Pristina

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by Pristina 8y ago
It's probably an alien probe disguised as a random rock. It's already transmitted the existence of Earth and its coordinate back to the homeworld. Soon a supernuke will be sent at 0.99C to nip humanity in the bud.
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by Pristina 8y ago
Caveat Emptor Your dad has been around for 70 years. How has he not figured out not to trust a salesperson and do independent research or consult an expert (literally YOU, his son, one phone call away).
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by Pristina 8y ago
the idea that people don't get their properties seized by the government is controversial. who could have thought?
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by Pristina 8y ago
> capitalism doesn’t work, at all. i look at north korea then i look at south korea. if capitalism doesn't work, at all, then communism must negatively work.
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by Pristina 8y ago
the entirely of what you are saying is wrong economically. all forms of economic transaction involves transferring money from one account to another. conspicuous splurging is a waste not in itself, but because of the opportunity cost of ins
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by Pristina 8y ago
I can spend $1 on a ticket and feel an insane whirlwind of emotion imagining myself winning $1 billion, or i can spend $1 on a candy bar and feel some pleasure eating it. If buying a lottery ticket is a waste of money then all forms of ente
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by Pristina 8y ago
If it's my money, why can't I choose who to give it to when I die? Are you so envious and bitter that the idea that some people get given large amount of money is so painful to you that you think it must be forbidden?
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by Pristina 8y ago
> Lowering birth rates are correlated with more education and income. https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2018/09/22/... the effect is much less for Africans. also how can people consider
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by Pristina 8y ago
but muh space, muh high contrast colorful nebulae, muh railguns
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by Pristina 8y ago
200,000 applying isn't that big a deal since it's not that hard to apply. It doesn't really require any commitment.
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by Pristina 8y ago
>seems rather staightforward. So your entire argument is based on your personal subjective valuation that it is straightforward. The idea that a homosexual should be thrown from a bridge onto an oncoming train is as straightforward to a
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by Pristina 8y ago
I think the main reason is that foreign word went from being foreign to being fashionable. People love to use foreign word when talking about food because it makes them sound knowledgeable and well travelled.
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by Pristina 8y ago
because private firms make money by making things people want and every consumer is by choice. government makes money by threatening you with violence (pay tax or go to jail) and its subjects are so rarely by choice, and if by choice, it&#x
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by Pristina 8y ago
Yeah. a secret answer is just a secondary password with extra restriction (have to be actual words) and you also get a hint. it only makes the the account less secured. the rule should be, you forget your password, say good bye to your acco
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by Pristina 8y ago
Facebook is free too you know. Subjecting your brain to consumerism brainwashing is itself a cost.
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by Pristina 8y ago
but he has children to feed and mortgage of pay. clearly doing immoral things is the lesser of the two evils in this scenario.
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by Pristina 8y ago
You are surprised people who work for the NSA perform mental gymnastics to rationalise their choices?
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by Pristina 8y ago
the good old "i only shot you once when all those people would have shot you 3 times" defense.
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by Pristina 8y ago
I see you are a disciple of the guilty-before-proven-innocent principle.
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by Pristina 8y ago
They don't 'trick' people in buying 'fake' watches. Great replica makers don't have to trick anybody, they offer a watch that look almost exactly like the original for 1/10th the price or less. Being illeg
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by Pristina 8y ago
If some 'smartass chinese' guy can provide the same thing for 1/10th the price, then clearly the original maker is overcharging.
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by Pristina 8y ago
> _Everyone_ has an ideology that overrides logic for many topics. speak for youself i have yet to be proven the case while i have shown many others that they are.
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by Pristina 8y ago
It's each individual's own responsibility to consider all information before deciding to partake in any activity. failure to do so is their own fault.
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by Pristina 8y ago
regulation leads to less freedom. yes, it is known.
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by Pristina 8y ago
I tried it but it slowed down my browser and capped my CPU so i had to stop.
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by Pristina 8y ago
if you did that, it would be boring. The difference between a livestream of somebody's house and a soap opera is the storyline. Without the story, only the world, the intensity is much lower and you would need the world to be much much
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by Pristina 8y ago
if killing is self defense is morally permissible, then i can hardly see any reason why constructions of tools that can be used to effectively kill won't be also morally permissible.
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by Pristina 8y ago
If one can DMCA a launched game, what would stop me from torpedoing a launch of an AAA title during the first few days after launch? I could do millions in damage with a single letter with questionable legal standing.
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by Pristina 8y ago
i read through that pretty effortlessly. the person writes pretty well.
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by Pristina 8y ago
where the sun rises, that is east, mon ami

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