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by thret 10y ago
Next time I play the WSOP main and lose a dress-up bet, I know what I'm going as.
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by thret 10y ago
I think it was more like cognitive dissonance, but with taste. Gustatory dissonance? I don't know that I get it with food as such but I can certainly relate the sensation to wine tasting.
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by thret 10y ago
My mum always made her own ketchup. I distinctly remember helping as a kid - picking the tomatoes, washing them, hand grinding them and stirring the pot. The whole house would smell deliciously of tomatoes all day long. A sauce evoking that
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by thret 10y ago
This was readily apparent in The Wire. As a native English speaker from across the sea I could not understand the Baltimore street dialect.
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by thret 10y ago
Some of them can be shuffled laterally into equally mundane jobs. I do think we're reaching the point where men with a sub-par IQ may struggle to find work even if they have other excellent qualities.
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by thret 11y ago
In Australia everyone has to vote. I think this is as it should be - voting isn't just a right, it is a duty. But of course the entire system is flawed because it seems to make no difference who you vote for. Team A and Team B play exa
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by thret 11y ago
My parents swear by Luminosity, are they wasting their time?
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by thret 11y ago
Even if everybody on death row were guilty beyond all doubt, I don't think it is right to sentence an innocent person to kill another human for any reason. I wouldn't want it on my conscience, so how can I demand if of someone els
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by thret 11y ago
"Herzing’s goal is to get a handful of juvenile females she has known since birth to associate each of three whistle sounds broadcast by the CHAT box with a specific object: a scarf, a rope, and a piece of [brown seaweed]." I don&
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by thret 11y ago
These aren't arbitrary just because they are enshrined in religion and custom. Before the pill, women couldn't sleep around without fear of getting pregnant. Before condoms, people couldn't sleep around without fear of STDs.
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by thret 11y ago
"Never fear, I is here." I still catch myself saying this at times.
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by thret 11y ago
I disagree with this view. If a species is intelligent enough to shout and desires to be heard, not sounding like random noise is the first criteria they will address.
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by thret 11y ago
I would intuitively expect murder to be more common than child sexual abuse, but perhaps I am being naive.
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by thret 11y ago
100 groups does not sound like a small number.
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by thret 11y ago
It is possible they queue their client service based on how much money each client has spent. It is what I would do if I did not have time to get to everyone cost effectively.
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by thret 11y ago
This is the kind of 'shoot first' training American police get: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfi3Ndh3n-g&t=01m30s
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by thret 11y ago
The same is true for every possible outcome, that one just happened to be memorable.
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by thret 11y ago
This is a trick that can be learnt with practice. If you spend a lot of time around gamblers, don't ever accept a coin toss proposition.
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by thret 11y ago
Probably time for this xkcd again: https://xkcd.com/182/
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by thret 11y ago
Doesn't this seem insane? You are advocating punishing some 64 million people because of one idiot.
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by thret 11y ago
I think he's just bad enough at public speaking that it adds to his charm - he comes off as sincere and eager rather than polished and professional.
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by thret 11y ago
I feel like the 'search' function is missing the point. The sudoku puzzles are generated in such a way that there is always a next move to be deduced: there is never any need to guess. If you have to guess, then you have missed so
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by thret 11y ago
All mother dogs do this.
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by thret 11y ago
Hermaphrodites are both, creatures who change sex start as one gender and become another. I don't see a problem.
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by thret 11y ago
I always assumed it was defined by procreation - when we assign gender to individuals of a species - the females lay eggs/give birth, and the males fertilize them.
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by thret 11y ago
The graphic overlaid on the piano keys was much easier to read - as easy as guitar tabs. Why didn't he just do it all that way.
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by thret 11y ago
"You can have a sneak preview... As usual, rewards will be given to whoever is first to find and report errors or to make valuable suggestions." If you want to frame one of those cheques, get in fast.
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by thret 11y ago
Just getting close after 7.5 billion km is pretty impressive.
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by thret 11y ago
Well, like commercial submarine it is one of the few forms of public transport yet to suffer a fatality :) I am sure it will be safer than cars, and unlike a plane it cannot be redirected by hijackers. I'd be willing to bet a substanti
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by thret 11y ago
So someone who is homeless and forced to beg or commit petty theft in order to eat would appreciate a chat more than $20k? You should try that and mention you're paying yourself $200 an hour because you think that's better for the

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