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Cake day: November 8th, 2024

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  • I consider you to be a conservative republican because of your support of constitutional rights, therefore you are one. <-- incorrect because my arbitrarily-chosen criteria don’t determine your identity, you do. Regardless of how I personally measure your beliefs, you are the one who decides them and their value. If my opinion of you is “conservative republican” then my emotions are irrelevant; I’m wrong and you’re not one.

    Good talk :)















  • If your friend is of China’s majority Han ethnicity, you can assume that by 3 o’clock he’s referring to Beijing Standard Time. But if your friend is a Uighur, the largest ethnic minority group in Xinjiang, he might be referring to “local time,” which is two hours behind.

    ^ this is a problem because of the existence of time zones.

    In the summer, for instance, it isn’t uncommon in Urumqi, Xinjiang’s capital, to see people enjoying a beautiful sunset … at midnight

    ^ this is NOT a problem. there is no inherent issue with the sun being up at midnight.

    Time Zones cause more trouble than they’re worth, as you pointed out. I’m recommending removing them.