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by singular 13y ago
Wishful thinking, I'm afraid. How tall are you compared to the average in your country? For somebody who doesn't have this disadvantage, it simply doesn't exist. I refer again to http://cdn.okcimg.com/blog/lies/MessagesPerWeek.png - it's
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by singular 13y ago
At last somebody who gets my point. I've given up because of this and other factors. But I respect your positivity and you're right there is more to it.
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by singular 13y ago
Sigh. Sure, if I looked like/were as confident as Tom Cruise I could compensate for the height disadvantage. But it's still a disadvantage. The interesting point with these sorts of responses is they follow the fallacious logic of 'here i
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by singular 13y ago
Again, the exception to the rule doesn't make it not (generally) true. "Men fall in love through their eyes. Women fall in love through their ears." And people love to tell themselves convenient stories that may or may not be true. If that
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by singular 13y ago
I never said preventing . It's a massive disadvantage. I could (+ might) write a longer piece about the whole subject as there is more to this than height but it's quite surprising what a difference it makes. If you can overcome that disad
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by singular 13y ago
Ack. Reliable or not, I'm sure it was meant as a feel-good piece, but for people like me the quote:- "Vaillant’s key takeaway, in his own words: “The seventy-five years and twenty million dollars expended on the Grant Study points … to a st
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by singular 13y ago
I actually really think there's something in mindful meditation, but flatly stating it as the be-all and end-all solution is more than a bit patronising, belies the endless effort required to make it work, and comes across as somewhat arrog
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by singular 13y ago
Don't assume you know what 'makes sense' from the point of view of evolution - feeling very anxious about embarrassment doesn't really make that much sense until you consider the consequences of violating the norms of the tribe in our hunte
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by singular 13y ago
This is a fantastic article which gets at a lot of what makes depression so pernicious. It's actually nice to see it presented with cartoons - it could easily come across as patronising/playing down the condition, but Allie does it so well
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by singular 13y ago
Haha no thank Science just a theoretical situation, my word I feel for you man - that sounds horrific. I don't think I'd be able to cope. Games industry? The point is that edw's comment on hours sits ill-at-ease with the rest of his post. A
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by singular 13y ago
"I have never had a problem about the volume or difficulty of work in any job I've ever had. In fact, some of my favorite memories of work have been sprints to finish something, whether in software, retail/distribution, or food service." I'
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by singular 13y ago
Well done lad, good for you! pats head ;-) Only kidding, maturity varies wildly in online communities, I think age is very often not correlated. Oftentimes I think that kind of patronising can be the result of jealousy. You know, youth is
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by singular 14y ago
The example here is somebody who apparently needs to take one to access some confidential information - and clearly they take a pass/fail seriously, so it seems some (presumably US?) government agencies do take it seriously enough to make
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by singular 14y ago
Yeah I also read that taking an anti-anxiety medication such as Valium beforehand can have similar results.
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by singular 14y ago
Actually don't worry too much about the polygraph, it's complete pseudoscience. http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Polygraph
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by singular 14y ago
Personally on the electric front (I have no idea about acoustics) I'd recommend a mid-level guitar to start with as the lower-end guitars sound bad enough to be counterproductive, even for a beginner IMO. You can get a really decent sound o
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12 Rules to Live By(ramonbez.com)
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by singular 14y ago
Going to back that up at all? I believe in unicorns, by the way. Obviously brain chemistry is involved (reduced serotonin, etc.), but I'm sure I could adjust your brain chemistry by jumping out at you and saying boo too; so I don't it follo
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by singular 14y ago
I think that's a little unfair, can't 2 people talk about the same subject from different angles? Also Steve Albani, while a respected producer, is not a highly popular musician like Love, it's nice to see an opinion from somebody in a diff
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by singular 14y ago
> Artists are not forced to work with major record labels. And what were/are their alternatives? Things are theoretically different with the internet now, though I'm not sure how well well-paying outlets for artists have advanced as of
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by singular 14y ago
You say that as if you know that for a fact, I've seen them over + over again (anecdote, but still), as well as many other such passive-aggressive responses. I often do take action on them, however the prevalence makes me think that not eno
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by singular 14y ago
I'd vote for moderators who punish people for answering:- X. It took me Y seconds to google your problem and find that solution. It'd save me downvoting every time I see that kind of ridiculous passive aggressive bullshit.
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by singular 14y ago
Works for me in UK.
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by singular 14y ago
My point is that the OP and his father are making value judgments - firstly the title, secondly:- "Growing food is far more challenging, requires an order of magnitude more knowledge and continuous learning and dedication." Problems I have
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by singular 14y ago
"This thing #{X} that I am inexperienced at is much harder than this thing #{Y} I spent years doing because I am experienced at #{Y} and have some idea how to do it and thus it feels comfortable. Why, I am going to go so far as to talk down
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by singular 14y ago
I'm very sorry to hear that you had to see it take somebody's life, that really is a terrible thing, and my heart goes out to you. I am a depressive myself so have some experience, and dislike any idea that somebody might avoid employing me
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by singular 14y ago
You talk about treatment, but you mention that this would form part of due diligence - presumably a treatment recommendation would cause the investors to pull out? Good luck diagnosing depression when the person being questioned knows it's
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by singular 14y ago
Why not check on the state of their marriage/chances of their kids dying from a drug overdose too? Those would affect the investment too! Ugh. Come on, there has been a line of privacy somewhere.
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by singular 14y ago
> What exactly is a non-evil way to use a microdrone with lethal armament? Pest control? :-) We're talking about a class of technology here anyway, yes the specific instances tend to obviously be for good or evil, but a class of tec
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by singular 14y ago
Awesome, thanks! I will check that out.

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