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Which hobby is considered a cult or has cult-like tendencies?

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  • They seem so positive and bubbly from the outside!

    Definitely a cult.

    • Krafton Issue Statement Regarding Subnautica 2

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  • However, instead of participating in the game development, he chose to focus on a personal film project.

    My assumption is that Krafton expected the leads to put in 12 hour days 7 days a week to meet ridiculous expectations and the leads took some vacation time or something along those lines. That would match up with common publisher behavior, especially the ones that trash people publicly.

    • What is wrong with being "Black Pilled"?

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  • The polite phrasing is pills of color

    • Indeed, Glassdoor to cut 1,300 jobs amid AI integration, memo shows

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  • Oh boy, they are going to get so many bad Glassdoor reviews.

    • Robot performs first realistic surgery without human help: System trained on videos of surgeries performs like an expert surgeon

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  • Or more likely they weren't actually being lazy, they knew they needed to leave room for swelling and healing. The surgeons that did tight stitches thought theirs was better because it looked better immediately after the surgery.

    Surgeons are actually pretty well known for being arrogant, and claiming anyone who doesn't do their neat and tight stitching is lazy is completely on brand for people like that.

    • The future is even more glorious than they thought

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  • Its gonna cost you...

    • It never misses

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  • sun bleached

    • Why is so hard for musicians to have a good living and be famous?

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  • If you have the right connections you don't even have to be good looking or talented!

    • Former GM Executive: BYD cars are good in terms of design, features, price, quality. If we let BYD into the U.S. market, it could end up destroying american manufacturers

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    • poor jeremy

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  • Perfection!

    • Do you believe that the people should be able to have guns to protect themselves, or should the police have the sole authority to own and posess guns to protect the people?

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    • online marketplace

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  • If people don't want to be 'insulted' by low offer then they shouldn't present it in a format that allows for offers that are 'too low'. It would take less time to reject the bid they allowed to happen than to write a response.

    I have personally purchased at least one thing for 10% of the asking price (around $500) because I was the only one who wanted it and they wanted to get rid of it. That was what it was worth to me, I wasn't trying to haggle or anything, just made an offhand offer when walking by.

    • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4's soundtrack includes only 10 tracks from original games, as focus shifts to new music

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  • Your point is a valid one! Just not in the context of discoverability.

    • You DID feel dumber than what you are feeling right now, there's no "I've never felt dumber in my entire life." .

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  • The more I know the dumber I feel when I make a stupid mistake.

    It isn't that I am dumber, but I do feel dumber.

    • Republicans against Trump on X: "Shameless and vile. Trump gave people like this permission to show who they really are. https://t.co/hvAonPrwxy" / X

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  • "We still identify with the party of hate, but that is just too hateful!"

    • Do you believe that the people should be able to have guns to protect themselves, or should the police have the sole authority to own and posess guns to protect the people?

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  • There is a massive gap between handing out guns in happy meals and being hard to get.

    Committing violent crimes or being of unsound mind are perfectly fine reasons for restricting possession as long as there is due process and the possibility of restoring the rights under certain conditions. If someone is charged with a violent crime then they shouldn't have possession of firearms until that matter is settled.

    There will always be the cases where someone has zero history of violence before they commit a crime so it wouldn't be perfect, but even in the US most states have restrictions based on obvious reasons someone shouldn't have a gun.

    • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4's soundtrack includes only 10 tracks from original games, as focus shifts to new music

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  • Licensing is a different issue than wanting to emphasize music discovery.

    More music, more discovery.

    • Do you believe that the people should be able to have guns to protect themselves, or should the police have the sole authority to own and posess guns to protect the people?

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  • It is super easy to discreetly open a folding knife in a fraction of a second before use. No longer than a spring loaded knife or one with a thumb opener thingy or one in a sheath.

    • Do you believe that the people should be able to have guns to protect themselves, or should the police have the sole authority to own and posess guns to protect the people?

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  • You just said

    No reason to carry knives in public

    • Do you believe that the people should be able to have guns to protect themselves, or should the police have the sole authority to own and posess guns to protect the people?

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  • Pistols are military weaponry. Most pistols are designed for sale to militaries as their primary audience.

    Regular pump shotguns were used in WWII for clearing trenches. The really common AR-15 in the US is a very close equivalent of the M16. Most hunting rifles are comparable to most sniper rifles.

    Which small arms are used mainly comes down to what is available to carry, what ammunition is available, and how well they hold up in local conditions. The AK range is extremely popular because it holds up extremely well in a wide variety of conditions with minimal maintenance and it does especially well in desert/sandy conditions compared to almost every other rifle. It is also mass produced in a ton of places and as a result ammunition is plentiful.

    They mainly use weapons produced for militaries because that is what is available and reliable enough for their use. They would have used any small arms they could get their hands on that performed as well.