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7 votes
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The last season of Game of Thrones feels so wrong because its storytelling style changed from sociological to psychological
23 votes -
What are some interesting hobbies you can start for free and without leaving your home?
I'm looking for some good ideas for some hobbies to start. Bonus points if you can come up with anything that doesn't require the internet.
55 votes -
The Federation Fallacy
18 votes -
George Pell's appeal to be broadcast live on Supreme Court website
3 votes -
(Ex-)Smokers: What is smoking tobacco products like?
I lost my father to it, we're struggling to get my mom to quit who survived a heart attack some 15 years ago, just had a thyroidectomy, and is recently diagnosed level 2 COPD. I have never smoked...
I lost my father to it, we're struggling to get my mom to quit who survived a heart attack some 15 years ago, just had a thyroidectomy, and is recently diagnosed level 2 COPD. I have never smoked in my life, and I hate the thing with a passion. But I also wonder that is it that makes people smoke, especially tobacco products like cigarettes, despite the slew of horrible things it does to your body. To this day I've been asking people this question, and because Turkey is big on smoking, there is no shortage of people to ask, and it's been only once that I got a positive answer regarding the experience: one particular college-goer told me that it was "tasty". Apart from that, from what I've heard to date, I've collected that all that cigarettes do to you is to give you a fix of nicotine, and the rest is practically slow suicide (and homicide if anybody's present about you while you smoke).
So, help me please: tell me why you smoke. This is one of the biggest curiosities of mine to this day.
13 votes -
Like Michael Jackson and R Kelly's songs but not them? Ethical approaches for how to deal with it.
11 votes -
Minimum wage will rise three per cent to $740.80 a week on Fair Work ruling
6 votes -
The toxic effects of electronic waste in Accra, Ghana
6 votes -
Gender-segregated swim hours create hot water in some city pools
7 votes -
People with gay and lesbian acquaintances tend to support same-sex marriage
11 votes -
Journey will release on PC next week, pre-orders available on Epic Store for $4.99 USD (due to current store-wide sale)
@a_i: the critically-acclaimed JOURNEY by @thatgamecompany comes to PC next week via the @EpicGames Store, pre-orders now available // https://t.co/EArDOve7f5
12 votes -
Apply directly to the forehead: Lamenting the death of the truly weird TV ad
9 votes -
One week with the Valve Index: A VR game-changer with a few question marks
10 votes -
The behavioural economics of discounting, and why Kogan would profit from discount deception
3 votes -
The fine art of stopping a flying puck
9 votes -
The splinternet is growing
5 votes -
"Modern OS" - Always connected, cloud-connected
3 votes -
Protesters nearly run over by front-end loader outside PHA headquarters
5 votes -
Israel heads to new election after Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form coalition
12 votes -
Get rid of (paper) junk mail | No Sweat Tech
10 votes -
A Washington state lawmaker just quit to lobby for Amazon. Most states wouldn’t allow that.
6 votes -
Facebook’s dystopian definition of ‘fake’ - For the social-media platform, a doctored video of Nancy Pelosi is content, not a phony
9 votes -
Stephen Taranto - Pixel Heart: Verdant (2019)
3 votes -
Cooking with FOIA: The military’s official brownie recipe
3 votes -
Adventures with a programmable mechanical ortholinear split ergonomic keyboard
9 votes -
While Rui Pinto sits in jail, his "Football Leaks" revelations are bringing down European soccer's most famous teams and players
6 votes -
‘A zombie party’: The deepening crisis of conservatism
14 votes -
US Department of Energy is now referring to fossil fuels as “freedom gas”
14 votes -
Stronger than aluminum, a heavily altered wood cools passively
8 votes -
Are the Democrats too meek?
Shouldn't there be loud and clear opposing voice to Trump overstepping historical boundaries? When Trump declares emergency to expedite arms sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE or when he approves...
Shouldn't there be loud and clear opposing voice to Trump overstepping historical boundaries?
When Trump declares emergency to expedite arms sales to Saudi Arabia and UAE or when he approves secret nuclear power tech sales to Saudi Arabia
When Trump urges US Fed to cut interest rates
When Trump lifts sanctions on firms linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and when Trump conceals face-to-face encounters with Putin
20 votes -
X4's 2.50 update has a ton of interesting additions to the game
5 votes -
Oregon restricts solar development on prime farmland
5 votes -
The Permian Basin is booming with oil. But at what cost to West Texans?
4 votes -
In your opinion, which attractive or mystifying technological concepts or advancement will never become popular?
My guess: holograms: they look cool, but will never be more practical than a good screen (including flexible screens, mirrors, different types of glass, projections, etc...) For the purposes of...
My guess:
holograms: they look cool, but will never be more practical than a good screen (including flexible screens, mirrors, different types of glass, projections, etc...)
For the purposes of this post, “never” means “in about 200 years”.
12 votes -
How streaming affects the lengths of songs
8 votes -
A generation is learning how to strike: An interview with Isra Hirsi
6 votes -
Sony built an IoT chip with a sixty mile range
7 votes -
The 'forbidden' planet has been found in the 'Neptunian Desert'
4 votes -
Lawyers for Noah’s Ark theme park are suing its insurance company for rain damage
6 votes -
Large tornado touches down near Kansas City; at least twelve injured
5 votes -
China: Leverage in the tech sector and values
4 votes -
Quake II RTX ray-traced remaster will be released on June 6th, 2019
10 votes -
Boris Johnson has been ordered to appear in court over claims he lied by saying the UK gave the EU £350m a week
11 votes -
Thursday sees the creation of the world's largest free trade zone, the AfCFTA. Over 20 African nations are joining an association that in the final analysis will be modeled on the EU's single market
15 votes -
My scars: Journey to body acceptance
5 votes -
Ex-smokers, what did you do to help you stop?
Edit: meant ex-smokers. Proof reading is not something I tend to do... Some people quit cold turkey, some use something to replace it (thinking sunflower seeds), some make goals like only have 6 a...
Edit: meant ex-smokers. Proof reading is not something I tend to do...
Some people quit cold turkey, some use something to replace it (thinking sunflower seeds), some make goals like only have 6 a day and work their way down.
I personally have been using nicotine products since I was about 16. Cigarettes at first, but switched to vaping at about 18. Been using them for about 6 years now and finally decided it's time to stop. I've been lowering the amount of nicotine in my vape for about 3 months, this last one being 0 nicotine in my vape. Now it's time to break the muscle memory of just mindlessly grabbing it at home and always making sure I know where it is. This last month with no nicotine was a lot harder than I thought it was going to be because I always told myself it was mostly a habit of the action and not the substance... Boy was I fucking wrong.
So what did you do, or are you doing, to help yourself quit? Need a little inspiration.
13 votes -
Parquet Courts: How a ’70s football tactic influenced their best album yet
4 votes -
Recommend me a game that _________.
This post went well in ~books, so I figured we could give it a go here. Top level comments should fill in the blank with some sort of descriptor identifying a kind of game you would like...
This post went well in ~books, so I figured we could give it a go here.
Top level comments should fill in the blank with some sort of descriptor identifying a kind of game you would like suggestions for. Be as generic or specific as you want.
Replies can then recommend games to that individual.
Hint: Use the "collapse replies" button to view only top-level posts.
31 votes -
‘Wow, what is that?’ Navy pilots report unexplained flying objects
14 votes