Archberdmans

Archberdmans t1_jdvps9n wrote

Reply to comment by Mundane-Ad-3142 in TIL that there are official guidelines for muslims to perform their rituals from space since 2007, when the first malaysian astronaut join the space station. by TonahVilla

So, it’s equally as unreasonable to be a science believing deist as it is to a Taliban member?

Sounds like a very unreasonable system of analysis if you ask me haha. Maybe belief and being a reasonable person isn’t that black and white and everyone does in some way believe in systems that aren’t exactly real. Economics assumes everyone’s a rational actor, and that’s not true at all. Yet we still find utility in economics.

4

Archberdmans t1_j9rrzzm wrote

Reply to comment by NewCanadianMTurker in TIL that there are more than 160 endangered languages in the United States alone. In addition to many Native American languages, Cajun French, Eastern Yiddish, and Martha's Vineyard, Hawaii, and Plains Sign Language are all endangered. by afeeney

Language is a part of culture it’s not independent, language loss is a sign of cultural erasure. American Indians most definitely have been harmed and their language loss is, in some cases, a direct result of that harm. In a vacuum you’re right but in the context of American Indians it’s a bad thing

19

Archberdmans t1_j9p2g36 wrote

Reply to comment by GrandmaPoses in TIL Sheriff Jordan, the leader of the posse that killed Bonnie & Clyde, attempted to keep the stolen car in which they were ambushed and shot to death. The car's legal owner sued the Sheriff for possession of the car then drove it to Shreveport, still covered with blood & human tissue. by Shark-Farts

I’d bet that the phrase “bust a cap” comes before widespread use of metallic cartridges, because of the percussion cap which was used on muzzleloaders

47

Archberdmans t1_j79pq2z wrote

Reply to comment by Cetun in TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020. by substantial-freud

So yeah they have a state “office of Hawaiian affairs” but they don’t have the same formal relationship as American Indians and Alaskan Natives. Alaska Natives are treated as a different group by the feds from the rest of the American Indians. For example they don’t have reservations like the rest of the country instead having village and regional “corporations”. But yeah cuz of that Hawaiians don’t really have the same quantum thing

10

Archberdmans t1_j78i2yq wrote

Reply to comment by KingofRomania in TIL the number of people who identify as Native American on the US Census increased by 86% from 2010 to 2020. by substantial-freud

Yeah the whole blood quantum thing is pretty wack cuz even full blooded Indians were counted as 1/2 if they were mixed tribe which was fairly common by the time of the Dawes rolls.

Now correct me if I’m wrong but I’m under the impression each nation can choose their membership, and most use blood quantum (which is really based on the Dawes rolls) or relation to the Dawes rolls, but they can choose a method that doesn’t relate to the Dawes rolls at all right? Like that’s how the Cherokee removed the freedmen despite them being on the rolls?

16

Archberdmans t1_j1vmaaa wrote

Reply to comment by Grouchy_Occasion2292 in Western NY death toll rises to 28 from cold, storm chaos by novotlr

I think that a lot of things are political but at some point bad weather happens and buffalo isn’t unprepared due to politics, at least in terms of snow infrastructure compared to a lot of places. They’re probably one of the most prepared places in the lower 48 for snow.

Now the homeless problem isn’t unique to buffalo that’s a whole country problem but yeah I’ll give ya that homelessness is something we could easily avoid if we wanted to

2