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What Grinds Our Gears: The “Devil’s advocate” guy

Yasmin Vejs Simsek June 7, 2022

“Just playing the devil’s advocate” is arguing for the sake of argument, and it helps nothing.   I’ve had people tell me that white cisgender straight men are discriminated against in western societies, that hiring quotas are unfair, and that I wouldn’t know because I’m a woman. Never mind that I am doing a Masters in gender studies. It’s so ludicrous I can only assume people say this to wind me up. Why engage then? Who even gave these Luciferian advocates the autonomy to play their role? The only people that find pleasure in this concept are people from a privileged…

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All hail the iPhone SE

EIC April 1, 2016

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]’ve heard some comments from people who are dissatisfied with the new iPhone SE release. “Nothing new,” and “can’t tell it apart from the iPhone 5S,” are just a couple of the things I’ve heard since Apple’s keynote event unveiling…

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It’s so hard to write an opinion-editorial for The Peak

EIC November 23, 2015

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]y peers have always thought of me as an opinionated person, since I always have something to say on just about anything. But now, as I sit at my computer picking my brain for something to write about, I remain…

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