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by nasredin 9y ago
>The apathy, desperation, political violence/polarization, filter bubbles, poor economy for the average person, rise of the new alt-right, antifa, and resurgence of the extreme/alt-left all make me feel like a collapse is comin
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by nasredin 9y ago
I have no idea why this is not a huge grab-your-pitchforks thing in California.
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by nasredin 9y ago
>That’s a fundamentally different thing. NIMBY isn’t even the right word for it. "Fuck you, I (literally) got mine"?
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by nasredin 9y ago
TLDR version: "Fuck you, I got mine" is not good for anybody.
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by nasredin 9y ago
In my town, extremely rich people or banks never seem to have problems getting the necessary permits and even exceptions. The cops will even close a major street for the food catering trucks for the private parties they throw on public land
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by nasredin 9y ago
It seems that reluctance to consider other views is closely related to the level of education, and place of upbringing. This IS not a failing in modern debate, but a much bigger issue. I have seen less educated people show zero empathy for
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by nasredin 9y ago
Not to mention they are likely risking their lives in doing this. (Americans should know by now Taliban's stance on girls and education. US has been in that country since October 2001 FFS IIRC.)
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by nasredin 9y ago
No mention of the infamous Pizza Rat, the unofficial mascot of NYC? Or the Avocado Rat - Pizza Rat's hip cousin living in Williamsburg?
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by nasredin 9y ago
>On the other side of the American political divide, many have found the 'failing' NYT to be unrepresentative of their experiences as Americans, and have begun to dismiss it's coverage as partisan and often distorted. Amer
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by nasredin 9y ago
I know most of you know this, but... Deleting cookies will get you another 5 (used to be 10) "free" articles. Also Guardian US, which is free just with nags and a terrible ADD design is a mediocre alternative.
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by nasredin 9y ago
You are linking to Breitbart? Steve Bannon's yellow rag?
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by nasredin 9y ago
Nonetheless, Uber paid a $3 million settlement to the lawyer who wrote the letter in addition to the $4.5 million paid to Mr. Jacobs. As part of the deal, Mr. Jacobs was kept on as a security consultant, Ms. Padilla testified. His job: inve
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by nasredin 9y ago
Have we discovered parallel alternate realities while I was asleep? The ones were Trump quickly condemned people shouting Nazi slogans without qualifications? Not to mention the vehicular murder.
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by nasredin 9y ago
Re R.S.: I feel like every time you say his name, he is getting more powerful. Good piece on the Richard Spencers/Milos/white nationalists/white supremacists that came out of the woodwork recently: https://www.curr
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by nasredin 9y ago
I would think most people are conspiracy consumers rather than producers or dissiminators like Alex Jones. There's also the genuine held belief aspect. I think some of the latest conspiracy theories are not born out of a genuine held b
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by nasredin 9y ago
Flatearthers probably wouldn't get fired from their jobs and have to move. Unless of course there's an anti-flatearthers - antifla, if you will - who dress in all... blue (?) and strongly oppose the flatearthers.
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by nasredin 9y ago
The researchers found that the rationality speech and the ridiculing speech — but not the empathetic speech — were effective in reducing belief in the conspiracy theory. http://www.psypost.org/2016/12/study-rationa
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by nasredin 9y ago
We need to go deeper. Ridiculing the Flat Earth Society ridiculing conspiracy theories? We live in an absurd time. "Post-fact", "post-irony"? Works by Adam Curtis come to mind. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/
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by nasredin 9y ago
IIRC there was a study that said the most effective way to fight stupidity is by ridicule and not by actually educating or debating these folks. I can't think of NO BETTER target to ridicule than the flatearthers. Like I said below the
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by nasredin 9y ago
If someone has your nudes and intends to share them I think blocking them only on Facebook and not anywhere else is not productive. You should just post the nudes yourself IMHO and be done with it.
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by nasredin 9y ago
Seniority sucks... if you aren't senior.
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by nasredin 9y ago
Where's the "alternative to diamonds" guy? Here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moissanite
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by nasredin 9y ago
This is an interesting topic. I too thought most of this "throw paint onto a canvas and charge rich suckers thousands of dollars" is bullshit. But after seeing some Picassos IIRC, I realized, yes there is a method to the madness.
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by nasredin 9y ago
Exactly what you described: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8pffcngJJq0 The West Midlands Police may want to ask you some questions.
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by nasredin 9y ago
"Relay" attack in UK. "Thieves" - or is it hackers? - steal a Merc. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8pffcngJJq0
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by nasredin 9y ago
>My wife's requires an odd sequence of button and brake pushes to make it happen, but it's possible. Have you tried electronics? 5,000 RPM should do the trick. 7,000 RPM for those extra-tough jobs. And I've heard it's
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by nasredin 9y ago
First you gonna have to climb from the rock bottom while the entrenched monopolists (and the government) are trying to keep you there. OTOH American people chose this, so it's not some evil corporations who are to blame, it'
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by nasredin 9y ago
"The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis preserve their neutrality."?
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by nasredin 9y ago
Plus now when you pager beeps people think you are a on-call doctor rather than a drug dealer.
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by nasredin 9y ago
Hmmm, I smell an IG Nobel prize opportunity for an ambitious grad student who is not afraid to get his hands dirty.

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