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lactau

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    Comment #17277474

    Not if they are opposed by determined 50 percent.

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    Comment #17182295

    A small nitpick. Nobody alive is a descendant of Julius Caesar.

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    Comment #17165429

    People don't usually read classics because they "just want a story".

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    Comment #17163771

    Sounds like dilemma: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilemma#Use_in_logic

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    Comment #16701377

    I own iPhone 5S since November, 2013. I still get iOS updates. I don't feel Apple forcing me to update or anything like that.

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    Comment #16699479

    Still doesn't make any sense. Is "The democratic voting of two countries was manipulated using social media, it puts at risk our rights, and freedoms." a problem or is "The democra…

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    Comment #16610796

    >This isn't 1960 where there is one medium that connects 75%+ of people. Was it ever like that though? Even in 1960?

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    Comment #16581465

    More like "people interested in X are wrong".

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    Comment #16559916

    "Making predictions" sounds too broad. Everything humans do is basically pattern matching and prediction making.

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    Comment #16494209

    There is nothing about inflammation or Alzheimers in the title or anything else that would provide any kind of information. "Permanently changes the brain" is a meaningless buzzwor…

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    Comment #14444504

    Because it is a for-profit website with strict content re-use policy?

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    Comment #14444503

    Because it is a for-profit website with strict content re-use policy?

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    Comment #14337882

    >to me, "feminism" is about women wanting careers Second-wave feminism lasted from 1960s to 1980s.

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    Comment #14235576

    So strange to read about it as if it is something new. We had these things since 2010 and they are very popular in Russia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-café

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    Comment #14066163

    Are you still in 2004?

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    Comment #14032585

    It is easy to be classy when you have superprofit.

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    Comment #12908952

    No, I don't. I have no idea what part of my comment made you think so and what kind of mental jumps you've performed to come to this strange conclusion.

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    Comment #12908940

    >I have a brother. Due to circumstances, I can call him a "stupid idiot" and he will know that I'm not serious and I respect him. However if a stranger calls him the same thing, he…

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    Comment #12908837

    Yeah, you see. I am white. I didn't coin that word. I am not even American. There is basically nothing that connects me to black slavery except the color of my skin. My family root…

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    Comment #12907777

    No, because 40% is smaller than 60%? Well, without jokes, tyranny of the majority is the topic, which is studied in political science, a complicated one actually.

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    Comment #12907773

    I stopped caring about 'racism' long time ago. In the past race was about your color and physical features, now race is a 'big ethnicity'. Well, I can and do dislike different cult…