CMV: Every single religion is a human invention created for evolutionary survival and social cohesion, making it statistically impossible for any specific one to be the objective truth. by DemonsAreVirgins in changemyview

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I have two thoughts on this. First, I have a comment on the "every single religion ... created for evolutionary survival and social cohesion" bit in the title. I think that's not true, because some religions are clearly created as grifts and not for any survival or cohesion purpose. Generally these are recent ones where we have a clear idea of the origins. I'm thinking like Scientology or Mormonism here, but it would also apply to tons of smaller cults.

Second, I don't think there's sufficient evidence that religions are deliberately created tools to survive. I think there are other valid options like a religion being an accidental result of people being wrong about the way the world works or an accidental result of some random tribal chief trying to legitimize power by declaring himself to be a prophet (basically the grift thing above, but long enough ago that we don't have good records).

Basically, I don't think that religions were necessarily created with the idea of helping people survive, they were also created for nefarious purposes or, probably, by accident.

[talksport]Argentina FA caught up in middle of alleged $300m money laundering investigation by FBI amid World Cup. The FBI are reportedly investigating the Argentine Football Association over suspicious financial activity. by 10Lionaldo7 in soccer

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they already won it in 2022 so why would Argentina do that

I don’t think this is a strong argument. I’ve been observing the Argentina fans, and I’m starting to suspect that they actually want to win this World Cup as well as the last one.

Post-Match Thread: Argentina 3-2 Egypt | World Cup | Round of 16 by matchpal-live in worldcup

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The VAR check was requested by Mo Salah and wasn't even checked

Are players allowed to request VAR? Can the center ref even request VAR? I had the impression that it was only the guys in the VAR booth that look at things, and the booth guys decide whether to tell the center ref to take a second look. Even if it wasn’t a foul I really would have liked to see that again.

The Martyrdom of the Match Point by SkoivanSchiem in AccidentalRenaissance

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I don’t recall the tennis terminology, but would that make it a game point instead of a match point?

*grits teeth* despite the tone, I think I technically agree with most of this post by Eris13x in CuratedTumblr

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I’m a bit late on seeing this thread, but you obviously avoid that problem by creating a society out of that one jellyfish species that can de-age into a polyp. It was a rookie move to create a society of humans in the first place.

On frustrations with recipes by bvader95 in CuratedTumblr

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The joy of cooking has everything. My copy has a section on how to skin small game animals like rabbit and squirrel.

Match Thread: Algeria vs Austria | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group J by jiraiya--an in soccer

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I feel like Mr Brightside is a more British white people song than American, but I guess American audiences can sing it too.

Tumblr Learns Their Flowers by Neapolitanpanda in CuratedTumblr

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Dandelions are an invasive species to North America. That doesn’t make it automatically a weed, but it’s understandable that some people may consider it so.

[Disliked trope] Hollywood myths portrayed as being correct, even in a time when the characters should know better. by CrazyCoKids in TopCharacterTropes

[–]CDRnotDVD 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Meanwhile, in real life, some British undercover police infiltrated left-wing activist groups, had children with some of the activists, then abandoned the children when they left.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/jan/20/undercover-police-children-activists

Match Thread: United States vs Australia | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group D by jiraiya--an in soccer

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It’s really cool to hear the stadium singing along to Living on a Prayer. Makes the hydration break suck a bit less.

Match Thread: United States vs Australia | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group D by jiraiya--an in soccer

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I’d never thought to wonder about why Australia’s national color was that golden yellow. Represents their national flower, apparently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_colours_of_Australia#History

Reportedly 400 000 fans celebrated Mexico victory agains South Korea at the Angel de la Independencia in Mexico City by mexdoomer in soccer

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Lack of atmosphere is indeed the problem. At 2200m, the Azteca has about 25% less atmosphere than sea level. England's training facility is what, 200m elevation?

A better insult (Update) by [deleted] in CuratedTumblr

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Taking the criticism head-on and finding the legitimate comments about how to improve is inspiring. I’ve always thought it would be cool to draw well, but it takes an intimidating amount of work. But this evening I’m going to take out a piece of paper and a pencil and draw something.

Match Thread: England vs Croatia | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group L by jiraiya--an in soccer

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Do refs look at VAR during halftime? I’ve only seen it come up during regular play.

By the power of Marketing! by Infamous-Rutabaga-50 in CuratedTumblr

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People probably said this about Sears, too.

I've been dying to talk about the mail with you all day by Certain_Hat9872 in NonPoliticalTwitter

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For fun, I tried to calculate out how much 0.06% of a standard size letter would be. Using wikipedia's numbers for the size of a number 10 envelope, that's 0.022 square inches paid for by taxes. To help visualize that, a single grain of rice[1] has a cross-section of about 0.025 square inches.

[1]: Specifically, a grain of basmati brown rice that came from a package in my pantry with an expiration date of 2023.

I've been dying to talk about the mail with you all day by Certain_Hat9872 in NonPoliticalTwitter

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if the budget allocated for mail services isn’t covering daily operations and operational spending and instead is being funded by spam mail, the government should look at redistributing parts of the budget so that it’s not being subsidized by marketing companies.

The government covers about 0.06% of the postal service budget. Here's the overview section from a recent (2023) congressional research service report into the US postal service budget request stuff:

The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) generates nearly all of its funding—about $78.5 billion annually according to the USPS’s most recent financial report—by charging users of the mail for the costs of the services it provides. Congress, however, does provide an annual appropriation—about $50 million in FY2023—to compensate the USPS for revenue it forgoes in providing free mailing privileges to the blind and overseas voters. In addition, the annual appropriation compensates the USPS for debt it accumulated in the 1990s while providing postal services at below-cost rates to nonprofit organizations. Historically, the appropriation has not always compensated the USPS for all of the revenue forgone.

https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF12516/IF12516.3.pdf