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  • Please don't cold approach women at all.

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  • He doesn't

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  • What's y'all favorite soda/soft drink

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    As someone on the west coast of Canada, I love a good kombucha. There's a local brewery in my town that makes it very good.
  • How do your toughts work?

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    I tried this, and I just hear Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush. No apple appeared. But I know I do picture things in my mind, all the time. Weird that I can't right now.
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    So i know its 2 weeks later, but i just confirmed this is a feature! It doesnt clear left over time after just 5 minutes
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    Or just take a 5kg bag of refined sugar to buy a whole ass estate with slaves
  • Exactly.

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    Why not? Again, being naked is something you can control. I don't mean to derail the conversation. Like I said, I think OP dun goofed. It's just silly to tell OP "oh don't comment on something the person can't change, like their nakedness!!" C'mon, now. What's next? Wearing ties can't be changed either?
  • What's the most creative username you have seen?

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    Hey there lol
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    And the web version is just as good as the app, which I never would've imagined being the case. It is literally the exact same, so I sometimes use it more than the app on my phone!
  • Have you ever cheated on a test?

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    Yes. I struggled with Calculus in college and cheated on a few tests with a well hidden index card/cheat sheet. The irony was that creating this cheat sheet was sort of a form of studying, and I barely needed them come test time. Was it wrong? Yes. Do I feel bad? Only a little. I don't need or use anything from that course in my life now so it is kind of inconsequential.
  • > Is this stupid and unfair?

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    princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zoneP
    Don't go to nude events if you don't want to be oogled by creepy men. Do you want the nude beach to be a sausage fest? Because this is how you ensure that the nude beach is a sausage fest. Nudity =/= sexual to nudists so an expectation of being non-creepy is completely fair and reasonable.
  • Big incel energy here lol.

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    Funny definition of incel indeed. Talking about yourself, boy?
  • What a terrible opinion to have.

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    At last, a sensible person around here
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    In what way does my paraphrasing of you misrepresent your position? tells me all I need to know about who I’m dealing with here. Have a great day. Ad-hominom. I guess that tells me all in need to know about you?
  • Hail protection for vehicles?

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    They're speed dents
  • Are movie recap videos overdone on platforms like youtube?

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    You are better off making videos talking about a subject you like and know something about. You will be more interesting to viewers and more engaged in the making of it. Much less likely to burnout. If movies are your interest maybe do videos taking about movies you like or find interesting. It will also help you find your own voice. That's the kind of video I might click on.
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    Your premise that any restriction on any thought, speech, or expression can cause unintended consequences is nonsensical. You would have to prove this and while I may be inclined to agree with you what is the problem with unintended consequence? Why should we care considering everything we do causes unintended consequences. All tools as well as laws can be abused. A poster here pointed out that anti-hate speech laws are being used against pro-palestine protestors. Does this make the law itself the problem or its application. Should we eliminate the law because a few corrupt politicians are abusing it. There is nuance though. Like if every country was abusing anti-hate speech law and not enforcing it when its application would be beneficial for society. In this scenario you may have an argument for the law being the problem. Ultimately though if you have a bad actor it is hard to judge a tool or law unless it helps to create the bad actor. Do anti-hate speech laws create the atmosphere for hate to proliferate? This is how you would judge it in my opinion. If the tool or law creates the problem it purports to solve then it is likely an issue. I think your personal aversion is fine. I personally don't like to be controlled and I don't like to control people. Obviously what your personal opinions are and what it takes to run a team, a corporation, or a country are not in the same realm. You simply can't run a country like you would run your life.
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  • > He is considered as worst president in 21 century

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    "International" person here. Obama was respected, even when we disagreed with his policies. Trump was widely ridiculed during his first term, and his voters have now been included in that ridicule for voting for him a second time. It's going to take generations (if It's possible at all) for the US to get back to the level of respect they commanded during the Obama years. The war in Ukraine is solely the fault of Russia.