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"I believe this is unusual.
On a typical low-use day with 3G & WiFi on, iPod use on a 30-45 minute commute both ways and sitting in my bag the rest of the time, my phone shows a still nearly fully charged battery by the end of the day. My..." [
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"I get disproportionally irritated by actions that I perceive to be transgressions of the "rules" or rules of common courtesy. I would probably call my reaction...indignant. And I am in agreement with damn dirty ape -- I am a bit of a..." [
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"Like several of the responders, I've always had more male friends than female. This ratio has definitely improved as I've spent years working in an industry that is FILLED with women, thanks solely to exposure. I haven't really changed..." [
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"Here is a roundabout answer to the real question as I perceive it, which is how to get super-crack coffee.
The answer is cold-coffee brewing. You need a toddy, one of the special filters, a carafe, and a plug. Basically, this. You put in a pound..." [
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"It is dermatillomania, and from my understanding, it is related to OCD. I have had this habit my whole life, and only in recent years began to piece together that my finger-picking, scab-pulling, callous-fussing, cheek and lip biting, and..." [
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5 months ago
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"I've been here 10 years, and am originally from rural Vermont, so you can imagine the kind of adjustment I had.
I found it difficult, at first, merely to process exactly how big and how crowded the city was. The indifferent hordes on the street..." [
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5 months ago
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"I kind of am Veronica Mars. You'll notice that as softlord says, she actually does break down occasionally -- the difference that you might be noticing is that those breakdowns are brief, generally private, and she recovers by taking action. Being..." [
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7 months ago
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"I behaved very much like this as a child. I would pretend to be various animals, talk in accents, start all kinds of conversations with strangers, and generally mug around far past the point where it was believed to be entirely appropriate for my age..." [
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7 months ago
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"I highly recommend the Kodansha book Gateway to Japan, edited by June Kinoshita and Nicholas Palevsky. It's old, but provides an extraordinary amount of detailed historical/cultural info. Between that and the latest Rough Guide, I had a really easy..." [
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7 months ago
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"This IS chatfilter, but I will provide my feedback before this is inevitably deleted. Long division, in the age of calculators, is indeed utterly useless. However, I've found knowing how to work with fractions in my head to be very useful. How?..." [
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8 months ago
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"Ah, now I see that you have no real practical interest in this question. Never mind! I hope it helps someone else who is looking for the delicious hum of hypercaffeination and smooth, tasty coffee-crack.
FYI, for those people: espresso has less..." [
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8 months ago
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"I know whereof you speak, OP. I've run into this situation fairly frequently -- I have more male friends than female, often find myself in professional situations that have a higher male-to-female ratio, and have been the recipient of some awkward..." [
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8 months ago
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"I've gotta agree with zebra3 here. Adam Sandler completely wowed me in Punch Drunk Love, and Cameron Diaz disappeared in Being John Malkovich. And really, a lot of these folks have put in some amazing performances over the years -- which were all the..." [
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9 months ago
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"I feel kind of awkward and self-conscious in these sorts of situations too, and I can understand why it makes you nervous. For me, it's less that I worry that people will think I'm a loser if I'm by myself (really, WTF?), but that I get sort of bored..." [
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9 months ago
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"You are hung up on this guy's mixed signals (and rehashing your own "mistakes"), experiencing some wicked chemistry that is fucking with your head, and he is playing into every Dramatic College Faux-Relationship cliche ever. Please, let it..." [
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9 months ago
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"ll the websites I've seen just have huge lists of charities with some basic financial data/ratings.
So I'm guessing you've already checked out Charity Navigator? I actually find the efficiency ratings and the breakdowns of how much money is spent..." [
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9 months ago
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"Lampoil is right that it is called jacket copy or flap copy. The words of praise from other authors are referred to as blurbs. In my experience, you hear a lot of noise about how these authors don't read the book, etc., and it's usually horseshit...." [
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9 months ago
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"I've always been annoyed by this -- the slang of gay, retarded, using "pussy" as a synonym for wimpy, "don't be such a girl" directed at straight men, etc. It's perpetuating & reinforcing shitty societal thinking and..." [
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9 months ago
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"I find breaking idealized goals down into actionable steps ("get to the gym 3 times this week" vs. "exercise more"; "complete one painting" vs "be more artistic") to be helpful. I also find it beneficial to..." [
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9 months ago
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"Man, you don't seem that bad to me. Quite the beat-down you're getting in this thread. To me, you seem like a neat kid -- a little awkward and a little deaf to how your tone will be heard, but funny and interesting and kind of goofy. My..." [
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9 months ago
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"It seems pretty likely to me that someone was dropping these off for a former tenant, under the incorrect assumption that the journals' owner still lived there. Can you ask your landlord who lived in the apartment before you and if they have contact..." [
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11 months ago
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""Learn to say 'Fuck You' to the world once in a while. You have every right to just stop thinking, worrying, looking over your shoulder, wondering, doubting, fearing, hurting, hoping for some easy way out, struggling, gasping, confusing, itching,..." [
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Last year
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"Seconding derealization/depersonalization. It's fairly common, though some folks (including myself) seem to experience it more frequently than others. Weirdly, it will often happen when I've been at the computer too long (something about the staring..." [
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"Not to take away from grumblee's excellent and well-thought out comment, but I experience this tendency towards curtness all the time, myself, and I do not have Asperger's. I suffer from a condition known as "being occupied." Some people..." [
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"I'm not sure whether this will work for you, but the rising more easily in the summer comment makes me think perhaps. One of the best absurdly overpriced gadgets I ever bought for myself was a sunrise clock. I have a HELL of a time getting up in the..." [
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