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I was going to say, "because that what the elephant with eight arms or whatever they fuck they worship over there in Poopland said so," and then I decided to look it up to make sure. Turns out I'm the misconceptionist.
Gemini said:
Karma is generally understood as a cosmic law of cause and effect that impacts both your current life and future incarnations, say Asian Indian Funeral Service and Big Think. It acts as a "boomerang," returning the results of actions, thoughts, and intentions—whether instantly, later in this life, or in a subsequent existence
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I'm Retarded? said:
nucular.

we had a huge society-wide slapfight over this during the Bush era because that fucking retard couldn't say it right.

I still hear people pronouncing it that way.

nucular.
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1 is not a prime number. A prime number is a positive integer divisible by TWO factors, one AND itself. 1 can only fulfill the condition of one factor.
 
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I'm Retarded? said:
nucular.

we had a huge society-wide slapfight over this during the Bush era because that fucking retard couldn't say it right.

I still hear people pronouncing it that way.

nucular.
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Are you shitting me? People were really pronouncing it like that? I thought it was a throwaway Simpsons gag.

Edit: Post above me is the scene i was thinking about.
 
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Miriam Margoyles said:
It's like when people say 'Tannoy', when they mean 'public address system'.
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yeah but that's a gray area - we often refer to everyday items by popular brand names. observe:
  • "fridge" is actually short for "Frigidaire" (not "refrigerator")
  • "crapper" refers to Thomas Crapper (and not necessarily "crap")
  • "Hoover" refers to a popular brand of vacuum
here's a few more courtesy of Brave search:
Many everyday items are commonly referred to by their brand names rather than their generic terms, a phenomenon known as genericization. Here are some prominent examples:

  • Band-Aid: Refers to any adhesive bandage, though it's a trademark of Johnson & Johnson.
  • Bubble Wrap: Used for any air-filled plastic packaging, originally a Sealed Air Corporation product.
  • Crock-Pot: Often used to describe any slow cooker, even though it's a brand owned by Sunbeam.
  • Kleenex: Frequently used to mean any tissue, despite being a trademark of Kimberly-Clark.
  • Post-It: Commonly used for any small sticky note, trademarked by 3M.
  • Velcro: Used generically for any hook-and-loop fastener, invented by George de Mestral.
  • Xerox: Often used as a verb for photocopying, though it's a trademark of Xerox Corporation.
  • Taser: Used to describe any electroshock weapon, even though it's a brand owned by Axon.
  • Scotch Tape: Commonly used for any transparent adhesive tape, trademarked by 3M.
  • Zipper: Originally a brand name, now used for any separable fastener.
  • Dyson: Often used to refer to any vacuum cleaner, despite being a brand name.
  • Hoover: In the UK and Ireland, commonly used for any vacuum cleaner or the act of vacuuming.
  • Frisbee: Used generically for any flying disc, though it's a trademark of WHAM-O.
  • Popsicle: Used for any frozen fruit pop on a stick, trademarked by Unilever.
  • Jumbotron: Refers to any large video screen, originally a trademark of Sony.
  • AstroTurf: Used for artificial grass, trademarked by Monsanto.
These brand names have become so ingrained in everyday language that they often overshadow the generic terms, though their trademark owners typically work to protect them.


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EDIT - anyhoo
I'm Retarded? said:
nucular.

we had a huge society-wide slapfight over this during the Bush era because that fucking retard couldn't say it right.

I still hear people pronouncing it that way.

nucular.
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the current pop-culture shitword is "fentanyl."
I can't count how many media retards I've heard pronouncing "fent-uh-NAHL."
it's "fent-uh-NIL" goddamn it

 
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Snusmumriken said:
Columbus sailing to America to prove the earth was round, and also being the one to discover America, both of which are untrue, was literally taught in my school growing up. I didn’t unlearn it until a particularly passionate social studies teacher in high school told us otherwise.
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We were taught so much patently untrue and incorrect shit in elementary school in the early 90s but what pissed me off the most was when our biology teacher whipped out this absolute bullshit called a "tongue map" and made us test it for ourselves with differently flavoured strips.
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Me and one other kid in our class of ~30 were the only ones to call bullshit on it, argued with the teacher and the other faggot kids until we got sent to the principal. Most grave injustice of my whole life, i swear :story:
 
Snusmumriken said:
Columbus sailing to America to prove the earth was round, and also being the one to discover America, both of which are untrue, was literally taught in my school growing up. I didn’t unlearn it until a particularly passionate social studies teacher in high school told us otherwise.
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It just doesn't make much sense from the economical viewpoint - no state of back then would be willing to spare three large tall ships just to make a point and prove a theory, if there wasn't a potential profit that would outweigh the risk.
But thanks to his misconception that what he had seen, was the other side of India he came there for, there are Indians and Indians.
It's been more than 500 years, ffs. More than enough time to come up with a (politically correct) one-word name.
 
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Speaking of Indians, the idea that there was any kind of united Indian state before 1949 (and arguably since then too).

Try asking a Gujarati if he identifies with the Bengalis as his comrades. Or anyone not from there if they'd like to share a street shitter with someone from Uttar Pradesh.
 
I'm Retarded? said:
nucular.

we had a huge society-wide slapfight over this during the Bush era because that fucking retard couldn't say it right.

I still hear people pronouncing it that way.

nucular.
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Mispronouncing it like that is a military shibboleth. Eisenhower and Carter (a nuclear submariner) said it the same way. People objecting to it are the retards.

"Well I served in [blah whatever] and I pronounce it correctly because I'm not illiterate."

And instead of being president you're here. Consider.
 
"I'm the shit!"

So what you're really saying is that you tie your worth to fecal matter that we all collectively take a dump in our toilet? Even if you're saying that you're the smell and therefore attractive, it doesn't really say much. You are implying strongly, that you are valueless and just as disposable as flushing said matter.

"It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see Y and X!"

Realistically, anyone with a functioning brain and comprehensive thought could also see it too, no rocket science background required.

"The Middle-East was disturbed and fucked with because the United States started the Iraq War"

We are now dealing with generations who were just born in the 2000s and have no recollection of anything 9/11-related and how we got into Iraq. So, when they grow up, they really believe that the United States is the sole reason that the Middle-East is as fucked with as it is now. When they can fix this by doing a little historical research to learn that the Middle-East has always been a fucked up playground of religious holy wars and corruption with very few breaks of peace.

I mean, did the US involvement help matters? Obviously not, but I guess why not right? That region is a fucking void of degradation that stemmed for centuries, so they've doomed themselves before we got around to helping it.
 
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Turquoise said:
"Nabokov wasn't a pedo. Have you even read Lolita?"

Yes, and ive read all his other works in which older men couple up with teenagers or in which he describes in graphic detail a 12 year old girl's unmentionable areas. It was his favorite topic and the real genius of Lolita was that he got to write out his degenerate fantasies in full while academics oohd and aahd over it. still a genius mind.
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It is same kind of cope pedos use for drawn CP . "It is just picture / pixels you incel prude." You subhuman spent lot of time fantasyzing about rape of children you freak. Now please face the wall.


ToroidalBoat said:
Also, Columbus did not go to prove the world was round -- that was known since the time of ancient Greece.
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There are still many enlightened Atheist redditor types who repeat this BS. :neckbeard:
People not only know that world is round but also they had rough idea how big it is.
So now imagine some Italian Autist comes to you and says, Ackshually guys world is significantly smaller than everyone believes. So it is possible to sail all the way to Asia with current tech. When you look as his math it is not mathing.
If America didn't exist as continent Columbus would starve to death before he would reach Asia.
Globus Cruciger
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was used since early medieval period as symbol of divine right of kings to rule.
Orb represents world and Cross is symbol of God .So King/Emperor rules over the world because he was chosen by God to do so.
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People pointing out counterexamples while not realizing they're the exceptions that prove the rule.

Music related example: the really common reddit comment saying it's not true that major implies happy and minor implies sad because so-and-so song sounds happy even though it's in minor key.

No shit nigga, and that doesn't disprove the idea that the contraints of a major key implies most major key music will sound happy to some degree.
 
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