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i've heard this stat bandied about a lot, but never seen any proof. i maintain it's an urban legend.
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Nelson MandEULA posted:i've heard this stat bandied about a lot, but never seen any proof. i maintain it's an urban legend. if only there was a website of statistics we could reference for such queries
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 12:43 |
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uncurable mlady posted:if only there was a website of statistics we could reference for such queries thank god for statpedia
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 12:44 |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arpaio how is this guy a sheriff
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 12:48 |
ANIME MONSTROSITY posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arpaio Arizona is crazy, I had a dude asking me if I had a problem cause I was buying a six pack at 10 o'clock. that was his thing "hey, it's ten o'clock" "do you think you have a problem?"
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I'm using this to justify my drinking but that dude was an rear end in a top hat
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ANIME MONSTROSITY posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Arpaio arizona has lots and lots of old white people who moved there to get away from where they'd been living, and that's an elected office
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 13:09 |
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yes but surely someone would take him down in the meantime, like i dont know, the president
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 13:09 |
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ANIME MONSTROSITY posted:yes but surely someone would take him down in the meantime, like i dont know, the president the united states has a federal system, where states have a lot of independence in a lot of areas. the national government really has to stretch to affect a lot of localish situations, and local elections are just about completely independent it would be possible for someone like the governor of arizona or people in that part of state government to mess with arpaio, but he's awfully popular with a lot of their consitituents
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been a while since I've posted something from Wiktionary
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RZApublican posted:been a while since I've posted something from Wiktionary
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seriously though if the only examples you can find of a usage are "piers anthony" "usenet roleplaying" and "my little pony" it just might actually be a misuse
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I give it two weeks before their need to make the worst decision possible forces the editors to delete the first two examples
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RZApublican posted:been a while since I've posted something from Wiktionary i guess they don't have that "notability guideline" thing that wikipedia uses
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ANIME MONSTROSITY posted:yes but surely someone would take him down in the meantime, like i dont know, the president iirc a bunch of federal agencies have been building cases against him for years also PleasingFungus posted:Former manga editor mooooods
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Sham bam bamina! posted:seriously though if the only examples you can find of a usage are "piers anthony" "usenet roleplaying" and "my little pony" it just might actually be a misuse they're at least all consistent with each other though
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prefect posted:the united states has a federal system, where states have a lot of independence in a lot of areas. the national government really has to stretch to affect a lot of localish situations, and local elections are just about completely independent i heard arpaio was actually under investigation by the feds but idk whatever came of that he has done a lot of heinous stuff and created an environment that makes it easy for his underlings to do a lot more
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prefect posted:the united states has a federal system, where states have a lot of independence in a lot of areas. the national government really has to stretch to affect a lot of localish situations, and local elections are just about completely independent the cruel and unusual punishment clause is the crucial one here for federal jurisdiction the constitution and the bill of rights are incorporated against the states
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Wonky (also known as wonkystep, street bass, aquacrunk or purple sound)
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aquacrunk
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ANIME MONSTROSITY posted:yes but surely someone would take him down in the meantime, like i dont know, the president reverse pardons should be a thing
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 05:48 |
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syscall girl posted:i heard arpaio was actually under investigation by the feds but idk whatever came of that what came of that is that if you investigate joe arpaio, deputies break down the door to your house and wreck up the place and take all your notes and computers for "domestic terrorism investigations" or other fabricated charges. re. states rights i find that it's best to explain the usa to non-americans as sort of like the former yugoslavia. it's a zillion little countries all connected together, some of them very similar to each other and totally happy to coexist as the same nation, others completely unlike one another by any social or cultural measure. some of them would much rather split off into their own countries, they just don't for economic reasons. lots of prejudice based on where you're from (texas is all racists, california is all hippies and gays, new york is all loudmouths and mobsters, etc). if the president was a just a liiittle more dictatorial the country probably would have fractured years ago.
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ive been perusing this for a while now http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disasters_in_the_United_States_by_death_toll i like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_Island_disaster On June 8, 1978, OSHA cited Willow Island contractors for 20 violations, including failures to field test concrete and anchor the scaffold system properly. The cases were settled for $85,500, or about $1,700 per worker killed. OSHA referred the case to the United States Department of Justice for criminal investigation. A grand jury was convened, but no charges were filed.[3] company lets 50 people die on its watch, gets a <$250k 2014 dollars fine
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In December, 2013, a Facebook page titled "Boycott Autism Speaks" was started to support a boycott by persons with autism on sponsors of Autism Speaks. The page garnered over 1500 "likes" in less than three weeks.Improbable Lobster posted:aquacrunk
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-run_syndication_in_the_United_States,_2000s
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Improbable Lobster posted:Wonky (also known as wonkystep, street bass, aquacrunk or purple sound) wonky is aight tho but lol @ that name
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theflyingexecutive posted:reverse pardons should be a thing
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Nelson MandEULA posted:One of Britain's most isolated stations, it is a request stop used almost solely by walkers and those who enjoy visiting obscure locations. this lead me to The village pub, 'The Old Forge', is the remotest in mainland Britain[1][2] and the village is only reachable by ferry from Mallaig, there being no road access to the area from the rest of Scotland.
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Sagebrush posted:what came of that is that if you investigate joe arpaio, deputies break down the door to your house and wreck up the place and take all your notes and computers for "domestic terrorism investigations" or other fabricated charges. that sounds depressing, kind of
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ANIME MONSTROSITY posted:that sounds depressing, kind of thats b/c its a goony cynical view of america, kind of
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reading my alma mater's wikipedia page, it's pretty clear that it must have been entirely written by the university's pr department. like, it's not a bad article and it's not an obscure school, but i refuse to believe anyone would do all this work without being paid:
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also lol at the penguin statue being in the template despite not being mentioned anywhere in the main lse article at all or having an article to itself
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Nelson MandEULA posted:reading my alma mater's wikipedia page, it's pretty clear that it must have been entirely written by the university's pr department. like, it's not a bad article and it's not an obscure school, but i refuse to believe anyone would do all this work without being paid: not a terrible gig
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Lutha Mahtin posted:thats b/c its a goony cynical view of america, kind of yeah the balkans are weird because of hundreds of years of austrians, ottomans, greeks and everyone else running roughshod over the area. the different regions of american aren't nearly as culturally distinct as people claim
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Slaughterhouse-Ive posted:the different regions of american aren't nearly as culturally distinct as people claim
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Slaughterhouse-Ive posted:yeah the balkans are weird because of hundreds of years of austrians, ottomans, greeks and everyone else running roughshod over the area. the different regions of american aren't nearly as culturally distinct as people claim yeah America is mostly the same everywhere you go. the biggest difference will always be in the food which is why you should avoid most of the midwest. states rights isn't really a thing that exists anymore but its also a super lf topic.
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Shaggar posted:yeah America is mostly the same everywhere you go. the biggest difference will always be in the food which is why you should avoid most of the midwest. states rights isn't really a thing that exists anymore but its also a super lf topic. there are some areas where states' rights make a visible difference. people from pennsylvania are always complaining about their liquor stores, for example
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really most of america is varying degrees of redneck once you're more than 60 miles from an ocean
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did wikipedia change their font or something????
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Farecoal posted:did wikipedia change their font or something????
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