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"I think my pets have been my major constant in dealing with depression, both for reasons mentioned above and because they make me get up and deal with things. If it's just me - well, sometimes, it's just "who cares" or "I don't want to..." [
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7 days ago
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"I'm just going to say - I am a huge huge huge ubergeek with good social skills only by the standards of other geeks. And yet, some of my very best female friends have been high-heels and make-up, pink-wearing chick-flick lovers like you wouldn't..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by catburger, taz
10 days ago
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""[New name of cousin], I know you really wanted to change your name from [old name/name of Great Aunt], and I respect your reasons for that. The thing is, though, that I adored our Great Aunt - and her name, which used to be yours - and if my..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by k8t, sperose
3 weeks ago
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"The samaritan impulse is sweet and Jet is adorable, but did they try and find him a wildlife rehabilitator before doing DIY? It's very important when raising an orphaned animal to minimize the social contact the baby has with humans and domestic..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Tehanu, pyramid termite
Last month
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"Hmm. Well, I tend to seek out (or be drawn to) forums after I've reached a certain level of "basic internet expertise" in a topic, and still want to know more. In essense, if I find even a very good website about said topic, I'll already..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by albolin
Last month
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"matteo: For an old, racist tool devised to keeps blacks out of the Armed Forces, IQ tests still do have quite a fan base, I have to admit
Bzuh? Granted, you're completely right about how the American military ended up using early versions of the..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by BrotherCaine, tybeet
Last month
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"see... although I am totally agnostic, female breasts would be one of the few things that you might get me to admit to (when feeling sentimental) as "possibly of divine origin". [...] So... thanks for that. You killed my possibility of god...." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by lizzicide, nasreddin, Viomeda, crossoverman, atropos, scody, flatluigi, Dizzy, Pope Guilty, [son] QUAALUDE, Countess Elena, headspace
Last month
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"I'm going to agree with the people who say it's the presentation and not the content that's your problem. Particularly the whole bit about you not identifying as strongly with your race/gender - you know, that's cool and all, except, um, reality..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by elisynn
Last month
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"Okay. I think your husband sounds like a twit, but that's because I actually know why you're doing what you're doing. Have you sat down and explained to him what your goals are in training, why it's important not to treat the dog like a furry person,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mudpuppie
Last month
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"So basically, we can't legalize medical marijuana because the children could steal it. 'Cause they're not doing that already, nope." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ludi
2 months ago
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"Yeah, in a way it's quite sad that Seduction of the Innocent has come to obscure the rest of Wertham's career. He did far more with his life than write that one book, and as much as the Comics Code was a giant, industry-swallowing mess, it's..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by whir, blasdelf
2 months ago
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"As a an information student with a partial specialization in digital preservation, I can assure you that scanning is what you need, not photography. In all likelihood, your local university has large flatbed scanners perfectly suited to this task -..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by jadepearl, SteveInMaine, Rock Steady
2 months ago
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"Oh my god, that was so much of an understatement as to be completely idiotic, wasn't it?
I'm going to bed." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by h00py
2 months ago
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"So they have two animated films on that list (as far as I could tell on a quick skim), which are Toy Story - a solid contender but not actually as good as its sequel - and The freaking Jungle Book? With The Jungle Book ranked higher?!..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kolophon
2 months ago
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"Yeah, uh, I'd really like to know where the people criticizing the libraries for the lack of documentation are expecting the billions and billions of dollars to come from for funding the man-hours and equipment to document billions and billions of..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by msbrauer, gemmy, amyms, Pope Guilty
2 months ago
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"I gotta say, I'm kind of amused at the whole "girly!"/"not girly!" thing ... since the person who taught me all about microbeers and local brews was, in fact, a college gal with a discerning tongue (okay, esophagus, since she took..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by baphomet
2 months ago
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"Whatever you stick on there, I suggest stencilling with bleach!. 'Cause it's purty." [
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favorited 15 times, recently by olya, deCadmus, mattbucher, FuzzyVerde, pineapple, CunningLinguist, BrotherCaine, purplemonkie, alexei, brookedel, bigmusic, needs more cowbell, unknowncommand, Greg Nog, mediareport
2 months ago
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"For the record, I have seborrheic dermatitis and although I haven't fully slain the dragon yet, the best results I've gotten so far have been with the baking soda/ACV variant no-shampoo method referenced above. And my hair is awesome.
(When I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by scody
3 months ago
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"There is actually a clinical term for this: dermatillomania, or compulsive skin picking. It's defined as an impulse control disorder. (Not that you need to run around flailing going, "OMG, I have a disorder," but knowing exactly what it's..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by lia, Mapes
3 months ago
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"jscalzi: In fact, the person I heard it from -- after the fact, and after I'd left the convention -- was a female participant, who is definitely a geek, and was rather positive about the experience. And cgc373, when I heard about it, I was under..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by transona5
3 months ago
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"That is some pretty scary brain shit there, and keep in mind that I have a high threshold for scary brain shit. This is definitely worth going to a doctor for - as others have pointed out, they are trained to ask you the right kinds of questions to..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by The Toad, CruiseSavvy
3 months ago
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"Speaking only for myself: it's not really the "joking about bad things" aspect that bothered me because, hey, metafilter. It was more the 1) "it's all about MEEEEEEEEEE!" nature of [son] QUAALUDE's comment, specifically, and 2)..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by small_ruminant, shmegegge, nasreddin, headspace, st looney up the cream bun and jam, Brandon Blatcher, jtron, [son] QUAALUDE
3 months ago
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"bunnytricks: Brian K. Vaughan.
I wish Final Crisis would stop with the "Are we gonna kill Batman?! Hunh, are we gonna?!" It's not cute.
As for the Future of Serial Comics, I think the biggest problem is that writers and editors spend..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jtron
3 months ago
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"Okay. It's 92 minutes long, and made in 2002, so I don't know if this would work. But it's an awesome, awesome movie, and if your residents have a sense of humor, this would be the best showing ever:
Bubba Ho-Tep.
You know you want to...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by mismatched, the christopher hundreds
3 months ago
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"But the primary reason for libraries is still to serve as repositories of information and knowledge
They're also repositories of human creativity, which includes movies and video games. And, you know, fiction and works of art, stuff like that...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ulotrichous
3 months ago
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"Hence the absurdism - perhaps I'm just feeling particularly cynical today, but everybody in the known universe has been decrying female genital mutilation for forever and a day, but are we any closer to eradicating it?
A little...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by typewriter
3 months ago
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"Lord_Pall, mantis shrimp are not horrible monsters, they are incredible creatures with more mind-bogglingly badass adaptations condensed into one organism (hyperspectral/trinocular vision; attacking strikes that can break double-layer glass and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lalochezia
3 months ago
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"I'm on the fence about this, but I'd like to say that this testimonial (scroll down a bit) officially horrifies me:
“Fabulous - I'm so excited! An ingenious product as I have often debated the civil liberties of implanting a micro-ID like in dogs..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by bitter-girl.com, tehloki, fillsthepews
3 months ago
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"I am astonished nobody has mentioned American Science and Surplus yet. Bizarre surplus, scientific, office, craft and just plain goofy, amusingly described. Often I don't even order, but just happily read all the little entries for my own..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by amyms, phrontist, TedW
3 months ago
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"Okay, I have to say I was expecting to see just a string of amusing hijinx (many of which were, indeed, amusing!), but was a little disturbed to see so many serious accidents without context. Trampled-by-horse guy? The reporter winged (yeah, yeah) by..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by DU, goodnewsfortheinsane
3 months ago
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"You know, once when I told an upperclassman that I was nervous about making a phone call, he shrugged philosophically and told me, "It sucks, but these are the kinds of valuable life skills you're here to learn in college."
I don't think..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by mazienh, pete0r, ArgentCorvid
3 months ago
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"Just from what you've written in your question, unless you've omitted a major dynamic (accidentally, not deliberately), I can easily see how an important friendship in your life could have gone so badly South. You mention that a) you suspect she sees..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by zippity, aielen, Sassyfras
3 months ago
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"Oh, come on, guys, those aren't supervillains!
Way I see it, you've got a couple of options:
- Slightly menacing "super" style: your usual cape and tights get-up, but maybe with some extras. Goggles? Gas mask? Riding crop or whip?
-..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by willie11
3 months ago
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"I suspect that if you take the initiative and speak up, you will be backed up by other commuters. This is classic Bystander syndrome to a T. Nobody is speaking up because they are waiting for somebody more qualified to take charge - but that's always..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ch1x0r
3 months ago
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"You know, I always thought that nonplussed meant "a little bit confused, but not so confused as to be majorly distressed or anything." So ... kind of in between the two definitions that have been linked? Have I been using the word right?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by arcticwoman
3 months ago
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"As a French speaker, badly-pronounced American French is soooooooo annoying. It's the reverse of romantic. I second the French movie thing; you can probably have a nice conversation afterwards about whether there were cultural nuances that didn't..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ifjuly
3 months ago
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"And yes, it goes beyond sex, I want to be able to go bicycling with her but she's so out of shape that I get frustrated having to wait and wait and wait and go incredibly slowly.
Well, hang on a second. This isn't magic - if you want her to lose..." [
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favorited 14 times, recently by Soulbee, Deathalicious, ignignokt, palomar, pamccf, misha, nooneyouknow, nebulawindphone, ohio, arha, konolia, Jane Austen, headspace, re.becca
3 months ago
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"Sukiari could be articulating himself a whole lot better, but many of you are missing an important point. To deny the humanity of Hitler, or Stalin, or the Khmer Rouge, or the Hutu extremists in Rwanda, or the Bosnian Serb army - need I go on? - is..." [
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favorited 16 times, recently by stinkycheese, davar, perilous, M Edward, NinjaTadpole, kosher_jenny, teraflop, ethel, ten pounds of inedita, nasreddin, dash_slot-, Pyry, stavx, Jpfed, waitangi, lukemeister
3 months ago
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""Archangel"? Good lord, it's hard enough not to think of the X-Men whenever I see the name SR-71 as it is ..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by shmegegge
4 months ago
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"Give me a break, vsync. The point of political correctness is to call people by terms that they want to be called, not by terms that other, more powerful entities want to call them. It's basic cultural awareness and courtesy, not a boogeyman...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
4 months ago
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"So, I'm a 'Mercun born and bred and all, but I grew up in Switzerland, where there are four official languages and a fifth lingua franca (that would be English). Population of 7 million, square mileage less than New York State, and depending on..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, suedehead
4 months ago
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"Okay, I'm going to cheat a bit on the "England" part. If you have any love for books at all, you need to go to Hay-on-Wye on the Welsh border. It's a little hole in the wall. There is nothing there. Except, you know, 41 bookstores. YES,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by saturnine, ceri richard
4 months ago
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"Um, in the article, it says that the flight attendants saw the guy move to the empty seat next to the sleeping (later victimized) woman. So I've been an air passenger almost literally all my life, and in my experience, passengers switch seats..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by dabitch, Dreama
4 months ago
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"I just find it funny and sad when someone looks at a female comic character with exaggerated boobs and a tiny waist, and then looks at a male comic character who is the size of an army jeep, and concludes that women in comics have been caricatured...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Gary, ArmyOfKittens
4 months ago
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"Hilariously, I was trying to find the answer by looking up Rhetoric in wikipedia, and a term that means nearly the opposite - to say something obvious by not saying it - also sounds a bit like "apotheosis": Aposiopesis.
That just seems..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JimN2TAW
4 months ago
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"Here's another good resource - the International Dialects of English Archive, where you can listen to people speaking. Hours of fun!" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dawson
4 months ago
