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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The American Dream Is Dead |
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Posted: Yesterday, 7:12 pm
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Replies: 68
Views: 699
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| I think we're in a really strange place where there's something like a five to ten year rift where Gen Z tries tumbling into a work world that doesn't exist anymore, unemployment soars over 50%, and it's largely technological retooling where on the other side of that sort-of is Ray Kurzweil 'singul... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The American Dream Is Dead |
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Posted: Yesterday, 2:13 pm
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Replies: 68
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| I tried to watch some of that video. Anyway, I find the whole concept of an "American Dream" silly, as people all over the world want to be prosperous. When support for Communism was widespread, there was indeed a movement that told people to work for the common good rather than their self... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: 14-year old Israeli girl beaten by fellow HSer in NB |
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Posted: Yesterday, 10:08 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 80
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| This is actually a podcast. I don't know how many equivalent incidents have occurred in the US, but this certainly stands out. (Spoiler) the girl who did this got one week suspension and the school chose to not get the Police involved. https://thecjn.ca/podcasts/an-israeli-high-schooler-was-beaten-u... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sarajevo - The Ideal Yugoslav Capital that never was |
| MaxE |
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Posted: Yesterday, 8:41 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 448
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| But this site has been steadily losing its members, due to various reasons, and this SQL error definitely isn't helping. Bouncing the server would probably clear that right up, but I don't know who would be responsible for that. Is anybody home? I have an acquaintance who visited Bosnia recently, a... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Sodas come in bottles measured in liters. |
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Posted: Yesterday, 8:33 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 78
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| At the time this began, the US had the same basic plan to metricate as did Canada. For some reason, this was a first step. Reagan then promised Americans that the US would never metricate, because he understood that most people didn't want to. But this lives on, sort of like Neanderthal DNA in the g... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Neanderthal DNA has been implicated in autism |
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Posted: Yesterday, 8:27 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 363
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| Correlation does not imply causation. |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Got anything random to say? Adult Version |
| MaxE |
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Posted: 15 May 2024, 9:17 am
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Replies: 20,297
Views: 189,839
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Israeli Eurovision Contestant Booed on Stage |
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Posted: 12 May 2024, 1:48 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,021
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| Why not try actually comparing like with like? Then you will see that while Israel were permitted to compete at Eurovision, Russia have been banned for the past three years. So the Western establishment is actually far softer on Israel in cases like this than it is on Russia. This is a valid point,... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Israeli Eurovision Contestant Booed on Stage |
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Posted: 12 May 2024, 10:56 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,021
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Israeli Eurovision Contestant Booed on Stage |
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Posted: 12 May 2024, 10:52 am
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Replies: 22
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| There is this superstar hockey player named Alex Ovechkin who is personally close to Putin . Like typical star players he gets booed in opposing arenas and cheered at home. While he has gotten some blowback for his Putin support he does not need a police escort to go to games because there are 20,0... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Movies you hate that everyone else loved |
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Posted: 12 May 2024, 10:48 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 788
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| Forrest as a male christian name is unique to ex-Confederate states. It's the name of a Confederate general. Not sure why the screenwriters gave him that name. It's a long film but I suppose the central premise is that he was conscripted for combat despite having a "low" IQ which should ha... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Movies you hate that everyone else loved |
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Posted: 12 May 2024, 10:46 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 788
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| Forrest as a male christian name is unique to ex-Confederate states. It's the name of a Confederate general. Not sure why the screenwriters gave him that name. It's a long film but I suppose the central premise is that he was conscripted for combat despite having a "low" IQ which should ha... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Movies you hate that everyone else loved |
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Posted: 12 May 2024, 9:48 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 788
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Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Basically chaotic and I lost interest quickly. Maybe some people liked the queer representation or possible shout-outs to classic video games? No idea. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Do you find Reddit toxic? |
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Posted: 08 May 2024, 10:19 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,268
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| For some reason, it seems half the posters on Reddit claim to be autistic, although that may just reflect the sort of content that attracts my interest. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: You may be a Liberal if... |
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Posted: 08 May 2024, 6:55 am
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Replies: 67
Views: 2,149
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| Similarly back in the Seventies when I saw the Australian movie "Don's Party" ...about an election in Australia...I had to keep reminding myself that their "Liberal Party" is their Conservative Party (think GOP), and their Liberal party (equivalent to our Dems) is called "t... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: You may be a Liberal if... |
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Posted: 08 May 2024, 5:28 am
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Replies: 67
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| If you think you're a liberal, but "experts" on the internet inform you you're not a classical liberal, are you still a liberal? |
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