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by yequalsx 10y ago
It seems ironic to me that my comment was about recognizing that people do and can get offended by phrases without being a wimp. Now you seem to be saying that Christmas should have been rebranded because that offends some Christians. But
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Depends on what you consider proof. I mean, the man himself said that he gropes women because he can. He said this in a private conversation without any knowledge of being recorded. I have not reason not believe his claim. Maybe he was
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by yequalsx 10y ago
As far as I can tell almost everyone offended at "Happy Holidays" comes from Christians who prefer to be told "Merry Christmas".
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I think you truly don't understand how the American justice system works. There are lots of crimes that go unpunished. Sometimes even when the evidence is overwhelming. Prosectors have a budget, have political considerations to make
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by yequalsx 10y ago
It's not true that the only offensive words are those meant to offend. Language can evoke emotions. Sometimes inadvertently a phrase or form of speech can cause visceral reactions in the recipient. I have a hard time believing that
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It doesn't by necessity become my problem. A form of speech becomes a problem when sufficiently many people find it a problem. I grew up saying retard to refer to retarded people. I know people who get offended by that word. I und
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I suspect that practically no one has been offended in the U.S. from being told "merry christmas". I suspect that the vast majority of the offense on this issue stems from a certain group of Christians not liking being told &quot
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by yequalsx 10y ago
OK. So it's not offensive to you. Is there no one who would be offended by being told "Happy Ramadan"? I think it's clear that some people would be offended. Walk a mile in their shoes and maybe you'll understand
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He didn't make a joke. He made a claim. He said he just grabs them by the pussy. I don't believe doing this is rape. I think it may be sexual assault but I'm not versed on the legal definition of these terms. I was moles
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I'm not acting like anything. I've not stated a position on deportation of illegal immigrants. My comment had nothing to do with the issue. Please reread the exchanges without making assumptions on my positions. BTW, under Obam
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by yequalsx 10y ago
The power stemming from his fame and money. Are you being deliberately daft? Do you not understand the concept of power differential and powerlessness? Your second question suggests you have a profound misunderstanding of the sense of po
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by yequalsx 10y ago
It's not manufactured outrage. Trump said he uses his power status to grope women without consent simply because he can. He bragged about walking in on teen constestants whilst they were nude. It wasn't him talking shit it was
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by yequalsx 10y ago
What a magnificent deflection. No one is angry that he said "grab them by the pussy". It's that he does this without consent. He does this because he has power and can. That's what is deplorable. Your defense of thi
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by yequalsx 10y ago
You completely validated the comment you responded to. I suspect you did not mean to this so convincingly.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I think it would be best to delete your second sentence. Let's not delve too deeply into group A vs. group B. Your comment would be much better without it. You are right that hate speech is a charge that can get blown out of proportio
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Socialism is the cause of such deaths in the same sense that capitalism is. Rather than say political theory A is responsible for x, y, and z maybe it's more accurate and more meaningful to say that when too much power is concentrated
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I have recently experienced my keyboard freezing on MacOS and iOS insisting I update bothers me a lot. I'm probably going with Google Pixel and project Fi. But my pain with MS from the early 2000s is such that Microsoft destroyed wha
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by yequalsx 10y ago
In terms of purchasing power for the world they are not upper middle class. They are in the higher eschalons in terms of wealth and economic means. I don't decry their plight but rather seek to put context to it. People in their inc
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I think it is more OP calling the world mad when $6000,000NZ is the price range for a "decent" house. Heck, even the ability to move to another country is luxury enough. The 1% calling crazy what the 0.1% do is laughable to most
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Went to a Microsoft store to buy a Surface Book. They are very expensive and have roughly same specs as a MacBook Pro. I really like the look and feel of the Surface Book and I was hoping it would replace my MacBook Pro + iPad Pro. I&#x2
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by yequalsx 10y ago
That has not been my experience. I much prefer CarPlay to what Honda and others offer. I think car manufacturers are going to have to pick which set of clients to cater too. It seems to me that having both systems will be too expensive f
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by yequalsx 10y ago
With regard to CarPlay I disagree. I will never buy a car that doesn't support it or Android Auto. The software that car manufacturers create suck. I'd rather have no computer interface - all knobs and buttons - than deal with
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by yequalsx 10y ago
The change in density is small but it is not zero. It does change sea level but not in a significant way.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
Salt water is more dense than fresh water. Add fresh water and you decrease the density of seawater.
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The author made a mistake by interchangeably using "sea ice" and "ice sheet ice". However, your correction itself isn't strictly correct. Melting sea ic can change sea levels by changing the density of the water in
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I agree. For the first time in many years I'm going to be going back to Microsoft for my computers. The surface book seemed to expensive but then I realized that 1 surface book takes the role of a macbook pro + ipad pro.
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by yequalsx 10y ago
It's clear from the "putting people down" and "name calling" part of that sentence that the criticizing is not meant in a constructive sense. The poster is clearly talking about a situation in which a person feels
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by yequalsx 10y ago
I'm skeptical that a person can really understand why x^(2/3) is not differentiable at x=0 but has an absolute minimum at x=0 without understanding the algebra. I think one can get an idea of the concepts without knowing algebra
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I think that a student not well versed in how to perform calculations will not do well with the theory. Last night in the calculus class I am currently teaching a student could not correctly translate the fact that f is increasing where f&
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The first sentence in Your last statement in your conversation to your daughter is profoundly wrong. Your daughter was not in any way made to better understand fractions by this interaction. By the way, .3333 is a rational number and ther

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