The Pitters' Place

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My problem with any political ideology, be it communism or libertarianism, is that their adherents often have a dogmatic view, as in that people should follow the doctrine and not vice versa. Communism could only work to achieve a society with happy people if people were compatible with the communis...

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I agree there are no objective values (values are how we think/feel about things), but there is objective truth. Truth is, at least partly, about what IS objective, what exists out there external to the mind. So, in a sense, the term "objective truth" is redundant, since if something's ob...

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Teaching values opens a very dangerous area. Who decides which values should be taught? ^this. Googling "values" gave links to the following sites: http://jamesclear.com/core-values http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2004/11/list-of-values/ There is no objective truth, and there are no obje...

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This is reported by many sources. I guess it's genuine. What does not surprise me is that the Russian Orthodox Church seems to be in favor of this law. Religious fundies have a tendency of believing that the family should have higher authority than the State. Maybe humanity does not deserve to survi...

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Anakin McFly wrote:Well, to be fair, phe_de posted this before DA replied.

Correct. I can't read minds and don't know if people will apologize for making a mistake.

But I will remove the link.
EDIT: Done.

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No problem.

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About Middle East Monitor: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Monitor According to Google, this "story" has not been reported by other more reliable news outlets, but is being repeated from sites like "jewworldorder.org", who also post about "Holocaust hoax". I...

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Yeah; it helps to know how the big news sources skew. I don't really have a problem with news being biased - as you say, it's unavoidable, and it's useful to see opinions from both sides - but I have a big problem with active misinformation campaigns, misleading headlines and ridiculous conspiracy ...

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I heard that bears have bad eyes; so what you need to do is to prove that you are not a bear. Bears don't sing, so a suggestion is to start singing.

How about "Teddybear Picnic" or "Goldilocks"?

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The good news: Nobody died. Not even the cockroach.

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But Aels, There Are Other Ways To Deal With Nazis: PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THEY ARE How about ignoring them; not giving them the importance they wish they had? Or how about insulting them, like calling them "lonely virgins"? Seriously, when I compare this thread and the thread about the "...

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If I were an employer I'd face an extreme risk for knowingly employing a Nazi if it were to be found out. Lost revenue, job-seekers would not want to apply, hostile work environment. Businesses that would put up with it would be few and far between. I was talking about unknowingly employing someone...

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And since I can already hear retorts of "freedom of speech =/= freedom from consequences" let me say that I agree, up to a point. If I was the boss of someone I found out was a nazi I would fire them, if I was their landlord I would evict them, etc. I disagree, up to a point. If I was an ...

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So my anger wasn't so much at Rowling (celebrities are people too) but at the hypocrisy of that. I very much wish people wouldn't make such a big fuss about celebrities being less than perfect and saying problematic things, and all that minor 'SJW' type stuff in general, but if they're going to do ...

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https://mobile.twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/826121681999650817 She later issued a clarification, but it doesn't address the issue: https://mobile.twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/826123304041906177 What issue? These tweets look like JK Rowling was responding to something. I don't have a Twitter accou...

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Happy new year!

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Happy holidays!

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And another comic.

https://xkcd.com/1747/

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Good luck!

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If the average person (who is normally attracted to the gender that is in the nude) would be sexually aroused by viewing the material, then it's porn. I don't know. I didn't click the links either, but In my opinion (and the opinion of most feminists I know) it's porn when the nude person is not sh...

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I'm not sure I agree with the message. Should we start monitoring any student who shows "signs" of violence? What if the student is just a video game geek and happens to like ego shooters? Maybe school shootings are preventable; but in my opinion when a student already displays signs of &q...

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One commenter said it's about the designer giving away freebies. If that's the case, Thealley did nothing wrong, and there is no case of discrimination. If one day a gay person became president and publicly announced to get married to their long-term partner, then no bakery would be required to make...

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What the story does not say: Does the First Lady usually ask designers for clothes, or do the designers make offers to the First Lady? If it's the former, then it's comparable to the gay wedding cake case. But if it's the latter, and Theallet simply refused to make an offer to Melania Trump, I don't...

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So, uh, what do we make of this article? http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/11/16/you-are-still-crying-wolf/ The article starts with a statistical fallacy (claiming the Trump message resonated least with white people; just because the growth of the support compared to 2012 was smallest for white people...

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Cassius Clay wrote:You can go ahead and delete my account.

Pity. I usually enjoy reading your posts; even when I don't agree with them.

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Time for a classic.
https://youtu.be/TKAwPA14Ni4

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People get the government they deserve.

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I wasn't sure how that one was related, but it does explain how some people seem incapable of differentiating between consensual premarital sex and rape, and condemning/disowning/stoning the woman to death in both cases. There was some viral clip from a foreign talk show where a woman had been gang...

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Good article. And we can tell from the comment up- and downvotes that this was not published on 4chan.

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Derived Absurdity wrote:Yeah, you're a fucking moron of epic proportions

Thanks.

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Derived Absurdity wrote:What the fuck does that even mean?

It's an impression I had after reading the article. Of course I could be wrong.

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Cassius Clay wrote:Michael Tracey is a bloody idiot.

Or maybe he wishes that the USA were more like Putin's Russia.

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Gendo wrote:I gave DA the real text box window.

You mean this one?

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But still, 77% on RottenTomatoes is anything but "not particularly good".

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This reminds me of Silvio Berlusconi and his Bunga-Bunga parties.
Nevertheless, Berlusconi was elected Italian Prime Minister. Three times. But he did a terrible job.

But Italy survived. I expect the USA to survive as well. On the other hand, I hope Trump won't win.

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Where to?

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Ok, you asked for it. [winkgrin] In your OP, you didn't say anything about people. Just about places like Reddit. So, you have just committed the logical fallacy of moving the goalposts! You suck at logical fallacies! Muhahaha!!! [laugh] More seriously, if I got my undies in a bunch everytime somebo...

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To be honest, I don't think this type of responses is a particularity of reddit.
However, if 4chan was to be nuked, I don't think that sadness would be my most dominant emotion.

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CashRules wrote:Yes phe de, it's wrong to further demonize a serial killer.

Indeed it is.
If a person committed crimes, then these (real) crimes should be enough to judge the person.
Making stuff up about the person is not helpful; and distracts from the real crimes the person may or may not have committed.

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I would not at all be surprised to find out Hillary literally does bathe in the blood of virgins. My guess: Hillary bathed in the blood of as many virgins as Elisabeth Bïthory did: Zero. The legends around Elizabeth Bïthory are a good example for how some men react to powerful women: They demonize ...

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German media are reporting that Hillary fared better, and won that round.

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Monk wrote:I think it's time to reveal. Thread is dying.

Probably of boredom. Nobody displayed the double standard the OP hoped to see.

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Have fun.

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Sad. But that's life.

And about 2016: I don't think that more celebrities are dying than in the previous years. The difference is that more and more celebrities are dying we heard of as kids or as younger people. Guess we're getting older...

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A real Brit would have said: "Not bad".

At least that's the common prejudice in Germany.

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My opinion: Bill Clinton was the best president the USA had in the past 40 years.
Whether he was the best person to be president in the past 40 years is another matter.

And again my opinion: Voters in the USA should vote for the person they think will do a better job at being president.

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The video works for me.

I watched the whole thing; and I haven't decided whether this guy is serious or trolling.
But hey, that's the point of Poe's law...

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Maybe it's because redheads are an endangered species as well...

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"LEAST SURPRISING BREAKING NEWS EVER: America's 1st Olympic Gold Medal is for Shooting." As far as I know, there's nothing factually wrong with this sentence. Shooting is traditionally one of the first Olympic events where medals are awarded, and the USA are usually among medal candidates...

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I tried to contact Spider-Man online for a rescue mission; but there was a web failure.

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