Declanomous

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   by Declanomous 11y ago

   I understand what you are saying. It isn't wrong to judge the claims of other people with a critical eye. It is wrong when you don't turn the same critical eye to your own views or work. In life, as in science, it is important to
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   by Declanomous 11y ago

   To tackle wolf-whistles, or to tackle misconceptions about sexism? I'll direct my answer towards tackling misconceptions about sexism, because I think it solves the problem of overt-sexism, and I believe it also generalizes to issues o
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   by Declanomous 11y ago

   I realized I wrote a wall of text in response. I'm not picking on you, but I think you brought up a point that I think is really worth responding to in depth, because I felt that way in one point in time, and I've slowly realized
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   by Declanomous 11y ago

   Call 1: "Hey, we just got a new credit card, can you put it on our account?" Call 2: "I just locked myself out of the account, can you reset it for me."
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   by Declanomous 11y ago

   I've had the opposite experience with Last.fm. I actually realized last week that my scrobbling was broken, and I wasn't particularly disappointed. Last.fm used to be a place where I could check out bands I had never heard of. It
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   by Declanomous 11y ago

   I hypothesized the same thing myself. I believe it is because men as a whole will sleep with women who are substantially less attractive than them in order to fulfill sexual desire, colloquially referred to as "bussin' down."
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   by Declanomous 11y ago

   I'm American, and I generally understand 'to table a debate' to mean 'suspend discussion'. Use of the word 'suspend' is probably more common in informal use, but I often hear 'table' used to mean