A parasocial relationship occurs when an individual forms a strong emotional relationship with an online figure or celebrity that simulates a real-life relationship (such as a romantic or friendship relationship), despite limited real-world interaction with them. Examples of parasocial behavior include thinking of a Twitch streamer you watch regularly as a friend, and Taylor Swift fans signing a petition to get her to dump Matt Healy."

A pro-rata model of compensation divides the total pool of revenue the platform earns to artists and their respective companies on the basis of their share of all listeners’ plays. Under this model, even if you personally do not listen to popular artists, your money is still going to them. A user-centric model of compensation detects what genres and types of artists a specific user listens to, and distributes money generated from them based only on this. this means that money from a person who listens predominantly to hiphop will go towards hiphop artists, and not necessarily to the most popular artists with the largest share of streams at the moment.

Aubrey ‘Drake’ Gram and Kendrick Lamar represent two differing visions of success for aspiring rappers. Drake prioritizes sales, money, and commercial success – hopping from trend to trend to remain culturally relevant for the masses, regardless of whether he is perceived as an outsider by the rap community. Kendrick Lamar prioritizes producing socially conscious music that reflects ethics. Drake’s definition of success relies on aggressive media campaigns, consistent musical roll outs and collaborating with a wide range of artists. Kendrick’s version of success is defined through maintaining ties and giving back to his community and collaborating with artists which are culturally most proximate.

A ghost afterlife refers to an afterlife in which individuals become ghosts for a 100 years after they die. After a 100 years ghosts die a second time. You can communicate with other ghosts. Ghost are spectral like beings, who do not need food or sleep. They can float and phase through objects. With great effort, ghosts can minorly interact with the world for a short time, e.g. ringing a bell, moving magnets, etc.

For the purposes of this debate, religions that 'centre the self' embrace human existence and individual experiences as special. Believers are asked to consider their choices and experiences, struggles, and connection to God as uniquely important and a path to salvation. In contrast, religions that 'reject the self' explicitly reject the idea that human existence and individual experiences are special. Believers are asked to accept individual experiences as temporary and unimportant, and individuality as an illusion that causes unhappiness.

Job is a pious man who has no proof of God's existence or goodness, but believes all the same. As a test, God allows all of Job's children to die, all of his wealth to be lost, and his physical health to diminish. God does not offer a justification for the test, and Job is given no indication of what will happen if he continues to believe in or renounce God.

Manchester City, the most successful English football team of the last decade, is owned by Sheikh Mansour, the deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, and vice chairman of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund. The club has been charged with 115 counts of fraud due to violating financial fair play regulations, including allegations of financial misreporting, undisclosed remuneration, and lack of cooperation with the investigation. If the club is found to be guilty, they will be stripped of all their championships and might also get demoted to the second tier of English football. The UAE government is believed to have lobbied the UK government to acquit Manchester City of the charges

Since the 1990s several top-level professional wrestlers, mainly from the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) the world's largest wrestling promotion, have transitioned into acting roles in Hollywood. Many of them have begun acting despite remaining physically able to continue professional wrestling, taking time off from active Wrestling contracts. The most notable include Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, John Cena, and Dave Bautista. More recent top level stars who have taken time off for film and TV production include Roman Reigns and Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF - from the All Elite Wrestling promotion)

Cosmopolitanism is an ideology that focuses on an individual's identity being connected to the global community. It takes as its community the entire planet, a perspective that puts it at odds with the nation state. Cosmopolitans argue that national borders are artificial constructions that unnecessarily divide people and demonize those on the other side.

The Good Citizen Factor refers to a holistic system of data collection and evaluation designed to monitor and influence individuals' behavior based on their social and economic activities. It tracks citizens' behavior and compliance with laws and regulations including, but not limited to outstanding debt, adherence to laws and regulations, and social behavior (e.g., vices,interactions with others). This data is objectively collected by all relevant authorities (e.g., police, corporations, civilian reports), and is recorded ina public centralized database.The scores can affect various aspects of life, such as access to loans, job opportunities, and travel privileges. Higher scores may lead to perks (e.g.,lower interest rates), while lower scores could result in penalties orrestrictions. However, under this system, individuals are given personalized tips by the government to increase their scores.

The official position of both the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the DPRK (North Korea) has historically been that they aim to eventually reunify and become a single state. However, in late 2023, the DPRK officially rejected the prospect of reunification between North and South Korea.

In the 60s Huey Newton (Leader of The Black Panther Party) met with Chairman Mao and travelled China with Mao, as Newton was interested in the model of Chinese socialism Mao had created. After their meeting Newton was allowed to print copies of the Quotations to increase education of socialism among the people and raise money for the party. Castro in Cuba regularly offered political asylum to Black Panthers who were prosecuted by the US government

The belligerents of the 6-Day-War of 1967 against Israel consisted mainly of the countries of Egypt, Syria and Jordan with minor contributions from countries like Iraq and Lebanon.

Determinism is the view where all events/situations at a given point in time are determined completely by previously existing causes. Colonial determinism refers to the notion that conditions within postcolonial countries are entirely determined by their colonial past.

A “Brave New World” has these characteristics: 1. People are genetically engineered and socially conditioned by the state for specific societal roles. 2. People's material and physical needs are unfailingly met. 3. There is no possibility of changing the social order.

The official position of both the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the DPRK (North Korea) has historically been that they aim to eventually reunify and become a single state. However, in late 2023, the DPRK officially rejected the prospect of reunification between North and South Korea.

Determinism is the view where all events/situations at a given point in time are determined completely by previously existing causes. Colonial determinism refers to the notion that conditions within postcolonial countries are entirely determined by their colonial past.