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by drewrv 4y ago
Maybe they even had a little "get out of jail free" card. https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7gxa4/pba-card-police-court...
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by drewrv 4y ago
You should go ask people at the Tree of Life Synagogue.
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by drewrv 4y ago
There is more to life than a left/right spectrum.
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by drewrv 4y ago
The harms of a tobacco company are mostly limited to their users, especially since smoking bans have been implemented in restaurants and bars. The harms of an oil company literally effect every human on earth. There is nothing I can do and
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by drewrv 4y ago
I'm a fan of hers but I think many of her criticisms of string theory, multiverse stuff, etc, apply equally well to superdeterminisim. That being said, in her latest book she has a pretty strong argument against free will that does not
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by drewrv 4y ago
I agree that Democrats should focus on rural areas more. You have to win by the rules not complain about the game. But you’re missing my point by ignoring coalitions to focus on parties. Imagine a religion that is a mix of democrats and rep
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by drewrv 4y ago
If a political system disadvantages a group of people then their needs will always take less precedence. “Why doesn’t the urban coalition simply win rural votes?” is a silly question. They would win rural votes by prioritizing different iss
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by drewrv 4y ago
Other comments mention that it's more visible in cities, but I'd like to add that "abject inequity and poverty" are national problems that cities cannot solve individually. Rural areas are given disproportionate politica
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by drewrv 4y ago
This assumes there is no margin of error baked into the 51 day rule, which surprises me.
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by drewrv 4y ago
I would hope there's a margin of error baked in and stuff doesn't break on day 52 exactly.
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by drewrv 4y ago
Yes I agree that it's accurate to say "the new FDA boosters weren't tested on humans"! My point is that if you leave out "the new FDA boosters" then you're being misleading. It's important context.
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by drewrv 4y ago
How about we actually try democracy first before we rule it out.
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by drewrv 4y ago
The big reason is to make it available before the fall, when people spend more time indoors and spread it more. Also you don't really need to test it, it's known to be safer than the disease.
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by drewrv 4y ago
If your claim is that "the vaccine" was only tested on mice and you don't clarify that you're only talking about the updated variant, not the original, then you're being purposefully misleading.
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by drewrv 4y ago
I think this is an important angle to the story: if the students are "customers" spending tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars there's an incentive to try to make them happy. I also think wish someone would report on whet
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by drewrv 4y ago
How does dispute resolution work with blockchain?
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by drewrv 4y ago
Well maybe a trusted third party can make crypto accessible for the masses /s
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by drewrv 4y ago
I'm really skeptical of comparing crime rates across borders. Slight variations in enforcement, reporting, different processes for conviction, etc can really mess up the data. Even local crime statistics are a mess to interpret, extrap
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by drewrv 4y ago
I don't think that's a satisfactory answer for a layperson. Infinity is a size/quantity, for most people that usually means "number". The reason it's not a number is because it doesn't exist on the real
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by drewrv 4y ago
These takes are all over social media so if they’re supposed to be banned then the real crime is how bad social media giants are at tracking down this nonsense. What mostly gets banned at big social media sites is spam and bots. The politic
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by drewrv 4y ago
It would be refreshing to hear this take for once :)
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by drewrv 4y ago
I yearn for the day we can defeat bad faith losers and get back to discussing what really matters: tabs vs spaces.
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by drewrv 4y ago
The number of people here who claim to hate moderation blows my mind. If someone thinks far right content is reasonable and good it would be refreshing to hear that take. Instead people bend themselves into logical pretzels to oppose the id
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by drewrv 4y ago
Sufficiently advanced fanboys are indistinguishable from bots.
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by drewrv 4y ago
Why are you insisting they're inventing harms? Do you have evidence to support this? Are you just opposed to the idea of ethics?
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by drewrv 4y ago
I'm not a huge fan of his but I got some free tickets to see him live and I was blown away. His enthusiasm for silly songs is infectious and he's actually a talented musician, not just a comedian. Definitely one of the better conc
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by drewrv 4y ago
I've seen some epic flame wars over the peanut restrictions in schools. They tend to catch my eye since one of my kids has a peanut allergy. People assume that these rules are created by pearl clutching "concerned parents". I
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by drewrv 4y ago
Having good fitness really is amazing. If a pill or supplement gave one the benefits of exercise I wouldn't believe it: it would come across as a "too good to be true" scam. It really does improve cardiac health, mood, energy
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by drewrv 4y ago
Feminists have been critical of the human rights record of Saudia Arabia for my entire lifetime. We should have listened to them decades ago.
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by drewrv 4y ago
I think it's reasonable to believe that public information should be accessible, and also be upset that things you expect to be private were made public.

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