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by choko 8y ago
"But social media, Berners-Lee said, was still being used to propagate hate." This is one of the side effects of an open web, and one I feel we should live with in the interests of freedom. The only alternative of which I am aware
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by choko 8y ago
Because many people have poor impulse control and it's not nearly as easy as you present. If it were, many fewer people would have issues with obesity. It's not as if those people don't know why they are overweight.
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by choko 8y ago
The article calls out sexual performance and muscle building supplements (many of which are snake oil). The word vitamin doesn't appear in the article.
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by choko 8y ago
Some people take drugs out of curiosity or just for fun. Many drugs make you feel good. A sense of euphoria is nice even if you have nothing else wrong. Not every drug user is trying to escape something.
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by choko 8y ago
I don't pay fees on either my checking or savings accounts unless I need to withdraw cash from a competitors' ATM or if I were to overdraw an account. I haven't paid a fee in years. There are still some decent banks out there
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by choko 8y ago
Isn't it also a little selfish to expect someone to live out their life in misery simply because you would feel bad if that person ended their own life? I have people in my life who have been struggling with mental illness for many yea
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by choko 9y ago
My wife went vegan and it caused her to become anemic. She talked to two different doctors, and tried different supplements. She is far healthier with a little meat in her diet than without. I'm not claiming this is the norm, but you s
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by choko 9y ago
Nothing is really "under my skin", I just don't see how these observations about a few select Trump supporters are valuable in the grand scheme of things. It comes across as stereotyping.
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by choko 9y ago
No offense, but those are all anecdotal observations and include no demographic information. As one person in millions, why do you feel your unscientific observations on this topic are relevant?
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by choko 9y ago
Let me give you a real-life example of an accident: My cousin, (completely sober, alert, and obeying all applicable traffic laws) ran over a slick substance on the road causing his car to slide into oncoming traffic. Unfortunately, his prog
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by choko 9y ago
That's also known as "innocent until proven guilty". Should it rather be the driver's fault to prove that it was an accident instead of intentional? How might one go about proving such a thing?
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by choko 9y ago
ICQ lives on as well, though not under the original management. The account I created in the 90s still works.
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by choko 9y ago
I could make an argument that it's a great parody of the alt-left, as the author has postulated an elaborate capitalist-driven conspiracy.
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by choko 9y ago
Market size and profit aren't an acceptable excuse for hypocrisy.
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by choko 9y ago
This is true of nearly every news or politics-based subreddit. Almost no one is interested in an intellectually honest discussion on policy, and dissenting opinions are heavily downvoted. It's extremely frustrating.
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by choko 9y ago
I tend not to give shows second chances. There are far more good shows than I have time. If one of the few I make time for disappoints me, I quit watching in favor of trying out a new one.
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by choko 9y ago
I have been so consistently disappointed by Capaldi's Doctor (due to poor writing, not Capaldi's acting) that any change is welcome. I just hope they don't run it into the ground. Taking every opportunity to point out that th
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by choko 10y ago
Out of curiosity, why should the government force them to change that policy?
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by choko 10y ago
I'm agnostic and have no strong feelings on religion, and I find your comments very intolerant. Views like yours have no place in this community. It's not ok for you to tell people how they should live their lives.
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by choko 10y ago
To me, that suggests that even though they offer well above minimum wage, they haven't arrived at a fair market value yet.
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by choko 10y ago
"It's something employers do because they can't fill those jobs otherwise." What if they did something crazy, like offer higher wages to attract employees?
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by choko 10y ago
If diversity is important, should we not be spending more time encouraging boys to look at these fields?
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by choko 10y ago
It's safe to assume because it's SOP for politicians. You aren't saying anything that hasn't been true of any incoming president in my lifetime. Hell, it's often true in the private sector during a management change
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by choko 10y ago
Yes, I'm male. No, I've never opened a jar for my wife. My wife actually has as much physical strength as I, perhaps more. For what it's worth, there were 3 female crew members with which I worked at the remodeling company. N
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by choko 10y ago
I worked in remodeling before and during college, including plumbing. It requires less physical strength than what you are implying. The parent comment makes a good point. There are few (if any) calls for diversity in regards to "dirty
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by choko 10y ago
Some people try it (and other drugs) out of curiosity and boredom. Then, once they experience how good opioids make you feel, it's hard to stop.
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by choko 10y ago
I think it might have something to do with the right being absolutely (and not always fairly) demonized by the media over the course of this election cycle. You can expect schadenfreude for a little while. The left certainly engaged in the
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by choko 10y ago
I didn't vote for either, so I'm well aware of the other options. Most people are not though.
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by choko 10y ago
I'm pro choice, but the conservative objections around abortion center around the life of the fetus, not the body of the woman carrying the fetus. To them, the fetus is a life which the mother is obligated to protect, just as if it we
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by choko 10y ago
Your reasoning works equally well when referring to Hillary Clinton. If you vote for someone that only serves her own interests and uses disenfranchised minorities as a stepping stone for personal power and flaunts rules that the rest of us

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