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nickiwest

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  • Well, shit

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  • I saw the movie for the first time when I was 5, and I mostly loved it, except that this scene was extremely traumatic for me. I'm also a girl.

    I hadn't really considered that there might be a gender divide over this film, but it does make sense that boys would identify more with a male protagonist. I'm an elementary teacher, and I do see that kids are more likely to engage with stories that have protagonists of their same gender.

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  • They are obviously hoping to run all trans people out of the state or back into the closet.

    This is what they mean by "making America great again" ... they just want to eliminate everything that challenges their extraordinarily fragile worldview.

  • Is spreading.

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  • I did it last year, and I've been very happy with the results.

    I'm reasonably tech-savvy for a user. I can follow instructions, but I don't understand the super technical stuff. I watched a few YouTube videos and read a few tutorials, and it was all pretty easy.

    The system updates are easier than Windows. I don't have to understand what a kernel is; I just have to click the update button.

  • Bill Gates Admits ‘Affairs’ With Russian Women as He Apologizes to Foundation Staff Over Epstein Ties: Report

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  • Assuming you really want to know ...

    In the US (where Bill Gates lives), we don't generally consider women to be women until they are of age. "Underage women" is an oxymoron. They are appropriately referred to children, girls, or teens.

  • YSK Your smoke detectors should be replaced every 7-10 years

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  • I live in Latin America and I don't even have a heater. My climate control options are "window open" and "window closed."

  • Amazon BUSTED for Widespread Scheme to Inflate Prices Across the Economy— Amazon, its vendors, and competing retailers are price fixing, hiking up prices for consumer products, making Amazon richer

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  • There are a lot of people online who think that 100% abstinence from The Bad is the only way to be good.

    But if you can shift 10% of your former Amazon spending, do it. And keep looking for a way to get to 15%, then 20%, and so on.

    Like, I'm probably never going to be a strict vegetarian. I love a good burger, or a nicely-cooked steak, or a big bowl of chicken and dumplings. But I eat vegetarian for more than 75% of my meals. And that's good enough for me.

  • MAGA Women Shoot Themselves in the Uh, Foot. Again.

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  • Some of them, for sure.

  • MAGA Women Shoot Themselves in the Uh, Foot. Again.

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  • It's a feature, not a bug.

  • Republican mayor caught on camera sniffing his TEEN STEPDAUGHTERS PANTIES

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  • The right-wingers who say that homosexuality is a choice are probably† outing themselves as bisexual. Who else sees their sexuality as a choice? Bi people are the ones who have options.

    † Or just flat-out denying their true sexuality by hoping that if they make the "right" choices, it will work itself out. "Pray away the gay" and such.

  • Every Puerto Rican is an American citizen. Enjoy the Super Bowl.

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  • Eurasia counts as one continent for my students.

    But in some places, apparently they don't count Antarctica because it isn't populated by a permanent human civilization.

  • What's a piece of Media that is so underrated you must mention it?

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  • It's an excellent show.

    But don't be mad at Netflix. It aired on ABC, and they cancelled it (presumably because it had lower ratings than the network's other comedies). Netflix just picked up streaming rights after the fact.

  • Every Puerto Rican is an American citizen. Enjoy the Super Bowl.

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  • If you ask South Americans, at least some of them will tell you that America is one continent.

    The day I told my 3rd graders in Colombia that there were 7 continents, it sparked a conversation I was not expecting (because that is what every social studies textbook said when I was in school in the US). Here, they only count five. That was the day I learned there is not an international consensus about what constitutes a continent.

  • Ruh oh

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  • You just described basically my mom's entire family.

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  • It was a piece-by-piece deconstruction that took nearly a decade. I started with, "Maybe it's the divinity of Jesus that's my problem," and it snowballed from there. I did a lot of research and visited a lot of different religious groups during that decade.

  • Valid question

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  • Managers and tech billionaires

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  • Hegseth said:

    “[Christ’s] mission was to divide truth from lies, the things of the world from the things of God, light from darkness, good from evil."

    That tells me that either he hasn't actually read the Bible or he needs to work on his reading comprehension.

    Jesus described his mission in this way:

    "For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:45)

    ...he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also; for I was sent for this purpose." (Luke 4:43)

    "I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." (Luke 5:32)

    "For the Son of man came to seek and to save the lost." (Luke 19:10)

    "All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me; and this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” (John 6:37-40)

    I'm an atheist, but I was raised by evangelicals who emphasized following Christ's example as portrayed in the Gospels. I can't believe that the rabbi who commanded his followers to "turn the other cheek" and "bless those who curse you" could inspire the nationalist bullshit that is quoted from Hegseth in this article.

    I'm concerned for the future of Christianity in a country that believes Hegseth and other Republican figureheads instead of their own Bible. And I'm worried about what that will mean for non-Christians in the American military and, eventually, in the rest of the country.

  • Consequences for hit-and-run on a snowman

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  • Thanks for sharing.

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    Elon Musk Seeks Image Repair After Epstein Files: Cuts Starlink Access to Russian Military Following Years of Data Sharing

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  • I have a disappointingly large number of LGBTQ+ friends and family members who eat there regularly.

  • Is there anything like church without the church?

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  • The Satanic Temple has done some good political work in the name of religious freedom, but its leadership has kind of a dodgy past. So maybe look into that a bit before you decide to throw in with them.

    I agree that joining affinity groups certainly helps to build community. Knowing that you already have something in common with everyone in the room is a great ice breaker.