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"Is there a difference between "discover your passion" and "discover what you want to do"?
I ask because I hear people talk about their Passion (with a capital P), as if everyone has one whether they know it or not. As it it's a..." [
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Almost 6 hours ago
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Bring me to the edge of my seat, and then push me over!
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more than 12 hours ago
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"Let me start by saying that I empathize with you, anon. In your shoes, I would be disturbed, too. I think many people have explained why rape-play might bother you more than murder-play, so I won't go into it here.
If I were your boyfriend, I..." [
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Yesterday
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"...when a bunch of men generally treat a topic like that cavalierly, it at least makes the social scene less comfortable and welcoming to women.
I'm glad that it works that way with your group. I don't think this is always the case, and it can be..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by yohko, [NOT HERMITOSIS-IST], symbollocks, DevilsAdvocate
2 days ago
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"Oh, jeez. I never thought I'd see the old "think about the children!" argument used here. Spoilers definitely have an expiration date, and I think fifteen years is more than plenty.
Yes. I AM thinking of the children. And if you think..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Shadowkeeper
4 days ago
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"What do you wish you'd done but didn't?
[40/Male]: I wish I'd done more in my 20s to positively affect my status now. Others here have already brought up most of these things (exercise, nutrition, savings, etc.)
When I was in my 20s, I thought..." [
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4 days ago
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"I write computer books, and I usually get a 2K to 4K advance. That's pretty high end, due to the fact that these are technical books and I'm an expert in my field. Also, these contracts are offered by my publisher -- I never instigate anything; nor..." [
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5 days ago
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"My wife lost 15lbs and I lost 20lbs after reading this book: Eat To Live. It advocates and extremely austere diet, so it's not for everyone. However, even if you don't try the diet, I recommend the book. It's the best book on nutrition I've ever read...." [
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6 days ago
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"This thread is riddled with confusion because most people here aren't defining their terms. This leads Bob and Tim to THINK they're both talking about apples. In fact, Tim is talking about apples while Bob is talking about oranges.
I'm going to..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by wheat, flibbertigibbet, zennoshinjou, surenoproblem, klangklangston, Asymptote, showbiz_liz, Korou, Plug Dub In, DLWM, mephron, Sophie1
6 days ago
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"I learned something in my late 30s. I'm not sure if it will help you, because in my latw 20s/early 30s, I would have said, "yeah yeah yeah..." if someone had told it to me. But...
It's never too late.
As-long-as you're alive and..." [
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favorited 12 times, recently by Elysum
10 days ago
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"Some people can approach anyone, anywhere.
I guess I'm an edge case, but I HATE being approached in public. I can't think of any time, ever when I've wanted a stranger to approach me or have been happy when one has. It always irritates me. I know..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by silkygreenbelly
11 days ago
MeTa comment:
"My job and hobbies often involve me giving people directions via email. I've found that the most effective instruction is one step long. So if I write, "Please meet me in the board room at 3pm," there's a pretty good chance people will..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by paduasoy, klangklangston
13 days ago
MeFi comment:
"What in the holy hell has he contributed to film? ...His movies aren't really well-written; he doesn't draw characters that well beyond a stock set; his conception of space isn't really that developed; and he clearly hasn't thought that hard about..." [
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13 days ago
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"During my first year living in New York, I used to sometimes remove my wedding ring (because my fingers would get hot and swollen and because I wasn't used to wearing a ring -- not because I was trying to cheat!) and stick it in my wallet. This..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by you're a kitty!, essexjan
13 days ago
MeTa comment:
"I've also noticed that people tend to skim blocks of text. If you need people to get multiple points, it's worthwhile setting them up in some sort of typographically noticeable way.
Bad:
Please be at the meeting no later than four. If you have..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by scrump, overglow, nooneyouknow, scody, KokuRyu
2 weeks ago
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"grumblebee, I like you, but you sound like you think you're at a tea party. Have you not noticed there's a lot of rudeness at MetaFilter? You may not like it, but it's not going away,
There are people -- and I'm not saying you're one of them,..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by bettafish, Ira_, HopperFan, middleclasstool, philip-random, Navelgazer
2 weeks ago
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"TLF, by "moderating tone" I just mean pruning away, "You're a dick!" "Fuck you, asshole" and "If you think that, you're a major idiot" comments. If the pruning went further than that, I'd be against it.
And..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ira_
2 weeks ago
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"When I said "what's odd to me is this," I didn't mean that it's odd that MeFi gets rude sometimes. That's not odd at all. That's the norm online (though I don't buy that it has to be).
What's odd to me is the suggestion I keep hearing..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ira_
2 weeks ago
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"What's odd to me is this: I admit my tea-party position is a minority one (though not a tiny-minority one), but that's just online. Most of the adult groups I'm part of offline are polite.
I've accepted the tea-party label as a shorthand, but in..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ira_
2 weeks ago
MeTa comment:
"it gets people to take their gloves off and say what they're really thinking or at least get them to embarass themselves with an angry utterance.
I disagree. In my experience, when you insult someone, he's more likely to say stuff to save face (e...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ira_
2 weeks ago
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"My main agenda is to try to clarify something, because I don't believe it's possible to move forward (solving any problem) until things are clear. And they're not clear to me. There's a specific question I keep asking you. You're not answering it,..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Ira_, minifigs, Arch_Stanton, Meatbomb
2 weeks ago
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"I have to admit that I dislike the passive-aggressive implication of some kind of guilt on my part, in the manner of "personal responsibility" for my response. If you have a disagreement with its substance, please feel free to clarify...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Ira_, Arch_Stanton, Solon and Thanks
2 weeks ago
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"Second, you didn't read the article, you said something stupid, and you got called out for it. Getting called out happens here. It's happened to me when I've said stupid things.
Either you own up to your comments, or you move on, or both, but you..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by lohmannn, Arch_Stanton, bookish, Evangeline, konolia, Solon and Thanks, HopperFan, Blazecock Pileon, Meatbomb, sondrialiac
2 weeks ago
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"Have you ever known someone with so much artistic potential, who does nothing with it?
She IS doing something with it:
She will sit and idle doodle amazing little scenes, creatures, and people while talking or sitting with me. I am constantly..." [
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2 weeks ago
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"I just finished a book.
I have no time to write, because I work two jobs: one from 9 to 5, the other from 7 to 10. Then I have a long commute home. Then bed.
I kept telling myself I would write during my brief periods of free time during the..." [
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2 weeks ago
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"Another option: give things up.
No television or internet for a year; no electricity for a year...
I'm currently trying a vegan diet that is extremely austere (Dr. Fuhrman's diet). I'm only allowed to eat fruits, veggies and legumes. I can..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by collocation
2 weeks ago
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"This is either (a) a totally misguided discussion in which people are trying to bandaid over a complex problem or (b) a dishonest discussion in which people are using what's taught in school as a token to vent about other topics, e.g how stupid..." [
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2 weeks ago
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"Why am I an atheist? What is the barrier that stops me believing in God? After a lot of soul-searching and years of thought, I realized that "belief" is a red herring. Sure, I could give you all sorts of logical arguments against His..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by DevilsAdvocate
2 weeks ago
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"TomMelee, I suspect all of us are coming into this discussion with good motives, but I have big problems with two things you wrote:
1.
I'm seeing that you're missing the forest for the trees in my comment, which is generally that racial..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Meatbomb, languagehat
2 weeks ago
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"I urge you to delve deeper. Most artists that I know don't want to "be creative." And in my experience, people who try to be creative (or "original") create crap. The desire to be creative is an umbrella term that covers a wide..." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by shelbaroo, lucyleaf, ejaned8, Shazbot, maloon, Happy Dave, lilac girl, dan g., xil, scody, carbide
3 weeks ago
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"Evangeline, what you don't understand is that if you say "that black guy" -- even if you don't say it to the person's face -- you create a ball of negative racist energy that hangs in the air long after you've left the subway car. As..." [
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3 weeks ago
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"My experience with my overly inquisitive nephews leads me to believe that no six year old will accept "It makes me feel uncomfortable talking about. Can we talk about something else please?" as an answer.
My experience as a preschool and..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by badmoonrising
3 weeks ago
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"schroedinger: I can't help but feel a little sorry for him, in the way that I feel bad for people who don't like dogs or the Muppets. I mean, it's the Muppets, man! How can you not like the Muppets?
DU: Yes, I would say that dogs or a children's..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by you're a kitty!
3 weeks ago
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"There are three types of debates:
1) In which people define basic terms before debating them:
X is an attempt to Y.
Debater 1: X fails at its attempt to Y, because...
Debater 2: X succeeds at its attempt to Y, because...
2) In which people..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by louigi
3 weeks ago
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"I am in my twenties, and...
This will seem much more minor in your 30s, 40s, 50s, etc.
As is the case with most people, there are certain physical characteristics that immediately turn me on and others that turn me off. But I KNOW that if I..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by murtagh
4 weeks ago
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"I agree that all subjects are (or can be) equally deep. The question is how do you drive topic X from superficial to something deeper?
I also don't think any conversation is really superficial. If the text is light, the the subtext is probably..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by itesser
4 weeks ago
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"This sculpture scares me, yet, at the same time, I feel a giggle welling up from my stomach. Is it nervous laughter or laughter laughter?
There's something about the bluntness of this one that's almost too much, like a tangy citrus fruit that's..." [
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Last month
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"mdonley, I could see myself saying "My wife completes me." If I said that, I wouldn't mean anything ominous by it. I'd just mean that she makes me more "me" than I was before I was with her. By which I mean that -- because we have..." [
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