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throwaway2990
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No. I haven’t been there since 2021. It got worse during covid so I just deleted my account.
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4y ago
I wish imgur would go away entirely. It’s such a toxic community of people. If you are not aligned with their doctrine you get spammed with downvotes and some of the most hateful replies I’ve ever seen. You report it but it stays there.
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4y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world > The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia,[a] Europe,[b] and the Americas. > but I als
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4y ago
You don’t need to be rich, and it doesn’t matter if it’s public or private. Having lived in 6 countries in Asia over 20 years it’s never been expensive, difficult, dirty, or anything like you describe. Well the exception being Singapore. Th
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> Canada you have to live for 6 months with a knee injury before surgery just because of the wait to access an MRI The healthcare system in the west is just plain stupid. In asia you can walk into a clinic and see a doctor in 30m. Want t
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4y ago
Doubtful. People in Taiwan don’t consider themselves Chinese. They don’t want anything to do with China. A lot of Taiwanese believe they have more in common with japan than they do with China. After what happened with HK they do not believe
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In 1999 australia also voted to maintain its ties with Britain. But because of 1975 Britain has less powers in australia. When was the last time Britain interfered with Australia to a large extent?
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> Which is what Western powers also did openly until the 1960s TBH Sure. I wasn’t born then. But I would like to think society and governments have grown up since then and we can agree that invasion is wrong. Abuse of power is wrong. Bri
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> Basically everything it does now but without having to worry about everyone rallying against them. Which part do you not understand?
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So it can do what it wants. Like control the South China Sea. Invade Taiwan. Reroute all rivers flowing into India for itself. Steal natural resources from countries. Control foreign governments. Basically everything it does now but without
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4y ago
The visual aesthetics of the framework don’t leave much to be desired. The build quality is a fraction of MacBook. So I’m unsure how it’s a lie? Framework made an incredible device. But it pales to a MacBook.
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It’s not a useless straw man argument. iPhones typically have a longer life cycle than android phones. That is a fact. User replaceable batteries lower the quality and aesthetics of the phone. So there’s no benefit to having a better replac
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4y ago
People buy beats??? But they are expensive for such poor audio quality… I don’t understand Amazons destruction policy. I ordered some stuff a few years ago and it never arrived. Amazon replaced the order for me which arrived in 4 days. Abou
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> My country took on many bad loans form the IMF, World Bank, etc. and all that borrowed money went into useless projects of the oligarch owned companies, and to pay off the massive debts, the country was forced to sell of various state