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by r_smart 10y ago
I missed it at first too, and started thinking: "I guess she has no hands maybe...?" Then I realized I'm an idiot.
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Sanderson is probably the only writer I would bank on these days. The man is clearly the most productive writer active in his genre. Mark Lawrence is pretty good too (and I recommend his Broken Empire trilogy!).
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Anything to get a reference to Hitler or the KKK in, eh?
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Yeah, maybe it's because I've got a lot of friends & coworkers that served or are active, but I just don't get the whole thanking thing. It's just another perfunctory statement. I've kind of come around to the i
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While I agree praying doesn't do anything, you're overlooking that there are a lot of people that strongly disagree with us. To them, praying is an important act, and praying for you is likely something they will literally do beca
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Look up Jonathan Haidt's discussion on science denial and political ideology. It's not just for conservatives / Republicans. Everyone does it.
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Just read Locke Lamora and it was quite good. I'd add in the Malazan series by Steven Eriksson. Gardens of the Moon is the first one. Great books, but definitely a long undertaking.
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The book weaves a spell around you as your read that makes you love it more than any other book you've read recently. As time passes, and as you read the sequel, the enchantment fades, your senses return and you realize you've bee
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I can think of three nobel prize scientists that are sceptical of climate change and it's ill effects. They may be right or wrong, but they certainly don't conform to the stereotype you're putting forth.
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>and it's at least arguable that reforms within it that would still be within that broad umbrella could roll back some of the growth in inequality Yes, it's just that many people believe the current mix too heavily favors the g
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For the sake of one-upping you, mine were at 10%. Those were the first thing I attacked once I got out of school.
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Fellow poor student checking in. My experience was roughly similar but I also didn't get any real advice from my high school. Basically left to work much of it out on my own.
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I'd also point out that my experience of taking a few semesters of Japanese was that it's pronunciation is very phonetical, at least compared to actual romance languages, which lends itself well to romanized representation. I actu
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Spoiler for anyone that doesn't want to click through to the first link: MDMA is apparently roughly the same in physical harm as marijuana, but rates lower on the dependence scale. I did not expect that, but then, I've never done
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Do you see any contradiction in advocating for the current mixed economy structure while also (hopefully, presumably?) decrying the trend of increasing wealth inequality that's been going on for much of the 20th century?
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Yeah, and I think according to him, even the reddit team was really pissed at him for his actions.
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I think for me the issue is that HN brands itself as being a particular kind of site, for a particular community. Reddit is basically a tool for communities to form and organize themselves. There's a pretty big difference between what
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Yeah, whoops! I ended up arguing against myself there :)
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You seem to be missing my point. In any election, some large portion of the population doesn't vote at all. At least some of them are refraining because they know their state is a foregone conclusion.
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Yes! Thank you so much for posting this.
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Yeah, I actually mispoke. the EC is to balance the larger more powerful states against the interests of the smaller ones. It is a compromise that was necessary to fashion the union in the first place. The reason it's not obvious is bec
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I don't think you really have anything to worry about. And if by alt-right you mean white nationalists, you're talking about almost nobody. They've just gotten a shitload of attention lately because it's the media's
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>This idea that there is impact from republicans not voting isn't true Which is supported by what evidence? There are tons of people that don't vote in any given election. Everyone has their reasons, and I'm sure apathy is
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I feel like on the LGBT issue, you might be falling into an echo chamber trap. If you have some campaign points that support your claim, I'd be happy to hear them. Points for consideration, particularly as far as campaign messaging goe
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>Whichever candidate you feel is the perfect candidate, when put in power, they will make choices you don't like I forget where I heard it, but there was a comment about Trump that was something to the effect of: The office of the P
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I'm sure some of them are good people trying to do good things. I'll spare cynical rejoinders and just concede the point. I think many people would agree that there aren't very many of them in the government. There are of cou
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How do you know that? How many republicans in California don't bother voting?
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I'm not sure I understand where the Trump is against gays things comes from. He's probably the most pro LGBT Republican candidate in the history of the country, and arguably has a better track record than Clinton. Personally, I th
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You seem to be ignoring the lives lead by those not in the elite ruling class prior to capitalism. There is more wealth, distributed more evenly (though still unequally) now then there ever was under various forms of fuedalism, etc. And com
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Step two is to demonstrate how these claims don't apply to the other choice.

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