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  1. Comment on Not real news: The Associated Press reports on this week's most shared fake news in ~news

  4. Comment on US President Donald Trump urges world to reject globalism in UN speech that draws mocking laughter in ~news

  5. Comment on Have your political views changed as you've grown older? in ~talk

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    I was about to quote/paraphrase the same saying, except I'm almost certain I originally heard it in the opening of a movie monologue. IIRC it was an old (~60s?) Russian movie and used in a serious...

    I was about to quote/paraphrase the same saying, except I'm almost certain I originally heard it in the opening of a movie monologue. IIRC it was an old (~60s?) Russian movie and used in a serious (not comedic) context, but can't remember much more than that.

    The saying has always really stuck with me.

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  6. Comment on California becomes the first state to restrict plastic straws at restaurants in ~enviro

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    Perhaps, but a good case could be made for plastic bottles being much more useful than straws. Also, the idea that if you don't do exactly the most effective thing possible then it's not worth...

    Perhaps, but a good case could be made for plastic bottles being much more useful than straws.

    Also, the idea that if you don't do exactly the most effective thing possible then it's not worth doing anything at all is just wrong imo.

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