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by fiblye 8y ago
>If you own a house before marriage, perhaps a prenup would be prudent. If you're worried about losing a significant sum of your assets as a result of marriage, the only solution is to not get married. Prenuptials are generally cons
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by fiblye 8y ago
There's a difference between wiping out a virus that pretty much only affects humans, and wiping out an animal that's been present for millions of years and is firmly established as a food source for countless other animals. One h
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by fiblye 8y ago
In a world where total insect population collapse is a very real possibility, there exist people who think calling out people who want to not exterminate a cornerstone insect species is a good idea. Before anybody says "well actually t
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by fiblye 8y ago
Japanese people definitely say "ha?" when they're confused.
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by fiblye 8y ago
I don't have the slightest clue what you're talking about.
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by fiblye 8y ago
Strongly agreed. I once went to a sichuan restaurant with a Chinese friend and he asked for the "secret" menu. He ordered a bunch of things I'd never expected to try before, like spicy pan-fried pork intestines. It was incred
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by fiblye 8y ago
Libel is a crime and some states have defamation laws. It wouldn't be hard to tack this onto those and--if they really want to push it, which they will if given the chance--make it a sex crime to get that lifelong punishment.
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by fiblye 8y ago
Spamming a stupid joke at someone on twitter is far right harassment? Good lord, all that's necessary is to not look at your notifications for a week until the meme passes and you'll never even notice anything happened.
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by fiblye 8y ago
If you dig in, a lot of cultures have roots going back centuries. People might be wearing tshirts and jeans everywhere you go, but the way they handle family matters and daily routines is very different.
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by fiblye 8y ago
As an immigrant to another country, that's just how it is. It's a risk I accepted the day I decided to pack up and get on the plane. I'll definitely be upset if things don't work out in my current home, but I'm prep
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by fiblye 8y ago
It's much cheaper to get a large tub of plain, unsweetened yogurt and add jam/honey/whatever to taste.
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by fiblye 8y ago
Most tech companies aren't looking for people to reimplement a dozen new variations of quicksort everyday. I mean, some companies really do need people who have countless algorithms ready to go in the back of their mind and the abili
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by fiblye 8y ago
Cakes have existed for centuries and I'm sure most people on HN have made cakes at least once in their life. But put them in a room and say "Make us a 2 layer red velvet cake" with no access to a recipe, and you're not g
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by fiblye 8y ago
Apple discontinues products and replaces them with something else. Google's more in the habit of announcing a new service, saying it's great and revolutionary, then dumping it a few years down the line with a brief notice beforeha
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by fiblye 8y ago
Demand for real estate plummets and prices drop. Sounds absolutely horrifying. The high income earners all fly off to states like Nevada, where the population is low and chances to earn a high income are even lower. That's definitely g
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by fiblye 8y ago
It's crazy how even with insurance, things are far more expensive in the US. I can get xrays, blood tests, and medicine all together for less than $50 in my current country. In America, even with good insurance, I'd be looking at
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by fiblye 8y ago
So what was it that made unions in these now low-paying jobs vanish? What enabled companies to say "we're going to drastically drop wages" and made unions unviable? How did America, seemingly within the span of years, end up
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by fiblye 8y ago
Imagine the number of irresponsible people going camping or horseback riding in the wilderness increasing by 100x instead of playing a game. My worry isn't that lots of people would die--because they would--but I worry that nature woul
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by fiblye 8y ago
American media has this weird thing where they need to trivialize every single Chinese accomplishment. Every report of economic growth is followed by some "economic 'expert'" talking about how the Chinese economy is on t
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by fiblye 8y ago
Ribbon has to be the absolute worst interface I've ever dealt with. Things seem to be organized completely randomly, things I never use are emphasized, things I always use are de-emphasized, things are hidden behind various panels and
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by fiblye 8y ago
But eating cake frosting by the spoonful is far easier and more pleasing than downing pure butter or olive oil. (speaking from experience)
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by fiblye 8y ago
I've heard a lot from other Americans about thinking France was a dump when they visited, and I really thought they were exaggerating. When I visited, I was actually pretty surprised to find it just how they described it. I wasn't
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by fiblye 8y ago
Reddit's ads are the content. Most picture posts are ads of some sort, and comments are full of very apparent astroturfing. Reddit also has the gilding system for making extra cash for when ads aren't enough.
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by fiblye 8y ago
>Children are massively expensive, especially to the parents. Parents, especially those who work, can't be "compensated" for the work, costs and risks of raising children. The motivation to raise children is entirely irrat
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by fiblye 8y ago
The bottom 5% of people in Japan are still generally better off than the bottom 20% in places like America. Very few people are sleeping on the streets and kids aren't absolutely hopeless and joining gangs as a way out. Japan is probab
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by fiblye 8y ago
You'll find an equal number of people on the right saying the same exact thing about the left. There are extremists on both sides. Anyone living in a highly developed first world country using violence to "defend" their ideal
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by fiblye 8y ago
But now we have movie studios who are (generally) paying for rights to use a song that was popular a few years ago, or they're paying for original soundtracks. Reduce copyrights to just a few years and Hollywood, with all the parasites
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by fiblye 8y ago
If Facebook were free and its company had a completely hands-off approach with your data, much like a company that makes paper notepads never looks at what you write, I'd agree. But Facebook is a company that actively snoops and uses
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Facebook sure does have a lot of "bugs" that grant them access to things they shouldn't have. Things that allow them to profit immensely. It happens with such regularity that I'm amazed anyone here would be kind enough t
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Having grown up near Amish country in the US, these pictures make Poland look like home. Fashion is different from the people I grew up around, but it certainly doesn't look like the "communist nightmare" that I was always wa

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