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vacri t1_j6pae09 wrote
Reply to comment by plummbob in Woke’s no joke: breakfast cafe’s name awakens US conservative ire by domo415
The emphasis is on the "your"...
vacri t1_j5hmc1r wrote
Reply to comment by hurdurnotavailable in Racial diversity in top tech & biotech companies [OC] by teamongered
I like how you ask for evidence of difference in outcome... when the word 'discrimination' itself inherently means a difference in outcome. If someone is discriminated against, it's because they've had a difference in outcome.
What other words in English do you require evidence for their definitions?
vacri t1_j587iba wrote
Reply to Polarization in different countries by AfroInfo
This graph is a fantastic demonstration of the weakness of self-reported studies.
vacri t1_j3tp8mk wrote
Reply to comment by VT_Squire in Will water ice melt faster if allowed to drain, or remain in the meltwater? by terjeboe
Given that body temperature is only 37, there's no hypothermia happening in this situation. Exert yourself and you might get overheated, though.
vacri t1_iwpq4wn wrote
Reply to comment by gregorydgraham in Minor party candidate who called for Daniel Andrews to be hanged preferenced ahead of Labor by Liberals by Jeremy_Gorbachov
... and what a borderless, free-trade nation they created once they took power!
vacri t1_iwp425n wrote
Reply to comment by gregorydgraham in Minor party candidate who called for Daniel Andrews to be hanged preferenced ahead of Labor by Liberals by Jeremy_Gorbachov
Sorry, you're right, you did explicitly say that. I stand corrected.
Who were the real-world significant political parties that had abolition of the concept of nations as a core part of their platform?
vacri t1_iwnlxz7 wrote
Reply to comment by gregorydgraham in Minor party candidate who called for Daniel Andrews to be hanged preferenced ahead of Labor by Liberals by Jeremy_Gorbachov
When you say "All we have now is", you're implying that in the real world we used to have significant political parties that followed your definitions.
vacri t1_iwn7oyq wrote
Reply to comment by ManaGauge in Minor party candidate who called for Daniel Andrews to be hanged preferenced ahead of Labor by Liberals by Jeremy_Gorbachov
How would you rephrase the title to be a more emotionless version?
"Major party assigns its voting preferences to a minor party candidate openly calling for the murder of a politician of the other major party"?
How would you improve the NPOV of the title?
vacri t1_iwn4xwf wrote
Reply to comment by Amationary in Minor party candidate who called for Daniel Andrews to be hanged preferenced ahead of Labor by Liberals by Jeremy_Gorbachov
It is oniony if you are unaware of just how incompetent the state Liberal party is for Victoria. The Liberal party is a major party, and as such shouldn't be endorsing any candidate calling for murder above other genuine parties.
The Vic Libs are just so incompetent that this headline is just business as usual for those in the know.
vacri t1_iwn45x6 wrote
Reply to comment by gregorydgraham in Minor party candidate who called for Daniel Andrews to be hanged preferenced ahead of Labor by Liberals by Jeremy_Gorbachov
>Classical Labour/socialist are the party of the little guy. They believe in freedom of trade, freedom of labour, and freedom of movement
???
That wing of politics is much more for protectionism than freedom of trade. Socialism in particular is big on controlling trade.
Freedom of labour and movement is also a weird one, as they're not really up for freedom of labour and movement if it's the wrong kind of person. And certainly in practice, history's socialist countries have been quite strict on freedom of movement even for the favoured people
vacri t1_iwlskjf wrote
Reply to comment by avoid3d in 'It's a pretty gross and offensive phrase': SA Premier under fire for 'sloppy seconds' comment by notinferno
... because you're pooh-poohing their explanation of that origin backed up with visual evidence, rather than a Slate article.
vacri t1_iwlqvle wrote
Reply to comment by waydownsouthinoz in 'It's a pretty gross and offensive phrase': SA Premier under fire for 'sloppy seconds' comment by notinferno
My nan who never swore would say bugger frequently. And I was well into my twenties before I finally clued into what "hurts like buggery" actually means. It's obvious written in this context, but not obvious when your churchgoing relatives use it casually when you're growing up...
vacri t1_iwlq2sz wrote
Reply to comment by avoid3d in 'It's a pretty gross and offensive phrase': SA Premier under fire for 'sloppy seconds' comment by notinferno
>but I think it's an interesting exercise in believing things without actually checking whether they're true.
The person you're replying to has provided over a dozen pictures of actual cockpits...
vacri t1_ivdxvit wrote
Reply to comment by ofufnfighskfj in [OC] Detailed Language Family Map of the World by BLAZENIOSZ
Blank is a later 'forking' of the word, coming to English via French.
vacri t1_iv9jewb wrote
Reply to comment by Longjumping-Ad-2333 in [OC] Detailed Language Family Map of the World by BLAZENIOSZ
Who comprise 3% of the population, and who pretty much all speak English as well. There is the rare person who doesn't speak English, but the overwhelming majority do.
vacri t1_iv9j68w wrote
Reply to comment by leibnizpascal in [OC] Detailed Language Family Map of the World by BLAZENIOSZ
https://www.reddit.com/r/Infographics/comments/qps9gy/indoeuropean_for_two/
Check out this infographic for a more visceral sense of the family. The word for 'two' is similar across most of the indo-european family. Obviously not all words are like this, but it's an interesting graphic.
Another example of how a family is related but not mutually intelligible is that the English "black" and the French "blanc" ('white') come from the same origin - an older word referring to stuff left over after a fire. The English branch took this to mean charcoal, and the French branch took this to mean ash.
vacri t1_iudbjyb wrote
Reply to comment by Adam302 in [OC] Kuznet's curve - Death Rate due to outdoor Air Pollution vs GDP per capita by eqqqxy
The richer the country, the better the air quality, except in Africa where a bad line-of-fit makes it look like it's deadly to be wealthy there.
vacri t1_itb6s86 wrote
Reply to comment by pivantun in [OC] Average Airbnb cleaning fees for 12 cities around the world. Austin, TX leads. by robert_ritz
In which case the data would be better represented as "percentage of listings with cleaning fees" and "average cost of cleaning fee if there is one"
Otherwise it's an exercise in misleading statistics.
vacri t1_itb6nr5 wrote
Reply to comment by Luissmb in [OC] Average Airbnb cleaning fees for 12 cities around the world. Austin, TX leads. by robert_ritz
I was looking for a place in Berlin and found one with a cleaning fee of 250 euro if you didn't fully spring clean the place yourself at the end. Owner responding to poor reviews "well the company sends a team of six for a minimum of four hours and I can't get them to do less than that", sourced from the Tome of Implausible Excuses.
Same owner also tracked electricity usage and charged someone 50 euro for occasionally using the inbuilt washing machine. Complaint in review lead to a paragraphs-long diatribe on the cost of German electricity.
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Yeah, I'm going to book a hotel.
vacri t1_jed03g0 wrote
Reply to NC senators propose eliminating participation trophies for youth sports by SpudB0y
"party of small government"...