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I'd donate a lot to environmental causes. Won't do much for people.

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MedeaLysistrata posted...

Hmm, because in order to know the meaning of objects from a time prior to consciousness, you have to be conscious.

I can't think of many great reasons, unless I take the view that everything that exists exists necessarily. But other than that I guess it could be the case that any conceivable thing that would exist outside of the realm of perception cannot possibly exist, so therefore only things that are cognizable can exist, and therefore the basis of cognition is a requirement for existence. But I think that gets messy with things like different sentience levels.

I feel like this topic is basically "If a tree falls and no one is around to here to hear it, does it make a sound?"

The ability to perceive something doesn't have any effect on the something existing. The earth existed for millions of years without life. It doesn't need a conscious organism to perceive it.

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Why would it be?

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pick4six posted...

Is @Squall28 next?

Why would I be?

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Nia Nacci is better.

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So you have chosen death.

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https://youtu.be/vjK6PRfrkgc

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Djijdjs62hs posted...

https://youtu.be/ctb_JF8-57c

The funny thing about this is China boomers love flaunting wealth, and try to be "higher status." They'll be there worshipping Mao and communism, but then do their best to be rich. Communism doesn't really seem to mean anything other than being the party of their hero.

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I grew up seeing this shit

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Where did the 125 mill figure come from?

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RchHomieQuanChi posted...

It's an unnecessary storytelling restriction that really only works for Harry Potter due to its premise (in that the Harry Potter universe is fairly mundane when the kids aren't at or preparing to go to Hogwarts, at least until the last couple of books)

It's a nice way to actually progress your characters. Series have different seasons, movies, or books anyways so it's not like there isn't a clean cut way to do it. Writers just decide to drag out the first year for some reason, and then hastily write an ending where you don't get to see the characters develop into adults.

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Instead we get like 5 seasons of students at year 1, and then maybe we'll get a time skip if we're lucky. Otherwise, the series just wraps up before the students are done.

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leaving the hero alone who's right next to the snitch? C'mon man

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People don't seem to understand politicians control the government. If the government seizes a business or property, it means the politician now owns it. Not you

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daynlokki posted...

Only way you lost anything is if you cashed them out. If you still own the stock you havent lost shit.

Yeah I know. I was being melodramatic.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

Except stocks.

Everything going down

Dang I didn't check today. Lost a month's salary eheu

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Lost_All_Senses posted...

We need to make the next Bitcoin. Whatever the next dumb nonsensical currency is.

We should make one just as a joke. Pick some funny meme and say meme coin. What about doge?

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We need to print more money.

Where money


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It LOGS in.

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MC_BatCommander posted...

It's really fascinating how deep in the bullshit they are. Like this isn't just a fringe group either, this is just normal for the GOP now.

Trump turned the party into a complete joke. The most pressing issues now are just nonsensical bullshit like election results and antivax stuff.

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"It's still not approved"

~.~

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This music is so unfitting. She's not some quick, skilled guard. Use this instead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLV2hNOxnOc&ab_channel=CalcAzn

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Will_VIIII posted...

Pretty much any covid-19 video, CNN or MSNBC video is hit hard with dislikes

MAGAs really have nothing better to do

Some guys always have to bring it back to hating on America. America developed or codeveloped both major vaccines. Screw off haters

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Say this isn't salvageable in a joking tone.

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teep_ posted...

At least here, it's a problem cause there's not enough young people to fund old people pensions. As a result, by the time I become a pensioner, the money I pay into the system will become worthless

This is like taking out a loan with higher interest to pay back a previous loan.

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Broseph_Stalin posted...

This is a really good example of dishonest reporting that works because people don't want to read beyond the headline, or don't know how to properly analyze data.

If you're going to use median home/rent prices, you'd need to be looking at median incomes for an accurate measurement of housing affordability. It's like reporting that minimum wage workers can't afford new cars when they're not the ones buying new cars.

Don't get me wrong, housing is still a major issue in many US metro areas because of the government mandated shortage, but that has nothing to do with wages. Wages in the US rose considerably in the last decade, it's the cost of housing in areas with shortages that are rising beyond normal.

At least they had the decency to call out California. Sick of people acting it's some shining beacon when it's prices are jacked, and there are so many people homeless.

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s0nicfan posted...

It has somewhat to do with socialism, both the real definition and the one that people tend to use when they talk about it. The former because the state was literally seizing the means of production through taking over factories and refineries. The latter because of their social safety nets.

The former created problems because it caused most international corporations to flee the country, gutting their industries. It was then made worse when cronies were installed in leadership positions for said state-run assets which then failed to perform because people didn't know what they were doing. When the state runs industry, there's little reason for industry to participate in that state.

As to the latter, one of the reasons why Chavez was so popular in his country is because he took the massive profits from the oil industry and ran a number of social safety net programs for the poor with them. The problem was that he wasn't reinvesting any of those profits into growth, so when the one industry that they depended on collapsed they no longer had any money to give to the poor, nor did they have any money to create new industries. He basically just used the economy to bolster his popularity among the people in order to retain power, which in the short term seems incredibly generous but in the long term contributed significantly to the collapse of the country.

Now, if you want to make the case that he didn't do socialism right or that the country is some weird combination of socialism and pseudo dictatorship, sure. You can make that argument. But socialism 100% played a factor into why the situation was as bad as it was.

/Topic

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Son Of Spam posted...

I encourage everyone to significantly cut their consumption of animal products, especially meat. They aren't just burning down the Amazon for the hell of it. They're doing it because of humanity's insatiable hunger for meat.

Guess I'll start with cutting out beef since that is supposed to be the worst one. One step at a time

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Sounds like how bullying happens on schools.

Bully messes with kid, and teacher does nothing.
Kid defends himself. Teacher punishes kid.

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IShall_Run_Amok posted...

socialism

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I encourage everyone to donate to reforestation efforts.

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People are dumb.
More at 11!

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I do it out of pettiness. Feels good man

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Voted woke shit. Most of the time it's misleading clickbait.

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It depends on the individual. Some dudes are impossible to reach ever since work from home started.

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CableZL posted...

They fired me for that, rightfully.

Nah, if you broke quota, that time is yours

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It's hard to consume Chinese news and not get brainwashed by their crap. I've been fighting a losing battle with my parents over the CCP.

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just lick some water from a puddle the whole day and be ok? Checkmate atheists.

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Is that healthy for them?

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There has to be something wrong with him. Wasn't he doing drugs and stuff too?

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I like urban because you can walk or ride the subway everywhere, and there's a lot of stuff going on around you. However, there's no way I'm paying for that shit.

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I know a few people with that name who are really nice. I have seen a bunch of crappy customers though. I don't think middle aged white women had a higher frequency of bad behavior though, at least when I worked in the service industry.

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https://i.imgur.com/eyUnc.jpg?fb

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"Where are you REALLY from?"

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Kingbuffet posted...

Well Bezos is the one who came with a good idea, he should be rewarded for it.

oh, what good idea was that?

you know sell books ONLINE

Creating a business is much more than just having a good idea. How you run the the business and execute your vision is 99% of it. An idea is just a starting point.

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g980 posted...

Most of the critiques of capitalism on CE are just manufactured outrage

E.g. juxtaposing two completely unrelated things, or misunderstanding financial concepts

My favorite tho was taking stock market returns from the absolute bottom of the dip last March to the peak and say "look at these crazy returns for the rich!!!"

The new one is blaming them for things that has nothing to do with them

*Malaria exists*
*Guy just becomes billionaires*

It's Guy's fault malaria exist! If we take all his money, malaria won't exist anymore!

These people are just deranged at this point. Try to explain anything to them, and they'll just cover their ears and scream bootlicker.

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FortuneCookie posted...

CEOs: able to purchase small countries
workers: 50 to 80 hour work weeks and not enough to make ends meet

This is literally the reason we fear socialism in America. We're told we'll have realities like these. Like, somehow, it's okay to do this shit if it's the opposite end of the spectrum doing it.

Yeah no. You think these companies want to pay all these guys overtime?

We're seeing these hours everywhere due to labor shortages.

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Well we have plenty of places looking for workers. Time to get back to work guys. Vacations over.

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Our nation's supply chain is busted right now, and fools over here saying we should hand out more free money.

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It's like they know it's going to suck so they dip out leaving you double screwed.

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