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by pappyo 10y ago
The pervasiveness of OC provided by doctors is amazing. Even as of a year ago, I went into the hospital for back pain and left with a script for two fist fulls of oxy. I looked at the doctor and legitimately thought he was trying to get me
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by pappyo 10y ago
Every US politician will side on the side of security. If they don't and some awful terrorist plot happens on US soil under their watch, their political career is over. If the argument is between fear and an abstract notion of freedom,
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by pappyo 11y ago
The "Say what you want" experiment is going to die a fiery death. It will, ultimately, make an office culture toxic. Unfiltered talk only works when everyone has thick skin, which is dubious to believe many millennials do. Compoun
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The social contract is broken(tradingfloor.com)
16 points by pappyo 11y ago|10 comments
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by pappyo 11y ago
Does Google win by suppressing speech, even if those voices counter Google's ambitions? Google would do itself a disservice by cutting out people who rail against Google specifically or against what Google stands for generally. Google&
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Rental-Car Olympics(caranddriver.com)
1 points by pappyo 11y ago|0 comments
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by pappyo 11y ago
My point was children, in the abstract, are easy to overgeneralize. In reality, it's difficult to say how any given child will react to any given stimuli. Few rules might work for one child but not the next...and there is no rhyme or r
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by pappyo 11y ago
>So having fewer rules supposedly leads to more creative children, but do those kids do well later in life? Is having no rules a steadfast rule? Chew on that one for a while :) And while you're thinking about that, realize that most
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On Wine. A Tragedy(medium.com)
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Life is more like Tetris than Chess(medium.com)
109 points by pappyo 11y ago|30 comments
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Stock Buybacks Are Killing the American Economy(theatlantic.com)
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by pappyo 11y ago
Restaurant complaint etiquette: Bad food---> Ask to see a manager and complain, leave appropriate tip (20%). Bad service---> leave little or no tip. Long wait for food---->If server says nothing, leave little or no tip. If server a
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by pappyo 11y ago
It's odd because someone is looking for advice and in return were shamed. Being concerned for one's sister is not a shamable offence...yet...uhh...check your privilege or some such. Funny enough, the slogan "Check Your Privil
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by pappyo 11y ago
Cool stuff! One thing I was looking for and didn't see were maps. I love maps. I'd love to see maps of Native American tribes populations, be it current or historical (or both!). It gives context as to where tribes are currently l
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Study Theology, Even If You Don't Believe in God (2013)(theatlantic.com)
1 points by pappyo 11y ago|0 comments
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How journalists can start winning the battle against politicians' lies(theconversation.com)
3 points by pappyo 11y ago|0 comments
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Death Rates Rising for Middle-Aged White Americans(nytimes.com)
106 points by pappyo 11y ago|98 comments
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by pappyo 11y ago
When I have a hard time writing, be it blog entries or fiction, I have found I have one of two problems. #1 I don't know enough about the content. I love when I have this problem because it means I get to have unique (to me) experience
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Nicaragua Canal: A Giant Project with Huge Environmental Costs(e360.yale.edu)
12 points by pappyo 11y ago|0 comments
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by pappyo 11y ago
> I just don't want to buy anything. But you still do. And you are susceptible to advertising signaling. You buy toilet paper, shampoo and soap (I hope), laundry detergent, gas, coffee (presumably), personal ailment products and so
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The Case for Investment Grade Wine as a Strategic Alternative Asset (2012) [pdf](fa-mag.com)
8 points by pappyo 11y ago|8 comments
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by pappyo 11y ago
I see this as a buy low opportunity for those that could afford such a thing. Let me paint a picture of the future: - In five to ten years, 20 and 30 somethings of today who have mostly flocked to metropolitan areas don't leave when th
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Orwell, Human Resources, and the English Language(theguardian.com)
1 points by pappyo 11y ago|0 comments
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Religion Can Make You Prosocial, Depending on Your Genes(scienceonreligion.org)
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The Anti-Surveillance State: Clothes and Gadgets Make You (Digitally) Invisible(alternet.org)
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by pappyo 11y ago
I hate to admit this, but reading the book "The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists"[0][1] helped me. At one point, I too was an introvert (right around your age as well) and reading the book gave me some tips t
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by pappyo 11y ago
You are incorrect. What the Yelp rep said was not clear. The Yelp rep didn't answer the question my former employer had. She avoided it. Does that mean Yelp was/is up to something nefarious? No. But it has that appearance. And tha
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by pappyo 11y ago
I think they did. The users of Tinder don't need Tinder to tell them the friend they already have, they need it to tell them where potential matches are. So lowering the standard of degree that Linkedin uses would (I assume Tinder woul
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by pappyo 11y ago
You need to talk to small business owners in any service industry that isn't restauranting. Those owners would consider the business practices of Yelp and (I guess) Foursquare thuggish. Two years ago I sat in on a call with a Yelp rep
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Trix Aren't Just for Kids: Supreme Court's Public-Private Distinction (2012,PDF)(hofstralawreview.org)
1 points by pappyo 12y ago|0 comments

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