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Inspired by the nytimes post "Luddites don't want your upvotes", and presumably being a Luddite myself, I have used uBlock to block my Karma score at the top of the page. I found m…

Free website! Only 17euro a month! So easy even a smart looking woman can do it! So, um, you seem like a nice guy? But gosh, your marketing skills may need a little bit of work. So…

I would suggest that if they can offer that as a discount, it may well reflect what cut they are taking from the restaurants sales. So not a 'loss', merely a failure to reap a prof…

"According to ... International NGO Bullying Without Borders ... the country with the most cases of bullying is Mexico, with 7 out of 10 children and adolescents. In the USA, the n…

Well, I did read this article that said that school attendance increased youth suicide incidents between 12-18 percent. I wonder where I could find that... Oh wait, that's the thre…

Yes Bob, lack of adequate staffing at schools is probably the single biggest contributing factor for student alienation. Infact, social media (which has a lot to do with cameras an…

Robin Hood is pretty well recieved in the broader west, and Ned Kelly is an Australian icon. I think the theme is pretty universal. For Christmas tradition the west has Scrooge whi…

As you have a good sense of humour, try Kafka "The Trial", and his other short works Hesse "Steppenwolf", and if you like it "The Glass Bead Game" Stendahl "The Red and the Black" …