normal_man

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by normal_man 8y ago
He did insult them. That is a fact of the story. What word would you prefer? It attributes the stance to Erin Burnett, which you said is fine. Saying "Even" is perfectly justified here. Parties, especially the Republican party, te
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by normal_man 8y ago
The guy who marches in all the Nazi rallies under the guise of being a "journalist," cool.
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by normal_man 8y ago
The NYT in particular is so flagrant with this. Endless profiles of Trump voters in diners, who are always the same bewildered, inarticulate hicks. We don't need to hear any more from these people.
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by normal_man 8y ago
Here are the Trump-related headlines on CNN right now: Trump says he's on same page as intel chiefs after insulting them Erin Burnett: Tapes don't lie, but Trump ... Even some Republicans balk as Trump targets US spy chiefs None o
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by normal_man 8y ago
I mean, you can be non-partisan and objective and STILL write "negative" headlines about Trump, because so much of what he does is hateful, baffling or otherwise negative.
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by normal_man 8y ago
Yeah the book is good but I found it to be insanely padded and bloated.
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by normal_man 8y ago
It is not possible to have an "actual" meritocracy. There's simply no way to account for all personal biases and all the historical context that you'd need to to get a truly "objective" decision made.
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by normal_man 8y ago
>If you believe you can, you can, if you believe you can't, you can't. This is what you tell a child, not a middle aged professional. You should really rethink how you talk to people.
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by normal_man 8y ago
I actually have a theory about debate club weenies like yourself - you act in such an annoying and objectionable way to force people to roast you, because saying "ah, adhominem, therefore I win" is the only way you can win since y
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by normal_man 8y ago
A lot of people who share your view on climate change still think the world is flat. Something to think about.
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by normal_man 8y ago
>basically anyone with any assets would fight it tooth and nail and it would never go through without something akin to a communist revolution. Now you're getting it. Also, the "wealth tax" exists, it's called the cap
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by normal_man 8y ago
Instead of just going "welp, this is how things are now", there is always the option to change the rules back. How about we go back to 90% taxes on the top brackets and see how millennials fare then?
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by normal_man 8y ago
What's wrong with that? We're trying 'real capitalism' and that's not working. Also, there are large and loud political movements pushing for Scandinavian-style democratic socialism which has been successful, it&#x2
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by normal_man 8y ago
The rising popularity of socialism and distrust/hatred of capitalism among young people would indicate that they have a very clear idea of what is in their best interest.
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by normal_man 8y ago
It depends, but for my current job they took references seriously and I was glad to have good ones. Of course they will be positive, it's more about "can this guy scrounge up 3 people to vouch for him." If you can't, tha
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by normal_man 8y ago
Difficult to hire people who already have a job and aren't interested in moonlighting.
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by normal_man 8y ago
If developers could cut costs by outsourcing, they'd do it whether the workers unionized or not.
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by normal_man 8y ago
The world also doesn't have to be the barbarous rat race you seem to be resigned to, son.
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by normal_man 8y ago
Are you one of those "taxation is theft" freaks?
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by normal_man 8y ago
As long as where they live isn't flooded by rising sea levels, or their farms aren't desiccated by drought....
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by normal_man 8y ago
We're not talking about grades, we're talking about the basics of a dignified life; food, medicine, security. I absolutely will take on more burden to help those who are less fortunate. Get back to us when you grow up and grades a
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by normal_man 8y ago
>my engineer parents and their parents, who have spent years of hard intellectual labour in their craft, have had almost the same lives as workers engaged in the most basic hand labour, who have been coming to their workplace drunk for y
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by normal_man 8y ago
> more like an algorithm that finds solutions optimized for one variable. Right, exactly, which is why I took issue with capitalism in my original post. Companies are acting completely rationally under our current economic system, and it
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by normal_man 8y ago
True but your average joe has far less control over that infrastructure than the corporations profiting from it. When you have to drive to get to work because oil companies leverage their power to make public rail impossible, are you really
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by normal_man 8y ago
It won't be an extinction event, it will be a gradual decline where the global poor suffer and die by the millions. "People will need to move" is not a realistic solution for massive amounts of people; they will starve, and d
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by normal_man 8y ago
It could just be an attempt to discuss nuances of the situation with people who are on the same page rather than feeling like they have to engage every bad faith "devil's advocate" who wanders in and somehow disagrees with th
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by normal_man 8y ago
I think we'd be a lot better off if some of the people obsessed with doing something "globally" had instead lived a quiet life at home.
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by normal_man 8y ago
OP, the guy I'm replying to, seems to be saying that? That's why I replied to him?
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by normal_man 8y ago
> My son currently is enrolled in CS and his first 2 years of school are filled with humanities, history and a few more irrelevant courses Yeah god forbid he enrich his mind and develop lateral thinking skills, empathy, perspective and w
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by normal_man 8y ago
Companies being shitty and prioritizing quarterly margins over long-term success is like the entire basis of the modern economy

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