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Humanities academic living on a blue island in a red state. Interests include cannabis, gaming, fuck cars, public transport, antifascism, anticapitalism, and other unAmerican activities.
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I don’t know where the Bible’s numbering in particular comes from, but it’s common in ancient texts. It helped with navigating long works before the printing press gave us exact pagination.
I thought that seemed fishy . . .
About half of the people where I live drive these huge pickup trucks, and I’ve never seen one hauling anything.
Love the name. I have an all-white one named Cream Cheese.
Well, now that they’re linked here, any one of the 700 monthly users of this sub can do it.
Oh they’ll need it for disability purposes eventually, and they’ll lobby for it. And because they spent their active years voting against public transit, all they’ll get is some rinky-dink shuttle service.
I’ve used PIA to torrent for years. Never had any issues.
I think it’s cultural, too. You might also notice that people drive up and down the parking lot at Walmart looking for a space just ten feet closer to the entrance. Getting out of the car and walking somewhere is anathema in places like Tx.
It’s insane, where I live, how literally dozens of drivers, more than half of them in huge trucks, will idle in a Chick-fil-A drive thru for 25 minutes just to avoid walking 20 feet. No wonder Americans are obese.
Well, you’re ignoring the point of the quote, so shrug
I’m clearly talking about the people who voted for this.
In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve.
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That’s probably the assumption they’re working with, because historians do it all the time. Document survival for the pre-modern period is so poor that it doesn’t take very many examples to demonstrate (for all intents and purposes) that something was widespread.