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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Toxic Stuff in Movies about L&D |
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| The "Hallmark Holiday Movie Formula" has to be the worst. A dead spouse. A failing family business. An attractive stranger. A community event. The widow(er) who inherited the family business has no Christmas spirit, yet must go through the motions because the family business somehow con... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Toxic Stuff in Movies about L&D |
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| The "Diamond In the Rough" myth, as per the "Aladdin" movies (animated and live-action) -- Disney, of course -- and the Cinderella story. A commoner falls for a member of royalty, who returns the affections only when the commoner impersonates royalty. An on-again/off-again/on-a... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Your Personal Stories of Malicious Compliance |
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MalComp should be about improving a bad situation, but revenge always seems to be a collateral effect.
All you have to do is one of the things aspies do best -- just follow orders as they were literally stated, and not as you think (or know) they were actually intended.
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: im doing a test campaign as a dm any tips |
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| Fnord killed it with this response ʕ ˵• ₒ •˵ ʔ! Thank you! I got into RPGs in the late 1970s after wandering in to the TSR store there on the main drag of Lake Geneva, Wi. After "learning the craft" under some of the first names in D&D, I started my own campaign with the "Lendor... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: You may be a Liberal if... |
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Replies: 66
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honeytoast wrote: I think OP needs to get a job and not argue with people all day. Good idea, but I think a college education should be a higher priority for him -- he is of the appropriate age, after all. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: long term grudges |
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Replies: 32
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| I have held grudges against the people who bullied me during my childhood and teen years. By sheer coincidence, all of those people have either died, gone to prison, become homeless, or contracted some form of dementia. Bahaha I appreciate your vindictiveness sometimes fnord, hilariously dark. Vin... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: “Revenge is a dish best served cold” |
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| ↑ I confirm . . . The origin of the expression, "revenge is a dish best served cold," comes from French author Eugène Sue and his novel, "Memoirs of Matilda. "The English translation of the work by D. G. Osbourne, published in 1846, has the phrase appear as follows. "And th... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Incoming! geomagnetic storm this weekend 5/10/24 |
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I'm too close to the equator to see the aurorae. I missed the last solar eclipse, too.
(BTW: This is my 60,000th post on WrongPlanet.) |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: When you ask out girls they commonly claim they are busy. |
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Replies: 13
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| In all honesty, what would you (men) prefer for women to say? • • • Seriously, what do you want women to say? How about, "Oh, yes! Yes! YES! I have dreamt of you every night! You are the only man who could ever satisfy me, and I want to do nothing but satisfy you! You can even stay at hom... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Capitalism and the Video Game Industry |
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Posted: Yesterday, 4:11 am
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| Capitalism is just an economic system wherein the means of production are not owned by the workers. It is neither evil nor good, but only a means of making value-added profit for those who DO own the means of production -- the Capitalists. So basically, if you want the capitalists to solve the wo... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Autism |
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Posted: Yesterday, 3:48 am
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| Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a term for a set of psycho-therapeutic techniques and its various derivatives, including dialectic behavioral therapy (DBT) and Brief cognitive behavioral therapy (BCBT). Rather than trying to repair the root causes of the patient'... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: PPR GIFs, cartoons, jokes, funny pictures, etc. |
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Posted: 10 May 2024, 8:02 pm
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| She wondered why the ping-pong ball kept getting bigger, when suddenly . . . https://img.koreatimes.co.kr/upload/thumbnailV2/ITTF_BUSAN_FINAL_0197_ea46edde8212c.jpg/dims/resize/380/optimize . . . it hit her. That's Miu Hiranu of Team Japan, competing against Wang Yidi of Team China on day 9 of the... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: How can I make myself attractive to NT women? |
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Posted: 10 May 2024, 6:30 pm
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Replies: 91
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| @ALL: FYI, the OP has not logged on to WP since 2024-05-08. He may be lurking, but seems disinclined to post replies. Apparently not lurking either. But the thread is still interesting as a general conversation. As long as it does not take a hard right turn into misogyny, I guess. ANYWAY . . . ba... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: When you ask out girls they commonly claim they are busy. |
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Posted: 10 May 2024, 6:14 pm
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Minervx_2 wrote: If they decline, I'd say something like "All good, whenever you're free let me know". Then stop contacting them, and just move on and talk to other girls. Leave the ball in their court. If they reach out to you, cool. If not, keep moving on. ↑ THIS ↑
For the win!
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: How can I make myself attractive to NT women? |
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Posted: 10 May 2024, 6:04 pm
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@ALL: FYI, the OP has not logged on to WP since 2024-05-08.
He may be lurking, but seems disinclined to post replies. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Zero "friends" at work |
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Posted: 10 May 2024, 6:01 pm
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Replies: 6
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| Been working at home Depot for three and a half years and counting as a Lot Attendant Zero "friends". It amazes me how quickly new hires make friends. Home Depot hires convicted felons You never know who has : Felony conviction Psychiatric diagnosis Concealed weapon Gang membership Drug a... |
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