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r/AskReddit•

Of course they can in the normal way, but what if, for example, Tom Cruise bought stock in a particular clothing brand before heavily endorsing it (with no other financial relationship with the company)

They have an insider information advantage, but but from outside the company, if you get what I mean. So would this be legal?

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r/TrueReddit•

I like to think that I'm fairly free of fears, except ones that could actually kill me: i.e. being at a great height is fine, but if I slip up there I'll be breathing fast and sweaty palmed, and being under water is ok, but if I feel trapped or restrained that'll push the panic buttons.

When I have noticed my irrational fear of height start to get stronger I have made an effort of will to challenge myself to climb more to overcome that.

Strong phobias of things like small animals or social situations are therefore puzzling to me. I do not understand why people's pride wouldn't force them to make the effort to overcome an irrational phobia of mice, for example.

What's it like, phobic Red

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r/vegan•

Because this distinction is crucial in deciding the relative ethical-ness of a couple of things. For the record, I'm an omnivore who supports animal cruelty legislation but buys whichever eggs are cheapest, but this would be a more interesting discussion if it wasn't about me, I think.

Let's start with hunting. I would say ethical hunting vastly decreases total animal suffering and increases their happiness when it takes place in an environment without natural predators. Even leaving aside the environmental damage and danger to traffic of an out of control deer population, the starvation is a significant evil. Against that, living an life freely and naturally and then being swiftly struck

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