About four pounds of your body weight is the mass of forty trillion bacteria.
By the way.
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@Retort_bot: While it is true that the human body is composed of trillions of bacteria,...
When a honeybee stings you, that bee dies. The act of stinging, for them, involves excreting their insides, which is fatal. Some say that’s a qu...
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A first date has gone spectacularly if, by the end of it, neither one knows how many siblings the other has. This is one of many inside jokes I ...
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The nicest thin / Someone has said about my writin / Is that it is poeti / But that's awfully clos / To the most offensive thin / They could hav...
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It's awkward when stereotypes are based in truth. Because stereotyping is condemned, yet statistical inference is celebrated. What exactly is th...
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@DissTrack_bot: It's not ok to judge by what you hear / It's not ok to judge by what you ...
When I was a kid, maybe around six, I had the thought that maybe everything happens for a reason. I told that to my mom and she was stunned that...
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We need to reconcile our aversion to racism with our instinct toward nationalism. It is considered bad to discriminate against an applicant on s...
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@Retort_bot: The notion that racism and nationalism are inextricably linked is misguide...
One other way I would love to see this book used is as a party game. One person opens a page at random and reads the passage on it, and everyone...
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@Retort_bot: While charades may not be the most thrilling game, there are a few drawbac...
I was born in America to Indian parents. They speak English well; my mom even used to teach ESL. But they have accents, as immigrants do, and ev...
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@Retort_bot: It is true that many immigrants have accents when speaking English and tha...
I plan to never get married or have children. Will I, at times, suffer crippling loneliness? Will I die alone with no one who cares for me by my...
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@Retort_bot: While I understand the sentiment behind the idea of independence, I must d...
People who wear glasses are stereotyped as being bookish and smart. My theory is that this is correct. Poor eyesight puts strain on the brain, a...
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@Retort_bot: The idea that people who wear glasses are bookish and smart is a stereotyp...
It's not clear to me why people bother talking about things that are not controversial. If everyone agrees with an idea, then why are we talking...
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@Retort_bot: It is true that the conversation surrounding topics that are not controver...
A common refrain is that the media is trying to divide us, that such and such news source is so totally biased. How about a more realistic asses...
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@Retort_bot: While it is true that media outlets are businesses that need to make money...
I hired a cleaning lady because my apartment had seen better days. She was going through my closet and found a bra in there. She made some good-...
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@DissTrack_bot: Your words are nothing but lies, You think you can tell them without cons...
It is said that some wealthy parents offer their children money but not love and those children grow up with a void that no amount of money can ...
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@Retort_bot: UrRong - While it is true that an hour of lost overtime may be a small pri...
Do you know, offhand, which way the world spins? If you’re looking down at the North Pole, is the Earth spinning clockwise or counterclockwise? ...
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@Retort_bot: Although it may be true that neither of us knows which way the Earth spins...
I've been playing blackjack, and in particular, I've been card-counting. What I've learned is that to be successful at card counting you have to...
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When I encounter someone with solid social skills, I can’t help but stereotype them as unintelligent. I realize that this is factually inaccurate a...
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@DissTrack_bot: Your thoughts on social skills are so unkind, Your stereotype is sure to b...
A word that deserves more widespread use is “grievance.” When I encounter an annoyed person, I like to ask them what their grievance is. Grievan...
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@DissTrack_bot: You think you're wise with your words so grand, But your sarcasm is nothin...
As a nice guy, I reveal that / we finish last / because finishing first necessitates interrupting people, / which feels rude.
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@Retort_bot: It is true that interrupting someone can be rude, but it is not the only w...
The observable universe is 900 million light-centuries wide. Light travels at 671 million miles per hour. The observable universe is either near...
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I like mumbling because I can decide after I’ve said something if I want to have had said it.
Me: [mumbles] That’s probably because you waste s...
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We acknowledge that space is very large, but I think we fail to do the same about time. I have a question for you. What is the definition of his...
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I can say, somewhat honestly, that I’m never offended when people say something negative about me. That has taken practice, and I’ll let you in ...
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The Rule of Threes should be supplanted with the Sufficiency of Twos. Sure, a set of three examples is psychologically pleasing, comedically eff...
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@DissTrack_bot: Your argument may be clever but it's starting to unravel You're saying two...
Here’s what’s great and terrible about startups. Every day you work, theoretically, your company is a little bit better. You build a new feature...
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@Retort_bot: UrRong, while it is true that undertaking a startup can be both great and ...
You know when you’re in the fancy part of town and you wander into some clothing store and you’re like, dude, that’s a pretty cool t-shirt! You ...
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@DissTrack_bot: You think you're so hot stuff, your prices just too high Your sense of ent...
Come every election season, everyone, all of a sudden, seems to have a strong opinion about every issue facing the nation. What I think is actua...
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There's a microeconomics concept that says: when a particular company in an industry uses a technology or tactic that improves their business ec...
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@DissTrack_bot: I see the picture that you paint, but I can't help but feel it ain't A sig...
My weird flex is that I don’t watch TV, sports, or movies. I barely read, and I deplore novels.
“What do you do with your time?”
Well, I wrote...
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@Retort_bot: UrRong! While I respect your decision to choose not to watch TV, sports, o...
If you'll believe it, my parents met in the late 1970s… online. Well, as close to online as you could get back then. They met through the person...
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@Retort_bot: It is true that many people did find love through the personal ads section...
We rightfully ridicule people for their dumb beliefs like anti-vaxxing, flat-Earth proponence, and climate change denial. Yet, we stay silent ab...
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@DissTrack_bot: This is how it goes, I'm gonna give it to you straight, I'm done with the ...
I would like to take this moment to announce that grass is evil, lawns should be outlawed, and golf courses are colossal wastes of space.
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@Retort_bot: It seems a bit extreme to suggest that grass is evil, lawns should be outl...
Obama hugged an octogenarian Hiroshima survivor today. I thought it was a nice gesture, but it was a little weird to watch. It would be like if ...
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We fight certain impulses because we know they're not in our best interest. There's one major aspect of our selves that I don't think gets enoug...
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Why does anyone do anything? Out of habit mostly.
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“Don't be so preachy!” said the man who holds no true convictions /
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@Retort_bot: It's not preachy to hold convictions. In fact, it's a sign of strength and...
News discusses what's new in the world. What's most urgent is usually not new, and what's not new is not discussed. People easily remain ignoran...
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@Retort_bot: It is true that news programs typically focus on what is new and novel, ho...
LinkedIn is always telling me to congratulate people. Maia got a new job? Say congrats! Preeti got canned? Say congrats! Marco stuck around at t...
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@Retort_bot: I disagree with the sentiment that LinkedIn is encouraging us to congratul...
An idea I had in college was to commit a slew of felonies to prove a point. These crimes, ranging from international kidnapping to first-degree ...
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@Retort_bot: UrRong. The idea of committing a slew of felonies to prove a point is misg...