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by threads2 4y ago
hahaha thanks for the laugh
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by threads2 4y ago
"medical-debt-related" bankruptcy then. To your point, wonder if it's higher than any other ___-related bankruptcies (anyone have data on that?)
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by threads2 4y ago
Yeah but then wE DoN'T hAvE a ChOiCe iN dOcToRs.
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by threads2 4y ago
Maybe reading good books could help - like Goethe's Faust: > If Mephistopheles can grant Faust a moment of transcendence on Earth, a moment that he wishes to remain forever, then he will instantly die and serve the Devil in Hell. Fa
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by threads2 4y ago
I really need to turn off parenthesis matching.
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by threads2 4y ago
Pretty much the dilemma with all garbage pop culture too.
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by threads2 4y ago
Oh geez, you're totally right. Minus the narration. It will be that gross ukulele/whistling muzak in the background and weird wordless exclamations when the characters are reacting to things.
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by threads2 4y ago
oh yeah, drills were the FUNNEST. Earthquake drills were my favourite. No terrorist drills though, that's pretty American.
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by threads2 4y ago
just say anecdote
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by threads2 4y ago
Take a wild guess.
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by threads2 4y ago
Did they leave in MS Word tracked changes at the end of that supplemental materials pdf? Lots of weird highlighting.
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by threads2 4y ago
> when they start exploring "free" things, it's time to put the thing away. Wow that's good advice I'm going to apply on myself! Thanks
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by threads2 4y ago
When I worked at a grocery store my manager hated this because you'd have to order a box of like 12 spicy vegetable spread, the person would buy one, then the rest would expire on the shelf. He'd usually just lie and say he couldn
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by threads2 4y ago
Interesting. At first I thought this was a pedantic distinction but now I'm getting it: Cliques are exclusive and dispassionate - your will keeps you in a clique. Cults are inclusive and coercive, their will keeps you in the cult.
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by threads2 4y ago
Be strong brothers. Turn to baldness. "I'm proud of myself, for the way I accepted my baldness." - Larry David, the president of bald people. https://youtu.be/Le4tih0tfbs?t=194
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by threads2 4y ago
wish the music was cooler
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by threads2 4y ago
Does anything mean anything to an AI? I don't get where the motivation comes from. What if the AI just agrees with Schopenhauer, realizes living is suffering, then ends itself? (is that stupid to say?)
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by threads2 4y ago
Off-topic but ESL person here, why "anecdata" and not "anecdotal"?
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by threads2 4y ago
Sure but you have to go to Walmart.
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by threads2 4y ago
Hey don't downvote this person! Pharmaceuticals, dental, vision are all things Canadians still have to pay for. It's a real shame.
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by threads2 4y ago
Always wanted to learn about webpack - doesn't feel good using CRA (create-react-app), needing to configure webpack, ejecting CRA, and then being the "owner" of the config without knowing anything about it - thanks for the im
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by threads2 4y ago
Two more of my favourites, I can't help myself haha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-2w3N2VLVo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJsQDPK-vvg
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by threads2 4y ago
Love that one. Another good drunk skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXNsdW4HyMk
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by threads2 4y ago
"Build back better" hahahahhahaha
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by threads2 4y ago
"The highest civilization and culture, apart from the ancient Hindus and Egyptians, are found exclusively among the white races" - Schopenhauer, Parerga and Paralipomena, Vol. 2, "On Philosophy and Natural Science," §92,
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by threads2 4y ago
Thanks, guess I'll have to re-read. By "one solution is suicide" I perhaps should have said, "one option is suicide" - I know Camus doesn't think suicide is a reasonable option.
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by threads2 4y ago
> Everybody is complicit just by living Have you read The Rebel by Camus? He basically says the same thing. One solution is suicide. Really good book.
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by threads2 4y ago
wow - were its babies nearby or something?
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by threads2 4y ago
> us Type A's ...
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by threads2 4y ago
It also reduces compensatory affirmation: The Common Pain of Surrealism and Death: Acetaminophen Reduces Compensatory Affirmation Following Meaning Threats https://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~heine/docs/2013%20Acetaminophen

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