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Politesse replied to the thread MCATs, Affirmative Action, and DEI, Oh My.Thank goodness we have you to defend polite speech against the many threats it faces. -
Politesse replied to the thread MCATs, Affirmative Action, and DEI, Oh My.Read my post again. Did I argue that those phrases were uncommon, or that there aren't a lot of people, many of them in places of...
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Politesse replied to the thread MCATs, Affirmative Action, and DEI, Oh My.We have very different notions of what constitutes "asshole" behavior. But I also have not, on fact, asked you not to be one if that is...
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Politesse replied to the thread Noah’s Ark Found!!.They discovered those very problems when they were trying to build the Ark Encounter Park; their ark is reinforced with steel beams and...
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Politesse replied to the thread MCATs, Affirmative Action, and DEI, Oh My.And there we go again. What exactly are those basics of "civilized" behavior? I assume not being "tribalistic" is one of your rules? Us...
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Politesse replied to the thread Noah’s Ark Found!!.He invented wine cultivation, got blind drunk, and then got mocked and/or raped by his son Ham depending on how you read the...
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Politesse replied to the thread Noah’s Ark Found!!.Well, his son made fun of him. That may not seem like much, but there were only eight living humans at that time, so jurisprudencial...
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Politesse replied to the thread Are people already regretting their choice?.This has long been true, but it is getting blatant. You know neither of California's gubernatorial candidates bothered to submit a...
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Politesse replied to the thread Are people already regretting their choice?.All they need to do is demotivate potential Democrat voters, which is pretty easy to do after a decade of decline and ballot-box...
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Politesse replied to the thread Noah’s Ark Found!!.Preservation conditions are everything. If you aren't familiar with them, you might be interested in the canoes found at La Marmotta...
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Politesse replied to the thread Noah’s Ark Found!!.In a sense, Noah's ark cannot avoid being Gilgamesh's ark as well, as the two stories are clearly derived from the same mythic cycle...
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Politesse replied to the thread Noah’s Ark Found!!.In American archaeology, it's the fabled "White City" of the Miskito Coast. National Geographic Society alone seems to send a video team...
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Politesse replied to the thread Noah’s Ark Found!!.There isn't an absolute limit on how old the materials are that can be detected by ground penetrating radar. If there's a significant...
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Politesse replied to the thread Fraternities - WTF?!.For goddamned sure. Signed, a Californian.
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Politesse replied to the thread Fraternities - WTF?!.Or Steve Irwin. "Now look at THIS cunting big beauty!"