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Badger of Basra posted:this list of "nonfiction modern classics" put together by my local library contains The World Is Flat, The God Deluision, and Freakonomics does it have guns germs and steel
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Matoi Ryuko posted:Forget the stupid app, just PM me your sins and I'll forgive you free of charge. Is it lawful to just forgive any sin
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exmarx posted:is an ambassador appointment an "i'm making you leave the country to kill your ambitions and stop you causing trouble for me" thing in the us? if you're referring to the un post it's a actually a cabinet position now
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Nov 23, 2016 23:07
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UberJew posted:it could be worse; it could be the pipeline thread how many people are arguing that the use of eminent domain in this case was good
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Nov 23, 2016 23:07
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UberJew posted:does it have guns germs and steel duh
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Nov 23, 2016 23:08
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actually tbqh the world is flat shouldn't be compared to any of the other books mentioned b/c while all of the others are disgusting friedman is a complete idiot to a possibly unchallenged degree and frankly illiterate
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Nov 23, 2016 23:09
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i don't think he can be compared with an evil piece of poo poo like levitt, he's just incapable of thinking or speaking in any way comprehensible to other humans
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Nov 23, 2016 23:10
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Dreylad posted:how many people are arguing that the use of eminent domain in this case was good idk because it is mostly an argument involving the only two people in america who believe the sheriff's press releases
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Nov 23, 2016 23:11
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i realized the other day that now people might think i have my avatar because of the tolerance frog on twitter
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Nov 23, 2016 23:11
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UberJew posted:idk because it is mostly an argument involving the only two people in america who believe the sheriff's press releases i overestimated the complexity of the thread's arguments
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Nov 23, 2016 23:18
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Eminent domain is always good because property is theft
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Nov 23, 2016 23:21
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hmm you might have a point
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Nov 23, 2016 23:27
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Badger of Basra posted:Eminent domain is always good because property is theft eminent domain is often used to hand property over to a private company double theft
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Nov 23, 2016 23:28
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why is there a limit on the number of "copies" of an ebook that can be checked out from my library
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Nov 23, 2016 23:28
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Badger of Basra posted:why is there a limit on the number of "copies" of an ebook that can be checked out from my library because publishers loving loathe libraries and want them to be destroyed forever
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Nov 23, 2016 23:30
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Badger of Basra posted:why is there a limit on the number of "copies" of an ebook that can be checked out from my library that's how electronic ebook licenses purchased from publishers work. it's pretty much the same in most if not all libraries.
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Nov 23, 2016 23:30
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well as a taxpayer,
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Nov 23, 2016 23:32
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Dreylad posted:that's how electronic ebook licenses purchased from publishers work. it's pretty much the same in most if not all libraries. even better they usually have a circulation cap, where after a given ebook 'copy' has been checked out a certain number of times the license is terminated
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Nov 23, 2016 23:33
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I actually would've benefitted from a Charter School program as someone with HFA. I'm going to give DeVros a good pass.
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Nov 23, 2016 23:33
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UberJew posted:even better they usually have a circulation cap, where after a given ebook 'copy' has been checked out a certain number of times the license is terminated yikes
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Nov 23, 2016 23:33
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Grouchio posted:I actually would've benefitted from a Charter School program as someone with HFA. get the gently caress out of here
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Nov 23, 2016 23:34
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As an aspiring novelist I can't be against practices that might cause more copies of my book to sell.
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Nov 23, 2016 23:35
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Grouchio posted:I actually would've benefitted from a Charter School program as someone with HFA. SHY NUDIST GRRL posted:As an aspiring novelist I can't be against practices that might cause more copies of my book to sell. guillotine
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Nov 23, 2016 23:36
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SHY NUDIST GRRL posted:As an aspiring novelist I can't be against practices that might cause more copies of my book to sell. tip: none copies of your book are going to sell
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Nov 23, 2016 23:36
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Badger of Basra posted:get the gently caress out of here
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Nov 23, 2016 23:38
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tip: supporting publisher in loving over libraries so that there's even fewer ways to access books is not good, and in fact i would post, bad
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Nov 23, 2016 23:38
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Grouchio posted:How is she bad, compared to the rest of Trump's cabinet? lol
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Nov 23, 2016 23:39
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oh dont worry about her shes not bad compared to this literal nazi
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Nov 23, 2016 23:39
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UberJew posted:guillotine B-b-but it's about the glorious proletariat!
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Nov 23, 2016 23:39
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Grouchio posted:How is she bad, compared to the rest of Trump's cabinet? *through white hood* how am i racist, compared to the rest of the people at this cross burning
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Nov 23, 2016 23:39
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Grouchio posted:How is she bad, compared to the rest of Trump's cabinet? "How is this bad, compared to the other layers of hell?" asked grouchio as they were carried away by the hurricane winds that tore unceasingly at their body
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Nov 23, 2016 23:40
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so it goes, he intoned
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Nov 23, 2016 23:41
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she's not a nazi, she just hates the idea of public schools it's fine
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Nov 23, 2016 23:41
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SHY NUDIST GRRL posted:B-b-but it's about the glorious proletariat! you are a shame to the cause of anime marxism
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Nov 23, 2016 23:41
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Badger of Basra posted:tip: none copies of your book are going to sell  sng i'm an aspiring novelist too and next year i'm going to do what my family have been dreading all my life, quit my job to work full-time on my book. i never intended to do this but trump and leonard in one week have thrown my world view into total disarray and i am not entirely sure that we as a species will make it through another decade so my new philosophy is "gently caress it"
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Nov 23, 2016 23:43
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UberJew posted:"How is this bad, compared to the other layers of hell?" asked grouchio as they were carried away by the hurricane winds that tore unceasingly at their body What if I just ignored all of this and went on with my daily college routine? There's nothing I can do really.
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Nov 23, 2016 23:44
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Avshalom posted:quit my job to work full-time on my book. The election has been bit of a trauma to the benifit of my writing too. UberJew posted:you are a shame to the cause of anime marxism Pretty sure a tsukumogami of the communist manifesto causing trouble in Neo Makai is the zenith of anime Marxism.
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Nov 23, 2016 23:46
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Avshalom posted:you're so vicious I think that's a good idea, good luck!!
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Nov 23, 2016 23:50
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SHY NUDIST GRRL posted:
Not if the trouble caused is to free public libraries to provide profits to capitalist publishers comrade
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Matoi Ryuko posted:I think that's a good idea, good luck!! i trust your advice on life and careers about as much as i trust vanya's, i'm not sure if that means i do or don't trust it but either way it's the truth
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