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Dec 31, 2016 22:00
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queserasera posted:28% of Americans over 18 didn't read a book last year, so she's doing better than most. At the same time, it doesn't really indicate if that's good or bad. There's plenty of snobs who think that reading books is a sign of intelligence and people who don't read them are Idiocracy morons, but historically you really couldn't read anything if it wasn't print literature. I'd argue that with the growth of the Internet, people are reading more words than ever before even if they don't pick up a newspaper or novel every day.
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Dec 31, 2016 22:21
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chitoryu12 posted:At the same time, it doesn't really indicate if that's good or bad. There's plenty of snobs who think that reading books is a sign of intelligence and people who don't read them are Idiocracy morons, but historically you really couldn't read anything if it wasn't print literature. I'd argue that with the growth of the Internet, people are reading more words than ever before even if they don't pick up a newspaper or novel every day. Have you seen the internet lately? The internet is SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT.
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Dec 31, 2016 22:24
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bean_shadow posted:Pyramid-Scheme Plexus Lady is still at it. She posts these things at least once a day. She did post pictures of her kids on Christmas but her page is mostly just this. It's disturbing how someone can fall into the rabbit hole so quickly and completely. I have an Actual Diabetic friend, and he has never in his life* heard of "balanced" blood sugars. So we can add it to the list of red flag terms used by pseudoscience. How long til it appears on David Avocado Wolf's facebook? Diabetic since age 16, now 43, lots of time to have heard of it.
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Dec 31, 2016 22:55
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GoodyTwoShoes posted:I have an Actual Diabetic friend, and he has never in his life* heard of "balanced" blood sugars. So we can add it to the list of red flag terms used by pseudoscience. How long til it appears on David Avocado Wolf's facebook? Even better---this woman is a nurse.
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Dec 31, 2016 23:13
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bean_shadow posted:Even better---this woman is a nurse. Nurses seem disappointingly likely to buy into this sort of crap. I'm assuming it's because they have medical training but aren't given a strong enough foundation in science, leading them to have an inflated opinion of their own expertise while lacking the expertise not to fall for woo
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Dec 31, 2016 23:20
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Slime posted:Have you seen the internet lately? The internet is SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT. So is the vast majority of print literature, hth!
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Dec 31, 2016 23:21
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mng posted:Book snobs are the worst. Snob snobs are worse.
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Dec 31, 2016 23:23
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Ularg posted:I read SA, is that reading? *I lovingly close and re-shelve Shitposts, Volume 2016 in my vast library*
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Dec 31, 2016 23:26
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Slime posted:Nurses seem disappointingly likely to buy into this sort of crap. I'm assuming it's because they have medical training but aren't given a strong enough foundation in science, leading them to have an inflated opinion of their own expertise while lacking the expertise not to fall for woo Some nurses can write prescriptions in the US.
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Jan 1, 2017 00:42
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BgRdMchne posted:Some nurses can write prescriptions in the US. They can in the UK as well, for certain items.
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Jan 1, 2017 00:53
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Chichevache posted:Snob snobs are worse. How snobby can a snob snob be if they were a snobby snob?
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Jan 1, 2017 01:02
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Slime posted:Nurses seem disappointingly likely to buy into this sort of crap. I'm assuming it's because they have medical training but aren't given a strong enough foundation in science, leading them to have an inflated opinion of their own expertise while lacking the expertise not to fall for woo My wife's a nurse, so naturally I know a bunch through association and none of them would ever subscribe to this line of nonsense thinking. They spent years in medical school and most of the time I'd trust them over the doctors they work under.
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Jan 1, 2017 01:09
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Slime posted:Have you seen the internet lately? The internet is SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT. Counterpoint: Simon & Schuster just gave Milo Yiannopoulos a sight-unseen book deal for a quarter-million dollars.
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Jan 1, 2017 01:18
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publishing is poo poo too the world is poo poo cleansing nuclear hellfire please
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Jan 1, 2017 01:26
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Slime posted:publishing is poo poo too Give it three weeks.
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Jan 1, 2017 01:43
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change my name posted:*I lovingly close and re-shelve Shitposts, Volume 2016 in my vast library* One volume, huh? So you got the Cliff's Notes version?
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Jan 1, 2017 01:50
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Laserjet 4P posted:One volume, huh? So you got the Cliff's Notes version? I lovingly pull up in my library forklift.
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Jan 1, 2017 01:51
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Besesoth posted:Counterpoint: Simon & Schuster just gave Milo Yiannopoulos a sight-unseen book deal for a quarter-million dollars. nice
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Jan 1, 2017 01:56
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Slime posted:Have you seen the internet lately? Not since last year.
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Jan 1, 2017 01:59
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change my name posted:*I lovingly close and re-shelve Shitposts, Volume 2016 in my vast library* "Aah...Harambe, Donald Trump, the Olympics... an excellent vintage."
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Jan 1, 2017 03:23
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Slime posted:Nurses seem disappointingly likely to buy into this sort of crap. I'm assuming it's because they have medical training but aren't given a strong enough foundation in science, leading them to have an inflated opinion of their own expertise while lacking the expertise not to fall for woo What? 
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Jan 1, 2017 03:42
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change my name posted:I lovingly pull up in my library forklift. Ah, here's a classic. *wets finger, turns page* "A journey through the derails of IOSM" What an excellent read. Slime posted:Have you seen the internet lately? The internet is SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT. But what if I only read published scientific papers on the internet?
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Jan 1, 2017 03:50
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mng posted:Book snobs are the worst. I missed the middle of your words and thought you said "boobs are the worst" and I was going to disagree.
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Jan 1, 2017 04:55
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Jan 1, 2017 04:59
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So, what real benefit is there to being smarter than those silly females if you're just going to post about it on Facebook and do nothing worthwhile with your life?
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Jan 1, 2017 05:02
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Leavemywife posted:So, what real benefit is there to being smarter than those silly females if you're just going to post about it on Facebook and do nothing worthwhile with your life? I guess it helps you feel superior when they won't sleep with you.
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Jan 1, 2017 05:07
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BigglesSWE posted:I guess it helps you feel superior when they won't sleep with you. But if they're so mentally feeble and weak minded, shouldn't that make it easier for you to convince them to sleep with you? This isn't adding up! This isn't adding up at all!
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Jan 1, 2017 05:12
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It's like the old fascist thing of jews being inferior pests, but also somehow ruling the world at the same time
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Jan 1, 2017 05:15
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The female lizard brain is also better at Gimp, evidently
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Jan 1, 2017 05:27
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Yes everyone who agrees with that image should stay the hell away from females.
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Jan 1, 2017 05:30
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They just had to add that last "FEMAAAAALES" to perfect my mental image of the poster. I always assume whenever anyone uses "Female" as anything other than an adjective they're doing it with a really nasally voice.
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Jan 1, 2017 05:41
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Or, as has been mentioned in the past, they are in fact Ferengi.
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Jan 1, 2017 05:53
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Ularg posted:They just had to add that last "FEMAAAAALES" to perfect my mental image of the poster. I imagine Ferengi. Edit: ^^^beaten
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Jan 1, 2017 05:53
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I guess this is my admission that I've never really watched any of the Star Trek series.
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Jan 1, 2017 06:36
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TIL that wine ferments in the bottle.
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Jan 1, 2017 06:51
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EL BROMANCE posted:My wife's a nurse, so naturally I know a bunch through association and none of them would ever subscribe to this line of nonsense thinking. They spent years in medical school and most of the time I'd trust them over the doctors they work under. verymoldy posted:What?
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Jan 1, 2017 07:01
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HairyManling posted:I think a lot of this comes from there being a few different types of nurses. There are the type that went to a four year university and earned a BSN and eventually a Master's (like my wife and most of her colleagues). And there's the type that got a certificate from a community or online college that allows them to work in many of the same capacities as a nurse. The latter seems to be more vocal on Facebook. Yeah, that's probably true. I guess most people wouldn't think of/care about the differences between the two.
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Jan 1, 2017 07:39
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Yeah an LVN is not the same level as a Nurse Practitioner. Then again, it's not like Doctors are much better; Dr. Oz, Ben Carson, etc.
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Jan 1, 2017 08:10
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InediblePenguin posted:They sew the pockets shut on men's suits too, if they're made well -- it's because the pockets have the extra weight with the foldover at the hem, and the bag of the pocket itself, and all, and sewing the pockets shut prevents that weight from pulling the jacket into sagging on the rack. You're meant to unstitch those. Add me to the list of people too low-class to know this. Mind: blown. 
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Jan 1, 2017 09:22
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