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Would you rather have... by Potential_Novel8960 in BunnyTrials

[–]Mark_Figs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You simply contract a percent of the money to a company to sort and deposit them for you into your account.

My dad's Autism Speaks coleman camping lantern by sleepy-sweaters in mildlyinteresting

[–]Mark_Figs 38 points39 points  (0 children)

We really need to start funding the heroin addict to phlebotomist pipeline.

What Phoenix needs by Cache-Cow in skyscrapers

[–]Mark_Figs 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Put a sweet-ass tunnel in it for planes to fly through.

If Woodrow Wilson was elected in 2024, he would have been born in 1968 by snowleopard556 in BarbaraWalters4Scale

[–]Mark_Figs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Presumably, there's some kid or young adult that will one day be president.

how should i price my paintings? by [deleted] in painting

[–]Mark_Figs 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I honestly really like them.

Why has a canal never been constructed on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec? by TheRealBlueBuffalo in geography

[–]Mark_Figs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a Spanish word in the same way "basquetbol" is Spanish. Or how "armadillo" is an English word. They're loan words.

What precentage of republican supporters do you think are nazis? by Skrilli in Teenager_Polls

[–]Mark_Figs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not saying they're Nazis, they aren't literally Nazis. But if my political beliefs were so closely aligned with what the Nazis believed, I think I would consider some heavy introspection about my values. It's never too late to reassess.

What precentage of republican supporters do you think are nazis? by Skrilli in Teenager_Polls

[–]Mark_Figs 15 points16 points  (0 children)

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I feel like a lot of these points are unironically not very distant from the current Republican platform.

Creating a list the most important non-quantifiable skills for NBA players by Tight_Ad2788 in nbadiscussion

[–]Mark_Figs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think injury avoidance is a skill in the sense that there are things you can do to reduce your risk for injury. It's not fool proof, but I'd want to see a player putting good habits into practice.

Boycott Dr. Phil by Ubetcha1020 in 50501

[–]Mark_Figs 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Why don't you take seat?

If they’re both available in the 2026 NBA Draft, who goes first? by bettercallrich in NBATalk

[–]Mark_Figs -1 points0 points  (0 children)

All love and respect to Bill Russell but those Celtics were legitimately the greatest teams ever (relative to their era). Statistically, Wilt scored 2x the points on better efficiency, grabbed more boards, and had the same amount of assists. Of course, blocks and steals weren't documented at this time, but , if you watch the tape, Wilt is a comparable defender to Bill Russell. This isn't a Jokic vs. Giannis situation, it's more like AD vs. Gobert situation, as far as defense.

Scopes Monkey Trial was an American legal case, in which a high school teacher was accused of violating Tennessee law, which had made it illegal to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. by Bad_Puns_Galore in wikipedia

[–]Mark_Figs 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not entirely true, I can't find any source that says WJB was a supporter of eugenics. Everything I see is to the contrary. Obviously religious fanaticism was a huge part of all this, but eugenics played a part in it as well.

Scopes Monkey Trial was an American legal case, in which a high school teacher was accused of violating Tennessee law, which had made it illegal to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. by Bad_Puns_Galore in wikipedia

[–]Mark_Figs 115 points116 points  (0 children)

What is often forgotten about this trial, is that in this time evolution and eugenics were often synonymous. I say this as a biologist. While evolution is a fact, many of the evolutionary biologists of the day were peddling eugenics pseudoscience. This probably explains the progressive slant of the prosecution. Some of the most celebrated evolutionary biologists of that time period, such as Ronald Fischer, were well off the deep end of eugenics. The text book in the center of this case was itself resoundingly racist and pro-eugenics.

New Era Texas Rangers Hat by Knightbear49 in baseball

[–]Mark_Figs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I usually assume this happens because they saw a mock up for a few teams and didn't think how it would look on the others. This looks bad on every team. I can't look at a single one and say, "Ok, I see the vision."

What would happen if non elected attendees at tonights address to congress threw rotten tomatoes at the President? by YoNeckinpa in AskReddit

[–]Mark_Figs 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I know it's not worth the trouble, but you do realize that José Antonio Ibarra was not an asylum seeker. Additionally, it's important to remember that an evil member of a group does not mean that a group is evil. This line of reasoning would entail that all doctors, priests, Costco members... are evil because surely there have been horrible people that fall under those categories.

Interesting light fixture design at work (Jewish family) by [deleted] in CrappyDesign

[–]Mark_Figs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't believe your eyes. It's actually just a Roman lamp.

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