popularrecluse

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   by popularrecluse 4y ago

   Well another thought is that the only way to revert this so-called doomerist path is to choose to have and raise kids with empathy for others and with care towards the natural world they've inherited. Because the people who don't
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   by popularrecluse 4y ago

   Because vaping is an effective tool for quitting smoking, which is much worse. The physical improvements from smoking to vaping are pretty remarkable - everything from lung function to circulation and skin quality and general energy impro
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   by popularrecluse 4y ago

   Artists tend towards progressive locales.
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   by popularrecluse 4y ago

   Actually, the sun is a miasma of incandescent plasma. Forget what they told you before. https://tmbw.net/wiki/Why_Does_The_Sun_Really_Shine%3F
5. 65.▲
   by popularrecluse 5y ago

   And where do those two countries stand today on this issue.
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   by popularrecluse 5y ago

   Follow hyperlinks to unknown destinations.
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   by popularrecluse 6y ago

   Nice... I had this one kicking around in my head https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7DZcRFbSSQ
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   by popularrecluse 6y ago

   Thank you for Trumpsplaining that one. Boy, I need to get better at hearing it like it is.
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   by popularrecluse 7y ago

   Ah... "virtue signaling". What the sociopaths among us have branded empathy they cannot feel or understand in others. Just because it is not an emotion you have, does not mean it is not real for others.
10. 70.▲
    by popularrecluse 7y ago

    Reality isn't subjective. People are just imperfect antennae with varying receptions and demodulators.
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    by popularrecluse 7y ago

    Glass half-full. I like it. Also on the positive side, a lot of us will possibly learn the answer to this question.
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    by popularrecluse 7y ago

    Ok i will try.
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    by popularrecluse 7y ago

    While I'm dreaming, I want a smaller touch pad too. That's right where your hands rest. I'm constantly having issues with moving the pointer because of unwanted touches being recognized. I've been using this machine for
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    by popularrecluse 7y ago

    Yes, a developer's edition. I'll take a heavier, larger device with more and varied ports and extended battery life please. An all-hardware keyboard with a useful arrow-key configuration that doesn't make me press the wrong
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    by popularrecluse 8y ago

    Thank you for saying so. There are more of us then there are of them. Empathy and equality under the law will prevail. This is insane, and it is a tipping point that I hope all of us who have studied history will recognize as the moment whe
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    by popularrecluse 8y ago

    I used that phrase very intentionally. It has historical context, which is becoming ever more relevant. We are witnessing a series of trial balloons, and they got just a little ahead of the ball on this one. Today, Mexicans. Tomorrow, diss
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    by popularrecluse 8y ago

    You'd be right about the profile. But the thought of missed wages doesn't bother me because it was long ago, and if anything, they worked as hard, if not harder than I did. And we were friends doing the same shit work together.
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    by popularrecluse 8y ago

    I've done everything from washing dishes, waiting tables, managing 2 coffee shops, landscape work, data entry, to my current work as a mobile developer. And I know where you're going with this, and no I've never had trouble
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    by popularrecluse 8y ago

    Yeah well I am American and it's not true. The majority of us who you have been made to believe 'defend' their residing here illegally want to see them treated humanely, and see sensible immigration reform and reasonable pat
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    by popularrecluse 10y ago

    But wisdom usually comes from experience.
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    by popularrecluse 10y ago

    That link really stressed me out.
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    by popularrecluse 10y ago

    It's a pretty cool panda. I can see why they are keeping it.