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    cliff arroyo on Liberators of PotentialFebruary 28, 2026

    "poor people in the rest of the world get UBI, they just die of starvation and diseases in droves' They're…

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    Anonymous on Liberators of PotentialFebruary 28, 2026

    It’s so wild these people exist. It’s like they haven’t heard of poor people before and can’t grasp that without…

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    cliff arroyo on Q&A: Soviets and NukesFebruary 28, 2026

    "no matter who we vote for, the result is always the same?" And the attack has begun.... bye bye midterms...

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    Anonymous on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026

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    Clarissa on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026

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    Anonymous on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026

    --and I disagree about phonetics. I think it *is* a pop culture reference combined with dreadful ignorance, because I had…

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    Anonymous on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026

    You can't help the IQ you're born with. There's no shame in it. But if that's not the explanation, then…

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    Clarissa on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026

    We had a graduate student come in today to encourage people to go to grad school. He told us that…

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    cliff arroyo on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026

    " just like English hypotheticals which nobody knows any longer" A lot of the grammar of English is collapsing from overuse…

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    cliff arroyo on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026

    " still non-standard, in standard educated form " I have a broader definition of standard than you probably do that includes daily…

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    Clarissa on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026

    It's so hard to teach Spanish hypotheticals because they are just like English hypotheticals which nobody knows any longer. "If…

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    Avi on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026

    "If I would have known" is still non-standard, in standard educated form of British, US, Australian English, regardless of cliff's…

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    Clarissa on Q&A: Soviets and NukesFebruary 27, 2026

    What are we doing wrong that, no matter who we vote for, the result is always the same? On what…

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    ed on Q&A: Soviets and NukesFebruary 27, 2026

    It's flabbergasting the change in tune from the Trump administration from their 2024 campaign to now. Trump literally channeled frustrations…

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    Clarissa on Q&A: Soviets and NukesFebruary 27, 2026

    I looked at the news, and yes, it feels inevitable now. What a pig-assed decision, my God. What an absolutely…

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    Clarissa on Q&A: Soviets and NukesFebruary 27, 2026

    I'm very worried what this might do to the economy. This is seriously the worst foreign policy in forever. And…

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    Clarissa on Q&A: Soviets and NukesFebruary 27, 2026

    WWII was the end of it. The few last naive believers were finished off by Khruschev's denunciations of Stalin.

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    ed on Q&A: Soviets and NukesFebruary 27, 2026

    Somewhat related: Qatar is not letting USA use their air bases to attack Iran, so USA had to move those…

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    ed on Q&A: Soviets and NukesFebruary 27, 2026

    When did the Soviets stop believing in their own ideology?

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    overgrownhobbit on Useless Laptop JobsFebruary 27, 2026

    When it comes to any innovation: a new tech, rule system, war: whatever one can see everyone at a certain…

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    Clarissa on Catch OnFebruary 27, 2026

    Yes, what connection can there possibly be between phasing out human labor and the number of new humans. It's a…

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    oldcowboy3 on The PlagueFebruary 27, 2026

    methylethyl LOL, well, to quote Mick Dundee, "I knew you were tribal" ;-D

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    Anonymous on Catch OnFebruary 27, 2026

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    oldcowboy3 on Was Iryna’s Murder Politicized?February 27, 2026

    Well, it does tend to lower the recidivism.

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    Anonymous on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026

    I don't think it's that. That obscure movie wasn’t culturally dominant enough to rewire people’s phonetic instincts en masse. It's…

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    Anonymous on The PlagueFebruary 27, 2026

    Hmm, I don't know. Scots is my default cultural setting, so it is sometimes difficult to tease out "Scots" from…

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    Anonymous on Was Iryna’s Murder Politicized?February 27, 2026

    The traditional solution is a busy gibbet.

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    Anonymous on Janet’s LawFebruary 27, 2026

    It has been... good for my prayer discipline ;) Don't ask for recovery: only whatever God wills. -ethyl

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    Anonymous on What School Is ForFebruary 27, 2026

    I was not familiar with "Lazarillo" for seeing-eye dog! That is great! I lobbied for Nicodemus because I like that…

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