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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 24, 2016 - 06:59pm PT
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Healy, that looks like something from Benny Hill! Ho, man!
Edward, don't know what movie yer pic is from but I ain't never seen a Marine like him.
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Jun 24, 2016 - 07:04pm PT
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Non Islamic pothead shoots police officer 7 times.
Folcroft (Delaware County, PA) Officer Expected to Make Full Recovery After Shot 7 Times
The suspect was identified as Donte Brooks Island. Federal court records show that Island is on parole for an illegal gun possession conviction. He served 110 months in jail and was nearing the end of three years' supervised release when he allegedly shot Dorman Friday.
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dikhed
climber
State of fugue and disbelief
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Jun 24, 2016 - 08:43pm PT
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still derpin'?
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zBrown
Ice climber
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Jun 25, 2016 - 07:06am PT
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Now I had to look that one up.
The act of looking at pictures or videos on the internet designed to make you laugh.
A verb to describe the action of somebody or something that is acting in a manor that would cause somebody to think that they are mentally handicapped.
A simple, undefined reply when an ignorant comment or action is made
TodaY
Texas Dad of 3 Loses Leg to Rare Flesh-Eating Bacteria He Contracted After Family Beach Day
Whitewater Center rafting closes after brain-eating amoeba found in water
Just callin' 'em as the internet sees them.
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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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Jun 28, 2016 - 01:03pm PT
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HFCS thanks for the Sam Harris video.
He started his argument by drawing us a mental diagram of Islam with the jihadists at the center, and then the next circle is the Islamists, and then the 80% of peaceful Muslims are around them on the periphery. I couldn't quite tell exactly where he got that diagram from. To me, it seemed like the starting point - the assumption - that he built the rest of his beliefs and argument from.
And it did seem to me analogous to drawing a diagram of the US, and race relations in our country (where 150 years after slavery, median white wealth is still 16 times greater than median black wealth) with the hard core racists at the center of our society, and non-racists as the ones on the outer edges, rather than the other way around. That the rot in our American society is a central core component of our identity.
Tough call. Probably some truth to both perspectives. But I think that we prefer some truths to others, and our nature is to see the bad in others more clearly than we see the bad in ourselves.
Or maybe we can choose to work it the other way - by seeing the good in ourselves (I don't believe I'm a racist because I'm an American) we can see the good in others (I don't believe they're terrorists because they're Muslims).
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 28, 2016 - 01:09pm PT
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white wealth is still16 times greater than median black wealt
I guess I'm a racist for going to work and saving my money.
OK, I can handle that. Ya know, going to work wasn't that bad,
it was waiting 8 hours to go home that got old.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
Shetville , North of Los Angeles
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Jun 28, 2016 - 06:00pm PT
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I worked at an M&M plant and was let go for throwing away all the W's...
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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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Jun 29, 2016 - 12:44pm PT
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Right, there's some poisonous sh#t embedded in some of our evolved psychological tendencies, but even knowing that, we haven't pulled the trigger and extincted ourselves yet.
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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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Jun 29, 2016 - 12:58pm PT
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It's odd for humans not to think and act in their own self-interest. It's the way we've evolved to think and act over 4 billion years of survival of the fittest. If that means blaming Islam when we're not a Muslim, or being racist when we're not black, yea, that's not odd, in a human way.
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