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  • House for sale

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    I imagine it would be like having small earthquakes in your apartment, while trying not not to vomit, while listening to the structure of the building move against each other in ways building shouldn't, while wondering if you would have water day to day, to know knowing if your water was leaking behind your walls, or if it might start leaking behind your walls tomorrow. These buildings were built for living. They were built for money laundering.
  • Word association thread

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  • Saving Seals

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  • What are you watching?

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    The funny thing is I don't like fantasy or romance. And it's not what you might think. Aesthetics are in my wheelhouse. Adult themes are in my wheelhouse. Though, yes, part of it is the impression the performers make on me, as it should be. I can't explain it. It's a new one for me. I think it boils down to timing. I think this is especially true of older people. I think you can carry a mental block for a long time, and your understanding and appreciation might be unlocked suddenly one day and be gone. I think this happens as people age and happens more frequently as a person enters into old age.
  • Laughter is the best medicine

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  • LLMs and the dwindling number of people who appreciate and value language

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  • Best way to clean car windshield?

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    @Rontuner said: My dad used to swear by ammonia... The site I saw that recommended rubbing alcohol also said ammonia is an option. If you want a treatment that works for a long time, I've been using Aquapel for about a decade. If rubbed in properly, you shouldn't get any of the haze. Thanks, I’ll look that up!
  • Leafscrolling - fall color?

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    View from one of our living room windows this arternoon [image: 11850.jpg] [image: 11846.jpg]
  • Jesus Christ just no

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    I didn't think it could get worse than 2016 - Trump Clinton. That year I voted Libertarian because it seemed the only sane choice. I thought we'd hit bottom. But we haven't yet. The Ohio choices this year are abysmal.
  • Karl Rove impersonating Trump

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  • Meta-thread: Word association thread

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    Um... are we allowing multiple-word responses?
  • Cars

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  • Goodbye, Landlines

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    The phase out is inevitable given more modern alternatives; the logic is similar to the demise of long wave radio. Mobile phones' connectivity coverage now works well nearly everywhere (at least in our tiny country). People prefer them because they can carry them everywhere, internationally. They now support video, and are a multifunctional computer camera calculator. We have a copper phone landline which was used until recently for the Internet, though like many, we've had installed a fast full-fibre cable. And probably like many households, as we decorate, we remove the old phone sockets.
  • Narcissus

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    "Narcissus can't recognize what he's seeing isn't someone else." Right. He didn't know it was himself. The psychological relationship between the mythological character and narcissists IRL is parallel.
  • McConnell

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    I have nothing nice to say but I don't care. This situation is putrid.
  • How Costco became a 'third place'

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    I said it in another thread. I'll say it again. To each his own.
  • War

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    Well, yes, IMO. This is clear as day to me. YMMV. And, well, here's a thought experiment- if you want, please make a list for yourself of the states which order assassinations on US soil. Again, this is food for thought. I have a name for the war if it starts or if it has already begun- WWW III! Daniel, You win the Internet today! Yes, like Napoleon, I am snatching the crown ( * snort * ) from the Pope and placing it on my own head.
  • Parsing health gizmos

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    @jon-nyc said: @dolmansaxlil Do you do an ECG when you have an episode ? I do. I also record any accompanying symptoms just so I have a record.
  • Non sequitur Thread

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    Is that what the kids are calling it now.