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Already I disagree with their re-interpretation of the first word (addict). Have they ever actually interacted with, or been addicted to something? Your life revolves around the substance. If "addict" is dehumanizing then so is "carpenter".

Had to get to #6 (committed suicide - I worked delivering technology for the blind and visually impaired, no one is offended by "I see" or "I'm going in blind") before thinking "ok, this makes sense" since that framing implies a crime. But that's not their re-interpretation, which again doesn't make sense.

I had an old British colleague who used to say "what you Yanks need is a good old land war to set you straight again". I think he might be right



Or severe enough economic down turn. We don’t need land to fight over we just need a realignment of incentives. That will separate the wheat from the chaff. There’s no real value to the people who write such rubbish lists however they are still paid to do so. They still make what I imagine is a decent living to create hot air that the public gets to argue over. Money is still too easy to come by. When it isn’t these people will have to actually work and gain real value and we won’t be arguing or criticizing their nonsense anymore.




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