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TharkunOakenshield t1_jdxc6kt wrote

Reply to comment by xynix_ie in TIL that Che Guevara was passioned about rugby, and he played it during his school years. In 1951 he also launched a rugby magazine Tackle, writing the whole thing himself by SteO153

> Liberals are not fans of him

And liberals are not leftists, so that’s entirely unrelated to the comment above yours.

Not that I necessarily fully agree with the sentiment of the comment you replied to, but that’s another matter.

PS: and reducing people wearing Che T-shirts to “frat boys who don’t even know who he is” is just completely wrong… at least outside of the US.

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Doxbox49 t1_jdxc3av wrote

Reply to comment by notaedivad in TIL that there are official guidelines for muslims to perform their rituals from space since 2007, when the first malaysian astronaut join the space station. by TonahVilla

Well since we’re trying to insult each other now. I think your comparisons are pretty dumb. Absence of a belief is a tad different from absence of a tangible object. Also recommend calming down and not getting so upset over an internet conversation.

Let’s make it super simple.

You believe there is nothing. Some people believe there is something. Neither group can either prove or disprove their theory with current human knowledge and technology.

We haven’t even mastered fusion yet, one of the most common things in the universe. We haven’t left our solar system (voyager sort of). We haven’t even sent a man to the next planet over. We have no way to prove atoms exist in the form we currently believe is correct. Hell, gravity is still a theory because we technically can’t prove it. So many unknowns and yet you are 100% certain you know there is no higher power. Yes, I’d call that a bit of faith considering all the unknowns still to be discovered

Edit: downvoted every comment, replied, then blocked me before I could even read the reply. Oh well

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Godtiermasturbator t1_jdxbfyd wrote

Reply to TIL: A family of 12 performers, 7 of whom were dwarves, all survived Auschwitz after being separated by Mengele. Several prisoners who survived claimed they believed they were hallucinating when they saw seven well-dressed dwarves passing by. by 0verlyAnxious

When you mentioned Mengele and “separated” in the same sentence I had to go back and make sure you weren’t talking about conjoined twins… also hopefully he’s still burning. Time to flip him Satan!

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Carbon_Rod t1_jdxb01z wrote

Reply to TIL about Lillan Bloodworth, who donated blood every 56 days for nearly 50 years. By the time she stopped at age 85, she had donated 23 gallons. (The average person's body contains about 1.5 gallons.) by WouldbeWanderer

I've donated about 10 gallons. Don't know how she was able to do it so consistently, as I keep getting deferred for low iron (ironically from donating so often), and usually women have lower iron levels than men.

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