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  • Yeah, but propelling them out of the solar system just sounds like the kind of fake-ending that ends up with the super villain coming back stronger in a decade. Have we learnt nothing from science fiction? You have to destroy your foes whilst you can.

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    The most annoying thing about younger people is they c*nsor themselves
  • Personal censorship has been around for a long time. People have always avoided saying things that others might view as weird or repulsive.

    The true change is that everyday conversation is more monitored now than it ever has been before.

    We have let insipidly authoritarian technology into our lives in an intimate way.

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    Switzerland offers $60K cash prize for ideas to rid its iconic alpine lakes of military ammunition
  • Explode nuclear weapons in the lakes. One per lake. This will definitely rid you of the ammunition.

    This might cause the water in the lake to disappear though. This is the only problem.

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    Paramount Plus is getting yet another price hike
  • It is so bad it is capable of breaking my network connection. I literally have to turn networking off and on at times because of their mad software. Don't ask me how it does it. Both wifi and ethernet cable too.

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  • I've recently been reading a little about Nijinsky and am wondering whether there is any online film of Nijinsky dancing available.

    He was committed to an asylum in 1919 and was active shortly before this. This is well within the bounds of film and given his contemporaneous popularity I'm surprised I haven't been able to find any clips of him dancing online.

    Does anyone know whether any footage exists?

    Because I've lured you here with my question I'll give you this clip of Paul Giamatti doing a brilliant reading from Nijinsky's diaries: https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=XYnxo9K9fQo / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYnxo9K9fQo (beware, probably NSFW).

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    A UK Member of Parliament recently suggested that there should be a Government minister for men which would presumably do similar things to the existsing minister for Women.

    https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/reactions-pour-in-as-mp-renews-calls-for-official-minister-for-men-356501/

    This has thrown up a series of heated discussions on social media about whether this is part of the 'backlash' against feminsm, or whether there is a legitimate need for wider support of men's issues.

    As a man who believes that there are legitimate issues disproportionately affecting men which should be addressed, what I really want help in understanding is the opinion that men don't need any targetted support.

    I don't want to start a big argument, but I do want to understand this perspective, because I have struggled to understand it before and I don't like feeling like I'm missing something.

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