protist

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My TI-89 from 1998 still works perfectly, so at least you only have to buy it once.

Because of their longevity, there are a ton on the aftermarket for like $40

protist ,

as of right now there are currently 9 more active conflicts going on worldwide than the peak of world war II

Are you really putting the regional conflicts occuring today in the same category as World War II, where over 70,000,000 people were killed? "World War III started 3 years ago" is the stuff of a conspiracist's fever dream and is not based in any objective reality

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The Ukraine invasion is totally different though, the international community has already been involved for years and the front lines are more or less static at this point. What Japan did in China...no one stopped them and they kept going all over the Pacific. Another difference was Japan and Germany being formidable powers, Russia is nothing of the sort today, and China is smart enough to stay away

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The conclusion you drew here is not based in real information. Infants can start having cow's milk at about 1 year, but they can have properly prepared meat as soon as they start eating solid food, which is typically around 6 months.

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TIL all the food in the "baby food" section at the grocery store isn't actually baby food lmao.

In the first six months, babies should only have breast milk or formula, so I guess I have no idea what baby food you're referring to.

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This is so oversimplified as to be meaningless

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This was a really interesting read: Marsh Arabs

Thanks for the pic! I would never have heard about this otherwise

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In what reality do you live

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No, the vast majority of people who change their last name to their partners' drop their middle name and replace it with their maiden last name. That's what my wife did, as well as 95% of the people I know who have done this. This is totally average and not actually the thing you're trying to make it out to be.

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My frame of reference is 30-45 year olds in Texas, but also everyone's parents who are 70+ now. What do people do in Chicago?

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What do people do where you're from if they change their name after marriage?

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Shut your fucking face, uncle fucker

Can someone explain me USA obsession with prom and similar school rituals?

I just don't get it... Why is that important, especially for kids now, that feel like they need to do a YouTube video asking for a date or doing some meme stuff. Some teens even hire the hottest celebrity or ask them to appear in their prom? This is so bizarre for me, all that just for a frivolous night....

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You might consider what's driving you to put people down who are having fun

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When you call an event where kids get together to celebrate the end of high school "frivolous" and "dumb," it really comes across as putting other people down.

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Saying something that may be perceived as offensive and then later realizing you probably should have said it differently is totally different from saying the same thing unabashedly with zero self-awareness

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I prefer my doctor be a man, personally

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Because I generally interact with people who are uncomfortable being assigned traditional gender roles, it's more comfortable to think of them as their biological sex--male or female, so that I am not projecting gender stereotypes on them

That happened lmao. You just made this the fuck up

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All those males and females who are your friends? Lmao no you stop

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No, you're dumb!

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It's not though, tax cuts are responsible for that, and obstinance in the face of potential tax increases

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I don't remember it very well, but I know I cried for like 2 hours when I finished "A Dog Called Kitty."

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Yeah, he should have...had one of the conservative justices murdered? WTF do you want him to do

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Approved by the Senate

Did you miss this part?

Movie Trailers Are Killing Movies ( www.gamespot.com )

A great movie trailer can single handedly turn a movie into a success story--like that genius Cloverfield trailer in 2007 that didn't say what the title of the movie was. But it's more common these days, I'd argue, for a trailer to have the opposite impact. A generic trailer can so thoroughly dampen hype for a film that...

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Then don't order one? You're not required to order food at places like Alamo Drafthouse. I typically get a basket of french fries and a couple beers. They're pretty strict about disturbances in the audience too.

I went to a Cinemark once not too long ago, on the other hand, and it was a gross mess. The people in the seat next to me dropped something under their seat and pulled out their phone flashlights to look for it. Someone from staff came out with a flashlight too. It took them like 10 minutes to find whatever it is they dropped, they talked the whole time and it was super disruptive.

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Vitamin and mineral supplements. You only need supplementation if you have a specific deficiency, and deficiencies are not extremely common. Most people who take supplements do not need them and are just peeing out all the extra things they're putting in their bodies while shelling out ridiculous prices to "natural remedy" companies.

If you think you have a deficiency, explain why to a doctor. A blood test to know for sure is simple. A doctor will know what kind of supplementation would best serve you, and there may be an underlying reason that can be treated to fix it. Also eat some god damn vegetables you fat little piggy

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Are you finding yourself deficient in vitamin K based on some symptom you're experiencing? Vitamin K is in soybeans, cashews, broccoli, chicken, grapes, blueberries, and a bunch of oils, including soybean, olive, and canola oils, and the list goes on and on. Vitamin K deficiency in adults is extremely rare.

Like every other vitamin and mineral, eating average healthy (and even lots of unhealthy) foods will meet your RDA.

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If you think you have a deficiency, explain why to a doctor. A blood test to know for sure is simple. A doctor will know what kind of supplementation would best serve you, and there may be an underlying reason that can be treated to fix it.

I didn't say "no one should take supplements ever," I said most people who take supplements are doing so unnecessarily, and you should do so under the supervision of a physician.

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I'd like to note in my top level comment I was referring to medically unnecessary vitamin and mineral supplementation. Protein powder is food and is not part of that. It's 100% necessary for serious lifters, but it's definitely also overused by people who are not serious lifters.

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Protein powder is a calorically dense food supplement, not a vitamin or mineral supplement

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Almonds are nuts, they're the seeds of the almond tree.

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Sheep have been domesticated for over 10,000 years and require regular shearing to continue living, otherwise their wool will overgrow and they eventually won't be able to eat or move.

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Yes, for over 10,000 years. It sounds like you think we should kill all domesticated sheep...

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They still need to be sheared...

I don't quite understand the vitriol around giving these sheep haircuts. This conversation isn't even about eating them. It's about haircuts.

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Have you ever seen a sheep be sheared? It's violent and bloody.

What the fuck are you talking about. They use clippers with a guard on them. They don't shave all the way to the skin. Have you ever seen a sheep he sheared? It involves no blood, only someone holding the animal still. It takes like 30 minutes once every six months.

The point is it's immoral to use an animal as an object to benefit humans.

Yeah hard disagree from me bro. Nature disagrees too. Let the wolves have the sheep instead I guess lol

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May's actual thesis was called "A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud."

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If we low-ball that estimate at $200 per pay period per person, someone who worked there the full 5 years would get $26,000. Their north America operations were 33.6% women in 2022, but no clue how many women total that translates to. They have 161,000 employees globally. If they have 20,000 women in the US, that would translate to $520,000,000. If it's 40,000, then $1 billion. Yes, they could afford it, but they're not going to like it.

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First off, your formatting sucks. Just link the damn article.

Second, I can't help but notice the Biden Admin was made aware of this not long after he entered office, and then he publicly banned the practice. This happened in spring of 2021. Why is this suddenly news?

The Biden White House issued an edict in spring 2021 banning the anti-vax effort, which also disparaged vaccines produced by other rivals, and the Pentagon initiated an internal review, Reuters found.

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Yes it does

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Yeah buddy, the US invaded Ukraine in 2014 lmao

I realize you're going to try to come back at me with a bunch of "evidence" that the US worked with and supported the Maidan, but that's all true. What's also true is that the Ukrainian people are the ones who actually did the work there.

When Russia invaded Ukraine in Feb 2022, it was Russians invading. Physically invading with tanks, infantry, and artillery. In the Maidan in 2014, the Ukrainian people revolted against their government after it abandoned efforts to align with Europe in favor of aligning with Russia. The Ukrainian people want to align with Europe and the West.

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I thought you said that he was not interested in taking Kyiv.

No, he’s interested in taking Kyiv for the purpose of regime change. O.K.?

As opposed to what?

As opposed to permanently conquering Kyiv.

It would be a Russian-friendly government that he would presumably have some say over, right?

Yes, exactly. But it’s important to understand that it is fundamentally different from conquering and holding onto Kyiv. Do you understand what I’m saying?

Lmao I don't know what you think you're proving by sharing an interview with this guy. This is literally one person's opinion, and a weak one at that lol

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Isn't the point always to have "the highest wage in history?" If you didn't, that means you took a pay cut

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Seems like from all the cows that have been infected, none have fallen seriously ill and all have fully recovered. Among the hundreds (thousands?) of cows that have been infected, are we at 3 total people who have caught it from them? And all had a minor illness and made a full recovery.

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Did you make that one up all by yourself

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I didn't deny COVID at all, instead I worked in a hospital the entire pandemic, asshole. You're so bent out of shape by someone who has a slightly different idea of reality than you that you just make shit up about them in your head to justify your negative thoughts. Go to therapy.

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COVID is just the flu and bird flu is just COVID, nothing matters, let the bodies pile up.

I didn't say this. No one here said this. This is called a straw man.

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Over 700,000 people die every year from common variants of the flu, where 463 people total have died over the past 20 years from H5N1. We should always be working to reduce flu mortality, and this H5N1 outbreak is certainly something to watch closely and be prepared for potentialities, but also the sky is not falling.

It's literally not a big deal right now, because there have been zero cases of human to human transmission. You're treating this like it's the same as COVID already, but it's not

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That sounds exhausting. How have you changed your behavior to affect something that doesn't yet exist and that you have zero control over?

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The government has already funded the production of several million doses of vaccine against H5N1, and is planning to produce more, so it seems the government is already doing something.

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