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I worked with a few of those, can confirm.

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Especially a rich, white, one who is often the perpetrator of those types of crimes.

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Oddly enough, in North America, if you are killed by a bear the odds are far greater that it will be a black bear and not a grizzly/brown bear. Polar bears have their own unique place.

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IIRC, there are laws written so as to not allow the prosecution of a non-Native person by tribal authorities in such cases, and to put the crime out of the State jurisdiction if the victim is Native. Catch 22 - White guy can't get charged. I'm not sure of the current status of this, but I gather it has been something of a problem. Don't even have to be rich.

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I'm gonna assume positive intent and poor delivery. But in my heart of hearts...

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True dat. Eel Historian Ph.D. on Twitter said so. Known to be a problem in 1135.

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Or that all software development are engineers.

*winks*

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That does make sense. Black bears are a lot more widely distributed than other species. But relative odds are not super helpful when all the odds are pretty small. And yeah, polar bears are fucking terrifying.

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LOL, you have lady parts! We'd have to verify that your branch of science recognizes your life form as intelligent and competent, and that our universities aprove of you doing math instead of dishes.

(Written by a geology major.)

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The chart shows me that Cindy Hyde-Smith can be purchased cheep. If we got a crowdfund together and gave her $10K for every "Yes" vote on a Dem law, do you think that's illegal?

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Punctuated by occasional breaking glass as the sound barrier buckles and falls like Galloping Gertie before the fully blustery wind arising from the throats of so many blithering idiots, raining crystal tinkling in the halls.

I'll see myself out.

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Oh dear. I thought that meant autists (and aspies) cause science. Logic is so much easier to process...

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Hope people are doing better now.

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Oh, give me a break, it has been shameful. Sounded to me as if he was giving her a chance to say what needed to be said. I for one look forward to those improvements, overseen by someone who has the community's interests at heart and has a clue how to do it.

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Best typo of the week.

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