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- Comment on Can you read and understand this passage? 1 day ago:
I’m sorry, but there isn’t a single word in that text that an English undergrad should have to look up (although I did look up the dinosaur purely to see what it looked like).
- Comment on Can you read and understand this passage? 1 day ago:
Tl;dr the weather sucked. Everything was muddy and covered in soot.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 day ago:
Nope. I’ve snored all my life, even when I was bean pole skinny.
- Comment on What's the point of constitutional monarchies? Why even keep the monarchy in place if they aren't even doing anything? 1 day ago:
In the UK, the Royal Estate provides the government with a huge income (even though 25 percent goes to the king so he can repair his fancy castles).
- Comment on I wonder if antivax kids are OK getting a cootie shot? 2 days ago:
Most vaccines are developed by university researchers and research institute researchers, not big pharma.
- Comment on I’m very good at math and would like health insurance. What is the easiest option? 4 days ago:
The EU has been advertising to find people like you.
- Comment on Maybe Trump's Presidency Will Make Everything So Awful It Will Facilitate Actual Positive Change Nationwide 6 days ago:
This usually happens, yes.
After millions people have died.
Not worth it. Trump and ktber right wing extremists should have been stopped years ago.
- Comment on Is it weird to juggle in the park? 1 week ago:
I used to see whole groups of people juggle in the park.
- Comment on Why is nobody mad about TGI Fridays taking the lords name in vain? 1 week ago:
Taking the lord’s name in vain isn’t swearing or saying thank God, it’s doing stuff “in the name of the Lord.” Ergo, most so-called Christians in the US take the Lord’s name in vain on a daily basis.
- Comment on We refer to jeans as "a pair of jeans", but the only thing that there are two of is the legs, it's still only one item of clothing. 1 week ago:
There are plenty of examples on medieval paintings, though.
- Comment on What is the progressives current platform? What is the oldest example of the progressive platform thst you know of? 1 week ago:
People who downvote this haven’t had a look at the Labour Party in the UK lately.
- Comment on Does the average person have no critical thinking? 1 week ago:
Also applies to modern day Russia. Everyone knows the elections are fake, for example, but they keep their heads down.
- Comment on After they kill Wikipedia history will be AI hallucinations. 2 weeks ago:
And that encyclopedia is online too.
- Comment on How Will We Know If The Trump Tariffs Were A Good Idea? 2 weeks ago:
The US introduced tariffs in the thirties and it ultimately caused the attack on Pearl Harbour.
The reason why we know it’s a bad idea is history.
- Comment on Does humanism lead to tolerance paradox? 2 weeks ago:
Nobody “calls out” the tolerance paradox. It’s those who refuse to tolerate intolerance who call it the tolerance paradox.
- Comment on What is the evolutionary benefit of loving a pet so much you melt into a puddle when they are around? 2 weeks ago:
Stress relief? Pets are great stress relief. So maybe you live longer when you have a pet.
PS am in market for cat(s), Southern Germany.
- Comment on The Brits had an anthem ready for when Margaret Thatcher died. Americans should also be prepared. 2 weeks ago:
All news media have stuff ready for when a famous person pops their clogs. Various versions, usually.
- Comment on As a child of the 90s we grew up with PC Political Correctness. Is that WOKE but just in a different form? 2 weeks ago:
You’re confusing fiscally liberal with left wing liberal. They’re completely different beasts.
- Comment on If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed? 2 weeks ago:
There’s a former nunnery down the road. I suppose I’d try to join. Or maybe find a farmer who’s looking for someone to look after his kids because his third wife died in childbirth.
- Comment on Social media sites should have 'reverse' Parental Controls; where adult children can block their boomer/senior parents' accounts from viewing conspiracy and radicalizing content. 3 weeks ago:
He only watched Tagesschau, but no matter what we did with his phone to make it secure, he’d manage to fuck it up and get to places he shouldn’t get to and change settings he shouldn’t have been able to get at. His PC was also a barrel of fun.
- Comment on Social media sites should have 'reverse' Parental Controls; where adult children can block their boomer/senior parents' accounts from viewing conspiracy and radicalizing content. 3 weeks ago:
They will, usually by accident. Source: my father in law.
- Comment on Conservative Discussions 3 weeks ago:
Fascism is winning because fascists have been given a voice by people refusing to ban them. It’s what happened with Hitler, it’s what’s happening with the AfD in Germany, it’s what’s happening with the PVV in the Netherlands.
- Comment on Conservative Discussions 3 weeks ago:
You never give in to fascists.
- Comment on Most people in the workforce today have never had to answer the question "Smoking or nonsmoking?" 3 weeks ago:
Germany still has restaurants with smoking sections. For some weird reason nobody seems to have heard of passive smoking.
- Comment on What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness? 3 weeks ago:
Not a country but a city: Berliners are notorious for being unfriendly but I’ve yet to meet one I didn’t get along with.
- Comment on If you could add, remove, or alter one single bodily function, what would it be? 3 weeks ago:
Does the need for particular hormones count as a single bodily function? Asking for a post menopausal person.
- Comment on With Tim Pool in the White House Press Pool, will we ever find out what's under that beanie? 3 weeks ago:
Russian matryoshka style. Figures.
- Comment on So this is it, is trump god? Will Republicans sacrifice their own well being to own the libs? 3 weeks ago:
He’s a false messiah.
- Comment on How do man made hiking trails keep the grass from overgrowing? 3 weeks ago:
Where I live they’re not maintained at all. If nobody uses them for a while they disappear. I have a “path” nearby that’s on every single map but you can no longer see it used to be a path.
- Comment on Why hasn't congress passed a law saying that you can only deport people *back to their own country*? 3 weeks ago:
Laws don’t matter. The government is breaking laws left, right and centre.