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LasciviousApemantus OP t1_j4fibee wrote

Reply to comment by SiriusC in UFO reports by US troops skyrocket to over 500 by LasciviousApemantus

No xD they don't. There is literally not a single high quality recording of a UAP because the "phenomenon" of UAPs is unanimously and unequivocally the result of camera sensor, parallax or focal compression artefacting. If it wasn't blown out, distorted or poorly tracked, it wouldn't even BE a UAP, it would just be a fucking bird or weather balloon or whatever the fuck it actually was that they mistook for some kind of supernatural bullshit.

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SugarSweetSonny t1_j4fia4q wrote

Reply to comment by HungerMadra in Paul Ryan says he 'had too much power' as House speaker by bomberesque1

There is a long held belief that not only should government officials have power but they need to preserve it (for "the institution") so thats it there even when they no longer are.

Its a weird thinking. Like instead of thinking "hey one day my enemy will have this job", they think, we must make this office/job MORE powerful all the time.

Even the courts are getting in on the act now (and giving themselves more work as a result).

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SixStringGamer t1_j4fi1ka wrote

Reply to comment by Aleyla in A woman is ordered to repay her employer for time theft by fartingfreddy1

I feel like this whole argument could be averted if they would just pay people on salary. Like, I pay you to be on call for my companies issues, heres a yearly salary. I dont care how long anything takes just get it done, please. This seems to be the issue here, not enough work to pay for the time that they hired for.

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SiriusC t1_j4fevbg wrote

Reply to comment by jumpsteadeh in UFO reports by US troops skyrocket to over 500 by LasciviousApemantus

No, it doesn't. Not in the context of "UFO".

The term was created by the United States Air Force as a catch-all for intelligently controlled craft. The "Unidentified" portion of it applies to the technology, behavior, & origin. "Object" is understood to be a craft or machine, for lack of a better term.

It's not for a viewer who can't quite tell if something is a bird or a balloon.

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bozitybozitybopzebop t1_j4fenu5 wrote

Reply to comment by Llenette1 in Paul Ryan says he 'had too much power' as House speaker by bomberesque1

His favorite band is Rage Against the Machine, and he very specifically starred in congress as the Machine.

But seriously, I have my own pet theory.

Remember when Republicsns were opposed to Trump? Remember too when they all met with Trump and emerged lije docile puppies? Remember further when the word on the street was that Republicans were afraid of Trump?

Finally, do you remember that, when the Russians hacked the DNC and Assange leaked the contents, the Russians also hacked the RNC and never leaked anything?

My theory is that Putin handed Trump damning contents from that leak which he revealed to them in that meeting. Trump then threatened to expose them if they didn't cooperate.

Paul 'Rage Against the Machine' Ryan finishes the meeting by saying they're all family and drops out of politics ASAP.

Trump is holding seriously damaging info provided to him by Putin and using it to manipulate the GOP.

Bill Barr says Trump's election claims are bullshit but thst he's still voting for him? He says that Trump will destroy the Republicans if he doesn't get the nomination?

Trump is going to reveal something devestating if he loses the nomination or gets imprisoned.

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SiriusC t1_j4fdt3p wrote

Reply to comment by LasciviousApemantus in UFO reports by US troops skyrocket to over 500 by LasciviousApemantus

>"Unidentified flying object" connotation being synonymous with aliens

"Unidentified flying object" isn't synonymous with aliens. "UFO" is. And this happens in language all the time.

>Technically even an airplane is a "UFO" until it is identified as such. Everything is unidentified until it is later identified.

No offense but this is the kind of logic a child would use. Do a bit of research on the etymology of "UFO".

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Squeezitgirdle t1_j4fdsk0 wrote

Reply to comment by Randel1997 in A woman is ordered to repay her employer for time theft by fartingfreddy1

Used to work for a company where I automated everything.

(made the mistake of going above and beyond and helping my colleagues and was rewarded with an annual 15 cent raise to $15.15 for taking months of work and turning it into an hour).

I also had that same manager who gave me my shitty raise get pissy with me when I had no work to do and when I asked for work, she told me to figure it out.

So I worked roughly 30 minutes every day, and sat on my ass browsing imgur and reddit for my entire shift, because hard work came with punishments.

I did the same exact work as my colleagues, I just did it ridiculously faster than them because I was the only one who knew code and was licensed with the marketing software we used.

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pickled_neggs t1_j4f9whc wrote

Reply to comment by throwawaytrogsack in Uganda: Father of 102 children from 12 wives quits family expansion due to inflation by nimobo

Lmao I could tell. Not so easy when someone is able to address each of your points clearly, is it? Much easier to say Im “taking it to a weird level” than be able to meet my arguments isnt it 😂 It seems you’re used to communicating only with people who already agree with you. I see it as a weakness. An inability to formulate stronger arguments (or even worse, have bad inferences and beliefs). Or an inability to deal with the fact that others who have beliefs other than yours could be right. But it’s cool you can play like the “youre just weirdly trying to be right” guy for poking holes in your inferences.

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