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I also was logged out, and when I tried to log in, I received a message that this account is not known.
Then I tried to click the "I forgot my password" link and got a 404 message.
But it seems to work now.

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Still here and reading occasionally.

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Raxivace wrote:Term limits on Supreme Court Justices is the argument I keep hearing get thrown about. I'm not sure what a reasonable limit would be though.

In Germany it's 12 years.

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"Herd mentality."

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About that analogy with the child: This thread subject would be equivalent to the parent holding the eulogy saying that other children are not special and don't matter. Would you expect other parents at the funeral to be ok with it?

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Reading this thread, I wonder if maybe the "All Lives Matter" movement might have a point after all...

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I don't have a Reddit account.

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This is the first Hitchcock I've seen btw. I don't know where to go next. Try Rear Window (1954) and Vertigo (1958). I think those are his best. I preferred "The Man Who Knew Too Much" and "Strangers on a train". Maybe also "North by Northwest" which was ok mostly beca...

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Happy holidays.

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I just saw Endgame. It was epic. I was minorly spoiled hours before by some dude on reddit who was sending detailed spoilers to random people on lgbt subs. I stopped reading when I realized, but dang, that takes hate mail to a whole new level. He's been gloating about it and how he finds it hilario...

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yes. It's worth it for the occasional lulz. Like the time someone sent me a 'passport scan' that was clearly whipped up in MS Paint in 5 minutes. There was Comic Sans and typos. Though I hear that this is intentional as a screening process so that the only people who would possibly fall for it are ...

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Gendo wrote:Turns out that Liam Neeson is a racist psychopath.

I don't think so.

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Happy holiday season!

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Yes, inquisitive speculations on a dead message board about the motivations of a terrifying epidemic(in my country) - that's been going on for decades, that's accelerating, and there seems to be no solution on the horizon for(while those pointing out patterns get ignored) - is the height of hubris....

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Phe_de, my man..you consistently make very strange and irrelevant interpretations of other people's posts...yet lack the humility to seriously consider that you might be the problem and learn from it. If you're having trouble understanding it, maybe it wasn't meant for you. I'm trying to work throu...

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Those posts are for myself. English not being your native language isn't the primary cause of your habitual confusion, phe_de. If it's not the language that causes confusion, then it's probably the message. What does this say about the person delivering the message? Maybe the following quote attrib...

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Cassius Clay After reading your last posts and trying to understand them, I am not surprised that you don't get many replies. Your writing style is... challenging. To use a neutral word. Especially for people who are not native speakers of English, like me. And I'm pretty sure you are violating the ...

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I'll read this essay when I get the time and energy. And when I do you'd better believe I'll say something profound and incisive. In the meantime I'll just remind everyone here that I just penned two lengthy and super-interesting book reviews with a lot of potential for discussion which no one has ...

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Here's a list from worldatlas with the deadliest shootings in history. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-deadliest-mass-shootings-in-history.html I don't believe worldatlas is a right-wing site. If your hypothesis is correct, meaning that the shooters display fascist tendencies, and developed ...

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Since white nationalism has become more mainstream, the link between white supremacy / toxic masculinity and mass shootings has become more apparent. People have known this for years but aren't listened to...women have been pointing out that damn near every mass shooter has a history of domestic vi...

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Congratulations!

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From what European news outlets say, the result was not a surprise. It was more or less what was expected.

Maybe that's why it's not a hot topic here.

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One final question... from everything I'm reading here; is it accurate to say that a society (or government) as a whole is not necessarily communist or capitalist; but rather that any given organization can choose how to run themselves? You normally hear about “communist countries" vs “capital...

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A bottom-up transformation of society (workers establishing local control over the means of production) in an environment of abundant resources (such as America) has a much greater chance of working than a top-down transformation of society in an environment of scarce resources, which is why I supp...

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Apparently the Mondragon Corporation just doesn't exist. Or CHCA. Or the REWE Group. Or Mwalimu Sacco. Or Publix. Or Migros, Switzerland's largest retailer. Or thousands of other cooperative workplaces employing thousands of people. It's amusing to read people argue against the theoretical possibil...

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Monk wrote:I went over and looked at IMDB2.0 and didn't really see the negative comments? Maybe they were deleted?

Yes and yes.
There were really nasty comments that are now gone.

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Sad news.
RIP

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BruceSmith78 wrote:Phe de, I think the key word in DA's post that you're overlooking is should.

I believe that economy is more important than foreign politics, and should be the primary focus.

But economy and foreign politics overlap.

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I mean...when talking about the difference between Trump and Hillary, that should be like the first(and maybe only) thing talked about. No, when talking about differences between presidential candidates the first thing talked about, always, with no exceptions, should be foreign policy. SCOTUS nomin...

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people are comparing Kavanaugh to Emmett Till I never heard of Emmett Till until this post. So I looked him up, and his story reminded me of a radio show I had heard decades ago, on French radio station Europe 1, by Pierre Bellemare, in the series "Les dossiers d'Interpol" (the Interpol F...

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The author's intent was not to write an article telling you what autism is. She was telling neurotypicals to stop being dicks and margianalizing people with autism. If anything, she was trying to tell you what autism isn't . Maybe, but she started her article with an anecdote about others being dic...

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Long article, which in my opinion does not say what autism actually is.

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Chill.

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The obvious solution: Later retirement.
In Germany the retirement age was raised to 67 a few years ago; there is talk about raising it to 69.

What to do about people who have to retire early? I don't know.

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Maybe it's time for new alliances.
Europe and Asia, instead of Europe and America.
Mentalitywhise, Europe may have more in common with the Americas, but in economy, reliability is important. And the current POTUS does not seem to be reliable.

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I guess anybody can run for congress, if they fulfil certain criteria.
I'll start worrying if he gets more than 1% of votes.

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Is feimineachas an nóisean radacach gur is dhaoine mnÃ iad.

"Feminism is the radical notion that women are people", in (hopefully correct) Irish.
I don't speak Irish and used various online sources to get a translation. But the intended meaning is fitting for these times. Kudos to Ireland!

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Good thread on the topic: https://twitter.com/brosandprose/status/991703605806854144 I read that thread a few days ago, and ended up clicking a few links. There are also links to articles by David Futrelle (linked in another post), and a link to incels.me. The vitriol towards David Futrelle on the ...

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What about those clubs we always see in the movies where the bouncer only lets certain people in? Like you have to be dressed a certain way or be attractive or cool or bribe the guy at the door. Is that a thing? If anti-discrimination laws exist, the club can be fined. https://www.discorecht.de/hau...

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Anakin McFly wrote:Found the link! 37% white.
https://incels.me/threads/what-is-your- ... ound.5715/

Which is probably not a representative sample. It's only among the users of that forum, and only those who answered the poll.
Elliott Rodger and Alek Minassian were/are white.

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About human intimacy: Yes, it's possible that Maslow was thinking about human interaction in general; not just sex or other types of intimate physical contact. For toddlers, I agree that it's a basic need. I believe it's documented that if toddlers don't get physical contact with other humans, they ...

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After all, the bar is a public service; just like a bakery. What? No they aren't. Bars are private property. They only would be a public service, in America at least, if they were run by the government AFAIK. "Public service" was a poor choice of words. I meant it in the sense of a public...

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Sharing this because this guy said it better than I could: https://medium.com/@joelhill/hope-cope-and-rope-the-sad-truth-behind-the-incels-movement-a7dc8955ceaf I found it an interesting stat that 70% of incels are non-white, with many who are physically or mentally disabled, because it goes agains...

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According to the CNN story, the man was not kicked out because of his hat, but because he was rude to the employees. If that is true, then he deserved to be thrown out. Slogans you promote should only be valid reasons to be refused service if they are hate speech in the legal sense. But if they aren...

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So the Toronto attack has been linked to Incels. I really don't get incels. I'm no looker and I've certainly not done well with "the ladies" (until I met my wonderful wife) but I never felt any sense of entitlement or that I have somehow been wronged by the world. So what the fuck is wron...

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Random opinion (or maybe not so random; inspired by the Toronto tragedy):

The day 4chan dies will be a good day for humanity.

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Derived Absurdity wrote:Oh my God those fucking replies. How the absolute fuck can any person be so goddamn fucking stupid? Funny tweet though.

Personally, I didn't find most replies more stupid than the Tweet. But then, I don't use Twitter.

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You don't need a twitter account to read the tweets and the comments on them. I don't have a twitter account either. On the one hand, yes, you can read it; but the apps or browsers are really hard to navigate when you don't have an account. And I believe that for some Tweets you have to be register...

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Still lurking occasionally, but in the recent threads I didn't find much to comment on, given I don't have a Twitter account and follow American politics less closely than European politics.

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Happy new year!

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