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A thought-terminating cliché is a form of loaded language – often passing as folk wisdom – intended to end an argument and bypass cognitive dissonance with a cliché rather than a point. Some clichés are not inherently terminating and only become so when used to dismiss dissent or justify fallacies.

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 — 3 days ago
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Since premiering in 1989, the critical reception of The Simpsons has changed significantly over the course of its run. While the series’ “golden era” is widely considered to be among the most influential media ever produced, fans and critics have alleged a decline in quality since then.

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 — 4 days ago
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TIL: Section 10 of the Presidential Succession Act of 1792 (repealed in 1886) stipulated that a special election for the US presidency would be held before the regularly scheduled election should the offices of president and vice president fall simultaneously vacant. No such election ever occurred.

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 — 10 days ago
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The is–ought problem, first articulated by philosopher David Hume, is the question of whether moral statements about what ought to be can be inferred from objective statements about what is. Hume's law contends that an ethical conclusion cannot be inferred from purely descriptive factual statements.

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 — 12 days ago
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It’s sort of insane that the Andorian slur for humans was “pink skin”

At least, during the era depicted in Star Trek: Enterprise.

  1. They would’ve been familiar with any number of races whose skin color was little different from Archer’s — including the Vulcans.

  2. They encountered several humans whose skin color very much was not pink.

I recognize that these things aren’t always logical, but still. Just a small beef I’ve had with the writers for years. Decided to get it off my chest.

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 — 15 days ago
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Alcoholism in Ireland is a significant public health problem. In 2021, 70% of Irish men and 34% of Irish women aged 15+ were considered to be hazardous drinkers. Alcoholism is implicated in at least three deaths a day in Ireland.

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 — 1 month ago
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The United States Census' 2017–2021 American Community Survey estimated that 1.64% of Louisianans over the age of 5 spoke French or a French-based creole at home, and one publication deduced that there were 120,000 French speakers in 2023. This is down from roughly a million speakers in the 1960s.

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u/Krommander — 1 month ago
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Boudica was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. She is considered a British national heroine and a symbol of the struggle for justice and independence.

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 — 1 month ago
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“I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream” is a post-apocalyptic short story by American writer Harlan Ellison. The story depicts an AI uprising in which a supercomputer gains sentience and eradicates humanity except for five individuals, torturing the survivors as a form of revenge against its creators.

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 — 1 month ago
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Pre-Columbian transoceanic contact theories posit that people from the Old World visited the Americas sometime between their prehistoric settlement by Siberian migrants and 1492. Currently, there is a wide consensus that the Norse and Polynesians did make contact with the New World.

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 — 1 month ago
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In 2008, Mad Max director George Miller was hired by Warner Bros to direct an adaptation of The Odyssey starring Brad Pitt. This version of the story, which was ultimately never produced, would have been set in space rather than the ancient Mediterranean.

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 — 2 months ago
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In classical logic, begging the question is an informal fallacy that occurs when an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion. In modern times, "beg the question" has taken on the common meaning of "raises the question", a usage criticized for diluting the original meaning of the phrase

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 — 2 months ago
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The 20 July plot, sometimes called Operation Valkyrie, was a failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler and seize control of Germany in 1944. The plotters were mainly Wehrmacht officers who sought immediate peace with the Western Allies. The coup failed, and many of the conspirators were executed.

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u/RedHeadedSicilian52 — 2 months ago