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How can someone get another person to be able to protect and fight off incoming threats instead of doing nothing like a child ?

Are some people permanently spineless ? they stood doing nothing but pretending to be brainless like any other day and let me get attacked by a crazy parson and now i have no faith in him protecting me any more and i have lasting mental trauma i might as well train to defend myself at this rate its sad

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u/No-Brush3364 — 21 hours ago

what is it like to serve on the front lines during a culture war?

because even in the cold war, there are countless accounts of how the action went down according to the surviving veterans?

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u/condomm774 — 22 hours ago

Why can't government print more money and like not tell anyone?

Just infiltrate it into the budget with like fake buisnesses and stuff. This probably won't lead to inflation if you do it carefully because nobody would know. Who would check? The governmen? Oh wait that's you

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u/TihonLizard — 1 day ago

If you turn a vacuum cleaner on inside an empty room, does the room become cleaner, or does the vacuum just become dirtier?

Make it make sense.

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u/itsShiahvn — 1 day ago

Why do so many people want to ban the hijab, niqab and burka? Kinda cringe no?

Why do women being covered offend these people so much?

And why ban it?
Especially considering that industry makes good money and can help the economy.

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u/avian_bi — 2 days ago

Do you have to be gay to be a member of the Hells Angels?

The uniforms and beards and dressing up convey something other than unadulterated straightness, no?

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u/TheGoldTooth — 2 days ago
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Hypothetically, how much money/time would it take to start my own AM radio station that would reach throughout my small town?

I think it'd be dope to host my own radio station, how much would it actually cost? It would probably need to run like a 5 mile radius

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u/henry77777777 — 2 days ago

If war is so "bad" why make so kick ass movies/games ?

Is there any film or game that portrays the "good" of peace without having to touch on violence as a comparison?

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u/Salty_Cake_5768 — 2 days ago

You are given a remote control that can pause, rewind, or fast-forward any minor inconvenience in your day (like waiting in line or traffic), but using it costs you 10 minutes of sleep. Do you use it?

Tell me

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u/itsShiahvn — 2 days ago

What are your thoughts?

If I bought let's say a car today, and kept it new at zero mileage for the next 15 years; will it have appreciated In value or depreciated after the 15 years? Assuming I don't use it at all. I only buy it and store it, awaiting a sell 15 years later.

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u/Anxious_Shine_4596 — 3 days ago

How are people staying afloat after being unemployed?

How are people actually staying afloat while unemployed for long periods?

I’ve been job hunting for about a year now with no luck, and I genuinely don’t understand how some people are making it work for 1–2+ years.

For me personally, I’ve had to sell off stocks from my previous job and now I’m even dipping into my 401(k) just to cover bills since I live alone. It’s not sustainable long-term, and it’s honestly stressful.

So I’m curious—what are you guys doing to stay afloat? Savings? Family support? Side hustles? Debt? Something else?

Not judging at all, just trying to understand how people are managing in this market.

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u/Academic_Corner1436 — 5 days ago

Does women actually mean it when they call other women they don’t know pretty or are they just trying to break the ice?

If you’re a woman and you’ve ever been out socializing, it’s not uncommon for another girl you haven’t met before to approach you and give you a compliment, right? But I’m just so curious, do they actually mean it or is it just something they say to break the ice? Cause I’ve done the latter too many times without truly meaning it… So when other women give me compliments, I just can’t believe them!

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u/huldra_123 — 5 days ago

Is it weird to wear dress clothes into a gym?

I go to the gym every Sunday after church. I’ve always dressed up for church, including wearing a tie. I don’t really feel “dressed up”it since I’m so used to it, but I feel like I do get a few stares and maybe even some smirks when I’m walking into the gym as I head to the locker room to change.

So I guess I’m just trying to understand if I’m overthinking it or not. Is that actually weird, or is it normal and nobody really cares? Should I be changing somewhere else before I get to the gym?

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u/OneAverageKid — 5 days ago

Why do Republican subs instanty perma-ban and mute you if they even slightly disagree with you?

Recently got permanently banned from r/kentucky because I said I was anti-hunting.
That's it. Instantly perma'd in about 4 seconds after I posted it.

Sent a modmail and didn't even get a response, just an instant permanent mute.

And this is all subs that are mostly Republican. If you disagree with them even slightly on anything, the mods will immediately permanently ban you, and it's not uncommon for them to then blanket ban you across every other sub they moderate as well.

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u/Dogbold — 5 days ago

Why is the accepted solution to "suspected drug boat" to just blow them the hell up and slaughter everyone aboard?

And the key word here being "suspected". They don't even know for sure if that's what it is. I thought that legal systems were a thing, I'm not even sure why they're given full authority to just kill whoever they want so long as they say "We thought they had drugs".

The US military is apparently allowed to blow up literally anyone they want at sea so long as they say after that they suspected they were smuggling drugs.

I've seen footage and they make absolutely sure no one lives. They fill everyone on board with bullets and if any of them jump in the water to try and survive, they will throw explosives into the water or fill it with bullets to make sure they're dead. No one is allowed to survive. No one is allowed to surrender.
Even if they have no weapons and they don't fight back at all, the helicopter will just swing by and fire thousands of bullets at anyone on board, and then do another pass to make sure absolutely everyone is dead even if they're in the water in a life vest or something.

Why are we all just okay with this? I've tried to bring it up before and all I've gotten is "imagine crying over drug smuggling criminal trash". Like we don't even know for sure that's what they are. How many people have been blown up or killed over "suspected drugs" when were just some normal people on a boat?

Why do they not allow anyone to live? Why is the solution here to exterminate with impunity and then sort out what was actually going on after?

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u/Dogbold — 4 days ago