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To be honest with you, you haven't convinced me. Secret messages do in fact require "targets"... I would love to hear an example of a situation where someone might want to send a s…

But.. unless your mother or the people she was sharing them with were the intended target of the secret messages how would you be a mule? Do you think terrorists were depending on …

I really don't think this is the same thing. A closer analogy would be you enjoy your meal at a restaurant, and at the end the waiter tells you the chef was a robot. Why should the…

History is filled with examples of this going very wrong, because it turns out that everyone's "observable reality" is different, filled with bias they are blind to, and people in …

Oh absolutely, we don't need "science" and "evidence" to decide what to do, it's so much easier to use the "well I just know it" standard. Historically, that kind of thinking creat…

I think in much the same way that your life has been touched by a murderer and it has influenced your opinion, if you were wrongly accused of a crime it would likewise have influen…

Exactly, and to make sure that never happens again why not just arrest all 12 of those people until they prove their innocence? With enough constant surveillance we can be positive…

This might be a little pedantic and certainly off topic, but Coke ads really aren't intended to convince you that you need one right now, they are intended to make sure they are th…

I think you meant to say "It is incredibly less profitable to run an organization where everyone is mission driven."

It really does only work when deployed against someone of a lower status. Just for example, if you imagine a sterotypical homeless man complaining that he felt unsafe against a ste…

This has been my experience exactly. I really like how the pharmacist who knows literally nothing about me, my diagnosis, life circumstances, family history etc... is supposed to b…

This expands the definition of "bullying" to include things like not inviting a co-worker to lunch with the rest of the group... while it could be a little rude, thats not bullying…

> That's generally not true. Try banning and see what that gets you. I can't speak for other countries, but in the US you are free to ban any race you like from your private reside…

Thank you for saying this, I work in the web space and there is just zero excuse for how poorly it works, none. I don't believe any amount of tracking or anything else would cause …

Buy a can of CRC Precision Electronics Parts Cleaner Its electronics parts cleaner spray that pretty instantly and cleanly evaporates. Solved my drift problem with one use and have…

As stated elsewhere, learning COBOL really isn't that hard. It's a different paradigm than you are likely used to but once that clicks you can be relatively proficient in basic COB…

United States Department of Agriculture? Just based on the name no you really can't assume anything nefarious. It's literally not in the name.

I know it's not the point you are trying to make, but whether or not marketing actually does anything isn't a settled question. When company A does marketing and company B doesn't …

According to Wikipedia Juul was founded in July of 2017, in December of 2018 Altria bought a 35% share valuing the Juul company at $38 billion. So A. I think they would have had so…

I don't believe Altria was ever interested in Juul doing well. I suspect this entire incident was planned. If Juul had exploded in popularity Altria wanted to be in a position to t…

At least in some cases, the anti-vaping ads are funded by settlements with the tobacco companies under the guise of preventing "tobacco use". Its genius on the part of the tobacco …

And what exactly would stop that from happening now? Do you really believe the only thing stopping a teacher from a rampage is the fact that its illegal for them to have a gun on c…

Thats an absolutely excellent point. Maybe the cost to start/stop fracking is too high AND/OR they don't think this will last long enough to justify getting started. Otherwise you …

Yes, which completely ignores the difference between a person who has had this situation forced on them (A teacher or school administrator) and someone who has to choose to enter i…

Isn't it implied? If you remove my ability to protect myself am I not forced to rely on the police to protect me? Unless they are arguing that gun control will solve all future vio…