Warren took a DNA test, it shows she very likely has a native american ancestor, but at most she's personally 1/64th indian, so 6 generations ago for a full indian ancestor. But you don't have to be 100% Indian to identify as an Indian. She could have had a great-great-grandparent who was 1/4 Indian but identified with their Indian ancestry.
Considering DNA testing is nearly as accurate as astrology, that's not exactly a reasonable explanation.
How disappointing must it be to be wiped out by a species that eats laundry detergent out of boredom
I wouldn't do it myself, but I would convince others to do it for my entertainment. Plus, it's not that crazy. Did you know it's made from the same materials as candy?
I assumed either through battle or through marrying into the human population so that their children could have the rights via jus sanguinis.
Ah yes, the classical mode of gaining political power and agility: Fucking a parrot.
Black Mirror lied to me yet again?
Planned obsolescence. Make them pay to be able to copy/transfer over to a new body/hard drive. That data storage can't be something small and probably needs yuge processing power.
True. You can't tell if someone is a person, until they're treated as significantly less than human by capitalism.
My dad was just telling me about a gentleman he knows who is pretty low on the economic ladder. And said gentleman tends to use pawn shops for short-term cash for some reason. To the tune of 25% interest per week.
Forget about the big corporate overlords - this and things like pay-day lending are some real evils of the low income world. How is stuff like this legal? This is the stuff that occasionally makes it to the mainstream media, but not often enough.
Usury laws, like most regulations, were nerfed or removed because in the long term they're bad for
the consumers they're intended to protect profits.
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