Well this is interesting

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Nope. No such thing as fair trade cocaine.

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Do gangs really force people to do this? Or is this a /s?

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They do.

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Gah.

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I think the founders of crossfit are known for being liberatarians… so…

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The building burned down not too long ago, I believe. Although not before they had a 688 reunion night…

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Am I missing the downloady bits?

I found the pattern sleeves, but not the cutout bits.

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I don’t think there are any, because I can’t find them, and neither can anyone else I’ve asked

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You will have authorities on the Net and because an article is contained in their index it will mean something.

Is he massively failing to predict Google, in a time when Google is just a couple years out and pretty much everybody has noticed a need for it? It sounds like he’s assuming webrings and links pages will last forever, in a world that was quickly growing tired of that approach.

Besides, even if the internet was made of curated lists of information, it wouldn’t be all that difficult to slip one past the goalie. Simply create a slick looking website,* make sure it has a “nice guy” tone and no egregious spelling or grammar errors, and pack it chock full of stuff the “authorities” won’t have time to fully vet. Half of the stuff will be true, and the other half will be batshit crazy, but it will all be written in that nice guy tone that makes it appear legitimate. Because there are more bullshit artists than people curating and/or debunking the bullshit, the bullshit artists win.

*if you’re on Bill Gates’ hypothetical utopian internet of 1996, this will almost certainly involve tons and tons of animations and frames :stuck_out_tongue:

like a friend who says “Hey, go read this”

On the plus side, it seems like he’s predicted social networking. Then again, we all kinda did. Message boards were how the internet really caught on, after all. The problem is, social networks have just become a way for people to be bitchy and gossipy and spread rumors that anyone who takes the time* could see are patently false. Lies can travel around the world before the truth can put its pants on.

*_[Narrator:] _ Nobody will

Remind me again why old people think Bill Gates runs the internet?

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Lebanese weddings … this one is like a Presidential Inauguration or something. Wait for the magical house lighting and the bride’s entrance.

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I don’t think this Wiki is as advertised in the article. I delved into it and it’s more like a database of all the patterns with links to people who sell the pattern.

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Plot twist: the Holy Spirit pooped on his windshield.

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It’s 1/4 moisturizer!

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Besides, even if the internet was made of curated lists of information, it wouldn’t be all that difficult to slip one past the goalie. Simply create a slick looking website,* make sure it has a “nice guy” tone and no egregious spelling or grammar errors, and pack it chock full of stuff the “authorities” won’t have time to fully vet.

That’s the definition of mass media with standards and practices? So not great either. The problem is that people have a difficult time talking honestly about forces and systems of oppression given our infinite history of not having the right to do so legally.

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What an uplifting way to start the day. /s

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