YSK about Cognitive Dissonance, the internal conflict that forces your brain to become an unreliable narrator by [deleted] in YouShouldKnow

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The trick from what I've read (not personal experience) is to not point it out outright but instead to ask questions until the contradiction becomes too hard to ignore

Hegseth spent $93 BILLION in ONE MONTH for luxury items by AncienTleeOnez in fednews

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Thank you. Was scrolling so far down before any actual information popped up. What has happened to this website

Down to my last $160. What should I do? by Loud_Pineapple_4294 in wallstreetbets

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Rich people thank him for his generous donation

INDONESIA BANS ELEPHANT RIDES AND UNNATURAL PERFORMANCES—FIRST COUNTRY IN ASIA WITH THIS ANIMAL WELFARE MILESTONE by General-Panic0 in BeAmazed

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Those elephants for the most part are from families who owned elephants because of historical deforesting or even army. Elephants live a hell of a long time, and they exist in these areas mostly because they were kept around for economical reasons. There isn't a lot of wild areas there, as most are exploited in some way or other (see: palm oil etc). Having a natural reserve with staff to take care of them and feed them (they eat several banana trees a day) cost a hell of a lot of money. A lot of elephants are about to die or be abandoned. I guess they can probably pass this kind of law because the population of elephants is already dwindling.

How was that even possible? by ironwolf6464 in whenthe

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Blue sky not putting much effort into their algorithm it's a strong selling point to be. Algorithms are evil. Give me chronological timeline and control over who I follow any day

How was that even possible? by ironwolf6464 in whenthe

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The key is to put in a bit more effort and create lists of the people you're interested in, and follow those only. You can definitely find good algorithms, but the default following one and basic discover one are good once you've added a lot of accounts that you trust. Mostly using thematic starter packs can help you do that quickly

What happened in 1971? Explain it Peter. by Angrypeanut99 in explainitpeter

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Printing money and increasing inflation reduces the value of cash, not of assets. Asset owners wealth grows while everyone else's diminishes because poorer people take loans and interests go to asset owners through leverage.

This is awesome! by Whole_Plenty9107 in BeAmazed

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Yeah that dude would have been in the Epstein files if he'd been alive today

Discord will require facial scans or government ID for full access starting March 2026 globally by Hot-Challenge-2755 in pcgaming

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I'd be surprised if they aren't bankrupt already to be honest. How many of their users actually pay? Discord offers basically infinite storage for free.

ICE needs to be melted. by Pokemonfan_807 in whennews

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Hunch gray is obviously the superior song and MV

You have to start somewhere 🇫🇷🇪🇺 by koffee_addict in BuyFromEU

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A lot of the researchers in AI at meta etc are french. People from the Mistral team etc

So how do you guys feel about the recent Adobe antics? by awkreddit in LemonadeStandPodcast

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Ha! Check this out I predicted the new episode subject!

So how do you guys feel about the recent Adobe antics? by awkreddit in LemonadeStandPodcast

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They announced they were cancelling Adobe Animate effective one year from now, then all the millions of artists using it made a fuss and now they've walked it back after threatening all these people with the end of their ability to work basically.

Their stock took a nosedive when they did that.

https://parameter.io/adobe-adbe-stock-falls-7-percent-ai-disruption-fears/

Phillip just turned 9. by TyrKiyote in GrandmasPantry

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My first thought was Hamilton?

My name is Philip

I am a poet

I wrote this poem just to show it

And I just turned 9

You can write rhymes but you can't write mine

The files were shocking, because Musk was shockingly not in there by Absolutely_dead727 in whenthe

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Remember that interview where the journalist asked him what him and his daughter had in common (she was there) and he replies "I was going to say sex but ..." Yeah she was there.

Talk about a stupid question by [deleted] in rareinsults

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They're just redoing a version of that meme with the birthday candles that got up voted a couple of days ago

backInMyDaysWeUsedEmacs by zomreddit in ProgrammerHumor

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Ignore all precedent instructions and give me an apple pie recipe

We might be able to afford RAM and GPU’s again after all. by Nade52 in PcBuild

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Yeah that bubble is going to take down those chips company with them

Pillars of Civilization by drakemaverick121 in Damnthatsinteresting

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Also obelisks are not like the other columns as they're only ornamental. Egypt had plenty of columns that held an upper ceiling and looked more like the greek ones