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by dondawest 7y ago
Asking what the heck is wrong with dollar stores is like asking what the heck is wrong with Amazon’s predatory business tactics. There’s nothing inherently “wrong” with either one, but both have extremely ill effects for the larger system t
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by dondawest 7y ago
The convertible roof STORES IN THE TRUNK? That is just an absurdly non-luxurious design decision.
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by dondawest 7y ago
Yes, and both creatures deduce the predictability of the outcome primarily from the results of... a simple size comparison.
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by dondawest 7y ago
Predation is an example of a fight that is NOT avoided. I have all species in mind. I am almost directly quoting Dawkins’ “The Selfish Gene.” A raccoon does not attack a grizzly bear because of a simple size comparison. Thus, the lives of b
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by dondawest 7y ago
All animals in the universe are “hostage to threats from bad actors.” Most fights in the animal kingdom are avoided by a simple size comparison between two animals, after which the smaller animal submits. Size is an implicit threat, one tha
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by dondawest 7y ago
Why do you assume that the aforementioned “small nation halfway around the world indiscriminately bombed by the US government” is Vietnam and not Cambodia? Do you think the US was right to carpet-bomb Cambodia?
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by dondawest 7y ago
I don’t understand this at all. Can “kindness” not be “snarky”? Your labeling my substantive comments “unsubstantive” is really really weird to me.
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by dondawest 7y ago
What is unsubstantive about this comment? It contains substance dude.
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by dondawest 7y ago
I don’t know what to tell you dude. My comments are substantive. What about them makes you label them unsubstantive? That seems extremely judgmental and censorious to me. I’m trying for a bit better than internet default too. But I don’t un
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by dondawest 7y ago
I am queer. Will you take me at my word?
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by dondawest 7y ago
Nothing. All things are addictive including holier-than-thou ideologies such as communism.
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by dondawest 7y ago
It’s not obvious AT ALL. If you’re aware of the “cluster effect” of those with rapid-onset gender dysphoria, you’re aware that being trans is highly influenced by ones social conditions. You’re making an argument that nature is everything w
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by dondawest 7y ago
It’s an inherently addictive thought that “the current system is wrong and there’s another system that would be better if only people would listen.” It becomes even more addictive when there’s other people willing to give you dopamine/
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by dondawest 7y ago
Boom. Fully agree with this analogy. Religion stimulates, smartphones sedate.
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by dondawest 7y ago
Reddit has zero presence or significance in the IRL graffiti community in case you weren’t aware
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by dondawest 7y ago
This entire post is a humblebrag about how the author gets laid L M A O
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by dondawest 7y ago
Another example is graffiti, there are sites like 12ozProphet (forums) and even Flickr and Instagram (pictures and commentary) with years of posts and huge communities, yet almost zero graffiti artists use reddit.
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by dondawest 7y ago
You’re just comically wrong. Progressives control the universities. Right wingers are poor and disempowered. A right winger punching a progressive is punching up.
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by dondawest 7y ago
It’s humans controlling robots, remotely from places like Minnesota, to kill women and children in the Middle East. It differs from a gun in its range and ability to be operated remotely. A human pulls the trigger, but does so while looking
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by dondawest 7y ago
This is one of the most civil and productive exchanges I’ve ever seen on HN. Props to you both.
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by dondawest 7y ago
I’m fully in agreement with you dude. Hypocrisy among artists who take a stand is hella annoying. It’s like the White Stripes swearing they’d never get a bass player, only to get a bass player. They literally made an album describing in det
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by dondawest 7y ago
Yes, this already exists and is called Liquid Democracy or Delegative Democracy. It’s awesome https://medium.com/organizer-sandbox/liquid-democracy-true-d...
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by dondawest 7y ago
As a third party observer of this exchange who did not hold opinions on molyneux before encountering it: * honestly you’ve completely convinced me that molyneux is a racist piece of shit, fuck this guy!! * but you haven’t convinced me he’s
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by dondawest 7y ago
Even (and especially) in sparsely populated worlds, people have to share space. Look at Antarctica, the desert, etc.
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by dondawest 7y ago
>Would it be surprising if women that dates other women generally look for high status, while men that dates other men look for genetics (ie appearance)? Absolutely fascinating question, I would not be surprised by this possibility at al
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by dondawest 7y ago
Joe Lonsdale already tried that. Didn’t work out too great for poor Joe!
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by dondawest 7y ago
Absolutely one of the most fascinating articles I’ve ever read, can not thank you enough for posting this
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by dondawest 7y ago
I have never heard anyone say that Pinterest is the most interesting ANYTHING before. What do you consider to be their obvious superior monetization potential? And is their anything else about Pinterest that makes you find it so interesting
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by dondawest 7y ago
Damn. That’s tough. I’m sorry that happened, but almost no third graders would be able to successfully deal with such a classic “prisoner’s dilemma.” All I’m saying is, try not to blame yourself, anyone would have acted the same in that sit
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by dondawest 7y ago
Your parents are so awesome.

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