Why Are Transgender People Immune To Optical Illusions?
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I'm all for a geoengineered temporary fix, where we can monitor the result for the upcoming years. If it works, great. What do we do should companies and countries decide that no more reduction of greenhouse gases is needed and an increased output ensues?
Socialism in the US translates into the Democratic party giving the appearance of favoring the people, over billionaires and big business. It's a shame that they're as corrupt as the Republican party is, and as beholden to special interest groups instead of those that voted them into power. If enough sensible, honest (as possible) and free speaking people get into Congress, then maybe the fear will be valid. That scenario is not in the foreseeable future. People are still cheering the billionaire that took their tax money and gave it to his friends as tax cuts, without even thinking that they've been, and are still being, emotionally played.
Reply to How relatively safe/stable will developer jobs be in the next crash, according to us? by existential1
The jobs lost, solely due to an economic crash, will mostly recover as the economic systems do except where automation already exists that can partially, or wholly, replace workers. That should be quite the shit show.
Reply to Data, not privacy, is the real danger by ziq
Data, in and of itself is harmless. It's the use of it to invade privacy that is the real danger, as demonstrated by Facebook, and other big tech firms that sell user data.
Reply to A claim that a cure for cancer is a year away shows the limits of scientific flapdoodle by n_n
In my lifetime a cure for cancer has always been ten years away. It always will be, as long as Big Pharma, doctors, and hospitals essentially set up a more profitable high paying annuity treating each cancer sufferer.
Some assholes have zero respect for the rights of others. Just walk away dude. You don't have to like it. You do have to live with it.
Reply to Before Venezuela, US intervened in Latin America by n_n
Since the end of WWII are there any countries where the US hasn't intervened?
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He was never funny. His movies were weak. Now, it's interesting to learn that he was an asshole and probably destroyed any chemistry that woudl have existed among the cast members of the movies he was in.
Reply to comment by thelegendarybirdmonster in Could someone clue me in as to what whiteness is? by drfuzzyballs1996
The linked article is a good read. It's almost amazing that the Irish, some of the most melanin-challenged people on earth were looked down upon in recent history as not-white, in the sense of the meaning discussed here.
Reply to comment by !deleted9764 in by ItsMeTheE
Running from an aggressive Walmart employee doesn't seem like a violation. If it's recorded then the video should prove that. No one likes being grabbed by strangers.
Reply to The 50 Best TV Shows Ever by ziq
That's a damn good list. I'm glad that Battlestar Galactica was rated so high. Everything about that show was superb, except maybe the oddball finale.
Reply to ‘Smallville’ Star Allison Mack Cites Scientology As Defense In Federal Cult Forced Labor Case by ziq
Using your belief system as a defense doesn't seem effective defense. If they're the problem then why did she stay with them?
Reply to i'm barely hanging on by sparrow
I think that if you look feminine you'll be fine. If you have masculine features, you might want to consider plastic surgery. I think you'd be happier looking like more feminine. Keep whatever nature gave you, but look the part you want to be.
Reply to comment by boringskip in by !deleted8205
He's Aquaman! https://youtu.be/a7HMOpgThjw
Reply to Meghan Markle Is Being Called "Difficult," and Black Women Can Read Between the Lines by An_Old_Big_Tree
Anyone that knows what they want and can order others to get it done, is likely "difficult". Isn't that part of being a "royal"?
Reply to Disaster at S. Korean telecommunications giant exposes weakness of “superconnected” society by BigG
Keep books at hand. Problem solved.
I didn't see any mention of species moving toward cooler areas, like the beavers in Alaska are doing by heading north and creating new lush environments that didn't and couldn't exist previously. There will be some extreme damage. There will also be some adaption.
With the worldwide backlash, I expect that the work will continue, it just won't be publicized. In 20 years we might see more "world records", for athletic events, being broken along with the pushing of other natural human boundaries.
I guess everyone forgot that bullets are also made from rubber. Stopping doesn't have to mean killing. Lethal force is not in any way necessary at the border. This is the slowest "invasion" of all time. Hand them all applications and sit back while they fill them out. Gubmint needs to chill and respond like adults, if that's at all possible.
Recession incoming.
Not to sound negative, but this is the result of the planet having too many people on it. Solving these issues ironically exacerbates them.
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Reply to If you have dark skin, a self-driving car may be more likely to hit you by An_Old_Big_Tree
Features are determined by what is visible to the observer. I suspect that darker skinned people will likely begin wearing lighter colored coats and jackets, for greater visibility. There's a reason that reflective clothing is used by rescue workers at night.