Pharmakon

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by Pharmakon 8y ago
Why single out children? Why not all videos of people getting raped? Why not all videos of people being murdered? I’m speaking to the usual exception “online libertarians” tend to accept, and pointing out the hypocrisy there. Of course ad
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
I’m not sure why you’re bringing the US into this when it’s about a crime that took place in NZ, and their requests for cooperation.
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
1.) Which countries? 2.) Your opinion is at odds with the laws of virtually every country on Earth. Countries that can’t agree on things as simple as diet, or whether gay people should be allowed to live still manage to agree on this.
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
Meat is easy on teeth, what traditionally wore down teeth in human history were rough unprocessed grains, tough vegetable fibers, nuts, and the use of teeth as tools (working plant fibers for example). Of course the inclusion of sand or gri
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
A moral standing grounded in mutual respect we’d hope to receive ourselves? Or if you really want to be legalistic, their next of kin have the standing.
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
No, it was to save on future dental costs, and that was seen as desireable not... what you said. It was not atypical for it to be paid for by the parents or either bride or groom as a wedding present. The idea was that pulling all of the te
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
“Oh but your honor, I wasn’t selling the child pornographry, I was just collecting it!” There’s a reason that isn’t a defense, and I hope you already understand why that is.
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
I don’t get people who seem to understand that it’s morally and legally sound to censor videos of children being raped, but when they’re being murdered it’s somehow a different story.
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
Here in the U.K. we’re more or less having this conversation about knives. A lot of stabbing occur, but notably you don’t get hundreds killed and injured from one guy with a knife. Still, knife crime is being used to justify what Americans
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
I mean, they’re commentaries that also just happen to make them spectacularly wealthy.
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
It’s definitely not just you. Look at someone like Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Banksy, and Damien Hirst. It’s about acting a part, branding, connections, and in some ideal cases talent and originality can even play a role.
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
Every functional society regulates who can be a doctor and who can produce medical goods and services, that really isn’t a problem. It can probably be helpful to try and look for differences between countries as opposed to just going for a
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Model Y Teaches Tesla a New Auto Industry Lesson(thedrive.com)
4 points by Pharmakon 8y ago|0 comments
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
Fair enough, but that’s just one state out of fifty, and in the context of a wider world as well.
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
Solved, but not implemented on a wide scale. I don’t know if it’s the added cost, availability or what else, but solved problems aren’t really solved if the solution is never implemented.
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
I go out to eat at least twice a week, and I’ve never run into this. It sounds like the Daily Mail fed Grandpa Simpson LSD and wrote down whatever he mumbled.
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
Huh... well I live and learn, thanks for the detailed answer.
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
There is also the tendency of mentally unstable people not getting the joke and more or less taking over the meme. Then the profit-seekers and cult leader types emerge, and suddenly what was a joke is a movement. On a much smaller scale the
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
I think the single biggest association is actually cartoons such as a Loony Tunes. “Kill da wabbit, kill da wabbit...” you know? The real point of this article seems to be more of an inkblot test of the author and little else.
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
Isn’t Steven Universe some American cartoon? Why would the sub for it be relevant to discussions of any kind of politics? What am I missing? Note that I haven’t seen the cartoon, but from adverts it seemed pretty banal rather than political
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
Just adding to the chorus saying they’d buy a kit and/or book. For branding, play on your introduction for PGG: Portuguese Guy Gaming. Either way though, you definitely should write more posts if it’s something you’d be interested in,
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
It’s ironic when I’m responding to someone framing the use of paper ballots as a security feature, yes.
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
Why? Some of the most venal, greedy, and ruthless people in history made their money then turned to philanthropy to improve their image. I would argue that it was downright predictable, and so would Alfred Nobel. In fact using charity to ei
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
This is so badass! Not only are you a good hacker, but your writing was a pleasure to read. I wish that I could upvote this more than once.
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
Are you sure the bigger issue isn’t actually the rate of fraud and chargebacks?
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
Ironically the one recent confirmed case of a rigged election in the U.S. was rigged through paper absentee ballots.
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
Edit: I wrote the original post in a fit of pique, and I regret it.
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
It’s not censorship, it’s curating a storefront. The laws that protect us from actual censorship also protect Amazon’s right to make choices about what they sell. I don’t like that WalMart refuses to stock anything short of the nebulous Ame
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The Moral Center of Meritocracy Collapses(theatlantic.com)
19 points by Pharmakon 8y ago|3 comments
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by Pharmakon 8y ago
Oh man, I’m so sorry for the people involved who are in this position, yet I’m torn because the outcome here beyond that is ideal. I’m going to assuage my conflict with a big donation on bay12 and then I’m going to tell everyone I know who

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