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@Pat There may be an unconscious component, maybe not. Hard to say. I tend to think if any effect exists its quite minimal, just as I dont feel violence in video games causes people to be violent.

That said even if it doesnt effect us as viewers it is unfair that minorities would have a hard time getting a fair consideration for a role. So it is an issue all the same.

@stux I use bunq simply because it has the most digital features. I have no objections to the service thus far.

@Pat honestly i dont pay attention to race much... A good thing in some ways as I dont really treat one race as any different from another as I dont "notice" it usually... but it also means i dont pick up on such bias in movies unless im looking for it.

Never even realized LOTR completely lacked any actor other than whites until just recently and that is one of my favorite movies I've watched many times.

@stux I've often been cautious with IBAN simply because I didnt know if these protections existed. It seems far too easy for a merchant to just not give me what I bought and keep my money.

My bike I keep int he netherlands cost me like 10K, my biggest expense in the netherlands, and i will tell you that made me quite paranoid. Only reason i was ok with it is because i knew the stores physical location and visited it before making the order. If they cheated me they were going to have to deal with an american who knows how to make gunpowder from a pile of rocks :)

@Pat Logan is the only one of those I've seen and recall anything about.

@stux In the USA this would be protected and the liability on the bank. The bank would have to refund the money and take the loss themselves.

Maybe the same is true in the netherlands. Worth a try to file a fraud claim with the bank and see what happens.

Either way sorry to hear this

@Pat I only half followed the thread. I dont recall seeing the specific list. If you list them I can answer.

@Pat yea it is a historic fiction. Obviously some points are historic, others are not.

@Pat from what i hear its fairly inaccurate historically so I have never made it a high priority.

@Pat Havent watched it, but considering what its about I should.

@Pat Wisdom may accumulate, you may loose wisdom. Age is only the oppertunity for wisdom not the garuntee of it. I know 20 year olds who are more wise than some 80 year olds and vice versa.

Yea my dad was basically one of the founding members of the CIA. His involvement with CUBA and all the mistakes made there have been told to me with an insiders perspective as to how and why some of those mistakes came to be. All very interesting family stories for sure.

@Pat Side note, my Dad and Kennedy were actually fairly close. He was one of his military advisors and would often have private discussions with him in the oval office.

@Pat trump and biden were too old for sure.. I dont like Obama much but his age wasnt an issue for me. I dont see "too young" as a thing as long as you got an early enough start in politics to have at least a decade of experience I'd say you are good.

@Pat Normally i wouldnt think much things matter much, they are worth a laugh at best. Even in this case it isnt a huge point, but it is suggestive that Biden is a bit too old for the job which I tend to agree with. His mind is clearly going when you hear him talk, albeit at the early points of decline. He has no business as president, should have retired years ago.

@Pat Not certain. No one caught physical evidence of it so you cant say with certainty. But it is what people are claiming who were familiar with the situation. Though we only know it was some sort of bathroom accident, the shitting part is assumed.

@ParkerTechGuy As if the hot dogs didnt raise your blood pressure enough on their own already...

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