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Reality is a social construct defined by the dominant ethnic ...

2026-09-09T10:39:18Z

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Reality is a social construct defined by the dominant ethnic group and manipulated by the Epstein class to control us.

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2026-09-09T09:53:27Z

So I'm Australian, and here in Australia we have schools for ...

2026-08-18T05:17:04Z

So I'm Australian, and here in Australia we have schools for gifted children, where admissions are based purely on standardised test results. Near the end of primary school you go to a special place to take a test, and the test is designed to measure logical thinking and mental flexibility rather than academic experience. And if you score highly, you go to a special school with smart students of all different backgrounds.

And I liked Spider-Man Homecoming in large part because Peter Parker goes to a "magnet school", which I'm told is the American equivalent. And it doesn't have any dumb jock types; the school bully is a little Indian brat with rich parents. It felt like a more modern take on high school tropes than all the high school movies where nerds wear bow ties that feel like the writer grew up in the 50s.

Anyway, half of My polycule says that magnet schools are all fake and only serve the rich. There's no way a low income white boy from queens could make it into a gifted school in our world, based purely on academic achievement. I'm aware that the American system is less fair and money plays a much bigger role, but I thought there was at least a chance that a genius kid could beat the system and get into a good school with good grades.

Do magnet schools exist? Is it all just lies by the rich?

What's the hand signal for telemarketer?

2026-07-08T04:51:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…uguc
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What's the hand signal for telemarketer?

So I was thinking about manic pixie dream girls, and I'm not ...

2026-06-23T04:42:46Z

So I was thinking about manic pixie dream girls, and I'm not sure I agree with this opinion I just formed, but... it's there, and I'll defend it in the interest of a good discussion.

In the Count of Monte Cristo, the Abbe Faria is an elderly priest who Edmund Dantes meets in prison. The Abbe is smart, well-read, principled, disciplined, a long-term thinker, kind, courteous, and all-around just a perfect guy. Over Edmund's years in prison, the Abbe becomes as a father to him, and teaches him all of his knowledge of politics, chemistry, linguistics, astronomy, history, and other assorted sciences.

Now, if a manic pixie dreamgirl is an upbeat, quirky love interest who exists only to spur on the main character's development... The Abbe Faria is coping unreasonably well with imprisonment, is certainly an odd character by his time's standards, even having a reputation among the prison guards as insane, he forms a bond of love with Dantes, and he teaches Dantes to become a better person and then promptly dies, getting out of the way of the plot. These are all of the signature characteristics of a manic pixie dream girl, other than gender.

So... yeah!

I'm gonna recommend Moon Knight as the best version of Batman ...

2026-04-15T07:27:23Z

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I'm gonna recommend Moon Knight as the best version of Batman without the bootlicking.

✔️ Gadgets
✔️ Martial arts
✔️ Detective work
✔️ Mental issues
✔️ Fear tactics
❌ Billionaire (He made his millions working as a mercenary, which he's now trying to atone for)
❌ Ableism (No "criminally insane" BS, and the best runs explore accurate mental illness)
❌ Copaganda (The cops have standing orders to arrest Moon Knight, so if he wants to work with the cops, he has to dress up as Mr Knight)
❌ Child endangerment
❌ Gay jokes about Robin

Chevron 4 encoded The chevrons are the symbols on the Stargate. ...

2026-04-13T23:45:28Z

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Chevron 4 encoded

The chevrons are the symbols on the Stargate. We need 7 of them to travel to another planet.

Dessalines and Nutomic, mainly

2026-03-06T00:07:29Z

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Dessalines and Nutomic, mainly

They're too busy banning anarchists to write code

2026-03-05T13:50:58Z

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They're too busy banning anarchists to write code

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2026-01-25T15:32:40Z

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2026-01-25T14:25:13Z