qantravon

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[–] qantravon 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Many people do, but not everyone. Religious people especially tend not to cohabitate before marriage, as that would be considered a sin.

[–] qantravon 61 points 2 months ago

No, that's the point of a dog whistle. Those in the know understand, and they don't want outsiders to notice. One of the best ways to combat these people is to let everyone in on their "secret" codes, so we can see exactly who is putting their hat in with the Nazis.

[–] qantravon 2 points 2 months ago

The Lady Astronaut series by Mary Robinette Kowal. The first book is called The Calculating Stars. Basically, an alternate history where (spoiler for the opening chapter)

spoilera meteor wipes out the east coast and kick-starts climate change, causing the Space Age to start 10 years early.
It follows a Jewish computer (a woman who literally runs calculations for NASA, as seen in Hidden Figures) who wants to become an astronaut, and her struggles with the racism and misogyny of the 1950s.

[–] qantravon 30 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The only reason this happens is because our system is so weird. In every other country, funding is automatic and doesn't need to be authorized separately. The fix is to switch to a similar setup. Of course, that will never happen, as it would take away this bludgeon the GOP uses to try to get its way.

[–] qantravon 2 points 3 months ago

I remember in 2015 there were images circulating after a debate claiming Hillary Clinton was wearing an earpiece, despite the pictures used as proof clearly being from a different event.

[–] qantravon 129 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's because it was from Davis. He interrupted her constantly, including times when she was about to tell him it was his turn to talk. He didn't interrupt Muir almost at all.

I'll leave the reason why he interrupted one and not the other as an exercise for the reader.

[–] qantravon 2 points 3 months ago

No, he was saying that she "put out a statement" about her racial identity.

[–] qantravon 40 points 3 months ago (1 children)

He dodged every question and shoehorned in "the border" for all of them.

[–] qantravon 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Here's the thing: you're not wrong on what each side seems to have as priorities. It's just absurd that anyone should think there's any kind of equivalence between them.

[–] qantravon 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's the way we do things lads, we're making shit up as we wish!

[–] qantravon 27 points 3 months ago

Every one of those companies would probably be doing better without his involvement, so that might be a positive for them...

[–] qantravon 5 points 3 months ago

Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog has a commentary track called Commentary! The Musical! It is exactly what it sounds like, and it's hilarious.

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