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  "I ain't never said no such thing" - Albert Einstein

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  Trying to censor kids shows isn't feasible. They're going to find out anyway, or it will be a massive culture shock when they eventually hear their first swear word as adults. I'd rather take the opportunity to talk with my kids about it if they watch crap. SpongeBob doesn't really bother me, but if they watch Alvin and the Chipmunks I always ask them to use headphones, because I can't stand that shit.

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  A "move in" fee is not a deposit. It's more like a goodwill payment, or you could call it a front pocket fee, even if there's nobody else in queue. Obviously whoever is willing to pay the most gets the first choice. It's shady as fuck and also illegal where I live, but people still pay it instead of risking not getting the apartment. Sadly, nobody cares enough to take these scumbags to court over it. You can choose not to pay it but then you just don't get the apartme...

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  There's no positive end game in it for him. If he turns this into a "Look at what you made me do!"-moment, he will have nothing but enemies and they'll all know that nothing will ever please him, which is dangerous for them. Thus, their only option will be to assassinate him shortly after. Either by Iran getting back at him with a dirty bomb, or the Saudis getting pissed about the oil prices dropping and making a Diana out of him, or even by some lunatic MAGA who "didn&...

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  It's a trick. The rabbit hole is full of math. https://tomrocksmaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/maths-essay-2.0.pdf

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  For people to demand anything you'll need a democracy. For people to want universal healthcare they need to understand that socializing the health cost is a benefit for the population. Add the words together and you get social democracy. In most countries this is what lead to universal healthcare. In most countries the social democracy parties were founded by labour unions. Despite USA being first with labour unions, they never really succeeded, because they were violently struck down...

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  They changed the name to xbus. Not sure if that's any better, but the design and utility is actually more alike the old veteran VW busses than VW's own electric bus. I dig it. They've since declared bankruptcy so it's not going to be produced.