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rooker

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    Comment #5816505

    The problem is centuries and millennia are but fragments of time compared to the entire life of the universe...so it's kind of like the ant analogy of a colony in San Fran looking …

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    Comment #5816260

    He writes like he's trying to evoke JFK, when in reality he evokes Richard Nixon.

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    Comment #5816253

    More like a padawan mind trick...pretty transparent, if you ask me. You're right, "brothers and sisters" had me rolling my eyes as soon as I read it. Not to mention all those artic…

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    Comment #5687430

    You'd be surprised by how passionate waiters can be about their jobs. None of these claims are universal, and not everyone can be passionate about their jobs. I agree that society …

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    Comment #5683735

    I disagree. The problem lies in the definition of "passion," which a lot of people take to mean that it's going to be some sort of thrilling, meaningless underwater basket weaving.…

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    Comment #5683694

    Why apply free market tactics to a service that is almost certainly necessary for everyone in their lifetimes? If anything, I feel like that would make things more expensive becaus…

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    Comment #5683688

    Serious question - can you negotiate your hospital bill like insurance companies can?

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    Comment #5683560

    I did the "attractive women" thing (took a hit for the team, for science) and that was absolutely true. The odd thing was, the first random girl I clicked on was this girl I kinda …

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    Comment #5225102

    And we get to enjoy the pleasant tunes of Leona Lewis.

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    Comment #5217756

    It's funny that you say all of this, because I think it's completely true. I've never tried mushrooms, LSD, or any sort of hallucinogen beyond MDMA. MDMA alone changed my life, but…

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    Comment #5123080

    I was just thinking about this recently. Our generation is so fucked. Tuition rising, fewer jobs, recession, social security not going to be there when we get older, the first true…

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    Comment #5064368

    Oh they've promoted it. They shut down all pictures on OkCupid for the day to promote the new app. People are PISSED. Hah.

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    Comment #5064363

    How do you know that that's what special blend is? I haven't been able to find anything conclusive from OkC regarding that.

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    Comment #5064328

    What? Are you generalizing to an entire gender?

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    Comment #5064272

    You'd be surprised. In the course of 4 years at university, I somehow never once crossed paths with my roommate, despite the fact that I knew all of her friends and our school is i…

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    Comment #5064252

    Okay but obviously we know that's not a real picture, but instead a hyperbole of a photo. Still proves your point, I suppose. It's fun meeting people in real life then finding them…

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    Comment #5064230

    Yeah. Attractive people are fairly consistently approached or hit on or treated differently or what have you every day in real life. Remove the approach anxiety that the other 90% …

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    Comment #5064212

    I believe this is a very, very wide net. They send it out to the upper 50% is what I've heard.

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    Comment #5064207

    That actually exists already. It's called LikeBright, and it hooks up to your Facebook, pulls mutual friends, and has you vet them for each person, basically asking "would you see …

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    Comment #5055139

    Great point. As someone who has been studying psychology for a while now, you're completely right that people tend to diverge into one of two paths. On the one side you have people…