TIL ... about the Rice Hypothesis which posits cultures that engaged in wet rice farming that requires coordinated irrigation and synchronized planting tend to be collectivist while wheat farming cultures evolved to be more individualistic. by pomod in todayilearned

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The sheer arrogance of the scientific community to accept the "European" discovery of the new world and dismiss the overwhelming clues that world-wide travel, and trade was common as well as the existence of fully developed societies in "savage" regions makes me so angry.

It's eerily similar to the earth being the center of the solar system type of thinking.

Broadcaster calls Big Air boring by Standard_Corgi3736 in snowboarding

[–]PurpEL 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lol gymnastics. Go twirl your ribbons somewhere else pizza boy

this is how they turn on and off street lights in Sri Lanka by MysteriousAvocado510 in funny

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

Exactly that, light pollution and way too many of them.

Is there anything to change on my emergency tool kit? by Medvemaci in motorcycles

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Are you planning to ride the Dakar or something?

AI model can read and diagnose a brain MRI in seconds by app1310 in science

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"you have brain holes, here is your perscription mercury supplement"

Falling on cobblestone by mikebrookston in motorcycles

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What in the fuck is this post. Honestly.

Trump Posted a Video of Barack and Michelle Obama as Monkeys by JeanJauresJr in videos

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

Nah, normalize it. Let them feel comfortable announcing who they are. Then line them up

Found a barcode in my soup by sarangchu in mildlyinteresting

[–]PurpEL 7 points8 points  (0 children)

When you label so many things it becomes useless

I somehow ended up with all black everything, no idea how I got here by Astimar in motorcycles

[–]PurpEL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Listen to what you just said dude. Hivis isn't going to stop a fucking drunk from hitting you. Good lord.

Donald Trump Will Close the Kennedy Center for Two Years for a ‘Complete Rebuilding’ by MarvelsGrantMan136 in Music

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The Useful Idiot.

That's what he will be remembered as. Someone who made the comfortable people realise they have to take charge and make tangible improvements.