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guangming,

For those rare occasions when magic won’t get them out of a pickle, their melee weapon is a large cast-iron.

guangming,

I think most people objecting to it are primarily objecting on moral grounds, not legal ones.

guangming,

Had a book assigned for history class that totally and forever changed my understanding of Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World I think it’s called.

Dude and his empire basically singlehandedly spread the written word, religious freedom, and lots of other ideas we generally consider good today. Not saying he didn’t kill a lot, because he did, but his historical impact is much more complex than “barbarian invader kills a bunch of people”

guangming,

surprised i had to scroll down so far to find Old Man’s War. definitely worth a read.

Do you think we will ever have affordable housing again in our lifetime?

Considering how crazy expensive accommodations have become the last couple of years, concentrated in the hands of greedy corporations, landlords and how little politicians seem to care about this problem, do you think we will ever experience a real estate market crash that would bring those exorbitant prices back to Earth?

guangming,

Look into housing co-ops! They’re basically this and there are already (kind of) a ton of them around!

I’ve been in one for a couple years now and it’s going pretty well.

guangming,

i wouldn’t, as long as recipes and discussions were in the comments

guangming,

I guess the one argument for “public restrooms” is rest areas along major highways and restrooms in public (usually national or state, not little municipal) parks.

So we do have public restrooms…they’re just nowhere near 99% of the population most of the time.

guangming,

Even when you CAN do this, it’s usually because the employees are either kind enough or inattentive enough to let you do this. And if you are clearly unhoused or poor, your chances of being able to do this are much, much lower than if you can fit in in a middle class white area. (Restaurants with predominantly poor clientele or many homeless people nearby tend to be much stricter about this.)

The other day I heard a friend talking about how "the moon's gravity affects our internal organs." This sounds like bull, but is it? And if so, how would I correct their misinformation?

I think the reason some people might believe this claim is because we’re taught in school that the moon’s gravity causes the tides. I think the reasoning goes, “well if the moon’s gravity can affect the tides, surely it can affect smaller things too”

guangming,

I’ve been using Notally for a while and I think it checks all your boxes.

guangming,

There are 1.9 BILLION Muslims globally.

You think the vast majority of them are fundamentalists?

guangming,

For interesting, well-written, and in-depth articles I recommend:

The New Yorker Harper’s (not Harper’s Bazaar) The Atlantic New York Times Magazine

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