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Everyone Is Stupid Except Me
Autism is an intellectual enhancement. Use the correct insult.

Autistic people:
  • Elon Musk
  • Bill Gates
  • (Likely) Freddie Mercury
  • Nikola Tesla
  • Albert Einstein
  • Mozart
  • Eminem

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Isnt that a truism?
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@Sidewalker
Nonsense, first of all, you are talking about a billion people, if you think you can characterize such a large and diverse population that way, you are extremely dumb. 
baseless ad hominem, I know the Qur'an, the Hadith (Qur'an more so, I don't know all Hadith like I know most of the Qur'an), I looked into it to prove Islamophobes fully wrong one day if you care to know. I then was horrified at what I read and read into the history of Islam, whether Sunni, Shi'ite or whatever else Salafi etc. I studied how they operate, spread, stay in power and treat the vulnerable, women, gays, disabled etc within them and what they exactly do to ensure Islam stays strong and widely respected in the immediate area internationally too, not just nationally. It involved, abuse, blackmail, violence, tyranny, fascism, censorship and was consistent across every single Islamic regime that ever has existed the only difference was specifics such as focus on coverings, fasting, etc.
Sharia and Islam are not the same thing, less than half of the majority Muslim nations even have Sharia Law, and the private practice of Sharia is very diverse among Muslims.  Sure, there are Sharia countries that can be characterized that way, but it isn’t an inherent characteristic of Islam by any stretch. 
Wrong. 

    Most of the world’s nearly fifty Muslim-majority countries have laws that reference sharia, the guidance Muslims believe God provided them on a range of spiritual and worldly matters. Some of these nations have laws that call for what critics say are cruel criminal punishments, or place undue restrictions on the lives of women and minority groups. However, there is great diversity in how governments interpret and apply sharia, and people often misunderstand the role it plays in legal systems and the lives of individuals.

    Second, you are just trying to justify prejudice and bigotry, and some lame ass argument that “they started it” doesn’t cut it. 
    Not at all, not one tiny bit. :) Prejudice and bigotry imply something like ignorance or unjust disdain. How much do you know of the Quranic verses?


    1. Regarding the issue of rape, the rape of Muslim women is forbidden. However the rape of woman who have been kidnapped and enslaved is not only permissable, it’s encouraged.
    “The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) sent a military expedition to Awtas on the occasion of the battle of Hunain. They met their enemy and fought with them. They defeated them and took them captives. Some of the Companions of the Apostle of Allah were reluctant to have intercourse with the female captives in the presence of their husbands who were unbelievers. So Allah, the Exalted, sent down the Qur’anic verse: (Sura 4:24) "And all married women (are forbidden) unto you save those (captives) whom your right hands possess." (Abu Dawud 2150, also Muslim 3433)”2. Regarding the issue of Aisha, Muhahhad took Aisha from her father by age 6 declaring the marriage “the will of Allah” and then raped her at the age of 9 and continued to rape her on an almost daily basis from that point forward. Muhammad was 56yo when he first raped Aisha.
    “The Prophet wrote the marriage contract with `Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years , till his death. Bukhari 7; 62–88”
    There’s your honest answer with verses and citations. Anyone who says otherwise is lying.

    This is the holiest man in Islam ^ The one true Muhammad PBUH, straight from the Qur'an and much more rampant in the Hadith. I know real Islam, I know the history, I studied it to prove Islamophobia wrong and out of sheer curiosity if Islam would be worth converting to even. I did this in my own scholarly time as a hobby, no one to pressure me or bias me any single way. I discovered it my own way, looked at all sources, pro-Islam and otherwise. I can name you multiple Muslims I follow on Youtube, Ill name you 2 now:

    Ali Dawah (regularly uploads) and The3Muslims (regularly upload severely often). I listen intently to their arguments and logic, they are western-located and try to convince poeple to turn to Islam or justify Islam to questioning followers. I see the flaws regularly and how they distract from direct attacks at times with whataboutism and bigotry even. For instance the way they avoid admitting they're LGBTQphobic is to say they don't hate, they want to cure them (yes really, this is the Islamic approach)
    The Golden Rule is a foundational principle to both Christianity and Islam, both Jesus and Muhammed imparted a vision for a world order based on compassion, equality, inclusion, forgiveness, tolerance, peace, and love. 
    No, they didn't. Muhammad never ever taught those things beyond rhetoric.

    Verse 5:33 has frequently been quoted by disbelievers against the Qur'an. To understand the verse we need to be aware of the Qur'an as a whole - as well as be in possession of the necessary faith and wisdom provided by Allah. Initially, here is verse 5:33 on its own:
    إِنَّمَا جَزَاءُ الَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الأَرْضِ فَسَادًا أَنْ يُقَتَّلُوا أَوْ يُصَلَّبُوا أَوْ تُقَطَّعَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُمْ مِنْ خِلافٍ أَوْ يُنْفَوْا مِنَ الأَرْضِ ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ خِزْيٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَهُمْ فِي الآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
    "The recompense of those who fight Allah and His messenger, and seek to make corruption in the land, is that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from alternate sides or that they be banished from the land; that is their disgrace in this world and in the Hereafter they will have a great torment." (Qur'an 5:33)
    The Qur'an has to be interpreted as a whole. A believer must use his or her Quranic wisdom and knowledge when reading a particular verse. This requires him to have read the Qur'an before-hand and be able to use wisdom in applying his knowledge of other verses.
    The expression in verse 5:33 is very specifically defined. For example, "hands and feet be cut off from alternate sides." i.e. left foot and right hand. Elsewhere in the Qur'an, we find that one of the greatest tyrants on the earth, 'the pharaoh' threatens the few true believers who had joined the Prophet Moses in the same manner:
    قَالَ آمَنْتُمْ لَهُ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّهُ لَكَبِيرُكُمُ الَّذِي عَلَّمَكُمُ السِّحْرَ فَلأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلافٍ وَلأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ فِي جُذُوعِ النَّخْلِ وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ أَيُّنَا أَشَدُّ عَذَابًا وَأَبْقَى
    "He (Pharoah) said: 'Have you believed in him before taking my permission? He is surely your great one who has taught you magic. So, I will cut off your hands and feet from alternate sides, and I will crucify you on the trunks of the palm trees, and you will come to know which of us is greater in retribution and more lasting!' " (Qur'an 20:71)
    This is repeated once again in the Qur'an:
    قَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ آمَنْتُمْ بِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ آذَنَ لَكُمْ إِنَّ هَذَا لَمَكْرٌ مَكَرْتُمُوهُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ لِتُخْرِجُوا مِنْهَا أَهْلَهَا فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ
    {123} 'Pharaoh said: 'Have you become believers before I have given you permission? This is surely some scheme which you have schemed in the city to drive its people out; you will reveal what you know".' (Qur'an 7:123)
    لأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ مِنْ خِلافٍ ثُمَّ لأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
    {124} "...'I will cut off your hands and feet from alternate sides, then I will crucify you all'."
    قَالُوا إِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا مُنْقَلِبُونَ
    {125} "They said: 'It is to our Lord that we will return'." (Qur'an 7:125)
    The point to ponder over is, why is the specific threat pharaoh made repeated in the same manner by Allah in verse 5:33 (i.e. cutting alternate hands and feet and crucifixion)? 
    This is because Allah is not actually commanding the believers to carry out this punishment in verse 5:33. Rather, it is a statement against pharaoh's quote who threatened the believers. More specifically, in 5:33 Allah is inferring that it is not the believers (who follow Allah's messengers) who deserved that, rather those who fight against Allah and His messenger (how pharaoh did), who truly deserve the punishment they wish to inflict on the believers. This point is made in a striking way by referring ironically to pharaoh's threats to the believers.
    This interesting observation conforms further with the verse immediately before 5:33, which sets the context of the time of pharaoh! Both 5:32 and 5:33 are quoted below:
    مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَى بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَلَقَدْ جَاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُنَا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ ثُمَّ إِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنْهُمْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فِي الأَرْضِ لَمُسْرِفُون.َ
    {32} "It is because of this that We have decreed for the Children of Israel: 'Anyone who kills a person who has not committed murder, or who has not committed corruption in the land; then it is as if he has killed all the people! And whoever spares a life, then it is as if he has given life to all the people.' Our messengers had come to them with clarification, but many of them are, after this, are corrupting on the Earth."
    {This sets the context of pharaoh's response to Moses}
    إِنَّمَا جَزَاءُ الَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِي الأَرْضِ فَسَادًا أَنْ يُقَتَّلُوا أَوْ يُصَلَّبُوا أَوْ تُقَطَّعَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُمْ مِنْ خِلافٍ أَوْ يُنْفَوْا مِنَ الأَرْضِ ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ خِزْيٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَلَهُمْ فِي الآخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيم
    {33} "The recompense of those who fight Allah and His messenger, and seek to make corruption in the land, is that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from alternate sides or that they be banished from the land; that is their disgrace in this world and in the Hereafter they will have a great retribution."
    Thus, the immediate context of Pharaoh's time also supports the understanding that this verse is in relation to pharoah's threat described in other verses. Lastly, note that even grammatically, the verse is not worded in the imperative (as an order or command). It is written in the manner in the translation ("that they be killed or crucified..."). This compares with pharaoh's "i will do", commanding sentence.
    Therefore, this verse makes the powerful point that those disbelievers who threaten 'Allah and His Messenger' with punishment and persecution, they are actually the ones who truly deserve the same retribution - not Allah's messengers or the believers who invite mankind to the ways of peace - to know their Creator and the existence of the Hereafter.

    this is a pro-Islam source, judge for yourself his idea of tolerance, mercy, peace or anything.
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    The irony being that Oromagi voting me into a defeat vs Mall catalysed Novice to earn more per win vs mall.
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    @Sidewalker
    Actually, let me see how you handle Yassine, our resident Sharia propagandist, in how he proceeds to challenge you. Spread your love of Islam far and wide.
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    @Sidewalker
    Genius, Sharia and Islam are more right wing and mistreating of other races and cultures vs the majority in their own nations than any white christian nation you can name right now, so if you're gonna go there, you're pretty dumb.

    Tell me something, do you think Muslims are closer to Trump's politics or yours? Think very carefully before throwing out 'phobic' when you don't know what is feared. In fact to be saying such nonsense in 2022 December given what is finally being exposed in Qatar and Iran recently, is sheer ignorance. That is Islam, it's always been Islam.
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    Topic: there is a negative correlation with how conservative one's political views are and their intellectual capabilities.

    Agreed by both sides: IQ is not the only test of intellectual capabilities.
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    I can tell you the answer, and so can many women, whether I helped them realise it or not. ;)

    If anything, the stress men have within patriarchy drives some to be very sub and masochistic and pay for professional mistresses to dominate them as a dominatrix.

    Biologically and in our raw nature however, generally more men are dominant and women are submissive and it has fuck all to do with patriarchy. Vanillas exist though, I concede that.
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    The psychology of sexually straight/bi submissive women and why they enjoy giving into worthy men as an ultimate fulfillment/goal.

    ^ exploring if sexism and patriarchy cause that or raw biology and urges as a woman.
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    @Sidewalker
    You have given one of the only fully relevant responses in the entire thread. Unfortunately, Yassine will now derail his own thread in an attempt to promote Sharia law.
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    @Bones
    Supa is not the brightest tool in our shed.

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    @Sir.Lancelot
    That's a good analogy because jake paul can genuinely box well but does noobsnipe.
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    @Sir.Lancelot
    Yes, on here and debate.org before it both.
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    @Sir.Lancelot
    and is something better than nothing in general for a dying, barely breathing, website on population life support for 4 years running?
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    @Sir.Lancelot
    The false, repressive forced correlation between being asexual or prudish and intellectual is a myth.
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    @Athias
    Just to correct Supadudz and perhaps you, all the top debaters are noobsnipers lol, me included, it's a nice safety mechanism.
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    Adam could not have been the original human, it had to be Eve. Lilith wasn't human.
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    @FLRW
    100%, boys are female in the womb at first.
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    Adam could not have been the original human, it had to be Eve. Lilith wasn't human.
    Men don't give birth so your statement is completely asinine
    No, in fact that's a wonderful point to notice, the default being should be capable of reproduction, in any sexual species that should blatantly be the case.
    And women being XX doesn't have anything to do with how many other women they produce
    It has to do with what god defaulted.
    men determine the sex of a baby because men give the x or the y chromosome.
    That's because god made it that way,  in the eyes of the religious and the y chromosome in the men is only relevant to making a boy whereas the default being (women/female) is involved in the making of both regardless in the same default chromosome manner.
    This is not a religion topic you're talking about creation and evolution and those are science topics and they have nothing to do with religion
    Adam couldn't have been the non-default being, Jesus couldn't have been a virgin-born male from a female. Chromosomes destroy Abrahamic faiths in 2 differetn ways at the very least.

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    Science is not about opinions, I'm talking facts.

    The default entity is the XX entity, XY is the later edition/deviation. That is completely obvious from not only the fact XX is a replicated sub-chromosome to make the chromosome but also because women are functionally able to birth more women, men would never ever be able to produce more men.
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    @TWS1405
    sophomoric banal boom boom
    incel, dunning-kruger zoom zoom
    sophomoric train wreck doom doom
    PS, I’m not even going to dignify you vagina comment to human crap.
    womb womb
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    Adam could not have been the original human, it had to be Eve. Lilith wasn't human.
    Poly, you don't believe in Adam and Eve or that god made men first and women second, correct?

    Therefore, you're accurate in saying this thread is irrelevant to your thesis, theologically.
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    @Intelligence_06
    Yes, this is the 'Religion' subforums and my thread title makes this crystal clear.
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    @K_Michael
    Look at the exact thing a penis delivers and rethink your statement.
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    @K_Michael
    Anyone who has tried anal without artificial lube and prep knows you are wrong but I'm not here for that chat which can become homophobic.
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    XX

    XY

    stop. just stop and think, very very hard.

    Which is the default you as a creator would generate in chromosomes?

    XX same, nothing new needs to be invented, this being can reproduce automatically via its womb or equivalent and needs no additional being to handle its dualistic chromosomal nature.

    XY... competes hardcore to get to reproduce with XX, serves to be disposable meatshield during war and at other times puts in the work hunting and gathering. Can't feel orgasm nearly as deep and well as XX can. Organ is blatantly designed for entry to XX's organ but the reverse is not at all the case, it was built around bearing a child and exit strategy.

    HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmm

    which was made for which?

    try detectives, let's get it going!!!!!
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    @K_Michael
    yes
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    @Best.Korea
    you try that, I try my way
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    we all know I'll eventually beat him but the ride is gonna be fun, got 2 hits incoming at the moment so it's not gonna be close to an easy climb.
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    @ComputerNerd

    try this, if you want I can make the skin more authentic for a dark blue suit same style. Give an idea what you want if you altogether hate this.
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    @Dr.Franklin
    I find it refreshing but in time I think it will become secular world vs Islam, Idk where certain people will stand on it, who are religious. I predict this will be 3 generations away anyway so it's not like I have to live through that.
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    @Dr.Franklin
    I am against Qatar and won't be watching this world cup, that is a fact. I may watch highlights after a match but I am deadset to boycott it.

    That said, I agree that it is very strange people are only against Qatar when every single Islamic nation on Earth is homophobic, abuses their workers and is known for corruption at many levels whether it be governmental or corporate. The only aspect of corruption that tends to be higher in Christian nations than Islamic ones is the domestic level as in a personal individual paying off the police tends to not work as well in a corrupt Islamic nation as a corrupt Christian one.

    I am against Sharia law with a passion and know Qatar to be abusive to their poorest and most vulnerable citizens as well as anti-LGBTQ but I am surprised that still the left-wing liberals are so blinded as to what the root issue with Qatar is. How many nations must be exposed until we as the left-wing progressives and liberals, finally condemn Islam and Sharia law instead of being its ardent defender against the right-wing conservatives of our own nations who are slowly coming to realise they have more in common with Sharia society than liberals and progressives of their own nation?

    This really seems odd to me. I guess I just don't get cancel culture and don't comprehend why to support the cultures responsible for the most brutal and widespread cancelling of them all; Sharia ones. I am very grateful to the right-wing in certain nations for having their guard up with Islam and its spread inside of them, they may ironically be the reason that the West doesn't turn hyperconservative via Sharia spreading.

    Anyone who calls this racism and bigotry is a fool. It is not racist to notice that only 15% of Muslims are even the race of Arab that it originated with; meaning it's been 85% effective at converting/reverting other ethnicities into it, as is:

    Although Islam is often associated with the Arab world and the Middle East, fewer than 15 percent of Muslims are Arab. 

    Anybody at all who isn't worried about how effective Islam is at spreading and converting other cultures, ethnicities and entire nations towards it, is sorely misinformed and lacking the data. I repeat, Islam not only converted almost every single Arab towards it, it has thus far been 85% (rounded down) effective at converting/reverting other ethnicities to it in spite of any forces or influence against said conversion/reversion. It is also one of the only religions at all to be consistently growing in percentage and population for its entire existence, others are either shrinking or have hit a plateau. It barely loses any and is very effective at converting newcomers.
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    @zedvictor4
    Perhaps you will like this:

    If not, let me know what you'd prefer.
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    @zedvictor4
    @Best.Korea

    This is for either of you. I am not really sure about Korea's request, I will wait to see which of you likes it and uses it and then the other can clarify what they spefically mean by their request.

    A lot can be considered 'cute' for instance.
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    @Dr.Franklin
    I know you are quite prudish but sure, after all a woman can have the title Dr. If you meant male with blond hair, that is without the e.

    I will give you both and try to make it suit your taste.



    ^ I know how simple this looks and I know you're not a major anime fan but trust me, there aren't many male blond models that pose for christmas and are available on a search engine, I had to manually make the cross there, I hope you enjoy, if not take the woman.

    It took a lot more work than it looks like, to have everything look smooth together and find the right images.
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    What values matter in a site president for you this time around?
    It is interesting to see the level of logic people use in deciding their votes.
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    God exists, and I Can Prove It.
    Which god?
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    It is time for us to get the site booming. We need to make it appeal fast and risk.

    Do you know what people enjoy? Especially women? Good looking websites and i don't just mean good looking guys, women like to go to places good looking women are too and cute reindeer and all of that.

    Is this sexist? Guys will join it too but we have a deficit of grown intellectual women who fancy revisiting this over and over again. Let's play the game other website do, we have a nice-looking logo and nice looking design but they take one look at some of the profile pics here and go booooriing.

    I WILL MAKE YOU SENSATIONAL, explain your request, I'll give you a profile pic you love.
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    What values matter in a site president for you this time around?
    Feel free to answer elaborately.

    For me, the ability to show backbone to the mods regularly, not aligned in their 'clique' and activity matter most.

    I would also say the ability to write well so as to have persuasive power in discussions between president and people he/she/they defend/s and the other mods in the behind-the-scenes stuff matters.
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    @Barney
    In nature, it is ultimately optimal if it is 1 offspring only, not a litter, for a mother to sacrifice for the single offspring, it is not a gain but at least gives more time for the species to thrive vs perish assuming the offspring is taken care of or can survive.

    I am not saying this makes it correct, I am saying there is a logic, due to future odds of the being going on to defend the species and/or reproduce.
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    @Intelligence_06
    A grade B towards a C in mathematics is worth an A in English.

    A grade C in IT is worth an A in geography.

    Pick ALL subjects you already do well in and work hard at them furiously.

    Do not stack sciences and miss out IT or mathematics just to be a doctor, go with the studies you do well at and see a job down the line for. Natural talent and your brain structure matter too.

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    @Lemming
    Among the elite (1%ers and a bit below), what you call clans wjth trust funds exist.
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    @Intelligence_06
    Steve Jobs is a lucky guy. Most of us need to plan ahead.
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    @Intelligence_06
    Protip: do not go for languages unless you want to be a journalist or interpreter.
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    If I had known this at 16, I'd have done everything so differently.
    Your studies, your life and all of it is materialistic but the way you experience it and endure the hardship isn't.

    You are nothing without money, money does not buy happiness, it buys pleasure and freedom. You can be happy but unfree and enduring displeasure with mental discipline, while poor but every fucking choice you make from 16 and up at school and from then on should be geared to getting jobs that pay well, point blank period.

    I messed up, don't do what I did. Don't follow your heart, don't go for subjects you aren't already naturally very adept at, stick with your strengths but not the ones that don't have a job down the line. Work your ass off and then be free later.

    I did my life wrong, I was true to false principles and am never going to be that rich because of what I did wrong. I don't want to be too rich, I want to be very wealthy and use it to help others, I will never be rich enough to, I messed up. Now that I didn't, I have to sacrifice my freedom and pleasure to gain money to gain freedom and pleasure for many years to come.
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    Where I stand on every issue I could think of
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    @TheUnderdog
    yep non binary, not 'anyone who isn't straight'.
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    Biden kisses ass, it's not enough.
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    @Greyparrot
    Not everyone has such simple kinks to fulfil, it's okay. Biden isn't their type and they aren't his.
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