TapWaterBandit

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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
Lots of comments on hackernews/reddit appears to be the go-to method thus far.
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
> Some masterfully crafted dog-whistles here. Some people's brains are so addled they think they hear dog whistles when really it is an original thought struggling to breakthrough from the sludge they've buried their mind with.
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
The common consensus, ay? Is this that same "common consensus" that ASSURED us that a lab leak in Wuhan was a ridiculous idea for the origin of Covid-19? Fair views on Brexit are hard to have in general but the idea the "comm
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCtfoqhMqhk
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
I don't want to blame it all on 9/11 but it certainly didn't help.
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
> Breed recounted how even though the city has struggled to return to its pre-pandemic state, downtown San Francisco was in far worse shape after the 1906 earthquake. > “In 1907, downtown was mostly rubble and ash. That’s considerably
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
That's the whole point though, right? Anton's top priority was to not drown. Vincent's top priority was to win (Even if it resulted in his death).
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
> We had the rug pulled If by "We had the rug pulled" you mean "the people we intended to force to pay for our pensions said 'no thanks'" then I agree. I get why you may be upset how it played out because I
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
Stable pensions are gone because they were built on a ponzi scheme based on a demographic moment in history that has now passed. In hindsight those stable pensions were actually extremely immoral in a way. They allowed for a demographic mom
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
You have misread his comment. Look at the last bit: > What kind of crazy value would you expect something to have in order to be worth $20/mo? The implication of that is that of tootnhcare cost more than $20 a month he wouldn't
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
This guy is a fool and doesn't have a good system for evaluating value. If he wouldn't pay $20 a month to prevent tooth decay, he clearly is the type who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
> I use my toothbrush every day but I wouldn't pay $20 per month for it. Are you serious? If you had to pay $20 per month to brush your teeth you would stop doing it? This would be the fast track to dentures by the time you're
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
I have little sympathy for climate change protesters because they fundamentally don't understand the very real challenges associated with addressing climate change and why it differs from similar protest movements in the past (against
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
6 figure salaries are very common from a reasonably young age. Very strong trades unions.
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
This is a silly analogy, cholera or dysentery aren't safe for anyone. But the vast majority of people handle sesame just fine. There is a big difference. Sometimes trace cross-contamination occurs, just how it goes.
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
Heidegger would approve.
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
Noone in the entire history of the planet earth does.
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
Maybe. I suspect playing tax haven for the largest corporations in the world plays a much bigger role in the generalised prosperity than anything else but I suppose we'll see.
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
You are correct and it looks like I misunderstood my own countries system of government. Thank for the correction :)
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
I thought it was implied but I meant former settler colonies of the UK specifically. The USA could be included and does have overall remarkably stable politics compared to most of the world. I didn't include it due to the length of tim
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
Ireland's prosperity is built on a house of cards to do with low corporation taxes. I wouldn't be surprised if Ireland faces serious economic challenges and maybe even decline in coming years as governments are getting increasingl
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
It is hard to disentangle the temperament of the populace from the voting system. The UK and all former settler colonies (Canada, Australia, New Zealand) all have very stable politics and that generally appeal to the median voter. None of t
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
https://www.britainremade.co.uk/ There are some grass roots efforts emerging to convince people of the importance of purely technocratic improvements that society needs. In this case, cheaper energy and faster transportatio
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
This is interesting. Does Israel have parliamentary supremacy? In NZ we have MMP which is proportional but Supreme Court rulings on law do no "override" action as parliament is still supreme. So it can't override laws perse.
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
> It’s febrile at this point. Not really sure what you're saying here. Did you mean to use the word "juvenile"?
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
I'm astounded people are STILL burying their heads in the sand about Corbyn. But I suppose that is a large part of the reason why labour was losing for so long they kept denying the obvious reality that the electorate just did not like
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
Users of chatgpt went from 0 to 1 million in five days. Show me the compelling tech demo that did that without being a big deal.
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
I don't vote for clowns or lunatics which it is fair to say both "Angry Victorians" and "Sack Dan Andrews" are both. I'll never vote Greens again until Lidia Thorpe is gone, shagging the heads of outlaw motorbi
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
> despite the re-election being a clear sign that the will of the people is that they want a government led by (or at least informed by) experts who know what they’re doing. I would heavily challenge this just because the opposition is u
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by TapWaterBandit 4y ago
What's her name? I'd be curious to check out her stream

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