@MatrixMysteries The attitude is what triggers me. It’s true though. I go into LA offices often for work and EAST LA / DTLA is a ton of Hispanic immigrants patients.
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“My immigrant parents are in a hospital in LA — and neither of them speaks English.”
There was no interpreter on staff, so the doctors asked her to translate.
“This is Los Angeles. DONT tell my parents to learn English — that’s your problem, not ours.”
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@LeaveHeardAlone @fandompulse What if I drew a beautiful picture of a house? Is it political?
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@fandompulse It is impossible to create art that says nothing.
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Project Hail Mary writer Andy Weir on social commentary in books:
"I dislike social commentary. Like… I really hate it. When I’m reading a book, I just want to be entertained, not preached at by the author. Plus, it ruins the wonder of the story if I know the author has a political or social axe to grind. I no longer speculate about all possible outcomes of the story because I know for a fact that the universe of that book will conspire to ensure that the author’s political agenda is validated. I hate that."
"I put no politics or social commentary into my stories at all. Anyone who thinks they see something like that is reading it in on their own. I have no point to make, and I’m not trying to affect the reader’s opinion on anything. My sole job is to entertain, and I stick to that."
"To that end, I also don’t talk about my personal political opinions publicly. I don’t want readers to even know, honestly. I don’t want that in the back of their minds as they read my stuff."
Is this why he has the #1 sci-fi movie in decades?
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@solarphy @weberju5 @LeaveHeardAlone @fandompulse This argument would hold water if it explored the political aspects of bringing together Hail Mary team and the aftermath of all those decades passed while Grace was in space. However, it’s a story instead of Dr. Grace. Any political undertones are necessary for the story.
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@weberju5 @LeaveHeardAlone @fandompulse Ok, let's be more specific. A book where it shows how different countries can rally together for a singular purpose to save earth, send someone to find a solution that meets an alien race and doesn't try to destroy or exploit, but understands and help it, is social commentary
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@Mike09_100 @RealPostFolder Field sales jobs have had gas reimbursement for years and years. It’s common. Just no common for a daily commute.
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@RealPostFolder Ok but when we all went to the office everyday, did you ever expect or ask your employer to cover your gas and commute time? How in gods name could they possibly track and verify that.
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mid meeting, physical one, my coworker wrote his resignation on a napkin and handed it to our boss during the meeting
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@KILLTOPARTY Reading like a prequel to a “my wife asked for an open marriage” reddit story.
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Some men are drowning while others die of thirst
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@TopTrendingBuzz @Hokuto_Ide You forgot to mention that Nagasaki had the biggest population of Christians in Japan. Made martyrs in seconds.
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@Hokuto_Ide There's a reason the Japanese stopped being religious. They know it's not true. Only the dumb ones still believe.
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この投稿もアメリカまで届くのかな？
ハロー。アメリカの皆さん。私は日本で人口1％しかない宗教マイノリティーのキリスト教徒の1人です。
クリスチャントゥデイというメディアの編集長をしています。
よろしくお願いします。
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@GiffLasta Yes I saw you answer the same to most people . I’m just sprinkling in context.
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@jcmbeans Yes. They were virile men.
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Giff Lasta@GiffLasta
The “Sin” of Masculinity A modest proposal for Christian virility Too many men in churches today here a message like this: “The Christian life is serene, modest, passive and receptive. Don’t do, just be. Give up your grand plans, stop relying on your own strength, let go and let God.” The rhetoric stops just short of calling masculinity itself a sin, but that's the implicit assumption. We need to do better. Manhood involves gaining mastery of the passionate fire in your soul: that core impulse hungry to initiate projects, take action, pursue goals, and face danger. You learn to choose concrete goals, measure progress, and reevaluate what works. The church warns of dangers. You can’t build the kingdom of God in our own strength or earn his love through good works. Many things lie outside your control, and the best laid plans often don’t pan out. You need to be open to God breaking in and surprising you. All that is true, but openness to God doesn’t make masculinity a presumptuous idolatry. He has given you a power that is truly yours to wield. He expects you to own it, and use it. Leaving it undeveloped, or just using it whimsically and unintentionally, is a failure of stewardship. Scripturally, the builder with poor materials is saved in the end. It’s the servant who sits idle on his master’s investment that is thrown out forever. Our master prefers any initiative, even risky initiative that loses the investment, to lazy neglect of what he entrusts. Taking an overcautious approach to masculinity, far from being humble or spiritual, is unfaithful to the God who made us in his image. The great men of the Bible were often impulsive or misguided. But they acted. They took risks. They put themselves out there. God named Israel after Jacob’s wrestling audacity. The Lord loved David’s cocky spirited heart. Jesus built a church with Peter’s impetuous determination. Christ chose the fanatical Paul to spread the gospel (with riots and trouble). He affirms the fire; he corrects the aim. The fire in a man’s heart comes from above. People in your life need your capable and inspiring leadership. There's work to do, projects to begin, battles to fight, a legacy to build, and a power within you to shepherd, cultivate, and wield, for God’s glory and our good.
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Now ask yourself:
Were Jacob, Moses, Samson, Joshua, David, Peter, Paul, and Jesus himself…
…more like the awkward church guy?
…or like the untamable bad boy?
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@GiffLasta Framing bad but I understand what you’re trying to say. The first believers were troublemakers in the eyes of Roman and Jewish law. They were revolutionaries. Jesus turned over tables for turning his father’s house into a marketplace. Simon Peter cut off the ear of Jesus arrestor
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@MCFCDamo @menkarfogrolls @LundukeJournal lol not comparable because it’s likely that heroin in illegal in the country it’s being shipped from too.
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@menkarfogrolls @LundukeJournal I perfectly understand it, you don't seem to understand how service provision works. Do you think it's perfectly fine to buy heroin online because it's not illegal in the country you're buying it from?
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The United Kingdom has demanded that 4chan pay a £520,000 fine for failure to comply with UK age verification laws.
However, since 4chan is based in the USA, the UK has no jurisdiction to fine Americans in America.
“As has been explained to your agency, ad nauseam, the United Kingdom lost the American Revolutionary War. We are not in the mood to discuss the matter further, and have not been in the mood for 250 years.”
The letter to the UK’s Ofcom ended by suggesting that “maybe, you could just stop sending Americans stupid letters and acknowledge the sovereignty of the United States.”
4chan’s attorney, @prestonjbyrne also included a picture of a giant hamster dressed as Godzilla.
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@JodkaVello @AdamSinger Explains the difficulty grasping the concept of per capita
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We should not be surprised that Mara Gay believes that $500 million dollars distributed to 327 million people is $1 million each.
According to Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) data for U.S. adults, about 68% of African American adults have limited ability and struggle significantly with percentages, fractions, decimals, and multiplication/division.
Stereotype accuracy is one of the largest and most replicable effects in all of social psychology.
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This is still an all-timer clip, of MSNBC’s Brian Williams and NYT Editorial Board Member Mara Gay reading a tweet and at no point in their brains does the math click for either of them. They made a whole on-screen graphic too, which compounds how funny it is
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@US_OGA @boijingle Whoever runs this account wins!
Btw, Walgreens is out of business.
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Governor - Magnesium citrate is a saline laxative use before major surgery or a colonoscopy. It's available without a prescription, both as a generic and under various brand names.
We suggest you stop at Walgreens pick some up on the way home.
Because you are full of crap.
Governor Gavin Newsom@CAgovernor
Americans will pay $1.5 BILLION MORE at the gas pump just this week because of Donald Trump's war with Iran. California will continue using the tools we've spent years developing to help fight price spikes and lessen the blow from Trump's recklessness.
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@noampomsky Millennials became aware of what we’re putting into our bodies and the food industry. That’s why you see the corporations making huge investments into more healthier alternatives.
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