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This is evidence of the grim effectiveness of Trump's flood-the-zone-with-shit strategy. Expectations are so low wrt his moral character that pointing out just one of his obvious conflicts of interest is met with calls of Bias! from his supporters. Apparently his behavior is perfectly fine, and if we'd just get over our dislike of the man himself, we'd all see that. It supposedly has nothing to do with how we feel about lies and corruption. Huh.

You're so negative! Why can't you say, "It's amazing how consistent you've been in defending your perspective"? Why can't you say it like that? I've been right a lot. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

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In this case, I believe it IS both. This is sounding more and more like Trump talking up something one of his sycophants mentioned. He often gushes about a topic he's heard from someone who speaks well of him, as part of his blatant flattery pro quo policy. https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/23/opinions/in-trump-world-flattery-will-get-you-everywhere-and-nowhere-parker/index.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/21/frenzy-flattery-around-trump-is-reaching-new-extremes/ https://apnews.com/f9fb8c41b7f8acc215e3ec78ca32210a

Master Lawbringer has been banned for spamming and soapboxing the same intellectually lazy crap after being warned repeatedly to stop. Please learn some science.

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I don't see hate at all. I see a grownup and realistic assessment based solidly on historical facts. He refused to get out of business when he took office, it's a conflict of interest, and he's abused it repeatedly. Suggest you get your head out.

I would call that a visceral fear. You were scared, but it caused you to take reasoned measures to ensure your safety first. If your fear had been irrational, you might well have jumped through a closed window just to get away.

There seems to me to be a difference between "irrational" and "visceral" fear of spiders (or whatever), although it may just be a spectrum of behavior. But what I think of as "irrational" is the type of fear that would cause you to do something possibly equally dangerous, like you see a spider/snake and go into such a blind panic that you forget to duck as you dash out the door, or you start throwing your spouse's antique porcelain figurine collection at them just to keep them away. That seems different than a healthy fear of something that could hurt you, deep visceral feelings for sure, but not the type that sends you into a panic. A visceral fear is the kind where you want to know where that spider/snake is so you can keep your distance. An irrational fear is the kind where you don't stop running just because the critter is a mile back.

What if the women of the time had a more practical focus on this life rather than the afterlife? Perhaps they were grateful the guy's work on their man-caves kept them out from underfoot?

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I used to know.

I'm not a doctor like you, but it seems easy to understand why we need drastic action while containment is still a possibility. Are you telling us the truth?

I want instructions, and I get philosophical guidance with drawings by Escher. 😝

Interesting choice of words, and most likely exaggerated. Even if you could sterilize the whole elevator every hour, it's non-sterile the moment someone enters. If anything, I'll bet they sprayed some Lysol into the cab. I wonder if they chose not to write "disinfected" because it implies the elevator used to be "infected"?

Serious?! It's in the Sculptures Made of Almonds section of the Lounge. This is the least serious section on the whole site. This is a section for silly, silly.

Actually, he's leguminous. Willie Nelson is nuts, but sings "Crazy". He also has one of the world's most non-existent almond sculpture collections.

Smaller sculptures are easier on aging hands, but it's hell on the eyes! I can easily imagine most of the detail being done with a pin or needle, but the difficult part is removing what you don't want and leaving what you do so you have something to detail. Seeds and nuts are so much softer than wood.

I don't eat clay or marble either, but I use these things (along with almonds) for sculpture. Not everyone can handle the danger involved in cyano-artistic expression, but you shouldn't let your fear keep you from enjoying the most important part, the kernel. Allegedly carved from an apricot kernel:

They should grow apricots. You get the delicious fruit, and in the center of the pit is a kernel that looks just like... an almond! Finally, our nation's mini-chiselers in drought regions can carve their nuts and eat them too!

This is actually a prerequisite. We don't allow people who know everything. You're very welcome here. ⚛️👨‍🔬

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We only spambanned them because the robot left out, "Don't forget to drizzle some on your huevos tomorrow for breakfast!" This is why we still need people.

I disagree. I think every response so far accepts that you don't think a matriarchal society would have any innovation and would stagnate. YOU aren't grasping what they're telling you, that it's more likely that innovation is a human trait, and women would display it in proportion if they were in charge. There is PLENTY of precedent throughout history, and even more in our current day.