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thelastguy

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    Comment #10667821

    The author is assuming that universities want to rein in the costs in the first place. Universities are a business, and just like any other business, why would they want to make as…

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    Comment #10649394

    Though I like the fact that caffeine helps your body heals better, and that, in turn, helps limit the damage of chronic stress, I don't like the fact that caffeine has also been li…

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    Comment #10649289

    Basically, the theory is that somebody like Bruce Jenner, actually has the mind of a woman, but born inside the body of a man. More specifically, the theory is that, a normal man h…

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    Comment #10649177

    I've found that the biggest problem preventing people from developing critical thinking skills is cognitive dissonance. Even when they're smart people, who can read and write, and …

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    Comment #10640551

    Well, actually, there are. In Japan, if you have disgrace yourself and bring shame upon your family, you have to kill yourself. If you don't kill yourself, honor can not be restore…

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    Comment #10640538

    Well, rape culture is a huge problem on campus these days. Also, just look at ISIS. Whenever they conquered a new place, they rape and sold all the women/girls into slavery. You se…

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    Comment #10636949

    An apology is not enough to save a marriage.

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    Comment #10636827

    >No one gains anything from these 44 year long sentences. He attempted to murder a police officer, so why should benefit anything from it? >He's been incapacitated for his entire l…

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    Comment #10636812

    >They don't act in their own self interests. Actually, they do. For example, when a criminal steals, he's acting purely in his own interest. He doensn't care about anyone else's in…

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    Comment #10636801

    >they clearly aren't rational or else they'd realize a few thousand a week isn't worth life in prison. Actually, they are pretty rational. You can't say no to the boss. You say no …

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    Comment #10636786

    In fact, cockroaches are even cheaper! See, the way to do it is to feed cockroaches, and only cockroaches to chicken. Then, when the chicken gets really fat (full of cockroaches pr…

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    Comment #10636508

    On the other hand, if you come to my company, and every decision you make, you make because of a person's specific gender, then that's sexist, and I would no hire you either. All w…

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    Comment #10636464

    Is this from a book. I would love to read it.

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    Comment #10632367

    Reminds of me the series Connections, where, no one man invented/created/discovered something all by himself. It was more of like, the thing of one man lead to this other thing of …

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    Comment #10632353

    Unfortunately, the fact that he is a psychopathic serial killer means that he's most likely faking it. It doesn't mean that Multiple Personality Disorder isn't real. It just means …

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    Comment #10632327

    So if you hear only a single voice in your head, then you're normal. It's called being normal. If you hear your voice, AND other voices that do NOT belong to you, in your head, BUT…

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    Comment #10632296

    Well, if Multiple Personality Disorder is real, then that means there's another person/personality/talking voice living inside your brain. And if that other person/personality/talk…

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    Comment #10632242

    >Which personality is the real person? Well, that's easy. Your preference for the color blue is the real you. Your preference for big boobs is not you. The preference for big boobs…

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    Comment #10632070

    >If I build a ladder for short people, am I insulting tall people? Am I ignoring them? Am I reducing them to a number? The problem is that, you're not just building a ladder. You'r…

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    Comment #10632050

    >How many potentially brilliant female computer scientists are we missing out on as a society because our media and culture barrages them with images of male programmers? Something…

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    Comment #10631999

    >You can't just have boys who have never thought about what colonialism actually feels like And now, you're just assuming that white boys have no empathy. Wow. >Proper affirmative …

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    Comment #10631994

    It's a type of group think. BUT, it is NOT a type of bullying. Bullying requires that people shame/harass/doxx the op. Which they do not. Compare to the universities, where student…

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    Comment #10631981

    It's the classic witch hunt mob. Girl A: I like apples. Girl B: I don't like what you're saying. Hey everybody, she's a witch! Mob deals out punishment. You can clearly see that th…

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    Comment #10631931

    "Traditional masculinity" is the kind of masculinity that have enabled humanity to survived for millions of years. It includes traits such as: - Protecting women and children - Not…

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    Comment #10631870

    I don't see how getting an administrator, who support a women's right to freedom of speech, freedom of expression (the ability to wear a nurse outfit for Halloween, the ability to …