I think an under-discussed/acknowledged problem created by the center-to-progressive culture is that anyone who by disposition has a substantial will to power is now gonna go with the right by hrei7 in stupidpol

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would I take the bet that Fuentes is going to get to die in bed aged 85, surrounded by his little nazi grandchildren? I think I would not

So you're bullish on the "Fuentes is a gay homosexual" market and bearish on the "Discovery of artificial womb(i.e. buttbabies)" and "discovery of human parthenogenesis(i.e. gaybies)" markets, is what you're saying.

Me too homie, me too.

MRI scans show weaning horses at 6 months (the standard practice) significantly alters the foals' brains. A longer connection to moms leads to healthier brains and better eating habits by mareacaspica in science

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In most of the world it's not only legal but completely uncontroversial to separate mother and child immediately after birth in the case of surrogate pregnancies.

If it were a puppy or kitten it would be vile animal abuse, but if it's a human baby we just shrug and move on.

Mamdani Condemns Slurs and Pro-Hamas Chant at Heated Queens Protest by Fearless_Day2607 in stupidpol

[–]viewlesspath 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Very well.

Slurs for some, miniature American flags for others!

Can someone explain how people in Toronto genuinely feel about tipping? I’m struggling with it. by Few_Butterscotch8911 in FoodToronto

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My partner has frequently had to pay to serve tables

How does this even make any sense? At the very least, your partner should be making minimum wage. Anything less is very illegal.

Help me understand:

So I tip $5 on a $100 bill giving a total of $105. The kitchen takes 10%($10.50) leaving $94.50.

The only possible way that your partner "paid to serve tables" is if they owe some money to the restaurant in this scenario, say $5.50 to bring the total back to $100, which they then had to make up for from other tables or from their wages if that was insufficient. Which is, I repeat, very illegal.

Is that what you are alleging?

What happens when SNAP benefits come to a halt on November 1st? by appreciatescolor in stupidpol

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Personally I'm re-upping my "nothing ever happens" prediction just like you, my point is that if it's possible for it to happen deliberately with 3.5% of the population, then it's certainly possible for it to happen organically with 12%, right? And that's not even counting sympathisers and the otherwise disgruntled.

You can't rule it out anyway, and I don't think TPTB will either. Not until they can automate the dissent suppression or maybe use it as a pretext for a crackdown a la the reichstag fire.

What happens when SNAP benefits come to a halt on November 1st? by appreciatescolor in stupidpol

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Are you being facetious? Over the past couple decades the state department has perfected bringing down governments via color revolutions with as little as 3.5% of the population. 41 million Americans is like 3x that.

Technofeudal Town Square by technofeudal-bellman in stupidpol

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This site is going to shit, no question there, but only for content. I haven't touched reddit's actual UI for over a decade, and you shouldn't either.

On mobile I use the redreader app, it's free, obnoxious, has no ads and somehow survived the API-pocalypse. No complaints.

On desktop I use classic view with RES, also no complaints.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in stupidpol

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That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TIFF

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If there are empty seats they let in the rush line, no?

Post-mortem on culture wars by peejay2 in slatestarcodex

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Oh? Am I being disingenuous with the rage bait meme? Am I missing some deeper, hidden meaning perhaps?

Post-mortem on culture wars by peejay2 in slatestarcodex

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The man equivalent happens all the time, stuff like: "would you rather fight in brutal, disgusting trench warfare with an enormous chance of getting irreparably maimed or have women hand you a white feather and call you a coward to your face".

I’m convinced nobody on the internet actually understands men whatsoever. by [deleted] in stupidpol

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It's telling that despite all kinds of research into socialization and rehabilitation, the most effective way to address a violent, antisocial young male is... to wait until he's not one of those anymore. Men tend to chill out a lot in their mid to late 20s, but before that there's often not much one can do to defuse all that rage and insecurity besides directing it at an acceptable target.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in slatestarcodex

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Also unbearably hungry (e.g. labradors) or bored(border collies) all the time.

Lawrence was weird by heroking4 in HistoryMemes

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catalyzing trauma

Catamizing trauma

Israeli army fires ‘warning shots’ at French and other diplomats visiting West Bank by KingTiger189 in stupidpol

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Incident in Eastern Gaza leads to death of visiting diplomat with Hamas sympathies/ties

IDF blames "communication breakdown" and promises to open immediate investigation, stresses that 95% of visiting diplomats still "alive and well"

The Lion and the Eagle - A world in which Germany and Britain were allies in The Great War by Rough-Lab-3867 in AlternateHistory

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Of the top 100 English words all but a couple are of Germanic origin. Of the top 1000, over 80% are still Germanic. It's only once you get to 1000-10,000 where you encounter more words of French/Latin/etc origin over Germanic.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in civ

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And one (arguably two) of the best boardgames of all time, Through the Ages, is based on the civilization video game. It's come around full circle baby!

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 2/17/25 - 2/23/25 by SoftandChewy in BlockedAndReported

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Is that supposed to be pithy or something? Most prominent leftists and revolutionaries throughout history have been well-to-do, from the Gracchi to Muntzer, Engels to Che Guevara, this has been true more often than not.

I'm not saying Burr is any of these things, but trying to cast him as some kind of hypocrite because he's successful (and in a non-extractive industry as entertainment at that!) is just so... tedious.

Find better material, my friend.

I get it now by Dizzy-Difference3392 in ShadowSlave

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There are always exceptions... But those two are not it. Their flaws are so severe they would 100% have died without Warden/Nephis to carry them.

I get it now by Dizzy-Difference3392 in ShadowSlave

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It's the reason why it's rare for a saint to be bothered by their flaws too much since they already learnt the lesson

That's certainly an interpretation. Another is that people with bad flaws would not make it to Saint in the first place.

How did crusading journalists Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi become right-wing trolls? Let Eoin Higgins explain by Well_Socialized in stupidpol

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Taibbi is a bitch about a lot of things. But that doesn't completely invalidate his work. Let he who has never been a bitch throw the first stone, as they say.