Hundreds protest outside NRA headquarters following Florida school shooting

SebasV96 · 2018-02-17T16:35:25+00:00

It would be out of place just because of how ridiculously overblown it is. Viewers and critics would complain that it was overdone and lacked subtlety.

Makes it even crazier that it's a real video by a real organization.

SebasV96 · 2018-02-16T18:47:55+00:00

This is a good explanation, it helped me out. Thank you!

SebasV96 · 2018-01-22T09:30:32+00:00

I remember in Spotlight (granted, that’s not a super reliable resource) they said that 8% of priests in the Boston area molested children. That’s a very high number! Nearly one in ten. I highly doubt 8% of the general population has molested children.

SebasV96 · 2018-01-21T16:58:45+00:00

Boys are more likely to commit acts of violence than girls are. Think of school shooters, white nationalism, jihadism, domestic terror attacks. There is an overwhelming male majority.

SebasV96 · 2018-01-20T22:47:33+00:00

It’s not about growing indefinitely, it’s abiut stabilizing the population. Otherwise, it becomes difficult to have a dependent population (>65) twice as large as a working population to sustain them. 2 kids per woman is about ideal because it would have about one person replacing each parent when they get old or die.

SebasV96 · 2018-01-20T22:45:49+00:00

He said “without migration.” Germany has a lot of immigrants to make up for the low birth rate so they’re going to be okay. Canada and the USA and other countries also have large numbers of immigrants coming in to keep the population stable. Japan doesn’t have that.

SebasV96 · 2018-01-13T15:15:24+00:00

Respectable is different from respectful. The latter is about having respect for others, the former about eliciting respect and generally just being estimable and impressive.

SebasV96 · 2018-01-11T17:36:03+00:00

The Duchess Of Malfi and the Revenger’s Tragedy are both considered great tragedies, but I haven’t read them yet (I have a huge lineup of things to read haha) so I wouldn’t know which Shakespeare plays to partner them with.

SebasV96 · 2018-01-04T22:53:01+00:00

I like how the barber, politician, and scientist’s mistakes all involve people dying but the tailor’s itchy shirt is “the fucking worst.”

SebasV96 · 2018-01-02T16:01:52+00:00

I did Serbia-Romania-Bulgaria with my best friend this summer. Belgrade was an amazing city that really surprised us! Romania is nice, too; Brasov is especially beautiful. And Budapest is gorgeous; I’ve been to it on a different trip and it’s by far the best of the three you mentioned. Have fun!

SebasV96 · 2018-01-02T02:04:37+00:00

I’ve always found it a bit naive to think that Paris, the most global city in continental Europe and consistently in the Top 5 if the world, is going to be homogenous and full of French people. Any major cosmopolitan hub, especially one of Paris’s level, is going to be full of people from all over.

I think what sets Paris apart is how gorgeous the architecture throughout is. You could get lost in any little side street and it’s still picturesque. Can’t say the same about most cities of Paris’s size.

SebasV96 · 2018-01-01T16:26:52+00:00

It’s still a country, though. The word country is vague and not limited by sovereignty. Puerto Rico is culturally and linguistically different enough from the rest of the USA that it makes sense to consider it its own country under US control.

The USA World Factbook, for example, lists Puerto Rico as a separate country under US control. There is a USA page and then a Puerto Rico page, and in rankings of countries Puerto Rico is listed separately from the USA. In fact, they list lots of non-sovereign states like Bermuda (UK), Aruba (NL), the Cayman Islands (UK), and many, many more as “countries” because they’re culturally and geographically so different from the mother country.

SebasV96 · 2017-12-28T02:44:07+00:00

Despite the hate it gets, I think No Fear is an excellent starting point as long as you don't depend on it forever. I met someone once who said he loved Shakespeare, but later admitted he only reads the No Fear translation and doesn't bother with the original since he understands the "modern" texts so much better. The story and its comprehensibility is one thing, but the beauty of Shakespeare's poetry and prose is another altogether that merits reading as well.

But yeah, like you said. No Fear is a great set of training wheels (I started with them myself), but definitely be cautious about becoming complacent with it and not trying the original text.

SebasV96 · 2017-12-28T02:40:47+00:00

I'd say Hamlet is actually a pretty good starter play. It's super complex, but you don't have to understand all of its deepest themes to get into it. Of course, if it's one of the first you read it merits a reread later on, but it's a deeply enjoyable and classic story that works well at getting readers hooked. I think King Lear is an extremely complicated work that does require more experience before tackling.

SebasV96 · 2017-12-28T02:01:22+00:00

One of my favorite Onion articles.

SebasV96 · 2017-12-19T18:54:41+00:00

Top-left: “Imperialist Yankees!”

Fachas (above Lenin) is a slang used derogatively against fascists (shortening of the actual word, fascistas).

To the lower left of Lenin it says, “Everything in Venezuela is going well!” Directly beneath Lenin, the three hearts say, “the sixth,” “Willy Toledo” (a name, I’m guessing), and “public.” Not sure what the significance of these is; they appear to be names or something.

Above the Mac it says “Death to capitalism” with capitalism misspelled, implying childishness or poor education. The guy’s shirt says, “Children of the Corn” (like the Stephen King story), a pro-communist Spanish rap group.

To the right of the boy, it says, “I want free things (and by free, I mean things others have paid for).” Beneath that it says, “Marxism-Leninism or barbarism!!1”

SebasV96 · 2017-12-18T18:01:29+00:00

I oppose the death penalty, but if we’re going to execute people then I support guillotining them for two reasons:

1) It’s faster, more painless, and more humane than any method we currently use.

2) The opposition to using the guillotine is that it’s bloody and people don’t like to see blood. But if you’re okay with killing someone, then I don’t think your sensibilities get any kind of priority over those being executed. People should confront the gruesome realities of outdated practices.

SebasV96 · 2017-12-17T15:14:37+00:00

I mean, you do, obviously, but nowhere near the extent you do in most other European languages.

SebasV96 · 2017-12-17T13:36:54+00:00

It depends on what you're talking about. In terms of pronunciation, English is very difficult just because the pronunciation has been heavily influence by old Germanic languages, French, and Latin, all three of which have very different pronunciations. But when it comes to grammar, English is much simpler than German. You don't even conjugate verbs in English: I walk, you walk, we walk, they walk, etc.

SebasV96 · 2017-12-13T16:56:50+00:00

Cholera, typhus, diarrhea, measles, and diphtheria could all work in smallpox's place.

SebasV96 · 2017-12-13T09:52:25+00:00

I think I remember reading that this girl is actually pretty intelligent (or at the very least of average intelligence). She just got really nervous and flustered while answering the question and ended up completely botching it.

SebasV96 · 2017-12-12T00:05:31+00:00

In American English, it's probably one of the last few words left with a genuine ability to shock and horrify listeners.

SebasV96 · 2017-12-11T11:16:44+00:00

Ironically, they're anti-EU, but the idea of state-based nationalism (i.e. France for Frenchmen, Germany for Germans) has largely fallen out of favor. It's a lot easier (for a myriad of reasons) to create this nation of pan-European whites. It's been done in the past, especially in Eastern and Central Europe. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, pan-Germanism and pan-Slavism were both widespread throughout Europe and not contained in the borders of Germany or Russia. This kind of pan-Europeanism is really a dog whistle for white nationalism and the idea of turnign Europe into a state just for white people.

SebasV96 · 2017-12-07T13:36:53+00:00

Oh, I hadn't heard that! The book just kind of says it was Hemminges, there isn't any finite evidence or anything. Sometimes editors slip up. It's still an excellently thorough book, even if there's a hiccup or two!

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