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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Warning: Superman costume does not enable flight. |
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naturalplastic wrote: You must have been living under a rock for seventy years!
I lived in England mostly, which is a slightly less crazy place, and Halloween isn't such a big thing. Mind you, Southern England is thought by us Northeners to be somewhat bonkers. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Hand Sanitizer |
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| I never understood why they didn't just brew their own wine and beer. Not strong enough for them I guess. Or maybe other alcoholics had panic-bought all the yeast. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Google was told by the Feds to hand over youtube data |
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| That's one of the reasons I never use YouTube itself. I use Invidious which is a private "front end" that allows me to watch YouTube videos without anybody collecting my data at all. On a good day it also lets me download the videos. I've also never seen an ad there, unless the ad is part ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Hand Sanitizer |
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| Is there a hand sanitizer that is not too strong? I guess you mean alcohol content. Some of them are as high as 95% alcohol, so you might want one that's not that strong. They say it has to be at least 60% or it doesn't work very well. I think they're more a thing for people who are in a hurry, lik... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Warning: Superman costume does not enable flight. |
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Replies: 9
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But it may sensitise the user to Green Kryptonite via the placebo effect.
People actually dress up as Superman for Halloween? Dammit, it's supposed to be about ghouls and ghosts and monsters and skeletons. World gone crazy. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Your Personal Stories of Malicious Compliance |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have you heard of "tone policing"? |
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| Sorta like when the bullies in school would taunt me and push me around until I punched one in the face. Then it was, "Why you gotta be so violent?!" Good thing the teachers on the second floor saw everything unfold, so that it was obviously self-defense on my part. Yes that sounds like... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: The man vs bear meme |
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Replies: 186
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If the meme had just said "I am worried about being the victim of a sexual assault," I think it might have provoked a better result. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have you heard of "tone policing"? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 11:53 pm
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| I've had my tone misread many times. I think of myself as being very meek and polite, but sometimes, people have still read some sort of "attitude" into what I said and responded with anger. One particular instance that I remember was at a job I had when I was a teenager. I got on the wal... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: The man vs bear meme |
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Posted: Yesterday, 10:33 pm
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Replies: 186
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| Generating a nationwide discussion of sexual violence against women and the attitudes of men toward the subject is an example of a failure? I has hardly failed! The problem is that men overall have had a very weird reaction, as if everything is always about them. The meme says "Women are afrai... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: The man vs bear meme |
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Posted: Yesterday, 10:19 pm
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| That same member, if we are thinking of the same person, also made solid, well-reasoned arguments and incorporated research into some of his posts. It’s always interesting to me when people comment on delivery rather than content . While bickering occurred in this thread, a lot of useful and produc... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: The man vs bear meme |
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Posted: Yesterday, 1:34 pm
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| When I first replied here to the original poster's assertion, I agreed that the meme seemed a bit stupid. Later I expanded on that view and said that it's too divisive to be anything but counterproductive. I warned that the thread may therefore go south, but thought I'd give it a chance to prove me ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Capitalism and the Video Game Industry |
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Posted: 10 May 2024, 11:59 pm
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| Not saying strong socialism can work in a big nation state, but I don't think this idea of buying the means of production from the elite is the best thing to do, although it may be better than nothing. The wealth would still be concentrated into the same small number of hands. Another option would ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Wedding RSVP Etiquette |
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Posted: 10 May 2024, 4:13 pm
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| That sounds like the kind of thing I'd have stumbled on. I don't know if there's a convention for FB-mediated events. Best guess, the convention is supposed to be that people click a button to say they're going, and for some stupid reason others happened to use the less obvious route of a private me... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Words |
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Posted: 10 May 2024, 3:51 pm
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| I certainly used to have trouble finding the words when there were problems with bosses at work. There's this weird assumption in real time conversation that everybody has to speak then or forever hold their peace. In practice it's usually possible to say something like "I'll need to think abou... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Autism |
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Posted: 10 May 2024, 3:35 pm
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Replies: 10
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| CBT isn't inherently client-centred, and I suspect that's something that enables a lot of the problems with it. I think the client-centred approach can be taken too far, but without a therapist who listens more than they talk, I don't see how any therapy can work. |
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