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In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Not always
July 20, 2020 at 23:25
In: The dirty secret of capitalism -- and a new way forward | Nick Hanauer  — view comment
$15 minimum wage and increasing taxation for some multi-millionaires and billionaires is exactly what Orwell was talking about, absolutely.
July 20, 2020 at 23:18
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
I just finished Kie?lowski's Three Color's Trilogy which I thoroughly enjoyed. Also highly recommend Masaki Kobayashi's trilogy, the Human Condition, ...
July 19, 2020 at 03:53
In: NYC Thread  — view comment
I've been a few times, it's always the place where the night takes a sharp turn given how cheap the beers are
July 17, 2020 at 02:53
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
One of you needs to subscribe to the Criterion Channel so we can discuss good movies
July 17, 2020 at 02:51
In: Political Correctness  — view comment
Listen. If within 48 hours you still can't comprehend why it is necessary for an 8,000+ person study to provide respondents with a definition for a ne...
July 17, 2020 at 00:46
In: Political Correctness  — view comment
I have no idea what you are talking about anymore, whatever you are saying is so far removed from the initial issue that 'political correctness' isn't...
July 16, 2020 at 23:42
In: Political Correctness  — view comment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Oy6DwHAi70
July 16, 2020 at 15:25
In: Political Correctness  — view comment
That's why a definition, and other caveats, would have been useful :wink:
July 16, 2020 at 15:24
In: Political Correctness  — view comment
The only reason it can "say something" is because you, or anyone else, have an interpretation of the term, but that doesn't make it useful in aggregat...
July 16, 2020 at 15:05
In: Political Correctness  — view comment
:clap:
July 16, 2020 at 14:43
In: Political Correctness  — view comment
You can huff and puff all you want but that's ultimately just your opinion.
July 15, 2020 at 16:55
In: Political Correctness  — view comment
Yes, that undeniably changes the issue because then you can't say "80% of respondents agree that extremism is a problem" or any other aggregate judgem...
July 15, 2020 at 16:53
In: Political Correctness  — view comment
For you. Not everyone has categorically drawn lines between speech that is considered hateful or offensive or just unpleasant and rude, and where poli...
July 15, 2020 at 02:14
In: Political Correctness  — view comment
If people are discussing a term over the course of a decade and approaching it from varying angles and perspectives then yeah it would be valuable for...
July 15, 2020 at 01:05
In: Political Correctness  — view comment
I didn't say a "proper definition", I said no definition was provided to those who were surveyed when they were asked a question about it. The article...
July 14, 2020 at 23:29
In: Nihilism and Being Happy  — view comment
"What is positive about Nihilism is the realization that there is nothing to lose...so what are you afraid of?" - Ray Brassier
July 14, 2020 at 22:57
In: Political Correctness  — view comment
As I've pointed out to you before, the study in that article doesn't define political correctness, leaving the term completely open to interpretation ...
July 14, 2020 at 22:11
In: Is there a culture war in the US right now?  — view comment
Bari Weiss, another signer of the Harper Letter, just announced that she has quit the New York Times. In her public letter of resignation she complain...
July 14, 2020 at 19:04
In: Is there a culture war in the US right now?  — view comment
I wasn't directly talking to you, since I know your reading comprehension skills are not too good:
July 13, 2020 at 23:50
In: Is there a culture war in the US right now?  — view comment
Did that already on page 6
July 13, 2020 at 23:19
In: Is there a culture war in the US right now?  — view comment
One of the organizers of the Harper's Letter tweeted that he kicked a friend of a friend out of his house in a foreign country simply because the latt...
July 13, 2020 at 22:51
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
All NYers should
July 12, 2020 at 05:10
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
I've heard the name before but haven't been I'll put it on my list
July 12, 2020 at 05:07
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Just go get some pizza bro you don't need to bring anyone
July 12, 2020 at 04:35
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
currently on this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyArzsBBWBo
July 12, 2020 at 04:34
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Coincidentally I'm watching Seinfeld
July 12, 2020 at 04:26
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
only place in Midwood that isn't haha
July 12, 2020 at 04:24
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
You should, it's in Midwood
July 12, 2020 at 04:22
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Have you been to Di Fara?
July 12, 2020 at 04:21
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
oh lol yes I've used it once or twice. I usually use seamless if I don't call the restaurant directly.
July 12, 2020 at 04:21
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
yes along with fioe gras and $300 omakase
July 12, 2020 at 04:17
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
I'm walkin' here
July 12, 2020 at 03:23
In: Is there a culture war in the US right now?  — view comment
Really can't express how funny this is to me
July 11, 2020 at 16:15
In: Is there a culture war in the US right now?  — view comment
Someone calling JK Rowling a TERF on Twitter is Maoism, absolutely
July 11, 2020 at 13:17
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Please someone steal me away from NYC and into nature
July 11, 2020 at 05:00
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
Love the film, but I don't find that it expresses or advocates any real political theme.
July 11, 2020 at 04:52
In: Is there a culture war in the US right now?  — view comment
And no one is "learning history" via a statue and you are feasting on your own bs if you believe that.
July 11, 2020 at 04:38
In: Is there a culture war in the US right now?  — view comment
The Harper's Letter was dumb as hell; a circle-jerk for the signatories, all of whom have immense platforms and each of whom can directly reach an aud...
July 11, 2020 at 04:36
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
Feels like we are on the raft with Aguirre
July 10, 2020 at 02:02
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
Happy Juneteenth to you too!
July 10, 2020 at 02:01
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
Trump to Nation: Drop Dead
July 03, 2020 at 23:13
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
I kept the top long, I liked how it looked. My sides were brutal was starting to look like a young sergei eisenstein.
July 03, 2020 at 05:01
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
Finally got a haircut after nearly five months and I look sexy as hell
July 02, 2020 at 21:03
In: The Shoutbox  — view comment
We love saying to ourselves we'll go to bed at midnight, but actually get into bed at 3am, don't we folks?
June 21, 2020 at 06:58
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
I'm also pretty partial to Miles Davis: A Kind of Blue, Bitches Brew, and In A Silent Way. And Coltrane's A Love Supreme, and Mingus' The Black Saint ...
June 21, 2020 at 05:05
In: Donald Trump (All General Trump Conversations Here)  — view comment
Biden and Trump don't need to debate policy and precedent. The American people don't want that. What we need is a water drinking contest. And if Biden...
June 21, 2020 at 04:25
In: What are you listening to right now?  — view comment
Favorite jazz album?
June 21, 2020 at 04:18
In: High IQ Societies  — view comment
I'm so smart I invented a high IQ society (Mensa), and tell people how smart they are so they join and pay me a monthly fee.
June 21, 2020 at 04:16
In: Least favorite moderators?  — view comment
They are all bad, didn't vote for any of them.
June 21, 2020 at 04:14
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