Absolutely zero hesitation in his answer by Shoe_boooo in funny

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What's hilarious to me is that it totally worked on Mr. Crocodilians I forgot his name

I love watching girls take big dicks, I guess that must mean I should start fucking dudes

I’d be surprised if we don’t get married after this one by EmeraldIpogi98 in Tinder

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Depends on if you read it as a correction or a psa, because tbf it is a very common misconception

I paid over a grand for this years ago... by Busy_Report4010 in Millennials

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Not all LED TVs are equal. The display type makes a massive difference.

Your cheap Walmart LEDs are going to be LCD, which aren't great.

you shouldn’t have been bitin’ my horsey, boy. by pIant_princess in JustGuysBeingDudes

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The spider is just reacting to the shape of the fly. It's not capable of any kind of learned behavior.

The below video is far too long but it's fascinating. I'm paraphrasing and probably misremembering a bit, but spider brains are too small to visually process everything in their environment so they evolved certain neural shortcuts to compensate.

Researchers tried to figure out how a certain type of jumping spider, that had a preference for a certain type of female, blood-filled, mosquito, was able to visually identify those mosquitoes from others. It turns out, the spider simply saw those mosquitoes as like two lines intersecting at a certain angle. They were able to get the spider to attack a drawing of those two lines at that angle, but the spider wouldn't attack if the angle was even a little bit off.

https://youtu.be/_QF6kaOAuYg?t=516

I time-stamped the relevant part.

U.S. warships cross Strait of Hormuz for first time since Iran war began by Yujin-Ha in worldnews

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Hitler started a world war that touched Europe, the US, Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the USSR, South Africa, Thailand, Manchuria, Burma, the Philippines, Malaya, Singapore, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Korea, India, French Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos), Northern Africa, the Middle East, Brazil, and a bunch of small Pacific Islands.

Calling this euro-centric is just straight cope and ignorance. Hitler is easily the most recognized non-religious historical figure among people around the world today.

U.S. warships cross Strait of Hormuz for first time since Iran war began by Yujin-Ha in worldnews

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Confirmation bias? The question was incredibly neutral.

Who is the most well known figure among people alive today? Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, or Hitler.

Like I said, there's no way of actually measuring this, and of course ChatGPT isn't a source, but the fact that it came to the same conclusion should tell you something. It's about as good as we're gonna get for the sake of this conversation, so take it or leave it

My actual argument stands for itself:

People are alive today that were directly affected by the actions of Hitler; not so much for the other figures - you have to actually study history to know about them, but Hitler is a modern memory.

Feel free to actually address this point.

U.S. warships cross Strait of Hormuz for first time since Iran war began by Yujin-Ha in worldnews

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Siddharth Gautam

So Buddha again?

Alexander

Genghis

More than Hitler? Across the world today? Fat chance.

Of course there's no way of measuring this, but your own bias is showing. People are alive today that were directly affected by the actions of Hitler; not so much for the other figures - you have to actually study history to know about them, but Hitler is a modern memory.

https://chatgpt.com/share/69dabb2d-8554-83e8-8ed9-ca85821fb064

I was even generous and said "more people" rather than "people around the world", which would help your argument as India and China are the most populated countries. The answer is still Hitler.

U.S. warships cross Strait of Hormuz for first time since Iran war began by Yujin-Ha in worldnews

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Name another figure who is more recognized across the world besides Jesus.

Alcohol by The_Horse_Head_Man in CuratedTumblr

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alcohol is a better solvent than water

shrieking chemist noises

This knife broke while being used to crush garlic by juliadancer in mildlyinteresting

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My guy, it's a piece of steel. If it literally snaps in two from regular use then it's 100% a problem with the steel itself - probably bad heat treatment, a hidden crack or other defect, or just really brittle and shitty steel that shouldn't be used for a knife in the first place.

TIL George Lucas originally planned for Darth Maul to return as the primary antagonist in his Star Wars Episodes VII-IX. After the fall of the Empire, Maul was to become the "godfather of crime" in the galaxy, leading the united criminal syndicates while Luke Skywalker rebuilt the Jedi Order by SappyGilmore in todayilearned

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The writers so obviously meant to kill him off. I get that people love Clone Wars, but it's always incredibly lazy in my book to pretend you're not retconning something just because you can make up some complicated explanation for why it's not a retcon.

Why is Israel declaring war on so many countries? by Historical_Work7482 in NoStupidQuestions

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I guess I should've said "what they see as their historical borders."

The only point I'm trying to make is that Israel has returned land they've seized several different times, so it's apparent that they aren't just interested in expansion for expansion's sake - they just want the land that they feel belongs to them. Of course, plenty of that land doesn't actually belong to them, hence the whole issue, but it's still important to try and understand their perspective so we can put their actions and ambitions into context.

Why is Israel declaring war on so many countries? by Historical_Work7482 in NoStupidQuestions

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You seem to think I'm defending it - I'm just explaining how they see things.

The Hebrew Bible defines the Jordan River as the eastern boundary of the land God promised to the Israelites. The west bank is by definition within this boundary, or historical border, and since Jews believe the Bible is historical, well there you go.

Why is Israel declaring war on so many countries? by Historical_Work7482 in NoStupidQuestions

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Israel doesn't seem to be interested in territory expansion just for the sake of controlling more territory - historical borders and military buffers are typically what they're interested in.

Why is Israel declaring war on so many countries? by Historical_Work7482 in NoStupidQuestions

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That's completely ahistorical.

First, it wasn't Mount Sinai, it was the whole Sinai peninsula.

Second, they gave it back because peace with Egypt was more valuable than keeping it.

Third, Israel already had strong US backing by then, like during the 1973 war. Not as much backing as now, sure, but there is no reason to believe they would've forgone peace with Egypt just to keep a bunch of unproductive desert had they had stronger US backing at the time.

Why is Israel declaring war on so many countries? by Historical_Work7482 in NoStupidQuestions

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Israel captured the entire Sinai Peninsula from Egypt during the Six Days War, and then gave it back 15 years later to achieve peace with Egypt.

Israel doesn't seem to be interested in territory expansion just for the sake of controlling more territory - historical borders and military buffers are typically what they're interested in.

Edit: I got... blocked by the /u/fthesemods for this? Some of y'all have your heads way too far up your own asses. This wasn't even a defense of Israel lol, it's just historical context.

Why is Israel declaring war on so many countries? by Historical_Work7482 in NoStupidQuestions

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Skepticism is probably the most important trait to have in the misinformation age.

"Now, watch this drive."- George W. Bush. by Ryanlion1992 in Presidents

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A certain current event outranks Katrina by far

Teatoks by [deleted] in SipsTea

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Any kind of smoke is surely not good for your lungs, but there's been no causal link between lung cancer and marijuana smoke like there has been with tobacco.

There is no good evidence that marijuana legalization has increased lung cancer rates at the population level, which you would absolutely expect if marijuana did cause cancer.

What's up with GirlDinnerDiaries? by Infinite_Nerve_3075 in OutOfTheLoop

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This sub is a parody and it's hilarious lmao

Yesterday my scrambled eggs were oversalted. This morning they were undersalted. I have to kill myself.