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iamkroot
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iamkroot
7y ago
Who said anything about ignoring the plight of others? The news does nothing at all to aid me in helping other people. Indeed, most of the time it distracts me and keeps me from being aware of all the myriad ways I can give back to the comm
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7y ago
When it comes time to vote I research each candidate and ballot measure and make an informed decision with the information that I find. I don't need to be plugged into to every daily scandal to know that I fundamentally disagree with T
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7y ago
Highly disagree. I can ignore the news and still be politically active. I put a lot of effort into insulating myself from whatever the latest freakout is and I also invest a lot of energy into voting any time we have an election.
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iamkroot
8y ago
What were the drivers doing before Uber existed? Were all of them unemployed and unable to find any other means of employment?
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iamkroot
8y ago
What were these people doing before they started driving for Uber? Presumably they decided that being a driver was a better use of their time and that's why they made the switch.
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iamkroot
8y ago
I've always said that the best workout plan is the one that you'll actually do.
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iamkroot
8y ago
Seriously, it boggles the mind. Right now is the best time to be alive and it's not even remotely close. 20 years from now it will likely be even better. I mean, like 20 years ago HIV was still a death sentence. Now we have physicians
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8y ago
Sure, Amazon likely knows an enormous amount about me just through analysis of my purchase history. This is certainly creepy and off-putting but as I mentioned above, I'm not sure how it affects me. How is my life being made worse by t
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8y ago
That's a hypothetical situation, we could talk about those all day. And history shows us the government doesn't really need access to my browsing history to oppress me if that's what they want to do. Re: insurance: Is that ha
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8y ago
I understand the discomfort that comes with having vast corporate entities in possession of private personal information but as a user I'm somewhat confused about not exactly it affects my day to day life, especially since I insist on