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I know that an internet forum isn’t necessarily the best vehicle for something like this, but at the end of the year, we are all awash in everyone sharing “movie/game/album/novel/etc. of the year” lists, and I thought it might be fun to do that here, but with posts or threads. No stipulations...

Do you have a favorite historical era or region that you like to learn about? What are they, and if so, why do you like them so much? I’ve always been a fan of ancient Chinese history as well as modern SE Asian history. Those are more just general interest for one reason or another, China...

tw: suicide. I didn’t really want to put that word in the title, so I apologize for the “kids these days” sound, but you have fallen for my clickbait! But that’s part of what I would like to discuss! Everyone has heard about the suicide epidemic and how rates of suicide are sharply rising for...

To tl;dr this bad boy; From age 20-80 the average generation becomes around 20% more conservative in voting patterns In most* non English speaking western countries this trend is holding up; millennials are slowly and steadily becoming more conservative. In literally every English speaking...

Edit: Please thank my autocorrect on my phone for the terrible title. I refuse to accept changes to the historical record however. We can’t coddle society! link here if image not working: https://ibb.co/6Hv86ZL I have poor signal where I am. From a theater in Oklahoma. A few things...

I guess I might say vintage computer collecting, but either way; anyone here have a cool collection? Or want to get into it? What do you have if you do? Really old Macs? A bunch of XP machines? I've been into collecting since 2004 or so. I've built up a waaaay to big collection. I like trying...

The day that Nicolas Cage; treasure hunter has been waiting for is almost here. The coin will be bestowed upon us all. Before it is, though, you get to choose the heads side and the tails side imagery. What or who are your picks and why?

Where would you live? Ignore logistical hurdles like JOBS or FAMILY or MONEY or other stuff that might make it impossible, unrealistic, etc., etc. Please explain why you would like to live there, any history with it, things you like, etc. Feel free to be as broad as a country or as specific as...

Every Spring, Jeopardy does 3 online tests to basically allow people to become eligible for audition. The 50 question quizzes give you 15 seconds each to type in the correct answer (not in the form of a question). If you get a 35 or better, you get thrown into a pool they randomly draw to then...

Sumter County, Alabama recently opened its very first integrated school! This is a seminal moment in racial relationships in America. Segregation remains a problem in poorer areas throughout the south, where after Brown vs. Board, white communities started their own private schools and sent...

Whether you use the PayScale Index, look into the BLS report, or anything and everything, the reality is that American wages are, even with strikingly low unemployment, continuing to fall. One potential source? Stock buybacks. Another potential major issue? Mergers and nearly monopolistic...

Before today's bad news there was good news last night, when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won the Democratic Primary in New York's 14th Congressional District, where she is all but assumed to win the election in November. Not only would this make her the youngest woman ever elected to congress...

The Michigan legislature is currently in the act of passing a bill that would put work requirements on Medicaid. However, since many of the rural, white counties that state congressmen represent have large swaths of population receiving Medicaid, the Republican party has come up with a devious...

The government shuts down if a spending bill isn't passed this Friday. While this isn't a new subject, per se, the dynamics this time are different, with Democrats such as Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren having previously threatened to shut it down if a DACA fix is not part of the spending...

A longform and prettily dressed up analysis by HuffPo's fancy-named team dove into the details of how decades of policy and decision making by those who were in power at the time, has, quite simply, totally f'd millennials. And particularly millennials of color. Some tidbits, although the...

Pre-eminent Randian 'libertarian' Republican Rand Paul ran his own political party into a bit of a negative externality the other day when a neighborhood dispute over landscaping resulted in him being tackled and suffering severe injuries, which will now cause him to miss significant time from...

Really? A sequel to the most influential sci-fi movie of the last 35 years (and one of the most influential period) whose soundtrack has been sampled more than any other film soundtrack over that time frame, and there's NO thread yet? It comes out October 6th! Christ you people. For shame...

They can be parties (Dems/Reps/Green/Libertarian/etc.) or political advocacy groups (ACLU, NAACP, etc.). These are all American orgs but would love to hear from oversees peeps too. Curious to see how many here are regular volunteers, donators, card carrying members, etc., and of what.

Yesterday, the esteemed Attorney General started to put into action his plan to make asset forfeiture more common in the US, by allowing cops to see property even in states that have or may ban it in the future. Nightmare stories of asset forfeiture are common, and the evidence that they...

Folks, I know we've been through a lot lately. But I come to tell you, the night is darkest before the dawn. The Internet Age is ending, and with it, is about to come... a brand new Stone Age. There are two entries in this ring. The first is pre-eminent racist and homophobe who also adores...