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by Borrible 5y ago
Ask them, why would they lie?
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No, thank you. Too rude over there.
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Me too. Now, what were we talking about?
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You read the openers for sophisticated small talk and more or less funny banter at the club?
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They don't program humans, they maintain or repair them, help them to cope and soothe them. The system they're working on doesn't change that fast biological, albeit a bit faster social. The main components are millions of ye
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Welcome to the club.Take a seat, beer is in the fridge. No, not all are like us, but there are a lot of club members from other professions. At first it feels quite strange and you tell yourself,that can't last for long. But it does. I
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> Probably the fencing. That may well be. I do not deny that it is a solution for spontaneous suicides in a younger (male?) demographics. Do suicide methods of women or middle aged/elderly people differ? What types of suicides do ac
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> Whenever I hear the word metaverse. I just replace it with the word "internet". Does there happen to be a browser extension to automate this?
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> What do you think I meant by "almost always"? Actually I did not consider what you meant with "almost always", because it is quite fuzzy and the value of that variable will may change over the discussion.
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> Is there a reason to think they would not? Yes, It could be dishonorable to use a firearm. A little bit of pain may make you look more manly, such stuff. The socio-cultural embedding of an an act that makes it logical and rational.
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> Suicide isn't logical or rational Sometimes it is. Not for most of the type of suicide we talk about here, I agree with you. But there are differences. Regarding firearms, what about suicide rates in Japan? Would they be higher wi
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As a father of two in that age group, I would prefer to restrict their access especially to my precious world of perfect tranquility. Assuming teenagers and low 20 something's are the similar the world over, which I find a bit debatabl
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Yes, but has the number decreased because of some fancy fences at the Last Exit Caltrain or because of a whole program of measures? https://evolvetreatment.com/blog/palo-alto-teen-mental-healt...
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> The institute is also said to have started to restrict student access to terraces and rooftops Apparently, they already thought about that.
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Well done. And now, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_the_Controls_for_the_Heart...
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> your subjective experience Can't be more precise. That thing you experience when you think to see it in the wild when looking at a 'red' thing. Which is probably the same when you imagine that 'red' thing. A lo
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So, tell me, what is 'red'? Not the wavelength thingie, I mean your subjective experience of this qualia.
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Everything you 'see' is just in your mind. Aphantasia is, some people just can't make their optical qualia up willingly or their optical qualia lack the image quality of their visual capacity. A lot more people are convinced,
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Sweety, were exactly did I say I don't like to fuck with her? That was probably more in your mind, than in mine. I do love her because she is the way she is. But then again, I'm not on the losing side. So, tastes may differ.
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He is right. Optimism is, so far, the best cure for reality. At least the part not under control, so almost all of it. But, you may prefer it in its more elegant form of survivorship bias. Reality is a harsh mistress. Most have to put on th
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Reeves seems to be an overall great guy, maybe he likes this: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/12/malaysian-artists-... There is always a buck to be made by pleasing the mind. I think religion is a
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Your Highnesses, Dear Cousins, Peers. Allow us to draw your attention to the state of intellectual exchange between our honorable houses, which we have enjoyed in the past. https://nautil.us/issue/56/perspective&#x
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Pandemic Boosts Demand for Exorcisms(telegraph.co.uk)
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Delay, Deny, Defend. In doubt and you can't help, confess to be a miserable wretch, but also a victim of circumstance and heartbreakingly beg for forgiveness. Not to forget, tell them you have understood your mistakes and will do every
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I'm dabbling in BI and like to talk about myself as 'Wizard'. Of Oz, of course. Sometimes wondering, sometimes wandering. Thank god, much more Munchkins, Scarecrows, Tin Woodman and Cowardly Lions, around than Dorothys. Gamin
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Banks should have named one of Culture's General System Vehicles 'Don't be Evil'. https://theculture.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_spacecraft
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Maybe, but on the other hand drug induced psychosis may end in heaven, hell or elsewhere, depending on what the sweet, demanding or commanding voice from the beautiful light whispered, howled or growled. And how deep it burned itself into t
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So, it's a bunch of Narcissus clones/clowns bragging about themselves and each other in Echo's chamber and the applauding audience refuses to admit, the emperor is naked? Because they are not just afraid to look dumb, but act
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Ah, like in the olden days? Back then, when everything we gave a name, thereby got a a soul? "Myth is already enlightenment, and enlightenment reverts to mythology." Adorno, T. W., and Max Horkheimer. [1947] 2002. Dialectic of Enl
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Yes, but how did it Plato, Aristoteles and the other brains back then? And, why is Nietzsche talking bullshit in Ecce Homo? 'Nothing should be eaten between meals, coffee should be given up — coffee makes one gloomy.' Hm, somethin

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