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I just binged on this thread start to finish over the last couple of days. I, uh, I don't recommend such a condensed pace. For content: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-34857015 Basically all of our antibiotics will become ineffective and medicine will regress to pre-penicillin levels. 
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Wiggles Von Huggins posted:I'm starting to NOT LIKE these Nazi guys everyone is posting about! It really weirds me out that there was this dude who was loving sewing people together, and still there are people who are like "yknow the nazis had some good ideas"
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Jan 14, 2016 20:26
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Vulpes posted:TBF American doctors have done some pretty despicable poo poo in the name of science as well. But yeah, the Nazis weren't great role models. Yeah, but we at least pretend to disapprove that sort of behavior.
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Jan 14, 2016 20:45
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Jedit posted:I'm told there was a lot of data taken out of the concentration camp laboratories that was invaluable to medical science, but nobody could get it any other way because it required being a monster. That issue has always been interesting to me, because while I can see the argument that using the data in some way legitimizes what was done, on the other hand none of what happened can be undone and if any of that information can be used to save lives, isn't it worth it to try and turn what was wickedly done to some good end? Anyway, don't trust Big Pharma is what I'm trying to say.
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Jan 14, 2016 22:07
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TampaTango posted:They make the trains run on time. People justify past cooperation with regimes by only remembering how well things worked, not how many people disappeared. What chills me the most were the killing of defectives by the Nazis. Anyone could be called genetically defective. This is usually pretty exaggerated by propaganda though. Mussolini, who that phrase is associated with, definitely didn't keep the trains running on time.
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Jan 17, 2016 22:58
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That's sad, but also really noble at the same time. I'm sure I'd totally lose it in that situation so I'm always really impressed by stories where someone has the presence of mind to use the last moments they have to as much utility as they can.
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Feb 26, 2016 21:32
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Jesus Christ, how are both sides of this argument so goddamn annoying? Does anyone have any more crazy disappearances or kidnappings? Hell, even a sleep paralysis story would be a nice change at this point.
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Feb 29, 2016 10:28
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bean_shadow posted:Chimeras/Human Chimeras There's the good poo poo. FFI is terrifying to think about even if it's ultra-rare. And of course it's the first thing I think about whenever I have insomnia because I'm paranoid like that.
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Feb 29, 2016 18:45
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Rondette posted:This also happens in modern day although mainly through neglect In this case though, it sounds like the children would be together, just isolated from adults, so hopefully that wouldn't just turn out a pack of feral children.
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May 23, 2016 20:42
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ChickenOfTomorrow posted:and breaking news just as I was reading that article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/05/26/the-superbug-that-doctors-have-been-dreading-just-reached-the-u-s/ If someone can tell me why this doesn't spell extinction for our species I would really REALLY appreciate it.
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May 27, 2016 18:42
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Control Volume posted:Because it's e. coli Right, but isn't it only a relatively short amount of time before it hops into something worse? And then aren't we hosed?
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May 27, 2016 18:49
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Control Volume posted:Sorry it's going to digivolve into the ebola and murder everyone. So what you're telling me is that the risk of entering into a so-called "post-antibiotic era" where we are powerless to fight of bacterial infections is being overblown by the media, and that while it is a bit alarming that this strain is resistant to everything, I should have every reason to believe that the international medical community is pretty much agreed on what we need to do and will be on top of this? Am I getting the right idea here? EDIT: Ah, thanks for that!
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May 27, 2016 18:56
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Jedit posted:What do you think would happen in the US if you walked through a Jewish area wearing a t-shirt that read "Kikes did 9/11, bring back the gas chambers"? I guess you *might* be able to make a case that the shirt in your hypothetical is calling for violent action against Jewish people, which would not be protected speech. But that sounds like a pretty hard sell.
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May 31, 2016 17:36
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Phanatic posted:Even calling for violent action is protected speech unless it's intended to and likely to incite *imminent* lawless action. Really tough to come up with a context where a T-shirt fits that bill. So the shirt would have to say like, "kill all Jews! Tomorrow @ 7:15 pm. On 5th and Main. Bring explosives"? Yeah, I can't see that actually happening.
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May 31, 2016 20:37
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Jedit posted:Which is why Britain is sane in this instance and America isn't. This guy wasn't arrested over freedom of speech. He was arrested because he was deliberately attempting to get other people to break the law by attacking him. So the hypothetical people who would have attacked him have no agency in the matter? What prevented them from choosing to respond with something other than violence?
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Jun 1, 2016 19:53
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Aesop Poprock posted:Was the flight crew seriously like "please don't make a scene about your dead husband" and forced her to stay next to a corpse the whole time? That seems like something you'd get sued a million times over for even in the 50s Assuming all the seats are full, what else can they do with the body?
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Aug 23, 2016 18:41
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ZeroDays posted:Pretty much. I feel kinda dumb for not realizing that projection wasn't to scale. Especially since I've seen other maps that are closer to reality but I've just never though to double check it.
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Sep 2, 2016 23:41
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I actually didn't know that ship cats were a thing before today. I find that adorable for some reason. Not the point of the thread, but pretty cool all the same.
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Sep 7, 2016 23:08
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pookel posted:Yeah, this. Justice is for everyone, even the bad guys. Agreed. If a killer gets off because of a miscarriage of justice, then that's squarely on the prosecution for failing to do their job as far as I'm concerned.
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Sep 23, 2016 21:35
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FireWorksWell posted:Wow, I don't know how I missed the part about the note; I'm all for a a fair trial, but I thought the whole 'racial bias' thing was because there was an all-white jury with white victims. They had testimony from the guy who got a pen stomped through his ear canal, claiming multiple charges of murder and rape so I thought the NAACP was just being irrational. I'm sorry, I know it's terrible but I couldn't help but laugh at "if you're a smoker, now's a good time to quit."
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Sep 24, 2016 19:20
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Solice Kirsk posted:Yeah, but he would also play his own theme music and stuff during his phone calls so it wouldn't surprise me if it was a recording just to make things more confusing or creepy. Even serial killers know the importance of branding.
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Dec 27, 2016 20:45
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flosofl posted:It may hinge on whether he's considered a public figure or not. If he is, he has a much higher bar to clear. Don't you generally have to be heavily involved in public affairs and/or deliberately thrusting yourself into the public view to be considered one?
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Dec 30, 2016 00:24
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Solice Kirsk posted:There's something a little weird about someone that can do that. I'd be demoralized and emotionally tapped out for years after watching one kid die. Dude has more empathy than I will ever have in my entire life. Like seriously, the system should be subsidizing the cost of any therapy this guys needs. Lol who am I kidding?
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Feb 14, 2017 22:15
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To follow up on the issue of Japanese morticians, there was a pretty good movie made on the subject https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departures_(2008_film) And it covers all of that, from the unclean nature of the job to the fact that their services are highly sought after. I recommend.
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Mar 14, 2017 03:42
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Alereon posted:Esquire has a story about a father who spent 20 years in prison for molesting his kids before he was exonerated, eventually winning $9 million in a civil case from the investigator and her supervisor. One highlight is that his then-girlfriend who initially reported the allegations turned out to be romantically involved with the investigator's supervisor, later moving in with him after the trial. The article talks about similar convictions that get overturned and I can't help but wonder how many are like this? Accusations that end up being false because someone with an axe to grind was manipulating a child into giving a certain testimony.
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May 24, 2017 17:37
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I guess it just struck me that you could probably get a child to testify to anything even if they don't understand it.
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May 24, 2017 21:07
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Sarcopenia posted:Have we come to an agreement on how to post? I have a decent amount of content (it's mostly crime stuff though) and had intended to try to post something on the regular to kind of keep it alive and active. But it's kind of a buzzkill if people are just going to complain about the way it's posted. It's basically a sharp divide between those that browse on mobile (where the new pages can be a pain in the rear end and are more likely to skip content as a result) and desktop browsers (who have tired scrolling fingers and don't have the same issues going offsite)
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Jun 7, 2017 19:57
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This was the crown jewel of the exchange imo.
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Jul 3, 2017 18:23
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Whether your medicine is real or fake I think it's still a problem if you are trying act in that capacity of "medicine" without proper certification. If nothing else, you could be dissuading people who need medical treatment that would otherwise seek it.
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Jul 11, 2017 22:57
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I can literally ask you if you saw the stop sign at the intersection two blocks back and there's a good chance that you'll remember it even if it doesn't exist. You don't need a hypno ray to gently caress with memories.
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Jul 12, 2017 20:24
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RCarr posted:I'm sitting at a computer desk, why would I think I had recently been driving, never mind that I saw a stop sign? You sound stupid. And why do you think you remember not driving? Exactly.
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Jul 12, 2017 22:07
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Aesop Poprock posted:I know viewing it that way is a combination of arrogance and apathy but with how fast technology is moving I'd be pretty pissed at 22nd century earth if we couldn't do something like that We'll just quantum exchange our earth with another reality where humans lived in harmony with nature and let them choke to death on the ruined Death World. Plus their sustainable ways also mean that there are vast reserves of untapped oil and mineral resource readily available 
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Jul 14, 2017 16:11
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The Dickens posted:Longform buzzfeed article, three women and one woman's parents have spoken to Buzzfeed, telling them R. Kelly is keeping women in guarded apartments and won't allow them to contact their families. There's a joke about Trapped in the Closet here.
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Jul 17, 2017 23:18
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Stoca Zola posted:I've seen quite a few articles saying it appears to have been deliberately scuttled. Seems like an attempt to destroy evidence anyway. Okay. That seems really dark.
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Aug 14, 2017 23:14
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The internet was a mistake
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Aug 16, 2017 20:53
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Bamabalacha posted:Hey, a dismembered torso showed up in the dumpster behind a butcher shop a few blocks away from my house last year and I live in Toronto I think I've been there; their pork is really good.
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Aug 24, 2017 20:46
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Trauma Dog 3000 posted:it was actually a wacky series of accidents The Naked Gun 4 1/4
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Sep 7, 2017 17:37
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:Only in that he never said it out loud with his mouth, we know his professor was involved with MKULTRA and dosed students with lsd and hosed with their heads If there was any underlying mental condition waiting for some trigger to rear into action I don't doubt for a second that MKULTRA would have been the perfect one.
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Sep 9, 2017 19:25
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Keith Atherton posted:I remember this as being a super big deal when it happened: There is something darkly funny about how the phones were so tied up that they couldn't even get through to make their demands.
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At the least the outrage at the family seems pretty widespread. I mean it absolutely should be, but with a law like that you worry that a lot of people are going to take the position that she was in the wrong and that doesn't seem to be happening So maybe this gets changed and doesn't have to happen again. I hope.
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