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Asking music for better results: I just had to break up with my girlfriend, and I didn't want too. I need appropriate music recommendations. See the box for more information... | Ask reddit gets trolled too much, and the /r/music has **good** people who know good music :)
Long story short, I had no choice but to break up with someone I care about who was creating a damaging relationship and having a negative affect in my life.
So, I want breakup music reccomendations...but I don't want **angry** music, nor **sappy** "I love you come back" music.
Lets call it: Bittersweet chocolate. You eat it, it's bitter, but you want more.
I think a good example would be some of the breakup songs by Blue October.
When I assemble the playlist by people's recommendations I'll edit the post to share a full list. Share the sorrow right? :)
FYI: I'm ok, not looking for sympathy here, just music to think with at the coffeehouse.
FYI2: No country, rap, or **death/hardcore metal**.
EDIT: Okay there's way too much music for me to assemble a playlist -- so I'll just say thanks and add a few that I'm 'enjoying' as I sit in this kinda...numb..contemplative 'wish I hadn't had to do this' state :)
* [Congratulations - Blue October](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXhRYzLSDZ4) -- 'you left me', yeah it fits here since the **real her** 'left me' a while ago :)
* [Into the Ocean - Blue October](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI9jdTxMOpk) -- It's not always about the other person, this reminds me of surrendering to what you can't control. Good situation....
* [Come in Closer - Blue October](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvmUNwy1fl8)
-- It's not about needing to be held, if not by the person you just lost...by the person you know will be next, and you'll love even more.
* [Dream About Flying - Alexi Murdoch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vUyFVZ1I-s) -- Because we're not in Avatar, and we're just going to crash and burn anyways :)
* [Breath - Alexi Murdoch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-49G3jJP5Q) Just..breath..
* [Falling Slowly - Once Sound Track --lol I'm not spelling their names--](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoSL_qayMCc) "Games that never amount to more than their meant, will play themselves out", ladies and gents, we've all been there...
* [Leave - Once Sound Track](http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/once/leave.htm) Jesus this one makes me kinda cry inside....people are selfish! :)
Ok that's it for tonight, if I get people engaging this post more I'll update again-- I have a photoshoot in the AM. Sorry, no sexy ladies...it's a food shoot. YUM!
**THANKS AGAIN! Good suggestions :)**
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"body": "[Oh! Sweet Nuthin](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BitnKWJftXw) by Velvet Underground. Tears my heart out every goddamn time.",
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"body": "[Elliot Smith - Needle in the Hay](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pyBB7y8fDU)\n\n[Long Beach Dub Allstars - I Saw Red](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoSOdoGVN_0)\n\n[Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh Comely](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iipO9Tvk1EI)\n\n[Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwFS69nA-1w)\n\n\n\n",
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"body": "Bittersweet is my favorite kind of music. Try these albums:\n\nM. Ward - *Transfiguration of Vincent*,\nNick Drake - *Pink Moon*,\nBeekeeper - *Ostrich*,\nNeutral Milk Hotel - *In the Aeroplane Over the Sea*,\nCat Power - *Moon Pix*\n\nAnd just know it won't hurt this bad forever.",
"score": 3
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"body": "Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever ago. The best break-up album to sit alone and think to. Deeply haunting and cuts to the core. If this doesn't fit the bill nothing will.",
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Who picks their noses on a regular basis? | Okay, how many closet nose pickers do we have?
Pick and flick, or pick and eat?
If the throwaway account is any indicator, I'm a picker. I eat them, they taste good. | 1,194 | [
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"body": "It's not regimented or scheduled - nose-picking occurs on an ad hoc basis, as and when it is necessary.\n\nNecessity is when my nose is blocked by dry hardened nasal mucus or if there is dried nasal mucus near the exit of the nostrils.\n\nI do not insert my finger far into the nasal cavity: only as far as is needed to retrieve the offending material. Generally I use my fingernails, if it is far up, or perform a pinching motion with my index finger on the exterior of the nostril and the flat of my thumb tip against the interior, pulling in a downward motion.\n\nThis second method is especially satisfying when removing dried blood following a nosebleed.\n\nI never use cotton buds or similar implements.\n\nDisposal in public is always by means of a tissue - I usually have a large stockpile of these with me due to an inability to resist picking up wads of them from coffee shops. However, if I am at home in the study and do not have a tissue nearby I will flick the detritus onto the floor. This is later vacuumed up when I am cleaning the house. However, if it is an especially slimy specimen, I will make the effort to go to the bathroom and get a tissue.\n\nI do not consume the retrieved matter. I have never tried it in the past. This is not due to squeamishness or disgust - it just does not interest me.\n\nI hope this answers your questions but if there is anything further you would like to know, please do not hesitate to contact me.",
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"body": "Everybody! On a related note, ever notice how your nostrils eventually grow to the exact size of your fingertip?",
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"body": "Nose picking: Frowned upon by society, done only where no one can see and requires cleanup.\n\nMasturbation: Frowned upon by society, done only where no one can see and requires cleanup.\n\nNose picking, masturbation for the nose?",
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"body": "Medical/clinical doctor writing here: try Bactroban ointment (the generic name is mupirocin). Very effective against chronic nasal staph and strep infections, which cause crusty/scabby dried mucus/snot. Just wipe it inside your nostrils, you should see an 80% improvement in 24 hours and a 99% improvement in 72 hours (approximate numbers from anecdotal clinical experience). Continue for a week to eradicate, it will probably never come back.\n\nSteph and strep make your nose secrete fluids that congeal and encrust. Kill the bugs and your nasal ecology will improve dramastically.\n\nFor those who care, mupirocin is a \"natural\" product of another bacterium (they have serious interspecies warfare), and it is minimally absorbed through the skin (maybe a bit more absorption from the nose). Overall a safe and effective compound.\n\nFirst ever Reddit comment after years of lurking; could not sit quiet on this one.\n\nTLDR: try Bactroban Nasal ointment = Mupirocin",
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"body": "I definitely pick my nose alot. My wife and sister get extremely disgusted by it, because I pull out the longest, stringiest, bloodiest boogers. It's so satisfying, though, when a big, dry/gooey one comes out and your nasal passages clear. \n\nI feel sorry for my dad, in this regard. He's worked a hard life, and has these big hands and fingers. His fingers are like the size of my thumbs. He couldn't dig his nose if he wanted to. I've seen him fruitlessly trying at times, and it's almost as pointless as a turtle on its back trying to right itself up.",
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"body": "I pick my boogers and, while sniffing them (they smell good to me), roll them up between my index finger and thumb into a little booger ball until they are dry enough to launch across the room without sticking to me.\n\nAfterward, there will be a thin film of booger residue left on my finger and thumb which I will clean off by rubbing them together until the remains turn into dust which dissolve away. I do not smell the dust for fear of inhaling it back into my nose.\n\nI do this approximately 10 times a day, but only when alone or with immediate family.",
"score": 25
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"body": "i pick my nose...but i don't eat it. there's something really rewarding about picking a big booger. it kinda feels like picking a scab.\n\n sure it's bad manners, but i don't do it in public or anything. i really don't see whats so bad about it unless you eat it, then it's disgusting. ",
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"body": "I have my septum pierced, which basically gives me permission to mess around with my nose in public. Apart from that, one time I was vigorously picking my nose whist driving, and happened to make eye contact with the person passing me on the highway. He, too, was up to his wrist in his nose. We locked eyes, and gave knowing nods. ",
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"body": "Pick and flick.\n\nI'm a mucus-prone person. My nose is full of stuff. My ears are full of stuff. I got allergies. I do what I have to do.",
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"body": "I'm a picker, I live in a really dry climate and it seems necessary. I don't eat them, though. I usually flick or wipe on a tissue. I often wonder why so many kids are 'booger eaters' though. I remember doing it as a kid, and I see my kids do it. ",
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"body": "And what if I do? Even though I admit to nothing, and never will. What does that make me? And I'm not here just defending myself but all those pickers out there who've been caught. Each and every one of them who has to suffer the shame and humiliation because of people like you. Are we not human? If we pick, do we not bleed? I AM NOT AN ANIMAL.",
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"body": "My personal feeling is that picking your nose in one form or another is necessary at times, if I am in public I excuse myself to the restroom and wrap a tissue around my finger - then wash my hands afterwords. If it is in my house I go in unprotected and then often look at my finger grossed out.",
"score": 4
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"body": "Who washes their butt on a regular basis? There is build up on those spots of the body that needs to be cleaned out.",
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"body": "That's fine but personally I feel my repulsion reflex kicking in. Also, disgusted by chronic spitters and open-mouthed chewers... not to mention plastic bag rustlers, key jinglers, change janglers and people walking too closely behind me.",
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"body": "What can I say? Sometimes I get hard boogers and I have to take care of them. I don't eat them, but as a person with no health insurance, I should probably be doing whatever I can to boost my immune system. ",
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"body": "I'm pretty sure everyone does, I'd go so far as to say it's coded into our brains.\n\nI've also heard that there's no harm in eating them, as they consist of dead bacteria and viruses, which is the same thing as a vaccine. Although I'd imagine you stomach acid takes care of the rest.",
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"body": "I enjoy the fact that as of the time of reading this, there really isn't anyone saying how gross this is and it is soo wrong etc..\n",
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"body": "I love to pick my nose, and get a really good one. I mean, a fucking *oyster* of a booger. You know the one. It's not too big, but big enough that when you pull that fucker out of your nose, you're thinking \"Christ allmighty, I'm gonna lose some serious folliage from this bitch.\" Once you get it out, you get a good look at it, and it just blows your mind. The edges are just a bit crusty, and it's tacky and sticky as hell. You can squish it between your thumb and forefinger, then watch that fucker expand like a pancake, then snap back to it's original state when you pull your fingers apart.\n\nBut my favourite thing, my most loved and cherished booger picking past-time, is to get one of these golden nuggets, slip it between my lips, roll it around, then spit it as hard as I can onto something public. Walls in elevators are my favourite, as well as the walls between the stalls in the john. I also enjoy going into bookstores, finding a piece of shit book, and sticking a booger between the pages. ",
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"body": "I pick constantly. I'm a booger factory. I don't see how it's possible to produce this many boogers. But I'm ever-vigilant, nonetheless. I flick them or deposit them in napkins or the bottom of my shoe depending on where I am. I also pull those pesky nose hairs out constantly. They grow at an impossible rate. I hate them. \n\nAs for eating, that is fucking sick. ",
"score": 3
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"body": "A friend of mine, Anjali Banerjee starts a book of hers, Maya Running with this opening line, \"Dad drives while picking his nose, an eccentric habit of geniuses.\" \r\n\r\nI believe she's right. Find a nose picker and you've got a genius!",
"score": 3
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"body": "Well I only have one, so I just pick that one. But since you ask I guess I would pick both if I had two.",
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"body": "Once one of my 7-year-old students sneezed and launched a big gelatinous mound onto the table in front of him. I've never seen mucus that consistency... like Jello that's been sitting out a bit too long and has started to settle. I simply looked at it and said, \"Hold on, I'll get a tissue,\" and walked across the hall to the other classroom where the tissue box was. Before I made it through the door, though, I heard a long, loud \"SLURRRRRP.\"\n\nThinking about it still gives me the full-body shivers. I have no moral or intellectual objection to eating boogers, but it weirds me the fuck out.",
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"body": "Kangaroos are very good at picking human noses for some reason. I think it's the long, narrow tongues.",
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From dating to friendship, now a conflict of interests on both sides | **Background info:**
- I'm 21 and she's 18.
- She's had 3 previous boyfriends, I've only had 1 girlfriend.
I was dating this girl (I'll call her Miss) for about a month and a half. Very recently (Friday night), Miss decided to break it off, citing that she doesn't "think of [me] as [her] bf and ... never will". However, she wants to stay friends and I agreed to that. I consider her a very good person, very friendly, and fun to hang out with, hence the reason I agreed.
Fast forward to last night after hanging out with her that afternoon: Miss says she "feel[s] very lonely" and I felt the same way. She said she noticed I "looked sad" and I was. I still have feelings for her and walking her home that evening felt very awkward.
This lead into another conversation, both over IM and on the phone.
### Here's a summary of what we've figured out so far:
- We both enjoy each other's company (this includes having sex, cuddling, etc.). She feels very comfortable with me and I feel the same way.
- We both like each other, however, I like her much more than she likes me. I learned from my past relationship never to say I love someone until I know I mean it. As of now, I do care about her, but I can't say I LOVE her.
- While she enjoys the companionship, she feels, as time goes on, she'll "find [herself] wanting more". For example, she wants to "find someone that [she's] crazy for". I do too.
- She after some disscusion she started to rethink ending whatever romantic relationship we had, solely on the premise that she doesn't want to feel lonely. Part of me wanted her to rethink it, and the other part of me didn't want an emotional rollercoaster.
- She claims she had never been in love.
- All her previous relationships lacked her feeling "in love". She let them continue on because she was comfortable, only to jump ship later on and having to go through seeing the guy upset over her dumping him, leaving her later lonely and guilty. She doesn't want that to happen this time.
### Overall summary (tl;dr?): ###
We both enjoy the physical and we don't match up emotionally, yet, we still want the physical. Friends with benefits might be a bad idea (I have yet to bring it up) since I'm the type of guy who becomes emotionally attached way too easily (she knows this) and should Miss meet someone else and leave me (intimately), I'm worried I'll have a relapse of what happened when my first girlfriend broke up with me (major depression, etc.).
We're both confused on what to do now.
What *should* we do?
**UPDATE:** We decided to try the FWB path. We're not getting any younger and we really enjoy getting *♪ physical, physical ♪*. I don't expect anything to come of it. Besides, it's not everyday a good-looking girl wants to have sex with me on a regular basis. | 7 | [
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"body": "She's 18 and doesn't know what she wants. However she wants you now because she's feeling lonely. This can only end in disaster for you. Don't ever be with someone because they feel lonely. Once she gets over the loneliness, your value will drop in her eyes, and she will move on to someone else.",
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So I'm buying/picking up my first pistol tomorrow
for concealed carry--is it a good idea to get a
weaponlight to go with it? | The gist of it: I'm buying a P250c. It has rails for mounting accessories. I'm using it in a home-defense/concealed carry capacity. Would it be worth investing in a light for or would that be too bulky for concealed carry (my primary concern)? If so, what's the general concensus for a good CCW-friendly light system? | 17 | [
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"body": "No. You will not want to CC a weapon with a rail mounted light. A light could be useful for home defense, but not nearly as useful as a 12ga.",
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"body": "Nah. It has the intimidation factor a bit to it, but I have never found myself in need of it. The cities are lit up enough and I'm not walking all over the country with it. Unless you're storming a building at 1 in the morning, you really shouldn't need a weapon light.",
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"body": "Are you ready to get into making your own holsters? Because once the gun is modded enough, that's where you're at.\n\nMy daily-carry rig, all homebrew:\n\nhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/1jimmarch/4258670602/in/photostream/\n\n...as are my sights (hence the need for a custom holster):\n\nhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/1jimmarch/4258670610/in/photostream/\n\nI don't like the idea of a weapon-mounted light at all. And I don't use a \"tactical\" light, just something bright enough to ID a target.",
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"body": "This must be a rhetorical question, yes?\n\nObviously the more compact a weapon, the more concealed it might be, and to attach accessories is counter to that goal.\n\n\nAnyhow, there was once a discussion over in the psychology sub-reddit about how the effects of colored light has on the mind. Specificly the talk was about riot control (crow control) lights that use specific shades of light and even alternating light strobes. \n\nIt was decided that alternating orange and green will induce the desired result to repel an intruder. It has the right balance of disarming mental effect, and confusion. I would suggest somebody on reddit seriously consider to equip their shotgun with a light that has these attributes. Orange, to green, very bright!",
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Any vaccuums actually live up to your expectations? | I really like to vaccuum but the best vaccuum ever had only cost $80. I tried my friends $500 one and was expecting it to rip the carpet up but was disappointed when it was basically the same power but looked like a space ship.
Anyone have a really good vaccuum, if so, what is it? | 17 | [
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"body": "The only one I've ever liked was the Roomba.\n\nBut I did get pressured into buying a Kirby when I was young and stupid. It was $2,000, but it did leave little to chance when it came to eliminating dirt that came near its hungry maw.",
"score": 8
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"body": "we have a Siberian husky and a newborn baby. Never could find a vacuum that could deal with the fur.\nThe solution? A 12 gallon shop-vac. Less than $100 and will lift the carpet off the floor. Does a great job.",
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"body": "I've had a Simplicity for several years, and am quite pleased with the quality and performance. The same units are also sold under the Riccar brand. They aren't cheap (mine was ~$600), but they're well designed and much more effective, in my opinion, than the cheap Hoovers and products of their ilk. I've thrown away several $100 \"department store specials\" in my day, and wanted something that would work well and last for years. Incredibly, the Simplicity and Riccar units appear to be manufactured in America, by a company named Tacony. \n\nFor a shop vacuum, I've had similarly great results from a Fein product. Once again they're not cheap, but I'd swear this thing could vacuum the paint off of a wall, and it doesn't blow half of the dust out past its filter like the $50 Craftsman or Home Depot units. I have no personal or business connection to Tacony/Simplicity or to Fein. \n\n\n",
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"body": "I've had quite a progression of vacuums, usually because they end up dying. I think I've had Bissel, Hoover, Dirt Devil, etc.\n\nWhen our last Bissel died, we went to Walmart (high class, I know) to buy a new one. We were almost settled on a giant Eureka plastic-y mess for $180 or something, but we decided on this tiny Eureka upright that cost $50 I believe. It's the best damn vacuum I've ever owned, also the cheapest. I think the design is so cheap and simple that its just better.\n\nHere's a tip: While in college, the VP of engineering for Dirt Devil vacuums came to talk with us because we were working on a project involving vacuums. He stated that their products are design to last 1-3 years at best, while Hoover, for example, designed theirs for 3-5 years. I would avoid Dirt Devil at all costs.",
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"body": "I'm a longhair. Really long (past my ass). I burned up vacuums like crazy till I got a [Eureka Boss](http://www.eureka.com/index.php?option=com_productdisplay&view=productdisplay&task=getproducts&productid=13&product_model=4870K).\n\nThing weights a ton, but other than that I love it.",
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"body": "I bought a $100 Cdn Dirt Devil Jaguar.\nIt sucked 31/2 bags of dirt from the carpet that a Hoover could not.\nAnd to my surprised it was only on the second \"Suck\" setting.\nI guess I could increase the \"Suck\" factor, but then I might not have any underlay left when I am finished.",
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I'm slowly making myself insane with jealousy. | So I have this ex-girlfriend. I'm twenty, she's nineteen. It would be safe to say she was my first real love. I first broke up with her about four months ago, due to a lot of jealousy, and fear over losing her. I know it wasn't the logical thing to do but it's what I did, can't take that back now. After this breakup we had a messy period, and then got back together. This was a big mistake; I was dumped about a week and a half in.
Before we started dating she and I were fairly close friends, and I feel like I should do something to maintain this relationship, but I feel like that's getting more and more difficult. She has a new boyfriend now, and I swear when she first told me I felt physically ill. What does one do in this situation? I'm tempted to just say "fuck it" and take her out of my life completely, but she's still important to me. I think it's pretty obvious that I'm stuck in the past. I'm afraid of becoming obsessive, and I really just need to move on, but I don't know how. I've spent so much time fretting over this, gone through so much, but I feel like it's just getting worse the more I worry.
I know I probably won't want to hear a lot of the advice I get, but I'm so sick of wasting my time over this, so I'm ready to listen to anything.
TL;DR ex-girlfriend has new boyfriend and it's making me slightly insane. | 9 | [
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"body": "You dumped her. You have no room to bitch about her finding someone else. Leave her the hell alone, you selfish neurotic asshole.",
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"body": "You gotta let this one go. Move on. Maybe you will run into her in 2 years and go \"What was all the fuss about?\" because only with time away can you not care anymore.\n\nRemember the song \"Love Hurts?\" That dude wrote that for a reason.",
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"body": "The key to getting over jealousy, and it's not an overnight transition, is really keeping yourself in check when it comes to the following phrase: \"I may lose her, but she may lose me.\" \n\nOr something to that effect. Jealousy is a focus on the former. It's thinking in the back of your mind that you'll never get somebody better, etc. Don't think like that, little dipper. Trust me, that won't be the case. Picture the worst case scenario. I don't know, maybe, you come home to find her fucking the dude in your bed with a webcam set up to show all of your friends / school that it's happening. Maybe a clown is present. Regardless, imagine how even if that happened, life would go on. You'd still be knobbing some sweet tart in due time, usually once you've gotten your head straight enough to start looking forward again. Key is, she has lost you. And that's a sad loss, my man, but it's another lass's gain. Go find her.",
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"body": "Being that you guys broke up and you still have feelings, you probably need some time away from her. Just to give your mind or heart time to heal.",
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What is your favourite Terry Pratchett book? | For me it's between:
* The Last Continent: For the drunken rampage.
* Night Watch: I'm a sucker for time-travel/multiple dimensions and the watch.
* Going Postal/Making money: Stanley Howler the pin collector and the Vetinari obsessed Cosmo Lavish's .
* Edit: Forgot Interesting Times. And forgot that pretty much every discworld book is one of the best discworld books. Everything with the unseen university, the watch, rincewind or moist von lipwig. I have a couple of the witch-books left. | 24 | [
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"body": "\"Thief of Time\": It has that perfect blend of epic story, creative fantasy world, lovable characters, and endearing humor. ",
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"body": "\"Wyrd Sisters\". Probably because I have a soft spot for Macbeth. Besides, Granny Weatherwax can kick the entire faculty at Hogwarts and the Unseen University's butt.\n\nNext in my list would be \"The amazing Maurice and his educated rodents\", even if it doesn't feature any of the traditional Discworld characters.",
"score": 7
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"body": "I have always had a soft spot in my heart for the Witch books, but Witches Abroad is definitely one of the best in my opinion. Ever since that book, a part of me has always had a bit of suspicion towards stories - and, of course, mirrors...",
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"body": "I haven't read him for some time now, but from what I remember:\n\n* Lords & Ladies: The scene in the field at the end when they face off!\n* Moving Pictures: trying to figure out the movie they're talking about.",
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"body": "Night watch, definitely. It has time-travel, a last battle and the encounter of a man with his younger self. It's also very moving.\n",
"score": 3
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"body": "The night watch books just pulled me in, i mean relating to a character in a book has always been kind of hard for me. I still enjoy a lot of books but actually getting sucked into it and feel compassion for the main characters doesn't happen a lot. But in Night watch i couldn't stop reading and with what seemed a little bit of emotional investment.\n\nFor that reason any book involving the watch does it for me, but that's probably nothing special because it seems the going answer for a lot of redditors is the watch.",
"score": 3
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"body": "*Small Gods*, and its commentary on religion. (Plus its later influence on Gaiman's sf novels including *American Gods*) ",
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We need to advertise? | There can't be just 31 people from London on reddit...
Someone should start putting stickers around town with just "/r/londonontario" on them, or something. | 6 | [
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"body": "You could advertise in http://www.reddit.com/r/newreddits . I live in Toronto and have subbed to this reddit :) ",
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Does anyone live in NJ, and know De Lorenzo's Tomato Pies? I want to buy a gift certificate for my in-laws, but I'm in England and need someone to pick it up. | Here's the address, if anyone could help. I'd send you the money by paypal, if you'd pick up a certificate, and post it to someone for me.
De Lorenzo's Tomato Pies 2350 US Highway 33 Robbinsville, NJ 08691 | 19 | [
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"body": "I'm a few miles away. I haven't been to this location but I love the original on Hamilton Ave.\n\nLet me know if you'd like me to pick it up for you.",
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The Cardiacs - Sing To God (1995) [discussion thread, 1/17 - 1/24] | First discussion of 2010!!
Okay, so I don't know even where to begin in discussing the album. I think a good place to start and expand from is, what genre would you call the music and why? Or, in other words, what is the primary energy fueling the progression of the album? Is it more like a journey or is it simply a grouping of crazy songs or is it a nonstop barrage of ideas and energy? Etc etc
You don't have to talk about that, but it's something to start with.
Discuss!! | 7 | [
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"body": "This was the craziest and most awesome album I've listened to for a long time. I just want to thank you for introducing it to me, and add that I enjoyed it a lot. And \"Quiet as a Mouse\" creeps me out.",
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"body": "Amazing album, from an amazing band. This album was the first I have heard of Cardiacs, though I think my vinyl collecting music snob friend mentioned them to me, I wish i would have listened to him sooner, he always introduced me to interesting music.\n\nSo the post described them as psychedelic proggish punk, which I have to agree with. I hear a strong syd barrett influence on the vocal melodies and song structure, think Piper at the gates of dawn.\n\nI can hear how this band influenced my favorite nu metal band System of a Down.\n\nTo describe the album, beautiful, mind blowing, ethereal, genius.\n\nFrom acoustically beautiful pieces like \"eden on the air\" to the psychedelic \"Dog like sparky.\" The beginning of \"Dirty Boy,\" blows me away, very modern sounding. Other stand out songs to me are \"Fiery Gun Hand, Manhoo, and Fairy Mary Mag.\" \n\nI would love to see these guys live.\n\nOverall i would describe the energy of the album as Intricate Aggression. \n\nI believe this is a collection of songs that the writer had collected over a long period of band inactivity.\n\nAmazing album......thank you\n\n",
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[Haiti] Emergency visa needed for Haitian to immigrate to another country. | I was wondering if anybody heard of any goverment programs that would help the stranded survivors of the Haitian earth quake disaster temporary migrate to another country. Specifically, i'm looking for programs that would help members of my family migrate to Canada. | 3 | [
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"body": "If you are a Canadian citizen, and you are willing to sponsor your family (or they have sufficient resources on their own for a stay in Canada), you need to talk to these guys.\nhttp://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/apply-who.asp\n",
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Why do you frequent RA? | This community is one of the best on reddit because of the tireless efforts of some of its contributors, people who i've come to respect because not only do they have great wisdom, they take the time out of their day to share it. Some people will drop by this subreddit, get advice, and leave never to return. Others will stick around to help others out in the same way they were helped before. I've wondered though, what keeps bringing you guys back?
Unlike other subreddits, you're probably not going to become a karma superstar posting here, and a lot of the people who regularly reply to queries make none of their own.
What motivates you and keeps you ticking? | 34 | [
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"body": "* Intrigued by others' relationships\n\n* To realize that there are some benefits to being single\n\n* To understand that not everything is a bed of roses once I'm in a relationship. That it is work, and if I want to be in a relationship I need to put effort into it.\n\n* To learn lessons from other people's mistakes.",
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"body": "Because I'm desperately lonely, and even the fleeting, vicarious contact with a real relationship I can have here feels good.\n\nI hate my life.",
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"body": "I'm intrigued by other people's relationships. I'm intrigued by people, and in this subreddit you can get a glimpse to the part they rarely share with others. So, in part, I do it to satisfy a curiosity.\n\nAlthough I'm not a frequent poster (not a relationship expert, and my culture is very different from the USA culture most posters seem to come from), I do contribute when I see I have something to add to the discussion.",
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"body": "I like trying to help people, but the more selfish part of me also enjoys it because sometimes trying to solve other people's problems helps me understand myself a little better. ",
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"body": "Almost forgot to answer my own question. I'm here because i have serious den mother syndrome, and i because people on the internet have a significantly higher chance of listening to advice that will help them than any of the people i know in real life.\n\nI've also learned a lot over my time here that's helped me help other people i know out in the real world. This place is a treasure trove of knowledge.",
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"body": "Because I see too much advice here that is straight out of a shitty teenage movie and I feel compelled to give the posters advice that will actually cut through the shit and end up working,.",
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"body": "I'm here to learn. I have very little relationship experience, so I like to read advice from people who know what they're talking about. It's also nice to know that I'm not the only crazy person here.",
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"body": "Used to be I thought it would help with emotional intelligence. Now I'm not so sure I should be subscribed anymore:\n\n* If the OP posts enough info to get decent advice, it's clear from their post they could've figured it out themselves but trust the advice of a stranger on the internet more than their own thoughts and feelings.\n* First post is always AnnArchist or Saydrah. I downvote those unless it's really solid advice, because why would you take the word of someone who's answering anonymous whining 8 hours a day for free over your own experience?\n* Exactly like the OP says: \"a lot of the people who regularly reply to queries make none of their own\". So not only do you lack the context of knowing these people face to face, they don't even have an internet persona that could tell you just who is offering you this nugget and why.\n\nThe saving grace: reading about other people's relationship problems has made me more satisfied to be single, and in that timeless paradox, has actually lead to more satisfying relationships.",
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"body": "I know it sounds cheesy, but... After years of being confused and intimidated by relationships, I reached a point when I'm confident and happy - and I believe in sharing and helping from one's experience. I think of it as contributing to the Open Source of relationships, if you will.",
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"body": "I don't think I've been out of some form of relationship for longer than a couple months since I was 12 years old. I've got a good amount of experience and have made damn near every mistake a man could make in one relationship or another. I like to share stories and help people through problems. Sometimes when I put things into words here it helps reinforce my understanding of things or even make connections I hadn't necessarily made before. That and I've always liked listening to people and trying to help them, I guess that's a side effect of being raised by a bunch of emotional women. \n\nI've also gotten a few messages from people either asking for further advice, thanking me for helping, giving me status updates of their situation, or just recognizing me in general - which always makes me smile :) \n\nI <3 everyone in RA. ",
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How does one know when a dark beer has "cleared" and is ready to bottle? | Hello Homebrew Reddit.
I am close to bottling my first home brew. It is a raspberry framboise that is dark in color. It was in the primary fermenter for seven days and has now been in the secondary for nine. The kit instructions say that the brew should condition in the secondary for ten days, or "until the beer clears."
The only thing is that this is a very dark brown beer. If I put a flashlight to the side of the carboy, I can only see the light for a few inches, and certainly not all the way though to the other side. I can clearly see the yeast cake though at the bottom and there isn't a layer on top anymore.
How do I know when a dark beer has "cleared?" | 7 | [
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"body": "Clearing is an aesthetic thing and won't affect the flavor. So, it's done clearing when it's clear enough for your goal.\n\nLeave the beer in secondaries for 2-4 weeks, check clarity by drawing some out and looking at it, and if it's not done rack again and repeat.\n\nHere's what the style guidelines say about fruit lambic appearance:\n\n> Appearance: The variety of fruit generally determines the color though lighter-colored fruit may have little effect on the color. The color intensity may fade with age. Clarity is often good, although some fruit will not drop bright. A thick rocky, mousse- like head, sometimes a shade of fruit, is generally long-lasting. Always effervescent.\n\nSo it may not get to crystal clear, if that's what you're wanting.",
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AskReddit: Has anyone ever been prosecuted or fined for illegally downloading videos via torrents? | I have recently downloaded a video or two and found the process to be somewhat addicting. I was wondering if there is a high risk of prosecution associated with this, or if anyone at all has ever gotten in legal trouble for downloading movies from torrents. | 7 | [
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"body": "Many people have been prosecuted for it. [See here](http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9y2ok/by_request_i_my_family_was_sued_by_the_riaa_for/) for one Redditor's experiences",
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"body": "Shut up! The MPAA is going to do a show of force if people start saying \"I got a letter, but nothing happened\".",
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"body": "I got a warning from HBO once back in college. Freaked me out, I made a short film about it, got a A, and stopped using Torrents.",
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"body": "I got threatened by my university. I was downloading an episode of \"House,\" which is free on the network's website; I was never sure what was up with that",
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If life begins at conception, then what do you call a
woman who tries to conceive a child even though
she has a history of miscarriage? | I'm personally getting tired of quotes like this: “It becomes a human life upon conception. Society does have the right to protect that life,” “Abortion is the taking of human life,” ([first two quotes](http://airamerica.com/politics/01-12-2010/why-do-scott-brown-and-gop-hate-rape-victims/)) “not only is the conceptus human insofar as being caused by humans, it is a unique human individual,"([source](http://www.christiananswers.net/q-sum/q-life000.html)) and many more.
While I agree that there is certainly potential for human life, its potential for human life is by no means certain. While the percentage is a source of controversy, anywhere from 20 to 50+ percent of pregnancies end is miscarriage. Most of them are unknown pregnancies that end before the mother even really notices they are pregnant. Even if miscarriage does not occur, there are countless birth defects that can make life outside the womb difficult if not impossible. The baby's chance of survival would drop even more if it were not for medical advances. While not the central point in my argument, it lends thought to an issue I myself have been unable to figure out; the value of the life of a fetus...and no, I'm not saying it has no value.
To return to my main point, I feel that claiming a human fetus has the equivalent rights of a newborn child is what some may consider a “slippery slope.” It at least opens up quite a few questions that, when posed, make one reconsider equating a fetus to a child.
Lets assume a mindset in which a fetus is a child, and the abortion (purposely ending the life of a fetus) is the equivalent of murdering a newborn child. What would you think about a woman or couple who repeatedly exposes children to extremely dangerous circumstances? The term child endangerment (a type of [child abuse](http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/laws_policies/cblaws/capta/capta1.htm#111)) comes to mind. What is the difference between a woman with a history of miscarriage (like my mother) trying to conceive a child and a partially blind mother trying to drive her children to school? (let me know if you can come up with a better analogy) The partially blind mother is restricted from engaging in certain activities (like driving) that, combined with her medical condition, have a high chance of causing herself or others serious harm. The woman trying to conceive, however, is not restricted from activities (like intercourse with intent to procreate) that, combined with her medical condition (whatever imbalances and/or abnormalities that lead to increased chance of miscarriage), have a high chance of causing a child to die. Both women cannot help their medical conditions, but each woman choses to engage in activities that risk the life of their child.
How about a woman or couple who knowingly or unknowingly poisons their children, causing permanent injury or even death? I'd call that neglect or murder. This is how we look at a mother or couple who drink, smoke, or use drugs during pregnancy. Some jurisdictions already consider this to be child abuse (which I'm not saying is a bad thing). What about a couple that feeds their child the wrong food or not enough food, leaving the child malnourished? Malnutrition is also considered child abuse. If the woman doesn't eat right, she could harm the child (possible birth defects and complications) and increase the risk of miscarriage. What if the mother has certain health conditions, like Diabetes? According to the CDC, there is [increased risk of birth defects and miscarriage](http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/bd/diabetespregnancyfaqs.htm#whatcanhappentoababy) if the diabetes is not tightly controlled during pregnancy. Of course, many women would not be showing any outward signs that they were pregnant until after the most serious damage is done.
So, should all miscarriages and newborn babies with low birth weight or birth defects be reported to Child Protective Services, sparking a full blown investigation for suspected child abuse? I vote no. While the fetus certainly has potential for human life, its potential for human life is by no means certain.
By society's standards, parents cannot and should not be held accountable for factors outside of their control when trying to conceive, even if they are fully aware of the potential negative consequences. I have yet to see a human society that believes otherwise. Society feels that the parents' desire to have the child is more important than potential miscarriages, birth defects, or complications. Edit: This clearly demonstrates an unspoken understanding that an unborn child is less valued than one who has already established itself in the world.
* **tl;dr: just read the above paragraph.**
Please let me know if anyone has any additional thoughts or recommended corrections.
Edit: The point of this is not to blame women who cannot help their miscarriages. The point is to point out a disconnect between societies responsibility to protect unborn children in the "Abortion is murder" mindset and reality.
Edit: As I have tried to mention, my mother went through years of effort and thousands of dollars to bring me into this world. I do not fault her, nor do I think society should.
Final Edit: Apparently using an **OPENLY FALSE** analogy and then **disagreeing with that analogy** to make a point evokes almost as much disgust as actually believing the analogy. Unless somebody counters with a better one, deal with it. Logically, it makes sense if you assume the "human life starts at conception" mindset. I'm sorry if that is hurtful. The point is that nobody thinks of it the way I put it (unless they are the mother, in which case sorrow is causing you guilt you don't deserve) and that should say something about the assumption that the unborn are equally valued, even to those with the above mentioned mindset. | 4 | [
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"body": "I didn't read your entire post, however based upon what I did read, here is my response...\n\nI would first propose this question to you: What do you call a woman who tries to conceive a child even though she has a history of infant deaths with prior children?\n\nSecondly, you can refer to chances of miscarriage, defects, health risks etc. However, my opinion would be that regardless of all that, it's ultimately a human life and because of such, no other person should decide whether it is born or not.\n\nDown vote me if you want, but that's my opinion.",
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"body": "you would call her a woman who had miscarriages. I passed on the troll bait and didnt read your post.",
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"body": "I don't think your metaphor connects these two concepts well enough. I understand you're trying to illustrate that the issue of life is blurry, and that determining \"when\" the creation starts is difficult to do. But a woman who is trying actively to create a child (and failing because of a natural flaw in her body) is simply not the same as a mother, having a hitherto healthy child already, who consciously revokes the existing life of her child.",
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Has anyone figured out a solution for Cyanogenmod's GMail Sync Problem? | Have a G1 and Mytouch in the family, both running CM 4.2.13, both have had problems with Gmail not syncing for hours on end. Push notifications are non-existent. Anyone have a solution for this?
Edit: [Found the issue here](http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=646), just not seeing any definite solutions. | 6 | [
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"body": "There's a bug so that the GMail service wont start if too many other services are running (low memory).\n\nYou can go back to Cyanogen Mod 4.2.8 which doesnt have this problem, or close all background apps (Twitter apps etc.)",
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Rice and Beans [Recipe Jam] | [I thought it would be cool if we share variations around a common theme. If you like this idea post your own recipe jam!
***
I'll get the ball rolling:
- I make rice and beans with kidney beans, whatever white rice I have, along with garlic, fresh ginger, soy sauce and sesame oil.
- I use kidney beans the most, but I also like borlotti beans and brown lentils. I'm always up for trying a new pulse though.
- Sometimes I pack a batch of [this recipe](http://www.reddit.com/r/Cheap_Meals/comments/aeao5/recipe_coconut_and_lime_rice_and_lentils_serves_34/) into a loaf tin, sprinkle it with cheese and bake it till it's crispy on top. | 9 | [
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"body": "I like making rice by sweating some onion in a little oil, then adding the rice and heating it in the fat a little, and then cooking it in some sort of stock (usually chicken or vegetable). I think they call this \"rice pilaf\".\n\nAs for the beans, I'm a big fan of the \"Moors & Christians\" recipe from Mark Bittman's \"How to Cook Everything\":\n\n* 3 cups black beans\n* 1 cup chopped tomato\n* 1 cup chopped onion\n* 1 bell pepper, chopped\n* garlic is good too\n* 1 cup liquid (bean juice, stock, water... whatever's on hand)\n\nSoften the onion & pepper in some olive oil, then add the beans, tomato, and liquid. Cook until it's hot and delicious. Season with parsley; serve over rice pilaf.\n\nThe best part is that one recipe of this makes five or six servings. Can you say leftovers? :D",
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What should happen to your body when you die? | My wife and I were talking about this after we woke up this morning. She suggested that she would want her body ground up and used to feed animals (specifically, our cats). I agreed with her, but I noted that there would likely be a very strong aversion to letting a human serve as food for animals, even if the human in question wanted that for their corpse.
The idea makes sense to me. After all, why not do something useful with your body after you die? I realize in saying that, I will receive a ton of comments about organ donation, or donating to science and so forth. The thing is, my wife likes animals better than most humans and would choose to support them, rather than humans. I'm sure she's not alone in this.
So what say you? Is something like this available, and I'm just unaware of it? Do you find the idea disgusting? Worry that zoo animals (for example) being fed with human remains would develop a taste for human? Discuss. | 13 | [
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"body": "I don't really give a shit what will happen with my body when I'm dead. I don't need it anymore.\n\nI think I'd like to be used as a crash test dummy. I like the fact knowing that I would be helping make people safe, and it would probably make a pretty awesome video of me exploding.",
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"body": "I want to be placed in a large wooden boat, laying on my back on a raised platform, axes crossed on my chest. The vessel will then be dosed with gasoline and pushed out to see by every person that loves me. The vessel will then begin to drift out to sea at which point my best friend will fire a flaming arrow at the boat setting it alight. All my loved ones will then watch as my body burns and my soul rises to Vahalla. ",
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"body": "I want two of my friends to carry me around and pretend I'm alive for an entire weekend while avoiding jilted lovers, the mobs and the police. This would result in hilarious hijinx. ",
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"body": "I want my body to be wrapped in a light linen for three days and then unwrapped and left on a mountain in the Himalayas for the vultures. [See #3](http://www.cracked.com/article_16502_the-5-creepiest-death-rituals-from-around-world.html)\n\nEither that or fed to lions in a public spectacle.",
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"body": "Nothing inherently disgusting about dead humans being eaten. Without life its just a lump of organic matter anyway. However, being ground up to feed animal seems extreme in an attention whore-y *way to me. If you're doing this for environmental reasons it also seems excessive, processing your body would be a waste of energy, natural processes would turn you into a very nutritious fertilizer in due time. Leaving out cremation, your body would normally be digested by your stomach / intestinal bacteria and you would become plant food, which would become animal food.\n\nIf one wanted to help the non human biosphere you could just dump (or bury) the body in the nearest natural park or something. edit: or ocean.",
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[TOMT]World in which time from people's death clocks is exchanged as currency.[movie] | I think there's a tragic part where the main character's daughter has a gambling problem and he rushes to try to give her more time before she dies. | 13 | [
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"body": "Never heard of this movie, but this is something I'd like to see.\nSaving this post for future reference if you ever find out the name.",
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"body": "[*The Price of Life*](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366919/) (1987) ([Duplicate IMDB page.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121652/))\n\nI feel like I remember a more popular movie or story, though. Maybe I'm remembering a chapter of [*Einstein's Dreams*](http://books.google.com/books?id=RZVNCVpyuIcC) by Alan Lightman?\n\nedit: Nevermind, *Price of Life* is it. Broadcast on \"American Playhouse\" on PBS in America in late 80s and/or early 90s. [More info.](http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=58481)",
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I had my first sexual encounter last night! AMA | I saw the request for someone who lost their virginity last night.
Not many people fit the bill, but I had my first sexual encounter last night. I had never touched, or seen anything sexual first hand (no pun intended).
The extent of the encounter: I gave oral & manual, received manual.
Before last night, it was simply making out, and such.
(this is a throwaway account, just so ya know. i doubt this is verifiable, so just trust me on this one... eh?)
Oh yeah. I'm a guy, and she isn't.
**I'm back. Continue your onslaught of questions** | 41 | [
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"body": "Good job. I'm 20 and I'm still a virgin; haven't ever kissed or had a sexual expierence. You're in much better straights than I am.",
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"body": "You played it like a pro. Take care of her first, and the world is your oyster.\n\nJust hint at her reciprocating. \n\nAlso, hop over to r/sex for various info / stories / protips.",
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"body": "so are you a female or a male? This is pretty much on everyones mind...and was the other party female or male?",
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"body": "In a world where it seems everyone around me was fucking before high school, it's nice to see another person who didn't have a sexual encounter until they were 17. So thanks. \n\nTell her to give you a bj. I think oral on girls has to be far grosser than on guys. You deserve it. ",
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"body": "I'm sorry to be getting into the logistics here, but I'll need them for a future experience:\n\n1. What car were you in - sedan/mom van/coupe?\n2. Where did you make out - in the back seats/front seats? If in the front seats, how did she bend down? Must have been very difficult for both of you..\n3. How to find a dark parking lot?\n4. *Was she enjoying it when you performed it on her.... I mean was she faking it..*\n\nThanks, dude, and remember, she's 18.",
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Dear Trees, I'm thinking of buying this bubbler online... | I'm thinking of buying [this bubbler](http://www.smokingpipeshop.com/Mini-Hammer-Bubbler-SPS-B10.htm) online. Is it safe? Is the website legitimate? Are there any other places that I can get a bubbler that is less then 5 inches long? | 7 | [
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"body": "> Is it safe?\n\nYes, it's safe, it's very safe, so very safe you wouldn't believe it.\n\n> Is it safe?\n\nNo it's not safe. It's very dangerous, be careful.\n\nSeriously though, websites like these are a crapshoot in my book. This one looks alright by my standards, but let me tell you NOTHING can beat going to your local headshop and picking up a piece from your own neighborhood. Most places are willing to negotiate the price a few bucks, too. Plus, maybe you'll get lucky and find a local glassblower who can make you exactly what you're looking for.\n\n[7] ",
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"body": "www.etsy.com\n\nSearch for glass bubblers. It's safe, and the pieces there tend to be some of the most unique and amazing pieces around.",
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Please Help ASAP: My parents refuse to let me go home and continue my education at UC Berkeley. My flight leaves in 10 hours. | Dear Reddit, I am a UC Berkeley student, female, and currently visiting my parents in Asia during winter vacation. Things have been tense between us ever since last summer when they wanted me to stay in Asia, discontinue my education, and instead try to find some work (with a lenient visa) while dressing up pretty to try to meet and date rich business men (ultimately in exchange for gifts in large sums of money and knowledge of the trade in which they are successful--a very common thing in Asia apparently..). I could not bring myself to do it, and decided to go home to complete my education. They were very upset by my decision.
I came back this winter because my father’s health isn’t very well and I wanted to see him, so I scheduled time to come visit. As soon as I came they told me their intentions were to not let me leave. My tuition was due on the 15th, they refused to pay it (and I cannot apply for financial aid until at least next semester) and my flight is scheduled to leave in 10 hours.
Now they want me to stay because they think America is going down the drain, Asia is rising (China specifically) and they think going back to Berkeley is wasting my time if I could just go to Asia and learn business from a rich man (same method as before) and make money that way. My dad (head of my family) relocated alone to Asia six years ago with the intention to make money for his family but was not very successful. My mother’s salary is mostly what supports our entire family now. My father is now saying that if I go back, he will no longer financially support me and does not want to consider me his daughter, and he is determined me make me stay here.
I believe education is vital, especially in this economy and I don’t really believe as much in the promise that I can make the amount of money they talk about anywhere out of nothing without at least an undergraduate degree. I also want to go home because all of my family and friends are there. He says I should just get over them and come here. He refuses to compromise with me about the IMMEDIATE need for me to stay, so I have to pick: go home, pursue my education and break his heart, or stay to make my family happy, being heartbroken in the process, and possibly making some money.
Tl;dr: Should I break my parents heart to pursue education or be forced to drop out to help stabilize my family?
I feel like I didn’t explain this very well, and I don’t know how responsive the Reddit community will be to this, but I just needed to try, I’m running out of time..
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UPDATE - Thank you everyone for the support and the opinions! It was a lot more complicated decision than I originally explained, I think.. but, I am back at Cal now. My mother has agreed to fund my education for one more semester and then I will have to apply for loans. I think the decision was more emotional than anything which is why it was so hard for me to see rationality... Sorry about the late update, after the 10 hours, I had the trip to the airport, the flight home, and slept off the jet lag. | 77 | [
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"body": "If America goes down the drain, you can always take your degree and go back to Asia. You'll have both options if you take that flight.\n\nIf you drop out now, you lose one of those options.",
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"body": "Look, Liz, Asian parents are not going to disown their daughter for wanting to pursue higher education. Get on the plane. Call that motherfucker's bluff.",
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"body": "assuming your post is real, and you're a US citizen, there are probably a few things you can try to do. contact legal services at your school to see if there's anything they can do to help you out. also contact financial services at your school to see if there's anything they can do. Most large schools have emergency funding mechanisms in place for students. If you're a US citizen and your parents are forcing you to stay abroad against your will, contact the nearest US consulate to see what they can do to help you out. Lastly, is your lane ticket round trip? if so, the only barrier is getting you to the airport.\n\nnote: all of this ignores the emotional aspects of your dilemma. ",
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"body": "It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission.\n\nContinue your education, and fix family problems later.",
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"body": "Go back to berkeley. Asian parents tend to play this kind of shenanigans. I am Asian by the way. They will be whiny for a while but they will get over that sooner or later. It's your life and your future. And you are ultimately responsible for it.",
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"body": "It's very simple. Your fathers attempt at making it big in Asia failed. If you stay, chances are you may also fail, especially if you go down the path they want you to. If you continue your education, chances are you will find a good job to support yourself and even send money to your family. I'm sure your father wont mind getting a check every so often.\n \nThe point is, what do you want? Marry some rich man who will treat you like a doormat or have an education from a former superpower and a slew of job offers when China finally rises to the top? Get on the damn plane and go back to school.",
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"body": "You should go back to UC Berkeley and consider your options there. It is an extremely good school and you'll open more doors than you would by staying home. \n\nThe money thing... Well just try and work it out and if you cannot just lie to them and tell them you have met a nice asian boy at school etc. ",
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"body": "Wait a minute - so you're American, your parents are American, but still with family ties in China? Are they second generation American? I don't what difference it would make, but just trying to get the picture.\n\nThe first thing that strikes me is, America may be on the way down, and China on the way up, but it's not going to happen in one semester, or even a decade. That's a bullshit excuse for your parents to be using to fuck up your life.\n\nWhy are they so impatient? What could be the harm in letting you stay in the US another year? That seems pretty immature for someone that age to be that impatient.\n\nIf you go back to the US, you'd have to get the money for tuition somehow, possibly from relatives. Would they pony up, or would they prefer not to piss off your parents?\n\nIf you go back to the US, you have to be prepared to feel pretty lonely, and have deep regrets about your decision whether it was right or not. So if you do that, don't let yourself be overwhelmed by these feelings. Give it a few months at least, to see if you still feel that way.\n\nIf you stay in China, same thing, you'll be very unhappy and depressed for a while. It's just the nature of major life changes. But it still could work out. What sucks is that they're not really giving you enough time to think about the possible positives of doing it their way.\n",
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"body": "**Go! Get on the plane.** It's leaving fast. Your bags should be nearly packed and you should have a plan to get to the airport. You can always change your mind at the gate, but if you don't make tracks, this decision will be made for you.\n\nRight now, your father is being unreasonable. He hopes to get rich, and he hopes to do so by using you as a commodity. Since he's not giving you a choice, he's not treating you like free individual that you are. He's not going to get as many business connections, known as \"background\", if you marry a handsome, nice and rich boyfriend. If you stay, you aren't making your own decisions. Stop worrying about your father's \"heart\". He's using you, and he'll use your empathy against you too. You'll have months and years to repair relationships with your family once they realize that you're an adult that they can't boss around. \n\nIn a few months you'll get financial aid. Until then, rely on friends' couches and the kindness of strangers. Good luck!",
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"body": "Go back to school. The whole \"do what I want or you break my heart\" is only a guilt trigger, they will get over it and you need to live your life for YOU, not anyone else because you will not be happy. They are trying to control you and if you give in now, you are setting yourself up for this dynamic to continue.\n\nBack story: My grandparents on my fathers side were Jewish and very adamant about marrying within that faith. They ruined my aunts life, IMO. She was of the hippy generation, met a nice guy but he was black, with dreadlocks and my grandparents freaked and said they would write her out of their will if she married him. She was pregnant at the time and had an abortion and ended the relationship. This is her biggest regret in life. She has been financially dependent on them all her life (still is) and was too scared to break that tie.\n\nMy father joined the military and met my mother in Korea. Married her, had my sister and they told him (through mail) not to come back to the US with her and my sister, to come home alone and just marry a nice Jewish girl. He did not listen, and what do you know? They did not go through with their threats. Now they did treat my mother like crap for many years, but they accepted my sister and me, pretty much unconditionally. If my father had listened to them, he'd have a child and ex-wife living in Korea somewhere that he never helped to raise, and I admire his courage for standing up to his parents and calling their bluff.\n\nLook at both situations, you have one child that gave into parental pressure and guilt and she is miserable and has huge regrets. You have another child who did what he wanted, made his OWN life, and was independent of his parents. He does not have regrets (that I know of!) And he is a great father and now has 5 grandchildren while my aunt is still single and has never been married, had children, and is still financially dependent on my grandmother who is still alive.\n\nGood luck with your decision. Go back to school! ",
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"body": "Also if you want to go the gold-digger route, a Cal-graduated gold-digger is worth much much more than any uneducated gold-digger. Your father has no sense of marketing, competitive advantage, and packaging. He doesn't understand a good education is the ultimate gold-digging packaging. That's how you marry into high society. No wonder he failed in Asia with his dim business sense.\n\nIf you are uneducated, you are not any different from some hookers off the street. You don't have competitive advantage. You might be some wealth guy's mistress for couple years and then discarded. You can't compete with the endless stream of young beauties off the street. Wealthy people want to improve their gene and they want to marry a beautiful and intelligent wife. A good education gives you the credential.\n\nYou can use that argument to make your father to see the light since he's that kind of people.\n\n",
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"body": "Parents say and do things out of fear and love that we very much must disregard. Parents want you to be safe, but taking risks is the only way to have anything worthwhile. Please come back to Cali. :)",
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"body": "The choice is simple: you called America - college, your friends, your life - **home**. Your home is no longer with your parents, especially if they treat you this way. Go home, stay with a friend if need be, and take a semester off until you can get financial aid. It may break your father's heart, but it seems he has some growing up to do. You can't do it for him, and appeasing him will only make it worse.\n\nWhen you next talk to your parents, show them the benefits of earning your degree in a way that may get through to them: if you go back to live with them after college, you will *have* more contacts and more opportunities to meet rich business men. It sounds stupid and condescending, but if that's what they're looking for, then try it. And if they still don't listen... oh well. Just leave.",
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"body": "confront your parents, tell them to stop fucking forcing their failed unrealized dreams on to you.\n\nin this case, i guess your dad's dream was to marry a rich buisness men and enjoy the rest of life, seeing as how he failed at that, hes pushing that on you",
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"body": "You should \"break your parents heart\" to pursue education. Your father is causing his own grief. Don't let him make you feel ashamed of a decision to do what's best for yourself. That is emotional blackmail and you'll just hate yourself if you let it happen. ",
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"body": "When forced to choose between myself and others, I will almost always pick myself. Others will almost always come and go, but you're stuck with yourself forever.\n\nYou can use your father's failure as leverage, saying \"Your life is evidence that Asia isn't where the money is. I'd rather be disowned by you than spend the rest of my life being a failure like you.\"\n\nAlso, a degree (especially from Berkeley) will give you a lot more professional cred/opportunities all over the world than a romance-apprenticeship. What if the rich businessman suddenly loses his job or the company goes under? Then you'll just be stuck in a situation that will be harder to get out of because you won't have a degree.\n\nedit: If you make the decision to continue your education, you HAVE to make it big in order to show them that they were wrong. If you fail, they will probably give you the biggest \"I told you so\" lecture you've ever heard.",
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"body": "How can an outsider advise you? Your parents have created the isse, so i'd vote you do what you want.",
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"body": "You need to go to school. It's your life, not theirs. You obviously want to go, so do it. Live for you, not them. ",
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"body": "Depends on what you want to do. A BA/BS isn't necessary to do business, especially in Asia and when working for yourself, but it sure opens a lot of doors. For the most part, real lifetime earnings for people rises when they have an undergrad degree, compared just to finishing high school. This is especially true for women. That said, university **is** a significant financial burden. If you can't apply for financial aid and take the student loans upon yourself, your family is definitely paying out of the nose for it.\n\nA possible compromise: take a semester off. If your family won't pay, then apply for student loans on your time off and re-enroll the following semester. It really isn't a lot of time lost, you might get some interesting experience, and you can at least tell your family you gave it a shot.",
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"body": "In general, go with your studies.\n\nThat said,\n\n- What's your degree about?\n\n- Time to completion?\n\nAnyways, it's YOUR life, you are the adult, and are totally independent (beside that little $$ part).",
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"body": "Even if they're right, I think they are WAY out-of-line to basically kidnap you and emotionally blackmail you. Regardless of your eventual decision, my opinion is that you should leave as planned and tell them that you can discuss the situation later.\n\nI think you can work the financial stuff out. If you explain the situation to the UC Berkeley financial aid people, I'm sure they can do something for you. For example, I think they can postpone your tuition payments while you apply for financial aid.",
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"body": "Your parents seem to be using you as a method to further their own goals, rather than concerning themselves about you. I think you should go back to Cal, and once you have a degree and a stable job you can send them money or something to try to repair the relationship. ",
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"body": "Seriously, if anyone gets hurt in all this it's your family's fault, not yours. They are giving you an ultimatum. Plus, UCB is one of the best schools in the country. Even if the country is going down the shitter you can take that education to the bank in any country in the world.",
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"body": "Your father is putting his interests ahead of your own. You are an adult now and you need to choose what's best for you. Let me put it this way: if your parents died tomorrow, would you be happy that you stayed in Asia or disappointed that you didn't go back to Berkeley?",
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"body": "Don't fall prey to a ploy like this. Personally, I would go back to Berkeley. Get a job as a barista. And become financially independent at any costs. Then continue with your education. If they're holding money over you at this stage, they're going to keep trying to do the same thing throughout your entire life. If you go and become financially independent, then there's the possibility that they'll give in anyway, since they want their daughter to be successful and someone they can brag about. Ultimately, parents don't know best. I know this from the men my mother tried to set me up with. You have a much better perspective on what you think will be important years from now. And dating rich men for money and knowledge sounds barely better than prostituting yourself. UC Berkeley is a pain to get financial aid from and if that's your goal, start right away. But at the very least in Berkeley, you might like the people you hang out with (and they're probably better quality people than the rich men that just hang out with women who are interested in them for their money).\n\nShow some kahones. Get on the plane.",
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"body": "I'm appalled that I've been downvoted. Really, I can offer hateful thoughts towards her father as a third person. But really for loverlyzee, it touches too close to me because it's one of those \"we Chinese\" things (good lord). And I've felt similar feelings towards my own parents. And money as leverage has been something in my family's past, as well as pressure to go to business school. \n\nI mean, I went to Carnegie Mellon for a PhD and even though my department (Human-Computer stuff) is all \"rah-rah follow your dreams,\" taking a year off for a dying father is not an issue and never should be. And we cost upwards of half a million dollar or more. That's the SCHOOL paying us. I had to hear Randy Pausch's Last Lecture at least twice before it really was his last lecture (I was reluctant to sit through it again, because I thought it would be the same thing)\n\nI didn't read his Last Lecture book so I don't know what Randy Pausch would say. He had great parents, but he did take life and death seriously. Even though the \"success\" of the Last Lecture was unexpected, he still managed to put in one last achievement of packaging his ideas for the rest of us. His last moments were for his family. Randy Pausch didn't have to choose between success and family.\n\nI sympathize with loverlyzee, and I know she is young and maybe doesn't have the perspective or clarity or foresight to see the consequences. I don't fault her because hardly anyone could.\n\nWhat I find really upsetting and inhumane is that she has framed her choices as lose/win(maybe) when she doesn't have to. And it's all because of how she framed the situation. I believe her actual alternative actions are lose/lose. \n\nI am just shocked at the inhumanity and the materialism of this crowd. I am angry, not for the fact that a Cal degree is being treated like a commodity, but for the absurd paradox of perspective. As if she even NEEDS to submit herself to the university (which is completely impersonal). What is not disappointing is her treating the degree as a commodity. I think it's fine since she's not through, but she is also within the situation and can't see clearly. \n\nBut you eggers-on deserve a special place in Hell for compounding a tragedy that can be trivially solved (compared to the alternative). She can have her cake and eat it too. How could you be so thoughtless? Maybe you don't have any skin in the game and you treat it as show. That's the only excuse you get. \n\nI also sacrificed someone I loved for less than dreams. A fantasy maybe. Definitely worth more a silly BA degree. I crafted a moral \"out\" for my ego. I too made a rash decision, I gave no quarter, I didn't even give her a chance. And when I saw what misery I wrought on someone I wasn't sure I loved, I suffered. I'm fine now but I did learn in the process that some things are worse than death. It still hurts but at least I have the small comfort of knowing that at least no one died in the process. All I can hope is that no one suffered worse than I.\n\nAnyways, I've put everything here on the table. \n\nNever sacrifice ANYONE you love. The threshold for disposing of one's parents should be MUCH higher than what has been presented here. No one even asked to break her feet. \n\nMediating one's adult relationship with one's parents is part of growing up. Better sooner than later. If her life can be ruined so easily, her parents are not the problem.\n\nThese things burn. And running away doesn't make them any better. \n\n*Fiat Lux*",
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Hello reddit, what are your ideas on using third-party widgets on a website? Stuff like Disqus or Addthis? | I think it's perfectly fine on a personal site, but would you ever consider it on a client's site? It *could* save a lot of hassle. But then again, what if the third party site goes down? | 12 | [
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"body": "depends on the complexity of what it offers... If it is something that wouldn't take me very long to achieve I would consider doing it myself. If it is something that presents some difficult problems to conquer, I'd probably outsource it to a 3rd party...",
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"body": "We're about to roll out IntenseDebate comments on 1m+ page impressions per week site. It's more than capable of the job.",
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I flew to London to meet a girl I met on Omegle.
AMAA | I posted a [thread](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/amh1l/so_reddit_im_flying_to_london_to_meet_a_girl_from/) earlier asking for tips as to what to do while in London. Someone asked me to do an AMA.
I flied over this friday and came back a couple of hours ago. I'll answere some of the questions that seemed like reddit's biggest concern:
*Did she have a penis?*
No.
*Did she or her helpers kill you and sell your organs?*
No.
*Did you two ... ?*
Yes.
PS. By the way, huge thanks to BennyG02 for all the helpful tips and recommendations! Also thanks to devinedj for giving me his number incase I was stood up and wanted someone to hang with. People like you two are why I made the post and why I visit and use reddit. Thanks.
PSS. Ask me anything that will not reviel personal information about me or, particularly, her.
*EDIT: [crazy omegle conversation that led to it all](http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/aqpph/i_flew_to_london_to_meet_a_girl_i_met_on_omegle/c0ix2sy)
*EDIT2: Hello frontpage :D Another shoutout to BennyG02 and devinedj and to all the redditors that are resisting the urge to be insensitive jackasses, I'm proud of you <3 | 394 | [
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"body": "This site is retarded.\n\n>You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!\n\n>You: hi\n\n>Stranger: hey u a famale ?\n\n>You: no\n\n>You: whats a famale\n\n>You: is that like some kind of dish made from corn husks\n\n>Your conversational partner has disconnected.\n",
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"body": "How the hell do you meet someone on that website? Every conversation I've had ends after like a minute.",
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"body": "Thumbs up for you bro. I've met two good friends on Omegle. One of which inspired me to write 50k words during NaNoWriMo and the other I talk to on a nightly basis. In fact; we will be starting a band together called \"FoShoRoboBro\" and our first hit song is going to be \"Cause we roll like that\". Look for it on the shelves of your local grocery market. \n\nBut as for questions: How long did you two talk before you decided to meet up? How old are the two of you? Having fun in London so far? What's the nerdiest thing you two have done so far (besides decide to meet up in real life)? I MUST KNOW",
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"body": "thanks for posting, i thought about you every once in a while, hoping that u wernt in a bathtub somewhere with your kidneys AWOL",
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"body": "* Where do you live? (not to specific, obviously)\n* Long-term relationship, or one-time thing?\n* Have you had a long-distance relationship before? How did that end?\n* Had you been to London before? Would you go back? (pretty girl nonwithstanding)\n* [Rule 11](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rules%20of%20the%20internet)?",
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"body": "Do you feel guilty for your carbon footprint? You just expended a *hella lot o'* planetary resources for a shag.",
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"body": "You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!\n\nYou: hey hey hey!\n\nStranger: do u like 9 inch cock\n\nYou: no i like 10 inch cock\n\nYou: too bad for you\n\nStranger: no\n\nYou: can i surgically remove your testicles?\n\nYour conversational partner has disconnected.",
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"body": "You werent one of those douchebags that intentionally disconnects when you find out the other person on the end is not a female are you?",
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"body": "Did you go to London specifically and only to meet her? How much did the trip cost you? Was it worth it?",
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"body": "How long did you chat the first time you met on Omegle? And you then used a different messenger service or skype after that night?",
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"body": "Just want to say congrats :D\n\nI met my bf online myself, we've been dating for about 4 months. Mum met my stepdad online and they've been married for 5 years, and the distance was over 11,000 miles >___<",
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"body": "I just tried out Omegle. [The experience was pretty much exactly as I thought it would be.](http://imgur.com/diEMJ)",
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"body": "Omegle is great! I just had a conversation with some guy from Turkey about religion and the origins of the universe.",
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"body": "Does she know about the two AMAs you made?\n\nYou may have already answered this on the other AMA, but did you tell your friends about your trip? What did they say?",
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"body": "I just had an awesome 3-4 hour chat with a girl in D.C. who moved there from Australia a year ago. We enjoyed laughs about Kitten Mittens, Jeopardy, and Joaquin Phoenix's rap career. It ended with a connection imploded message and nothing exchanged except first names. Serendipitous, but :(",
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Sound familiar? I've been trying to remember the name and author of this book since high school. | A long time ago I picked this book up at the library. A year later I tried to find it again and possibly read more by the author but I couldn't remember the title or author's name and the library seemed to have gotten rid of it. Well, this is what it was about ...
A planet that was colonized by an extremist religious group. They believe that it is perverse and vulgar to speak about yourself and the words "I", "me", and even "we" produce reactions of shock. At birth everyone is assigned two others, and male and female, with which they can talk about themselves. Those two people do not talk about themselves to eachother, they each have one other they are assigned at birth.
After a few centuries there is structured civilization. The protagonist is a prince who flees the kingdom when his brother takes the throne to avoid conflict. He meets a guy who has a drug that allows you to feel everything and know the thoughts of your fellow drug-taker. The ultimate intimacy. He becomes awakened because of the drug and wants to share it with the society.
That's all I remember but there is another book that I think was by the same author about a future earth where scientists playing around with genetics produce new intelligent life forms. Specifically, flying fairy-like ones that fly at night by the moonlight and brutish ugly stupid ones. The protagonist travels all the time watching the skies, being employed to watch out for alien invasions that never come. He travels with a flier and a brutish type who is oddly articulate and fascinated with the world around him. He turns out to be an alien in the end.
So ... anyone know what book it was??
(I didn't read over this for grammar and spelling mistakes. I'm too lazy.)
Edit: I posted this on Abe's Book Sleuth Forum and got a response. It's [A Time of Changes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Time_of_Changes) by [Robert Silverberg](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg) and the second book is [Nightwings](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightwings). I'm kind of freaking out a little bit. I have seriously been trying to find this off and on for years. I have posted in forums and asked sci fi fans that I meet. Reddit is just fucking awesome. Thanks pippx! | 55 | [
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"body": "I have absolutely no idea what book this is, but I really hope someone knows because I want to read this!",
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"body": "I heard you should \"[hop over to Rec.Arts.SF.Written and post a description with YASID in the subject header.](http://www.reddit.com/r/scifi/comments/aih8m/reddit_any_time_you_have_a_scifi_or_fantasy_story/)\"",
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"body": "I have no idea what book you are describing, but I wish you the best of luck in finding it. Good hunting.",
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"body": "I have no idea what that book is, but the vibe reminds me a lot of Samuel Delaney. If you haven't read *Nova* start there.",
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"body": "That sounds oddly reminiscent of _The Giver_ by Lois Lowry, but not quite. So either your memory has made some details hazy / changed or else you're thinking of another book. But certainly the bit about drugs and someone teaching the protagonist about feelings strikes a chord there. \n\nActually looking at it a second time I'm almost certain the book you're talking about isn't _The Giver_, but it's the closest thing I can think of. ",
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Reddit - Is a laser printer worth it? | My Brother MFC-230c ink printer has caused me more rage than any piece of technology I've ever owned. I will never buy their products again. It is permanently paper-jammed, never to print again.
I need a new printer (preferably with scanner) and I'm wondering if it's worth it to splurge on the laser printer. They cost more but I'm wondering if Reddit thinks they are worth it.
Thoughts? Suggestions? Preferred brands? Optimal price range? | 16 | [
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"body": "A used HP B/W laser printer is something that everyone should have around to do the bulk of their home printing. They just work. And one toner cartridge will last you probably a lifetime. They're designed to be workhorses. \n\nFor color, I dunno. I too have given up on inkjets. I have photos professionally printed. Or I used the color printers at the school I used to work at. Though prints are becoming less and less relevant. Almost all photos get archived to CD/DVD and are viewed from there. I don't really have much need for color printing.\n\nAs for a scanner, don't bother with the crap scanners built into printers. Get a dedicated desktop scanner. \n\n",
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"body": "Laser. All. The. Fucking. Way.\n\nIt will cost you more upfront, but toner lasts a very long time and typically you will only need to replace the fuser every few years if you do lots of printing - and fusers are really easy to replace.",
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"body": "I bought a Brother HL2030 a few years ago. It's a basic black and white laser printer. It cost me about £50, I think.\n\nWorks perfectly on my network. I use it regularly but have not had to replace the toner yet - it's still at about 90% full. I mostly print text, to take into work and photocopy, or pages from books I need to copy later.\n\nI had a Panasonic one in the same price range for a year, whilst I was abroad, which worked fine mostly except the rollers on it went a bit squiffy after a while and would not pull paper through. No such problems with the Brother.\n\nIf I were looking for a new printer today, I would go with Brother again. Not least of all because their drivers are available in plain old basic form on their website, without all the cruft and lumber bundled in.",
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"body": "Laser printers have better print quality, last longer and the cost per page is generally much cheaper than it is with inkjet printers.",
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"body": "Get a laser, and get one with toner cartridges that last 3000+ pages. I have a brother hl-1435, and the original toner lasted me 5.5 years. I just bought a new cartridge for $20 more than a new laser printer costs, but with four times the capacity per toner cartridge.\n\nThat said, even a relatively low capacity laser printer (perhaps 1500 pages) is a huge step up from inkjet.\n\nEdit: I bought my printer for $150 and it came with a 3000 page cartridge. I have since bought a new $89 6000 page cartridge for it. A new samsung at my university bookstore costs $69, but only has 1500 pages per cartridge. I'm very happy with my brother printer, and would recommend spending a little extra for one where you can buy high-yield toner cartridges.",
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"body": "Yup. We love our HP LaserJet that we've had for 5+ years (I think we're on our third or fourth cartridge). Cost was $200--and about $70 per cartridge.",
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"body": "It has goddamn lasers that burn toner into paper, at your whim. It's like the death star, only on your desk, and it will probably break just as easily. ",
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"body": "My Dad had a HP LaserJet 4 that he had since the early 90s, and just got rid of it within the last couple of weeks. It didn't stop working or anything, he just wanted to replace it. They're pretty solid machines",
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"body": "You bet! I got an HP-5 and that thing is a workhorse! I use it all the time, have had it for years, and still have never changed the toner.\n\nBest idea ever!",
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"body": "YES\r\n\r\nI don't know why inkjets are still making money. Laser printers are very competitive in price in the longterm, more reliable, higher quality printing, and honestly just.... better.\r\n\r\nYou can change your life for the better. Just go for it.",
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"body": "I have a Brother 5370DW which works well and it has duplex and wireless, so it saves paper and can be put anywhere. I have been very happy with it. I work at an HP shop but the entry cost for one with networking and duplex was a lot higher, so I went with Brother. I don't know about compatibility like the one poster mentioned having problems with because I use Windows Home Server as a print server so it does all the driver work for all the devices in our house.",
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Males of Reddit, I have a habit of stick my hand down my pants and fiddling when I'm watching TV, reading, lying in bed etc. Do any of you do this too? | I have a girlfriend, I have a wonderful sex life but I have this habit of just sticking my hands down my pants and playing with my winky. It doesn't arouse me necessarily, but I do it anyway. Anyone else have this habit? | 127 | [
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"body": "I have some primal urge to stick my hands down my pants whenever I wear pants with an elastic waist.",
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"body": "My brother does this *all* the time, no matter who's in the room. It's not like he's under 10 and has an excuse, he's 23 and it's just gross. If I put my hand up my skirt and started fiddling with my flaps would it be very acceptable? I don't think so. ",
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"body": "As I understand it, *any* touch down there at all releases serotonin. So we have our own highly accessible pleasure area that just keeps us feeling in a good, chill mood at all times. Why the hell **wouldn't** we fool around with it?",
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"body": "Personally I prefer to just sing, as a fiddle stretches my pants. You also run the risk of scratching or breaking it in the process if you're wearing jeans.\n\nedit: You could also just masturbate. Your hand is already down there, and noise isn't an issue as you were planning on playing an instrument anyways.",
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"body": "I used to just put my hand in my pants, not necessarily playing with myself. My girlfriend jokes that that is where my sleep button is because it's not uncommon for her to find me on the couch with my hand in my pants sleeping after work.",
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"body": "I just had an argument about this with my boyfriend, but the roles were reversed, I was in the kitchen and i ALWAYS rest my hand like Al bundy did, in the waist line of my pants. For some unknown reason this is not acceptable for a girl, but its all good with the boys, Its not like I'm fucking myself, its just comfortable. I have now learned that this makes my boyfriend very uncomfortable, but its okay for him because he is a man.....how does that work?!?!",
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"body": "Yay for all the girls saying they do it too! Personally, I usually end up fidgetting with my tits more than other areas when I'm alone. ",
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"body": "I just realized the other day that I do this. I had my right hand down my pants, I was fiddling, and I was sitting on top of my left hand to keep it warm while I watched TV (houses in Guadalajara have no central heating).\n\nThe phone rang, and for about two seconds, I stared at it, thinking, \"*Shit*. I can't answer it. My hands are completely occupied.\"\n\nThen it dawned on me that the right hand was down my pants playing pattywhack with my dick and balls. It also dawned on me that I could not remember how long my hand had been down there.\n\nIt definitely made an impression on my mind.",
"score": 6
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"body": "Feels good bro. Same reason dogs can be layin there and suddenly lick themselves for a good half hour. Aint cause they felt dirty, they're just bored.",
"score": 5
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"body": "It's called \"Compulsive Masturbation Disorder\" and was featured humourously in the TV series \"Sons of Anarchy\".",
"score": 4
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"body": "My sister in law's husband does this. They came over to visit for a week and while we were putting the kids to bed he and my hubby would watch TV. I came out and the guy has his pants undone and you can see his man panties:( Very yucky, please do not do this when you are around people who are not sharing your bed.",
"score": 4
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"body": "I tend to do this often. \n\nI don't know why, sort of comforting knowing my lads are there.\n\nI have to theorize that I like it because it is warm there.",
"score": 4
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"body": "I fiddle with my lady bits all the time. It often starts very innocently, just sort of sticking my hands down my waist band of my jeans, but then my hand is down the waist of my panties, and before I know it I'm just casually stroking my naughty parts.",
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Toronto Redditors: Who is this little robot/alien guy I keep seeing on the street all over downtown? | What is his mission? What does he symbolize? Why is he stalking me?
[Bay and Queen](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e1V-qmg6R9M/S1NZGiSxIuI/AAAAAAAAACk/HA09vZdS_0U/s720/Bay%26Queen.JPG)
[Church and Maitland](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e1V-qmg6R9M/S1NZHHGz5bI/AAAAAAAAACo/mb8CI-i_wrk/s512/Church%26Maitland.JPG)
[Church and Wellesley](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e1V-qmg6R9M/S1NZH-b7OjI/AAAAAAAAACs/JHJ3dWcBI08/s720/Church%26Wellesley.JPG)
[College and McCaul](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e1V-qmg6R9M/S1NZIr0PtwI/AAAAAAAAACw/TM9WmQEwlDE/s720/College%26McCaul.JPG)
[College Street, between University & McCaul](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e1V-qmg6R9M/S1NZJJQjnfI/AAAAAAAAAC0/ekmrZuqYtKg/s720/CollegeBWUniversity%26McCaul.JPG)
[NW corner of Dundas & McCaul](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e1V-qmg6R9M/S1NZ3-kEFXI/AAAAAAAAADA/Q00lFP1U6Gc/s720/NWDundas%26McCaul.JPG)
[SW corner of Dundas & McCaul](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e1V-qmg6R9M/S1NZ5aTeg4I/AAAAAAAAADE/upMVXOrGHeY/s720/SWDundas%26McCaul.JPG) | 28 | [
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"body": "I don't see a little robot in any of these pictures. They are just photos of pavement.\n\nAre you sure there's something there?",
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"body": "I've seen these in Chicago as well.\n\nThey seem to be made from tar paper/linoleum/whatever in much the same way as the famous [Toynbee Tiles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toynbee_tiles).\nThey're ground into the pavement and made permanent by heat from the sun and the pressure of cars running them over.",
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What do you look like? Post your pic! | Ah yes, it is time again for the bi-weekly or monthly thread where we all gather around the campfire and share ourselves visually to each other, in other words it's time to post your pic!
Previous threads:
* [Hey reddit, what do you look like right now?!](http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ak3rd/hey_reddit_what_do_you_look_like_right_now/)
* [What do you look like? Please post your [Pic/Pics]!](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/a6b9g/what_do_you_look_like_please_post_your_picpics/)
* [What do you look like?](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/aele8/what_do_you_look_like/)
* [What do you look like? Post your picture here.](http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/9agb8/what_do_you_look_like_post_your_picture_here/)
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"body": "[Here's me](http://i.imgur.com/lX8Uw.jpg), kind of a not very bright place to sit, but the view was good.",
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"body": "http://imgur.com/aSyWm.jpg\n\nhttp://imgur.com/ptgJP\n\nI'm the guy in both pictures, if that wasn't obvious enough already.\n\nOh, and here's one of me at work.\n\nhttp://imgur.com/j9pJe.jpg\n",
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"body": "Ok, here we go:\n\nHere are some photos of when I went to Philmont as a Boy Scout (eagle scout now):\n\nhttp://imgur.com/YhKgG.jpg <- cave like cut-in at a place called window rock\n\nhttp://imgur.com/LhL9O.jpg <- A mine we visited called Cypher's Mine\n\nhttp://imgur.com/I0Lh9.jpg <- Some of us in the mine\n\nhttp://imgur.com/oKGYI.jpg <- our crew on top of Mt. Phillips\n\nUse this when there are more photos, courtesy of drowsap:\n\n javascript: var x= $(\".content\").find(\"a\").each(function(){var href=$(this).attr(\"href\");if((!$(this).hasClass(\"drowsapMorphed\")) && ($(this).next(\".drowsapMorphed\").length==0) && href && (href.indexOf('imgur')>=0 || href.indexOf('jpeg')>=0 || href.indexOf('jpg')>=0 || href.indexOf('png')>=0)){var ext =(href.indexOf('imgur')>=0 && href.indexOf('jpg')<0 && href.indexOf('png')<0) ? '.jpg' :''; var img = $(\"<a class='drowsapMorphed' href='\"+href+\"' target='blank' style='display:block'><img style='display:block;max-width:780px;' src='\"+href+ ext+\"' /></a>\");$(this).after(img);}});\n\n",
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"body": "Right fine ok. I've done this one before but now I'm going to go all out and say YES, THIS IS ME LOOKING MY BEST. Ladies, Gents, a whole bunch of pics of [me](http://tiny.cc/7nYVL)",
"score": 6
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"body": "Raptor Jew!\n\nhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/MadHatterTheLilly/Photo17-1.jpg\n\nMojave desert\nhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/MadHatterTheLilly/yes/DSCF0879-2.jpg\n\nMy kitty, for the heck of it. Meow meow!\n\nhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v702/MadHatterTheLilly/Photo12.jpg\n\n",
"score": 6
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"body": "[our new savannah kitten using me as an exploratory vehicle](http://imgur.com/BFPGB)\n\n[wine, wife, and blatant pandering](http://imgur.com/vGmca)",
"score": 5
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"body": "[on new year's day.](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cSZ3AuRt7kE/S0DXIPI3QeI/AAAAAAAAArk/C1zuxY0BsRk/s1600-h/IMG_1334.jpg) i am not the male.",
"score": 4
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"body": "[With my dad](http://imgur.com/36IcS.jpg)\n\n[At computer](http://imgur.com/fT0JZ.jpg)\n\n[At Pizza Hut](http://imgur.com/mxtzC.jpg)\n\n[On student film poster, left side](http://imgur.com/8GgUj.jpg)\n",
"score": 3
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"body": "Ok here's 3 of me:\n\nHere's one in a [skate park](http://imgur.com/bv5yF.jpg)\n\nHere's one with a giant [bear](http://imgur.com/axzBy.jpg) (I'm the one laying down)\n\nHere's one of me toking up on top of a glacier up around 8900 [feet](http://imgur.com/VeqSh.jpg).",
"score": 3
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Does EROEI explain the Chinese economic "miracle?" | Assume this chart is at least in the ballpark: http://www.esf.edu/EFB/hall/images/Slide1.jpg
I have some doubts about that chart such as whether nuclear is really that low. It seems to me that you'd have to break down nuclear by technology and fuel cycle, since there are many ways of doing it.
But it does seem obvious that coal is the clear EROEI winner, even over natural gas and probably over nuclear.
We have followed a policy of placing brakes on the use of coal for the past 30 years or so, and have outfitted our coal plants with scrubbers and other technologies to make them cleaner but consume energy and reduce their net EROEI. Most of our power growth has been natural gas, nuclear, and renewables. All of those have lower EROEI than coal.
The Chinese on the other hand have been digging up whatever filthy coal they can get and tossing it into furnaces under boilers. Simple and dirty, but perhaps far higher EROEI than our fuel mix.
So what I wonder is... does this higher EROEI explain their astronomical growth rates? Could this be *the only explanation*?
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"body": "It's trash. It's not even internally consistent: if you go to the reference mentioned,\n\n\"PROVISIONAL RESULTS FROM EROI ASSESSMENTS\" \nhttp://www.theoildrum.com/node/3810\n\n...their source (in the table) gives an EROEI range for nuclear of 2-50, whereas they graph it with an upper range of only 15. I *can't* imagine how that happened.\n\nThe [WNA's compendium](http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf11.html) gives ranges of ~10-25 for nuclear with gas-diffusion enrichment, and ~40-60 for centrifuge enrichment. The latter is more relevant, as gas diffusion is almost obsolete. [(statistics)](http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf28.html) US enrichment is now exclusively centrifuges. France has a holdout of a giant 70's-era diffusion plant at Tricastin, so it would be fair to use the 10-25 figure for French nuclear, for now (with the caveat that it is completely nuclear-powered enrichment, so the CO2 emissions are zero). However it is being [completely replaced](http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-Initial_GB_II_cascade_undergoing_tests-1012094.html) with centrifuges over the next 6 years.\n",
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"body": "I'm having a hard time making sense of the methodology used on this slide: for example, they give a definition of EROI as energy returned on *energy* invested, but then say in the balloon underneath it that EROI for oil for the US plummeted during the oil crises in the 70s. \n\nNow, I think it's a pretty good assumption that the cost of a barrel of oil establishes an upper bound on the energy investment it represents, but I seriously doubt that the EROEI of oil decreased sharply during the oil crises and then suddenly increased in the 80s. So they seem to be conflating economics with what they defined as a purely thermodynamic measurement. \n\nAnd like you said, I also doubt that EROEI is that bad for nuclear power as well.",
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How often does the average person think about killing themself? | Just curious.
EDIT: thanks to people who offered to help/ seemed concerned - but I really am not going to kill myself, I just think about it a lot in a vague sort of way and wondered if it was normal. | 4 | [
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"body": "Depends... do you mean like actually consider doing it, or do you mean thoughts like, \"you know, if i jerk the steering wheel really hard to the left right now, this would all be over\"?",
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"body": "I do daily (never seriously considered it though). You can make up your mind as to how normal that is. ",
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Dear Movies Reddit: What movie did you not like the first time around but upon later watchings began to enjoy it? | For me, I'd say that it's gotta be Kung Pow: Enter the Fist.
The first time I watched it and spent most of the movie just going "W... T... F...". I didn't enjoy it at all. But later on, I watched it with a group of friends and I actually enjoyed it. Then it came on one day and I laughed my ass off watching it. | 6 | [
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"body": "Synecdoche, New York. First I was like, 'WTF was that shit', then I watched again and paid attention....I fucking love it with a passion now. Same thing with Mulholland Drive.",
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"body": "The Big Lebowski. I hated it the first time I saw it. Second time I saw it I said \"I hated this?\" It's been re-watched quite a few times since.",
"score": 6
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"body": "The Life Aquatic. Only reverse, and then back again. For clarity, it went.\n\nLoved it, Didn't like it, Hated it, now I like it again.",
"score": 3
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"body": "Inglorious Basterds.\n\nWhen watching it the first time I was highly disappointed because in my mind I had built up a \"Dirty Dozen\" sort of a film. When that didn't materialize I was angered at the film for not being what I'd expected.\n\nUpon watching it a second time I realized what it really was and was able to appreciate it for that. \n\nAfter several viewings I see that it is one of the best films that I have seen in quite some time.",
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"body": "12 Monkeys. I guess I was expecting standard time-travel sci-fi stuff. Now I appreciate Terry Gilliam's work and love his crazy/dark/crazy/funny.",
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I am an American working as an au pair (nanny) in a foreign country. Asketh of me anything. | I am a 22 year old girl. I graduated college last summer and had a big party where I raked in about $1,500. One morning at 3am while contemplating what to do with the most money I've ever had, I got the idea to be an au pair in another country. I did a little googling, and by the time I went to sleep I had created a profile on aupair-world.net and applied to 50 families. I chose English-speaking countries because I only know a little French, not enough to take care of a kid while speaking it.
A month later, I landed at the Amsterdam airport. That was on Sept. 30th, so I've been here three and a half months. The kid I'm caring for is a nine year old boy. It's a pretty sweet gig; the parents are cool and let me smoke weed outside in the garden. I only smoke when the kids are at school or long after they've gone to bed, but lately just during the day because it's too cold at night. I'm paid 350 euros a month.
I would definitely recommend it to anyone (girl or guy) who is in the position where they can leave the country for a year.
So if anyone is interested, ask me some questions and I will answer them.
Edit: It's a little after midnight here, and I need to get to bed. But please keep asking questions, and I'll answer them tomorrow morning (after my chores are done, of course!).
**EDIT:** Update: Apparently I was right about the parents fucking a lot. Because my host mom is pregnant! It was a complete surprise, she only found out this weekend. I'll probably leave before the baby comes in October, because that will be a year for me. They will probably get a new au pair for when the baby comes. Mom told the kid that when he's 10, he won't need an au pair anymore, so I'm going to try and teach him more responsibility while I'm here. He's so excited, he came home from school with a list of things we need for the baby. It's awesome, but I'm glad I'll be gone by then. I didn't sign up for that (baby) shit. | 37 | [
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"body": "Did you have babysitting or other kid-related experience beforehand? Also, how much English do the parents/the kid know? Did they specifically want you as a native English speaker?\n\nEdit: Are you considered part of the family? And do you eat with them and stay with them for free (aside from your 350 Euros)?",
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"body": "I'm a 19 year old girl from England who headed out to America for a year as an Au Pair (i returned just before Christmas). \n\nSo does the family speak english then? Have you been learning Dutch? Also, how did you find your host family? Last one, are you actually treated as part of the family because the first family I was with I ended up leaving after just 2 months because they were basically just shit and didnt want me there! ",
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"body": "350 euros a month? You're getting ripped off.\n\nUnder 30, working holiday visa, working in a pub, you're going to make 300 euros a week.\n\nIn Amsterdam minimum wage is 276,10 euros a week for a 22 year old.\n\nhttp://www.minimumloon.nl/\n\nEDIT: Man, I just looked into it. Au Pairs are paid shit. Nannies in London get paid around £300-400 a week (plus all the national insurance paid for), but au pairs get paid shit.",
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"body": "What exactly do you have to do? My girlfriend was planning on doing this, but someone told her that she would basically have to be a housemaid, and she changed her mind. Is it really like that?",
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"body": "1. How do you think this will affect your next career?\n2. Were you always a neat person?\n3. What do you do when you're not doing chores? (My colleague's au-pair took English lessons).\n4. How did you make money off of a party? I always come out negative.\n5. Any places you recommend visiting in Amsterdam?\n\n(BTW, I'm enjoying the answers, upvotes for you!)",
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"body": "There's a large expat forum board, Expatia, and it has a lot of expats/foreign workers complaining about dutch folk as being rude, socially inept and generally very stressed. Is this your experience aswell?",
"score": 3
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What would be the effect of 'nested' currencies? | Thanks very much everyone for your answers to my [last post](http://www.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/apqki/what_would_be_the_effect_of_a_single_global/). Now I'd like to hear about the inverse case.
I have heard about experiments by municipalities to stimulate the local economy by issuing local currencies. So let's say that, starting tomorrow, every state in the United States issued its own currency. This currency would be (at least by law) valid only in the issuing state. There would still be a U.S. dollar which is valid everywhere.
Would the ability of each state to set monetary policy be a useful tool for local economic development, or would the added complexity and transaction costs nullify any gains? | 17 | [
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"body": "You might want to read up on the Euro, since it's sort've what you are suggesting in reverse:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro#Optimal_currency_area\n\nAlso, state-based currencies might still be too large an area. Monetary policy that is set from the center tends to be designed to benefit the center; in other words, you'd probably see state monetary policy set to benefit the priorities of the state over that of the municipalities. Inner-state economies and geographies can be quite diverse.\n\nYou might want to read about the Argentine Economic Crisis too:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_economic_crisis_(1999–2002)",
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"body": "interesting idea, but this would end up just being a tool for state governments to continue to run inefficiently, i think. complexity is the enemy of truth, where the economy is concerned. ",
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"body": "United States Constitution\nArticle 1, Section. 10. No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation; grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal; **coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts**; pass any Bill of Attainder, ex post facto Law, or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts, or grant any Title of Nobility.",
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What does mathematical syntax mean?
| I asked this on /math/ but they ignored me.. it's really bugging/interesting to me, so here goes..
Most of it is compositional (like you have an interpretation function [[_]] then [[x + y]] = [[x]] [[+]] [[y]]) but some things aren't: like random variables and differentials. Another oddity is scope, it's a bit more involved than lambda-bindings (you often see identification of y and y(x) for example). I'm sure there's lots more too but none come to mind just now.. So I'd like to hear about any more examples of this? and if there's any good writeups about it?
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"body": "I don't understand your question (possibly since I don't know anything about syntax). The best answer I can give is that written math is a collection of [notations](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical_notation) that seem to work pretty well.\n\nYou might not be able to find wide-scope syntactic rules simply because that's not really how mathematicians develop notations. They come up with a specific notation to refer to a specific concept, and if it works well then it catches on.\n\nOther articles that might/could help:\n\n[History of mathematical notation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_mathematical_notation)\n\n[Formal systems](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_system)\n\nTry asking /r/linguistics?",
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Legend of the Seeker - Anyone watching? | I found this show a few weeks ago while channel surfing. I had never heard of it before and only stopped to watch because the women where very hot. Now I'm hooked. I find the ongoing story to be entertaining, the production values to be good and the women, like I said earlier, are really nice to look at. The thing is I've never heard anyone else mention the show let alone indicate they like it. I'd like to hear from other what they think of the show.
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"body": "I've read the books and enjoyed them, but the TV adaptation is a LOOSE adaptation at best. Some of the characters are the same, but completely out of context and turned into cheesy caricatures of themselves. It's painful to watch. And the intricate plots and sub-plots of the books have been totally chopped up and destroyed. When I realized what a mess Raimi had made of the source material, I felt sick. I can't believe Terry Goodkind allowed such a travesty. It must have been like watching your own children get molested for money.",
"score": 23
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"body": "It's a fun show. Not all entertainment needs to be thought provoking. And there's enough form fitted leather and cleavage to get you through several episodes.",
"score": 23
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"body": "Bridget Regan is the hottest woman on television. The show is enjoyably stupid and very watchable. Bruce Spence rocks.",
"score": 18
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"body": "I came into the show with zero expectations, and looking for something along the lines of Hercules and Xena -- so, basically, I got exactly what I was looking for. I really love the show ... it's cheesy, predictable, and melodramatic. The writing couldn't be worse, and the anachronisms are ridiculous ... but I can't help it. It is awesome. Bridgett Regan is fantastic, and so is Tabrett (I forget her last name), the girl who plays Kara.\n\nIt's a great departure/break from thought-provoking shows like Fringe and Lost for me. Sometimes, I DON'T want to think too hard, and Legend of the Seeker delivers that for me.",
"score": 11
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"body": "Sucks about as much as the books. Terry Goodkind has got to be one of the worst fantasy writers around. He's one of the only authors I've seen that can fill 500 pages of a 1000 page novel with verbatim recaps from previous novels. Then fill 250 of the remaining 500 with \"flash back\" sequences. \n\nDidn't get past about book 3 (only due to insistence from one of his fans that 'they get better'). I kept wanting to scream at the book \"I just read that two chapters ago, moron!\"",
"score": 11
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"body": "I thought it would be my cheesy sword and sorcery fix (grew up on Xena & Hercules) but I could never get into it. It's just too bland and predictable, although I have to admit I watch it occasionally for the eye candy too (the guy for me).",
"score": 4
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"body": "Not bothering. If I'd wanted a show like that I'd watch Hercules or Xena. Legend of the Seeker is one of the most awful book-to-show adaptations I've seen in a while. For better fantasy entertainment watch the new Merlin series. Holds to no particular pattern of previous Merlin myth and frankly they'd have been better off not calling the characters after Arthurian ones. Still much better than Legend of the Seeker.",
"score": 4
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"body": "I read and loved Goodkind’s Sword of Truth books. Raimi’s Legend of the Seeker is garbage. \r\nThe only hope SOT fans have is for this show to bomb and Raimi’s rights to expire. \r\nThen someone who wants to present the original material rather than exploit it for brain dead cheese can take a shot.\r\nUntil then watch anything else. Also, Goodkind may be going to the bank but he isn’t laughing. He is no longer associated with the show at all. \r\nHe has been critical of it and has disagreed with the producers on panel discussions at Cons.\r\n",
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"body": "Last night I was thinking, if you hook up with Kahlan you lose your soul, but it's probably worth it. \n\nAlso, \"The Sword of Truth\" is a way more badass name for a show than \"Legend of the Seeker\". At first I thought this was a show about a game of Quidditch.\n\nAnd finally, how much better would LotR been if Gandalf had been played by Mad Max's gyrocopter pilot?",
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"body": "I watch every episode as they are released, I enjoy it most of the time but I'm often cringing because I know the books and there are concepts there that would be very intriguing in the show and they just dumb them down.\n\nThe fact that Richard (the main charactor) is actually a Rahl is not dealt with properly, because they don't want to have him stop fighting D'Haran soldiers. So instead of claiming his throne and turning the D'Harans into a force for good they have him decide that it is a much better idea to keep fighting them every step of the way while he continues on his quest.\n\nA note about the author, I've read quite a few books, my favourite series is the late Robert Jordans Wheel of Time series. Terry Goodkind is nowhere near that calibre and the Sword of Truth series went downhill pretty quickly after I think book four. It was almost as if Goodkind was writing about himself and just making himself really awesome. And the charactors would just get into the same damn traps and the stories were rehashed. Like Kahlan being kidnapped like 7 different times and raped pretty much every time. (Yeah, really).\n\nIn those ways I'm glad that Legend of the Seeker is not TOO faithful an adaption, but the first three books weren't too bad and I think some of the concepts need to be more faithfully adapted, such as why Cara and the other Mord-Sith end up so loyal to Richard. In the series its just mainly because Richard extends trust to Cara and saves her life etc, in the books it is much more, and a closer bond.",
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Looking for a free MMORPG | I am going on 1 Year WoW Free, and I am now feeling the urge to start playing again, and I am trying to resist it, but I would like something to try to fill my time with, so can reddit suggest to me some free mmorpgs that are fun to play.
*Note*
I am not a graphics whore, but I would like to have something that is visually appealing.
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Thanks for all of the Suggestions, I have gone and downloaded Runes of Magic and I will be giving that one a shot. | 19 | [
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"body": "[Ultima Online](http://uosecondage.com)\n\nIt's about 11 years old, and the graphics suck, but the gameplay is unrivaled by modern mmos. Complete sandbox world with full loot pvp, player housing, and a functioning player-run economy.\n\nThe game is still run by EA, but they've butchered it into a horrible attempt at a diablo clone. (and you have to pay)\n\nThe classic 'era' of the game is being emulated on free shards such as the one I linked to, free to play and free client download. It's got a steep learning curve, but well worth it once you've figured the game out. ",
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"body": "[atlantica online](http://atlantica.ndoorsgames.com/center/default.asp) is the best free MMORPG i have seen to date... graphically wise, it competes against every major-brand game out there, and the story is pretty compelling too. Fights are turnbased (Final Fantasy style), which I personally like...\n\n\nso give it a try, you just might like it (it is a grindfest however)",
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"body": "Dungeons and Dragons Online will finally be doing away with their silly leveling sigils in a couple weeks. This means no level cap on F2P accounts. Allods Online is still in beta but it's quite slick and professional looking.",
"score": 8
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"body": "Eve Online can be free if you devote enough time and effort to it, as you can buy gametime from other players with in-game currency.",
"score": 8
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"body": "Guild Wars, just gotta buy the CD's first. Also available on steam. \n\nGuild Wars 2 is also coming out some day.",
"score": 7
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"body": "[ACE Online](http://ace.subagames.com/) - An awesome flying game\n\n[Fly For Fun](http://flyff.gpotato.com/) - Solid MMO where in later levels you can grab a mount or broom, etc and fly about.\n\n[Granado Espada](http://ge.iahgames.com/site/default.aspx) - Amazing MMO that distinguishes itself by allowing one player to control three characters all at once.\n\n[Maple Story](http://maplestory.nexon.net/Intro/) - If you don't know this game by now...shame on you...\n\n",
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"body": ">I would like something to try to fill my time with\n\n>I would like to have something that is visually appealing.\n\nTake up painting, or photography, or i dunno, anything else. Yes I know mmorpgs are fun at the time, I admit I played wow for a while, but trust me. You will be so much happier if you just do.... something else.",
"score": 5
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"body": "Guild Wars. You can get the programs for very cheap off of Amazon, and they are completely free to play. You can buy extra character slots or extra storage slots, but that's it. Everyone is even.\n\nI do not recommend Runes of Magic because they nickel-and-dime players for items rather than offer a subscription-based model...nevertheless, you will see people running around on mounts and want one very badly, and wind up paying for one. The people who do best in that game are the ones that buy into their equipment, not earn it through gameplay.",
"score": 3
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"body": "The base game of Anarchy Online is free. It's old as hell at this point, and the engine and interface have not aged gracefully at all. The combat can be like pulling teeth early on, but it can't be beat in terms of depth of character customization.",
"score": 3
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"body": "Guild Wars is unique in that it's an MMO where there are no recurring subscription fees. (The game itself does cost money, though. You can pay $20 for Guild Wars and $30 each for the standalone expansions, or just pay $50 for the Guild Wars Trilogy, which includes all three standalone games.) I like it because it's not a massive time-sink. The level cap is pretty low (20) and it's relatively easy to get close enough to max to be competitive on PvP. (You can also make PvP-only characters that start at level 20.) Guild Wars is a game where your performance is based more on your skill as a player than the attributes of your character (and how much time you invested), it has a lot of teamwork involvement as well that goes beyond \"you tank, you heal him.\" Guild Wars is to MMO what Team Fortress is to FPS.",
"score": 3
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"body": "best free mmos:\r\n\r\nAllods Online (when it comes out of closed beta)\r\n\r\nRunes of Magic (decent wow clone w/dualclassing)\r\n\r\nSoul of the Ultimate Nation (fast leveling, decent gfx and sound)\r\n\r\nDungeons and Dragons Online (excellent f2p model, combat-style gameplay)\r\n\r\nRequiem: Bloodymare (a little grindy, but nice artstyle and gore)\r\n\r\nACE Online (imagine mmo starfox)\r\n",
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pulseaudio's error messages | Can you really trust software that bitches like this?
[E: module-udev-detect.c: You apparently ran out of inotify watches, probably because Tracker/Beagle took them all away. I wished people would do their homework first and fix inotify before using it for watching whole directory trees which is something the current inotify is certainly not useful for. Please make sure to drop the Tracker/Beagle guys a line complaining about their broken use of inotify.](http://i.imgur.com/RVTNn.png)
Obviously the tone is ridiculous, but even worse is the fact that I don't even use tracker/beagle. I happen to use other software that consumes inotify watches, and this guy's trying to pin his software's inability to handle this scenario on another software project. Nasty.
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"body": "this guy has a lotta nerve complaining about tracker/beagle, when pulseaudio is well known for being a sack of shit.",
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"body": "What is this other software that is consuming all your inotify watches?\nJust because it's not tracker/beagle doesn't mean that whatever it is isn't still behaving badly and at fault.\n\nhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513571\n\nThat said, it looks like he just took a guess about it anyway. Pulseaudio seems completely ridiculous and unnecessary to me on a regular home box. Ubuntu's frantic attempt to battle windows vista's per-app volume control really led them to adopt pulseaudio way too early. I think it's a cool technology, but it shouldn't be included by default anywhere, in my humble and barely-informed opinion.\n\nBy the way, you should allegedly just be able to increase the number in \n\n /proc/sys/fs/inotify/max_user_watches",
"score": 14
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"body": "Have you seen some of the error messages of the linux kernel? It still works. Programmers are assholes, and the lead developer on PulseAudio is certainly no exception.",
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DSLR sel[f] photos part 2! | Since you all were so nice, I got a little more brave, and took some more. Not as creative this time, though.
Hope you enjoy. If these go over well, I have one more... a little bonus, if you will. :)
http://imgur.com/u2qfo.jpg
http://imgur.com/NpcSr.jpg
http://imgur.com/bDLrJ.jpg
http://imgur.com/IHFIp.jpg
http://imgur.com/x7v9n.jpg
http://imgur.com/gsCUM.jpg
http://imgur.com/Kk31p.jpg
http://imgur.com/DRW4B.jpg
http://imgur.com/ZJGQA.jpg
EDIT: To all the photography critics - Yes, the photos have noise. Yes some are blurry. That happens when I can't stand behind the camera myself and see what it looks like before I push the button (A solid color wall doesn't do much for focus, either). If that's what you choose to comment on, go over to ITAP, and let the people who would rather enjoy the content as opposed to the technical aspects enjoy the photos.
EDIT 2: And thanks to the people with nice comments. I'll take criticism, too, just not on the pictures' technical merit :) I appreciate the positive feedback! | 279 | [
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"body": "As nobody else here has mentioned it, I would like to take the chance say that your breasts are as close as perfect as I've ever seen. I'm not sure if you are aware of this or not, but I thought you should know that. :)",
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"body": "These are great! you really have a smoking body there! And you did your homework on how to arch your back perfectly!",
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"body": "I want to fuck you senseless. I mean that in the most gentlemanly way possible. That is all, have a nice day.",
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"body": "Your are extremely beautiful. Love these photos, thanks for sharing!\n\nBonus for shooting Nikon DSLR. :) smart and hot is soooooo sexy. :)",
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[TOMT] Seventies song, has word smile, very vague I know. Van Morrison sounding? (Song) | In the early nineties, there was best of the seventies collection that had a song that had a song that I think really focused on the word smile, and that I think was sung by Van Morrison or someone who sounded like Van Morrison or, whose music sounded like Van Morrison's music. It was an upbeat tune. I know this is vague as hell, but I was a serious drunk back then. Every couple of years I remember how much I loved that song. I have zero musical ability and can't in any way replicate it. I have Googled for Seventies compilations (hundreds of them; no luck) and Van Morrison albums (though it really may not be him) and haven't found anything. Searched Amazon. It really has bugged me, going on almost two decades. Any help?
Edit:Nothing yet. Thanks for trying, those who replied. | 3 | [
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"body": "[Smiling Phases](http://www.last.fm/music/Blood%252C%2BSweat%2B%2526%2BTears/_/Smiling+Phases?autostart), a Traffic cover by Blood Sweat And Tears, has prominent horns and keyboard like Van Morrison and the singer is growly in a similar sort of way.",
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How this spam filter working? | How this spam filter working on reddit? Is it manually done by? Why it always just fucked up? Really i am tired of this. Any suggestions? | 7 | [
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"body": "First, submit something.\n\nThen, check the new section of the subreddit you submitted it to.\n\nIf it is there - are you sure? Make sure you are on the new page, not your user page.\n\nIf it is not there - look through the list of the moderators for that subreddit and find the one who made the most recent post/submission.\n\nMessage that person with a link to your submission, saying it was unbanned.\n\nThey will unban it and it will enter the /new page at the point in time it would be at now if it had not been banned in the first place.\n\nWhilst all this was happening, someone else submitted your link and got all the karma.\n\nYou cry yourself to sleep.",
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Hey Proggit, does anyone have any recommendations for grad schools where I can get a masters in CS online? | I'm looking for a place to start a masters in CS and have found some online but I thought maybe some of you would have some suggestions.
EDIT: I suppose I should have mentioned that the reason I'm looking for an online school is because I currently work full time and have to be available for travel on a somewhat regular basis. Your suggestions so far have been great, I'm definitely going to look into each of the schools you've recommended. | 5 | [
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"body": "My honest recommendation is: don't do it.\n\nYou lose the day-to-day experience of interacting with the professors and your fellow classmates. One of the best things about a masters program is the list of contacts that you make. This is less true in a CS program than an MBA, but it is still one of the factors I value most out of the masters programs I've been in. I've drawn on that resource to hire people and to get work fairly consistently ever since.",
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"body": "[Western Governor's University](http://www.wgu.edu/). That's where I'm about to start going for my undergrad in CS starting in March. It's cheap, but fully accredited by the same agency that gives accreditation to the University of Washington among others.\n\nEDIT:: They only have 2 graduate CS programs.",
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"body": "Check out Stanford Center for Professional Development. They broadcast live classes over the internet and also save it for later viewing. Tests are sent to HR people in your company who administer them and mail them back to the professors. I think your company has to be a member of Stanford though before you can take classes there... which costs a company $3,000 a year. Stanford's CS program is ranked #1 in the nation.",
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Does Fable 2 really suck that much? | I got a best buy gift card for christmas, and with fable 2's price dropping with the platinum hits, I'm thinking about picking it up.
I really liked Oblivion and Fallout 3, and Mass Effect (though the combat just sucked), but I'm hearing a lot of mixed reviews with Fable 2
Any ideas /r/gaming? | 7 | [
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"body": "Who told you it sucked? Fable 2 was a fantastic western RPG and one that deserves to be played.\n\nIt was better than the first one, imo, although it did take a couple steps back from the first title as well. Namely, the fact that there was no real armor kind of killed a bit of the game for me. That said, however, the game itself is quite fun and was well worth the $60 price tag when it came out. At $30 you're in for a treat.",
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"body": "It's alright, but in typical Molyneux fashion he promised the world and only delivered a continent. \n\nIt's basically action game with some rpg elements thrown into the mix. The combat is fun and the controls are decent. On the downside, conversing with townspeople is a chore and many elements (mini games, house decorating, side quests) feel really half assed and tacked on. \n\nGreat deal for 19.99, just know what you're getting. ",
"score": 21
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"body": "Fable 2 is fun but very, *very* easy. It is also very, *very* short. It is nowhere near the caliber of Oblivion, Fallout 3, or Mass Effect. \n\nOh, and don't expect anything out of the multilayer.",
"score": 11
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"body": "It was a really fun game. No game is perfect but I still rate it highly. Also, the guns are a lot of fun.",
"score": 6
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"body": "It didn't suck. It was a pretty fun game. Wasn't stellar or anything like that. Worth the price nowdays.",
"score": 3
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"body": "I really liked it. I'm apparently one of the only people not terribly offended at Molyneux's grand statements--even when he doesn't deliver *exactly* what he promised (most of the time) his games are almost always charming and fun in a unique way.\n\nThere are a few things that bug me, but I've sunk hours upon hours into Fable II and still love it. It's not difficult (you literally cannot die) and it's got an absolutely atrocious menu system, but I was happy paying full price for it and would recommend it to almost anyone. ",
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Hey Reddit, How much time should i spend working out daily? | I am a really skinny guy. But lately, i have been on the lazy side. I tell myself that I want to workout but never do it. I mostly want to work my stomach, back and arms.
I usually do alot of bicep curls and ab workouts.
How do i get rid of backfat besides running? it's the only place on me that you can tell there is actually any fat.
Oh, and what is a good amount of time to spend each day doing workouts and when should i do it?
Normally, i workout right before bed and i always end up going to sleep hungry. | 5 | [
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"body": "Most sites that deal with this sort of thing would label you as a troll--due to: 1) \"bicep curlz and abz\"-only workout, 2) not eating, 3) mis-conception of running equates to fat loss, and 4) lack of effort \"lazy...but never do\"--thus making you a waste of post-time.\n\nI'll treat this as a legitimate question.\n\n1) you'll never gain anything in life if you don't have the motivation to try\n\n2) if you want bigger arms--then you'll need to push your body outside of its comfort zone. This means training your entire body--not just arms and abs. The accepted guideline is ``1 inch on your arm for ever 10 lbs of lean muscle gain''--personal observations support this.\n\n3) workout closer to the middle of your day. This will improve your sleep, and allow your body to make use of nutrients you (hopefully) are providing after exercise.\n\n4) Spend 45 minutes to 3 hours. Whatever is necessary for *you* to get the job done. Focus on 3-4 lifts a session. Aim for 25 total reps per exercise. (hint: 8 reps, 3 sets = 24; 5 reps, 5 sets = 25; 3 reps, 8 sets = 24....) Aim for 2 *compound* lifts, make up the other 1-2 exercises with whatever you want.\n\n5) for fat loss, increase your exercise level, and start to research calorie deficits. There is no \"magic\" bullet. Some coaches will increase your calories, but at the same time increase your exercise. One pound of fat is 3500 calories--to lose that one pound of body fat, a calorie deficit of 3500 calories needs to be created.\n\n6) develop an inner dialogue which supports your *healthy* and proactive choices. \"I enjoy going to the gym.\" \"I like working out.\" \"I want to be stronger.\" \"I want to look good nekkid...\" Whatever your goals are.\n\n[end.]",
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"body": "ok, a few pointers:\r\n\r\n1. At least half of the results you get will be because of your diet. If you're working out and still eating crap or hardly eating or not getting enough protein - you will not get the results you want.\r\n\r\n2. There are plenty of workout routines available with a quick google search. Resist the temptation to do the same handful of exercises all the time. If you do get results from this - they will be results that make you look like an out-of-proportion freak. Workout your entire body but go through a cycle e.g. devote a gym session just to arms. The next day do back etc. \r\n\r\n3. Many newbies have terrible form - it's not just about getting the weight up for X repititions. Use a weight that is heavy enough to put some strain on the muscle but not too heavy for you to complete the movement properly. Make sure you are using your muscle for the whole movement and not other forces like momentum or gravity. If in doubt ask one of the members of gym staff - they will gladly offer pointers.\r\n\r\n4. Make sure you get enough sleep!\r\n\r\n5. I've found the exercise bike is a great place to burn fat. The calories are burnt slower than the treadmill but generally you can continue cycling for way longer. \r\n\r\nIf you're starting out and want to put on muscle, train around 4 days per week. Do not go to sleep hungry!!\r\n\r\n\r\nThe time question is difficult to answer because it depends heavily on how hard you are working out, how long your breaks are between sets, what your exact goals are and how experienced you are. With weight training, listen to your body. Train till you're tired but not exhausted. Then try to get a little more out of yourself every day.\r\n\r\nGood luck!",
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Definition of Portland | Portland: Verb (port.land);
To fill the skies with gray clouds and cover every surface with moisture without ever raining. *The weather is pretty average today. It's just Portlanding.* | 26 | [
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"body": "Since that is a phenomenon shared by all of the costal northwest from Ashland, OR north, I don't think we can fairly call it Portlanding.\n\nI call it granular fog.",
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"body": "Don't tell me that! These types of stories don't make it any easier to sell moving to PDX to my wife......",
"score": 4
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"body": "As if that feature was unique to Portland. Do you guys think it is any different in Seattle? Olympia? Eugene? Corvallis? Bellingham? Hood River? Tacoma? Vancouver BC? \n\nDon't think you are alone in your suffering.",
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"body": "A few years back they set up an art installation with panels showing 28 different colors of gray. Representing Portland sky.",
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Is there any way to get XP on the cheap? | XP is a dated OS but still pretty popular, apparently enough that the cheapest I can find it for is ~$80. Is there a cheap, *legal* alternative for obtaining a license? I'm putting together a computer and will need XP for it. Anyone know how I might get a discount license?
EDIT: I should mention, I don't need the physical media as I already have copies of XP Pro and Home, just the licenses. I did happen upon licenses on ebay for $25 that look legitimate, that may be the way to go. | 17 | [
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"body": "I just searched for \"used laptop xp\" on eBay until I found some idiot who had taken a picture of their key with the same brand as me. Works great.",
"score": 53
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"body": "If you're a university student, check and see if your school is a member of MSDNA (Academic Alliance) - I can download any number of Windows operating systems at anytime for \"free\". ",
"score": 21
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"body": "Let me just say that people who roam the seven seas and wear eye patches get XP very cheaply. Perhaps you could join them?",
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"body": "Just curious, but why is it so important for you to have a legit copy of XP? My pirated copy passes WGA and I'm able to get all the lovely benefits of a legitimate copy of XP like hotfixes for internet explorer 7 and the malicious software removal tool. ",
"score": 7
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"body": "Go to nearest library, college, job, whatever, run [MagicJellyBean](http://magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/). It isn't legal, but it's free!",
"score": 5
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"body": "Just the other day I got my nice new Acer Aspire One netbook and for some reason it came with XP installed. Of course the first thing I did was wipe the drive with a (also legal) copy of Windows 7. \n\nI can't imagine using XP again and 7 works perfect on here, so if you want this key I can send it to you.\n\nI can also guarantee that I won't give it to someone else, as I'd never willingly inflict XP on anyone but some random stranger on the Internet.",
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"body": "At my university, CS and engineering students get access to our so called \"Maniac\" server. It's a program in cooperation with MS, that allows us to download and use a variety of software packages by MS, including 10 XP Pro licenses. I guess we are only one of many schools that have this, so just ask your CS friends about some unused licenses (I don't have any left, don't bother).",
"score": 3
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"body": "/coughtorrent/cough\n\nThere's no legal way to get it really cheap unless it is on sale. They put all sorts of fancy restrictions completely preventing resale, so you're somewhat screwed if you want a significant discount.",
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"body": "If you are a college student you can get Windows 7 Pro for like 65 bucks. It was 30 but apparently they raised that. Boo. [win741.com](http://www.win741.com/) Sorry, I know it's not XP but 7 is pretty nice.",
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Reddit, what hobbies do you have? Where do you find the time?! | I'm now 27, working in IT with fairly standard hours but when I get home I end up at my pc either playing online or on Reddit/Stumbleupon - for hours!
I have guitars and i'm trying my hand at sketching but I think i'm too addicted to the interwebs.
What keeps Reddit busy, how do you pull yourself away from the [dinosaur and bikini parties?](http://imgur.com/XnPaA)?
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"body": "I think the best thing to do is first ask, \"what do I want to do?\" You can eliminate many pastimes that lead you nowhere. Why are you doing what you are doing? Instead of wasting hours procrastinating, take the appropriate amount of time to relax. Then, once you're ready, work will come easy. \n\nSecond, I suggest multi-tasking without sacrificing your hobbies. I listen to audiobooks when I draw. I listen to them also when doing mind-numbing chores/jobs, such as cleaning up the house. \n\nThird, think of ways to save time. Drive anywhere only if you need to. If you ride your bike or walk, you exercised for the day. Do multiple things in the same trip to save gas, which saves you money, which saves you time. \n\nFourth, think of time as potential money. All of these suggestions kind of blur together, and I'm too lazy to organize them any better. If you evaluate what you want to do, then you will save money. Don't buy shit that will waste your free time or working hours. \n",
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"body": "i do embroidery. i made these handkercheifs recently:\n\nhttp://imgur.com/Xdnkl.jpg\n\nhttp://imgur.com/5fH94.jpg",
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"body": "Unicycling... My motivation comes from the fact that unicycles are, at least in my opinion, fantasticly awesome.",
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"body": "Beer brewing. I only have to really work at it about once a week, but I can read about it every day. My motivation is awesome beer.",
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"body": "I have a microcontroller on the bench behind me sitting on my network at 192.168.0.50. I work on it on the weekends. Once I get going I have to stop myself from working all night, but for whatever reason getting started is always difficult.",
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Reddit, do you ever do anything unnecessary for the sake of being perceived as consistent? | So, I was just at a little deli and I ordered breakfast. I used my debit card and at the end of the transaction the cashier asked 'Copy?' Which I perceived as 'Coffee?' I just assumed he was asking if I had purchased coffee. I said 'Yes,' only soon for my auditory short-term memory to kick in and understand what he really asked, while we patiently waited for a copy of my receipt to print. Well, my friend came later and I bought his breakfast, and I again asked for a copy to seem consistent. I didn't want this guy to think I was wasting his time without seeming to adamantly need a copy of the receipts. Thus, I ask you reddit: do you ever do anything unnecessary for the sake of being perceived as consistent? | 30 | [
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"body": "Sometimes when I realize I'm walking in the wrong direction, I'll look at my watch or cellphone before turning around and rushing back. As if there's some reason I was walking in the wrong direction, but now i have a more important one to turn.",
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"body": "Whenever I am walking in the same direction as someone for a while, I will often randomly take a different longer route or stop and look at something just so they wouldn't feel like I am following them.",
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"body": "I generally do this when people are trying to explain concepts to me... \nI one time met someone randomly who somehow got on the concept of photosynthesis and proceeded to explain to me what it was.\n\nI nodded and said things like \"really? wow thats interesting\" (etc) and then asked how chlorophyll and glucose fit into the equation and i think by the questions I was asking that he knew i was acting \"dumber\" about the situation than I should have been.",
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"body": "Maybe this isn't the same thing, but whenever I ask someone a question and they misinterpret me and answer a different question, I wait for them to answer and re-phrase my original question so they won't pick up on the fact that they screwed up and feel embarrassed.",
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"body": "I ignore people on purpose. I'm known as being pretty forgetful, but even on good days I forget one or two things on purpose just so people don't learn to expect too much. Forget an entire wedding once - that was impressive if I do say so myself.",
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How do you convince a verbally abused girl to leave her bf? | I have a friend in the UK (I am in Canada) who is in a long distance relationship with a guy she knew from childhood. They got pretty serious at one point and were contemplating marriage. However, over the last few months, the guy has become verbally abusive on the phone (to the point of swearing at her incoherently and even throwing his phone across the room etc etc)
I told her this sounds pretty suspect and could develop into physical abuse **EDIT:when she goes back home from UK**. I then told that she should consider leaving him (she is after all in another country) or to put the relationship on hold for now. However, having never been single for a long period (very needy), she seems to run back to him regardless of what he does/says. I personally think she is suffering from a mild form of learned helplessness.
Anyhow, any ideas how to approach this? Or am I just being too cautious/ protective of my friend? For the record, I am not interested in her romantically, and just want her to be happy. | 3 | [
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"body": "IMO Its almost impossible to convince someone they should leave an abusive relationship until they come to that conclusion on thier own. Until that time just be there for her as much as you can, and try and make her see that this isn't how a real man treats a woman!",
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"body": "People fight in relationships, unless he starts hitting her or somehow systematically destroying her self esteem, I think it's really not any of your business. ",
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Fastest way to clean your pipe | Hey /r/trees. I got a bubbler about 5 weeks ago and i want to clean it because im going to my brothers house and blaze it up with some friends, just wondering what the fastest way to clean a bubbler is, i will take my time if i have to, i just want a quick way. This would greatly help me a have a good time tonight. | 7 | [
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"body": "wash it with hot water then use a few cents worth of (rock or sea) salt, a few cents worth of rubbing alcohol (higher % the better, 70% is good), and a few cents of shaking (carefully). wash out again with hot water, and slowly cool the glass so it doesn't crack. should do the trick. ",
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Dear filmmakers, please stop putting the funniest/scariest/best scenes from a movie in it's trailer. | It not only utterly spoils major plot events (See for example the Paranormal activity trailer) but ruins entire movies: you just sit there watching it and thinking: I've seen this all before.
A very good and recent example for this is the Did You Hear About The Morgans trailer, showing off basically every decent joke in the movie, leaving nothing but a pale story. | 397 | [
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"body": "Most filmmakers aren't responsible for making/cutting/splicing trailers, the advertising department of the film's studio usually is.\n\nDirect your anger THERE.",
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"body": "What I hate even more is when there is a scene in the trailer that isn't in the movie. \n\nThe most recent example being in the trailer for District 9 there was a scene with one of the aliens in an interrogation room, and a human saying something like \"Tell us about your weapons\" and the alien replies \"We just want to go home\".\n\nI spent the whole fucking movie waiting for that scene and it never happened. All the way to the end I kept saying \"Well something has to happen...they have to have the alien in captivity so he can say it\"\n\n*Edit: You can't tell me [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHihFA8q8xI#t=52s) doesn't completely change the tone of what you would expect the movie to be.",
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"body": "I really hate when they put something in the trailer that doesn't exist in the movie. \n\nI remember when *I Am Legend* came out. They showed a scene in the trailer where the zombie/mutant is inches from Will Smith's face about to bite or something. It turns out the scene was from the alternate ending and never actually happens in the movie. He never even ends up in the same room as these things, let alone next to the leader.\n\nDistrict 9 did something similar as well. They were interrogating one of the prawns and asking about how the weapons work. That never even fucking happens.\n\nEDIT: [Didn't see DesCo83's post](http://www.reddit.com/r/entertainment/comments/aqqmr/dear_filmmakers_please_stop_putting_the/c0ix3bh) (always refresh before commenting...), but I completely agree.",
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"body": "Has anyone else stopped watching a trailer half-way because they wanted to save the best parts for the movie? ",
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"body": "Dear Redditors: please learn the difference between \"it's\" and \"its\". Also, please stop submitting and upvoting masturbatory self posts. Thanks!",
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"body": "Rule of Thumb: The more different edits of the promo, ie Girl sell, guy sell, romance sell, action sell, star sell... the WORSE the movie.",
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"body": "Well, do you think they are going to make money by showing the mediocre parts of the movie in the trailer? When the movie is a giant turd to begin with, as many films today are, there isn't much else you can put in a trailer. Do you expect the company putting the trailer together to be creative?",
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"body": "I wish they didn't have bits in the film _just_ so they could go into the trailer. \"Hey, I know what'd look really great in the trailer! Let's put this in....\"\n\nI never judge a movie by its trailer. If people are still talking about it two weeks after it came out, _then_ I might see it.",
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"body": "Or how about when the trailer makes you think how the movie generally is gonna be like and you watch the movie finding out the whole trailer was only the first 15 minutes and the rest of the movie is something you weren't expecting. \n\nThat can be good but usually its the trailer showing the only 5 minutes of action in a movie thats mainly talking so you go in expecting 2 hours of explosions and leave disappointed. ",
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"body": "the trailer for leap year shows you the entire movie up to him proposing, so you basically sit in a theatre for 90mins waiting for a yes or no",
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"body": "I liked the trailer for the movie \"Inception\", I have no fucking idea what that movie is going to be about but I can't wait to see it. Of course they'll probably fuck it up with the second and third trailers.",
"score": 4
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"body": "PROTIP: When you see the funniest/scariest/best scenes from a movie in its trailer, you've saved yourself an admission ticket.",
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"body": "While we're at it, I wish they would also cut back on the cliched 50 Hz subwoofer blasts that dramatically punctuate every sentence of the voice-over. It seems like the trailer for every action movie is made from the same template.",
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"body": "Nothing beats the advertisements for *Quarantine*. Here's a tip for the studios out there: don't put the last goddamn shot of the movie in the trailer, and for the love of god, [don't make it the fucking poster](http://www.hauntedhouse.com/blog/uploaded_images/quarantine_movie_poster-768868.jpg)!",
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"body": "Just about the worst trailer ever made has to be the one for The Iron Giant. They did seemingly everything they could to take an intelligent, atmospheric and nostalgic movie and boil it down into a goofy \"kid and his pet robot\" trailer, but they absolutely ruined one of the biggest surprise twists of the film (which I won't reveal here, but suffice it to say it involves the film's central characters falling off a cliff).\n\nYou market a movie to kids and even kids won't want to see it, but then you reveal a plot twist and you're just sending a big \"fuck you\" to those who *do* watch it.",
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My friend lent me an unopened copy of Ninety-Nine Nights... | He purchased two copies at Wal-Mart 4 or 5 months ago for 99 cents each
[Pic 1](http://imgur.com/Zy7xX.jpg)
[Pic 2](http://imgur.com/FYC7x.jpg)
[Pic 3](http://imgur.com/zGkPE.jpg)
The black CD was BBMak's "Sooner or Later"
The white CD is "Spice World" for the Playstation
Instead of a manual there is a McDonald's Ad
Shrink wrap, and certificate of authenticity were still on the game.
I'm really wondering why someone would decide to steal a copy of Ninety-Nine Nights, and why they would give me the awesome Spice World instead? Seems like a bad trade-off.
Edit: Sorry for the blurry pictures, my camera phone has a really terrible shutter speed :( | 20 | [
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"body": "N3 was absolutely amazing...if you compare it to a tin can. I mean an empty tin can, nothing in it. And a Fanta can at that.",
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"body": "Ninety Nine Nights is damn awesome. You mash buttons and a quite incredible number of people die. Even compared to Dynasty Warriors, the body count is vast and greatly satisfying, when you're in one of those 'fuck all of you guys' moods.\n\nI would give it at least 10/10",
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Some pictures I found of the few good memories of Iraq. | Sorry for all the pictures of me but this album was originally made for my family and then someone mentioned I should share some of it with reddit. I did not put any of the violent pictures up. I think this represents the few good times we had in Iraq. Iraq was about 98% fighting and this was the rest.
[Gallery](http://dkrainey.imgur.com/)
EDIT: I have tons of pictures that the Army photographers took of us that i may upload if I figure out whether or not that is legal. If anyone has any knowledge of the legality of that hit me up.
EDIT 2: As per request the violent pictures are up. Atleast the ones that i have on my HDD. They are in the album of me being attacked by my dog. That's the only cover pic I could find that did not have me with no shirt on (it was a phase). Guy in the picture tried to open the back hatch of one of our Styrkers and throw a grenade in. We were dismounted and he started hip firing his AK at us and took cover behind one of our vehicles. The vehicle pulled forward and our sniper shot him in the head from about 300 yards off while we layed suppressing fire from about 20 feet away from the guy. We flanked him and he was already dead, we never heard the shot. | 76 | [
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"body": "I'm curious about the fencing around this vehicle: < http://dkrainey.imgur.com/iraq/dCkAD >. What exactly is it for? I'm guessing it allows the racks to hold things, but maybe I'm wrong :/",
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"body": "How about some context? I'm interested in knowing about the ruins, the garrison on the hill, the cars with guns in the trunks, and the stock of ammo/machine guns. Would you mind?",
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"body": "As far as I understand Copyright law, any picture taken by a Government agency (Unless its restricted) can be freely used by the public though the Gov retains Copyright.\n\nOn the account its OUR money.",
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How do you eat meat in the pokemon world? | Was it just me or were there meat dishes in some of the television shows? Aren't all animals in the pokemon world pokemon? Do people eat tauros and miltank? Don't tell me growlithe and arcanine are herbivores, they have fangs for more reasons than to "bite" in a battle!
Also, wasn't sure if this belonged more in the gaming subreddit. Sorry. | 8 | [
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"body": "I remember people eating Magikkarp in a few episodes of Pokemon. Honestly a society that breeds animals for gladiatorial combat probably doesn't have that many qualms about eating the animal. ",
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"body": "People still own cats and dogs, but eat beef and chicken. I'm guessing they have stupid, ugly animals who didn't make the cut as Pokemon.",
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"body": "Likewise, how the HELL do they tame a fucking fire-breathing dragon?\r\n\r\nIn the world of Pokemon, I'm amazed humans still exist.",
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"body": "1. Sharpen stick (Pro Trainer Tip: Don't let Pikachu see)\n\n2. Wait till Pikachu is asleep \n\n3. Ram that son-of-a-bitch through the throat\n\n4. Skin him alive\n\n5. Roast him with some wild greens and an Electrode stuffed in his mouth",
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I am about to come out of the closet. AMA | In the next couple of weeks. I am 20 years old. This is a long time coming. I can't pretend to like girls anymore and it is time to live my life. I am in a frat. Ask away.
For the past few months, I have been trying to act more 'gay' so its less of a shock for people when I come out. I want a smooth transition if that makes sense.
Edit: I meant acting more like myself.
I should also add that I am going abroad for the semester in Europe and plan to come out there for the first time. | 52 | [
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"body": "good for you man..awesome. You get to be who you are and I bet you'll feel a lot better after things gets normalized....congrats to you!",
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"body": "First off, props to you. Deciding to come out is one of the hardest things I've done. The actual coming out was a cake walk (in hindsight). \n\nFor what it's worth, I wanted to offer some advice/insight. The first thing that caught my attention was you acting more \"gay\". Others have said it, but you're going to be so much better off just being yourself. Coming out is all about owning up to who you really are, and if you're really not a stereotypical gay guy (in any way), then why act like one? Aren't you just putting yourself in another closet, albeit a much more colorful closet. All I'm saying is you might confuse your friends by acting straight all your life, flaming up a bit, then straightening back out if that's not really you. \n\nThe next thing was you wanting to come out for the first time while you're abroad (with people you don't know?). The first obvious thing is that you'll most likely be spending a LOT of time with these people and you don't know their background, so they could react badly and then you'll be stuck with them for a while. The other thing is that you'll probably want a confidante through this whole process, someone you really trust. I'd suggest telling someone close to you who you know will be okay with it. Telling someone you know you're gay can be very emotional the first time. I assume you've never actually said it out loud to someone close to you? It might hit you like a ton of bricks, and it's good to have someone you'll have your back when it does. I went to college far, far away from home where I knew nobody for the sole reason of coming out and \"starting over\". I quickly found I'd rather have the support of those in my \"old life\" than these \"strangers\". Just food for thought. \n\nSomeone mentioned in the \"how are your brothers gonna take it\" thread to at least tell them you have no attraction to them at all. I'm of the belief that if someone needs you to tell them you don't want to fuck them, they probably will always be wary of being bumraped in the bathroom, whether they've been told this or not. Most straight guys who react \"well\" will either stay friends with you but never talk about your personal life and never have any physical contact with you, or they will continue on as before knowing that you're not going to rush them at your first chance. But that's my $0.02. \n\nLastly, you said you wanted to wait until you had a boyfriend to tell your family. Don't you think it'd be easier for you and them if you told them sooner than later so they can adjust to the idea, then you can being your SO around? It seems like a little bit of a gay ambush if you bring your secret bf home for family dinner time. Also, if you tell them now, you can share in the excitement of finding someone new with your family if you have that kind of relationship. \n\nSorry for that being so long. In all sincerity, it's your life, so do what you think is best. You're about to have a huge weight lifted from your shoulders, so congrats on that!",
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"body": "Good luck dawg, but my advice to you is not to \"act gay\" but to be yourself. I mean, you're gay so you can't do anything *but* be yourself. Fuck those flamboyant stereotypes, I know regular gay dudes aplenty. Oh yeah, and don't let the christian fascists/terrorists tell you there's anything wrong with you, there isn't.",
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"body": "Don't act \"more gay,\" just act like yourself. The only thing you will be doing by acting more gay is to enable false stereotypes. There are millions of LGBT people in this world, and there is no one \"gay\" way to be. There's a whole spectrum of people out there, and not every gay person in this world is that skinny stuck up gay kid that acts overly effeminate, talks with a lisp and says the following words too much: fabulous, fierce, super, betch, honey, girlfriend... Anyways, you get what I'm trying to say. Don't act like a stereotypical gay; act like yourself. ",
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"body": "I just read through the comments and your replies, and I wish you the best of luck.\n\nThe one thing that you said that told me you were ready was that you had decided that you would answer 'yes' if anyone asked you if you were gay. I can remember making the same decision myself.\n\nA couple of questions interspersed with advice (I'm from a large city, so these questions may seem like overkill to you):\n\n* Do you have any friends that are gay? I was fortunate enough to become friends with some very sane and level-headed people when I was coming out, and the were a great help. Just having someone to talk to and vent was a boon.\n\n* Have you been on any dates with a guy? It's always good to start out meeting people from online at a public location - coffeehouse or the like. And approach things as \"looking for friends\" and *make it clear*.\n\n* Plan on being safe? Yes, condoms can go bad when kept in a wallet for too long, but having one there is better then not.\n\n* Plan on frequenting the bars? Always, always get your own drink. Any hands on your drink between you and the bartender could spell trouble.\n\n* Where will you be studying overseas? If you are able to get to Amsterdam, hit me up. I've got some great advice, stories, and general knowledge. I'd be happy to share. :)",
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"body": "Talking from experience (my best friend is gay, and we've been friends for 10 years.. Also, I'm still relatively young (19) so the gay teen drama bullshit is still fresh in my mind from high school..\n\nI wish you good luck, and if those friends of yours stop talking to you, they weren't really your friends. Try not to change too much, or else they might get a little scared (even if they're cool with you being gay). Don't go from loving sports, to Britney spears over night.. I'm not saying hide what you like, but don't scare them away by being a completely different person. Be someone that they want to hang out with, even if youre gay..\n\nJust be cool, expect them to feel betrayed (you have been lying to them about who you are) but gain back their trust by proving that you're still a great friend. \n\nAlso, hopefully you haven't led on any girls, as they'll be broken hearted when you come out. And hopefully your last girlfriend (if any) won't get so much shit for \"turning you gay\"...\n\nJust one more thing, try to not show your gayness to the world (unless you have to).. My friend barely ever shows his gayness, usually it's his nerdiness that he shows. ",
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"body": "I don't really have any questions (I was going to ask if you ever had any girlfriends/hetero sex as part of pretending to be straight, but I see those have already been asked) so I'll just wish you good luck and happiness as you come out.",
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DAE solve common problems in strange or different ways? For example, i eat cereal with a fork. | As a bonus it prevents the dreaded pour milk on the spoon all over the counter effect. I'd make a rage comic but i'm lazy. | 4 | [
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"body": "Yeah, my clothes washer always has wet clothes in it after a cycle. Some people buy these things called \"clothes dryers\" but I find that if you hang clothes up to dry, they still become dry. God does it or something. And it's free.\n\nEveryone seems to think I'm pretty weird, though, in that I haven't really used a clothes dryer in probably 5 years.\n\nEDIT: Oh, and also, I'm a 27 y/o guy, not like your grandma or anything. I think if you were raised with Depression-era logic, not using a clothes dryer is about the most obvious thing ever -- they're expensive and quite wasteful.",
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"body": "What problem does that solve? (other than the spoon thing, which has an easier fix: (Cereal, Milk, then Spoon))",
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What's your favorite way to make tuna salad? | Our favorite recipe is albacore with mayo, mustard, chopped mango pickle, chopped dill pickle. Sometimes some chopped celery.
The mango pickle was an experiment that turned out to be so freakin' amazing that we always use it now. | 5 | [
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"body": "1 can chunk light \nminced granny smith apple \nminced red onion or shallots \nminced cornichon/gherkin \nreal mayo \nlemon juice \nplentyof black pepper \nsweet relish \nall to taste :D",
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"body": "1 can of Chunk Light tuna (for minimal mercury), 1 Tbsp garlic, minced, 2 Tbsp Sriracha, 2 Tbsp pickle relish. In fact, just ate some minus the bread about 10 mins ago. ",
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"body": "1 can Solid White Albacore, chopped celery, diced shallots, salt & pepper, cayenne pepper, MIRACLE WHIP.",
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"body": "2 Cans of tuna (usually whole white albacore in water), half a block of light cream cheese, a little sour cream, tobasco, and whatever crunchy veggies you can find (usually celery and carrots for me). I created this recipe because I hate mayo with the fiery passion of a thousand suns.",
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Where to start reading Batman comics? | I've been interested in reading Batman comics for quite some time. My only concern is where to start. I don't want to read several decades of backstory to catch up, so what collections should I read, as well as what's a currently ongoing Batman series should I consider purchasing and read? | 8 | [
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"body": "In my most humble opinion, all the best Batman books have been mentioned (however, I feel it might be useful to have links to the books).\n\nHere are my top five books to get into the Batman universe.\n\n(Note: This list is chronological order of Batman's history. While The Dark Knight Returns was published before The Long Halloween, it comes last in Batman's history). \n\nBatman: Year One \n[Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Year-One-Frank-Miller/dp/1401207529/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263765185&sr=8-1) \n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Year_One)\n\nThe Long Halloween \n[Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Long-Halloween-Jeph-Loeb/dp/1563894696/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263765265&sr=8-1) \n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Halloween)\n\nArkham Asylum \n[Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Arkham-Asylum-15th-Anniversary/dp/1401204252/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263765328&sr=8-6) (I recommend this version of the book because it comes with Grant Morrison's original script with annotations by Morrison himself. It helps in understanding the story.) \n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkham_Asylum:_A_Serious_House_on_Serious_Earth)\n\nThe Killing Joke \n[Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Killing-Joke-Alan-Moore/dp/1401216676/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263765434&sr=8-1) \n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_The_Killing_Joke)\n\nThe Dark Knight Returns \n[Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/Batman-Knight-Returns-Frank-Miller/dp/1563893428/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263765496&sr=8-1) \n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_Returns)\n\n**Why I like these books**\n\nThe first two give you a great introduction to the character and how he came to be. Year One is about Bruce Wayne's decision to become Batman. There is also a parallel story about Jim Gordon as the only honest cop on the police force. These two stories about men trying to bring justice and peace to Gotham bounce nicely off each other. The Long Halloween extends this theme to include Harvey Dent. Of course, Harvey falls tragically in this book into becoming Two-Face. This book is also interesting because it shows how Gotham is reacting to the end of the mafia and the rise of supercriminals like Scarecrow and the Joker.\n\nArkham Asylum is a psychological portrait of Batman. It shows that Batman is pretty much crazy in his own right, but his craziness is harnessed for good, rather than evil. This book is extremely dense. I've been reading comics for a few years now and I'm still discovering little things hidden in the pages. \n\nThe Killing Joke is a case study of how evil the Joker actually is. The Joker is the foil to Batman, so this book is necessary reading. You may have heard that there's no official back story to the Joker, but this is the de facto answer.\n\nThe Dark Knight Returns is the culmination of Batman. Even some 20 odd years after its publication, this is still the definitive book about what Batman is going to be like in the future. Sure the future in this book is entirely inspired by 80s fashion and sensibilities. It's the story of an old, grizzled Batman coming out of retirement and putting an end to the uber-violence saturating Gotham.\n\nHope that helped. (And to the other posters, sorry about rehashing what you already said. I'm not doing this for the karma, just for thoroughness.) ",
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"body": "As somebody else pointed out: Year One, Killing Joke/The Man Who Laughs (My preference, I don't like Killing Joke too much), Long Halloween, Dark Victory, and just for some fun get Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth. It was the first comic I read after several years and now I've got a crazy amount. It's a Grant Morrison story so there are layers upon layers of metaphors ad allusions. He's also writing the most current arc involving the death of Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson taking over for him. Bruce should be coming back sometime this year.\n\nTrades are a great place to start. I don't recommend going down to a comic shop and picking up the monthlies as they're hard to get into. If you do want to catch up to current issues you can torrent some, although try not to since comics are having enough trouble as is.",
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What do you think is the best produced song ever? | The loudness war is really getting me down on new music, so what music (new or old) do you think has the best production? Here's my short list:
[Daft Punk - Da Funk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhKviRvBEVM)
[Tom Waits - Alice](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEj-mrwwaxo)
[Led Zep - In the Light](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXFUnnoSphY), [Kashmir](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKtfjsonPFE&feature=related)
[Metallica - Sad, but True](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfukfbfjIL4) | 10 | [
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"body": "Now *this* is a good topic to discuss here. Good idea OP!\n\nThe Beach Boys' very famous song [Good Vibrations](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_vibrations) was recorded over many recording sessions, featured many different world class musicians, and proved extremely difficult for the band to play live.\n\nBarking up that same tree, [Phil Spector](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spector)'s [Wall of Sound](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_of_sound) effect made some notable Beatles albums and other recordings; this wasn't always well received, but quite impressive nonetheless.\n\nI always thought most of the Eagles' albums sounded extraordinarily superb, with lots of attention to detail and perfection. Also (obviously), probably to an even greater extent, Pink Floyd's.\n\nTwo unplugged albums, Nirvana and Eric Clapton, stand out to me as some of the best produced live recordings I've ever heard.\n\nI've always liked Paul Van Dyk's original/progressive CDs. Many of Paul Oakenfold's remix albums do this cool thing where they're really obnoxious early on and then get progressively more attractive and sweet sounding; I like that.\n\nI liked [Butch Vig](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Vig)'s sound on Nevermind (edit: this is a Nirvana album, for those that have been in a coma since the early 90s) a lot, and I guess I also like the sound of those old [Neve](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neve_Electronics) consoles like the one he used on that album... while it wasn't the result of legendary amounts of effort and innovation, it simply matched the music perfectly.\n\nKurt had some interesting ideas for recording In Utero, but I really didn't like the sound of that album as much. Butch Vig didn't engineer that one.\n\nOn the other end of the spectrum entirely, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble made their debut album in three days on borrowed studio time, and to date Texas Flood is still the most gratifying album ever to me; I can just slip into a paradise of palm trees and Stratocasters listening to all of their stuff. I *never* get tired of it.",
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"body": "Paranoid android- radiohead. Nigel is a genius. Also, the work he did on sea change by beck was amazing. ",
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"body": "Da Funk? Have to disagree there. Not a good recording at all, sound like an amateur production to me.\n\nI'll throw my hat in the ring and say, \"Luomo - The Present Lover\" is my favourite piece of contemporary production. Anything Moritz Von Oswalt masters tends to sound good to my ears. Other than that, Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue is my al time favourite, but I'm not sure that satisfies \"best Produced\"",
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"body": "The entirety of King Crimson's debut record. I've got the 24bit remaster from 2004 and, holy fuck, it sounds awesome.",
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"body": "Great Question. I'm going to have to go with a later Beatles tune, just because of how innovative the production was. It'll change tomorrow, but right now I'll say \"Strawberry Fields Forever.\"",
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"body": "I'll take the safe route and thus firstly pretty much every Michael Jackson production. The engineering quality is just another level. I'm not a huge MJ fan, but from a production point of view, there's only one release that can compare in my book:\r\n\r\nPink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon\r\n\r\nEvery tune takes on a life of its own if it's played on a high quality audio system, so many layers of sound, so perfectly composed together.",
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"body": "[The Avalanches - Run DNA](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNsToEecC_M&fmt=18)\n\n[The Mars Volta - Cicatriz ESP](http://drop.io/cicatrizesp)",
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"body": "[Take a Walk on the Wild Side](http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/Take+A+Walk+On+The+Wild+Side/12425997)",
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"body": "\"Heroes\" by David Bowie, produced by Brian Eno. I'm usually not into the whole \"Wall of Sound\" production technique, but this recording is so bombastic, so inflated, that it actually perfectly captures the essence of the song. ",
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"body": "I won't even attempt to name the *best*, but just in case this one gets overlooked:\n\n[Toxic -Britney Spears](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOZuxwVk7TU) \n\nThe bass is fucking raunchy, the guitars are outright raucous, the strings are chopped up, spliced, stretched and transformed into an infectious hook, the surf rock guitar line somehow brilliantly fits, and for the breakdown it all devolves into awesome distorted electronic goodness. It's layered and complex with ample space between it all for you to move your body between; it's an outrageously clever appeal to the most primitive pieces of our brain. *This is what pop music should be.*\n\n",
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Am I wrong for absolutely loving arguing and debating with people? | No matter how firm my beliefs are, it seems like almost every person I argue with gets angry with me for disagreeing with them. They usually end up saying something to the effect of, "Oh, now you're just arguing for the sake of arguing" or "Do you have to argue with everything I say?"
Does anybody else have this problem? And am I a prick because I love arguing with people?
EDIT: It's not like I'm some huge condescending punk, either. I'll try to start debates over some of the stupidest stuff--whether Brett Favre is better than Drew Brees, for instance, or whether having a Facebook account constitutes any danger. | 6 | [
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"body": "Your love for debating may not be wrong, but you do have to be mindful of who you share that love with. It's not for everyone.",
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"body": "Nothing wrong, you just have to realize that there are people who do not derrive joy from verbal sparring. ",
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"body": "Nope, continue to love debate. You will drive away the people who are incurious about their own beliefs and you will attract people who actually want to have reasons for thinking the way that they do. This is of course assuming that you argue mostly in good faith and not as means of propping up some sort of internally deficient self image. ",
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"body": "No, you are not wrong. Dialectics is almost a lost art form nowdays. Debating is fun, enlightening and solidifies and evolves respect for ideas and other people.",
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Is freedom an illusion? | Recently, I have begun to ponder the nature of decision-making and creativity from an individualistic standpoint. Each day we are presented with a torrent of information, and each night our subconscious mind ponders all we have seen. Is it then unreasonable to suggest each and every choice we make is influenced only by past experiences? | 6 | [
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"body": "That it the conclusion I have come to. Everyone acts like those around them; whether they are family or friends. Is freedom an illusion? I don't think so. Sure we do things according to past experiences, but who would we be without them? would we be able to make any decision without some previous knowledge? ",
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I think I just F'd up my friends computer with partition magic. | It was a Dell and I was using Partition magic 8.0.
My goal was to re allocate the disk space that Dell takes up in the front of the hard drive. On reboot to run the program it stops with an exception error at address 01116B0F (00085B0F) in xmnt2002. Now I am stuck with the requirement to contact the now defunct Norton partition magic group.
Looks like I trashed her hard drive unless someone has educated advice.
Edit 1: 4:20 EST. Thanks for the great advice so far. It looks like I can slave the HD to my PC, Save her data, wipe the drive then re install the OS from the Dell disk **IF** she has it.
Edit 2: Damn, now I know why I need that disk so badly. I just remembered that when re installing the OS it will automatically try to fix any partition/disk errors. I am so rusty! Thanks for the sage advice Terumo and Mckatze.
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"body": "well, just go ahead and plug the drive onto another computer, copy the data (everything but the windows folder) and don't forget the drivers! and then put the hard drive back, reformat with a Windows XP disk from DELL, as log as it is from Dell, it will not ask you for activation.\n",
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Pierre McGuire: worst hockey commentator ever or worst hockey commentator ever? | I thoroughly enjoyed him bitching about the Americans today in Detroit when Eddie Olczyk told him if he doesn't like it he can head 5 miles north, permanently.
Screw you Pierre. | 13 | [
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"body": "I honestly don't know how he keeps working. He actually makes me want to turn off the game if hes working it. I've never met any one who actually likes him.",
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"body": "McGuire is not even the worst personality in Hockey, or sports for that matter, he is the most annoying person on all of television. TSN would be the perfect network if they got rid of him.",
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"body": "thanks for the link....\n\nanyways, he is a tool so i'm most likely in agreement. \nMost hockey writers/personalities aren't gifted with brains, they just fly off the handle and react whenever their shifty little egos feel up to it.\n",
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What is your favorite SF story? | Mine's "[Exhalation](http://www.nightshadebooks.com/Downloads/Exhalation%20-%20Ted%20Chiang.html)," by Ted Chiang. It was an amazingly well-thought out and intriguing story, and I spent the whole day after I heard it ruminating | 68 | [
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"body": "[Flowers for Algernon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_for_algernon) by Daniel Keyes is the most recent SF I've read with the \"woah\" factor.",
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"body": "\"Stranger in a strange land\" R. A. Heinlein.\n2nd \"The moon is a harsh mistress\" also by R A H\nthen I get into the Calahan's bar series by Spider Robinson.",
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"body": "Short stories?\n\nHarrison Bergeron - Vonnegut\n\nor\n\nA Sound of Thunder - Bradbury\n\nI read both as a kid and while they were great stories in and of themselves, both gave me a lot to think about afterward (nature of equality and time travel respectively).\n\n",
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"body": "[Hyperion Cantos](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_Cantos) \n \nJust noticed there's 3 short stories in addition to the four books!",
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"body": "[The Commonwealth Saga](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Saga) by Peter F. Hamilton.\r\n\r\nTechnically it's two books, but it's a single story.",
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"body": "Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. A little bit dated science-wise, but still a fantastic read for anyone who enjoys post-apocalyptic survival stories.",
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"body": "I am partial to Roger Zelazny\n\nand the story [*Lord of Light*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_of_Light)\n\n>Lord of Light is the first in Zelazny's style of \"anachronistic myth\", one in which a mythical or legendary story has science-fiction underpinnings and features occurrences of 20th century American vernacular and habits, e.g. smoking cigarettes with Hindu gods, utterances such as \"It's a Long Way to Tipperary\", and \"You fertility deities are worse than Marxists!\", or the contest between two characters called \"Irish Stand-down\" where they take turns punching each other until one collapses.\n\n>[...] The available technologies also allowed near-immortality through reincarnation using the growth of new bodies and electronic mind transfer.",
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"body": "Robot Dreams by Asimov. It is not a story but a collection of incredible SF short stories. Some of my favorites are Ugly Little Boy, Last Question, Hostess, and Little Lost Robot.\n\nAlso, Have Space Suit Will Travel by Heinlein",
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"body": "I'm no good at picking a single favorite of much of anything, but probably my favorite little known spec-fic story has to be [Deadnauts](http://www.ideomancer.com/main/vol6issue3/kosmatka/one.html) by Ted Kosmatka. Never heard of the guy other than this one story.",
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"body": "don't know the title, I thought it was in one of the Semiotext SF books but didn't seem to find it when i browsed through: it was about a large building, where you went in at the bottom, and did drugs, and had a great time. if you chose to, you could go up another level. at some point, not sure where, you could either stay at the level you were on, as long as you wanted, but could no longer go back out. you could also continue up, and the drugs got better and better. punchline: eventually you ended at the top level, where you were so high you were completely shot to hell, oblivion, but your bodily fluids drained into the levels below, you manufactured the drugs the rest of the thing lived on, you became the motor to the farm.",
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"body": "I don't know if it's my favorite, but your mention of Ted Chiang made me think of another story of his, \"Tower of Babylon\".",
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"body": "I like almost everything from [The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume 1](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Science_Fiction_Hall_of_Fame,_Volume_One,_1929%E2%80%931964), probably Mars is Heaven!, The Little Black Bag, and It's a Good Life, the most.",
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"body": "Does Borges' Library of Babylon count as sci-fi? It's sufficiently nerdy and meticulously overexplained...",
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"body": "Greg Egan's novel *Quarantine.* What I love about that novel is that it has many different ideas in it which at first seem unrelated (or just part of the story's setting) but which eventually are essential to the resolution of the story's plot. The ending is a little weak, but I thought the rest of the novel was easily strong enough to overcome that.",
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"body": "[The Chromium Fence](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chromium_Fence) or [The Exit Door Leads In](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exit_Door_Leads_In) by Philip K. Dick.",
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"body": "I forget the title, but it was the one were one alien reveals to the other that \"they're made out of meat\".",
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"body": "Sandkings by George R.R. Martin. Before I looked it up while researching my response to your question I had never connected the fact that the story was written by GRRM. I think I like that old story even more now.",
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[TOMT] A PC Game from the 90's I used to play. | I'm going to suck horribly at describing this since it's only stills in my head but basically:
- There may or may not have been time travel. I just remember getting hit by trains and also going to a world with dinosaurs.
- There were a lot of biohazard symbols throughout the game.
- It was a very dark game.. with a MA rating (I'm pretty sure)
I'm sorry. That's all i remember! It was 3d and had graphics that I would say were circa '96.
Thank you!
EDIT: rsho got it! It was Journeyman Project. It came with HP computers back in the 90s. :D | 8 | [
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"body": "[Journeyman Project](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journeyman_Project) had some bio hazard symbols and some neat rendered scenes. I don't remember any dinosaurs though.\n",
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"body": "was it an action or an adventure game? i remember a very similar adventure type game where you are some sort of cyborg type of guy an you start out in prison. its 3d but with the camera fixed into one place in each room sort of like tomb raider or alone in the dark.",
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What I heard at church today | "The homosexual liberals want to make it where we can't even preach against homosexuality and say it is a sin. Our society hates Christians. The liberals want to snuff out Christianity." I hear something like this weekly at church. | 8 | [
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"body": "That's why cars with little fish on them get vandalized constantly? Oh, that's right, they don't. As opposed to having the wrong political sticker, football team sticker, or Darwin fish on your car where you stand a good chance of getting your car keyed.\n\nThe victim card is a ploy to increase solidarity.",
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"body": "Charge 1 not applicable as I'm not a homo. And frankly I don't care what they preach to their rabid sheep, so long as they restrict it to their churches.\n\nGuilty as charged on points 2 and 3.\n",
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OK music geeks on linux... I need advice. | I was a mac user for about a billion years. Then I met my fiance, a strict linux man, who got me to fall in love with it. I was working with an old mac G5 power PC that wasn't worth squat, but ran GarageBand, which I *loved* for recording all my music, and LightRoom, which I used for all my photo editing. I wanted to switch to having a linux desktop (had a ThinkPad that ran debian, but it wasn't powerful enough for what I needed). Right before Christmas, the G5 died, and I was left with no desktop. Right around then, we found LightZone, which is FREAKING AWESOME. Now I just need a good music program, and I will be able to let go of my mac loving self.
A little about my music habits: I got a nice big MIDI full size grand keyboard for a birthday, so that is my biggest priority. I do a fair amount of recording through the mic with my stringed instruments and voice, but being able to record and edit with my keyboard is my bigger priority.
We are in the process of building me a linux machine. Stupid mobo we ordered died, so we have to pick up a new one. However, I am getting cranky about not being able to do my music stuff, so any and all ideas are completely appreciated.
EDIT: just downloaded LMMS and it looks awesome. The real test will be getting it to recognize my keyboard! Thanks to all of you for suggesting so many great programs; I really appreciate it!! | 52 | [
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"body": "Can't really give much advice, but I'll give you my setup, hopefully it will help.\n\nMy distro is Gentoo. The software I use:\nRosegarden - for midi recording\nHydrogen - drum programming (though I suppose you could do it in Rosegarden if you wanted too, but I like Hydrogen's interface)\nArdour - for audio recording (at the moment midi capabilities is the top requested feature for Ardour, but at the moment is has no midi capabilities)\n\nI use the JACK Audio Connection Kit to sync them all together (so you hit \"play\" on one and they all start playing)\n\nOn the hardware side, I have an older sound card, a Soundblaster Audigy 2ZS. It has a separate unit that fits in a 5.25\" bay in the front of the computer. I has alot of different connections (midi in/out, SPDIF in/out, optical in/out, 1/4\" headphone jack, 1/4\" line/mic input (not sure if it's stereo or mono), stereo RCA inputs and a firewire port). There is also another stereo input on the card itself on the back of the computer (1/8\" stereo jack). All the connections work, however MIDI in only works if I boot into windows first then reboot into linux, it'll then work fine until the machine is shut down. I should have totally ditched windows long ago, but good thing I didn't, otherwise I wouldn't be able to use my MIDI in port :)\n\nI have a cheap 88-key keyboard which is hooked into the MIDI in on the soundcard, then MIDI out goes to a Yamaha A4000 sampler (picked it up cheap on CL years ago). It may be old, but it still sounds way better than the general MIDI sounds on the computer. This way I can record the MIDI on the computer, but still play it back later using the sampler.\n\nWhen I want to mix down to a single audio track, I export the drums from Hydrogen as a wav file and put it on a new track in my Ardour project. As for MIDI, I already have the audio output on my sampler going into one of the inputs on my sound card, so I just record it as another audio track on my Ardour project. There probably is an easier way to do all this, but one I got my setup fully working I decided to leave well enough alone and go with it :)\n\nLike I said, I don't really know if just describing my setup will help, but hopefully you can get something out of it\n\nEDIT: also wanted to add that I am quite happy with my setup...Ardour has come a long way since the first time I tried it some years back.",
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"body": "I would have to call [Ubuntu Studio](http://ubuntustudio.org/) your best bet. It is an Ubuntu based distro that comes jam packed with media manipulation tools. Very easy to pick up and play with.",
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"body": "This is what I'm doing (short version):\n\nJack + Wine + Wineasio + Reaper. \n\n(Longer version)\nIf you want to record on linux you have to use Jack (low latency sound server). If you want to record, [Ardour](http://www.ardour.org/) is the way to go, but it doesn't have MIDI (yet), and if you want to use VST it's not usable. So my solution is to use Wine and Wineasio to run [Reaper](http://www.reaper.fm). It's a complete DAW, good latencies could be achieved with a correct setup, it's free(as in \"free beer\", and it's more like a never-ending trail version). Using [Wineasio](http://sourceforge.net/projects/wineasio/), Reaper connects to Jack without problems and with good latencies. \n\nNow it may sound a little tricky to setup everything, but once you understand Jack everything will fall into place.\n\nI personally don't use Rosegarden or LMMS but I think they are a valid alternative to my setup (using Ardour as the DAW).\n\nLast but not least I strongly recommend you [AV Linux](http://www.bandshed.net/AVLinux.html) Distro. Debian-based Audio Video production distro. I tried every Pro-audio linux distro out there, _really_ , simply put: the only one that I keep using. I don't want to start some kind of distro fight, maybe you don't even want to change or try distros, but please stay away from ubuntu studio. I'm using ubuntu on my laptop, and I like it, but the folks at ubuntustudio missed something...\n\nOk, if you need more detailed informations on the setup just ask :D\n\nBye bye,\nAH !\nDon't believe to those telling you \"WHAT? you want to make music ON LINUX??? It's not possible.period. Buy you another mac.\" They are mostly a)people willing to justify the fact they bought a Mac only to make music because \"it's the only way!\" b)People working with music, the de facto standard is the mac, they use a mac, even if you make music only for fun, you HAVE to use a mac. c) Frustrated people.\n\nThere is technically little or no difference between a Windows or Mac for music production. In linux things are different: we lack support for some technologies (VST above all)and some applications, but you can do it with professional results, quickly and without spending a lot of money.\n\nhth\nPaolo",
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"body": "Burn an Ubuntu Studio cd and install to a pc with the right sort of hardware. Test stuff out. If happy, keep.",
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"body": "Rosegarden or Ardour are probably your best bets. No pre-packaged loops á la GarageBand though. You'll want to get JACK and qjackctl, and read up on how to enable realtime threads through pam to get reasonable latency. ",
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"body": "I'll be honest with you, as a user who can't remember when I first got Linux but who has never personally owned a box running windoze or a Mac, but who has used both: It's not the same. Since you were happy with LightRoom (as opposed to PS), I can see how you'd be happy with LightZone and I agree with you. (OTOH, the GIMP ain't PS.)\n\nMusically, for power and ease of use, I think Macs still have it all over Windows and Linux. Unless you're really low on funds, I suspect you'll be much happier with another Mac. Edited to add: I use tuxguitar regularly and am very happy with it. But I don't do MIDI. I also run SqueezeCenter (or whatever it's called now) and serve flac files to a couple of Squeezeboxes from it.\n\n(Oh, I did own a NeXT slab and loved it back in the very early 90s)",
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"body": "Don't bother, Ive tried to move my studio over to linux a number of times and always go back. It always comes down to slow workflow and bugs :( hopefully in a few years it will be good",
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Need help with flyer design! | I'm a filmmaker and I'm preparing for an upcoming video project which revolves around community involvement. I'm putting up flyers in an attempt to solicit participants, and I've come up with a "design" but it's kind of lame. I don't know graphic design and I'm not sure what exactly will catch the attention I'm going for. I'm looking for regular people who have always wanted to do something art-related but never have, and trying to avoid people who are wannabe actors and jump at everything they see. Any feedback would be extremely appreciated!
Here is the link: http://imgur.com/yMjLN
It's supposed to be black text on a white background, I don't know why imgur inverted it. I was thinking of printing them on blue paper. I don't have any money, so I cant really afford color prints. | 11 | [
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"body": "Because it's for first-timers, you could pare it right back and work the personal angle.\n\nHi, I'm James. [pic] \nI'm making a movie.\n\nI need some help. Your help. It doesn't matter if you haven't done anything like this before. If you're open to doing new things, you're just who I'm looking for.\n\nYou might be the star. You might be the person who checks the lights are plugged in, or who uses the camera. There's lots to do, and it'll be fun!\n\nRip off one of the things at the bottom with my details. This is going to be AWESOME. [excitement lines coming out of AWESOME]",
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"body": "Well, this is my [quick mockup](http://imgur.com/athmy.png).\n\nIt's far from being perfect, but it gives the general idea. The super awesome gradient background wouldn't exist in reality as the clapper would be cut out and placed on walls.",
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"body": "It's usually best practice to align things one way and keep it consistent. You have centered text, left justified and right justified. Pick one, and stick with it. There are exception of course but these are guidelines. You also seem to be emphasizing things that shouldn't be emphasized. \"Are you\" and \"Have you\" should not stick out as they do. Anything that is emphasized should work on its own, without any other information. \n\nYou can also vary your sizes strategically. Important things should be big. Smaller details and information are smaller. You shouldn't vary weight and size within a single collection of information, unless it's italics or bold type. You can also be a bit more concise.",
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"body": "Wayyyyyyy to much copy. Pair it down to a simple message. Details can be explained after interest is garnered.",
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What podcasts are you subscribed to? | I just started looking into podcasts, and I need some more content. So what podcasts do you guys like? | 9 | [
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"body": "I like a number of NPR podcasts. [This American Life](http://www.thisamericanlife.org/) and [Radio Lab](http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/) are two of my favorites. In fact I just discovered there is a new radio lab to listen to! Thanks! \n\nAlso, if you like science fiction [Escape Pod](http://escapepod.org/) is very cool. It has hundreds of stories of all different types. ",
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"body": "I subscribe to a number of TWiT podcasts (twit.tv)\n\nI listen to Windows Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, TWiT, Security Now (Uber Geeky), and The Tech Guy (a call for help show).",
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Dehumanized: When math and science rule the
school | EDIT: apologies, I meant to link this:
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2009/09/0082640
"In our time, orthodoxy is economic. Popular culture fetishizes it, our entertainments salaam to it (how many millions for sinking that putt, accepting that trade?), our artists are ranked by and revered for it. There is no institution wholly apart. Everything submits; everything must, sooner or later, pay fealty to the market; thus cost-benefit analyses on raising children, on cancer medications, on clean water, on the survival of species, including—in the last, last analysis—our own. If humanity has suffered under a more impoverishing delusion, I’m not aware of it."
Note: this was published in Sept. so it may be a repost. | 4 | [
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"body": "What a worthless article, in that I strongly disagree with his opinion.\n\nHis mix of ideas are not clearly thought out, nor are they clearly connected from one sentence to the next. \n\n\"It troubles me because there are many things “math and science” do well, and some they don’t. And one of the things they don’t do well is democracy. They have no aptitude for it, no connection to it, really....\nThe work of democracy involves espousing those values that in a less democratic society would get one sent to prison. To maintain its “sustainable edge,” a democracy requires its citizens to actually risk something, to test the limits of the acceptable; the “trajectory of capability-building” they must devote themselves to, above all others, is the one that advances the capability for making trouble. If the value you’re espousing is one that could never get anyone, anywhere, sent to prison, then strictly democratically speaking you’re useless.\"\n\nWhat!? His whole dislike toward math & science seems to me to be basic jealousy. He creates some small but vague feeling of discontent and uses it to link his next argument while providing no solid evidence for anything. Example:\"There’s something indecent about the way math and science gobble up market share. Not content with being heavily subsidized by both government and private industry and with serving as a revenue-generating gold mine for higher education (which pockets the profits from any patents and passes on research expenses to students through tuition increases—effectively a kind of hidden “science tax”)\" \n\nI guess this pretty much lowers my respect for the humanities to almost nothing. Vague concepts without any real meaning: \"The humanities, done right, are the crucible within which our evolving notions of what it means to be fully human are put to the test; they teach us, incrementally, endlessly, not what to do but how to be. Their method is confrontational, their domain unlimited, their “product” not truth but the reasoned search for truth...\"\nAh yes, nice sentences, no real meaning. Worthless. \n ",
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So, I've been thinking a bit about how the world of Pokemon could possibly work, and I wound up writing this. Figured I'd put it here. | In the year 2234, the Earth has become a nightmarish world of endless pain and constant turmoil. The best and brightest minds devised a way to send small pockets of humanity into space on large "generation ships" so that the human species may survive in some way on another world. Seven ships in total were sent out before the Earth became unsuitable to support human life. Of those seven ships, only one survived. The others were cursed to eons of travel in the cold empty blackness of space.
The men and women originally sent into space on Generation Ship 6 were long dead by the time their distant ancestors, somehow still alive despite the initial calculations of the Earth scientists, stepped onto solid ground for the first time in over two hundred years. They emerged to find themselves in a new world, bright and sunny and vast. Even more surprising were the creatures they found. Great bright orange dragons with tails of fire that can soar through the air, seemingly defying all laws of physics with their odd proportions. They encountered small yellow rodents that nearly the size of the average toddler that could, when provoked, generate electricity through some unknown organ deep within their bodies.
The humans were amazed by their discoveries. They had only heard of animals mentioned in the old recordings and videos about Earth. The only other living things besides humans they had seen before were the bloated creatures stored in the bottom levels of the generation ship. They were used primarily for food, but were also harvested of their fat for fuel to heat the ship after the nuclear generator was damaged.
The humans quickly began building small settlements, but were not used to the alien planet. Their first settlement, Pallet Town, though certainly livable, was simply not in an agriculturally viable spot. It would never grow beyond a few domiciles and a small research facility. Their second attempt at colonization, Pewter City, proved to be much more successful. It quickly grew into a thriving town, and the humans felt at peace. This peace wouldn't last forever, as they had foolishly hoped.
It wasn't before long that the strange creatures they had encountered when they first entered the strange planet decided that the humans were growing far too large in number. Using their surprising intelligence, they amassed an army the likes of which had never been seen. Hordes of great serpents emerged from the water, and the skies were filled with the horrible cries of eyeless bats and dragons. Luckily for the humans, they had come to tame several of these creatures, and were able to use them to help fight off the monster army. They were even joined by the distant descendants of the large, fatty creatures kept in the generation ship as a steady source of food and warmth. Over time, these creatures had developed surprising strength, and an even more startling appetite. They stripped the lands bare, destroying the creature's food supply, and crushed those strong enough to stand against them under their enormous weight.
The war was over in a matter of months, but the effects it had would remain forever. The human victory broke the spirits of these once proud creatures, and they began to subject themselves to the will of the humans. The colony of Pewter City flourished after the war, with humans and monsters working together, though not happily, to build new cities and expand their territory.
It had been only three hundred years since the first humans set foot on the strange planet, now named Kanto. Technology improved to the point that the now domesticated creatures could be stored in small containers in the form of jumbled atom clouds. It had even become a sort of rite of passage for a young man to capture and train these creatures in order to become their "master".
Though seemingly perfect, their world wasn't without its faults. The number of genetically different people was small, as the generation ship only contained a small handful of people. Cloning measures were used to increase the population early in the colonization process as well, resulting in large groups of people who look and act exactly alike. It was found that these clones were too genetically screwy to be used for anything other than minor nursing jobs under the careful supervision of highly trained monsters, or jobs as "police-officers" that amounted to nothing more than walking around cities wearing a uniform and pretending that you know what you're doing.
As of the time of this writing, all of Kanto's human inhabitants have long since died. Their world had the potential to allow for the rise of a new Empire of Man, but they got too caught up in their own little adventures with the strange animals that inhabited their world for their own good. Due to a stagnant gene pool and almost complete reliance on their monsters had completely halted their evolution, at times reversing it. As their monsters grew smarter and stronger, the humans slowly grew weaker and less clever. In time, it would be the monsters who ruled the planet once more, using the humans as nothing more than playthings, or worse, a source of food.
Finally, after nearly two and a half million years, humanity was wiped out. Despite the best efforts of the humans of Old Earth, it was the laziness and genetics of their descendants that would finally end any hope that humans had for greatness.
tl;dr SOMETHING SOMETHING ALIENS SOMETHING SOMETHING FIGHTING OH NO POKEMANS LDGKSFJ | 28 | [
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"body": "I'll come out and admit that I've had ideas like this before. In fact, there currently resides a large Word document on my computer that contains an \"continuity reboot\" of several franchises into one continuity, Pokémon included. The tl;dr version (e.g., no symbolism or explaining continuity errors):\n\n* In this universe, creatures can mutate over time due to their environment, though this usually takes longer than a normal being's lifespan, making most rely on plain old natural selection.\n* The three main members of the Kirby franchise (Kirby, Dedede, and Meta Knight) are immortals, who meddled with the sacred treasures on the universe's original planet, Pop Star, causing disharmony to flow into the universe in the form of Dark Matter. The three fled with the now tainted treasures to three separate planets: Earth, Mobius (from the *Sonic the Hedgehog* franchise), and Enlil (a planet I just created for symmetry, but if I ever create a game I'll probably set it here). Several things happen upon landing on each planet, including Kirby mutating into a water-creature known as Chaos on the planet Mobius.\n* A war on Enlil leads to several events that set up the games; among these events is the game *Meteos*. Most notably, this is the first origin of Pokémon, in the form of the psychic Mew race on Enlil.\n* In the meantime, Pop Star has been colonized by a variety of human-like peoples, leading to the events of the *Zelda* games. The continuity continues from the \"Adult\" ending of Ocarina of Time, with the flood that precipitated Wind Waker. The \"Child\" ending (which led to Twilight Princess) is an alternate universe of sorts.\n* On Earth, the Japanese do not attack Pearl Harbor, leading to America entering the war late. Russia gains a lot of territory on the eastern front before Hitler is killed by his own men, and Germany falls in the power stuggle. This new world climate leads to delayed technology and stricter justice standards, leading to the *Ace Attorney* series.\n* A gigantic clichéd war renders most of Earth inhospitable. Some stay behind in remote areas, but the vast majority depart on the Space Colony ARK (Astrofaring Revolving-Matrix Kilolightspeed system). This war also sends out a psychic distress signal to the Mew race on Enlil, and some leave to see what's the matter.\n* The Mew arrive on their comet, which impacts the planet in the Kantō region of Japan (a real place), with the impact site being known as Mount Moon. They mutate into forms based on the ambient memories of those hiding in secluded areas. Eventually, the humans realize they're there, and find that they can tame them with centuries-old item storage technology. The Mew allow this, as they are a playful species, and continue this charade as the simple people befriend them. As peoples' perceptions change, the Mew change as well. Being able to be stored in pocket-sized [apricorns](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Apricorn) causes them to become known as pocket monsters, or Pokémon. Some are worshipped as gods, but falsely (e.g., Arceus isn't the creator of the universe, but because people think he is, his limited powers correlate with their beliefs).\n* The Space Colony ARK arrives on Mobius, and the humans immediately make peace with the native anthropomorphs. Of course, prejudice and pride lead both sides to war, during which Gerald Robotnik is charged with generating the \"Ultimate Life Form\" to lead the human army to victory.\n* Gerald's Project Shadow eventually makes a deal with an alien species, the Black Arms, behind the government's back, and begins working on a contingency plan, the Eclipse Cannon. Word of this orbital planet-destroying laser leaks out, and the entire team is killed or incarcerated. Gerald, driven to madness by the death of his granddaughter in the incident, programs the project's result, Shadow the Hedgehog, to activate the Eclipse Cannon on the planet below if he were ever awakened, despite Gerald originally intending Shadow to use it on the Black Arms' comet.\n* The war ends, almost entirely because the human president threatens the Mobian king with the Eclipse Cannon in secret. The post-war era leads to two different approaches from the humans to technology: some city-states embrace it, developing futuristic hoverboards and other sorts of technology, while the main federation sticks to only letting the military deal with such things. The grandson of Gerald, Ivo Robotnik, sees the sharp disunity between the humans and the natives, and begins to work on scientific prospects to heal the physical and social pollution. Ivo reverses his name to \"Ovi Kintobor\", literally wishing to reverse his destiny as a human.\n* A little under forty years later, Sonic the Hedgehog is born. He soon sets about on his journey to see the world, and encounters Kintobor. Sonic agrees to look for the gems of legend, the Chaos Emeralds, as a way to help in the research (these Emeralds being a set of treasures guarded by Kirby back at the start of the universe). Unable to find them, Kintobor begins his experiment with artificial sources, but the machine goes awry and infuses his body with Dark Matter which has bled into the planet's core in the form of Dark Gaia. Kintobor, now infused by evil, returns to the name \"Robotnik\" and goes about trying to take over the world to forcefully get his agenda done.\n* Sonic stops him. A lot. Other things happen, including the monster Chaos (who, remember, is a mutated Kirby) being freed and (after a [hissy fit](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa0Wodn3EHA)) returning to the stars. Shadow is awaken, nearly killed preventing Gerald's revenge, wakes up with amnesia, destroys the Black Arms when they come around again, and then mopes around a lot. The continuing *Sonic the Hedgehog* franchise happens here.\n* Hundreds of years later, a group of humans decides to return to Earth on their own spacecraft. Upon doing so, they are surprised to find the Pokémon, and offer their new technology to replace the outdated ones, creating Pokéballs (a subset of the Mew almost immediately mutate into the similar-looking Voltorb and Electrode). These new, more technologically-advanced humans take over, with the leaders becoming known as Professors. The humans intermingle and continue their tradition of fighting with their monsters to build their strength and become Champions (which used to be an actual ruling position, but with the advent of the new humans is mostly ceremonial).\n* A group of these new humans, led in part by Robotnik's descendant Blaine, try to create an artificial Pokémon via Mew DNA, naming it Mewtwo. Mewtwo breaks free and burns the place before fleeing to the place of the Mews' origin, Mount Moon.\n* The mainline *Pokémon* franchise happens here. First, Generation I and III concurrently, then Generation II and IV concurrently. Coliseum and XD: Gale of Darkness happen sometime around Generation III.\n* Other things happen in this time period.\n* Near the end of the universe's lifespan, as matter starts to come back together around Pop Star, all three Kirby characters are together again, and the *Kirby* series proper happens. Meta Knight and Dedede know, to a degree, what their purpose is, and how they have to restore unity into the universe, but they must convince the underdeveloped Kirby (who was in suspended animation for a long time), though they also have their own agendas.\n* In the universe parallel to the one I've been discussing, the Mario franchise takes place. The end of Super Mario Galaxy corresponds to the Big Crunch in both universes, ending the continuity.\n\nPhew.\n\ntl;dr Kirby is secretly that water monster from *Sonic Adventure*, the Pokémon are just pretending, and Meteos was an awesome game.",
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"body": "I am going to leave this comment to remind me to come to this. I need to build up the mental fortitude to read this much of a pokeman fanfic.",
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"body": "That was an interesting read. Needs more sex and explosions. Maybe add Megan Fox in there and you're golden.",
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"body": "Now factor in the fact that Lt. Surge powered airplanes with his Raichu when he fought for America's side in \"the war\".",
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Taking stock(ings) [F] | Feeling Sunday sexy with stockings on... and off! Hope you enjoy.
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"body": "hot!\n\nbut now i'm dying to see the first pose w/out the stockings&shirt 0:-)\n\n(took me a minute, but i finally saw the first pose is the exact same thing on your shirt.. cool!.. damn i'm slow today :( )",
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Trees: how much can I expect to sell this bong for? | A few months ago, I bought this on the cheap from a friend of mine who was quitting due to a new job that drug-tested. A month ago, another friend gave me another bong for my birthday. I'm in need of cash, and looking to sell the first one. I have zero idea what kind of price it will fetch--and that's where I'm hoping some experienced treeple can help me out.
For reference, [here is a pic](http://imgur.com/Z3ixv.jpg) of it sitting on my desk. It's two feet tall.
EDIT: Yes, it is glass. Yes, it is undamaged.
2ND EDIT: When I bought it, I paid $20 for it without a slide (the original owner broke it.) With slide, $29. So I"m not paying any less than that. | 6 | [
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"body": "Around here: 20 bucks tops if it's sparkling clean, more likely a 20 sack of weed. Not a chance in hell you're getting 50 for it since those sell for 40 bucks or so new. Very dependent on location and just how controlled bong sales are.\n",
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Aussie redditor here, thanks everyone for supporting and raising awareness for the pirate party, but you need to know that if they don't change their name they cannot succeed! (also some name suggestions) | If you live in Australia, you know that the average person isn't that into politics. It just isn't taken as seriously as it is in Europe or the US. So what would the average person think when the hear about the pirate party? They will think either:
- The party is a joke party that is supporting the pirates from Somalia that have been attacking ships lately (don't believe this? Go ask someone older than 65 about this, and remember they still vote)
- The party is a joke party set up by a "bunch of kids" (kids as in uni students) who think pirates are cool or funny.
- The party is a semi joke party that was set up by a bunch of uni students who like pirating movies, and what the government to make it magically legal somehow. This is the most likely response I believe
Go and google [joke parties australia](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=joke+parties+australia&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=) if you don't believe me, the pirate party faq is the number one result.
Because of this, most people are not even going to look into the pirate party much. The main stream media wont give them much coverage unless they do something funny or stupid as they will cater to the standard "they are a joke" opinion of most Australians.
Without the support of most people (who won't even look into them) and the main stream media, the best the party can hope for is 1pc or less of the vote. It won't be enough to achieve anything.
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By changing the name of the party they can drastically improve their chances of having an impact. The issues they are fighting are too important not to take this step, and it is early enough for a name change to be made and be successful. So I would like to suggest these names for the party:
- **The Freedom of Information Party**: There is a bill in Australia (as well as other countries) called the Freedom of Information act. It is very common to read stories of scandals in the newspaper due to information retrieved using this act, so the act has a high amount of recognition and respect from most Australians. Naming the party this could ride of that recognition and respect.
- **The Democracy Party**: Nothing much to explain here. The only risk is it could get confused with the Democrat party which has basically died in Australia.
- **The Free Speech Party**: Free speech is something that everyone respects, and is really what they are fighting for.
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Note that starting a new party with the same goals but with a different name would be disastrous, as it would split support and make both too weak. Also, I don't mean this as a criticism of the average Australian voter, if it wasn't for me getting most of my news from the internet party I too would consider the pirate party a joke. | 19 | [
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"body": "Agreed. The name is the one thing that prevents me from wanting to go a step farther. The principles are cool, but I am not going to vote for a party called Pirate. I just cannot. Europeans always assume North Americans will see it their way, and often we do not. Changing the name would be a very smart idea.",
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Trip to Oregon... Help! | So My husband and I are planning a trip to Portland either in Feb or March. We need a place to stay and we are willing to pay $150 for a week for a spare room or a floor. I'm 20 years old and my Husband is 21.
We are a casual mature couple so it will be fun!
It's been a long time ambition to visit so we'd appreciate the help. | 10 | [
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"body": "I recommend lot's of oxen and bullets. Don't forget a few spare wagon wheels and axles. Kill every animal you see. Watch out for typhoid.\n\n Protip: Pay the Indian to help you cross.",
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How many of you have actually laughed so hard you spit something onto your monitor? | I've done it exactly once, and it was more of spitting the remnants of my last sip. So in the end... I had a few speckles on my screen and it was a minor inconvenience. | 10 | [
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"body": "I've taught myself not to laugh at funny things anymore. I have two copies of hitler in my household that are ready to pounce and kill the slightest idea of any fun-having.",
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At 17 I detached my retina after years of competitive martial arts (I also won a World Championship). AMA | I mentioned this in a thread and I got a lot of questions and a request to do an AMA. So here it is. It's kind of in two parts, the martial arts and the injury.
I did Tae Kwon Do from about 10 years old and from the start I started doing competitions. I got my black belt quickly, I'm a 3rd Degree Black Belt now, and I just started winning competitions at club level and doing well at national level (Ireland). At 14 I won girls sparring gold and girls team gold for Ireland, I captained the team. From then I won everything on a national level for 3 years straight, I also won gold in two European Champs and one six nations. I went to the next world champs when I was just 17 (two weeks) and I was classed as an adult, I lost that in the quarter finals. I also was an international ref and a coach for kids.
A couple months later, out of the blue, I started to go completely blind in the top corner of my eye. I got it checked and was sent straight to hospital for surgery. They told my parents I would probably lose my eye but I had really good doctors and I didn't. I did however lose about 60% of my sight and had to spend six weeks on my back with my head totally still. I was told no more martial arts and never any fighting.
So AMA.
Edit: It's 3am here so I'm going to sleep now. Thanks a million for all the questions and keep sending them, I'll answer in the morning.
Edit 2: I haven't got any photos of me fighting, non that are of a good enough quality to upload, so I rooted some trophies out of the attic and took a photo of them instead. Sorry guys. I'll call to my parents later and see if they have any photos.
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"body": "Due to an accident I am always at risk for retinal detachment and glaucoma and am only 20. Whenever I see floaters, I get incredibly worried. So I know what to potentially expect, what is the most difficult thing (besides not seeing, obviously), are there any perks (disability, etc.?) Do you frequently get floaters or got them just previous to the detachment? Did you have to wear an eye guard? Tell me something good that came out of this experience. (I read you are a musician now, that's fantastic)",
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"body": "Had a couple of questions:\n\n* Are you myopic?\n* Were you ever diagnosed with thinned retina? (seems like the precursor to detachment)\n* You said 'out of the blue', did you see a veil or had unclear vision in that certain area beforehand? Or did it pretty much start with the blind area?\n* Was it only a detachment or a tear? (or are they the same?)\n* What did the doctors say about other forms of exercise? Simple things like running/swimming/etc?\n\nThx",
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"body": "What does \"60%\" vision look like... or not look like? is that eye just blurry or is it limited range? how does that work?",
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Hey Reddit, will you help me get the
girl that got away? | I first posted this in /r/askreddit but no one responded there. I figured /r/relationship_advice would be a better place.
When I was in my senior year of high school there was a girl in my History class who I really liked for a long time. She was pretty and....well I wish I could say more but I don't really know anything about her. She was really quiet. I never really saw her talking to anyone. Not even during class discussions, I don't remember her ever participating. We spoke briefly a few times about random things, like I asked her what kind of music she likes and towards the end of the school year I asked her what college she will be going to, and when we did talk my heart was racing a little every time. And from the few times we did speak I got the vibe that she likes me too. Besides that, I also got this positive vibe from her that she's a good girl. You know what I'm talking about? Sometimes all you need is to look at someone or have a thirty second conversation with them and you have an intuition about that person. Well that's what I got from the few brief conversations me and her had, and it was a positive feeling.
So for the whole school year I went through this cycle in my head thinking 'Should I talk to her? Should I approach her?' Always thinking no, she's out of my league. This went on and on for the whole school year (I was shy and had low confidence back then). The last day of school came (the day we got our diplomas and were totally out of there). I walked out of the school and started heading home. I saw her walking in the distance, but I didn't approach. In retrospect, I should have.
And that was it. I was 17, out of high school, out into the world starting a new chapter of my life and I thought that I would never see her again. But I thought about her. I thought about her all those years after high school (it's been almost 8 years) wondering what could have been if only I had the courage to really talk to her. When the myspace era came around I tried finding her on there with no luck. When the facebook era came around I tried finding her on there too but with no luck either. I thought about putting her name in Google or using one of those People search things but I just could not do that. It seemed creepy and stalkerish.
Recently, news has come around that facebook is gaining ridculous popularity and so I thought that maybe now she's on facebook for real. I tried searching her name in Facebook again, and sure enough her name came up! At first I couldn't believe it, but it was her alright. There she was, the same girl from high school from 8 years ago (theres no way I'm posting her picture on here, so don't even ask).
And now, comes the dilemma....
I am going to message her on facebook and this may be my only chance to establish communication with her and there are some complexities to the situation.
First of all, I don't have a Facebook account and I never did (Facebook is lame :/) so I am going to have to create one just for this purpose. I am wondering what she will think of the fact that I created a Facebook account just to get in contact her. Also, she will have no basis to judge me on. If I had an established facebook account with a list of friends and things I like/music/all that other stuff Facebook people do, she could go through it and get an idea of my character/personality, but like this it's just a blank page. Maybe this is a good thing?
Second, what if she confuses me for someone else? If I message her saying 'I sat next to you in history class, my name is [insert my name here]' What if she confuses me in her mind with someone else from that class, perhaps someone she didn't like? How can I be sure she remembers who I really am?
What if she totally remembers me but has no desire to communicate with me? I acccept the fact that this is possible and may result in her not responding to me, but what if she hasn't responded in say two weeks and I am starting to think this is the case but in reality she simply hasn't logged in to her account all that time? So the question is - if she doesn't respond, how long should I wait before sending a second message?
And most importantely, what should I say? Something straight to the point along the lines of 'Hey [insert her name here]', I don't have a Facebook account but I made one just to get in contact with you. Maybe you remember me, I sat next to you in history class senior year, my name is [insert my name here]'
Should I include my email address so she emails me back on there instead of continuing the conversation on facebook? Should I make it mysterious with a whole guess who kind of thing (tell her everything except my name) and then when she writes back tell her my name?
What should I say?
TL;DR - I liked a girl in high school, never had the courage to really talk to her, been thinking about her since high school (8 years have passed), found her on facebook, planning on sending her a message (may be my only chance to establish communication with her), not sure about what to say, need your advice on that.
Looking forward to all of your responses, I know you have helped people in all types of situations before. I hope you can help me here. Thanks Reddit! All advice is very much appreciated! :)
EDIT: Well it's almost midnight here on the east coast so I'm off to bed. Thanks again to everyone for all the advice. | 10 | [
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"body": "Create the Facebook account already. If it makes you feel better you can find other old friends before contacting her so it doesn't seem like your sole reason for starting your account was to email her. Send her a facebook message and go from there.\r\n\r\nPut your photo up (from high school if you have changed a lot since then) and there will be no misidentification. And for heavens sake stop with the \"what ifs\"......just do it!\r\n\r\nGood Luck!",
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"body": "Facebook is for reconnecting with old friends. Don't say you created an account just to talk to her. That would be weird. You might want to consider populating your facebook with other information, and finding other people to be friends with. Worst case scenario, you catch up with other people from your past you like, too.\n\nSay hi, see if she remembers you, and if she does, ask her to meet you somewhere for coffee to catch up.",
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"body": "Whatever you do, WHATEVER YOU DO, do not start out the conversation by saying \"So, I've been thinking about you for the past 8 years.\"",
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"body": "Nothing is wrong with reconnecting with an old acquaintance.\n\nBut you need to keep your eyes forward, man. That girl you fell in love with is now eight years older. Yes, you may have liked her back in high school. You might have liked her a lot. But that was *back in high school.*\n\nAre you the same as you were in high school? Fuck no. You're not even close. How about her? You think she stayed the same.\n\nFuck no. Not even close.\n\nLook, don't just reconnect with her and her alone. Use facebook to become facebook friends with *everybody* you can remember. It's the most casual thing in the world. None of these games, none of this stupid \"setup\" bullshit. That's gay.\n\n\"Hey, I remember you from high school. I'm still in the area. Wanna grab coffee later?\"\n\nCoffee. Conversation. Look for nothing else, and see where it goes from there (and before you think about it, don't hold your breath).\n\nSecond point: why are you still hung up on an eight year long crush? Can't change the past. Act for the now, with the future in mind. Good things'll happen.\n\nAnd dude. Come on. She's just a girl. She's not some angel sent down to bring joy to your life. Nobody is. Think of her as a fellow human being.",
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"body": "Well even if everything goes as good as it could go, can this realistically work out? You guys have probably changed a bit in 8 years and you may not live anywhere near each other.\n\nI just wouldn't get your hopes up since you guys really didn't know each other very well in the first place.\n\nBut contact her anyway, say hello, see what happens, I just don't think you should get your hopes up.",
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"body": "Well, I'm going to say just make an account and say hi to her and whoever else you will.\n\nThat said though, it sounds like you've put this girl on a pedestal and you would be better off just not bothering with the situation. If it can't be a casual hello and attempt at catching up it'll be bad.",
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"body": "It won't work. I'm sure she has a boyfriend or husband by now, if she doesn't she will certainly say so anyway.",
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Okay, you're not racist or sexist. But what is that one trivial thing you hate about a race or gender? | For me it's women commentators on a televised football game. I can't reach for the fast forward button quick enough. No offense ladies. Now tell me something trivial that bugs you. | 6 | [
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"body": "That people still use them (to the own benefit) for a pity play, or to get biased legislation passed.",
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"body": "Black people stare at me like I'm the white devil. I used to lifegaurd the east side of Austin and it took a few summers just to get some of the kids to not have hateful feelings towards me. Once they realized I was just a plain ol' motherfucker like them it was cool. I honestly don't blame them as much as some of their parents who have ill feelings towards all white people. I can't change the fact that white people screwed them over...I have family on one side that fought for union and the other side hadn't even been in America until 100 years ago.\n\n\nI've met few woman who didn't haven't felt the need to stand up to me when I haven't exchanged but a few words. I grew up under a really head strong, manic mother who herself grew up under a general in the Air Force. It's like my mere presence is fire to women. ",
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"body": "People, any gender, any race, who seemingly have nothing to add to any conversation except some description/plot overview of a tv program or movie they saw or what some celebrity is reportedly doing. \n\nAlso, whiny, airhead, spoiled, girly-girl, \"shop till you drop\", \"OMG! I broke a fingernail\" \"princesses\". \n\nThese people need to get a real life.\n\n*edit:wording*",
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"body": "I've spent several years working in fast food to pay for spending money at school. \nWhat kills me the most are how fat black women cannot be satisfied by anything.\nYou could take their order correctly, even throw in something free and 90% of the time they will find some way to argue with me. My black friends at work can't stand them either.\nCould be a location thing, but seeing as I've been in two different states and it's the same results, unlikely.",
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Recommend some fiction? | Im into sci-fi, fantasy etc.
Last stuff Ive read was The Gunslinger series(loved it), Under the Dome(meh) and Generation A(didn't like it so much). | 6 | [
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"body": "Some of the best fantasy series I have ever read are:\n\n* Jim Butcher's [Dresden Files](http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/dresden/)\n\n* Garth Nix's [Old Kingdom Triology](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Kingdom_trilogy)\n\n* Philip Pullman's [His Dark Materials](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Dark_Materials)\n\n\nFor sci-fi:\n\n* MT Anderson's [Feed](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feed_%28novel%29)\n\n* Scott Westerfeld's [Uglies series](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feed_%28novel%29)\n\n\nFor straight up dystopia:\n\n* Suzanne Collins' [Hunger Games](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger_Games)\n\nEDIT: just wanted to add that all of the books listed here are some of my all time favourite novels. I have read all of them at least 3 or 4 times. You'll note that most of them are considered young adult, but do not let that keep you form picking any of these up.",
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"body": "For fantasy, I would recommend:\n\n- The Complete Compleat Enchanter by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt\n- The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny\n- The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher (worth mentioning twice in one thread I would say)\n- Christopher Stasheff's Wizard series, all of the book titles include the word Wizard in there somewhere\n- The Princess Bride, William Goldman\n- Songs of Earth and Power by Greg Bear\n\nMoving on into sci fi, I feel the need to recommend:\n\n- Heinlein. Heinlein Heinlein Heinlein. If you want to start out light, I would go with The Star Beast, move on into The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Starship Troopers, and check out The Man Who Sold the Moon ( I don't think that one is actually Heinlein, but an excellent novellette nonetheless). You could do all that, or you could jump into Stranger in a Strange Land, which is probably his best and is widely acclaimed as such.\n- The Callahan's Crosstime Saloon series by Spider Robinson. One of my alltime favourites, summed up best by somebody or other saying it's like \"a drink, a smoke, and a good talk with an old friend\"... these are books I have laughed out loud at while reading, and still do when I reread them.\n- I, Jedi by Michael A. Stackpole. It's a bit hard to get into if you're not already indoctrinated into the Star Wars universe, but a great place to start and some of the best exploration of the why of Jedi I've seen.\n- The Stainless Steel Rat series by Harry Harrison, hilarious\n- Wolf and Iron by Gordon R. Dickson, distopian and awesome\n- Cities in Flight, by James Blish. \n- Mike McQuay, The Mathew Swain series. Very cheesy, but an easy fun read with a good atmosphere\n- If you like older, classical sci fi, try H. G. Wells, specifically his short The Valley of the Blind. Excellent read. \n- Also the Lensman series, E. E. \"Doc\" Smith. Well crafted space opera with a six-book story arc that actually gives you some insight into what the hell people are saying when they say things like \"space opera\"\n- A Canticle for Leibowitz, byy....uhhh.... can't remember. Feel free to jump in and help me out, anybody who does.\n- Police Your Planet, don't remember by who. A gold star for this one though, very plausible and engrossing setting of life on Mars\n\nA few others that stand out from the crowd but don't fit into the genres specified are:\n\n- Siddhartha, Herman Hesse\n- Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell\n- Nichomachean Ethics, by Aristotle. I doubt anyone will actually take me seriously enough to read this on their own, but it does change the order of your life around. It did for me, at least.\n\nHope that helps\n\nEDIT: Format",
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Please tell me Farscape isn't dead yet! | For those who haven't heard of Farscape I would recommend watching it; one of the best cult dark-science fiction series out there!
The Henson Company has made special Christmas 2009 videos for their youtube channel, including some for Farscape. At the time of writing these Farscape holidays specials have not even reached 200 views, which really saddens me - the show deserves so much more.
For those interested, here are the links:
[Crichton and Aeryn part 1](http://www.youtube.com/hensoncompany#p/c/E3DAB3C5CEB01828/6/Pd7XDfQjeLo)
[Crichton and Aeryn part 2](http://www.youtube.com/hensoncompany#p/c/E3DAB3C5CEB01828/4/d7Nfw4UZaxA)
[The others](http://www.youtube.com/hensoncompany#p/c/E3DAB3C5CEB01828/5/oS-VQcenK6o)
Is this lack of attention a sign that the show has had it's time, despite the potential webisdoes still hanging between production and cacellation? Are there any people here on reddit that would wish the show to continue?
Please tell me Farscape isn't dead yet! | 14 | [
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"body": "If they should resurrect any scifi show then Farscape should be it\n\nAlong with Firefly\nAnd almost everything Fox kills",
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"body": "Best science fiction epic ever created. Period. Fuck Star Trek. Fuck Star Wars. John Crichton would beat the living shit out of all those pussies. And make snarky pop-culture jokes while doing so. I always loved how in the first season, he's like a lost kid in a mall, but by the fourth season there's not a single person in the universe who doesn't know his name. The quintessential badass. Hey, Scifi, where are those damn webisodes?!",
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"body": "Thanks, I had no idea that was out there. Farscape was one of the most overlooked scifi shows ever. \r\n\r\n",
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I Drink a Lot of Soda. How Bad is This for me? | The other day I was house sitting and, knowing that I liked Mountain Dew, there was a 2 liter available to me. I drank the whole thing. I usually do the 12 pack of 12 oz cans in a week. Basically I want to know if I'm doing long term damage here.
I am 22, Male, 5'10" at 140 lbs (skinny), I exercise, and seem to be in perfect heath. | 9 | [
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"body": "What you don't realize is that at 22, your metabolism is on overdrive. You can probably eat/drink whatever you want and still have trouble keeping weight on.\n\nThis ends toward the end of your 20's. Yet, your eating habits are what they are. There's no mystery here, why people start looking at 'relaxed fit' pants in their 30's.\n\nMt. Dew ... or any other soda ... is just empty calories. Sweet, easy going down empty calories. And if you think that switching to the Diet variety is better ... it's not. Drinking all that sweet stuff 'tunes' your pallet toward a sweeter (generally higher calorie) diet, even if you're not getting it from THAT particular drink. Besides, those artificial sweeteners *may* not be that good for you either.\n\nHere, [give this a read](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29434-2004Aug24.html).\n\n...and [this one](http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20050613/drink-more-diet-soda-gain-more-weight) when you've finished the other.",
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"body": "Do you honestly need to ask? It's like liquid candy, try high cholesterol and diabetes maybe\n\n[more info](http://www.emedexpert.com/tips/soft-drinks.shtml)",
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"body": "Ok, I believe so strongly about this, that I created an account to respond. Pop/soda in general is horrible for your long term health. Your body might not react to it immediately, but the longer you drink it in the levels you are, the more damage you are doing to yourself and your liver in particular. Watch this lecture by Dr. Robert H. Lustig who argues that fructose – especially in the form of high-fructose corn syrup – is so bad for you that it should be classified as a poison; he also likens the way your body reacts to it as alcohol without the buzz. It is 9 segments of 10 minutes each, and it is riveting. I do everything I can to avoid HFCs in any food what so ever. The other big issue with soda's is the massive amount of salt, the sugar is there to disguise it. You should stop drinking it, or at least severely limit your intake. You won't want to drink a Mountain Dew again, if you watch the whole series of 9 videos on his lecture. It is scary stuff. \nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjxyjcvW7RE /\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj14IMI5J8s / \nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjZFVqT9MME /\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-3yPrmmsrs / \nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCvoJadC9co / \nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxhA_kh9J6Y / \nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxuS_NQUrNg / \nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8nhyCkx168 / \nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tyaRnfGRV0 /\n\nEDIT: I see now that others have linked the same video, but in the full 90 minutes in one sitting. Sorry for the duplicate info, but it is VERY worth the watch. \n",
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I’d like to talk about something I’m crazy for: kim chi. | It started several years ago, when I wandered into a Korean market. In the back of the store was a large cooler full of gallon-sized glass jars of a dozen different kinds of kim chi. They were made in town by a group of Korean ladies in an ongoing fundraiser for their church, using mostly locally-grown vegetables. The jars were amazingly cheap, only $10-12 for a whole gallon. I took one home, and I was hooked. A couple visits later, I bought a jar, and when I opened it at home, it was full of strange-looking radishes cut in half (they’re called bachelor radishes). At first I was upset that I got the wrong kind, but it was even better than the regular kind! I tried all the different types they had. I started eating kim chi literally every day. When I’d make a burrito, I’d say to myself, “Gee, some kim chi would be good in this.” If I made pasta, I’d add some kim chi. Steak...kim chi fried with onions, served on top. Mac & cheese...mm, maybe just a little kim chi. My girlfriend at the time...well, she didn’t actually leave me because of the kim chi, but it didn’t help. Maybe it’s like garlic; you have to both love it. Anyway, now I’ve moved to a smaller city, and there’s no fresh kim chi. A little 12oz. jar in the grocery store costs more than $6, and it’s not even worth the trouble. There’s a Korean restaurant in town, but their kim chi tastes like the store-bought kind. Apparently the guy who runs the restaurant doesn't have the kim chi know-how possessed by a bunch of Korean grandmothers. I’m thinking about making my own, but it’s quite a commitment.
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"body": "I think what you referred to as \"bachelor\" kimchee is what my mom called \"virgin boy\" kimchee. You know, tiny radishes...\n\nI've only made sliced cucumber kimchee, but it's relatively easy.\n\nSlice some pickling cukes about 1/8\" thick (these are short and fat and do NOT have wax on them. They are also kind of bumpy). Sprinkle with salt and squish with your hands. Let it sit for a little while, like maybe an hour or so. Rinse lightly and squeeze excess water out.\n\nMash up some garlic (maybe 1 clove per 2 cukes, depending on how much garlic you like), slice green onions into 1-inch pieces on the bias, add a tiny bit of sugar, add some toasted and lightly crushed sesame seeds, sprinkle with gochu powder to taste. Squish it all together with your hands. Mess with the proportions until you're happy. FEAST!\n\nAnother thing you may like is kimchee mandoo, which you can buy frozen at the Korean store. They are good in soup.\n\nMy favorite way to eat kimchee: Stir fry kimchee with a little oil. When it's hot, add rice and sesame oil to taste. Stir like a mofo. Eat.",
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"body": "It's actually the easiest thing you can make. It's just like homemade sauerkraut. Not only that, it's great for your digestive system because of all the probiotics that come out of fermenting veggies!\n\nI love the way [this guy](http://www.wildfermentation.com/) does it. And what's great is that you can put anything you want in it! You just stuff veggies + garlic in a pot and leave it out for a couple days and then you can keep it in the fridge for a couple months. It's fermented so it'll keep as well as hard cheese. \n\nSpeaking of kimchee on mac and cheese - my mother used to make this crazy Chinese casserole with napa cabbage (the main veggie in traditional kimchee) and velveeta. DELICIOUS! ",
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"body": "Making kim chi is not \"quite a commitment,\" it's super easy. I've done it several times. Get off your lazy ass a make yourself some decent kim chi. ;)\n\nThis is the recipe I used the first time I made it:\nhttp://www.davidlebovitz.com/archives/2008/02/a_kimchi_recipe.html\n\nServing suggestion: kim chi and peanut sandwiches. You thought you liked kim chi before? Wait until you try that combination. It's my favorite food.",
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So that was awesome... | I'm walkin' home from some western bar (Cowboys game and meeting an old high school buddy) here in Prague, some dude walks up, says something in Czech.
I say, "I only speak English sorry?", to which he replies, "moda, [something something]."
"Huh?"
"Marijuana?"
"No man I already got some, it's okay."
"No no no, you got?"
"Yeah, I got it already."
Anyways I came to learn that he needed some, not that he was trying to sell me any. I told him yeah I got some, you want some, I'll give it to you, I'm leaving in seven days-- "seven days?!" --yeah seven days! so I'm trying to get rid of it you see, I mean I have this cough and I can only smoke so much and I have too much left, I can't take it through security bec-- I stopped explaining because he wasn't following, but he got it, so I said follow me. We passed his friends and he said something to them including "Amerikan". We kept going.
On the way he asked about money and I was like no man I'll just give it to you. We stop at my hostel, he waits outside, I go upstairs, get everything, come down and wave him into the gate. I then loaded a bowl and loaded a baggie with like 7 little nugs. We smoked outside, he said under 12 joints, police won't bother you. "Legal now right? I read on the news," I said. Blank look. We smoked and coughed and he said "good moda" and asked about mexicaansky a bunch, but I didn't know. We did a brotha handshake backslap and parted ways. Hope the dude had a good night. What I said was true, I have to get rid of it, so this seemed like the perfect opportunity. | 71 | [
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"body": "Hit up Tulip Cafe if you haven't already. It's in Nove Mestro and if you go downstairs you can buy nugs and smoke them there.",
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Dell LCD that will calibrate well | Hi all!
Got caught in the spam filter 10 hours ago, so I'll try again - this time without a link (is that what causes getting caught??).
Oh well. I'm looking into buying an external screen for my laptop, preferably Dell, as they are dirt heap right now (but I'm open for suggestions). Can you recommend a Dell LCD from their website that's suitable for calibration?
Thanks!
/E | 4 | [
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"body": "I did some research at the end of last year and bought a Dell 2209WA monitor. The main selling point is it's an IPS-based monitor rather than the cheaper TN-based technology that's in 95% of all TFT monitors.\n\nThat means it has a much better viewing angle (which is therefore more consistent) and can also display 16 million colours, unlike the TN screens which have to interpolate the colour.\n\n[See here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TFT_LCD) for more info.\n\nI'm running it side-by-side with a TN screen and the display on the Dell is much brighter and the pixels less fuzzy. I haven't had either monitors calibrated yet.",
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Should I root my phone? | I have the Nexus One and I'd like to know What exactly are the benefits of rooting my phone? Should I do it yet or wait it out for some reason? and What is the easiest way to root it? | 12 | [
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"body": "Wow, the advice here so far is terrible. I too have a Nexus One, and I've been considering rooting it. From what I've been reading, here are the pros/cons.\n\nPros:\n\n* Ability to tether your device, via usb, or making it a wireless access point.\n* Ability to control led flash using N1 Torch app\n\nCons:\n\n* Potentially brick your device if you screw up\n* May not get OTA updates any more (not sure if this is true)\n\nAnyone that has actually rooted their phones have anything more to add? Specifically, I'm concerned about no longer getting OTA updates - can anyone confirm if this is true?",
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"body": "I wouldn't just yet for the Nexus one, no real advantage at the moment since the phone is new. Wait a while first. ",
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"body": "Well there is the full control of what you own. You can get multi-touch, and have access to more apps in the market place. Some apps will also work better/do more because of the fact you have root access.",
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"body": "At this point, the only real reason to root the Nexus is to use the handset to tether your internet connection to other devices OR install a custom Android skin. We're still not sure what Google has planned for the Nexus One, so it's hard to say if you would really miss any of the OTA updates they push out. \n\nFor all other rooted phones, developers typically incorporate any bug fixes or updates that OTA updates bring within 2-3 days, so there's really no disadvantage on that front. ",
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"body": "I dont know about the nexus, but on the G1 it is the only reason I am still using the phone. The cyanogenmod roms are faster, have more functionality, and are updated more then the stock roms. Although there are some risks with rooting your phone (the \"DangerSPL\" that rooted a bunch of phones, not mine though), i have not read about a single rooted nexus, and from what I understand of the rooting process, it's relatively risk free, and easy to do.\n\nFor those linux people, or people that just want to have full access to their phones, or people who want to use apps like tether for root users, rooting is a must, and a very worthwile hour spent reading up on the peocess, and an hour rooting the phone (thats what it was for my G1, it's probably easier with the nexus).\n\nThis is typed from a rooted G1 that has served me very well for over a year, about 12 months of it rooted running all sorts of roms with no ill effects at all. Before cyanogen, shit used to break with crappy roms, but that has literallly never happened to me on a cyanogen rom.",
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What are your best condescending Phrases? | To get you started:
* Thank you. We're all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view.
* If you are annoyed by it, you don't really understand it.
* Someday, we'll look back on this, laugh nervously and change the subject | 15 | [
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"body": "Cool story bro.\r\n\r\n\r\nAlso, one that isn't really a condescending phrase, but one that *royally* pisses me off everytime someone says it is \"get over it\". It makes my blood boil for some reason.",
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"body": "At work: \"Just because I taught you everything you know, doesn't mean I taught you everything I know\"",
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"body": "I like using the word \"pedestrian\" as an adjective. Works beautifully with women (I guess it is not something they are expecting to hear).\n---\"I find the idea of watching that poor excuse for a film rather pedestrian\". Something along those lines...\n\n\nlol yes I am from Seattle\n",
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"body": "In the event that someone is ignoring something I am telling them for their own good:\n\n\"Another time, perhaps.\"",
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"body": "\"Condescension is a great big word, and it means talking down to.\"\n\nI use this when someone talks down to me.",
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"body": "When I just feel like being condescending and someone is talking about an author they like like I just say \"oh yeah, he/she is fun.\"",
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"body": "Assigning the word 'cute' to a person, their actions or their stupid ideas.\n\n\"The Earth is 6000 years old, it says so right here in the Bible, and the Bible is the *word of God!*\"\n\n\"You are just too adorable, you know that?\"",
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"body": "Either \"shh\" or \"calm down\". I knew someone who, whether I was talking excitedly in a group, would publicly do this to me. I went from a laughter high to wanting to punch him within seconds.",
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usually , how long can foods stay unspoiled at room temperature (edible). Say a bowl of freshly cooked rice and a piece of grilled chicken breast, placed in room temperature @ 67 degrees. if i put it there from 8am, can i still eat it at 8pm at night? | usually , how long can foods stay unspoiled at room temperature (edible). Say a bowl of freshly cooked rice and a piece of grilled chicken breast, placed in room temperature @ 67 degrees. if i put it there from 8am, can i still eat it at 8pm at night? | 4 | [
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"body": "Most people will tell you 4 hours....I've personally eaten stuff left out overnight, so its the luck of the draw, I guess",
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D700 vs 5d mk2 - make your case | I am making the switch to a full frame camera. I currently use a Nikon and only have one lens so the investment in a system is not an issue in my decision. I just spent the weekend shooting with a 5d and loved the initial color that the camera produced, but wasn't thrilled with other aspects of the UI and build quality.
What is your experience? Tell me what you love and hate about either of these cameras. Any and all advice is welcome. Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Thanks for all your advice / opinions! I do agree that canon has some really nice lenses that are more affordable than their Nikon counterparts. I also mainly shoot landscapes so perhaps Canon is the way to go on this one. I guess the next step is to rent a D700 for the weekend and compare side by side.
EDIT 2: Thanks for all the help. I am sticking with Nikon. Just bought a 24-70 and will be getting a D700 once its successor is announced to take advantage of the price drop. Thanks again. | 12 | [
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"body": "I get a pretty unique perspective on this one because I shoot with a 5DII and my girlfriend uses a D700.\n\nIn my mind it's all about what sort of photography you intend to do and what lenses you expect to get in the future.\n\nIf you do a lot of low-light, high-iso photography you probably want the D700 because it's better at the higher ISO ranges. That said, the \"fast primes\" that Canon offer are rather unique and will let you shoot is some of the worst lighting conditions imaginable. Especially when paired with the quality of the Canon at 3200 ISO - which is what I normally have to shoot at.\n\nThe Canon wins for portrait and studio work because of the fantastic prime lenses that are available. The 85mm 1.2 and 50mm 1.2 are the sort of thing that make pro photographers get all excited in their pants.\n\nSome people are mentioning that the Nikon zoom lenses are better. I would personally take the Canon 16-35mm, but the Nikon 70-200. Either for the 24-70mm, though reports suggest that the Nikon is better. Keep in mind that Nikon has recently upgraded it's 70-200 and 24-70, Canon should be coming out with updates in the next couple years.\n\nWeddings is a bit hit and miss for either. I like the idea of being able to use a 50mm 1.2, but most wedding photographers also use a 70-200mm on a semi-regular basis.\n\nI'd take Canon for travel because of the higher, easier to crop, megapixel count, and the versatility of their wide-zooms.\n\nIf you're planning on shooting sports then you're looking at the wrong cameras completely.\n\nYou will get used to the Canon UI pretty quickly. I actually like have the larger jog wheel to change the aperture. I get utterly confused whenever I pick up the D700 and try to do something, I guess it's a case of what-you-know - either way, you'll get used to your choice.\n\nYou need to figure out what sort of photography you plan on doing and then figure out what camera/lens combination will be best for you.",
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"body": "5D if you want to do huge prints, shoot video or use some specific Canon lenses. Otherwise I can't really see any reason to pick it instead of D700.\n\n> I currently use a Nikon and only have one lens\n\nYou have only one lens and you're thinking of switching bodies?",
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"body": "Nikon. I've always said this before and I'm saying it again: you can use whatever the hell weird lenses dating back to 1959 you want. And trust me, you'll find a lot of those on ebay. Also, the fact that your camera's full frame means that you won't be actually losing anything on the focal length of the lens. Old lenses are immense fun.\n\nI'm not going to start bashing Canon since they make excellent photo gear as well, and Nikon is just my subjective preference. But you asked for a recommendation and I gave you one.\n\nThen again, there's the tip someone down the thread said earlier about going for what your friends use. In my case that would be Nikon as well.\n\nAs for the UI, I've always found Canon to be a bit cumbersome when it comes to using the camera without menus and just the controls. But then again, I'm used to Nikon so that probably has a rather large impact. And since you appear to be used to Nikon as well, I'd say keep this choice.\n\nAlso, in conclusion, I'd like to add that ultimate, supreme, undoubtable argument of \"because I like it\". Which is probably what you'll go for in the end as well.\n\nGood luck.",
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"body": "D700 owner here. I say stick with Nikon, but don't get the D700, use the money to improve your lens collection first.",
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"body": "Yes, a new D700 is imminent. Canon just recently droped the 5DII price in order to lock in those last few stragglers before Nikon has a chance to grab them with the new model.\n\nUltimately it really doesn't matter since both are great brands. I say buy whatever system your friends use, so you can swap gear. If you want to really analyze the differences, choose whichever brand whose lens system you want to marry into. Canon has the edge in the prime lens department with a wide array of high quality, super fast prime lenses (especially wide, fast primes which Nikon almost completely lacks). Nikon however has some utterly stunning zoom lenses (not to say Canon's L zooms aren't far behind).",
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"body": "D700. (hey, I'm a Nikon shooter)\n\nReally, try them both. Pick the one you like, although the 5d2 has pathetic AF compared to the D700. :)",
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Dark Family Secret Revealed: My Mom Had an Abortion 30 Years Ago - I'm still pro-choice, but questioning... | I stopped by my parents place for a visit. We were sitting in the living room when I told them that my best friend just found out she is pregnant. She's Jewish and a Tay-Sachs carrier, so my dad and I got to talking about genetic screening. He's a doctor and I was pre-med way back in the day, so we got into it pretty deep. We went off on a tangent about Trisomy 21, the genetic defect that causes Down Syndrome. Before my dad realized what he was saying, he revealed that my parents had a similar test done when my parents got pregnant before me.
I'm the oldest (but "knew" that my mom had miscarried before me).
There was a stunned silence, and finally I said it - Mom got an abortion? All hell broke loose. My mom was hysterical. She wanted to take that secret to the grave.
I had grown up believing that my mother miscarried, since I was very young. I had a very overactive imagination, and believed that God put my older brother in my mother's womb, but his spirit was too strong to be contained in a human body. So he escaped. I believed he came back to me as my imaginary friend.
Of course, now that I'm older and wiser, I know that was a product of my imagination, and that my older brother never really existed.
Then I got hit by this bombshell.
I am still pro-choice, because of my understanding of fetal development and that an independent personality emerges from a fully developed brain. My rational mind tells me that nothing has changed - whether "my brother" died because of miscarriage or because the fetus was killed by abortion, my brother never existed either way.
But, my mom always doubted the results of the test. My parents were just starting out, and my dad was in medical school, so they were flat out broke. They thought they could raise a normal baby, but my dad convinced my mom that there was no way they could raise a Down Syndrome baby under the circumstances. So, my mom consented. However, two years later, I was born, and perfectly normal. Two years after that, my brother was born, also perfectly normal. Now things were cemented in my mother's mind - the test had to be wrong, and that she had murdered her child. And that my dad convinced her to murder her child. She has hated herself ever since, and borne a resentment to my father that has lead to a strained relationship between them. All of which I chalked up to them just being incompatible.
I started to reassure my mother that she really didn't "murder" anyone, but I figured it would be better to keep my mouth shut.
So that's where I'm at. Rationally, I'm still pro-choice. But, now that the abortion issue has landed in my backyard, and seeing the after-effects, I'm not so sure anymore... | 3 | [
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"body": "If learning that truth is enough to make you question your convictions, then I have to doubt that your convictions on the matter were particularly strong to begin with.\n\nOne having a strong opinion about something, and then changing it ONLY because it finally \"hits close to home\" is the core fault behind almost all of our bad, authoritarian legislation -- Saying \"the position I want to impose on everyone else is right for *them*, but not for me\" is, frankly, hypocritical.\n\nYou need to decide -- either you are pro-choice *for everyone* or else you are not, *for everyone*. If you think pro-choice is right, then you cannot harbor any ill will toward your parents, nor regret that they had the freedom to choose.",
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Hey Writing Reddit: Got any tips/good habits that should be learned so I can actually stick to writing (and finish writing a novel) | I know everyone has different preferences and methods, but maybe there are some writing chops I can learn to really be able to hammer something out. I don't write for a living and work frequently and long hours. Usually on these days I'm friend but my creativity is sapped. Anyway, I'm looking for habits to get into or good reads maybe on ways to stay on task when it comes to writing. | 9 | [
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"body": "http://dontbreakthechain.com/\n\nThis is seinfields trick where you write/ work everyday and when you do you mark it off on a calender. Ive been on it three days and it works like a charm, being reminded I need to check off a box and to do that I need to write. \n\nIf you find yourself stuck dont be afraid to skip around and do some other parts first. playing fill in the blanks sometimes work for the thought process. \n\nBe extremely flexible about what you are writing. If you dont like something don't be afraid to change it on the fly. Its better off making a good story than making bade one because you decided to be lazy.\n\nLastly if you find something is too awkward or embarrassing to write, don't write it. Your going to be showing this to others or else whats the point? ",
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"body": "Try my sleeping method.\n\nI work 8 hours a day but get a fair amount done. my method is this:\n\n\n1] get up at 7 am.\n\n2] be at work at 8am\n\n3] finish work 4pm\n\n4] -do whatever-\n\n5] bed at 8pm-\n\n6] wake up at 12am\n\n7] -write for few hours-\n\n8] bed around 4am.\n\n9] back to 1\n\n\nThis way I sleep same amount as a solid 8 7 hour block but when I am writing I am refreshed, unlike I would be if I was writing after work. This may help with the working long hours.",
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"body": "Three things:\n1) Always, always, always write at the same time every day.\n2) Always stop when you're on a roll. Good way to avoid writer's block.\n3) Don't let your writing become a negative part of your life. Don't lose too much sleep, don't neglect relationship, don't become a fat slob, etc.",
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I live in Caracas and this is the view from my apartment | It's kind of a left-to-right scan:
[pic 1](http://imgur.com/gKUUL)
[pic 2](http://imgur.com/BHex4)
[pic 3](http://imgur.com/LDPPa)
[pic 4](http://imgur.com/XP4pu)
[pic 5](http://imgur.com/ZyQSh)
Most of what you see wasn't there a couple of years ago (except for pic #1, that's *always* been there). I used to take pics every six months or so, but sadly I don't have them with me at me moment; I'll try to post them some other time, so you can see how the favelas "evolve". | 22 | [
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"body": "its interesting that from far away, if you took out al of the buildings, the hills look a lot like the foothills near my house in So Cal.",
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DAE not understand why some people practically try to shove meat down vegetarians' throats? | Okay, this is pretty biased coming from me, since I am a vegetarian, but I want to know how many meat-eaters are out there that think, "Shut up, asshole. He's a vegetarian, and get over it," whenever people say things like, "You should eat meat to be a man," "You're a pussy," "Meat is good," "Problem?" | 12 | [
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"body": "I gotta be honest a lot of the hatred comes from a vocal minority of vegetarians having a severe superiority complex about not eating meat. ",
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"body": "I'm an unrepentant carnivore, but I'm cool with nice vegetarians and never try to feed them meat. Actually, I rather like having them over for dinner, because it gives me a chance to expand my repertoire of non-meaty (and thus usually cheap) dishes. \n\nHowever, many vegetarians that I know (okay, by \"many\" I mean \"both\") are complete dicks. They will comment on what I'm eating. \"Is there meat on that sandwich? You do know how that chicken died, don't you?\" They complain if we order pizzas for the office - we always get half of them with meat and half vegetarian, even though there's only one vegetarian in the office, and he still complains that we have pizzas there with meat on them. Internet vegetarians (and vegans) are especially bad. If there is any post that has anything to do with meat or animals, you can be sure that they'll be there to instruct all of us heathens as to why meat is evil and bad and wrong. \n\nSo, in conclusion, I'm sure you're very nice, but a lot of your fellow vegetarians are self-righteous assholes. ",
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"body": "Since I broke up with my girlfriend I am back to my habit of a smoothie in the morning and heueuge salads for lunch and dinner: 6-8 different kinds of raw vegetables, tons of tomatoes, beans and rice. Basically it is the Pritikin diet, or so I'm told, which is about eating tons of nutrient-dense, calorie-sparse vegetation.\n\nWhen I first ate like this a while back - the motivating event was a hemorrhoidectomy - I was surprised at the reaction from 90% of my family, friends, and co-workers. People were either hostile (!) or very curious, but whatever the cause there was a sudden interest in my diet from every direction.\n\nMy girlfriend immediately pestered me about my lack of protein. My friend's fat wife became verbally abusive to me over my weight loss, saying that my failure to consume meat and bread would harm me. My mother wanted to talk about it every time I saw her; she also seemed concerned at my lack of bread intake.\n\nIf you go vegetarian, it's as if people train you to be defensive. I had no idea as to how many times I would have to explain that, yes, I had chosen my food with a view to balancing my diet, and that, no, I was not vegetarian on moral grounds, but because my tailpipe, as well as the rest of my body, felt better.\n\nNow that I'm back at it, I get remarks from the girl at the rental-car office, my office mates, and so on. I think much of it is just making conversation - few people carry a rubbermaid container full of vegetables into work each morning - but some feel compelled to challenge me to explain my eating.\n\nEDIT: I also know vegetarians who are abrasive. Diet is a surprisingly divisive issue.",
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"body": "I'm considering vegetarianism and can't understand why people call me a pussy or whatever for considering it. My friend even called me gay for \"caring about baby cows\" :S",
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"body": "[Vegetarians, from the other point of view.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKTsWjbjQ8E&NR=1) I thought it was amusing and relevant, but by no means do I intend to offend you with this.",
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"body": "I've actually had issues the other way around, though it comes more from vegans than vegetarians. I know a few who are generally nice and interesting people, but every now and then theyll get on a soapbox and preach vegan and anti-meat eater stuff with a ferocity only matched by Evangelicals stating that Im going to burn in hell. \nBe a vegetarian. Be a vegan. I don't care, but don't compare us omnivores to those who commit acts of animal cruelty just because we like cheeseburgers. \nedit: more on the topic at hand, Ive never tried to get vegetarians to eat meat, but I did get a (med)rare steak once during a class outing in which most of the group were vegetarians. This group also hung out a lot together, and had been complete asses about...something or other (I think it was probably food related), so instead of doing what i usually do if I know Im eating with vegetarians (salad or chicken or seafood or something like that), I got the biggest steak I could afford with the money we were allocated. Dick move? Yeah, but they had been insufferable asses all weekend. :\\ :(",
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"body": "I don't care about people not eating meat. Fine, whatever, knock yourself out. \n\nI do care about them being self-righteous pricks about it - as some of them are. \n\nAnd more than that, I care about them making spurious claims about the health benefits of a vegetarian/vegan diet. It is possible, if you are careful, to have a vegetarian or even vegan diet that covers all your nutritional bases adequately. And it is indeed possible to eat a lot more meat than is good for you. \n\nBut it does *not* follow that avoiding animal products altogether is inherently good for you, or that eating balanced omnivorous diets is inherently bad for you. People that make these claims (and there are many) are as misguided and irresponsible as the homeopathy nutjobs. \n\nCombine this with the abovementioned self-righteous prickitude, and you have people I'm perfectly happy to smack down at any opportunity. \n\n(oh, and the people that malnourish their children by subjecting them to said diet without taking all their nutritional needs into account can DIAF. At least adults can properly assess the risks and benefits for themselves...)\n\nWhich is not to say that there aren't reactionary assholes that are dicks to vegetarians for no good reason. There are - but not everyone with a negative attitude is necessarily an asshole. \n\n[:D](http://www.flickr.com/photos/passiveaggressive/3642661392/sizes/o/)",
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Single player card game | Hi to all!
Years ago I used to have this PC game that was a lot of fun. It was in the vain on Magic: The Gathering, but, of course, not collectable.
Is there any good videogame card game with a fantasy theme that i can play either online or on my mac?
thanks | 6 | [
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"body": "Try [Elements](http://www.elementsthegame.com/). It's an awesome online card game and it's free (like in free beer). ^^",
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I always thought Australia was a typical western liberal democracy. Can someone explain to me how all of this crazy censorship legislation is being passed! | Every week on Reddit there is another post about the authoritarian censorship legislation being passed in Australia.
Do Australians actually support this kind of legislation? I had a suspicion that the country was a little more socially conservative than Canada (where I'm from) but seriously, does the Labour Party not fear electoral fallout from this?
Maybe this is this not as big a deal as Reddit is making it?
It just blows my mind that this kind of legislation could be passed in a democratic state. | 27 | [
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"body": "The liberals are so busy shooting themselves in the foot, labour and the god botherers can at the moment get away with almost anyting at the moment.\r\n\r\nI cant explain it, but both partys seem to be on a censorship drive, ad the media dont seem to care. It is giving me the @#$%'s ",
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"body": "Both parties are merely wings of the same bird. The globalist agenda is for soft-totalitarianism in all western \"democracies\", a synthesis of communism and capitalism. China is the model state.\n\nOur [reptilian overlords](http://reddit.com/r/conspiracy) determined that censorship of the Internet is a \"must be\". Australia is a beta test. ",
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"body": "The Labor Party are hoping for electoral fall-out. It's called \"wedge politics\". By supporting a cause further to the right than usual, they force the opposition to either agree with them, which will be unpopular with most Libs, or move further to the right, staking out an extreme position. \r\n\r\nIt's pathetic, but there it is. No-one actually wants the legislation, it's just politically very useful.\r\n\r\nSee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedge_issue",
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"body": "There are a few religious idiots in the Labor Party. The Australian Christian Lobby gave them some donations and now it's time for the favor to be returned.\n\nThese people have no idea how the internet works.",
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IAE sick of the advice of "Get a job" from people who don't understand the difficulty of doing so today? | Inspired by some of what people were saying in this thread http://www.reddit.com/r/DoesAnybodyElse/comments/aqo3m/iae_around_2223_years_old_and_forced_to_live_with/
I'm currently back in school after working a series of shit jobs while waiting for a job appropriate to my degree to come up. It never happened. So I'm back in school and attempting to do something about it. But that's me, not everyone is able to do that. My situation is irrelevant to this, but damn was I sick of hearing it when I was job hunting as well.
Now, the people who suggest to 'start low' or just to get any job seem to generally be people who are in a decent job and got it simply by luck or by connections. This isn't always the case, but it does seem prevalent.
Some people got into areas that were getting buzz when they started, then became oversaturated when the finished. Some other people got into a 4 year degree, expecting to go to a masters, but realized it wasn't for them. Still others are simply in a location where there are just no jobs that pay well, and minimum wage isn't nearly enough to survive on.
I'm just thankful I'm in school right now, as it is impossible to find a low end job in this region. And I mean impossible. With a few thousand workers being on strike for several months, every single job in the city has been snatched up, leaving many students unable to find employment to put themselves through their schooling and many families struggling to pay the bills.
Every situation is different. Blanket advice of 'Just get a job' doesn't always apply. Don't make assumptions about people. And certainly don't assume they live in an urban area. | 169 | [
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"body": " **People who get jobs are people with specific skills that are in demand**.\n\nMy 21 year-old son, going to school to become a doctor, was having money troubles and so he changed things a bit and became a CNA. (entry level nurse) Literally within a single week, he had a job that pays well and even lets him study while he's \"working\". (he tends the care of an old guy who he has to feed and help with things like bathing and bathroom, but 80% of the time doesn't need anything) \n\nNo, it's not the most glamorous job, but it pays 2-3x better than most entry-level jobs and lets him study schoolwork while doing it! \n\nGet skills that are in demand! There are lots of areas where people of skill are in HIGH DEMAND so what you do is find one of those areas you can stomach and go for it! For example, in my field, (software programming) there is a permanent scarcity of people willing to write business software. (databases, scripting languages, etc) The \"oh noes, it's all going to India\" line is horse pucky. It's not happening, it hasn't happened in ten years of it on the horizon, and it's still on the horizon. \n\nBecome very, very skilled in an area where those skills are in high demand. And you'll have a job. It's the same thing that loving parents have been saying to their kids for as long as there's been an economy! ",
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"body": "I have a bachelor's degree, a 4.0, and a great resume, but when I walk into an interview with this pregnant belly, they always find a reason to say no. Legally they can't refuse me because of it, but it's happening. I am not aiming too high--in fact, I've applied for jobs I could've gotten in high school. Yet, I still get the \"just get a job\" from friends and family despite my situation. It's very disheartening.",
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"body": "Yes. I'm quite well aware that it was only nepotism that got the ball rolling for me in the first place. And how it can in fact be impossible to just go to mcdonalds if you have a degree and get hired. I'm hoping to move, and am seriously putting my foot in the job search again for the first time in a while and it's pretty scary even 'with' years of experience.\n\nIt strikes me as the usual privileged \"life is fair, everything happens for a reason, we can all win at life!\" thing that a lot of redditors have as a result of coming from a typical middle class environment that shields them from direct experience with the negatives of life. \n\nEdit: Now that I think of it, the best job I ever had also came from knowing the lead programmer at the company. Bit daunting to realize that, given that nobody I know has any leads right now. ",
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"body": "I have a job and now they want me to get another. I still hear it all the time. I have some free time so, they think I might as well be working another job. Yeah...yeah.",
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what is your favorite line in a song | I cant decide on my favorite but it probably be something Bob Dylan wrote.
EDIT: don't forget to mention the song and artist | 49 | [
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"body": "\"well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth\nthe minor fall and the major lift\" -Leonard Cohen- Hallelujah. [Jeff Buckley version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIF4_Sm-rgQ) \n\nDescribing song writing technique within the context of a song whilst darkly parodying the lyrics of the music itself, *and* for the lyrics *themselves* to actually follow and lead the songs chord structure whilst relaying this message... absolute unequivocal fucking genius. \n\nIn context: \n\n*I heard there was a secret chord\nthat David played and it pleased the lord\nbut you don't really care for music do you.\nWell it goes like this the fourth, the fifth\nthe minor fall and the major lift\nthe baffled king composing hallelujah.*\n\nIMHO: This lyric has never been bettered. \n\n",
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"body": "And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking\r\n\r\nRacing around to come up behind you again\r\n\r\nThe sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older\r\n\r\nShorter of breath and one day closer to death",
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"body": "\"Why you coming home five in the mone\nSomethings going on can I smell yo dick?\nDon't play me like a fool cause dat ain't cool\nSo what you need to do is let me smell yo dick\"\n\nRiskay - Smell Yo Dick ",
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"body": "\"Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose\"\r\n\r\nFrom \"Me & Bobby McGee\", lyrics by Kris Kristofferson, made into a hit by Janis Joplin.",
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"body": "\"I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more just to be the man who'd walk a thousand miles to fall down at your door.\"",
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"body": "\"Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all.\"\n\n[In the Aeroplane Over the Sea](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcgyKo7vbm4) by Neutral Milk Hotel. \n\nOr \"The Earth looks better from a star that's right above from where you are.\"\n\n[Holland 1945](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCjpbjCH5L0) also by Neutral Milk Hotel.",
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"body": "When I am king you will be first against the wall\nWith your opinion which is of no consequence at all \n-- Radiohead",
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"body": "The comments in this thread are great. Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon... you all have great taste. Since you have beat me to most of the the ones I came in here to post, I'll contribute this very poignant lyric:\n\n> What have I become, my sweetest friend?\n\n> Everyone I know goes away in the end.\n\n> And you could have it all--my empire of dirt.\n\n> I will let you down, I will make you hurt.\n\nI love both versions, but I think Cash's delivery is a little more moving. Probably all of you in here have seen it before, but if not you should definitely [watch it](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go).",
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"body": "\"...and so you see I have come to doubt all that I once held as true. I stand alone without beliefs. The only truth I know is you.\"\n\n-*Kathy's Song - Simon & Garfunkel*",
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"body": "\"the only thing I'll ever ask of you, you gotta promise not to stop when I say when...\" Foo Fighters - Everlong",
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"body": "Or perhaps: \r\n\r\n\"The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive\"\r\n\r\nFrom \"Born to Run\" by Bruce Springsteen",
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"body": "\"I love you so much / do me a favor, baby don't reply / cause I can dish it out / but I can't take it\"\n\nFor context: the song is about a little girl who was killed by a drunk driver while on her way to a wedding party (happened near the songwriter's home). The lyric is meant to be from the little girl's mother to her.\n\nThe song is called \"Limousine\" and it is by a band called \"Brand New\"",
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"body": "\"When I go out, I'ma go out shootin. I don't mean when I die, I mean when I go out to the club stupid.\"\n\nEminem - Remember Me",
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"body": "In the context of grunge, you really gotta respect \"Oh well, whatever, nevermind.\" (seriously, I need to cite this?) Nirvana, \"Smells Like Teen Spirit.\"\n\nWouldn't necessarily list it as one of my favorites, tho I love the song and the whole album, but it did spring to mind as really capturing the essence of a particular slice of time.",
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"body": "\"Little old lady got mutilated late last night, werewolves of London again.\"\n\nBest alliteration of all time.",
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"body": "\"Born and raised by those who praise control of population,\n\nEverybody's been there and I don't mean on vacation\"\n\nRed Hot Chili Peppers - Californication\n\nIt's not as deep as some of the other ones on this page, but I just love the cadence.\n\nEdit: To do justice to the peppers.",
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"body": "You realize the sun doesn't go down \nIt's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round \n \nFlaming Lips",
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"body": "\"Well I woke up Sunday morning, With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt. And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, So I had one more for dessert.\" Kris Kristofferson",
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"body": "\"I know they buried her body with others,\n\nher sister and brother and five hundred families.\n\nWill she remember me fifty years later?\n\n*I wish I could save her in some sort of time machine.*\"\n\n\n[Neutral Milk Hotel \"Oh Comely\"](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6doB7ZRtQJw)",
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"body": "Out here in the fields\nI fight for my meals\nI get my back into my living.\n\nI don't need to fight\nTo prove I'm right\nI don't need to be forgiven.\n\nEdit: The Who- Baba O'Riley\n\nEdit 2: Hmmm...The second line sounds like it could be a reddit theme song..hehe",
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"body": "\"the memories of a man in his old age, are the deeds of a man in his prime\" - Free Four by Pink Floyd",
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"body": "\"You been tellin' me you're a genius since you were seventeen, \nIn all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean. \nThe weekend at the college didn't turn out like you planned, \nThe things that pass for knowledge I can't understand.\" \n \n-Steely Dan, *Reeling In The Years*",
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"body": "\"come down, get off your fucking cross, we need the fucking space to nail the next fool martyr\"\n\nTool - eulogy.",
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"body": "*So, if you care to find me, look to the western sky\n\nAs someone told me lately, **everyone deserves the chance to fly**\n\nAnd if I'm flying solo, at least I'm flying free*\n\nThat's 3 lines. I suppose the last is my very favourite.\n\nI suppose I like it because, if I had to sum up the positive aspects of my personality, this song would be a great representation of my general attitude. It's kind of a *fuck you I'll do what I want* kind of thing, but alot more stylish and alot less cold.\n\n- Defying Gravity by Stephen Schwartz.",
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"body": "Lyrics are the most important thing for me. Being a musician I find it VERY hard to answer the question. I will go with what is current because there is too much Pink Floyd and old shit in this post.\n\n*Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah!*\n\n*Roma-Roma-ma-ah!*\n\n*Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!*\n\n*Want your bad romance*",
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"body": "The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on \r\n\r\nHe took a face from the ancient gallery \r\n\r\nAnd he walked on down the hall \r\n\r\nHe went into the room where his sister lived, and...then he \r\n\r\nPaid a visit to his brother, and then he \r\n\r\nHe walked on down the hall, and \r\n\r\nAnd he came to a door...and he looked inside \r\n\r\nFather, yes son, I want to kill you \r\n\r\nMother...I want to.......\r\n\r\n",
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"body": "I don't know, there are several excellent Dylan lines, but off the top of my head, from Positively 4th Street:\r\nYou say you lost you faith, but that's not where it's at,\r\nYou had no faith to lose, and you know it.",
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"body": ">Jesus rides beside me. He never buys any smokes.\n\nThe Replacements - [Can't Hardly Wait](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcdSdTBs3l4)",
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"body": "\"I asked her her name and she said blah blah blah\" (bonus next line: \"She had 9/10 pants and a very big bra\"\n\nBiz Markie - Just a Friend",
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"body": "*Your god is dead and no one cares\nDrowning in his own hypocrisy\nAnd if there is a hell i will see you there\nBurning with your god in humility * Nine inch Nails - heresy\n\n*i'm drunk.\nand right now i'm so in love with you.\nand i don't want to think too much about what we should or shouldn't do* Nine Inch Nails - The Only Time.\n\n*emptiness is loneliness, and loneliness is cleanliness\nand cleanliness is godliness, and god is empty just like me* Smashing Pumpkins - Zero",
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"body": "Another of my favorites:\n\n>It was all a dream, I used to read Word Up magazine.\n\nNotorious BIG \"Juicy\"",
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"body": "\"There we were all in one place, a generation lost in space with no time left to start again..\"\n\n-Don McClean's American Pie",
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"body": "I get a lot of shit for being a John Mayer 'fan', but there's this line in \"Why Georgia\"; 'so what so I've got a smile on, it's hiding the quiet superstitions in my head'. That captures all 23 years of my existence. \n",
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"body": "*I tried my best to feed her appetite - \nKeep her coming every night.*\n\n[Maroon 5 - This Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPpTgCho5ZA)\n\nNot a favorite band at all - That just stuck with me",
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"body": "\"Maybe I just want to fly; I want to live, I don't want to die. Maybe I just want to breathe, maybe I just don't believe. Maybe you're the same as me, we see things they'll never see. You and I are gonna live forever.\"\n",
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"body": "\"Say hello to the rug's topography / It holds quite a lot of interest with your face down on it / Say hello to the shrinking in your head / You cant see it but you know its there, so don't neglect it...\n\n\n\nI'm taking her home with me, all dressed in white / **She's got everything I need; pharmacy keys** / She's fallen hard for me; I can see it in her eyes / She acts just like a nurse... with all the other guys.\" -The Nurse Who Loved Me by [Failure](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVg9GcUDArQ) (and later [A Perfect Circle]( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWRDZwV8jGE))",
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"body": "I think you just asked possibly the only question every single person on this site has an exact answer for, which they are now going to post.",
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"body": "Blinded by the light, wrapped up like a douche.... uhhh .....something something something or other...",
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"body": "Not even a full line, but:\n\n\"In my dreams you're alive...\"\n\nNeutral Milk Hotel - Two Headed Boy Pt. 2",
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"body": "\"And we laughed, at the world. You can have you diamonds and we'll have out pearls.\"\n\nI kissed a girl by Jill Sobule. I really hate diamonds. (I also enjoy kissing girls).\n\nI like being different too, always have been, always will be. ",
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"body": "If I rhymed about home and got descriptive I'd make 50 Cent look like Limp Bizkit\n\nFrom the K'naan song \"Hardcore\". He was born in Mogadishu, Somalia.",
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"body": "\"White Americans, what? \nNothing better to do? \nWhy don't you kick yourself out? \nYou're an immigrant too!\n\nWho's usin' who? \nWhat should we do? \nWell you can't be a pimp \nAnd a prostitute too\" \n\n\n- Icky Thump by The White Stripes",
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Given the success of Avatar, is 2D the new Black and White? | I'm not a movie buff so I'm hoping to get some insight from those who are. Given that 3D is something that cannot be reproduced at home (yet), it seems like a reasonable way to get people to theaters. Beowulf is the only other 3D mainstream movie I am aware of and it had a smaller audience. Now that the potentially highest-grossing film is drawing people to theaters it seems reasonable that 2D movies will look antiquated in comparison. Starwars and Lord of the Rings will probably have 3D remakes. It reminds me of colorized B&W films. 3D has been around in some form for many years but has never took off. Is this it? | 3 | [
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"body": "3D is only truly effective for certain films. Films with landscapes, adventure, and texture, that transport us somewhere we can't physically go.\n\nThink about films like The Lives of Others, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf, Superbad, The Departed, etc. We already inhabit the world of most films, and there is no need for the 3D experience.",
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"body": "I don't think that 3d will become the norm until they can come up with something that will be 3d without the need for glasses. They're just too uncomfortable for anyone with glasses to use.\n\nProduction companies will just try to cram 3d in wherever they can because of outrageous success of Avatar. Look at what happened to Spider Man 4. Raimi walked because Sony wanted it to be in 3d and that just was too difficult to do with the time schedule they set.",
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"body": "The one thing I have thought after every film I have so far seen in 3D (a dozen or so now) is that, Avatar aside, not a single one of them actually benefitted from their third dimension.\n\nThe reason 3D won't fully take off now seems to me this: at the moment it is being used by studios not to further the story but as a gimmick to pull the punters in. Until 3D becomes a tool of the art, as opposed to detrimental to it, it has no hope of becoming a credible part of cinema. Frankly, I hope it never does.",
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"body": "No,\n But consider this. As long as you cannot effectively pirate 3d movies in their natural state the trend toward more 3D will continue. \n They haven't had a leg up in a long time, the studios will exploit this window.",
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"body": "I saw it in 3D, but I'm not sure it would have been all that different an experience if I'd seen it in 2D. Okay, unlike most 3D movies, they didn't make a stunt of it with crap coming RIGHT AT YOU, WHOA! But if they're not doing that, then I'm not sure what the point of it is.\n\nLook at it this way, when I watch a regular action movie, it's not like I'm saying to myself, \"damn, I can't believe this because it takes place in some kind of sick, flat world.\" I just see what's happening and, if the movie's good, I accept it as real. The events are taking place in three dimensional space and I know that.\n\nBoth sound and color were game changers, in that cinema had developed very advanced stylistic conventions to deal with the fact that you couldn't hear anything, and the fact that everything was monochrome. And both sound and color rendered those whole cinematic languages pointless. I just don't see 3D having that kind of impact.",
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"body": "3D is still a niche. I'd like to see more movies take advantage of it, the way Avatar did, but its not right for every movie. \r\n\r\nThat said, I do think that one day 2D will be a thing of the past. Maybe when VR starts to take hold, we will completely revolutionize the way we watch movies. \r\n\r\nBut I'd say conventional 2D films are safe for the foreseeable future. ",
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How many of you are unsubscribed from /r/politics? [Reddit Poll] | Please upvote "subscribed" if you're still subscribed, or "unsubscribed" if you're unsubscribed.
I am of the opinion that the more liberty minded people there are there to participate in the vote, the more we can make people aware of the situation as we know it. | 63 | [
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"body": "I don't care to convince people that they should embrace liberty if they don't want to, I just care to convince them not to tread on mine.",
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"body": "every time I come to reddit without logging in, I am quickly reminded of why I unsubscribed from /r/politics (also /r/atheism).",
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"body": "The most annoying thing about /r/politics, to me, is the sensationalizing and editorializing of the submission titles. I want to read opposing viewpoints from all sides, and many of the submissions are very good. But it's hard for me to bring myself to click on something that says \"PRO-RAPE TEABAGGING FASCIST RELIGIOUS FUCKWADS POUND THIS COUNTRY IN THE FUCKING ASS AGAIN, FUCK THIS, I'M MOVING TO CANADA!!!!!!!!!!!\"",
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"body": "Unsubscribed September of 09. It was pointless to keep reading it. It's a shithole of socialism, and libertarian viewpoints are outnumbered 50 to 1.",
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"body": "I unsubscribed... It was depressing to read so many unthinking sheeple desperate to be oppressed by their government. ",
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"body": "It was one of the first reddits I subscribed to, and it was THE FIRST one I unsubscribed from. \r\nthem dudes are crazy fundamentalist. ",
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"body": "I have been slowly weaning myself off from r/politics, and this poll prompted me to solidify my distancing: I unsubscribed.\n\nPlus, reddit makes me wait 9 minutes between posting comments over there. It makes having conversations very annoying.",
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What was your scariest experience with an animal? | I was bitten on the ass by a three-inch centipede. I wasn't scared for my life so much as scared that something like that wanted to crawl up my pantleg. I do realize this is nothing compared to the stories I have heard, but it's my own personal scariest.
Did anything happen in your life to make you fear animals? Were you ever threatened by an animal in a very serious way?
**Edit: I am barely able to keep up with all these amazing stories. Some of them are cute, and some make me cringe. What I really like is the respect being shown to the animals during and after the encounter. Sometimes, we're just in the wrong place at the wrong time, and so are they.** | 28 | [
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"body": "When I was 7 years old, my grandparents dog bit half of my cheek off. From my ear to below my nostril, a large semicircle of skin and muscle hung off my face. After excellent surgery, I have no scar. I have no fear of dogs, even as all the pets my family keeps are of the same breed.",
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"body": "I lived in a place which had street dogs. Dog pounds and animal control do not exist where I lived in my childhood. As much as I grew up accepting these dogs as a part of the environment , they were never much trouble. I used to feed them scraps of food and they used to sleep under parked cars on street.\n\nOne night , I was barefooted and accidentally stepped on the tail of one dog. I was alerted to this by it's low grizzling and it's slow and deliberate emergence from under the car. Its muzzle was bared wide and open.\nI panicked and stepped back a few paces too many and ended up kicking another dog with my back of my foot. \n\nI thought oh FUCK. now I edge away to the middle of the street and backwards(away from the dogs). \n3 dogs emerge out of darkness and continue their low throaty growl with the occasional bark.\n\nRemember, I'm still barefoot and now my sensory experience was fully heightened. As these dogs continued their sounds , they were joined by 2 more. There was a leader of the pack in the middle (the first dog I stepped on) and 2 on either side, flanking him.\n\nI continued to backstep and I had about 5 yards distance between them when the dog furthest away from me crouched for microsecond.\nIt was a crystalline moment I knew that this dog was preparing to spring on me. \n\nFear kicked in , adrenaline surged. I spun 180 on heel, facing away from them and took flight. At this point I should mention we used to live at the end of a cul-de-sac and everything which has happened was purely based on reflexes. I did not think it through.\n\nI took flight. I ran the fastest I ever ran in my life. It was a quarter mile. I was barefoot. I don't think my feet even touched the ground.\nI could hear the dogs barking behind me and the clip clop of their feet.\nAbout half way I feel something wet nuzzle the end of my calf. I pay no attention since I'm keen on outpacing the dogs. Curiosity got the better off me I guess , or maybe I feared it was blood and I looked back.\n\nIt was the nose of the dog leading the running pack. When my left leg was behind in the run , the dog synced its run to project its body forward. When I think about it later on , I marvel at the creature's preying strategy that its neuromuscular co-ordination realized the periodicity of my motion and programmed the dogs limbs to ensure minimal distance between us.\n\nNow I am reaching the other end of the cul-de-sac and I am distinctly aware of two white small dogs who are at the end of the leash of a house owner whom I barely knew (just by face and name). And it's still dark but I could make out the dogs were straining at their leashes. He seemed like a big enough guy , he could have held on to them I suppose. But to my horror he dropped the leash.\n\nNow with less than 10 yards between me and approaching pet dogs and I'm still being chased by these 5 strays with almost zero distance in between. Again my exit was cut off. No more road. \nDogs in front , Dogs in back.\n\nIn one fluid motion I sideways jumped the fence of the house at the end of the street (the guy who owned the pet dogs). I don't know how I missed the sharp wood edges. I don't know where I got the grip. I don't know how I figured out this exit strategy. I jumped over the fence (bout 4 feet tall maybe) and landed on the other side , rolled over and din't move. \n\nI closed my eyes and was breathing hard. Thats all I knew. My body was screaming to move. My eyes were wide because I had this feeling I was seeing more than normal , my field of view had increased. After that instant , I got up to see if the dogs were jumping over too. \n\nTo my relief I saw the pet dogs giving a counter chase to the strays and driving them back. The owner of the house/dogs saw me , gave my mom a call. He took me inside his house , put a blanket around me.\nI was in shock for like 10 minutes. My mom told me that my lips were black-blue and my skin was almost translucent. And I wouldn't speak or respond to anyone. Just sitting there with eyes wide open as saucers and heaving like crazy.\n\nLuckily , I wasn't bit. But my over protective mom got me Rabies booster shots anyway. But that's the scariest animal experience I've had.\n",
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"body": "I'm deathly afraid of my parents' horse. He's just so much bigger than me and could easily kill me if he wanted to, which I'm sure he did. He's tried to bite me several time I tried to pet him. I have never done anything to him. One time, I drove the trailer full of hay into his fenced area and was supposed to help unload it, but instead, I just stayed in the car. He came up to the window and stared at me sideways. Totally felt like jurassic park.",
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"body": "When I was in fifth grade, a friend and I were out exploring the woods surrounding my house when a pack of dogs attacked us. We were able to scramble up a tree, but the dogs wouldn't go away. For at least thirty minutes they continued to bark and growl, and try to jump at our feet. At some point my old dog came wondering around the corner and the eight or so dogs jumped on her -- while she was fighting them off, we jumped out of the tree and ran home. I found my dog three days later laying on our porch, she was covered in blood and was missing her tail. That dog was incredible, and despite her injuries she pulled through. I credit her for saving our lives that day.",
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"body": "Mugged by Monkeys.\n2007. Agra, India. Had just finished my tour of the Taj Mahal and was a little way out of the 'grounds.' Feeling a little hungry I buy a bunch of bananas and continue along my way. A few minutes later while walking along a street i look up to see smallish, extremely ugly and hairy person running towards me. Puzzled, I looked around. I looked back just in time to see the monkey viciously ripped the bag of bananas from my hand. I screamed like a little girl until some locals shooed the monkey away. Dam banana-stealing monkeys.",
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"body": "riding in a small boat in alaska with my mom and my little brother. my brother and i were small children at the time.\r\n\r\na moose which was underwater surfaces right next to us. scared the shit out of us. luckily, we did nothing to offend it.",
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"body": "Whenever I am in the presence of a cat I get scared they are going to pounce on my face. Cats can just tell that I do not like them, and they always climb on nearby objects so they get a clear path to my head. Thankfully they have refrained from attacking me thus far.",
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"body": "When I was three a caterpillar kept me penned up on a picnic table for an eternity until my aunt rescued me.",
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"body": "I stood behind my dad's car when he started it up and a spider flew out of the exhaust and landed on my leg.\n\nI live in Australia, so when I say \"spider\" I mean \"huge, hairy, deathbeast\".\n\nI screamed like a little girl.",
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"body": "I surf regularly at a beach in Sydney called Maroubra. About 5 months ago I was surfing there with a friend and it was a dark, cold and stormy afternoon. Not ideal conditions so there weren't a lot of surfers in the water. We noticed a huge school of fish about 100 meters out to sea and made a note of it. The presence of small fish may indicate that sharks could possibly be in the area. Anyway we continued to surf for about 45 more minutes until I noticed a wave heading directly towards me full of fish. The density of the fish made the wave look pitch black. When the wave was about 6 meters from me the fish darted in separate directions clearing out the wave then I saw a fucking huge, flat, white shark head swimming through the wave directly towards me. I tried to remain as calm as possible and thought to myself \"ok the shark just wants the fish, not me\" so I did a 180 and paddled as smoothly but as hard back to the shore collecting my mates on the way. Not once did I look back. We were probably between 50 and 70 meters out but the paddle back felt a lot further. Once I made it back in I spoke to 3 other surfers all claiming they spotted what they thought to be a shark roughly the length of a small hatchback car. Was my only ever experience seeing a large shark while surfing. Scary shit.",
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"body": "I was at a petting zoo, leaning against a huge rock and minding my own business when I felt a painful tug at my scalp. A goat had climbed onto the boulder and was trying to *eat my hair*.",
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"body": "We were hiking through the Smoky Mountains (USA). We came around a bend and there was a little stream - maybe two feet wide - running down a rock wall and under the trail. Kind of like a miniature waterfall. As we're walking past it, we hear this kind of low, loud moaning. We look up at the top of the little waterfall, about 10 feet above our heads, and there's a little black bear cub drinking from the stream. And his very irritated mother glaring down at us. We just kept slowly walking, no eye contact, and never saw her again.",
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"body": "I seem to attract animals that may wish to kill me.\r\n\r\nPaddling around on a boogie-board in a shark infested (unknown to me until later that night when the news said a kid got attacked there) canal.\r\n\r\nWalking home from work in the pitch black, when a bull elk raised its head out of the long grass. I was about 2 yards away from it and pooped my pants a little. About 10 minutes later, further down the road, another freakin' elk pops its head up just next to the walkway.\r\n\r\nWent to get golf balls out of the machine at the driving range when a deadly Brown Snake slithered out.\r\n\r\nWalking along a creek and decided to climb up the bank to our camp. I was about to put my hand down to pull myself up when my friend said to stop. I was about to put my hand on a snake that was sleeping. I found out later that it too is deadly.\r\n\r\nThat is all that I can remember for now. I should stay indoors... except for the giant spider I found in the shower a couple weeks ago, and a day before the driving range snake. He let me finish my shower and then capture him in a chinese take-away container and throw him outside. Not his fault he's a pervert.\r\n\r\n*edit: I can't type \"attract\"",
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"body": "I was backing out of the driveway when I saw that there was a cat laying where the car had been. I got out, walked up to it, poked it with my foot, cat is dead. damnit. I get a shovel, get ready to scoop it up and bury it. shove the shovel under it, It raises its head, looks at me, and makes a noise that sounds like it came from the seventh level of hell. I ran screaming like a little girl.\n\nI call animal control, dude comes out, pokes the cat with his poll, tells me \"cat's dead\" I tell him \"cat aint dead\" he goes to grab it and put it in a box, the cat raises its head, pukes, makes a noise not of this earth, dude drops the box and we both run screaming like little girls.",
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"body": "One day in Peru, I was hiking with this local biologist. We had just crossed a river and were making jokes about piranhas and penis fish and such. I wasn't really paying attention and stepped onto what I thought was a log. Once I put all my weight on it, the thing slithered away and scared the shit out of me. Turns out it was a giant reticulated python (around this size: http://hornbillunleashed.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/reticulated-python.jpg) laying out across the trail. I should say that my worst fear is snakes, so I wanted to get out of there as fast as possible. Unfortunately, my biologist friend wouldn't pass up the chance to study the creature. He made me help him pull the thing out of the underbrush so he could measure it. We couldn't tell which end led to the head, so I reeled in one end and he the other. Of course I ended up getting the head and this thing was fucking pissed off. It was squirming around and hissing and really scaring me. It's head must have been a foot or so long, and its jaws were massive. Anyways, we measured it and removed a few ticks and then let it go. Letting it go was the scariest part because it was still really pissed. Anyways, that day was one of my worst experiences with animals ever. I still fucking hate snakes so much. Beautiful animal but really intimidating.",
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"body": "I live in Alaska and was walking my dogs on the beach. The beach has a very thick forest growing right up to the edge of the sand. I have my two dogs with me and they start going crazy barking and growling at something in the brush. I think 'oh shit, bear' and start to pull my shotgun out. The dogs beeline into the brush, barking like idiots, and I cant see them anymore. About 5 seconds later I see 2 brown bear cubs climbing up a tree that is rising above the brush. My two idiot dogs have treed a couple of *grizzly cubs*. I have my shotgun out my now, screaming at the dogs, expecting at any minute for mama bear to show up and shred my dogs to bits, I had already told my girlfriend to run down the beach, partly so she could escape and partly so she didn't have to hear the sounds our dogs getting murdered. Anyhoo, backing down the beach at a rapid pace with shotgun in hand when my stupid dogs finally leave the base of the tree, which may have had something to do with me firing a couple shots in the air. Luck was on our side as I figure mama was out getting some food or something. But we still jogged at a brisk pace the 2 miles back to my truck with shotgun in hand. And *that* is why I never go into the woods in AK w/o one of my guns.\n\ntldr: Dogs treed brown bear cubs, fairy tale ending",
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"body": "My experience was scary only in retrospect, after I had time to digest the experience and realize how close I had come to a serious, maybe lethal mauling.\r\n\r\nI used to live on a 100 acre farm in NC, about 25 miles south of Chapel Hill. We had cattle and goats and we usually had dogs. But a good dog is hard to train for small stock, and there were times when I had lost a good old dog and was working too hard on outside jobs to adopt and train a puppy.\r\n\r\nWhen I didn’t have my own dogs the farm was visited by two other kinds of dogs. The first kind was the abandoned pet that some idiot had kicked out on the dirt road, figuring that “the farmer” would barely notice one more dog sliding in.\r\n\r\nThe other kind of dog was my neighbor’s dogs. Sometimes when the moon was right... or whatever... all the pet dogs within a mile or so would decide to pack up and be wolves. Over the years I lost count of how many goats I had killed by pet dog packs, but it was at least 20... and it was sport killing, and it was nasty. Dogs mutilate big animals. But they can’t do it solitaire. At a minimum it takes one dog to distract the victim from the front while another moves in behind to sever the hamstring. Then they can have at it.\r\n\r\nI got up, as usual, an hour or so before sunrise. As soon as I started moving around and turning on lights, a dog started barking down at the goat barn. I knew the sound of the kill bark, but this one sounded more like an alarm bark, so I figured it was just another freaking cast-off. In any case I didn’t want it around, and maybe doing god knows what, so I got my 22 revolver and drove my truck down to the barn to scare it off.\r\n\r\nThe goat barn was a basic cinder block affair and, when I got there, my head lights showed a big Rottweiler in relief against the cinder block wall like a murderer singled out in a police line up. I got out of my pickup to fire a shot in the air and scare it off. But my gun jammed. Then, after a beat, the dog charged right at me.\r\n\r\nI don’t know what possessed me to do it, but I spontaneously took off and charged hard into that asshole dog’s charge, whereupon he flipped around and ran off into the darkness yelping in terror.\r\n\r\nWhen the sun came up I found 6 dead goats. One, a big goat weighing 120 lbs or so, was maybe 20 feet from where I had my run in with the dog. It made long drag marks in the soft ground where it was killed. Its tail was pulled off near the beginning of the drag and its neck was broken near the end. So two big dogs had worked it, with one harrasing it from behind and pulling off its tail, while the other worked its head.\r\n\r\nMy neighbor owned 2 rottweilers so I suspect the second one was moving in behind me while the first one held my attention. I spoke to him about it and he asked me when it happened. When I gave him the time he said, “My dogs were shut up in the barn then.” He’s OK, as far as that goes, and I more or less trust him, but people tend to be supreme assholes about their dogs. ",
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"body": "I was with some morons hiking in Arizona, a baby bobcat came into our path a few hundred yards ahead. The morons went to approach it. I ran like hell in the opposite direction, because nothing is more terrifying than the mama bobcat I knew was lurking somewhere nearby. The cats fled, likely because they could detect the stupid in the air. The morons love this story because they think I acted foolishly. Sadly, no one was disemboweled or otherwise had their faces ripped off. ",
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"body": "i once had a real asshole of a chicken. \nif you didn't know, chickens have big fucking 2 inch razor sharp talons. \nso one day i go out in the yard and i look over to the other side and there is that jerk chicken, and he just gets this look in his eye like a god damn demon just swirled out of the ground and was playing one man tetherball with his brain. so the chicken charges, points his head forward, doesn't look like he cares if hurting me ends in his death. i was lucky to get inside before he got to me because once he realized he wasn't tasting blood that day he just stared me down until i left.\n\nwhoever said chicken meant an easily scared person never met a real fucking chicken",
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"body": "One time when I was about 12/13, I had a leech on my junk for what must have been at least two hours before I felt it. I was young and wasn't really paying attention, plus it was my first experience with real wilderness and I didn't want to seem like a pussy in front of my parents.\n\nIt was swelled up with blood and my sack looked like a little planet cluster being absorbed by this increasingly larger black hole of a creature. We tried to burn it off, but it hurt too much. I ended up passing out and my dad lanced it. We had to make camp for an extra three days so I could recover from this serious oversight. \n\nIn the same trip, we happened upon a little island in the middle of the river. As we got closer on our canoes, we saw what looked to me like an enormous car of fur and legs appear out of the treeline near the shore. I heard my dad tell my mom that it was a grizzly bear - I had only seen bears in zoos until then, and only relatively small black and brown bears. Maybe it was me being a kid, but this grizzly bear was enormous. I think now that it must have been at least 800 lbs of bear. We made camp for the night across the river and I stayed up all night terrified of the huge grizzly bear that we saw. The last thing my mom said to me before we went to sleep was something to the effect of \"you know, bears can swim.\" \n\nNext morning, the bear isn't on the island anymore and we happen upon bear tracks near our food stashed up in a tree about a quarter mile away from our campsite, nearer the coast. Apparently the bear had followed us. I didn't sleep well for the rest of the trip.",
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"body": "Last summer I was out mowing the lawn when some sort of a critter came out of the nearby stream. The thing charged at me across the lawn, chittering and gnashing its teeth. Damn ! I was being attacked by a beaver or something. It was as big or bigger than our cat; which is pretty fat and lazy as it is, and it was looking for a piece of me. I did the only thing a guy could do; I started dancing around, hopping from foot to foot while the Beave tried to get me. I was also making little girly squealing noises kinda like \"EEEE ! EEEEK !\" It chased me around the yard until I got a chance to kick it in the head really good. Stunned it long enough for me to go get a shovel so I could finish it off. Used the shovel to through it back in the stream. That would be a warning to any relatives contemplating evil revenge on me. So far, seems to have worked. ",
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"body": "I've had a large goanna stroll into my house on two occassions. Nothing serious happened but it's not something you want to see in the kitchen. ",
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"body": "Very little in the way of animals scares me. I had a job catching copperheads as a teenager and my family spends a lot of time outdoors in the southern US with various venomous or nasty animals (potentially) around us (a short list would be wasps of many species, copperhead, rattlesnakes (rare), water moccasins (one or two - not southern watersnakes that look more like copperheads), black widow and brown recluse spiders, scorpions, snapping turtles, coyotes, raccoons(only if rabid), wild pigs and bears). I suppose I might be worried backpacking if we had Grizzly bears instead of Black bears, but they seem to be pretty harmless. I worry more about odd people than odd wildlife.\n\nThe scariest time was when our dog decided to put my (then) one year old son in his place. No harm, but no more dog either (he was adopted). A couple of years later we adopted a sweet Brittany who with a bit of luck will see him off to college. ",
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"body": "I am terrified beyond reason by bears. Despite this, I go camping in bear country fairly often but I am always hyper-vigilant, especially at night. Any slight rustle in the vicinity of our tent is enough to wake me up and and keep me awake with my heart pounding for about 15 minutes. Bears are so scary. They are faster than you, stronger than you, can climb and swim better than you can, and they're armed with giant teeth and claws. If they decide they want to make you dead there's not a lot you can do about it (if you're not carrying a weapon, which I don't for some reason.) I am a very small person and I don't think I could win a fight against a bear. \n\nOne time during a long hiking adventure I hurt my leg on some rocks and had terrible pain in my knee, ankle and hip. I could only walk very slowly and so we made terrible time getting back to camp. The sun set on us while we were still about 4-5 miles from camp and the forest we were walking through turned pitch black. We both had headlamps with us, but the light only illuminated a small patch of forest at a time. As we turned a corner, my light fell upon a large black shape on the path. It might have been a bush, but being my paranoid self I stopped and strained my eyes in the darkness. The dark shape turned sideways to reveal its bearlike profile and started shambling toward us. I shouted at it as loudly and aggressively as I possibly could and it bolted into the woods. I think I startled it, but it couldn't have possibly been as scared as me at that point. I could have peed. I imagine we weren't in any terrible danger but I am so scared of bears, just seeing one at night, in the darkness, where nobody can hear you scream, is like a terrible nightmare for me. \n\n\n\nAnother time while hiking I was bitten twice by a snake.Its teeth were so amazingly sharp I didn't feel any pain but I bled like crazy. We didn't know what kind of snake it was or if it was poisonous or not. We were many hours away from the nearest human, in dense forest, with no cell reception. I was fine so I guess it wasn't poisonous, but it was an exciting hour or so of wondering if I was going to die. ",
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"body": "Ah, almost forgot my other good animal story.\r\n\r\nMy grandmother was too good to animals - she would harbor any that came her way. Through this process, she's seen come and go about six cats and five-ish dogs. I loved her dogs, but I'm allergic to cats, so we don't... get along. I try, though.\r\n\r\nSo one new stray to start eating out of the cat bowl outside is this fat orange tabby (commence Garfield jokes?) that is fairly typical; no signs of abuse, no human trust issues, but no collar. About a week after it joins the club, I happen to be over there, and grandma wants to show off the new friend around the house. In an extension of olive branch that I likely won't repeat, I offered my hand for tabby to sniff, and pet it on the head a smidge.\r\n\r\nIn a clear demonstration of the theory that buttered toast strapped to a cat's back = anti-gravity, this cat made no torso movement, spun 180 degrees on its z-axis, and attatched all four of its claws to my forearm and hung on for dear fraggin' life.\r\n\r\nAfter a few moments of shaking it like Michelangelo with a Mouser on his arm, the tabby released its deathgrip and went about casually cleaning its paws of my human filth, and I got taken to the doctor to make sure I was rabies-free.\r\n\r\n**TL;DR: Fuck cats.**",
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"body": "You know how some people have a stamp collection? My friend's dad collects birds. So I stayed the night at his house, and they showed me around their place, and we went into the pen with the emus. For those who don't know, emus are like ostriches, except they have a back toe, which means that they can disembowel you while you are standing behind them as well as when you are standing in front of them. They also make [this noise](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfSo7j8A1EA). So we walk in, and stand very still, and the emus surround us and all start making that noise. They crane their necks and stare at us with their soulless eyes. Nothing scarier than that happened, but goddamn, those birds are creepy.\n\n\ntl;dr, I gave an emu an enema.",
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"body": "When I was 12, I was in the back seat of my folks' old POS Datsun, sitting next to my granddad. We were driving up north of Hyder, AK, came around a bend, and hit a yearling cub right on the behind. There were three yearlings playing on the road, but we knew the mama bear was somewhere close by. Dad stomped on the accelerator, which was able to take us from zero to forty in about 20 seconds. As we sped up, the mama came loping up from the riverbank, ahead of us, which meant we had to drive PAST her to get away! She stood up, ready to claw, just as we passed her. I looked to the left, and saw her matted belly-hair about a foot from my face, then just leant as far toward granddad as I could. I think I was screaming, too, but I'm not sure. Had she actually swatted the car, it would have crumpled like paper, so we were lucky! I looked out the back window, to see her sniff each of the cubs, then start running after us, but we went around another bend, and kept on going. Coming back was scary, too, until we looked down at the river, and she had her cubs down there with her. \n\nBlack bears tend to be fairly mild-tempered, a grizzly would have slaughtered us.",
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"body": "Not a real animal, but...\r\n\r\nI went to watch Harry Potter in the movie theater with my girlfriend at the time. It was the one with the giant fucking snake in the basement of Hogwarts. The thing comes on screen and I'm tense of hell, on the edge of losing my shit. My girlfriend saw this and thought this was funny as hell. I don't think we had the \"scary animal\" chat yet so this was new to her. Of course, before the movie she bought a bag of, of all thing, gummy worms, from the concession. After seeing me tense up she decided to have a laugh by wiggling a dummy worm in from of my face and it took everything I had to not scream my head off in the theater right there. Let's just say that car drive home was quiet.\r\n\r\nTL,DR: Movie snake scared the fuck out of me.",
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"body": "I was attacked by a peacock in the zoo when I was a young child (still in a stroller, but not a baby, and old enough to vaguely remember). I am not very comfortable around larger birds. I am fine with songbirds but larger ones that can crack your finger aren't cool.",
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"body": "I was in the Air Force, stationed in a very, very remote part of Alaska. Someone had left the door open in the barracks during the night. I walked out of my room in the early morning and there was a giant, massive black bear walking down the hall towards me. Got back to my room and barracaded the door. Military Police eventually got it out.",
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