless you’re trying to build death trap, concentration camp housing for them as well.

Just you wait, I’m sure that’s in the works too.