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""I can start immediately, however I do have a prior commitment at the end of May which I will have to meet."" [
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2 weeks ago
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"This is the very definition of fair use. Remember, trademark law is designed to prevent consumer confusion, not to prevent people from speaking the name (or showing a picture) of the mark...." [
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3 weeks ago
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"The secret to accomplishing anything big (moving to a new city, opening a business, writing a book or an album) is to ignore all the reasons why it won't work, and just do it.
It sounds dumb, but I agonized for years about why I couldn't move from..." [
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"Asking strangers on the internet if my relationship is over would be the first sign, in my humble opinion.
The second sign would be: can I show my partner this AskMe post, and discuss the issue with him/her?
If not, then I'd start planning to..." [
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2 months ago
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"I remember being kidnapped by my organized-crime-boss-father when I was eight or so, who kept me until he was arrested for murder, a year or so later.
I also remember telling my grade seven guidance counsellor about the kid who beat me up at lunch..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by agregoli, duende
3 months ago
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"I truly want to respect her request to not contact her.
No, you don't. If you did, you wouldn't be posting this." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by adamp88, scrump, agregoli, MLIS, brism, winna, sondrialiac, headspace, ifjuly, hannahq, lorimer
4 months ago
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"Perdido Street Station, by China Miéville. Hugo and Nebula winner." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by emyd
4 months ago
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"It's grammatically correct, assuming that you're trying to say that snow isn't cold.
Actually, it's grammatically correct even if you mean snow is cold, it's just not factually correct.
Either way, your girlfriend is correct when she laughs at..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by blackout, BrotherCaine, hjo3
5 months ago
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"When you revalue a currency, the public loses confidence in the value and stability of that currency. This can lead to inflation, which can lead to revalued currency, which, in the right economic environment, can lead to Zimbabwe...." [
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5 months ago
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"Time-exposure poster of Polaris. It's geeky, it has stars, and (more importantly) it's absolutely beautiful." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lioness
6 months ago
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"My mother is a biker, and a graduate of the streets. She grew up in an orphanage before they let her loose on society. She's crazy, but nice enough if you're on her good side.
My father is an arabic warlord, nightclub baron, and the head of a vast..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by The Great Big Mulp, dismas, luriete
7 months ago
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"Making pornography is as inherently exploitative as making music. That is to say, not at all.
The industry that surrounds popular pornography, however, is as inherently exploitative as the industry that surrounds popular music. Which is to say,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by numinous
8 months ago
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"This exercise may sound silly, but it'll be helpful. I promise. Answer the following questions:
1a: If you do it, what's the best possible outcome?
1b: What's the worst?
2a: If you don't do it, what's the best possible outcome?
2b: What's..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by oaf, Falconetti
10 months ago
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"Based on this question and all of your past questions, I would have already left you.
Trampesque, I'm really not trying to sound like a jerk, but go look at your AskMe history. You're stressing out and obsessing about everything, including the..." [
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11 months ago
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"I imagine a great majority of the homeless have a drug and/or alcohol addiction that they realize couldn't continue in prison, but is that the driving factor?
The great majority of homeless don't stay out of prison simply because they can't get a..." [
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"If copyright protection was to terminate on death, I predict we'd see a lot more deaths, and a lot more bad Disney films." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by flapjax at midnite
Last year
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"No, people suffering depression so pronounced that they've sought out and received medication are more likely to commit suicide than people suffering depression so pronounced that they've sought out medication and not received it...." [
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Last year
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"There are no hard statistics. There are, however, studies which show statistically significant trends:
375 subjects were given a Childhood History Questionnaire (CHQ) and the Child Abuse Potential (CAP) Inventory. The CHQ contained a series of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by daviss
Last year
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"Personally, if this was my friend, rather than trying to help him pretend like it all didn't happen and he didn't say horrible things, I'd rather help him realize he did say horrible things. If someone starts talking about enslaving black people when..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by matkline, ubu
Last year
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"FOR CRYING OUT LOUD IF YOU'RE GONNA TROT THAT OLD CHESTNUT OUT THE LEAST YOU CAN DO IS GET IT RIGHT.
Someone set UP US the bomb.
If you're gonna correct someone the least you can do it get it right.
Somebody set up us the bomb...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by drleary
Last year
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"As a Canadian of mostly-arab descent, my band went on a month-long tour of the US a few months ago, and I have never been made so painfully aware that I am not considered white. Every single day, in every single city, it was explicitly and implicitly..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jellicle
Last year
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"Just some personal experience here.
My last partner had this problem, quite severely. Any kind of organic people-noise drove her into a rage. More specifically, eating/chewing noise, breathing noise, etc. She could literally hear me blinking on..." [
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