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speaking of "media darlings that are probably frauds"

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/14/tesla-manufacturing-high-volume-of-flawed-parts-employees.html
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https://www.facebook.com/libertarians/posts/10156161247307726

The LP is highly in favor of well coordinated leftist protests by children to demand gun control.
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Seriously? She was all over the news everywhere for like a 4-6 month period when everyone believed her company was real and was super desperate for a young, hip, female CEO to drool over.
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http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/14/technology/theranos-fraud-scandal/index.html

man remember when this chick was an absolute media darling?

lol @ all of it being a giant scam
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/rex-eat-the-saladinside-the-awkward-relationship-between-rex-tillerson-and-donald-trump-1520961762

"Eat the salad" is the new "I drink your milkshake"
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maybe the culture has changed just a tad in the last 80 years?
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The themes had about as much nuance as a Marvel movie can have, but it was still pretty interesting with hyper-isolationism vs hyper-interventionism. Nothing controversial or risky in there at all though. The follies of traditionalism/nationalism was shown, but also traditionalism had a big part in the victory, and all the good guys remained deeply nationalist.

Uh, duh. Black people have always been allowed to be nationalist. Only white nationalism is bad!
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/doomsday-climate-scenarios-are-a-joke-1520800377?mod=trending_now_3

While the world economy stagnates, the model projects, cold countries will achieve almost unimaginable wealth. Iceland supposedly will achieve annual per capita income of $1.5 million by 2100, more than double that of any other country except Finland ($860,000). Mongolia, which currently ranks 118th in per capita income, is supposed to rise to seventh, at which point the average Mongolian will earn four times as much as the average American. Canadas economy becomes seven times as large as Chinas.
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kickstarter update

And our documentary is up and running, with much going on! Most of our work for the next several months involves digging into the archival media with a fine tooth comb, tracking what we have and digging for the shiniest pieces of gold. I won't start the bulk of the interview process for some time, however I can divulge that we did film an absolutely incredible interview with a stellar lady who excels at many instruments, some of the xylophonic variety, and this extraordinary soul just might have allowed us to film her playing a particularly difficult piece of FZ's music.
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Crosby was prolly rigged tho
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https://twitter.com/smod4real/status/972977475864084480

I choose to believe this was scripted, because... I just can't....
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Because if you get serious, it absoltuely has to be legit luck. There's no way he would intentionally rig things in favor of Edmonton...
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https://twitter.com/PuckSoupPodcast/status/972896212075663363
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https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/status/971598444266770432

damn looks like foolmo is alt-right after all
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GOP candidates or sitting GOP representatives? Because the former should be acceptable and the latter would obviously be that gray area people

I would say it's probably more important to protect the speech of candidates than sitting representatives. What is "trying to influence the outcome of an election" if NOT censoring one party during elections exclusively?

Also what percentage of tweets from sitting politicians do you think are communicating meaningful policy announcements that are not readily available elsewhere?
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Jakyl25 posted...

Then again, he has declared that tweets from his personal account are the only true official White House statements that exist, so in light of that I see the argument that his personal account shouldnt be able to block people either.

Should this apply to every politician, or just him?

I think it's a particularly interesting debate also in the context of Twitter occasionally deleting "offensive" tweets from GOP candidates.
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Left: Social media are public companies and they can have whatever censorship policies they want.
Also left: Trump's twitter is a public forum and it's unconstitutional for him to block people.
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As long as the Oilers don't win, I promise to not complain.
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I mean obviously it's not the same as the accent people from England would have. But it's definitely a distinctive British flavoring with a strong African accent. It's a different accent from what "African countries colonized by France" has, to be sure.
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And secondly, if 99% of votes are irrelevant then why don't Dems have higher percentages outside of a handful of Red State Democrats? 42 of the 49 Dems are below 40%.

They do that on purpose so that they look good on this exact statistic. Or to virtue signal or whatever. And conservatives did the same thing with Obama. It's completely and totally meaningless.
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I stayed at a super nice and reasonably priced hotel in Helsinki right in the middle of everything. Walking distance to all the cool stuff. Was the best hotel of my entire trip!
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Don't give a single fuck about those BS statistics. Everyone games that stat. Completely meaningless. Has to somehow be weighted by votes that are both contentious AND important. 99% of votes in Congress are totally irrelevant to everything.
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https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/971941181796974593
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https://www.gofundme.com/arm-the-homeless

If I ever vote, it'll be for him!
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https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/amanda-kessel-dispels-myth-that-phil-kessel-is-obsessed-with-hot-dogs/

I don't know what to believe in anymore!
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They often charge a far superior experience (to me) than a hotel.

To you yeah, but your preferences may not be universal.

AirBnB has two real value propositions, both of which tend to be at the extremes of quality of accommodation. There's the "crash on the couch for no money" end of things, for people who are super value conscious and have no real concerns about quality (or privacy). And there's also the "rent out a big place for a party" end of things where it probably is cheaper than a hotel, because hotels are not really optimized for "multi-room" units.

But if you're looking for a completely private room to yourself of reasonable quality at a good location, that's already the exact problem hotels are solving for and, as I said, that market is unbelievably efficient. Some random Joe is unlikely to be better at providing that particular service than Hilton is...

The main reason they charge less is because it's pure opportunity profit. They are paying for the room anyways, whatever they can rent it for it is just free money.

Uh, this is also totally true of hotel rooms. Hotel rooms are perishable goods. Any night they go unoccupied, the hotel is earning no money. They are totally incentivized to price such that most rooms are occupied on most nights.
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Do you not understand how economics works?

Cost is basically irrelevant. Willingness to pay is.

If an AirBNB can provide an equal quality experience, they'd charge just as much as the hotel. If they're charging less, it's because people desire what they have to offer less.

Some of that is things directly related to staff/service. But certainly not all.
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Nelson_Mandela posted...

Airbnbs are generally cheaper than hotels because there is no staff to pay. Capitalism!

Not really. Staff make minimum wage or less and scale like hell. Hotels are really lean and efficient in general.
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KingButz posted...

Don't know if smuffin has actually researched Reykjavik, but the cheapest hotels there are $150+ per night during travel season. If you're looking for comfort accommodations, that's $300+ per night. And these hotels are not in prime locations, either.

Anyway, thanks for the tips, guys. I think I have found a few desirable apartments in the city for a decent price. Just have to get the wife to sign off on one.

Why do you expect to be able to get something just as good for half the price?

If you can't answer the question of "WHY is this place so much cheaper than a hotel?" then you're setting yourself up for failure.
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Privacy is usually the catch, in some form or another, and if his wife highly values that, he's probably better off just going with a hotel.
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Nelson_Mandela posted...

Yeah definitely go for a whole apartment/house if you care about privacy. Never go with the cheapest options--the difference between a $100/night place and $120/night is usually enormous.

I've also always prioritized location since you're not really going to spend much time in the room.

Yeah - you get what you pay for. If you think you've found a "great deal" there's probably a catch.
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Man gameFAQs ads are getting lazier and lazier

https://imgur.com/a/DRFX0
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Deus Ex doesn't really "glorify" anything... it gives you options, including the "join the illuminati and rule the world with an iron fist" option
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also everyone in the SF office has those stupid apple airpod thingies
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Also curious to hear what the "your dick is so dirty that touching it for a few seconds will probably make you sick" people feel about oral sex...
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Also, casual swearing is significantly more common in the workplace in the California office than in Texas

Those darn hippies (bless their hearts)
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xfd

my manager literally has a book on microaggressions on the shelf in his office

next to it: the art of war
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what are you some sort of stupid free speech absolutist?

fighting words! fire in a crowded theater!
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Jakyl25 posted...

Well no, the only reason hes made NXT work is by losing money on it, and its not HIS money so who cares?

Yeah how could TNA ever function if it was losing money???
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If you know me at all then knowing that my life is a pit of misery should come as little surprise!
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Almost everyone I know is that.
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Most of the people I know who are sick all the time are the vegan organic health freaks who wash their hands 50 times a day with $20 fancy antibacterial soap
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Can HHH just buy TNA?

Not like in stupid kayfabe in 2001 but for real?
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Maybe when you're doing peeing you should wash your dick instead.
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When else do you wash your hands if not then?
You're touching a dirty door to go in and out.

1. After I do something that might make them "dirty"

2. If you're touching the door to go out anyway, then the fact that you just washed your hands was pointless, as you just re-exposed them to the germs of the door
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I don't pee on my hands and see no particular reason to believe that the outside of my dick is any dirtier than any other part of my body.
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http://reason.com/blog/2018/03/06/in-defense-of-gunsplaining

the content here is fairly basic but I do like the title
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why do all the non-earth creatures speak english in the guardians of the galaxy movies?

I'm not complaining about the practicality of having people speak English instead of subtitles.

I'm wondering why specifically they would give them the exact same accent that "Africans colonized by the British" have in real life.
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Random thought from watching more Black Panther previews

Did they ever explain why a non-colonized isolated African state speaks English with a British accent?

They should have gone for real authenticity and done the whole thing in subtitled clicks and whatever.
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So, I was watching some random Family Guy rerun, and HELEN REDDY was listed in the voice acting credits
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