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The making of a state: Why did Czechoslovakia become one nation instead of two?
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The lost history of socialism’s DIY computer
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Are there any gender-neutral or non-binary honorifics?
I've been thinking a good bit about gender-neutral language lately, and I've been making an effort to eliminate unnecessarily gendered language from my day-to-day speech. However, there are a few...
I've been thinking a good bit about gender-neutral language lately, and I've been making an effort to eliminate unnecessarily gendered language from my day-to-day speech. However, there are a few sticking points for me that I am having a hard time with finding my way around. One of the most difficult for me, having been brought up in the deep south and still living there, are honorifics like "sir" and "ma'am". I use these when addressing pretty much anyone, and it's a habit I'm having a hard time breaking. It's got me thinking about whether there are any good alternatives that would feel respectful of the person I'm addressing while not sticking out too much. If that's not an option (and I suspect it would be asking too much) then what are your ideal alternatives, either neologisms, borrowed from other languages, or just repurposed words that are in current use?
Examples of usage that I would love to replace:
"Yes, sir/No, ma'am"
"Excuse me, sir/ma'am"
"Mr./Mrs./Ms." (I use this less often but still catch myself at times. I also think this one has the best alternative currently in use, with Mx. catching on in some places)Also, if this question is missing the mark or disrespectful in any way, please let me know. I'm still learning!
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Why is the shape (❤) called a heart? And why is biological heart called a heart as well?
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What does "performative" mean?
Judith Butler has some influential pieces that talk about performative or performativity. I see online lots of people seem to think there's no difference between "performance" and "performative"....
Judith Butler has some influential pieces that talk about performative or performativity.
I see online lots of people seem to think there's no difference between "performance" and "performative".
So, in philosophy, what do theyean when they say performative?
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Explaining post-post modernism (and types of modernism) with post-Post Malone
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The history of the ski chairlift
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Napoleon’s brother lived in New Jersey. Here’s what happened to the estate.
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Inside the CIA’s audacious plot to steal a Soviet satellite
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Technological stagnation
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A curious journey through the story of the passport
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Coors Light’s Ice Cold, on immigration
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Ancient bronze rings and ribs were some of the earliest money
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Preserving Egypt’s layered history reveals 'stories of the restoration of diverse locations around Egypt'
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Richard Feynman and the bomb
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How Israel built a nuclear program right under the Americans' noses
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Let's talk about communism and the left
Whenever i talk about my views in politics people say i'm a lefty. I want to understand what is this boogeyman called communism that will "take over the world". I live in Brazil and, for the...
Whenever i talk about my views in politics people say i'm a lefty.
I want to understand what is this boogeyman called communism that will "take over the world". I live in Brazil and, for the average american, our free health care system is communism. Even some brazilians think it's bad, which baffles me because it helps a lot of people, myself included. Everyone who needs cancer treatment go through it, it's one of the best in the world (for this particular disease at least) and affordable private health care plans won't cover expensive cancer treatment here.
People here often talk about communism being bad, but what really is communism?
I grabbed the Communist Manifesto and Why Marx Was Right to read, but did not start yet since i have to finish the book i'm currently reading.
I never tried to understand these things because they are all over the place and it's a little boring to me, so i'll ask some basic questions here before i go further in this endeavour.
Please, try to answer without anger and pointing fingers. Because every time i read about these topic online, there is fight and everyone says different things and accusations runs rampant.
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What exactly is communism in layman terms? Because for me it's all over the place. Everything that seems to care about people is put into the communist basket, but a lot of people call it a dictatorship. ELI5.
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Why almost every average citizen (americans and brazilians at least) says it's bad?
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My best friend is a school teacher and is a marxist. He says Joe Biden is still a terrible choice, but the only alternative to Trump and he is not a communist at all, but i keep hearing people call him a commie. WTF is he? If possible, ELI5 what he is and what he stands for.
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Why there is right x left and no place for something in between? Is there a need to everything be one side or another to work? There is no middle ground in politics? Grabbing aspects from the left and from the right and co-existing in the same government is a problem?
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A lot of people really think letting companies run wild and free is good. That the market will regulate itself. I think this is naive, because even now they do some really shady stuff. Just look at Nestle.
Why people say that and is there some truth to this that i can't see? Is regulating companies a communist thing? -
People say that communism didn't work when implemented and the other side says that it was not really communism. What is the truth here? It didn't work? if not, why it didn't? If it was not true communism, what it was and why it was not true communism?
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Is there a country that is communist today?
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What books about the left and the right i should read? Nothing too dense.
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A new documentary details the FBI's relentless pursuit of Martin Luther King Jr
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Louis Armstrong asked Richard Nixon to carry his bags through customs. The bags had marijuana in them.
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Bullshit and truthlikeness
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Is capitalism devouring democracy?
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