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4y ago
I was also permanently banned from Instagram a few months ago. I received the same email and sent them my photo. Never heard back. No idea what the reason for the ban was. I had never posted anything, had followed a few dozen people and wou
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4y ago
As far as I'm concerned they're basically domain squatters. I'm a fan of things that are text-driven, but they want you to answer questions about your ethics or something to join. That has nothing to do with raw text or the o
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4y ago
I'm decidedly not interested in choosing between control by a handful of bureaucrats vs a handful of profiteers. Neither is an acceptable lesser evil. If Paris Marx or any other leftist intellectual du jour wants a greater public role
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4y ago
Realistically the main thing OP has to worry about is this somehow getting his Google account flagged and locked by some buggy algorithm at a later date. Nothing involving a human would ever come about this, but it's Google we're
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4y ago
This is really insightful. Things in 2022 are so bad that the manufacturer of this addictive product is not only unregulated, but has actually banned the therapy in its ToS. (If you think about that a bit it follows that the smartest course
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4y ago
It would still make sense to encourage their self esteem, because poor self-esteem is a self reinforcing condition. It negatively affects your mental health, and by extension your job performance and "worth" on the job market. If
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4y ago
Yes. :)
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4y ago
Credible legal threats are arguably the MOST effective way to get a big corporation to do what you want, the main disadvantage being that the corporation will be disinclined towards doing business with you afterwards since they can no longe
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4y ago
This is a great comment, thanks. I can't find any fault with the logic of point #1 especially. Since there are a lot more heterosexual men out there than there are bi or lesbian women, bi women will be more likely to settle down with a
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5y ago
The parent is probably referring to the Gallup poll in February which found a significant uptick in Americans who identify as LGBT+. Gallup doesn't make any bones about it, the bulk of the uptick was in Gen Z women identifying as bisex
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9y ago
Great point, I edited my comment to reflect this.
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9y ago
Thanks for the links! These Wikipedia articles demonstrate my point that the facts and data are very weak in the trafficking discussion, and that data is often misrepresented to exaggerate the size of the problem. - The sex trafficking arti
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9y ago
The "scorched earth" approach only gets support when the nature and scope of the issues are distorted. What are the real issues in play? One is prostitution, a form of sex work which is illegal in most of the United States. The Am