maybelsyrup

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by maybelsyrup 9d ago
This is gonna accidentally activate some old forgotten MKULTRA code-key in some poor fella’s amygdala and bang!, they’ve Manchurian Candidated Sonic the Hedgehog
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by maybelsyrup 3mo ago
320 comments and no one has mentioned Gaza
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by maybelsyrup 6mo ago
Honestly this behavior is pretty representative of the place, in my experience.
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by maybelsyrup 7mo ago
> But as one whom the Ayatollah has sworn to eliminate What does this mean — did you stick him with the bill at all restaurant or something?
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by maybelsyrup 7mo ago
Wait what treatment is this?
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by maybelsyrup 7mo ago
Never heard of Watsi, but I just donated!!! Grateful for your work, and sticking it out serving human beings while others hustle to secure the bag. There's nothing wrong with securing the bag, of course, but it just makes work like thi
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by maybelsyrup 7mo ago
Also the Epstein stuff
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by maybelsyrup 7mo ago
The degree to which this is true is I think still underestimated, and comments like these need more upvotes. You don’t need to appeal to shadowy cabals to explain why media professionals have been desperate for this stuff to not be true (an
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by maybelsyrup 7mo ago
Yes, I know it's a Saudi quote. They're also far right. They're bosom buddies with the same right-wing (Democratic) and far-right (Republican) US economic and governmental elites for decades. I don't think anyone would d
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by maybelsyrup 7mo ago
> these suggestions let the real perpetrators off the hook. This can't be said enough. It simply cannot be said enough. It cuts right to the heart of how we view the world in the west: as autonomous, separate individuals, with no co
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by maybelsyrup 7mo ago
> Is it the "far right"? Yes, it is. They're committed to "Every molecule of hydrocarbon will come out". [0]. They keep saying this to us, and we don't seem to believe them. I like your optimism, and I'
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by maybelsyrup 7mo ago
> It's unfortunate because a rapid civilizational collapse could give humanity as a species a better chance of survival. How's that?
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by maybelsyrup 7mo ago
Thanks for your comment! I'm not the author, of course, so I can't say for certain that I have the most correct reading of it. But, if I'm reading your interpretation right, here's what I'd say: The story analogizin
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by maybelsyrup 7mo ago
Here’s how: 1. American men feel entitled to women, as from birth they’re told that they are. 2. Women know this, and (rightly!) hate it, and thus some of them pull away from relationships with men — or with entitled men. Unlike before, wom
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by maybelsyrup 7mo ago
There's a book about male domestic violence perpetrators which you really ought to read. It's called "Why Does He Do That?". Author is Bancroft. The vast majority of men in the US are not abusers. But he describes a degr
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by maybelsyrup 7mo ago
> having men who'd make women comfortable having kids This is maybe the most underrated comment in this whole lively thread. Completely agree on all fronts. Men are a huge, huge problem in this equation: in the US, anyway, many of t
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by maybelsyrup 7mo ago
> Your comment just reeks of someone who is disconnected from the historical realities of 99.99999% of the humans who have ever lived. I was kinda nodding at points at your comment, or at least stroking my chin thinking, until the end. I
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by maybelsyrup 8mo ago
Did not have “The sixth grader who jailbreaked my iPhone 3g believes he is inside the plot of Terminator 2” on my 2026 bingo card
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by maybelsyrup 10mo ago
In the future, Frinkiac [0] is your friend [0] https://frinkiac.com/
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by maybelsyrup 10mo ago
If I'm an EU citizen, who do I call and email to yell at about this? I assume my relevant MEP, but anyone else?
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by maybelsyrup 10mo ago
Seconding the recommendation of Harp's book, it's excellent.
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by maybelsyrup 10mo ago
And you may find yourself Behind the keyboard of a large PC
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by maybelsyrup 11mo ago
I caught your related comments and eventual link to this post in another HN thread earlier this week and really liked them / it. I'm glad you posted it by itself!
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by maybelsyrup 11mo ago
The litany of posts you’ve made in this thread indicate that you’re passionate about this topic. Sincere question: wouldn’t the great energy and intensity you’re putting into web forum replies be better channeled into Alzheimer’s advocacy?
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by maybelsyrup 1y ago
Came here to say this. Also lol: > And accumulation of them is like a viscious cycle I don’t know what this slip meant though ;-)
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by maybelsyrup 1y ago
> and ethnic self-determination Didn’t know where this was going but I’m glad you told us
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by maybelsyrup 1y ago
How true this is
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by maybelsyrup 1y ago
Looks like they flew right over convective while everyone else flew around it. Attempt to save fuel? Gotta justify Delta tickets being double everyone else’s.
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by maybelsyrup 1y ago
https://x.com/dril/status/549425182767861760
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by maybelsyrup 1y ago
> I'm just going to respond to the single point that everyone is making in one place, instead of repeating it: you don't just get to assert that the hypothesized "reduction in transit time" offsets the costs. You have

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