alphawhisky

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by alphawhisky 6mo ago
IQ is negatively correlated with reactive violence, but positively correlated with premeditated violence, per the evolution of our species. Despite our greater emotional regulation and lack of reasonable contextual circumstances to support
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by alphawhisky 6mo ago
Same, that's why I get super abortions every week. Might even get gay married. If it's not immoral, it's not a crime.
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by alphawhisky 6mo ago
I've got a Mexican American friend that lives multi-generationally and loves it. He's a few years out of high school with a good job in management and a nice car, money in the bank. His older brother gets help parenting from Tio a
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by alphawhisky 6mo ago
This is an intentional feature of modern American politics. It's not what the founding fathers intended, but if you think that gerrymandering, lobbying, and 2 party dominance don't benefit those who currently hold power in the US
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by alphawhisky 6mo ago
They also love to determine their vote based on social issues rather than economic/political issues. I blame religion but regardless of the cultural motives it boils down to echoes of racism/xenophobia from their parents' gen
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by alphawhisky 6mo ago
No war but the class war.
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by alphawhisky 6mo ago
Or because mormons are fucking batshit crazy. Are they gonna ban coffee in the state next? Idiots.
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by alphawhisky 6mo ago
A scathing review of the project in one or two sentences. With no help or improvements to offer.
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
One way trip of course.
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
Bold of you to assume we'll get biological immortality and cybernetics before an extinction event.
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
Don't forget about the freedom in your pants! And by that, I mean a Glock (not reproductive self determination or gender self determination, obviously).
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
We're literally less than 10 years from satellite based cell service. Not to mention that the market interest in this is artificially propped up by the industry. They're just trying (and failing) to find more market lines for AI.
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
Do I wanna know why? I don't wanna know why.
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
I'm pretty sure if you don't have a working radio in int'l waters you'd be assumed to be a pirate vessel and promptly boarded/shot at yes.
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
It's not a "cold, damp hole", it's called my basement, and there's also Dr. Pepper.
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
This. Don't forget that HN is extremely biased towards High income/net worth viewpoints. The reality for a lot of parents is much worse than most commenters here
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
This fact has me foaming at the mouth rn.
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
Are... you volunteering? Because you might last longer than your camera/electronics with all the radiation. go take an old fashioned negative and send it back.
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
They stay locked in the science reporting bubble. The only real reason this was funded (IMO) is because it also has multi-faceted potential to increase arable land, treat air and water pollution, create habitat for aquatic creatures, and im
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
"Less able to persuade women into doing so" is crazy. IMO the single biggest factor preventing kids right now in the US and other developed countries is the effects of COVID on the global economy along with the most significant pe
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
They don't have the emotional intelligence for that.
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
This vexes me.
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
They should be careful about trying to teach me to drive a bulldozer...
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
Now the subprime credit of entire cities is being sold bank to bank. I'd argue that's a direct escalation of the 2008 credit crisis.
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
Kudos dad/mom, that's a hard job. I feel like getting them exposed to technology and the dopamine generator that is games as a younger kid can help you teach more lessons around managing habits that can become maladaptive. Our wor
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by alphawhisky 7mo ago
Hey now, silent auctions and raffles are great for small communities and aren't prone to degeneracy. I know a lot of fire departments that get a majority of their funding from a mix of these attractors and things like cookouts and publ
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by alphawhisky 8mo ago
Man, "DOJ proposes end of Justice" just reads funny.
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by alphawhisky 8mo ago
I promise you, the City Engineer is aware of the bullshit. You catch a whiff, but they live in the stink. It's been clear for a while that there's conflicting interests and the only real way to fix it is to change incentives. Howe
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by alphawhisky 8mo ago
When a rural iowa farmer gets foreclosed because his power went from $0.16/kWh to $0.75/kWh we're gonna see another killdozer...
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by alphawhisky 8mo ago
Read. Found it interesting. "My kind of social class...". Immediate close.

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