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""My assertion, which I will restate for the record, is that this is not happening."
That's an interesting comment. Many/most men don't see subtle misogyny when it's right in front of their faces, I'm not sure why we should expect women..." [
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"Maybe it's been forgotten that the point of a wedding is to celebrate the couple.
Don't like the couple? Don't go to the wedding.
Further, have you stopped to consider that maybe the fact that they have everything is the reason the registry..." [
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"Photos at parties are typically "photography" only in that they are live, still images taken with a camera. There's very rarely any art to it. These folks are not taking pictures of you so they can admire your beauty (or supposed lack..." [
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"You spent a lot of time telling the back story and then completely neglected to write anything about the thing that presumptively got you fired. How that portion of the story went down changes, quite literally, everything...." [
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"an entire park (about 2 kilometers) in my city is now an off-leash zone
Oh, the humanity! An entire park Where those vicious beasts are allowed to roam free!? What ever shall we do??
If you don't likes dogs off-leash, don't go to an off-leash..." [
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"Seconding the weirdness of a "thank you for having sex with me" present.
Unless she was a hooker and gave you a good deal, in which case... tip at Christmas just as you would your paperboy...." [
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"my girlfriend's beloved kitty has grown a bit portly. . . we don't overfeed her.
Wanna bet? Cats are not magic. Less food, more laser pointer." [
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"No, it is not an option, unless I couchsurf at friends houses or go on welfare or something. Employment is not an option right now, because of several health reasons. I can't get some of the health problems treated because I don't have health..." [
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"This isn't stalking. As someone who volunteers with victims of stalking and domestic violence (helping to get them Protective Orders), I can tell you that this situation is not even in the same zip code as stalking. Although I'm probably just..." [
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""What is the most effective way to both find likeminded people and a great way to block their offensive messages from reaching the grieving?"
There isn't one. That's the shitty thing about freedom of speech.
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"double-Nthing the "lawyer" sentiment (honestly, this post doesn't even belong on AskMe, but that's a discussion for a different color MeFi).
"Boy are these people stupid. They actually wrote it down that they did not agree with her..." [
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"The only song that really fits my machinations in the bedroom is the peanuts theme song.
That wasn't what you had in mind, though, was it?" [
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"(IANAL) Registration is not required for Trademark protection. But even if "The Playground" is protectable mark, you'd still have to have been the first one to do it (in the brick-and-mortar world, location also matters... not nearly as..." [
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"2nding the suggestions to either use in re or to quit using "re" all together. The purpose of language is communication. If your reader has to pause mid-sentence to figure out what on earth this random pair of letters is doing there, you've..." [
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"You might consider "deprogramming" yourself before you try it on your niece.
Mind your own damn business." [
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"Start by understanding that you're probably not as good at it as you think you are. (Nothing personal, nobody is)
Then advance past "debate" and work on actually being persuasive. There's a vast difference between the two. After all, if..." [
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"This thread is basically full of laypersons trying to convince everyone else that it should be perfectly kosher to ask for, and receive, legal advice over the internet. This is not surprising. Equally unsurprising is the lack of folks with actual..." [
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"I've noticed that roughly half* of Blazecock Pileon's comments consist of telling someone else to leave the site and go back to somewhere he finds disdainful.
This makes sense because they clearly missed the part in the terms of service that said..." [
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"Dogs aren't children, children aren't dogs...but if he wouldn't send his kids to a sitter when you visit, he shouldn't expect you to do anything special with your dog. Also, his arguments are silly to the point of utter absurdity, which is indicative..." [
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