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> awoken is the most correctly I thought of "awoken" initially, but if I hadn't seen the other wordings before, I don't recall ever seeing the word "awoken" at all! Or if I have se…

Thanks for the correction, it's been a while (too long) since I've seen it!

These abbreviations are among the stupidest trends in tech. We should learn from the Germans and embrace long words

The Century of the Self is a great introduction to this. Modern advertising literally uses techniques originally developed for wartime (WWII) propaganda. Commercial advertising is …

> The prime minister will be woken, Totally unrelated but is this correct grammar? I realize I've never seen "woken" without "up", as in "woken up". To avoid using "up" I would've …

Paywall, can't read that

I completely forgot about the fire thing, and that only strengthens my argument/stance. The Triangle fire was a terrible tragedy in American history during which a lot of women die…

> Why not let those without homes choose if they are willing to take the risks associated with ignoring those rules over l king on the streets? I'd rather have a government that en…

I think it's simpler: if you're able to get a degree, you're already intelligent to some extent. That intelligence is then trained by having education in general. The difference is…

> Maybe X should relax the legal requirements of Y That's a slippery slope. Lots of legal requirements exist to protect someone. Legal requirements for windows are pretty reasonabl…

> I really don't see the point of these, You just don't want to. It's very simple: they let you have a burger that mimics meat burgers, and they taste reasonably close for some of …

> My wife is pescatarian Not a judgment on your wife, but sharing for general awareness: I would eat land animals before eating fish again. You can read Outlaw Ocean for a quick lo…

> whole grains and legumes covering most of my protein requirements. What are your protein/calorie goals, and how are you meeting them with grains and legumes? I have to take pea p…

> We'd all be happier if everyone was politically correct Me 'being' politically correct doesn't mean me 'supporting' or 'enjoying' being politically correct. I don't, and 'being' …

> If you bought into the new age pro noun thing the SAME way you already buy into the pointless formalities we use like "please" and "thank you" there would be no argument. "If you…

You can lie all you want as long as it doesn't impact others; that's why we have things like slander and libel. If you want to say your favorite color is blue when in fact it's red…

> We'd all be happier if everyone was politically correct That's objectively false. I would not be happier if everyone were politically correct, because I'm a strong believer in fr…

It's basically the reason idealism/utopianism is never practical. Having an ideal and working towards it is a great way to make progress, but setting expectations based on ideals i…

> Odd - being downvoted for what I see as having some compassion for this man. Maybe I'm missing something. If so, please explain so I can learn. Many people make judgments relativ…

Can't second this enough. If you get a survey at work, assume all your personal info will be attached to this. At my current job, I've had a coworker let me and some friends know t…

> What happens when we stop agreeing on what the “good” is? "We" always agree on what the good is. If YOU don't agree, well, we'll have to sort that out, won't we?

Beautifully put. What I loved about science growing up is that it valued truth and knowledge (or such was the impression I had of science in history). If someone argues for self-ce…

Thanks for your response. If I set up Jellyfin just to run at home, without any need for connecting in from off-site, should I be okay security-wise? I went with Plex because my TV…

Like clockwork. I just joined recently and of course they have a breach. I knew I should've stayed away when they required an account for you to view your own media. Does Jellyfin …

When it stopped working for me I just started using duckduckgo's timer