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Comment #36881268
>You'd need to define that something special, else you sound really racist. ...I think that says more about you than me.
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Comment #36881096
>hnbad
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Comment #36881076
Not in Africa. The plan is to have billions of Africans migrate to Europe to do the work instead, due to the climate crisis. When they get to Europe, they are going to expect the s…
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Comment #36878086
There is something really special about European development. Chinese history is absolutely fascinating with a lot of super cool inventions, but nothing stands close to European hi…
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Comment #36877881
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Comment #36877845
That really doesn't sound healthy. Babies need real interaction, they don't need to slap a screen and make funny noises. Screens are flat, they have no texture. Sadly, babies which…
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Comment #36872662
This is actually kinda true with doordash etc. Those drivers are completely unvetted, they don't even have an interview. The kind of people that can't get a job at a pizza place. P…
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Comment #36871108
Continual selection of entities which survive. For example, sand is the natural evolved substrate of beaches. Shells get ground into sand, anything heavier sinks to the bottom of t…
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Comment #36870627
I'm not understanding, your statement reads like a non-sequitur to me. Evolution has nothing to do with life.
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Comment #36870618
I'll leave that as an exercise to the reader. Imagine how our society would change if these liars and grifters were not constantly brainwashing our friends and family on the topics…
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Comment #36866651
Actually, the earth is subject to evolutionary pressure in a sense. This is the only planet that supports life (that we know of). That's because it's natural properties endured thr…
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Comment #36866603
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Comment #36866572
Very very poignant comment here.
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Comment #36866560
Personally, I just use my instincts. If my instincts are wrong, well, there's always another lifeform that will evolve someday, even if that's billions of years from now. Hopefully…
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Comment #36866525
Not the op but, I've seen this for lots of reasons. Sometimes just a roll of the dice. Large companies tend to lay off more. If you've only worked in startups, it's very possible y…
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Comment #36856716
So what do you do in a situation like this? I mean really? Total punisher mode, make other judges think twice and sacrifice yourself?
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Comment #36856687
don't forget the civil war!
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Comment #36839207
Dumb and wild are also slurs, it's not possible to call someone "weird" without using a slur, because all words like "weird" were originally slurs, they have just undergone reputat…
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Comment #36818512
No, no, no. Being nice to our family and kin is what made us strong. Being nice to the whole world? Not so much.
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Comment #36818425
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Comment #36813922
Strange, I rarely break any of mine, and even when I do, I just replace it
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Comment #36813569
I do my best with honest intentions and open mind. If some make it through, so be it.
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Comment #36809576
Sure they used their brains. But "brains behind the operation" is a term of art. Is the McDonald's cashier the "brains behind the operation" because they count change as part of th…
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Comment #36809336
> except for some of us, the notion of "tribe" has been enlarged to include a vast number of people By "some of us", do you mean people of European heritage? China, Russia, Israel,…