u/WyMANderly

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Mean vs median strikes again!

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The key insight of the theory of relativity is that this is a literally meaningless question. All inertial reference frames are equally valid, and there is no such thing as something that is "universally" stationary - there is no "baseline" stationary object to measure against.

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When we started getting cold.

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No.

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Angels are created beings, friend. You're thinking of God.

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Phlegmatic is a superb word choice, kudos.

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It's something GMs with too much time on their hands, internet poisoning, or a lack of skill complain about.

https://theangrygm.com/dear-gms-metagaming-is-your-fault/

The only "metagaming" I'll ever hold against my players (or tell them not to do) is reading the literal adventure module I'm running. Everything else is either not a problem, or not a big enough problem where the solution doesn't just ​create more problems.

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In addition to what others have pointed out about (non infinite) mass being the real determinative quality, mathematically some infinities can be larger than others. ​Which is to say - you could have one "infinitely dense" thing be denser than another "infinitely dense" thing, and this is not necessarily a contradiction in terms. Even though calling a black hole "infinitely dense" is a bit of an oversimplification (as I understand it).

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No. They were fighting a war because they wanted to leave the US. They lost that war - so they didn't leave the US. Rebels are still Americans.

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TIL that the name of this album wasn't just made up as something that sounds cool. xD

Imaginal Disk https://share.google/s7UFbHq29TvUjFnG2

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Most of the skills we've lost to technology you probably don't consider "basic skills", but your ancestors would've. The ability to find food, grow food, care for animals, recognize good from bad plants, avoid predators in the wilderness, construct shelters, navigate without a map (or for that matter, with one), remember large numbers of people... these are all things that most of our ancestors would've considered basic skills that we've "lost" to technology since at least the Industrial Revolution.

EDIT: and how could I forget, make fire! One of the earliest technologies, the practical know-how of which is beyond most people nowadays.

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By not paying their taxes.

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No.

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Anything Elon related makes some folks crazy.

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I think the premise of your question may be incorrect. Have you compared the appreciation of the average franchise in the sport or sports you're thinking of to the appreciation of the overall stock market over that time? It's hard to answer specifically without knowing what you're asking about, but last time I saw a number on price appreciation for a franchise (someone marveling over some football team or another), the numbers were actually such that it had appreciated *less* than the overall stock market over that time (which is to say, it had grown slower than the average company and the owner would've literally been better off financially by just investing in an index fund).

EDIT: I definitely could be wrong about this and am curious about the answer. Either way though, I think you'll get a better answer if you're more specific about what sport you're talking about (NBA? NFL? NHL?)

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Pretty sure this question will get removed by the mods as a textbook violation of the homework rule, but here you go OP: https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=otzi+the+iceman+species

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Yes.

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No.

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that, or melt it down and forge it into an antiracist sword

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Because it works?

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So to be clear, you are making the claim that KiwiHellenist is not a real historian and that their answer is unreliable?

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COVID and a derelict Congress

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No.

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What are you suggesting, exactly?

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People always talk about how potent a majority leader she was, but man that woman's real talent is in picking stocks. She wasted her potential in politics.