Investigation into Canada’s New Brunswick brain syndrome is being blocked by the province, whose claims that the syndrome is various existing diseases have been debunked by federal experts, who suggest that the provincial government controlled by its forestry industry is blocking the investigation to retain tourism and industry.

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    4 months ago

    Mindless? Surely they had to put some thought into it to connect that America is really the only country where people are being shot for pulling into the wrong suburban driveways? A bit of research at the very least.

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      4 months ago

      Surely they had to put some thought into it

      Holy shit, mindless doesn’t mean “no thought.” lmao

      A bit of research at the very least

      Irony. You know what is the least amount of research one can do? Look up a word in the dictionary.

      But that being said, why even attempt to pedantically defend attacking America when we aren’t even discussing America at all?

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        4 months ago

        Holy shit, mindless doesn’t mean “no thought.”

        It does though.

        a: marked by a lack of mind or consciousness

        a mindless sleep

        b(1): marked by or displaying no use of the powers of the intellect

        mindless violence

        (2): requiring little attention or thought

        especially: not intellectually challenging or stimulating

        mindless work

        a mindless movie

        https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mindless

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          4 months ago

          So you thought I meant asleep and couldn’t figure out from context that I meant “requiring little attention or thought especially : not intellectually challenging or stimulating”?

          Wow, just wow.

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            4 months ago

            If you could read, you’d note I provided the full definitions according to Meriam Webster. Two different definitions (a) and (b) are listed, with b(1) being exactly what you think “mindless” doesn’t mean.

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              4 months ago

              The only way to read what you submitted and think that the original statement that “it means no thought” makes sense is if you are picking the one about being asleep or unconscious. Which means someone can’t read things in context while hilariously shitting on people for no being able to read.