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aljp

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    Comment #36903790

    Coke has a reputation of being commonly cut with other substances, including fentanyl which is obviously very dangerous. This varies majorly by location, places where coke is cheap…

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    Comment #34813085

    I would guess it's in case there's fentanyl mixed with other substances, there have been instances of people doing cocaine, ketamine, and other substances, dying from opioid overdo…

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    Comment #28490885

    I think the reason they want the ability to add, delete, and alter is so they can disrupt certain users, software, or services legally, like botnets or arms deals. It's probably to…

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    Comment #27229540

    I was going to make a similar comparison. I casually invest and trade crypto and stocks, I have been burnt when early adopters sell off after a company releases a good announcement…

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    Comment #26301343

    One of the most egregious examples of this that I like to use is in natural resource extraction, mining, deforestation, etc. When mining companies start a project to dig a quarry (…

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    Comment #25272111

    That seems like a bit of a blanket statement. There are plenty of situations where someone may have not just the right, but a responsibility to force to you to do something against…

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    Comment #25260736

    > First, the author goes straight to the ventilator as a fear tactic. This is brought up in the second last paragraph, well over half way through the article, after they discuss th…

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    Comment #20611189

    It could also be akin to the guardian of a minor, whilst a minor may have a mind, they wouldn't necessarily be in charge of making decisions regarding legal recourse, or in some ca…

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    Comment #19997714

    A million times more risky bet? By what measure? The risk to his livelyhood? His savings? That kind of hyperbole might help your argument, but I think it's wrong in a few regards. …

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    Comment #18928108

    I wasn't thinking of trawl, in my mind trawling is a method of fishing, such as "Trawling for shrimp". Interestingly, the second definition on that page references "Troll". Followi…

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    Comment #18918353

    To troll originally meant to "carefully and systematically search an area for something." Perhaps a bit of an archaic definition nowadays, but older or more literary people would p…