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hasdha
4y ago
It always struck me as odd that the checkmate definition should be so (relatively) complicated. A much simpler definition is "you lose if the opponent captures your king". A checkmate is just a situation where you can't avoid
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hasdha
4y ago
Great! I'll come in the spring and show my face as a woman. I'm sure it'll be acceptable to have a face by spring, right?
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4y ago
I'm not saying the author does that. My point is that too many articles do the West vs country at hand. You can, of course, write from the perspective of South Carolina vs Saudi Arabia and make all your comparisons that way, but I thi
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hasdha
4y ago
What's acting western for you? Drinking alcohol and wearing jeans?
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4y ago
I think this is a relative concept. It's less secular than pretty much all other developed nations and also less secular than many other less developed countries
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4y ago
>Most Westerners could witness the change with their own eyes in 2019 when Saudi Arabia began issuing tourist visas for the first time. The internet is a big place and most people lurking around aren't "westerners". Most p
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4y ago
I agree, they are using two different definitions of "good listening". I'd say the "fit in with the social interaction" one is usually the most relevant. This reminds me of Wittgenstein's "language games&q
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4y ago
Hispanic here (though not hispanic-american). What do you mean by "cooperative overlapping"?