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I like you. Do you want to hang out?
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2 days ago
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No jokes about self-love please
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5 days ago
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"Personally I feel that both facials and anal sex (at least male on female anal) is not about degradation, but about ownership. A buddy of mine said once, "I just don't enjoy anal - I don't like doing that to a girl." I responded, "You..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"Let me make a little proposal, but beware the caveats below.
I'd like to go through the Positive Psychology course here. It's Harvard so it satisfies the major institution criteria. I've already been through the lectures once, but would like to go..." [
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4 months ago
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"Depression often results in, and can be caused by, a person looking inwards too much, being absorbed in oneself and one's situation.
This is called Depressive Rumination. It's basically the wrong kind of introspection for someone with depression...." [
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4 months ago
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Finding my way with others
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4 months ago
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"Here are some things often mentioned in threads about depression on ask.metafilter. Give some a try. IANAD, etc.
get out and exercise
eat a good diet, lots of veggies
cut out drugs/alcohol
cut down on sugar and caffeine
get enough sleep
get..." [
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6 months ago
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"Here is a BBC story about the language developed by deaf children in Nicaragua." [
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6 months ago
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"family is such a disaster
pretty extreme sense of humor
I’m pretty smart and a really good debater
I'd start by considering these things. Hard to say without more details or seeing your performance on a date. Have you talked to a friend about..." [
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7 months ago
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"Put another way, you might say that you "have a rich interior life". Daydreams are great. Is there a problem?
I'm in my 30's now and I haven't done anything with my life
You're still alive so you must have done something. Seriously,..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by ceri richard, phatkitten, hecho de la basura
7 months ago
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"There is always something scary going on, yet somehow, here we all are.
Yeah, except for those millions who've died in war, of starvation, as refugees, of ethnic cleansing, etc., etc. It's the conceit of the living and the presently successful..." [
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8 months ago
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Help me break up with dunkin donuts.
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8 months ago
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"This was actually my least favorite of the Murakami I've read so far. When I finished it, the only real thought I had was that I wanted to listen to the piece of classical music that they talk about somewhere in the middle of the book. Has anyone..." [
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9 months ago
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"Hokkaido Highway Blues - Hitchhiking Japan. I'm currently reading this. Not sure if it qualifies on the character growth front, but it hits the other points...." [
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9 months ago
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"I've always wanted to tell book sale organizers to charge a higher price on the first day to discourage those nasty book resellers from swooping in and taking everything good in the first 20 minutes. Or maybe have a 10 book maximum or something like..." [
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10 months ago
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"Interesting question. I don't really have an answer, but I do think that even nice well meaning people can overstep their bounds with someone who isn't assertive enough. I may too often see power conflicts in relationship problems, but but being..." [
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10 months ago
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"Some of these responses are indeed stunningly brutal. Oh yeah, way to go, guys.
I liked something I read in Goleman's book "Social Intelligence". It noted that while men are often attracted to the physical, and women are often attracted..." [
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10 months ago
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"are there any books that teach good programming practices
Some possibilities to look at, depending on where you're starting and what you're looking for:
The Practice of Programming - Kernighan & Pike
The Pragmatic Programmer - Hunt &..." [
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11 months ago
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Please don't say Philip K. Dick
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11 months ago
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"Definitely see your doc about it. If your GP is no help, then find a specialist in depression. Is there some physical reason for this: drinking or drugs, poor diet, too much caffeine or stopping caffeine suddenly? Get your thyroid checked. Might want..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by paduasoy
11 months ago
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"I like this idea. I'm not really sure how much time I could commit to it, or how much I'd be able to contribute to group interactions. Could be courseware, or just working through a book together. I'd be interested in:
physics (particles,..." [
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11 months ago
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"The seasoned employees have probably been through this talk with every new manager they've had in the past. It's incredibly common. And little ever changes.
Blame the negative nabobs and fire them? Well, that'll make everyone just feel a lot..." [
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11 months ago
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"I will continue to smoke or drink in the evenings until something comes up in my life that requires my attention, like having kids
Holy Shit, Man! Don't even think of having kids till you get this problem fully extinguished. Kids aren't going to..." [
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11 months ago
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"I think it has a lot to do with the the people you work with and the quality of the software development process in place at the job. Good people and good process help an incredible amount.
There will still be crunch times, late nights and all..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rmm
11 months ago
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"Sounds like you want web development with html, php, ajax, database. Get up on sql, lamp, or whatever the microsoft equivalent is.
Java seems to be the common OO learning language these days. C# is pretty much just for windows programming. Don't..." [
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11 months ago
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"Here's an article on shrinking arctic ice from today's NYTimes. That article points back to another article on warming of the arctic, here.
Quoting from the second article: Dr. Koerner, the Canadian glaciologist, pointed out on time scales of..." [
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11 months ago
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"Maybe OT, but Joan Didion's "The Year of Magical Thinking" is about how life can change in an instant, and how it affected her mind when her husband died and her daughter fell ill.
There's an article in the current Scientific American..." [
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Last year
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"This exact problem is one of my unfortunate obsessions. It's an example of how our society and the people who run it value money over humanity.
One solution is to work your way out of debt and live a less expensive lifestyle. See the book..." [
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"I'm pretty new but I wouldn't dare make a FPP with the way people snark around here. I'm too fuckin sensitive. I end up regretting pretty much every post every post I do make unless it gets me some more favorites or best answers. But for some reason..." [
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"If water got into it then the film inside is liable to stick together and never really dry out. It probably wouldn't be good for your camera to try it...." [
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Last year
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"Ms DarkForesst writes:
Now that I'm getting so old
I'd rather be made out of gold
My soul wants to sing
But it's tied to this thing
That smells like it's starting to mold.
and
There’s a question I’d ask if I dared
But I think I’ll go..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by feathermeat
Last year
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"a Vogon limerick:
My turlingdromes all are a-foont
Oh, crinkly, drangle me hoopt'
Come groop, lurgid bee
Or I'll rend thee
With my blurglecruncheon see if i..." [
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Last year
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"How about 2 tiled explorer windows?
Create a file called ee.vbs (or whatever.vbs) with these contents:
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
objShell.MinimizeAll
Wscript.Sleep 600
objShell.Explore("C:\")..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by coolin86
Last year
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"from my upbringing I'm thinking to myself that I'm just being a wimp, that I'm just making myself out to be a victim
Don't believe that shit and don't let anyone else put it on you. Depression gets so much of this "blame the victim"..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Zosia Blue
Last year
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"kinda reminds me of Lauren Slater's take on self-esteem." [
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Last year
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"the stupidest people are those who think they are thinking...who care about the environment
I think it's certainly possible, and indeed probable, that a thinking person would care about the environment, unless perhaps all they thought about was..." [
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"Any chance of spending time with both of them, openly? You'll never know if you don't ask.
Your question reminded me of an Ursula LeGuin story." [
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