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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
I still talk with my parents from time to time. My brother does the same - but less. For me, it's a sense of, They didn't mean to be the way they were. They just were severely undeveloped people, who were reactionary and fearful.
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Lots of loaded words in the comments, and hallucination probably takes some of us to places that aren't helpful, but understanding the limits of our perception and understanding gives us better context. Even if we don't understa
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Yep, exactly. Around here we have a bunch of mockingbirds and blue jays, and you'll here the mockingbirds adopt some of the harsher sounds of the blue jays, but they usually surround them with melodic trills. It makes for a pretty dyna
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
I've worked in various retail jobs. Most customers range from kind to inoffensive. The negative experiences from the exceptions stand out and occupy more headspace. If you (general - not you ) think you could improve how you treat peo
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
I agree. I think you cheat this some - depending on the medium - by separating time spent creating with time spent editing. In myself, I've noticed that editing can reinvigorate the creative process, but if I'd been creative earli
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
>What could he possibly dream about at the end? Balance. Not to be flippant, and I also enjoy AB's work, but no one thing or set of things is never the answer to sustainable peace of mind. Ironically, one thing that made AB's c
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Very much my pleasure!
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
You probably have, but if you haven't heard 'All Your Goodies are Gone' from the Parliament album, Up for the Downstroke, it's special - even by George Clinton's standards. Agree with you, though, it's hard to
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Isn't it also about the amount of harm or benefit for each? The articles I saw (years ago) claimed that vaping was a gateway to smoking, but the data showed that vaping just replaced smoking for teens. That is, once e-cigs became avail
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
I guess it depends. Older stuff that makes it through the years tends to be better quality than the stuff that doesn't make it, so you have less stuff to sort through. If time and effort are big concerns, then that approach makes some
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Some text to complement the videos. >It is impossible to conclude with a balance sheet of plusses and minusses which would add up to a final decision on the creole origins issue. To my mind, there is enough persuasive evidence in these d
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Iirc Allen Watts likened obsessively thinking about yourself to two monitors facing each other (highlighting the discordant feedback). While I still have cringe-moments when I remember things I've done (as a kid, 10 years ago, whenever
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Yes, it also presents goals that seem out of reach - and likely are out of reach. "Don't be a fat slob. Look like a model." If the focus is on building a sustainable, healthy lifestyle, people are more likely to see that as a
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Yeah, we call it COLA (cost of living adjustment), and we get a bump every couple of years or so.
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Subbed that pod. Thanks for the rec! And thanks to the OP for posting the article. This will stay with me.
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
It's healthy to acknowledge when something has made you angry and/or sad. It's healthy to spend some time grappling with the reasons for your feelings, but I get the sense that the author has probably spent too long in a ne
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
>Put another way, they basically want to take control of the company and create a new management structure that supplants the existing one. Why do you think unions exist?
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
I've been doing the same. Are there any resources you've found particularly helpful? As a true beginner, the Music Matters YT channel does a great job of giving enough of the Why's without going so deep as to completely los
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Any pattern of thoughts that has been grouped into a discipline, whether religious or secular, can - imo - be viewed as a best effort by a group or individual that was then adopted by the group. That doesn't mean they're equal, bu
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Speaking of games that are much quicker in electronic format, the Star Realms app works great for me, and it's my GF's favorite game. She plays it every day.
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Same experience with Rocket League. A few years ago, I had a couple months between jobs, and my brother was in a similar spot, so we'd hang out and play Rocket League a fair amount. I slowly got better, but I only improved significantl
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
On a daily basis, I see mockingbirds chasing off crows. Sometimes they come out of a tree, so I assume those scenarios usually involve crows messing with nests. Other times mockingbirds will chase off crows as they're apparently passin
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
I believe that's a Brian Eno quote (about VU).
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
This is how I view it. There's a Publix just down the street from my work, and I always use self-checkout there, but when we're shopping for home (full cart), we don't even consider it an option. I don't think Publix che
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Very fair. I don't think you can remove compensation. But, I think the post still had some good thoughts and good aims. They need some tweaking. Your post highlighted an area that needs tweaking, and mine tried to build on both posts.
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Imo flip these "punishment" jobs into "reward" jobs. As it is, we give the jobs no one wants to people who don't have any other options - or are struggling to exercise their options. We use them as boogeyman for kid
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
Yep, exactly. I work for USPS now, and it's great to make enough money outside a managerial role to not have to worry about promotions. The vast majority of clerks, carriers, and drivers have no interest in management.
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
I didn't downvote you fwiw. But, she would consistently recount the things she'd done - like multiple times throughout the day - and frame it as though it was impressive. She also acted like she was hustling all the time - kind of
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by grasshopperpurp 5y ago
In my early 20s, and during the recession, I worked at a gas station. I also bought a house, so even though I didn't like the job or plan to be there long, I was trying to get promoted (entry-level managers made almost twice as much as
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by grasshopperpurp 6y ago
I think the style of lying is definitely part of it, but I do think the details matter. I was talking with a Trump supporter (I held my nose and voted for Biden, as I did for Clinton in 2016). He was pretty heated, because a lady he flirts

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