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A comment on Scientists In Alaska Find Mammoth Amounts Of Carbon In The Warming Permafrost. Parent comment

Re:Scientists In Alaska Find Mammoth Amounts Of Carbon In Th... by Apocryphon on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @07:48PM (#16227796)
Ur-tribalist, perhaps.
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Re:Scientists In Alaska Find Mammoth Amounts Of Carbon In Th... by sooheon on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @10:58PM (#16228621)
Wow, I just learned that I despise the prefix "ur-" far more than is reasonable.

Seriously though, why not call it "tribalist"?

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Re:Scientists In Alaska Find Mammoth Amounts Of Carbon In Th... by Apocryphon on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @11:51PM (#16228853)
Not ultra- enough, in Lovecraft's case.
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Re:Scientists In Alaska Find Mammoth Amounts Of Carbon In Th... by Cthulhu_ on Thursday January 25, 2018 @04:44AM (#16229818)
Lovecraft would've added at least three more adjectives.
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