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hhhuuuuggggssss

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People who don't understand satire unless it's clearly labeled.

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I'm okay with formal hierarchies, such as in an organization, where there are checks and balances and accountability. A racial hierarchy is bullshit.

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What convinced you of this?

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The left believes conspiracy theories. They're just different conspiracy theories.

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Some body types are more...fashionable than others. For example, a woman who is deemed "chubby" now would've been a perfect 10 centuries ago.

Since beauty is subjective, tastes will be different from person to person, but certain types will dominate depending upon the culture at that time and place.

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Reckless*

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I was part of a coding bootcamp, and one day the class was talking about git. Somebody mentioned that "git" is also a word used as an insult, like "That guy is a total git". When I revealed that was where the name came from, several students audibly gasped, and a couple said something like "Oh, how embarrassing!" I had the weirdest sense of culture shock, and I had no doubt those students would make very good corporate drones.

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For them, I guess. I can imagine some folks would be embarrassed to tell people that they use GIMP for the same reason.

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That's what I heard, too. He has a habit of naming his software projects after himself: Linux, git.

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Fascists can act out their power fantasies in a healthy, consensual way in the bedroom. Not in my government!

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So, do you start licking the boot from the toe or the heel?

Or are you the kind of person who just deep-throats the whole boot?

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Vaush explained the idea in one of his streams.

Yeah, I quit watching him. Dude is pretty problematic. "Genocide is bad and wrong, but still vote for Biden, because party loyalty is more important." At least he has the balls to criticize Biden, which is more than I can say for some people.

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I don't think that voting for the same two parties is going to change that. Those two parties got us into this; they aren't going to get us out.

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Voting for the Green Party is the bare minimum. Voting for Democrats or Republicans is capitulation.

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#justwizardthings

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It makes no difference to the victim whether or not the fister is enjoying it. The experience is the same.

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I know it sounds ridiculous, but I've heard a lot of people use that same logic. "I want the cow to have a happy life before it's killed for my dinner". Isn't that the while logic behind "free range", "cage-free", etc.?

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It isn't even that. You can be pro Zionism and anti Netanyahu.

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While I agree with you in the main, I don't see how this is cowardice.

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This is largely a myth. While it's true that caffeine is a diuretic, the effect on hydration is very small. This is especially true for tea, which has minimal amounts of caffeine. Hospitals are not full of people who got dehydrated from drinking too much coffee or even energy drinks.

Do a web search for "caffeine dehydration myth" (no quotes). There are lots of articles on the topic.

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There's decaf tea, like there's decaf coffee, but it's still camellia sinensis.

Now, if you're talking about herbal tea, there are a bajillion different kinds: rooibos, chamomile, lavender, etc. Some herbal teas do have caffeine (such as yerba mate), but most do not.

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"I want the victims not to suffer, because that makes the meat taste better!"

Whoa, hold on there, Pollyannna.

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Why would China want Biden to lose?

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if you go on /mu/ it's gonna be no more toxic than basically any other forum you could go on.

I used to go on /mu/, and yes, it's unbelievably toxic. I'm glad I don't use 4chan anymore.

And this was long before all the QAnon shit happened.

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There should be viable mass transit. This is a systemic problem.

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And yet...

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Zuck and Google have been spying on users for decades.

Also not Chinese companies.

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Champing at the bit (not "chomping")

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How do you run a business on TikTok?

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Why do people keep bringing up Palestine when talking about TikTok? Is this some CCP astroturfing?

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If it's authoritarianism, it ain't left.

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But you don't become the biggest pop star ever with a completely healthy upbringing, either, right?

Sure you could. Why not?

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If there isn't a strain called "Devil's Harvest", there should be.

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Ladies of code

Ah, yes. That one sounds more genteel, anyway.

doffs fedora

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Or socialism. Or religion.

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I guess what they do is the opposite. They say "religion" when they're really just taking about Christianity.

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Yeah, as soon as trans rights comes into it, they have o p i n i o n s

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Well, when a mommy vegan and a daddy vegan love each other very much...

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I'm a vegan. Lentils aren't a regular part of my diet. I'm willing to bet that they aren't in a lot of people's diets. I live in the US, and you kind of have to seek out lentils here. They aren't a rare and exotic food or anything like that, but which foods can you buy, ready-made, that contain lentils? Soup is about the only one I can think of.

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Come on, now. Lentils, broccoli, and spinach are all awesome in their own ways.

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Your question was "How is it that people turn vegan and don't eat enough lentils?" and my answer is "Easily enough, if lentils weren't part of their diet in the first place".

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You have Soulseek on your phone?

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Nicotine+ is a better client because it's more actively developed. The official Soulseek client hasn't had an update in 3 years.

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For some (few) users, it's required for work. The rest are addicts or Musk fans.

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He met the enemy, and it was...him?

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According to Games Workshop, it is satire now and always has been.

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