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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:The record of human war and hierarchy is just a blip on our record as a species, an anomaly really. War is often driven by population density and its connection to resources. So yeah as we became more populous due to agriculture we increased our ability to wage war along with our "need" for it. That doesn't mean that early humans lived in some sort of idealized commune that was inherently peaceful. Nature is full of conflict and we have found evidence of people dying violent deaths since before humans were humans. https://observer.com/2016/01/the-earliest-evidence-of-violent-human-conflict-has-been-discovered/ https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201102-did-neanderthals-go-to-war-with-our-ancestors Atticus_1354 has a new favorite as of 19:05 on Jul 18, 2021 |
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Manager Hoyden posted:I think maybe everyone is romanticising prehistoric times. I'm pretty sure things were very violent but it would be nice if I were wrong. It's the same romanticising that is done with indigenous peoples. There's a reason those groups push back against these false narratives and want to be seen and understood in an honest way.
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Jul 18, 2021 20:06
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Manager Hoyden posted:I mean yeah someone burned some trees but the fact is you and most everyone you know is safe, full, and will die of either old age or a lifestyle disease. Global poverty has plummeted sharply. Global violence is the lowest it's ever been. Sure. If you ignore the massive flooding that killed people, or the heatwave that killed people, or the freeze that killed people, or the crop failures that are killing people then everything is good because you don't know them. Sure somethings are getting better, but a lot of things are also getting worse.
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Jul 18, 2021 21:52
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:The best syrup is real southern molasses kind. Maybe add some chopped pecans. gently caress the overpriced northern tree goop. PS texans are the only people in the world who can pronounce "pecan" My buddy works at a tourist trap shop that has pecans and pecan related items and it drives him crazy with people asking about pee-cans.
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Aug 14, 2021 23:17
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Gripweed posted:I'm not joking. American troops were in Afghanistan for 20 years with the mission of defeating the Taliban and training the Afghani security forces. That's why you're confused. The mission was actually to keep American politicians in power with an increase in nationalism while simultaneously shoveling your tax money in to the "right" companies.
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Aug 15, 2021 16:15
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Like, you're taking an 18-year-old who took a government desk job for four years (and could not quit if they regretted it by 20) instead of hitting up the local dollar general and saying they're responsible for war crimes. They're as responsible for war crimes as anyone who works for the US and frankly about as culpable as anyone who buys coke products. I think people have lost sight of this. So many people signing up are 17 or 18 year old high school kids. Are yall really going to rest the morality of the war on their shoulders and not on the politicians who send them? Do you really think they're all out there gunning down civilians and laughing about how happy they are to have joined up? https://youtu.be/Kx5LDLYmEQI
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Aug 15, 2021 21:49
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silence_kit posted:I don't think you can get charged with murder if you haven't been accused of directly killing someone. I think you are making this up. He's talking about felony murder. It's not universal but it is a law. The usual example is the get away driver being hit with felony murder when a robber kills someone.
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Aug 15, 2021 21:57
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mind the walrus posted:Plus I went out of my way to say that other works Whedon spearheaded like Buffy and Angel (mostly the final season) are worth preserving. What's this mean? We should delete firefly and play reruns of Buffy? You know you can just not watch it again if you don't want to.
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Aug 17, 2021 03:25
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BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:Yeah those PTSD victims need to come home and swell the ranks of the police. That already happened. Would you prefer we keep giving more 19 year olds ptsd and limited job prospects?
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Aug 18, 2021 01:27
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Gaius Marius posted:Tamarind is disgusting I feel sad for you that you can't enjoy the greatest flavor nature provides. I'm going to get some Jarritos to drink in your honor.
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Aug 22, 2021 14:54
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:We have a loving coyote at work today and I have realized my ultimate PHUO: the noble and intrepid coyote is the best creature on this earth. You should read Coyote America by Dan Flores. They are fascinating creatures with a long history alongside humans and we wrongly treat them like trash.
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Sep 17, 2021 17:56
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docbeard posted:I lived in a really lovely apartment for a while. Can you imagine how disgusting that place would ahve been with carpet? Good thing you had wood floors.
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Fashionable Jorts posted:The anti-fatigue mats at my work (which are kinda like rugs!) have caused more injuries than everything else in that place combined. Slips, trips, and falls are the number one cause of injuries. I know I've almost fallen carrying a box and catching an antifatigue mat with my toe.
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Sep 21, 2021 00:01
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Robobot posted:Those bulbs only belong in lovely hipster bars that charge $8 for a tall boy of PBR and have exposed fixtures that were all painted to look like they're old. Exposed fixtures made from metal pipes and matching metal pipe fixtures in the bathroom. Bonus points for walls made from pallets.
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Manager Hoyden posted:That commercial decoration theme, "hipster" bars, and ironic beer choices have been out of style for most of a decade Then why do they keep building them?
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Robobot posted:Anyone into horses are far and away the weirdest people. I suspect that's been true for millennia. I work with a girl who collects funko pops, loves the nightmare before Christmas including several tattoos from it, and wants horses. She's really nice but drat my brain just locked up when she started showing me her
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kupachek posted:You can praise the concept of recycling all you want, but the real world implementation is fraudulent and full of poo poo. To many people skip right over the reduce and reuse parts and just preach about how great they are while recycling
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Oct 8, 2021 11:36
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OnlyBans posted:And why would I care about the pronouns of a poster I have on ignore? It's not worth my time to know them. Maybe stick with actually ignoring people. It might help with your blood pressure.
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Gripweed posted:You shouldn't be able to turn left onto a side road from a highway Yes you should. In fact it's very common.
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Gripweed posted:You shouldn't be able to turn left on a road with a speed limit higher than 30 mph unless it has a dedicated turn lane. That may be what you want but it's not at all true in reality.
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Nov 7, 2021 01:19
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PhantomOfTheCopier posted:On the other hand, I've stopped giving gifts unless it's Christmas or liquor because things backfired too often. Even knowing people well, I've given a gift and later found out it was offensive to them in some way because of something that happened in their life they hadn't yet had a chance to tell me. I'm genuinely curious what gifts you've given that ended up being offensive later.
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FreudianSlippers posted:The cheap stuff is made in the same factories and from the same materials as the premium stuff. The different brands, prices, and labels are just marketing. This isn't as groundbreaking and true as you think it is.
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Nov 29, 2021 01:03
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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:guys its just a total coincidence that systemic racism ruthlessly exploits and destroys black people while black idiomatically means bad and white means good Bullshit crusades like this only serve to distract from real issues. If you actually want to help then try helping instead of tilting at windmills.
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Nov 30, 2021 12:55
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Muscle Tracer posted:imagine thinking that black friday was in even the top 10,000 most important problems facing black americans. imagine believing that, AND believing that the solution is to post aggressively in the PHUO thread of the Something Awful comedy forums. Problematic things capitalism has done to Black Americans. 1. Black Friday 2. Everything else
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Jokerpilled Drudge posted:Makes sense that no one read it but give it a click it's a really quick read even for the smoothest of brains Can you point to the part where they tie together black Friday and racism? Jokerpilled Drudge posted:guys its just a total coincidence that systemic racism ruthlessly exploits and destroys black people while black idiomatically means bad and white means good
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yeah I eat rear end posted:see also: people who have no verbal filter but take pride in it because they're " just telling it like it is". And at the same time have just the thinnest skin imaginable when anyone says anything about them.
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yeah I eat rear end posted:Seafood when done properly is better than the best steak. High quality surf and turf with a twice baked potato is the height of mankind's culinary achievements combining ingredients with origins from all over the world.
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Tiggum posted:Canned dolmades are better than freshly-made. That sounds good. Any brands you recommended trying from Amazon?
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DeadlyMuffin posted:And that you're straight, naturally. Your state government is making that crystal clear. The government definitely sucks. But I know a lot of very happy gay people here doing some great work to make it better. And an article if you want to actually learn something about Texas politics. https://sanantonioreport.org/texas-voter-turnout-2022-ross-ramsey-analysis/ Atticus_1354 has a new favorite as of 17:24 on Feb 27, 2022 |
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DeadlyMuffin posted:Nah, I'm just enjoying the "well, you can come to Texas if you're this and not that" discussion in light of recent orders about trans kids. Nah. You're just making the same "if you don't like it why don't you move" and "people in the south deserve bad things because of their gov" arguments that always get made.
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DeadlyMuffin posted:Since you're putting words in my mouth, let me take a guess: next is the part where you tell me to move there to be the change. Nah. Please stay away. We don't want you.
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Gaius Marius posted:Am I wrong or did literally nobody bring up Texas 
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Mu Zeta posted:I did know about the great Vietnamese food there and that was a consideration. My rough idea is as long as there's an H-Mart close by then I'll be happy. In Houston even some of the street signs are in Vietnamese.
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Guyver posted:Oh no how will we ever know about dirt farmers and petty tyrants. This is just an extension of people assuming ancient people's were stupid rather than lacking the depth of knowledge that we possess. The loss of knowledge from events like that just delayed the progress of that depth.
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Guyver posted:Why do you assume dirt farmers are stupid? Well you're the one who said nothing of value was lost. So why do you think they are?
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Josef bugman posted:Stuff like this also feels unfair. I wish I could see things how religious people do. Don't worry sweetie. God never gives you more than you can handle. Except cousin Timmy who killed himself but he's in hell now so he doesn't count.
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PhantomOfTheCopier posted:phuo, there is no "happiness" except complacent This is literally depression.
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(empty headedness). One can be happy about a joke, a news item, event, but the notion of a "happy life" is shorthand for "gave up considering improvements" (mental, physical, emotional, geopolitical, entrepreneurial, artistically, etc.).
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Robobot posted:We can buy that too. Do you think pigs in the US have different anatomy or something? By and large the best quality pork gets exported and the American market gets inferior quality pork cuts. This is because historically pork has been less popular in the US and considered a poor person's substitute for beef. This is changing some with pork, goat and lamb gaining ground but they are still generally seen as specialty meats with much getting sold to immigrants/religious groups for holidays or exported. There's also a large variety of ways to cut and process a carcass that gives different cuts so yes pigs do have different anatomy depending on the market and cultural background of the butcher.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:If you're wrapping something in bacon, you should just be honest with yourself and only eat bacon, because you're sure as heck not fooling anyone else. The BLT is underappreciated by the bacon lover crowd. Stop making bacon abominations and go to the farmers market for some fresh produce.
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Gripweed posted:It’s a dystopian sci-fi thing where France walled off the ghettos but then the mob ruler of one of the walled ghettos gets his hands on a nuclear missile so a cop who knows parkour has to work together with a parkour criminal to get the nuke back and beat the bad guys with parkour moves. This is really underselling the amazing parkour action.
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