Activity from Gorgik
“Many people, all with the best of intentions, have said that if I walk away from UNC, I will have let those who opposed me win. But I do not want to win someone else’s game. It is not my job to heal this university, to force the reforms... [more]
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"...what they choose ..."
The question, in the context of the class and the topic in general, is what constitutes free choice, and how many people in prostitution have chosen it, compared to others who have not.
I'm one of the... [more]
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I never read nor watched GoT, nor will I ever. But am I glad to see this paragraph in a review of it:
But here is what I know about women and power: Men fear powerful women, because they know that women have always had cause to fear powerful... [more]
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Hoist by Her Own Petard and A Little Too Big for Their Britches are, incidentally, the first two volumes in my new Cocky Commenter romance series.... [more]
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The second link has a line about students not knowing where their classes were, and I'm like "why don't they just look in the course catalog" and then I was like I got one when I was in school it was a paper book like 50 pages long and then... [more]
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I don't know about dealing with COVID, but I'd suggest that being careful for a year wasn't for nothing. You and your partner were safe and healthy when a lot of other people weren't, and apart from yourselves, you very likely prevented other people... [more]
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Dave Brown
@dave_brown24
This is the first time a sitting president has been banned from Twitter going back to 1812 [more]
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Not running for president, but more affirmation that using a fake name on rec.arts.erotica was the right choice. [more]
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Back in Kent, Ohio, local business owners ran an ad thanking the National Guard. Mail poured in to the mayor’s office, blaming “dirty hippies,” “longhairs” and “outside agitators” for the violence. Some Kent residents raised four fingers when... [more]
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Somehow I think this is an attempt on Fox's part to make marriage seem less interesting to gay people. [more]
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In a just world, we would see Zuckerberg resigning, or being dismissed by the board.
In a just world, a group of preschoolers would be given unfettered access to Zuckerberg's bank accounts.
Then he'd be dismissed by the board.... [more]
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I sold my daughter on a trip to London
Jesus Christ that is expensive [more]
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It's short, and who knows all the things behind it, but I'm glad to hear someone in a position of authority speak plainly, hopefully and with gratitude.... [more]
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I don't tell people about this normally, but I sometimes buy a gift card at a local coffee place on my commute route, and leave it for the staff to use for subsequent customers. It felt like the right time to do it this morning.
This morning the... [more]
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