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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Have you ever changed your voice to fit in? |
| ValentineWiggin |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2014, 8:13 am
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Replies: 13
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staremaster wrote: Whenever I get to spend significant time in a different part of North America I often find that my accent has changed when I get home.
I am the exact same! I absorb that of those around me. Even when I was in Australia and New Zealand, it happened. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Brainy Children |
| ValentineWiggin |
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Posted: 16 Apr 2014, 8:11 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,436
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| Oh, yes, correcting the teacher doesn't make for either good social standing or good report cards, in my experience. |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: Word disassociation game |
| ValentineWiggin |
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Posted: 13 Apr 2014, 1:12 am
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Replies: 17,071
Views: 360,195
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: What are some great intellectual books you have read? |
| ValentineWiggin |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2014, 2:22 am
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,416
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The Politics of Aesthetics.
I second the vote for "collapse", heartily. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Healing Westboro Thru Love. |
| ValentineWiggin |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2014, 2:19 am
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Replies: 42
Views: 1,608
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| I dunno if I buy that hate can be "healed" with love, but it's definitely taking the high road. |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Who Is Your Favorite Male Video Game Character |
| ValentineWiggin |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2014, 2:15 am
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Replies: 31
Views: 3,181
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: swimmers |
| ValentineWiggin |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2014, 2:13 am
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,889
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| I love schwimming! I can't wait til it's warmer here so I can go. |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: Movies in alphabetical order |
| ValentineWiggin |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2014, 2:11 am
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Replies: 20,147
Views: 422,915
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X-men  |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: On the subject of mentally ill men who think they're women |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2014, 1:48 am
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Replies: 49
Views: 4,156
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| Also, despite all the talk about male violence, you won't find Catherine Brennan seriously addressing actual cisgender (and transgender) men who are themselves violent toward cisgender or especially transgender women. "Male violence" is a dog whistle code for "transgender women." This is an MRA-sty... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: On the subject of mentally ill men who think they're women |
| ValentineWiggin |
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Posted: 12 Apr 2014, 1:41 am
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Replies: 49
Views: 4,156
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| Do you see what just happened? I just posted actual instances of male-to-trans individuals committing *actual violence against* and threatening women, including murder, and your response is that *I'M* spewing hatred? The instances I listed aren't anomalies- the male-to-trans Twitter employee I menti... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Abortion |
| ValentineWiggin |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2014, 6:02 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,971
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cannotthinkoff wrote: ValentineWiggin wrote: cannotthinkoff wrote: I'm not only pro-choice, but pro-abortion, pro-death sentence and pro-euthanasia.
"Whatever gets the freeway moving." I am not sure I understand this phrase. Is it sarcastic?
I don't think so. It was a joke of Bill Maher's on being pro-death. |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: Keep a word, drop a word... |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2014, 5:59 pm
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Replies: 45,132
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: Quick tip for folks who want a curly perm without the perm |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2014, 5:57 pm
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Replies: 1
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| Note: if you make the braids too small, it can just look like frizz, rather than defined curls (I know this from experience) |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: aspergirl and other books |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2014, 2:44 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,426
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| It's been a while since I read it, but I seem to remember a few rare insightful things, clouded out by my overwhelming feeling that she wasn't talking about me at all. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Abortion |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2014, 2:36 pm
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Replies: 34
Views: 1,971
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cannotthinkoff wrote: I'm not only pro-choice, but pro-abortion, pro-death sentence and pro-euthanasia.
"Whatever gets the freeway moving." |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: cons. vs. lib. strict father model vs. nurturer/parent model |
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Posted: 11 Apr 2014, 2:27 pm
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Replies: 21
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| For those who want a preview of Haidt, this is super interesting. I have a pet theory that on certain aspects, the oft-noted straight-line correlation between conservatives and liberals really looks more like a parabola when radicals are added, because they and conservatives have a morality that's ... |
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