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Comment · 12 years ago
Ah yes, the good old set A, which contains all elements who are members of set A.
Comment · 12 years ago
No, not really. I said it for the same reason racists might use your example. To demean that group and to prime people who don't identify with that group to look down on the behavior.
Comment · 12 years ago
It's a loosely defined group only in the sense that some people incorrectly define it as a group.
Comment · 12 years ago
It's not "in their name". There is no "them" and there is no name.
Comment · 12 years ago
That quote and the wikipedia article it comes from are both misguided because they still describe Anonymous as a group.
Comment · 12 years ago
What is it with old people and their complete inability to understand Anonymous? If you did that, you wouldn't be acting like "them", you would be part of Anonymous.
Comment · 12 years ago
ayyy lmao
Comment · 12 years ago
That's science, not math.
Comment · 12 years ago
In this situation, addons.mozilla.org is the hypothetical man in the middle so https doesn't protect you.
Comment · 12 years ago
It's almost as if their priorities aren't the same as yours.
Comment · 12 years ago
Wanting that is just evidence that chess is no longer a worthwhile game.
Comment · 12 years ago
I think you missed the whole point of the book. If you were a gamma, you would like being a gamma, and wouldn't want to be an alpha. The only reason you feel the way you do now from the outside is because you are pretentious enough to fancy yourself an alpha.
Comment · 12 years ago
Trivially easy. If you want to believe it, it's true. If you don't want to believe it, it's false.
Comment · 12 years ago
If all the facts are on their side, why do you continue to claim it's worse?
Comment · 12 years ago
Had your father pulled out a second earlier, we might not have had to read your stupid comment.

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