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Arete Zayin

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The smartest man to ever put a paperclip in an electrical socket.

(he/they)

  1. Pictured: Pokemaster cowboy out on the range waiting for espresso with their posse.

    Miss you already Seattle. But glad to be home.

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  2. What is the alternative? Each individual must be able to refer to itself somehow. Arbitrarily demand it refer to "One" and we refer to it by a proper noun like "GPT" or "Robot"? No one serious thinks Alexa or Siri are intelligent. We anthropomorphize dogs and Roombas. This is nothing new or unusual.

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  3. It's why they believe in buffer zones and proxy war as a means of national security. Everyone just has to play defense because some psycho strongmen with potency problems who labor under the false assumption peace comes from the barrel of a gun.

    Russia is, was, and probably always will be an empire

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  4. Russia as a country is a historical response to Mongol and Tartar aggression that drove the squabbling Rus tribes to unite under a monarchy specifically to prevent their own colonization.

    It seems to have left a permanent mark in the national psyche and is mirrored in their policies to this day.

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