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I like to look at RVs on craiglist and ebay to check out the floorplan and dream of how I'd modify it to better suit my needs and live in it permanently even though I will probably never buy one.
However, just recently a coworker (who flips Campers) told me that there are places where you can buy a cheap lot of land in some communities where you can park your camper or RV permanently. And I'm actually looking into this as something I may do.
Even said some people buy campers without a title because they are cheaper and they never plan on taking it out on the road. I wouldnt be surprised if people steal campers for this purpose too.
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-Promises family that he’ll go to a certain restaurant for a holiday. Only gives the correct address and restaurant to almost everyone, save for someone he wants to take on a guilt trip. He then insists that he said it right because after all, everyone else showed up, it’s such a shame they couldn’t make it, etc, taking care to ensure that he looks extra-disappointed for everyone. Then offers to take them on a “make-up-for-it” dinner.
Now he knows they’ll be out of the way at a certain date and time while he visits their lawyer and screws them over.
This was AFTER he got senile and sloppy.
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Father was a relentlessly self-improving boulangerie owner from Belgium with low grade narcolepsy and a penchant for buggery. My mother was a fifteen year old French prostitute named Chloe with webbed feet. My childhood was typical, summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds, pretty standard really. At the age of 12 I received my first scribe. At the age of fourteen, a Zoroastrian named Vilma ritualistically shaved my testicles. There really is nothing like a shorn scrotum, it's breathtaking.
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Thanks for understanding! Any time I tell people about this they say it's all in my head or I'd just get more free stuff/attention.
It's *great* when fellow gamers think I'm a guy.
I never pretend to be, I just conveniently don't correct those who think I am. It has always caused problems since I can remember.
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You literally just put your arm into the mouth of an alligator and said "don't bite, I don't feel like being bitten." Why then do you call yourself a Christian? You can believe in a Creator without being a Christian. Is it tradition? Fear of saying you're an agnostic? Your beliefs are too complicated to analyze from a few sentence reddit comment? What you got?
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I had a severe gallbladder attack and passed out briefly from the pain. When I came to, I was slurring my words a bit. Because of my history of migraines with aura, everyone thought I’d had a stroke. Spent two days in the hospital getting every neurological test, everything came back clear and they were ready to release me. Not once in that time did a single doctor address the pain in my abdomen that was so bad I passed out lol! They offhandedly referred me to a gastroenterologist and a week later I found out it was gall stones. Thousands of dollars in medical bills later, I had my gallbladder out
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Reddit, one of my friends has been diagnosed with anorexia. I need your advice on how I can help.
A little background story: This is an old coworker of mine, and for as long as I've known her, she's always been petite (I'm a size 4 and she's smaller than I am), but toned and a little curvy.
When I saw her for the first time in 6+ months, she is just skin and bones; blamed it on working out too much. Apparently, her heart rate is down to 40 beats per minute when she's awake. Her mom has arranged for her to see a therapist and a nutritionist, but apparently, she's not cooperating so much mentally.
All of her friends won't talk to her or hang out with her because of this, and she told a mutual friend of ours about it, asking her to help her get better. She doesn't know I know, so I can't really get further information, but our friend is stressing out big time about helping her. Obviously, to us the solution seems simple, but I know our thought processes are so different from hers right now. What can we do?
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The story combines a bunch of different themes and does so with interesting and likeable characters who have a lot of personal growth in the story. It's about friendship, but it's also a tragedy (in the classical sense), but also heavily leans on the latent atomic anxiety, especially for the generation who came right after the bomb and were just coming into adulthood, and touches upon economic fears and fears of corrupt politicians and the military, etc. The story itself is not bad by any means, in my opinion, just based on the Tetsuo/Kaneda story alone and how their characters develop, but if you want to really appreciate it you do have to consider the context in Japan when it was made.
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God I’m gonna tear up writing this.
My mom in emotional outburst once or twice said something about being suicidal or wanting to kill herself. I was maybe like 7.
About 2 years ago she was apologising about things she thought she’d done badly as a (single) parent. I honestly think she did an incredible job and I was telling her that.
She mentioned something about how I was clingy after my dad left, like I had abandonment issues and was expecting her to abandon me too. She said she was sorry for not telling me she wasn’t going anywhere.
I was confused at first because I’d never recalled being clinging, and I didn’t feel that affected by the divorce. Then it hit me. I was clingy, I wanted to be around her so I knew she was okay, because if she was gone awhile I’d get worried she had ended it :(
I didn’t tell her that, I know she was stressed and struggling. I just wish she hadn’t said it so I didn’t fear losing her all the time.
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I'm from Canada, so I see what you're saying about guns being a part of the culture. So many people hunt up here, it's a national pastime. But many of us are weirded out by your desire to own MAC-10's or even handguns for that matter. These are only useful for killing people, not wild game.
EDIT: And even though anybody without a criminal record is eligible to buy a gun, they must first take a course, or challenge an exam showing they understand theoretical and practical handling of guns. It's allowed but highly regulated, as I think it should be.
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When you can see the child is not acting like a normal kid would you can see there is abuse. I'm not talking about the occasional scold of chancletazo, I'm talking about when the kid doesn't play, doesn't talk, isn't responsive to stimulus like colors or music.
But just telling them that they ugly to annoy then is not. There is a difference. One is done out of maliciousness and the other one is just healthy messing with them, which is totally fine specially amongst siblings.
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Occasionally replaces your operating system with a version of DOS while playing random sound effects from various games.
Randomly shuffels the keyboard interface.
Constantly toGGlEs CapS LoCK On AND off.
.neercs eht srorrim ylmodnaR
Removes the ability to scroll whatever you're viewing.
May revert programs to factory versions forcing you to reinstall everything one at a time with no choice in the matter.
Only one of the effects will happen at a time when using the computer as to be even more annoying.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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It happened really rarely when I worked at a movie theater. One couple walked out of a movie (Step-Brothers, maybe?) because it was 'too inappropriate' for their elderly parents... But it was rated R, so I'm not sure what they were expecting?
If people did leave it was due to motion sickness or something, usually, which we were always sympathetic to and would give them a rain-check/free pass or their money back. 3D movies often (not always, but usually) give me a terrible headache, so I can't help but be sympathetic.
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Not much to be honest. There is a push for publishing all raw data and providing links to electronic notebooks so people can do quality control, but even then it's easy to fudge records.
The pressures are not just salary related though. People are vigorously competing for their jobs despite the low salary. 1:20 graduating PhDs ever become faculty (many don't try but most give up), and most work 55-70 hour weeks just to try and make themselves competitive. The entire environment of research induces conflict of interests that push people into doing shotty science, rushed work, low powered, and not reproducible. It pushes some into intentionally malicious behaviors, but most of the problems are not deliberate, instead are more a consequence of unintentional bias and a need to get fantastic results.
I have caught myself in this situation as well so I know how accidents truly do happen. I just submitted a paper and the reviewers had a question about an experiment that I couldn't answer so I redid the project and could not reproduce the data. I could have just argued that the question was beyond the scope of the project and published anyway. I'm fact that is what I was pushed to do. But I redid the experiment, failed to reproduce the data, and now will pull that data from the paper. I should have redid the experiment before submitting, but the data supported my hypothesis so there wasn't much reason to replicate. It was rushed and sloppy, but completely accidental. This happens way more often than it should. I learned a valuable lesson from this but clearly the PIs pushing me to publish without replication have not learned the same lesson.
Only the stuff that replicates over time is worth discussing.
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Just because someone isn't "into marriage" doesn't mean they aren't into a committed relationship. No point in breaking it off with someone just because they aren't into marriage. It's a huge inconvenient expense for a somewhat meaningless piece of paper. In the eyes of the law, if you live together for a certain period of time (I think it's 12 months) you are as good as married anyway. So the only difference is a participation certificate and a name change.
I mean the upside is you get a minimum of like 3 parties ( engagement party, bucks/hens night, and the actual wedding reception) but downside. That all still adds to the expense.
Oh and then the honey moon. So 3 parties and a holiday.
And it's not like people in marriages are any more loyal.
Tl;dr Marriage is a meaningless piece of paper in our day and age. But the parties are good.
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I don't know if this qualifies, but I grew up mainly with my mom. I was born in the early 80s. So in the early 90s my mom made me aware that I my grandfather, her dad, was in a "club". I only understood that it was literally a fairly deeply connected local mob, and those meetings and "christmas gathering" and all that were more or less covers for setting up laundering businesses, etc., until I was much older. In any case, they were all extremely racist people. Everyone was involved in this from plenty of local law enforcement to city council members and everyone in between.
My grandfather had mentioned to me at a young age that I would be in the club one day and that he would be proud of me.
My mom has always been fairly open-minded in that one of her best friends was openly a lesbian when that definitely didn't fly in my area. She was also friends with plenty of black people and even dated a pretty cool biker black dude for a while. I never had any problem with any of this, as I was simply raised to look at everyone as just people. My mom instilled that in me.
So flash forward to a few years later. One day, apparently my grandfather found out that my mom was dating cool biker guy that happend to be a black dude and basically told her over the phone that he had to disown her for doing so. The phone volume was loud enough that I could hear nearly most of the conversation. My mom was extremely upset and crying on the phone with him. She hung up and then explained what was happening. I was a bit shocked that what he had said to my mom was so hurtful and hateful. A little time had passed and I had come to the realization that he literally hated that my mom was seeing someone that was only nice and great to my mom and myself.
She told me not to, but I did it anyway.
This may not be an " ex member of a hate group" response, but rather seeing the signs early and knowing to stay away and not to go down that road.
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What can you say when being assaulted/robbed
I live in Sao Paulo, Brazil. On a daily basis I see aggressive assaults on the highways, often with deadly weapons. A minority of them result in murder. Nonetheless, I cant imagine it being that easy to just pull the trigger, somewhere deep down they are human.
Thats why I am wondering if there is something you could say, that could make them reconsider. Not reconsider stealing from me (as far as i am concerned they can take everything, my phone/wallet/money/documents/even my clothes, just as long as they dont kill me) but reconsider killing me to get rid of evidence.
Maybe play into their feelings, use some sort of deep psychology that is still functional on degenerate junkies...
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(Possibly NSFL)
This Morning I wake up in a happy mood since it is friday. I go take a shower and come back to my room to check on my Gerbil. I see her pinned against the corner of her cage with her mouth bleeding. She was induced in some kind of heart attack and she tried to bite her way out of the cage. She then responded weakly to the water I tried to give her, and she twitched ever so often.
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Update: I don’t know who “won” because we both won respectively (without indulging into details). It was great. We’ve wrestled 5 times since this (44 days ago lol). Also, we’re parents of two under two so we don’t get as much alone time as we used to. When I brought his up my husband was like “wtf kinda pages are you in on reddit?” but we laughed after. So kind stranger, thank you for sharing your interests. Your openness inspired us! I hope you find a person who will sex wrestle with you in 2023! xoxo
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Every night was hell, waking up multiple times. I was fitted for 4 different masks.
So I go back to my 4th appointment with the sleep specialist. He's looking over my overnight study results and goes, "well it says here you don't actually have sleep apnea when you sleep on your side, it's only when you lay on your back".
Oh really doc? On my back? Like I did in the sleep study when the nurse said, "I'm going to put the 38 sensors all over your head, so you'll have to sleep on your back"
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Still, mitochondria are the main ATP producing organelles in eukaryotic cells. They are not essential though.
The research paper mentions exactly that these cells are capable of living without mitochondria because they live in a very nutrient rich environment, and sub-optimal energy production is not a trait that is negatively selected for. Glycolysis is cytoplasmatic and produces energy. The end products of the glycolysis go into the mitochondria where the TCA cycle produces a multiple of energy. Without mitochondria, less energy is produced and partially broken down nutrients are not further consumed.
I would be very surprised if any multicellular organisms without mitochodria could be found.
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I haven't shaped my country, I am well aware of that so the things that make me proud to be an american are the things in american culture that make me who I am. I'm proud of our parks systems both national and at the state level. I'm proud of conservation efforts that keep fish and game thriving around where I live. I'm proud of the "you cant tell me what to do with my own property" attitude I've had since childhood, even if it isn't as true as I hope. I'm even proud of my local sports teams for bringing the community closer together, (I was at villanova's championship parade last weekend where 1,000's of strangers gathered to share in their collective joy).
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So how is saying "Yeah unfortunatly men also have a bad history of mistreating women" in a discussion about male rape any different?
People advocating for minority rights have for multiple times blocked people from adding nuance into the discussion, and have insisted that right solution is for said minority to be put on top of the social hierarchy, instead putting every one in equal footing. When people don't agree with that they get called bigots and get told this is this not the right time to talk about your rights.
Now that we have a male person put in such a disadvantage, we don't give him the same latitude we afforded the minorities, and instead tell them that people that happen to have the same sex as this victim have been perpetrators of the same crime done to him.
If my point is still not clear, I'm arguing that those previous two paragraphs are basically two standards that aren't necessarily consistent with each other. If we have agreed to the former, then the latter has no place in this discussion.
PS: I can sense passive-aggressiveness in your comments. If the goal is only to score points in this discussion, I will disengage. I'm here to have a discussion, not to look cool on the internet.
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[Theory is not used the same in science as it is in general conversation.](https://oregonstate.edu/instruction/bb317/scientifictheories.html)
From that link, as a quick overview:
>According to the National Academies of Sciences, "some scientific explanations are so well established that no new evidence is likely to alter them. The explanation becomes a scientific theory. In everyday language a theory means a hunch or speculation. Not so in science. In science, the word theory refers to a comprehensive explanation of an important feature of nature supported by facts gathered over time. Theories also allow scientists to make predictions about as yet unobserved phenomena".
Saying that evolution isn't real because it's just a theory is like saying having high interest rates are good because it means the banks have a lot of interest in you and want to give you more money.
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The fact that I haven't been in years.
I had a whole bad childhood experience there. It's probably nothing compared to you guys, but I had like a soft weird feeling nerve sticking out of my half a tooth (or less) for like a week or so. The pain was constant and unbearable. I'd stay awake at night and numb it with ice. Then I had to go for hours long procedures while I was awake, and even though they numbed it with a needle, I swear I still felt it.
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Last night my cat woke me up in the most unpleasant way I have ever experienced.
So a little back story on the situation. I just helped my family move from Seattle to Dallas, and I am staying down here with them for a week. We have a small dog and a very large, 20 pound cat, that we believe to be a Maine Coon. He has also had his front claw removed because he can get really nasty. Since we moved he has had a lot of trouble finding cool, comfortable places to sleep since we came from a fairly large house in a moderate climate to a small 2 bedroom apartment in Texas.
Anyways, I have been sleeping on the couch in the living room. Last night my cat decides he really wanted to be up on the back of the couch (although he is really large he can still jump on the counters and such with no problem.) Well for whatever reason instead of jumping on the arm of the chair, he decides he can clear my head. He doesn't have front claws so he can't really pull himself up should he not make it. Low and behold he lands right on my hand, extends his back claws into my scalp, and then pushes with all his body weight off of my head like a flipping spring board. I woke up very confused when he landed on me, and then by the time he dug his claws into me I was already conscious and now really pissed.
TL;DR My 20 pound cat didn't make a jump over me, and dug his claws into my head has he pushed off of me with his whole body weight.
What screwed up way has something or someone woken you up?
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I can't imagine. I hope you feel better soon. Mine usually last a good 3 hours. I start getting the anxiety and panic attacks then about an hour or two after my body starts going into a derealization stage which pretty much means that I feel like I'm in a dream and everything around me doesn't seem real. Its kind of like the feelimg one would get after being awake for 24 hours and only running on a cup of coffee. Usually if I'm home I just try to sleep it off as soon as I feel the panic attack coming on.
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No ad hominem attack here at all. I am questioning the reasoning of people who worry more about a paperclip than what is said. Their justification seems quite thin. This is a question of working with people who are so worried about a paperclip being played with in a stressful situation that they wouldn't hire him to do a job.
I fail to see how fidgeting in a stressful situation disqualifies someone from a management/supervisory position. Being nervous and not being able to handle a stressful situation are two very different things. Again, I fail to see why one would want to work with such individuals. I get nervous myself in interviews and tend to fidget, but yet was in a highly stressful management position for years, while also increasing sales and profitability by over 25% in the course of my first year. I also hired over a dozen people in the course of that year, while also retaining 80% of those who were there when I started, in a field with exceptionally high turnover (retail). I conducted interviews every few months for a new person or two because I was able to train people to be promoted. I never equated nervousness in an interview with the inability to handle stress, and neither should you. Being fidgety and not being able to handle stressful situations have nothing to do with each other, and people who can't see that shouldn't be making hiring decisions.
So again, this is not an ad hominem attack, but a questioning of judgment. There is a big difference.
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2012-04-12 17:52:11
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Confession Time, Reddit: Anything to get off your chest? (Throwaways welcome)
I'll start: In 9th grade I was on an overnight school trip which involved some team building exercises. One of these involved the class forming parallel two lines, reaching across to the other line, holding our hands high as a kind of covered bridge. Then, each one of us took turns running through the line, underneath the "roof" we were creating. Looking back, I have no idea what this was supposed to accomplish. Anyway, I had already run through and returned to my place in the formation when it was the class nerd's turn to run. I had been friends with this kid in middle school, but (I'm ashamed to say) had put some distance between he and I when puberty really set on. With no forethought, I stuck my foot out as he ran. It was night, he didn't see my foot and he bit the ground. Hard. He wasn't injured, thankfully, and I immediately felt terrible for doing it, especially because there was absolutely no reason to do it. No one laughed, everyone rushed to help him up, and they did not even know that I did it, much less that it was done on purpose. I simply did something mean just to do it. I feel like shit about it still and didn't even apologize because he didn't seem to know that it was I who did it.
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I'm an American who has traveled around the world and hosted and visited exchanges students from many countries around the world including Brazil, Australia, Sweden, Turkey, Japan, India, UAE, Yemen, Spain, Germany, France, and England all through Rotary International. If I were from Turkey, Germany, Japan or Pakistan really make a difference?
It's a shame that we can "guess why". There are amazing and wonderful people of faith all over the world and from every religion.
I singled out India because an article was pointed out to me by a student about how the WHO was working towards reducing open deification in India. It was nothing more than that.
"Eighty-two percent of the one billion people practicing open defecation in the world live in just 10 countries. India is the country with the highest number of people practicing open defecation, around 490 million people. This is 47 percent of the population (13 percent of urban dwellers and 70 percent of villagers).
Further countries with a high number of people openly defecating are Indonesia (54 million people), followed by Pakistan (41 million people), Nigeria (39 million) and Ethiopia (34 million).[3](p19)"
- Progress on drinking water and sanitation, 2014 Update. WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation (JMP). 2014. ISBN |||PHONE_NUMBER||| 240. found via Wikipedia
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I don't know how it is in your country, but here when you're accused of crimes like this you can pass some days in prison, the called "preventive prison", a period that can last up to 30 days. Plus, generally the woman's word is taken a lot into account, so a proper prison order can be emitted only because of her accusations. So yes, you're likely going into prison if a woman accuses you of rape.
A friend of a friend of my sister was accused by his former girlfriend and spent a few months in prison.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2014-04-13 02:21:57
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That if a god does exist, he made people who are gay to serve the dual purpose of preventing more mouths to feed from coming into the world when it can already barely feed so many of the mouths in the world as it is and to show people a meaning of love that's lost on most people nowadays. Bible be damned, which, in connection, I also believe god may have intended the bible as a sort of...template. That is to say, an example of a set of rules mankind should follow, but to adapt, learn from and even change with the times as they are. As a sort of way for humanity to prove it's ability to increasingly autonomously govern itself without divine intervention or interference if time goes on. I say this because, it might just be me, but any god if it does exist that would damn or condemn anyone who's lived a good and helpful life for not following the exact words in an old book or following principals made by religious zealots in a time of violence and common, oftentimes public death, would damn it's own children when they've never wronged anyone in any major way and have only ever tried to help others or bring down those who would hurt or ruin others, ain't a god worth following to begin with.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2021-08-28 07:34:00
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Physically, there is a long period of the most exquisite stillness. Feelings I got from shooting heroin and morphine include a sense of overwhelming acceptance and love and those feelings surpassed human experiences of love and orgasm.
It also felt like deep self-loathing shame. Trying to stop is an indescribable experience with which non-addicts have no reference point. It is an abyss. So dark and indescribably lonely and hellish.
I'm so grateful to be free since all of my friends from back then are either dead, sober or in jail.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2016-08-16 18:43:27
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I’m kind of wondering if I had it based off my symptoms, which were like yours. 21 year old dude, college swimmer so pretty fit, generally healthy to the point where all I get is a bad cold on occasion. Started feeling bad on Sunday, had that feeling where you know the next few days are gonna be bad. Monday-Thursday was knocked tf out, only went to class because I figured it was just a nasty cold and this was before everything went down.
Then I was in the common area blowing time with some friends between classes and one of them, who came home from study abroad in Italy right as everything happened there and who I roomed at at our conference meet, off-handedly mentioned that he felt off for a bit after coming home. Oh and it was about 2 ish weeks between conference and when I started feeling really bad. Hit me like the Sunday after my 21st.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2020-05-18 15:57:21
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Reddit, what album/artist in your youth formed the foundation for your musical taste?
Mine was Ten Thousand Fists by Disturbed. I can remember sitting in my friend's basements just listening to that whole album on repeat. I was too young to understand the magnitude of a lot of the songs back then (I was probably about 14), but now that I am older, I really appreciate bands like Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, SOAD, Metallica, Volbeat and many more similar groups. The fact that Disturbed is (was, I guess now that they are on hiatus) both lyrically and instrumentally incredible had a lot to do with the music that I listen too now. I am just curious as to what you guys listened too when you were younger.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2012-07-11 17:44:41
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Dolma_Reddit
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What is your favorite all time childhood TV or Movie moment?
For me it would have to be this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DySKNvNQ7tA
I waited months for this episode to come on Toonami at the time and the day before everyone at my middle school at the time were talking about the episode. I know all day I couldn't wait to get home and see this episode finally after Toonami had constantly restarted the series. So what is your favorite TV/Movie moment during your childhood
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jybp8
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2011-08-29 20:48:20
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Dolma_Reddit
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I'm trying to figure out whether this is what I do or not. If someone texts me a question or brings up a new topic or something, then I always text back.
But sometimes it feels like there is just nothing left to say on the topic in their last text and they didn't really bring up anything new or interesting to comment on. Am I still being rude in that case by not texting back or by bringing something unrelated up?
I wish there were an etiquette guide to texting because sometimes I just feel completely lost.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2015-10-13 00:46:31
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I was in Thailand on a trip with my friend. It was an "anything goes" kinda trip. Anyways, we got this hotel on one of the islands and my friend got us dates with our housekeepers. I hadn't seen them and i agreed to do it. Fast-forward to that night and my date is in her 60's. She didnt look bad for her age but she also didnt speak a lick of english. And I was 23 at the time. I was pretty reluctant but I went anyways. We went to a few bars and i was not feeling it at all but i kept trucking along. At one point i even face timed the lady's daughter and granddaughter. Long story short we ended up back at their "house" which ended up being 4 concrete walls with a whiny the pooh blanket as a bed, no windows, and no working toilet.
Tldr; almost hooked up with a 60 some year old thai grandmother that didn't speak english.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2018-06-20 05:33:53
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I work for Wal Mart at the logistics level so my experience will obviously be much different than yours but I have almost no complaints about it. It's probably the best paying job in our area that doesn't require a degree, we have full health, dental, 401k and at least around 3 weeks of paid vacation a year(varies based on hours worked and time with the company), bereavement pay, stock purchase plans with matching, occasional overtime(if you want it), and a lot of other perks. Free food at least once a month for different reasons, company cookouts, a ton of volunteer work and donations in our community. I have heard other associates cuss and make inappropriate jokes, including myself, but in no way would I say it's s hostile work environment. I know I'll probably get down voted into oblivion for this post but, at least at the level I work, Wal Mart is a pretty good employer.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2013-08-20 14:27:55
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What are the cutest and/or funniest stories that you've either heard about you or remember from when you were a child?
When I was little my two favorite movies were Land Before Time and 101 Dalmations. So my parents got me a whole bunch of puppy toys. I had a few 6 inch figurines of some of the puppies. My favorite thing to do was line them up in a little circle so they could have "meetings". My dad told me about how he'd always come up and ask what the meetings were about. Usually, I told him that the puppies were having meetings about bones. But whenever I was mad at him or in trouble i'd pout and say "They're having meetings about YOU! >:(".
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2012-05-19 20:48:24
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Dolma_Reddit
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when I was in Laos 15 years ago, this girl kept coming to my hotel room to hang out. We would drink beer Lao all night and watch kung fu movies. She told me she was married and didn't want to be with ger husband. One day he showed up downstairs front desk and they called the room to warn her. She ran out and jumped off the second floor balcony and hid under a truck in a mud puddle. They found her. The cops came to my room and took me to the police station for questioning. I managed to convince them I was homosexual (I am male). Had they not believed me I would have been fucked.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2016-03-03 13:34:43
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I'm 25 and started back last year, so somewhat similar situation. I dropped out after 1.5 years in college and got a job in IT gradually working my way up to a Systems Admin. I'm an Information Systems major so most of my classes are a complete waste of my time where I'm basically sitting through class thinking--"wow I've been doing this for the past 5 years thanks".
Regardless of what you get out of a lecture I would advise, like someone else did in this thread, to never ever skip a class. For me skipping class is like a ripple in a pond that ends up causing me to slack off on assignments and etc.
For the most part I have to really force myself to make the 40 minute drive to class everyday as I utterly loathe the idea of going to class and the institution of college itself. I've come to view it as a complete waste of my time and a total waste of money (luckily my employer covers up to $5k of my expenses) as the majority of my classes involve going over material I already learned ( and much more in-depth I might add) on the job or stuff that is irrelevant to my career. I just take one day at a time and keep in mind that this simple, albeit pointless piece of paper will keep me from getting low balled when applying for a new job.
There's really no special formula for getting through it.
I just wanted to note that I work 40 hours a week and usually maintain 12 - 15 hours a semester. I tried an 18 hour course load last semester which had to be the worst idea I've had in a while--won't be trying that again.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2010-02-17 14:57:20
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I hit a pretty outstanding depression cycle for about a year. I tried to fill the void in my life with trips over seas with fancy dinners and expensive booze. I racked up a credit card bill about the size of my annual salary.
It took a few months to drop hammers on my life and a few years recover. The silver lining to the story is I finally understood how much I could be saving. Honestly sucking it up and pouring money into the debt I racked up felt good.
When I finally got back to even I kept living below my means and saved. I can now afford to splurge on some fancy dinners and I have an emergency fund and I have some money invested.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2021-04-28 00:17:17
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Dolma_Reddit
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Transgender people who have transitioned and no longer experience gender dysphoria no longer have a mental condition. I know you know the difference, because I've pointed it out to you at least three times in this thread. Chromosomes are not gender. Biological sex is not gender. Pronouns are reflections of *gender* identity. Trans women are women, in terms of gender identity. Trans men are men in terms of gender identity. So we use appropriate pronouns to reflect that.
At this point it's clear that your position is not rooted in facts or science, so your refusal is actually more a reflection on your inability to accept reality, which is truly ironic.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2019-02-04 17:37:43
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Dolma_Reddit
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See if you can contact your local police department to find out whether they have house watching services.
As mentioned above, put a timer on your lights and put your mail and newspapers on hold (piled up newspapers in your driveway = dead giveaway).
Maybe consider putting your TV on hold as well for an hour every day?
Hide your valuables in creative places (attic, AC vents, etc.?)
Here's something I haven't seen: make sure you shut off your water valves and faucets; since you will be gone during the winter, you want to make sure there's no water in your pipes, should the temperature drops below freezing. Nothing worse than coming home from a trip to find your house filled with water due to a pipe burst and people had to enter your home without you being there for the emergency.
Lastly, perhaps contact your neighbors (if you trust them) to keep an eye out on your house?
Best of luck, both to your house and your trip!
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2011-11-27 18:26:30
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Dolma_Reddit
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Oh. Read that wrong… Sorry lol. Still good advice so I’ll leave it lol. But! Some men take everything as flirting and others take nothing as flirting… same with women. It comes with experience in the dating game… As you get older, and more experienced in general. You tend to spot flirting easier.
Some things that can be a tell.
Does she have open body language, is she keeping eye contact while looking away shy…
Is she fiddeling with stuff. Hair, jewlery, and so on :)
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2021-08-01 14:48:30
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Dolma_Reddit
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What little weird, quirky things do your friends or family members do that you find odd?
I had a friend who called his mom "Mom" and his dad "Steve". Both him and his brother did this. I thought it was so weird...anyone else know families that do this? I guess it's just due to how they were referred to when they were being rasied, I don't know. Everyone always thought that "Steve" was his step-father, but he was actually his father.
Another thing, I have a friend that still eats with a [spoon like this.](http://i.imgur.com/4rZQA.jpg) What's that about? It kind of gets on my nerves (not to be a dick), but anyone over the age of 2 should know how to hold their utensils better than a caveman.
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dhudw
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2010-09-23 14:25:41
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Dolma_Reddit
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I agree! I do my best to lead by example, and not let what my 'superiors' do affect them too much. If they need time off, and it's not a pattern, I give it to them no questions asked. If they're 10-15 mins late to work everyday, I don't care (though I do send an email at the 15 min mark asking if they're coming in). I don't deny vacation time. I can cover for their work, and quite frankly life's too short to waste it away at work. Have fun, live life, be sick and not be afraid of taking the necessary time to get better. At the end of the day, I treat my direct reports the way I want to be treated.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2022-08-08 17:39:02
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>At no point have you provided any evidence that there is a significant part of the voting population who don’t vote democrat because of guns
https://news.gallup.com/poll/186248/quarter-voters-say-candidate-share-view-guns.aspx
>Republicans, individuals who identify as conservative, gun owners and those who believe gun control laws should be made less strict are the most likely to say that a candidate must share their views on gun control. At least three in 10 voters in each of these subgroups -- including 40% of those favoring less strict gun laws -- say they would vote only for a candidate who shares their views on guns. A smaller 21% of those who favor stricter gun laws say they will vote only for a candidate who agrees with them.
Look at these races that are being touted as means of getting more gun control if they go the right way:
https://impact.vice.com/en_us/article/437kxq/vote-in-these-2018-political-races-to-impact-gun-control-reform
They're all gonna be neck and neck races with poll numbers within the margin for error and they're gonna be decided by a handful of voters, guess which swing voters are more likely to make things a single issue vote on gun control? I'll give you a hint, it's not the pro gun control people.
Here's an article for you:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/did-gun-control-cost-mcauliffe-and-democrats-the-virginia-election/2015/11/04/fa5dfdfa-830d-11e5-9afb-0c971f713d0c_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6043f735027f
> Does the fact that so many democrats are pro gun control not suggest to you that changing their position would also lose them votes?
http://www.ibtimes.com/john-bel-edwards-pro-gun-democrat-wins-louisiana-governors-race-over-sen-david-vitter-2195208
https://conorlamb.com/priorities/
A lot depends on where they are and what they're running for.
Also, not all Democrats are crazy anti-gunners:
http://www.theprogundemocrat.com/
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68cd0d41fcec485d9ac3df1b8bd3bee6
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2018-07-04 13:50:50
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Dolma_Reddit
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Chickens are legal in my city as long as you have a chicken coop of an appropriate size. Someone on the outskirts has two chickens, two geese, and a duck, and I saw one of the chickens chase off a crow once. The crows here are huge so it was pretty funny.
I don't really see the problem as long as you don't have a rooster and don't have too many chickens (I'd say maybe four for most yards?) Hens aren't that loud.
I guess I'd also add as long as you have a good way to keep predators out of your yard to prevent deadly chicken massacres.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2022-01-17 00:58:54
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Dolma_Reddit
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I had a friend that wet the bed until year 10 and never showered, she smelt disgusting. I actually gagged a few times she hugged me. She always complained about how she never got any guy attention and it was pretty obvious why. Her teeth were yellow, her hair was oily and she smelt like piss. She was super gross. We never told her how gross it was because we didn't want to upset her. She was bullied for it heaps but never changed or tried to shower even when I was brave enough to politely tell her that she needed to.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2017-11-18 09:01:24
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,589 |
That im not the total smoke show hes convinced I am. I look super basic, especially compared to the crop top and tiny pant clad women that stomp around. Sometimes I dont know if his sight is right or what? The man literally drools over me and worships my body..even when I typically wear my comfy baggy clothes. I find it comedic when were out together that he thinks people are constantly staring at me or trying to pick me up, men and women lol. I can only imagine how he thinks my days must go, when in reality I'm treated super normal and have only been hit on by the occasional creep whod shoot their shot with anyone. God I love him <3 hopefully he never realizes
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2022-02-16 16:14:07
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Dolma_Reddit
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To be honest, when I had a hysterectomy and an endometriosis clean-out earlier this year, it *seriously* revved things up. I've been sexually active going on 20 years and it hurt every damn time until now! So amazing. I'm all over him now. Plus, now that we are absolutely, 200% certain that there is NO CHANCE of an unwanted pregnancy...yeah. So much sex. Such *good* sex.
I think there are a lot of people, especially women, who just shrug and accept that sex just isn't all that great when there are medical interventions that can help. Sex should be awesome. (Apparently.)
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2018-09-26 20:01:23
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Dolma_Reddit
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Just on the flip side, I had a credit union account in my hometown. They were supposed to have a 'sister bank' in my college town I could use there. Turns out the address was a vacant parking lot. Couldn't access my account in any way from school, because you had to set up online banking in person, and if you forgot your info you had to retrieve it in person. Couldn't cash checks, check my balance, get a new card mailed to me when they canceled mine for "suspicious activity" (which was all me). Switched to US bank, huge national chain with locations everywhere, no more issues.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2017-04-12 05:08:30
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Dolma_Reddit
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What nice gestures do others do that really annoys you?
So every time I go to a cafe I get coffee and then (for the purists) I poison it with cream and sugar in exact proportions to suit my sick taste. Then after drinking about a 1/3 of the cup, the legitimately nice waitresses come by and give me a "little warm up" before i can say anything and fill my cup up again messing up the coffee, cream, sugar ratio.
So what things do others do to be nice that drives you crazy?
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yuyw3
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2012-08-26 17:38:03
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>the few people that do care about your appearance aren't worth your time...
This! I have a couple "friends" I hadn't seen in about 10yrs & recently became reacquainted with. At first I was excited, but have now seen that sadly they're still shallow, hypercritical, and obviously unhappy in their own lives. Because of this, nothing is ever good enough and they drag everyone & everything. Decided this week I need to put distance between us again. These aren't the type of people who are worth your time!
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2020-05-12 01:41:06
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Dolma_Reddit
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There was a study I read a couple of years ago that concluded that "gluten sensitivity" is bogus. You either have celiac's disease or you don't. What is really happening is that people are sensitive to the foods that they normally put on the foods that have gluten and are having well documented reactions that we already know about. The most common example they found was dairy. Lots of people are lactose intolerant. They put milk on their cereal or cheese on their pizza and blame the wheat gluten and not the dairy.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2018-05-18 18:44:06
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Dolma_Reddit
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REDDIT: What is your worst bad habit?
I still enjoy picking my nose. Sometimes I still pick my fingernails too. I just don't ever see myself stopping these two activities. It's gotten to the point where I don't care who sees me pick my nose, because I've convinced myself that secretly they're jealous that they don't have the sack to do the same. I also still smoke, but that I can see myself quitting, I've just been putting it off until I really want to so I don't become one of those people in a perpetual state of smoking limbo- "I don't smoke... unless you're offering one of yours."
Anyways, what are your bad habits that you don't even want to quit?
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2009-11-05 17:04:30
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The Hebrew religion existed during the Reigning of Cyrus The Great - sometimes we think the Greek Gods were before Jehova, but they were probably created at the same time during the Bronze Age.
Genghis Khan was born in the year 1158 and ruled between 1206 - 1227. He is closer to us than he is closer to Augustus becoming Emperor(Year 27 BCE).
George Washington was born just a century after the colonization of North America started - People often think it had to be like 400 years, but it was actually a very short period of time.
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dc5c10a7d6374c50bad83a4f796d3a4b
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2020-11-22 21:52:19
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I haven't talked about it before. It was better kept to myself. But what comes to mind happened in a dollar store. There was a little girl with cancer who was bald. Her family was uncomfortable with the fact that she was drawn to trying on various hair bands. The first was a crown and stayed in place with just her head. The others that she tried were plainer and couldn't stay because she had no hair to hold them. Yet she kept trying with those. So I went up to her and said that she should choose the first one because it made her look so much like a princess. As I walked away, her family was asking her what the heck I said, distrustful. But I thought it was a useful compliment.
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6f5e4eeef03e4efd92a4a05d59ca8b86
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2021-02-23 04:57:04
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Dolma_Reddit
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Small businesses- How did you get started?
My dream is to go to baking school and maybe even travel around and learn some skills that way. I then hope to open up my own bakery. I know this is a very optimistic plan for the future, but I'm still in college and these are the fanciful things I dream up. Anyway, I wondered if there were any small business owners out there and how exactly they got started, how they learned how to run their business, how did you go about finding your store's location, do you have a partner, do you have an accountant or do you do that yourself, etc. I basically want to learn anything you're willing to tell me. Thanks!
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gwf04
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2011-04-24 18:08:45
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Dolma_Reddit
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Reddit, what is a weird/creepy thing that has happened to you that you know will never be explained? I'll start.
My family grew up in a nice little neighbourhood down near a river, an elementary school, and a gravel pit. Consequently, I know almost everyone in that neighbourhood and made a lot of friends there growing up. My favourite place to take my lab (who is still kickin' it at 13) for walks was the gravel pit. One day when I was about 18 I asked my friend who lived down the road if she wanted to come for a walk to the gravel pit with us. She said no and I went on my merry way.
So I've been in the gravel wandering around for a while. I had probably smoked a joint and I was having a good old time with my dog. The gravel pit by my house has about 4 different "pits" and has varying levels of height on the second level. It is almost impossible to see from one side to the other because of this and a few mountains of trees and gravel in random places. Also, all around the perimeter is forest, and in some parts you can get to trails that will take you to the school or down to the river. It's all pretty connected. Anyway, I'm walking and hear my friend calling my name. I stop, look around, and wait for her to catch up. It was weird because she sounded like she was coming from the other side of an embankment into the forest where I knew there were no trails. and kept on walking.
I didn't hear anything from her for a bit so I assumed I was hearing things or she turned around. About ten minutes later I walked down a "road" to the bottom layer of the gravel pit. I really wish I could properly describe my gravel pit. Just keep in mind, while I'm walking I've got bush and high walls of gravel separating me from the forest and stuff. As I start walking I hear someone possibly calling my name. I can't really remember what exactly they yelled to get my attention. All I could see was the head because the trees were pretty thick and they were really far away. They stepped out and I could see the body a tiny bit, and I could see that it was most likely a guy and he was pretty tall compared to the trees. My first thought was it was my dad because I asked him to come that day, too. I also knew I wasn't crazy at this point, because my dog had noticed the movement and start barking and running towards the cliff, although he would have never caught them in time.
So I yelled out "Who is that?" I mean obviously this person knew me, they had been yelling my name. "Farticus!" Yeah, for real that's what I thought I heard, although I highly doubt that's what they said.
All the sudden I was like, holy fuck, and started walking as fast as I could back home. In order to have gotten to where they were they had to have been walking beside me the entire time, stalking me through the bush, and then somehow manage to get to get through the bushes to the top of a cliff which was as far away from me as possible. Of course, as I got closer to home I thought maybe one of the neighbourhood kids or my friends thought it would be funny to do that, but still. I honestly don't even know how they got to where they were when they were first yelling my name without me noticing because of the way the pit is shaped. They would have to be running very fast through the bush.
He's at home, and says he wasn't there. I hang up before I tell him why I asked. I start calling all the people I knew in the neighbourhood. No way they'd get home before me. They were all there or accounted for. I realized this was no person I really even was friends with. I actually considered for a while that I had seen a ghost or a vision, and on my way back home I thought maybe my dad had died or something. It's weird, but my brain was working in overtime to try and make sense of what the hell just happened.
I do have suspicions about an autistic boy down my street. He's a few years younger than me and has/had a huge crush on me, and I knew he hung out around there sometimes. The way the floating white head appeared out of nowhere on the top of that cliff, and then the way it melted and disappeared back in the trees still creeps me out when I picture it. It's definitely something that will always go unanswered, and even though I know it was obviously someone that knew me it still creeps me out to this day. If that person wasn't being creepy and stalking me and was playing a joke or something they would have come down to see me, or would have mentioned it by now, right? Sometimes I still wonder if whoever that was is stalking me when I go out there, seen as how I never noticed the one time, what would stop them from doing it over and over? Ugh.
tl;dr: Someone who was calling my name stalked me in the bushes/forest surrounding the gravel pit I was walking my dog in. Later, I saw them appear as a floating head on a cliff very far away and high up. Then they disappeared never to be seen or heard from again. I still don't know who it was.
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i0gyy
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2011-06-15 17:43:06
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,600 |
So you didn't experience nothing, you just experienced a very tiny spark of consciousness inside a much larger unconsciousness. In fact, you could argue that that is what we all are, sparks of consciousness or "light" which are surrounded by unconsciousness, or "dark".
However, there is also something to be said of the fact that we do not remember dreams sometimes during a very deep sleep, when science says that we are indeed dreaming, and can in fact visualize these dreams to some extent now even though we may not remember experiencing them. But according to science, we did experience them, even if we do not remember.
So the experience after death is not something you can really deduce.
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9707e1a3bc7e4b2984f1afd8fef72e4c
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2022-04-06 18:23:34
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,601 |
Reddit, $25,000 was just randomly deposited into my bank account... what do I do?
So here is the back story. I wanted to set up a pay pal account, so I went to my bank to get my account numbers to do so. I got home and linked my pay pal to my bank account. Some of you may know that when you link an account, pay pal deposites a few cents into your account ,within a few days, to make sure it is connected properly. After I linked them I checked my bank account, and there was $25,000 deposited today. I don't want to spend it and get screwed over, and I'm not sure if it was the banks mistake or pay pals. What should I do?
*UPDATE* I called the bank and told them about the extra money. They said it was a mistake and it was reversed from my account.
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yfyhj
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2012-08-18 20:59:38
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,602 |
I been smoking since high school and in college I started using daily, there were many times where I was extremely unmotivated unless it was to bust a mission to go buy more bud. Recently over the last year I've been trying to lower my use, while I still smoke once in a while if friends have it or I'm at a part or something. I was finding that I was having a really hard time with my cognitive behavior, forgetful as fuck, not dreaming, it sucked. Ever since I stopped buying and smoking only once in a while I've felt so much better and my mind is working a lot better as well. I recently had surgery and decided to buy some bud to help sleep and whatnot incase I had pain since I didn't want to use the narcotics i was prescribed and I ended up waking and baking, smoking all day for about a week and my mind went back to mush and was doing little besides sleeping.
While I really belive there are medical benefits to mj, like seizures, helping with appetite for those with cancer and HIV/AIDS, there are definitely side effects of long term use. You might not have a physical dependence, but there's definitely a mental one and it's been shown that your body, just like with using any other drug, reduces its receptors to canabanoids which then take time to grow once you slow down or stop your use. Anyways here's a great recent article out of Harvard on the cognitive effects of long term mj use. Really think all users should read it.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/cognitive-effects-of-long-term-cannabis-use-in-midlife-202206142760
Also, I'm probably never going to NEVER smoke ever, but I don't want to use daily anymore. I can really tell the difference, even though I like the feeling at the moment.
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c86149065acc438295c6a66670b064d7
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2022-06-21 21:12:40
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,603 |
Who hasn't gone in their inbox, noticed 0 or -2 to what they've posted, and felt that heart-rising-in-your-throat-but-denying-that-you-care feeling?
Upvotes and downvotes, it seems, aren't being used in the way they should be. But I have faith in the judgement of people on reddit, if not their motivation. I think that it should be the responsibility of a redditor to vote on things. When everyone votes, the voting system will finally become what it should be.
I'll admit that I rarely vote or comment, just out of laziness or fear of being downvoted. But hopefully we can change that.
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f1439ab117ce4536b4aaf7e9ff2ebc00
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2014-10-30 17:26:51
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,604 |
The thing about buckling her kids in... sigh, I've done it, too. I've had my kids sit on my lap and help steer in a parking garage and once in our neighborhood. I know it's illegal but they were excited to do some big person stuff. I also take them (one at a time) for rides on my motorcycle (littlest sits on the tank).
I acknowledge it's not the safest decision and certainly against the law. Britney made the mistake of doing it while famous, though.
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82993d9d7a4d44e2ae3453335bb1ce03
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2021-08-01 09:58:47
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,605 |
You can turn it on on old reddit, but if you want dark mode, you'll have to turn off custom reddit themes as well. Unfortunately, you can't do any of this unless you have Premium.
All you have to do is go to the reddit homepage, click on preferences at the top right of the page, then under the options tab, scroll all the way down until you see a set of six themes. You can pick one or enter in a subbredit whose theme you like in the textbox. Press save and enjoy!
This theme will only appear if a subreddit does not already have its own custom theme. So if you were to go to a subreddit with its own custom theme, your dark mode will not show. If you want to have dark mode on all the time, you'll have to go back to that preferences page and under display options, uncheck the first checkbox which reads "allow subreddits to show me custom themes."
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4a7adbb5851047cf977e204f7a2714f1
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2020-04-08 22:17:22
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,606 |
Helpful would be simply times people who are really there for you and you can rely on them.
On a day like today you just see how sad people can not even remember when your birthday is. Even people you know for 15 years or more. Or your own family.
Or financial support would also help a lot of people, because often in a situation like this you are really at the end in many ways.
For my part, however, I don't care about money. Even if some things would be easier.
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dd64190c321f4bedba4dfcd037faaba6
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2021-07-18 17:18:41
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,607 |
Have you ever had to end a long term relationship with a partner who is still completely in love with you? How did you do it? What was the fallout?
I ask because I I've been with a girl for 3 years, and living together for 1. We recently had a pretty big pregnancy scare that really caused me to consider what this relationship is and where it is going. I still love this girl, but I can't be with her anymore. We're still young, and are each others firsts. Ive felt this way for a few months now. She still loves me, and has no idea how I feel. It doesn't seem fair to just spring it in her out of nowhere. They don't teach you this in school. Just wondering if any older, wiser redditors had experience with this and could share their stories t help she'd some light on my situation.
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1cdstw
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2013-04-15 11:13:34
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,608 |
Ruminating. Some people do it with embarrassing moments, some do it with sad moments, some do it when they have felt slighted. Some rumination can be healthy, as long as we ruminate on things we can change. Say, for example, someone was rude to you. If you ruminate, but never say anything to that person down the road we can start to harbor resentment. But if we ruminate and then finally *calmly* address the issue with them later, we might get see that we made it a lot bigger of an issue than it actually was. Best case scenario , it was a misunderstanding. worst case, we stood up for ourselves and don’t get stuck in the negative feed back loop of “I should have..."
Source: Mental Health Counselor/Substance abuse Counselor.
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2019-03-13 00:47:49
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,609 |
Yep - Reddit loves FFI cause it sounds more like a creepypasta than a real disease. "Guy gets so tired he actually DIES!". In reality the brain's been breaking down for a while once the sleep goes, and the insomnia's due to the neurons that are controlling sleep/wake cycles dying. The hallucinations, delirium, confusion, etc are just normal degenerative symptoms, same as you get with other prion diseases, Huntington's, alzheimer's, whatever. They all have a heavily circadian nature to them in later stages as well.
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944934f97c5f496fb95f94b964bafdd9
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2021-08-29 23:55:53
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,610 |
In the early part of the 20th century trichinosis was a real concern. It's a fairly nasty parasite breed of round worn that after a list of very unpleasant symptoms can result in death. In very bad cases such as pigs often carrying them will have eggs in the meat. And the best way to deal with it was to cook the meat until the eggs were killed.
Culturally this became a habit even when the meat was probably safe. And many people can't tell the difference of being cooked enough for safety and over doing it. And will be forever involved in pork.
Sorry for grammar errors am tired and don't care much. Y'all have a nice day.
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582b10b5d9c44082b682d776303c4d20
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2019-06-26 19:59:18
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,611 |
That's the individualism they mention, this one track mind.
One mistake and you're labelled a cheater forever not understand that some people just don fit into the traditional coupledome role (...and lets not pretend there isnt a societal/cultural pressure of how things should be) and that relationships are much more complex that we make it seem. People aren't perfect and it's like we forget that, we get jealous and clingy and demand attention, act like we own the other person and maybe that's not something healthy in a relationship either.
Others just can't fit into that mold and need to find whatever works for them so that they can find compatibility.
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88eaf1fe641c4f35a9b296ef0a9bfe26
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2019-09-29 13:36:30
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,612 |
We just got s new student, moved from Kentucky, we'll call her Melissa.
Melissa then asked if she could leave the classroom, sarcastically at first, until the teacher asked if she was actually okay from his comment. She said yes and that she was just tired of people making fun of people from the south, and that's when my teacher responded...
"Well then, Win a war!"
And her mouth dropped to the floor like a rock, and she left the room to cry in the bathroom.
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664ceaf02a3b44c6a9788732da39f759
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2015-09-11 18:27:45
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,613 |
I'm glad he showed emotion... maybe there is a part of him that wishes he had done things differently. My main reason for my first post was the view of yourself. There was an AskReddit recently about realizing when you were poor. I never was, but I really appreciated the fact that I had parents that cared and loved. If I didn't have that... I cannot say who or what I would be right now. I don't say these things to boast, I say it because it pisses me off to no end that a person COULD look at his greatest accomplishment ever and say "No thanks". I have a son now and I cannot get over the fact how much I love him. Go forward and do not let your father slow you down or question whether or not you are lovable. If you have kids, love them and protect them until it is impossible for you not to.. that love will be reciprocated even past the day that you are no longer with them. Take care.
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95a7ac9da8ad4e17b752835c2398d322
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2014-08-06 07:19:46
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,614 |
Speak for yourself, don't speak for others. you have a defeatist and disempowered attitude, but you must realize, this is also part of the bigger picture. You have been conditioned and indoctrinated to think the way you do. If you ignore this blatant reality, not only is your life not worth living but you become part of the problem. If you have decided to become apathetic and selfish, that is your prerogative but do not project this onto others who cannot accept it. There is no 'maybe', anyone who doesn't see 9/11 for what it is, 10 years on, like yourself, does not want to see it, for the very reasons you described and it has nothing to do with intelligence.
"no single raindrop ever felt responsible for the flood"
Good luck with your happy life, we'll still be doing what we have to do for you. This is about mankind, not you as an individual.
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852e27904a354c108faa3752051d6969
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2011-09-06 18:15:24
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,615 |
How's living in New Mexico?
So, I am highly considering going to New Mexico Tech because of it's dirt cheap price (literally $10k with housing and meal plan and transportation due to scholarship). With FAFSA added on there, it will be very, very affordable for me. Keep in mind that this is cheaper than my state schools (California).
Considering the fact that I will not be getting any schools that are cheaper, I am highly considering it. From what I have seen from Breaking Bad and just looking around in Google Maps, it seems to be like an endless desert... But keep in mind, I am from Southern California, kind of used to the sun.
Mexican food helps a lot. But wary of the fact that the school has like a 9 to 1 guy to girl ratio.
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q3gy7
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2012-02-24 02:33:00
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,616 |
I believe it's unethical to subject children to preventable diseases, especially with how quickly they spread in the modern world. Also, even if what antivaxers say is true, the risks of having a pandemic outweigh the risks of having an autistic child.
Yes people have reactions to vaccines, that's why it's important to get them if you're healthy, so that you protect those around you. The chances of getting a vaccine injury vs the chances of infecting others if you get sick is not a justifiable reason to not be vaccinated
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36893524d4764632bbd6eafa52531fdf
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2019-03-13 17:57:22
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,617 |
Also a smell closer to burnt rubber is crack smoke. Had a kid I went to high school with and some random guy come into my business, high school guy asked to use the bathroom. His buddy approached the counter and asked for a small bottle of vodka. I told him the price and he then took out his cell phone and typed the numbers of the price into his phone and showed me the digits and goes we’re good right? I immediately put the bottle back on the shelf and refused to serve him and he insisted that it was all cool and tried to call the vodka price? Kept saying No way dude and then showed me another phone number and said “It’s cool that’s my girls number.” Told him great she can go buy you something somewhere else because it’s not happening here. High school kid reappears from the bathroom all bugeye and says yo let’s get out of here.
Turns out high school kid was just being selfish with the crack and smoked in the bathroom and his buddy was a couple steps ahead of him. It was my last day at that store before a major career shift and the strangest interaction I’ve ever had.
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1955cf919eb346398acaed20472f3317
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2022-04-03 12:34:23
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,618 |
Oh yeah I was having a full blown manic depressive rage fest due to exhaustion so that basically the staff just gave me a room to scream in so they could be away from me. A 85 year old man comes in during meal time with a jello cup and said "Stop screaming because I know you want to get out of here." At which point was the first time I felt like someone listened to me because the staff hadn't seen me for twelve hours after I was brought in, and I was physically very sick so the fatigue made it so all of the mental energy I had to control my feelings was gone (like no thought process just I need to scream and yell and it came out). And he pretty much gave me that list. One of the staff didn't like me the whole stay because of how I started and I know they were trying to keep me there longer but luckily the day staff were like "yeah the night staff were assholes to you. They could have at least made it so you had somewhere dark and quiet to sleep." (Because I had a pneumonia like infection and had been in the ICU for two days and they made me sit straight up in a chair for twelve hours. They would get mad at me when I laid down on the floor to nap waiting for them to see me and rush over to make me sit up. At least the day staff were like, oh yeah, a significant chunk of her bad mood is the fact that she's over exhausted. You'd think people that regularly dealt with bipolar type I would be like "Yeah if they are asking to sleep, are having difficulty breathing, and have been in the ICU for the last couple days maybe they aren't doing this to be an asshole, they just need sleep."
Edit: Also by the end most of the staff were saying how I was one of the sweetest patients they ever took care.of because I helped the man get to and from dinner, gave another girl my stuffed animal, gave away my grippy socks, drew portraits for the staff to take home, listened to other patients, and was very polite and waited for everyone else to get food before I ate and was nice to all of the specialists and staff. That wasn't acting that's who I present to be in real life when I have the energy to push down my negative feelings.
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af188ffa9ce949ef87cdf71eafcbb712
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2020-05-24 06:42:54
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,619 |
[SERIOUS] Females of Reddit. Would you start dating someone that has a medicine pump attached to him 24/7 and has to use oxygen for part of the day?
I was diagnosed with what bascially amounts to high blood pressure of the heart and lungs. I have to wear a medical pump and use oxygen therapy for part of my day. Other then that I'm a normal guy and would never know I have this problem. I'm freshly single and am worried it will turn girls off. So thanks for answering ahead of time.
Bonus I have to use Viagra every day so my libido is through the roof and I have rock hard erections...so there is a trade off.
EDIT: I see the last sentence has caused a bit of a stir. It was an attempt at a sarcastic/playful comment. Lost in translation when typed I suppose. I'm 32 and because of that medication my libido is as high as a boy going through puberty. Maybe I should have just said that...
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2geaiu
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2014-09-14 20:28:37
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,620 |
No, they don't WANT to hire sex offenders. But once they're hired and working, they don't want to publicly have them arrested and shatter the image that their park is safe. They'll move them to safe spots in the park only after catching them red handed or someone making enough noise. They don't want to hire sex offenders. But they're good at getting hired. They know the tricks. And if you saw how many people are interviewed every day, plus how many businesses are on property that are third party and thus don't have the same background checks, you see how easy it is to get in.
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b0ac0c184767476d8c9e7456cf7b1ae9
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2012-11-21 09:53:53
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,621 |
My house size has increased. Substantially. I proudly bought my own detached home (1st one I’ve lived in, in my life) in 2015, and lost my job on March 15th bc of Covid-19.
My boyfriend and I work(ed) at the same company, which his studio is 2 minutes away from and my house is 40 minutes away - we had been living in both, since rent and mortgage payments are so cheap in our area compared to our combined incomes. Especially on nights with big storms in the winter and when we wanted to go out on a week night.
Since I was let go, we cancelled the lease on his apartment and moved him/us officially out, my parents needed a place to quarantine so they came to stay too.
My boyfriend kept his job but hours and pay were cut even through he was deemed an essential worker. My parents live off small pensions and small inheritances they have saved, I was bringing in the most money in the household but the max I can make per week on unemployment is $400 (US) - we were surviving when we were receiving an extra $600 per week, since that has ended its been hard. My original income was more than double what I am bringing home on unemployment. We have all cut out all our extras. And there is no work available in my field in my area. Plus I am immunocompromised... so finding a new position has been hard.
We’re figuring out what else we can eliminate or cut back on to survive.
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62cebf5f9f1e49ff8b254499227d2bbf
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2020-08-14 14:22:20
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,622 |
I made a decision to call a friend of a friend out for "dating" a 16 year old when he was in his mid-twenties and used the term rape to describe what was occurring and suggested he end the relationship he was pursuing with this child and then walked away. Our mutual friends, all men in their early 20s, decided to take "his side" and it created a rift in several relationships that was not repaired.
As time goes by regret for losing those friendships transitions more and more to "fuck those guys."
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2020-06-10 06:21:35
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Dolma_Reddit
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I'm so sad and I don't know why?
Like the title of the post states, I am really sad and I don't know why. I have a great girlfriend, job, apartment, friends, family... I'm not sure how long I have felt like this, but I just can't pin point where my sadness is coming from. I feel saddest at work, but that could be due to the fact that I'm stuck inside for 8hrs doing boring office work. I don't have any friends at work, which could be a reason. Although, I do feel sad at home even when I'm with people close to me. I guess I just don't know what is going on. Any thoughts?
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op7up
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2012-01-20 19:34:58
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Dolma_Reddit
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I'm also 31 and right there with you. I want absolutely nothing to do with kids, a house, etc. I don't live some kind of epic single guy life, I just don't have anything in particular tying me down.
I have a friend I mountain bike with who is 48, married, house, 5 dogs and no kids. That's his brand of happy, and it definitely works for him. All my other friends who are around my age are all married with kids or other crazy obligations.
I forgot that a MTB festival was coming up soon, so I sent out a 'last minute' text to everyone who rides saying "dirt fest is in two weeks, anyone want to go?" I got return texts from everyone saying no way, it's too close to plan, etc. Only "yes" text I got was from my 48 year old buddy who says "Yep, I'm already looking at camping options, just bought my ticket" 10 minutes after my first text. The two of us are the only ones who are able to do what we want, when we want. That's how I want to keep it.
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943b85351a7a4218aba6c9999219aa7c
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2017-05-08 19:20:32
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,625 |
What's the point in quality of life if all that higher-quality life is spent either a) working or b) doing physical maintenance?
Why have the fancy house and work yourself to death when you could chill out and actually enjoy what you have?
I'm a millennial; it's not like I'm ever gonna be able to retire.
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2b0312058b56484a98aee597be7f07ac
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2023-01-08 04:37:06
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,626 |
Being around my friends is really the only thing that has a chance of keeping my suicidal thoughts and depression at bay. It's the only time I'm around someone that is with me not because they have to (such as family or co workers) but because they want to.
I always get anxious that they didnt want to. My friends mean so much to me and when they dont want to be around me I get just such an indescribable pit of despair.
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c60cc3d4dc0b4edc957a99525f86eaa1
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2019-04-24 20:49:19
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,627 |
the redstone thing im most proud of is this internet like thing. i had encoders which would take a message you set with levers then convert it to a series of redstone pulses, encapsulate it with a code for a destination and a return address and send it all out on one wire. then it would get to a router kinda thing and be wired to the intend destination, going from router to router through a whole tree of em and back down to the client. then a decoder at the destination client would display the origin address and the message.
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11df3dd76632412cb8136a541b320040
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2016-05-24 15:22:49
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,628 |
I mean there are obviously better places in the US for tourism but Nebraska offers a few nice things. It just kind of depends what you're into. If you're into sports an University of Nebraska football game is quite a spectacular event. Omaha also host the college world series every year and the occasional Olympic swim trials or March madness games. The Henry Doorly Zoo in omaha is known to be one of the best zoos in the world. There are other things to see in other smaller towns but I wouldn't expect anyone to visit nebraska and not stay in Lincoln or Omaha. There's great food here too but obviously that can be said pretty much anywhere. Nebraska might not be the most exciting place but I definitely think it should be worth a visit!
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d49345f88f5b48ea87ef004e4cc33c68
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2017-05-02 17:56:48
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Dolma_Reddit
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A man of many talents wherein none hold too great weight of importance, yet save that of self-import and flummoxery directed at casual Recontres, who slaves, masterfully, upon plastic micro-toggles offering countless amounts of sage advice; who diligently conducts inter-personal instructional sessions involving spirits and trivial knowledge; has been forcefully evicted from establishments which offer entertainment of the comedic persuasion; once ate a bug for a nickel; who enjoys, unequivocally, electronic games of skill and competition; revels in singing incorrect notes while drunken on-lookers squish their faces in public displays of horror and awe.
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fbfefb33e99d4943bfbb4fa37293c10f
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2010-07-30 16:01:37
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,630 |
Usually I'm dreaming but then I can tell I'm waking up, but as the dream is fading away, I realize I can't move and I'm paralyzed, so the first time that was terrifying but now I realize I just have to work my way out of it. So just mentally forcing myself to move, it usually starts with my toes, I can wiggle them a bit, then my ankles, then my legs and then everything snaps out of it and I'm back to normal. But you just have to remain patient and work through it. It's annoying and it seems like it lasts minutes but it's probably only a few seconds.
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b839d28fe65746029952099a4cf70e78
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2022-05-12 02:51:14
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,631 |
What are some quick 5-20 minute activities I can do everyday to improve the quality of my life?
Any sort if daily "life hacks" that help you to be more efficient.
I started doing those posture correcting stretches that were posted on here, they only take a few minutes and so far I feel amazing because of it.
I also told my SO we should clean the house for 10 minutes every night before we go to bed it feels a lot better to wake up to a semi clean house rather than a dirty one and 10 minutes goes by really quick.
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2pdzih
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2014-12-15 19:40:43
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,632 |
Political bias question: Are there any Liberal politicians to compare to the extremely conservative/newsworthy politicians?
Seems like Reddit and other admittedly left-leaning news sites have a never-ending stream of articles about republican or conservative politicians that make the news because they are so far to the loony side of the right or they are caught publicly exposing their hypocrisy. There's Bachmann, with the highest pants-on-fire rating ever; Walker, with his misguided budget-cutting that spawned huge pro-Union assemblies; and now Duffy and his Youtube pity party.
Where are the Democratic or liberal politicians making the news in a negative way? Why do the Republicans and the conservatives get so much negative air time?
Note- I'm not asking 'why is Reddit (or other media) so biased to favor liberals?'. There must be liberal or Democratic politicians that do or say things comparable to the embarrassing antics of Bachmann and her ilk on the right. Where are those stories?
And before anyone says 'Duh, go to a site like Beck's, or Limbaugh's.' let me try to explain what I'm looking for a little more. I'm not seeking far-right moonbat articles about how the left is in bed with agents of the New World Order or things like that. Rather, as a fairly liberal person I'm noticing a constant supply of stories that paint the GOP and their agenda negatively and the underlying discussions following the stories mostly support and add proof to this perception. One example right now would be the corporate tax structure and the articles discussing it: Bachmann et al are on the record saying tax cuts create jobs and now news is filtering out with specific examples of corporations gaming the system to pay less taxes while cutting jobs, and putting the two together illustrates the silliness of the GOP's position on tax cuts.
Are there, then, examples of liberal politicians and policies that are equally out-of-touch with what the actual issues are (and their solutions)? Where would one go to find rational, thoughtful discussions of this? Also, there must be people that support and defend the Walkers and the Duffies of the political world, or they wouldn't have been elected in the first place. Can their supporters defend their actions with convincing arguments? Where are they?
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gh49i
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2011-04-02 15:20:03
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,633 |
Sprint. Short version is, I worked there for a few months and every time I dealt with their customer service on behalf of a customer it was clear there was no structure whatsoever. Nobody you talked to ever knew anything about anyone else who worked for Sprint and they could not communicate. I bought an iPhone for cheap as an employee, with no contract or anything. When I left the job I left their phone service, and every single person I spoke to on the phone about it insisted I had a contract and would have to pay a penalty. I started recording every phone call and logging names/dates. Eventually got someone to guarantee I was ok and cancel my account but it was an inordinate hassle. Sad thing is I know this happens with every network. Sprint was just my unlucky one.
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bc9b9156074c49c8afc5a093dcf0af38
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2019-05-16 04:03:01
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,634 |
Adults who were considered bright in college or high school, where is your life headed now?
I'm just a high school student about to enter uni next year, I'm in the top percentile of the state and will probably get into a good course but so many bright students' potential have gone to waste due to a lack of jobs. I just wanted to ask the adults of reddit whether they got their dream job or not, are they satisfied with the work they put in versus what they got out of it, do you have any advice for the younger generations?
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2706xz
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2014-06-01 03:20:13
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,635 |
I just turned around and told her if id be able to do that if we didnt have to keep giving my entire wage to her her sister and nephew to cover their their debts from drinking and gambling instead of paying their bills ...id rather be putting it into my family where it belongs ...yeah big fight after that....
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994f9424df9e48a3abaa34b46a4825d1
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2022-09-14 03:26:15
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Dolma_Reddit
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{}
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| 46,636 |
I work in a bookstore. One day a pair of French women came in, asked me a few questions, speaking English to me as though I was a toddler. "DO - YOU - HAVE - THIS - BOOK?" (a French book) I dutifully looked up what they were after, and then proceeded to hear them talk about how stupid American retail workers are, how we don't put any effort in our jobs, how we don't know anything about international literature.
I found that we didn't carry the book, but I turned to them and informed them in perfect French that I apologize, we didn't have it but I would be happy to call another local store to check, since according to our computer they had a copy. They turned nice, thanking me profusely and so on. Such a great pwn moment.
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9d0ff95529dc4f05aad02292c8ccf54b
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2010-02-04 17:49:39
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Dolma_Reddit
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| 46,637 |
I'm in the same boat. 23. I was working at a cute bakery and fish market. Both burned down. I moved away and I've landed yet another minimum wage job. I'm constantly frustrated because I want to be doing so much more but I can't because I can't afford school, loans, ect. I don't want to be working at a minimum wage job for the rest of my life. Work with animals? Children? Old folks? I just have no idea.
I'd suggest just taking time to yourself a night and really thinking about what you like. Music? Video games? What can you do with that?
Also, is it really work if you enjoy what you're doing? I know that's terribly corny but if you find a job you enjoy (and make decent enough money), why not stick with it and just be comfortable? I know easier said than done but I don't really know what else.
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81bfce9abf73461bbf9015193e0e42d1
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2023-03-16T01:43:55.831260+00:00
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2016-12-11 05:19:42
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Dolma_Reddit
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{}
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| 46,638 |
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