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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Meeting in the wild |
| kokopelli |
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Replies: 3
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| Often one good place to meet people is at church. If there are some kind of church activities it can give you a chance to size each other up before you go on a first date. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello all, good to be here! |
| kokopelli |
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,114
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Howdy Howdy Howdy
Welcome to the Wrong Planet |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Job search |
| kokopelli |
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Replies: 26
Views: 9,853
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| The two week notice is more of a courtesy than a requirement unless maybe if it is in your employment agreement that you signed. Unless the employer is ready to pay you for the two weeks (or more) if they fire you or lay you off, then they should not expect you to extend more courtesy to them than t... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1 |
| kokopelli |
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Replies: 556
Views: 60,134
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| Also, influenza is usually spread person to person. Maybe an insect could spread it, but if they can, that would be the exception, not the rule. |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1 |
| kokopelli |
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Replies: 556
Views: 60,134
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| How will those medications help? Pay attention to the active ingredients, the one is an antihistamine, the other is a local anaesthetic. They're intended to reduce the immediate annoyance of the bite, not to treat anything that might be transmitted. Treating a bite or not treating a bite with those... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Trump considers federal control of NYC, DC |
| kokopelli |
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Replies: 6
Views: 106
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| Washington DC is already under Federal control. Its ability to "govern" itself is largely within bounds set by Congress. And the bounds can change whenever Congress changes its mind. I know a number of people who think that only federal buildings and property should be part of Washington ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Does Shakespeare annoy the wits out of you? |
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Replies: 25
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I was math.
Part of why I didn't enjoy Shakespeare may have been that I took it after having heart surgery and wasn't feeling well that semester. |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: Use the Last Two Letters for a New Word |
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| Too bad that didn't end in "ut" or "tu". Then I could post my supper. I'm having a Tuna Sandwich. ukelele https://www.feriamusica.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Como-sujetar-el-ukelele-correctamente.jpg An old friend of mine plays the ukelele and several other string instruments ... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Study: ChatGPT is Bad for Your Brain |
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Replies: 19
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| too premature to come to this conclusion. Chatgpt is just an advanced form of google search. People still need to read and verify sources. At the rate AI is going, you can't believe much of what you read or watch on the Internet. The AI programs are often just making it up as they go and should nev... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Minecraft clone: VoxeLibre/Luanti (is free, Open Source) |
| kokopelli |
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Replies: 5
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| Just out of curiosity, what is Minecraft? I've heard of it but don't really pay any attention to video games. My idea of a video game is like playing backgammon against the computer. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Cartoons and Funnies; Apolitical |
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| An Indian man on a airliner was being extremely disrespectful to the female flight attendants. One of them finally had too much and confronted him. Flight Attendant: Why are you so disrespectful? We are going above what is required but you keep going. Indian Man: In my culture, women are only there ... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Does Shakespeare annoy the wits out of you? |
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Replies: 25
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I have seen a couple of Shakespeare's plays as films and I quite enjoyed them.
However, I have had to read some Shakespeare's plays in class and I really hated that.
I think that English Literature courses are the enemy of enjoying English Literature. |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Things You Say As You Get Old |
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Replies: 70
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When you go to the doctor and don't want to tell anyone why:
"Why did you go to the doctor?"
"I went for EOPP."
"What's EOPP?"
"Embarrassing Old People's Problem" |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: Use the Last Two Letters for a New Word |
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Iago - villain from Shakespeare's Othello
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Trump considers federal control of NYC, DC |
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Replies: 6
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Tim_Tex wrote:
I can't imagine how it could possibly legal, but legalities are nothing more than hurdles for Trump to smash through. |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: Use the Last Two Letters for a New Word |
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Replies: 60,004
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