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  1. S'task

    High School, College and University Cringe MegaThread

    This is fair, and why the courts have expanded it beyond the old definition in many respects. Also this is why we use such expansive understanding of Freedom of Speech, because while Lying is a Sin, people often can repeat untrue information they think is true without the intent to deceive, or...
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    High School, College and University Cringe MegaThread

    . . . Again, this is modern corruption. Religion, as understood in the 18th century, pretty much just referred to Christianity and Judaism, and the clauses in the US Constitution were about prohibiting the US Federal government from favoring one flavor of Christianity over others, either by...
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    High School, College and University Cringe MegaThread

    Natural Rights. People here are talking about the idea of Natural Rights. The most basic of Natural Rights is the Right to Life. Thus, condemning murder in its many forms is an affirmation of that Right. The Right to own Property is considered another of the most basic of Natural Rights, and...
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    High School, College and University Cringe MegaThread

    . . . Firstly, don't speak for all American English, in point of fact from a linguistic standpoint there is no such thing as "American English", as the United States actually has a dozen or more regional dialects, thus when you claim to speak 'Merikan one should actually express explicitly...
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    High School, College and University Cringe MegaThread

    That's not due to inflation. Like, don't get me wrong, inflation as we've had it is bad (there's an argument for a slow, low level of inflation being good, but that's a different discussion), but the cause of the rise in cost of higher education is completely different than inflation. Even if...
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    High School, College and University Cringe MegaThread

    I'm also in my late 30s (40 this year... -.-!) and I did, but then I was homeschooled. I expect a large part of why I became a professional tech editor was this kind of thing, it taught grammar and sentence structure in a way that otherwise you wouldn't see and work with them. That said, you...
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    High School, College and University Cringe MegaThread

    Depends on the degree and school. An electrical engineering degree from MIT still opens a lot of doors and will get you more opportunities than a similar degree from a community college. On the other hand, most other fields are a joke.
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