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This is the essence of white privilege. A belief that you got there through your own hard work, smarts and gumption. Stand back a second. Many third world countries have this in sp…

Right, yet more examples of the celebration of white american culture that is celebrated and isn't in any way curtailed.

> living our lives in despair over the "privilege"? Feeling constantly guilty for being born? Which is partly my point. Are these the worst things you have to worry about? You're c…

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Seems like a very expensive way to do it. Look at most of the big cities. All are flanked by swathes of agricultural land. San Francisco, New York, Chicago, London, Paris ... Yes y…

>Somehow it feels "frowned upon" to celebrate that you're a white male. Clearly it isn't.

How would they feed themselves?

Have you actually checked your privilege? As a white male you are the wealthiest, healthiest, most celebrated segment in modern society. If you feel otherwise it's likely something…

> are not allowed to cultivate, maintain and respect our own (American) culture. - Hollywood - Pro Wrestling - Super Bowl - "World" series - The Internet - Silicon Valley - Petro D…

Annoying that they didn't actually provide anything useful that could help us all avoid this (fairly obvious IMHO) exploit. This basically applies to any Wi-Fi hotspot where you fi…

Just like with any lit review.

I noting that more and more meta-analyses are kind of falling out of fashion. They're increasingly being viewed as having dubious scientific merit and should be viewed similarly to…

> in the early days > high-quality components and a great form factor Yep you could have made do with a cheaper mac.

> The hall mark of the pro has always been the form factor, battery life, screen, mousepad. Form factor was always a secondary factor. First and foremost was high specs in CPU, mem…

What's there to argue about? You think you're right and I think you're wrong.

The beauty of trump is he has no encumbrances. He can literally say whatever he wants with no consequences. When his analysts tell him "this will really get the yokels going" he ca…

I don't agree. Many wouldn't.

Downvoted clearly because somebody thinks I misused btq. Read again parent poster clearly assumes the premise .

Begging the question: What exactly does "ceasing to be a member of the European Union" mean? What I mean is, there was a whole sales pitch during the campaign about what it might m…

Have a look at this https://dominiccummings.wordpress.com/2016/10/29/on-the-refe... It makes for fascinating reading. It covers the data science angle of how the "Leave" campaign o…

The same reason anybody stays with any archane system: entrenched interests.

My take on this is that it was a "qualified" majority to "Leave" but no specific plan was outlined as to what "Leave" entailed. "Remain" is easy: Status quo. "Leave" means many dif…

"Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down That's not my department," says Wernher von Braun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V7me25aNtI