mbrutsch

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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> most of the homeless are not looking for help to find jobs and/or contribute to society in manner that will lead them out of "homelessness." When I worked at a VA Medical Center 25 years ago, the problem was identical.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
You are undermining the popular narrative with your facts and what-not.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Interesting, thank you.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Please excuse my questions, I'm old and slow... I see where I can try it myself, can I see one already done (before investing the time to download and try it myself)? As an hourly contractor, everything is a tradeoff w/billable h
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
I love Gandi because they live by their motto: No Bullshit.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> For example, gandi.net (and thus Amazon) doesn't hide your name when you have it turned on. Well, yeah, I've been with Gandi for years, that's their published policy: https://www.gandi.net/domain/wh
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
You say cherry-picking, I say baseless assertion without a shred of evidence. Potato, tomato.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> she must have This is called "projecting".
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
"You have a nice ass" == "a punch in the face"
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> Your mother was a victim too. Only in your mind, not in hers.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> That doesn't mean everyone will also have success as easily No, it doesn't, and I never said it did. But you can only succeed at the things you actually attempt.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Perhaps. She did not live long enough to experience the "culture of victimhood" herself, so I can't say what she would have done. I do know she wasn't fond of the idea in the 70s and 80s, and regularly eschewed the not
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> You should spend less time condemning other people and more time reading what they wrote. You could spend less time assuming I didn't read everything. The attitude of "saying she should stand up for herself, at least once, b
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
My mother was anything but "weak and powerless". Sure, standing up for yourself isn't "ladylike", and not everyone is willing or able to do it, but the current assumptions are "she is weak and powerless&quo
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Yep. My mom was the first woman in her industry to be certified as a plant operator; the first woman to be on the board that certifies operators, and the first woman to chair the board of certification. When asked if she'd like to be
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> Yet you instantly have to recognise that you just blamed the victim for not being more assertive You and every other commenter seems to think I don't understand that. Not sure why.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> What happened next was that the offender moved on to someone else, and when they found someone who wasn't so confident as your mother, sexually assaulted her. Uh, no, but I can see how your expectations have been molded to believe
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
My mother worked in an all-male field starting in the 1970s; they didn't even have a women's bathroom at the plant when she started. When something like this happened to her, she was perfectly capable of opening her mouth and tel
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> Politicians need to be taught that they serve at the pleasure of the people, and when they stop doing what they are told, they will no longer be employed. I have seen very little evidence that this is true, at least in the last 50 year
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Of the eight shows listed in the first image, Man in the High Castle, Ash, Expanse and Fargo are all NOT available on Netflix. That's half.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Sadly, half those shows are not actually available on Netflix.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
In other countries, no less. I wonder how the American public would like Mexican government authorities doing the same thing within our borders? Team America, World Police.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Many of us believe it is, yes.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Who doesn't love ~~doxxing~~ investigative journalism?
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> A simple picture of a picture without alteration would still be considered infringement under the current copyright laws. Ever seen it happen IRL? Got a link?
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Because of the wonderful way copyrights work on photographs. When I take a picture, I own the copyright of that picture, even if it's of a copyrighted thing. That's how photographers stay in business (think about school photos,
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
Now if someone would do this for the desktop...
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> magnetic healing devices of no clinical value are "a billion-dollar boondoggle". Still going strong today.
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> This type of thing seems to be clearly political speech So it's your assertion that a thing cannot be both "childish" and "political speech" at the same time?
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by mbrutsch 11y ago
> No matter how many times it's disproven, this meme just never ends, does it? I can tell you from personal experience that trivial things like facts or proof have no bearing on popular misconceptions, and trying to change the narra

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