#Naive

climate change is not a lost cause. the world is not doomed. it is not too late to take action. humans are not a virus. we CAN change.such doomist, fatalist
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A quick thread.... I signed up for this site nearly 12 years ago to connect with like-minded people and to learn more from them—particularly those interested in the intersection of
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I bought this newspaper the other day at a French flea market. It’s from 2 November 1918, the end of WWI, published 7 days before the Kaiser abdicated and 9
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[THREAD]So lately I’ve been reading Messi slanders. People saying “We dont need him”, “Sell him”, “no one is bigger then the club”. Well how naive do you have to be
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Thoughts on #rejection #writing I’m thinking mainly about books - and literary fiction.1. Rejection is part of the querying process. I found no replies harder - about a third of
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Some thoughtsThe deal makes it inevitable that negotiations with the EU will continue for at least 4.5 years on Fisheries alone, and most likely forever on everything else.The character of
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1. Joe Biden reflects the best and worst Archetypal qualities of the Silent Generation: sensitive, inclusive, sentimental, but also indecisive, somewhat naive, and plagued by a sense of an unfulfilled
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When I was in college, I had to answer a question on the difference between science and religion for a course known as the Foundation Course (FC - I don’t
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Quick thread on 'inclusive language'.Sample of recent of straight-faced 'woman' substitutions I've seen from various ostensibly serious organisations:MenstruatorChestfeederBleederPerson with (uterus/vagina/cervix/ovaries
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Arteta may not sign natural passers to control games because he feels they’re too rare, not tactical players or not athletic enough. So Arsenal will try to dominate games with
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I'm very anti-CRT, but this line of reasoning is going hurt the anti-CRT side in the long run because it's a weak argument based on an embarrassing misunderstanding of the
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How Seokjin is the opposite of the rest of the BTS members, a very loving thread: Namjin: Opposites in IdeologiesNamjoon once said that when he first met Seokjin, he couldn't
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Down memory lane we go. The history of Bill Kling's savvy.You have to understand how Kling operated. Here's an example. Around 2000, he and an ex Amazon guy at Forrester
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The trying to be objective 'concluding thoughts on the Stewart Donald era' thread:I maintain that he had the club's best interests at heart when taking over, at the same time
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The Hard Problem of Consciousness: a question that will forever change the way you see reality, and a strong argument against atheism[Thread]Atheism is built on the premise that all things
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"And while its turnaround is just beginning... it's a much better bet at this point than chasing unproven second-tier markets that have lost much of their cost advantage to their
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