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i read this and think, well small wonder Christianity persisted all this time. the baseline level of suffering they endured is something most of us reading this will never know in …

> Time is relative, something that becomes more and more clear, I think, the older a person gets. Yet you’re responding as if you don’t understand time is relative at all.

Ah yes let’s get bogged down in silly “rationalism” like this. Because of course before you can determine whether they under- or over-use force, you need to determine the _proper_ …

uh huh one "certain political ideology" stormed the capitol and murdered a police officer. maybe you saw it, it was led by a centaur furry right through them beating a cop to death…

Literally every individual thing you wrote is wrong. 1. Suicide rate doesn’t “measure death from mental illness.” 2. The suicide rate isn’t “the death rate from mental illness.” (S…

Never fails IME people who say they favor “limited government” really mean “government for thee, not for me.” They want laws enforced, sure, but mostly just the ones about keeping …

This comment expressing support & encouragement for state-sanctioned violence against its citizens is authoritarian propaganda employing classist and racist tropes.

The former does not implicate the latter. Total non sequitur.

> If you send a mental health professional to all sorts of situations, their solutions will be mental health related (medication, treatment, commitment, etc...). > If you send a co…

It’s not. Commenters on HN know jack shit about this topic but love commenting like they have any idea. It’s the thing HN is most known-for: non-experts speaking out of their ass w…

When I was deployed aboard Naval vessels in 2000 a hole was blown in the side of a ship in our group, the USS Cole. My real life includes attacks on US naval vessels that kill peop…

If the fire was in control it wouldn’t still be burning. This isn’t a forest fire where controlled burns can keep smoldering for days. If the fire was in control it wouldn’t still …

The halon system was switched off because it was in maintenance.

Extremely ironic given your username.

I can't read the article. Did everyone except the developers get laid off? Or did Take Two hire literally everyone from the smaller co? edit: Ah I see they hired only about 1/3 of …

People don’t like Spanish I guess

exactamente

"longer life expectancy" is a very optimistic thing to say

it's almost like the president of the united states is held to a higher standard than some random jackanapes with a "blue check" next to their name.

it's not censorship. not even close. good grief.

dunno i’ve been fully remote for 6 years now. Many reasons people get together. Several times a year is my experience. Would be a tough pill to swallow to have to secretly travel t…

Just pray travel expenses never pop up I guess?

Hoo doggies I need management at work to read and internalize this.