Comments by "chocomalk" (@chocomalk) on "TED" channel.

  1. 300 days of solitary before a conviction is unfuckingbelievably cruel.
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  2. Brilliant talk, don't hate unless you watch it.
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  3. Next step is to criminalize competition if it causes a loss of profit lol
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  4. Yes it's a moment in time when people who have been assaulted need to start reporting and collecting evidence from the beginning because we have this thing called presumption of innocence and that is way more important than your feelings, and sorry to say, more important than singular cases of any crime, rape included.
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  5.  @tylerblue9691  uhh if it was made in a lab, they covered it up meaning there was a conspiracy of secrecy lol
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  6. 33 min of no facts lol
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  7. Holy crap there is a legal process to immigrate to any country, why is this an issue? 90% of this is anecdotal and has no point, maybe there is a better way but pointing to the past or strawman arguments is not going to help.
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  8. Ted is ded.
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  9. If you don't like what someone is saying, don't listen.
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  10. It's an easy fix, legalize it.
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  11. Sorry but I know plenty of men that love being Fathers and primary caregivers. Men don't need to be socialized to accept something they never had time for in the past it's women that need to be socialized to realize the obvious.
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  12. 3:30 false equivalence and sorry to tell you that every race/culture/person experiences this depending on your locale etc. And who in power is getting cancelled? Dove? No, even with their black to white get clean ad, they are fine. The people getting targeted are those that do not go along with the status quo, regardless of colour. People with pronouns can dog pile on those that don't want to use them or don't like them. In Canada, if you identify as anything but CIS in school, you can bully anyone that is CIS and there are no consequences. The whole thing is BS cultural appropriation is bad but you want diversity and inclusion. Listen to the music but don't sing along or dance. Buy the music but don't get influenced. And oddly, only appropriation when certain colours do it.
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  13. Yes imagine a person responding to a violent outbreak that the immediate family cannot deal with without having the skills and resources to protect themselves, the family or even the person.
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  14. She's a lawyer, it's her job to stretch the truth.
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  15. "comprehensive, common-sense gun legislation " Just what is that when federal checks are a thing? And no one seems to do anything about red flags, especially the FBI, Try prosecuting criminals and helping the people who are mentally ill
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  16. One person from a microscope company watched this lol
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  17. It's about time science and common sense return, thank you Gabriella.
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  18. As long as you give it a viewing you are entitled to your opinion.
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  19. I feel for anyone mistreated by the system but I have to say that the US border, whether south or north is not the most friendly in the world and if you happen to fart the wrong way on the wrong day you will regret it regardless of what color you are.
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  20. Is it really a position though? Unelected....unaccountable. "Picture that job being to rule over a country"...."rule" lol
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  21. "Dislikes disabled" LOL
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  22. Paid for by Facebook
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  23. There were three waves of "Indigenous peoples" over a span of 15000 years....so, who are the "original"? And does it matter? And what is the cut off point to be "indigenous"? And just in case you missed it....they are NOT indigenous if they migrated FFS.
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  24. You mean the people that point out how he can speak about any topic as if he is an expert yet anyone else will get censored because they are not experts in the field?
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  25. 8:25 okay we can see right here the type of cherry picking going on. The countries she lists have a combined pop of 3 billion before the USA is accounted for. So with a pop of 327 million and with only 238 million being white we can see that white millennials are not the ones telling the majority of the narrative, not even close. 4:27 interesting that it is millennials listed with no data showing previous generations. 4:30 no data showing payment history. 4:34 again only millennias shown, the youngest looking generation. 4:37 this I believe is true though the accuracy of the percentage shown is unknown to me and the reasons why could be numerous. Discrimination is definitely a factor. Unless the argument is that everyone is racist against black people. 4:40 this is misleading as no data is shown. 4:44 yet every other ethnic group is equal to within .5% and that shown something that is NOT discrimination. 4:48 WHAT? 6:12 Sorry but "research" and "Washington Post" do not mesh. First graph clearly shows that there is a downward trend in the attitude presented so what is the argument? And why is there only shown "millennial" data vs black people? Why not white/asian/etc millennial vs black AND black millennial vs white/asian/etc? The only reason why is to paint a narrative. If you want the truth you would have to analyze all the factors and then you would see racism is not just a white thing.
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  26. They fail because a job should be awarded to those with merit regardless of their skin color.
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  27. Yes but now the language is being compelled an that is unacceptable.
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  28. Stop with the whole "decolonize" thing. There are no white people in your home telling you what to like.
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  29. I think road signs have you beat. As do warning label icons. But they don't have PR machines.
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  30. A blueprint on how to change the world. Be the change you want to see in the world, don;t protest or complain, just do it.
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  31. This is what Ted is all about, awesome talk, enjoy it while you can people.
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  32. Daniel T.  You are correct but it is happening in the form of regulations that are too costly for small operations.
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  33. We need nuclear not pipe dreams
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  34. Does anyone think to hold any other country by the same standard? People from Honduras etc pass through many countries and could actually go south.
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  35. Someone needs to write a CEO code and put these bums out of work. Although he is right about many things a min wage increase is not the answer and citing Seattle this early in the game is NOT evidence. It is far to early to tell. The truth is, companies HE works for can afford to pay, it is the small businesses that can't. Monopoly 101. Regulate the competition out of business. Save a pitchfork for him just in case.
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  36. Go to India and see if you even have a seat at the table. Try to marry out of your caste or religion or race lol Seriously America is the most diverse place ever and Hollywood the most diverse film industry on the planet. Go elsewhere.
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  37. Rich people put their money into trusts and foundations for themselves. Easy way to control your money  and keep the gov at bay.
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  38. It's not the hackers that worry me.
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  39. He's a moron, the corporations have already won...been a while now...go ahead an tell Google how much power you have lmao...the power to "opt out",,,not really.
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  40. They don't...they either remain committed or break up, cheating implies negativity so unless they have an open relationship, they are not happy.
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  41. "ethical banking" ...lost me right there lol
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  42. I like the part where it is assumed progressives are good and conservatives racist.
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  43. Urging us to turn away from voices perpetuating harmful stereotypes he takes the current stereotype that masculinity is toxic by default. Protip women are only empathetic with their young.
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  44. "The world will end by 2030 if we don't blah blah blah" "We might have a chance if we wait until 2050 blah blah blah"
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  45. It is obvious that if you compare poor people and wealthy people you will get differences in outcome. Yes the wealthy ones should, in theory, have an easier economic outcome but that does not mean the gathering of that wealth was not earned by their parents, and their parents could have been poor. Or even middle class born to poor parents/immigrants. Bottom line is someone worked for the money therefore it was EARNED, why should others be given a free ride when EARNING gets you there, even if it takes a generation or two.
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  46. Can we just leave kids out of this? This is Ted, where are the experts? All we see are pundits and artists and now kids?
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  47. If we just get rid of corruption and the financial system that extracts wealth instead of growing it, all these problems go away. The ones we can fix anyway.
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  48. Why the push for "democracy"? The Greeks tried that, it was a mess, Republics work better. The problem is there is no accountability and at the opposite end of the spectrum, lots of cash to be made.
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  49. TLDR Tracking your every move with your smart phone isn't enough so now we are going to get personal.
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  50. I agree with her premise but sometimes the urge to paint only men as being violent misses the mark. Women can be quite aggressive and I think only their lack of physicality prevents them from going full throttle.
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  51. They should step out of the way and mind their own business. They are not educators or anyone's moral compass.
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  52. There is no such thing as zero emissions.
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  53. Use the stall end of story.
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  54. Stop redefining words because you can't find/don't know the appropriate one. Being open and accepting is not being vulnerable.
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  55. Don't worry Al, we will just shuffle around some carbon credit schemes and all will be good. Just cut down some trees, transport them to a cave somewhere, catch the carbon it emits....boom! Carbon capture and credits to boot!
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  56. Ladies.nothing is worse than that fake streak through your hair, stop it, it doesn't help you
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  57. Haha they use blockchain, brilliant. Such a wonderful thing. This is the best talk ever.
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  58. Okay none of this is new and the fact that they found "new" issues outside of HIV is not "new" either. What they discovered was cooperation works...duh.
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  59. This has nothing to do with adopting China as a model, it is an acceptance of it as a fact. What they are is a control economy with a capitalist Gov. This in a free market system requires a fluid model to compete.
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  60. Let's see examples of what North Africa would look like without Islamic colonization. And South Africa without Zulu colonization. And Russia without Mongol and the Middle East before the Persians and Korea before Japan and.....
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  61. Sorry but I didn't say racism, I said prejudice. just because some may lack a system of oppression in America doesn't mean they can't be prejudicial, discriminatory or outright bigots. have a nice day.  @Chazzmatazz 
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  62. If you can show me how this works on any video, you might have a point, a like/dislike ratio does not prove anything outside of "feelings".
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  63. We're creating a Google® service to probe Uranus whether you like it or not because there is an opt out clause that isn't.
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  64. *****  As much as every relationship is different and can't be thrown in the same bag, somethings can't be disputed, like the fact that a man as a primary caregiver is something that really couldn't exist in the past unless you happened to be quite wealthy. The obvious here being you can't throw everyone into the same bag. Some men would love this opportunity. Some men would not think much of it.
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  65. Capitalism does not discriminate, if there is a market for what you feel is lacking they would fill it. Although sometimes risk is part of the equation and it takes "new blood" to make them see the potential. In the end, films are not for you, they are for company profit, period.
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  66. Was in Hungary for a month, it was awesome.
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  67. Who cares? Just let it burn and more deserving ideas can spread....isnt that the point of Ted?
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  68. This is not unbiased at all. Seven minutes to provide context to over 100 years of problems... just wow.
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  69. Some people say that about "people of color"...it's called prejudice. @Chazzmatazz 
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  70. Not looking for points, just pointing out the obvious.  @Chazzmatazz 
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  71. But isn't this gods plan???
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  72. Who is Rockefeller? JP Morgan?  @hamarana ​
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  73. Perhaps when a similar talk about femininity occurs there will be less of a backlash?
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  74. No they are not, in fact both systems are vastly misunderstood.
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  75. I really dont care about peoples sexuality, keep it to yourself ffs
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  76.  @phirion6341  "moving on to an upgraded truth speaks against rigidity" No, it's just the opposite, the rigidity comes from the demand for actual truth, so as new information is found, "the truth" becomes more important than the established information.
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  77.  @kaeli_bug  and what is the comparison? Bollywood? Nollywood? Chinese film industry? None of the above, Hollywood is king of diversity in this world.
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  78. Intellectually dishonest conflating truth with opinion. "Your truth" is "your opinion". Actual truth has no regard for opinion, it merely is. Actual truth is humans need air, your identification as aquatic life does not exempt you from this truth. TED: Trash Education. NPR: New Pravda Reportage.
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  79.  @edwardjohn5  You need to look up what a conspiracy is lol and if it is true...to be sure they covered it up in the media and via health officials and that would require everyone being on the same page.
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  80. You need to burn fuel to recharge batteries and you need to pollute to create them....
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  81. Goals ≠ expectations.
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  82.  @joannot6706  That was me being sarcastic, the first part was the serious bit.
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  83.  @NeonVisual  There is a literal yearly tour of climate events all around the world to be attended and can't be missed, and we better dress nice, fly first class and arrive in style!
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  84. This is stupid, hire people fit for the job and if they are white or whatever.... then thats fine. Sorry to tell you that white people are not your problem, you are, start your own business become your own CEO or hire one that reflects your face instead of one that meets requirements but leave the rest of us alone...idiots.
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  85. Tone deaf...comments on music anyway....smh
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  86. Okay this is cool and somewhat enlightening but on the other hand we were ignorant of a lot of things in the past and it's quite easy to judge the past from our current position. I can't find enough info on this to give me a clear perspective tbh. Some Africans belonged to tribes and some Afro Americans owned farms and plantations. You might even step back and realize there were THREE black exhibitions and for the time...this could be seen as "progress" but nit from out rose tinted world.
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  87. They literally did nothing for 2 years and we need a team to do that? lol
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  88. People generalize about all kinds of things, that is what prejudice and stereotypes are all about. @Chazzmatazz 
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  89. lol
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  90. Go assert your identity in Bollywood and good fucking luck with that
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  91. How does any of that equate to economic growth?
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  92. Bias works both ways.... 2:33 in what country? By doctors of what racial or ethnic background? oops did we have a little bias in there? lol she is in fact explaining everyones doctor woes, they want your money...few want to help...welcome to humanity
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  93. My bs radar goes off whenever I see someone has practiced their body language intentionally.
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  94. Yeah but even if they are not spying on you directly they can still purchase your info from..... "THE DARK WEB" AKA GOOGLE lol
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  95.  @SnakeAndTurtleQigong  Science > Philosophy.
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  96. Yanfang Qi  Yeah sure it is lol
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  97.  YoshiPeach Mario  what?
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  98.  @dialecticalmonist3405  Do you even know what a blockchain is?
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  99.  @tylerblue9691  The covered it up, that would be the actual conspiracy.
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  100. Hispano and Latino are synonymous lol
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  101. If you made it legal then the black market would dry up to a great extent. I agree though, everything should be consensual and without coercion.
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  102.  @Kyp031  What are Kamalas campaigns plans? Can she answer a direct question without falling back on an anecdote like "I grew up middle class"? She is literally promising things "if" she gets in office... WHILE she is in office and has the support of her party yet she does nothing.
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  103. No he told the truth, there is a reason why China is the economic giant it is and hiding your head in the sand wont change it. He never advocated for anything except a model that is fluent to changes around it.
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  104. Good job with all the bits Ted anyway the like to dislike ratio is lmao
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  105. Bet its a carbon credit scam
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  106.  @MyTube4Utoo  There is a line between liberal media bs and what you really think happens to people in the system. Even the regular prison system is fucked, these people have no real rights. Sure it's not as bad as some say but then again, its not that great either.
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  107. "Gen Z's pallet" Is such a thing possibly unilateral among all Gen Z around the world? And even common just to Gen Z? What? Sounds like a talk from a liberal arts major.
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  108. Mo-Ron
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  109. So indoctrinate your children into your ideology? Or allow someone without a clue on how things are run to have a say? lol
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  110. belonging? You mean forcing people to hang out with you?
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  111. She's awesome, science is awesome.
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  112. We need more of this in the world and less government misconduct that led to Detroit and other cities being completely unlivable. I doubt the water is in any way clean either.
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  113. Unfortunately everyone does it. @russbilderback 
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  114. It is def part of the problem.
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  115. I think people just don't understand English. It is a weakness, perhaps she means "openness".
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  116. Considering the overall response seems to be just to trade carbon credits in an ever shifting framework, an indifferent shrug is probably all that is required. Seriously, they found a way to even game the system to make it appear they are doing something but all that is being done is a shuffling of funds. Meanwhile, the most clean source of energy is not even on the table for discussion anymore.
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  117.  @Dimitris_Half  She didn't outright make the claim but it is basically implied.
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  118.  @Dimitris_Half  I never said she did, do you get that? But the whole videos premise is about men being the violent ones, you don;t have to say the obvious, duh. My point is more of one shared by society.
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  119.  @Dimitris_Half  I did and I fail to see your point. If women had the same physicality as men, they would be as or more aggressive.
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  120. So you set a goal.
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  121. I understand there is a difference but it's not in setting a goal, specific or otherwise, its about the difference between goals and expectations.  @TheBookOfPrincessSam 
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  122. Goals ≠ expectations@@Willful.Mystic
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  123. "Social justice belongs in our schools" "How teachers can help kids find their political voices" "Social justice belongs in our schools" "How teachers can help kids find their political voices" "Social justice belongs in our schools" "How teachers can help kids find their political voices" "Social justice belongs in our schools" "How teachers can help kids find their political voices" "Social justice belongs in our schools" "How teachers can help kids find their political voices" HYPOCRITICAL BRAINWASHING FUCKERS GET FUCKED!
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  124. Peter Cohen  I agree, look at my previous comment.
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  125. Yanfang Qi  Not really they just take it from us.
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  126. Dickert Lardfart  Uhhh that would require a conviction.
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  127. Dickert Lardfart  "The police does not just pick people off the street to punish them for no good reason, they tend to have something called probable cause." lol You don't get out much do you?
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  128. Dickert Lardfart  Pretty sure taunting an officer is not really something that requires a death penalty.
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  129. elsquibbs  That was no exaggeration :p
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  130. WTF LOL
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  131. Yay!
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  132. Nuclear energy is the single most effective way to reduce emissions and provide a green future for energy generation yet there isn't a single, major push for it anywhere. This tells me there is no serious discussion on actually reducing emissions. So why should we take it seriously? In an age of facetime we have 2000 people flying on private jets to talk about CO2 reduction, get F'd.
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  133.  @dialecticalmonist3405  A server can be hacked a blockchain has a ledger and is decentralized and cannot be altered without it being noticed, that is the difference, it is a ledger.
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  134.  @dialecticalmonist3405  I don't know enough about Estonia to comment on how they programed anything but a blockchain is encrypted and you would have to be specific about what kind of transaction since transactions occur in reality and are only between parties, the blockchain just facilitates the transaction.
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  135.  @dialecticalmonist3405  I will reiterate, you do not understand what a blockchain is, you are winging it by reading about Bitcoin, which you got wrong btw "Bitcoin requires a proof of work to be solved." Created, not solved.
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  136. "climate change lawyer" ^THAT SHOULD TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW...and if its not nuclear power being promoted then its just stupid and will bring us full circle back to fossil fuels.
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  137. I liked 50% of this talk, the rest was uncorroborated statements that could apply to other races or situations.
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  138. I did, the ever changing goal post.
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  139. No way, in this case any detractor is told to trust the science yet if it is not resolved enough, in fact, to make such incredibly bad predictions there is nothing to base trust on because that is what science does, make accurate predictions. Not "in 5 years the world will end" and then "by 2030 the world will end" and now "2050". FWIW I am not saying GW is a hoax or not a threat but so far there has been more rhetoric than tangible evidence. Better they focused on the Seas becoming acidified since that is a process anyone can understand, predict and duplicate in a lab or even at home.  @TheMercilessEye 
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  140. Your actions are not the result of masculinity, nor is masculinity a disease. This new form of "feminism" which is actually just a form of conditioning, is the disease. It's insidious, even if women commits a "wrong" action, it is considered toxic masculinity fault.
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  141. Trust us, this wont be misused!
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  142. Hilarious. Go to any big city and you will find areas like "Little China", "Little Tokyo", "little Armenia", "little Ireland"...etc. People stick with their own and when they do, the other sections of society view them as outsiders. 1:31 Haha...so in this school they went to, a reflection of the society they live in to a LARGE degree and in 12 years they have no clue about society? I guarantee you, there is no place more likely to experience any sort of social indignity than a large group of young kids forced together in one place. And they try to speak for their entire class, nope they have no clue lol This is just gruesome, that a talk like this can go unchallenged, there really needs to be a "Ted rebuttal".
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  143. This is what Ted is about.
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  144. Nothing flourishing about the most corrupt country in Europe. One that bans political parties and cancels elections lol
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  145. It's called voluntarism, instead of unaccountable morons stealing your money, everyone takes time to run their local and Federal governments. The State does not solve problems, it creates them. There is no reason why a lawyer or used car salesman can lead or get classified clearance over a fireman, teacher or plumber, just because some lazy, uninterested mass of people elects them.
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  146. Tell that to mathematics Greg.
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  147. 6:44 well versed in bias. Sexism is not just against women. Giving a color a meaning is also not constructive, your child doesn't care or assign meaning to colors like we do. That is all for yourself, pink wont feminize your child and blue wont masculinize your child either. Same thing with the words you use. Just be honest with it, they already know what they feel inside and only need acceptance.
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  148. If you cant uplift yourself.....well you are weak or uninterested in working for a better future...or you can always blame a color.
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  149.  @bonwei  It was an illusion since they had you all herd into the same few big chains that were allowed to remain open and you all still went to Tims and got gas, it's an illusion and the research prior and following shows that it is ineffective for an airborne virus. You would have to stay in place for months without aid for a lockdown to work. He also has numerous scandals, ethics violations, he is censorship happy and a hypocrite....and the economy is a mess.
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  150. All humans not in Africa are migrants and therefore not indigenous.
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  151.  @MyTube4Utoo  Illegal or not there are better ways to treat people that are not violent criminals. And sorry to say that the US border is one of the unfriendliest I have ever experienced legally. Not always mind you, some of the people are great it's just the underlying process.
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  152.  @MyTube4Utoo  You cannot possibly know the actuality of how they are treated.
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  153. Remember, some said a lab was the most obvious origin of an unspecified viral contagion but they were called conspiracy theorists for stating the obvious. Not even stating it as a fact, but just saying that it was the most likely origin even according to Occam's razor got you a label.
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  154.  @downsjmmyjones101  Because it is a title, one that not only have they not earned but are trying to enforce. Imagine if an army captain tried to require private citizens to refer to them by their rank, or someone you meet says you will refer to me as sir, it's BS
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  155. What is the Mahgreb and the Mashriq Mr. Noor?
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  156.  @Arithekiller  I know what it is, Islamic colonialism.
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  157. Sure but until then.... @vivalaleta 
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  158. 0:25 uhh this is how science dies, "universally forbidden yet universally practiced"....this because adultery is mentioned twice in someones bible....
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  159. Remember when Google promised not to be evil? This is the company that utilizes slave labor in China, yeah I bet they are absolutely trustworthy. The question should they be allowed to operate given the shady nature of their business model.
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  160. @9:20 I would vote for this guy to be president. With that level of intellectual honesty and perceptive empathy, he would be a great leader. Respect.
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  161. How is this anything but rich get richer? And what of the next generation that cannot get in and invest early when you can? This is doom lol @MrSchweppes 
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  162. What about the next generation? @tikkivolta2854 
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  163. Anyone that disagrees with people of color is a racist...right?
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  164. I AM SORRY BUT THE STATS LAID OUT IN THE INTRO ARE BULLSHIT 60% of Americans will face a $400 emergency in less than a year? 46% of them will not be able to pay? WHAT????? Where did you get this bullshit?
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  165. 9:33 uhhh not gonna happen but good talk none the less.
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  166.  @Lily-gs9iv  Its you thats out of touch, no one is saying anything about not supporting people but the me too movement is about prosecution after the fact and belief before evidence.
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  167.  @Lily-gs9iv  Sorry but you had plenty of chances to clarify and you did not, Regardless of guilt, if there is no proof to back a claim there is no way to determine the truth behind a MeToo claim and to think it could be presented in a legal framework is to disregard how law actually works.
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  168. Commercial.
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  169.  @Dimitris_Half  Did you even read my comment?
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  170.  @Dimitris_Half  I never said she claimed that and it's not an opinion if the claim men are more violent is not an opinion.
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  171.  @Dimitris_Half  Maybe comprehension isn't your strong suit and I don't see a contradiction anywhere, of course you wont point it out.
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  172.  @Dimitris_Half  I don't think so, you obviously missed the entire point of my comment. I never said she claimed anything, I was merely stating a fact. Anyway...merp.
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  173.  @Dimitris_Half  nice try lol
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  174. What does that mean? @Chazzmatazz 
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  175. Google uses you, no need to use it.
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  176. A company is not capitalism. You have your government to regulate pollution. Black boxes are the result of your "Democracy". Everything else is the result of corruption which as we know will take hold of every system without vigilance.
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  177. uhh way to early to tell and the history is not really solid or promising. These vaccines kind of suck and no real way of telling if they were successful or if the virus just attenuated on its own
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  178.  @MonsieurEido  I have never seen evidence of that, you are sensitive to social cues, that is not empathy.
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  179. lol I'm sure any area that is not industrialized could be said to be "thriving"...what is this crap?
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  180. Sorry but violence in the legal world is physical, psychological harm caused via words and the like is considered abuse. Anyway, the effect a physical blow has on a subject can be analyzed, reduplicated and in every case, if all factors are equal, the results are the same. Not so with psychological abuse. A word might trigger some and not others but an anvil to the head will kill them all.
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  181. Try doing what the Asians are doing.... FFS what is this crap?
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