u/Concise_Pirate

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Only if you use the tent poles to beat him to death.

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No, glass blocks nearly 100% of the relevant sun rays.

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Only as a metaphor for aspects of how we deal with life.

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This is not a matter of opinion, the stores have known sizes. The average Costco is 10% bigger than the average Sam's club.

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Because the people who labeled February 1st as the first day of spring were simply incorrect. Almost no one agrees with them.

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It's all fiction. You don't need to waste a minute on it.

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1984

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Shares in a mutual fund

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The scarcity of ax murderers

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Instead of practical infrastructure like the pyramids

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Not much in that time, but a bit

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Yes if they're big enough to even have a public bathroom

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Lemongrass, fish sauce

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Most people I know will not answer a number they don't recognize.

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You have to do a ton of math which turns out to be useful in business. You have to have quite a high IQ to have studied physics which is useful for everything. To earn that degree you have to be pretty disciplined and focused which is useful for career success.

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It changes the taste in a way that consumers don't prefer

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There is a pay lot underneath the Shores hotel

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Sometimes a new topic appears on tiktok and makes a bunch of people curious

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For seafood, La Corriente

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Not a lot on average. There are too many for the market.

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A Dyson Sphere would be similar in size to the inner solar system. Our sense of directions is not much affected by what happens at that scale, except for people educated in celestial navigation.

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Straight men who are not in the beauty industry? Not often.

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Absolutely, that's a very normal addition. Unless you are horrendously allergic to alcohol there's no problem, it's a tiny amount.

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Yes, when you see hundreds of people from various countries you learn what the typical appearance is from each country. Most countries have a typical appearance although there are countless exceptions.

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By not thinking it through.