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flachsechs

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    Comment #15471762

    your argument begs the question of whether or not we can successfully test for this trait to begin with. i don't think we can. the outsized productivity impact a good person can ha…

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    Comment #15471643

    just a note: as with all wolf-looking dogs, the biggest risk is unscrupulous breeders who will sell you something much more ... shall we say "authentic" than just a big friendly do…

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    Comment #15470225

    the biggest dealer at my college went to a "very good" law school and is now working in DC. go figure.

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    Comment #15467987

    > less likely ... to engage in drug abuse. i really doubt this.

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    Comment #15460471

    google absolutely sucks at it, probably because they don't see any value in it given their user base (everyone) and lack of competition. i.e. my youtube front page just shows the s…

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    Comment #15459937

    it's amazing how much the finance industry can get away with. like honest-to-goodness amazing. it's really impressive how these people can have such a death-grip on society. honest…

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    Comment #15459474

    read my post again carefully. my point is actually that _no_ non-white american people would be shocked. i'm not really talking about white people at all, because obviously there a…

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    Comment #15459109

    i didn't make any of those points, but you just did, and then ascribed them to me, which is pretty typical of online discussions. it's called a straw-man argument. the reason it's …

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    Comment #15458645

    if every white american spent a week as another race, i don't think a single one would be 'shocked' or 'flabbergasted' about any of this.

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    Comment #15452505

    me too, my tax guy is great at that. here's his number.

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    Comment #15451024

    yeah, wow. since i own a small business i just tell people i work in finance now. less questions and comments and more quiet, inaccurate assumptions of wealth and power which i am …

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    Comment #15449312

    i drive it less than 5000 miles a year. insurance rates aren't determined by how much you drive a car, that's just meta-information the ins. co's collect. theft, crashes, and zip c…

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    Comment #15446773

    it costs me $120/month to insure a high end 911.

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    Comment #15446280

    they're also involved in far more accidents.

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    Comment #15446262

    if you have good enough credit you don't need anything down.

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    Comment #15442845

    > American Southern-style fried chicken & BBQ this will make a killing even in the US, anywhere but the south. people just can't seem to do this very well anywhere else, for whatev…

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    Comment #15442423

    uhm, a lot of people do. some people love numbers. also, medicine, law, automotive engineers, pilots, merchant marine, musicians, actors... people are passionate about different th…

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    Comment #15425140

    i have no idea what you're trying to say, because you keep making typos in critical words.