William Gumpert

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William Gumpert

William Gumpert

@billgumpy

professional scientist

Tham gia Mayıs 2025
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akunakun
akunakun@akuna_kun·
@ussuriii These are the type of people that is agreeing with you
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Charlie Smirkley
Charlie Smirkley@charliesmirkley·
The Duke lacrosse hoax showed us that liberals will fall for Alex Jones type nonsense if it fits their worldviews. A black stripper accused three (first 20) white Duke lacrosse players of rape at an off-campus party. She invented a bachelor party for a non existent wedding the next day, described fit tall attackers as short and chubby, zero DNA from any player, eyewitness dancer called it a crock on the spot, one defendant had timestamped ATM receipt plus cab log plus dorm keycard, lineup had only lacrosse players and cops told her the attackers were in it.
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becky
becky@swiftchiffon·
@billgumpy @GravitonJanitor @yumestarion it’s pretty handy. in fairness, we then have a “law school” type thing which you do during your traineeship (i think equivalent of being a junior associate american terms?) but you’re working as a lawyer essentially during that time, plus it’s like 6 months
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Xen ✦
Xen ✦@yumestarion·
You people won't survive having actual adult jobs
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becky
becky@swiftchiffon·
@billgumpy @GravitonJanitor @yumestarion and i am neither. we have a faster pace in ireland than america as we have an undergrad 3 year law degree. also i clearly meant i know what a “professional” environment expects which is the case from interns to partners, regardless
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t8@imjustt8·
I’m using a VPN to read international news sites and I literally cannot believe how censored the United States is.
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noname01.cpp
noname01.cpp@AnAccou15875436·
@growing_daniel Is it ? Only people it seemed to effect were either already religious or religion adjacent. I am not aware of any nonces or even ex-christians affected by it
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Daniel
Daniel@growing_daniel·
The degree to which Charlie Kirk's assassination affected people and their decisions about life will never be fully comprehended or conveyed but it seems to be surprisingly large
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Centrism Fan Acct 🔹
Centrism Fan Acct 🔹@Wilson__Valdez·
A White socialist (sex pest) in a keffiyeh and a millionaire nepo baby online streamer arguing with an actual Iranian and telling him how wrong he is. Leftism.jpg.
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William Gumpert
William Gumpert@billgumpy·
@ApexxSamurai @watachickenwata @maizie_star If losing is demolishing Islamist capability to achieve their goals of jihad nationwide and having the largest economy/military/living standards on earth then I’m fine with losing haha. It’s great to be American
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erin
erin@maizie_star·
looked over at my Iranian bf during cardio and asked what he’s watching and he said “shia hype songs. don’t worry about it babe”
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Apex
Apex@ApexxSamurai·
@watachickenwata @maizie_star Brownies better than pinkies in war. Period. All you guys do is porn, beer and rape your kids(Epstein) lol u know its true
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BottleShopBob
BottleShopBob@BottleShopBob·
@PalmyrPar Yes, we did. We got Trump elected despite the full opposition of the GOP. And we can do it again.
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William Gumpert
William Gumpert@billgumpy·
@edgefills @FischerKing64 This is how reading crime and punishment felt for me. The book’s plot intricacies didn’t really matter because the philosophical and thematic elements are what Dostoyevsky is really trying to convey
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Ven@edgefills·
A common hangup when reading older novels is the idea that there's something you "miss" if you don't parse every word, when the novel pre-teevee era was meant to be read to pass the time, even the difficult ones. Just like you don't fully pay attention to a sitcom, the enjoyable way to read the tomes is to let your eyes wash over the words and let your intuition ping you to focus. All of a sudden, attention focuses, and you realize the writing is good — *really* good, and poignant, and funny. And if something doesn't make sense, you can always go back. Older literature was meant for repetitive reading, partially bc books were fairly expensive until commodified, and bc there wasn't any other form of mass entertainment. I've always felt the American school system teaches reading incorrectly for this reason. Being able to recite plot points and answer questions isn't a useful test of literary interpretation after it's obvious you have reading comprehension. Great literature is about timelessness, expanding an anecdote or a plot point into a generalist statement about the universe and its participants. The quiz mentality induces pressure in people for no reason. They subconsciously assume they're supposed to be able to rattle off facts about the books the read, which makes reading stressful for no reason. I've read a ton of books where I would struggle to tell you what actually happens. But when a passage becomes relevant, or I discuss the ideas I remember from the experience described above, it's clear I "get" the ideas of the author. It's such a weird reading tip, but if you don't feel like reading a page, just go to the next! You never know if you'll find the right circumstances to get unstuck otherwise.
Megha@megha_lilly

Before I was reading any classic novels, I could never get past the difficult boring parts. What helped me break through and enjoy a classic novel was when I went on a camping trip to the backwoods with my friends and my only entertainment was “Brothers Karamazov”. I had been languishing on page 35 for ages. But the solitude, the lack of constant stimulus in the woods, the simplicity of the time spent, allowed my mind to rest enough to concentrate. I read 200 pages in a weekend and it was the most beautiful experience ever. Even now, when I read classic novels, it forces my mind into the state it was in when I was in that more soothing mental environment.

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Kikirunch
Kikirunch@kikiruncha·
@billgumpy @growing_daniel @AviSchiffmann Uh, yeah, dipshit...I don't support smoking any Muslim fundamentalist country because -- in case you haven't noticed, you dumb fuck -- that country always ends up more unstable after the fact (which only benefits Isreal)
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Daniel
Daniel@growing_daniel·
October 7th really was one of the most catastrophic strategic moves in history
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Reduced wIthout Any Effort
Reduced wIthout Any Effort@bowellevitation·
@jetneptune_ The backlash was from your cunty attitude. You half-ass everything and haven't provided a finished product since season 2 but you had the balls to insult your fanbase for not paying you more money. Get a grip and trim your toe nails, loser.
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jet
jet@jetneptune_·
It’s true. We spend all the money every time setting up the next show Fishtank isn’t ever gonna make us rich but it’s fun to do and makes people happy so we keep doing it Didn’t expect this much backlash after asking for $10 season pass (after dropping the price from $60)
⭐ Rad dad@RadDadTheRaped

Maybe give people a reason to pay. You literally cut the last season off 1/4th of the way through and proceeded to insult your dedicated audience. Retard. #fishtanklive

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