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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Today I Learned |
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| One of my bosses said that about me and him when I asked him why he was nastier to me than he was to worse people. I didn't buy it. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: what do you think of easter |
| ToughDiamond |
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Replies: 27
Views: 348
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Yes. Gandalf in Lord Of The Rings. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post a random truth (about yourself) |
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| Good stuff, tea. But in the USA they buy it ready made in bottles with sugar already added, and drink it cold without milk. At least they're supposed to. I've never seen anybody here buy it or drink it. They seem to prefer fizzy pop or cawfee. But Walmart has the stuff so somebody must like it. The... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Anyone Here Like Older Music Better Than Modern Music? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Replies: 27
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cyberdora wrote: I'm wondering if younger people listen to old music?
I'm sure some of them do. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What did you achieve today? |
| ToughDiamond |
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| The usual chores - mostly preparing food, walking to Walmart, and later I did 3 circuits of the car park which brings today's walking distance up to about a mile. Tried out new blood pressure meter a couple of times, wrote up the most important of the results. Ate a bit less food to reduce calorie i... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: what do you think of easter |
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Posted: Yesterday, 10:13 pm
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| I barely notice it these days. I'm secular so the religious content doesn't mean anything to me, and I pretty much forget about it, and just get on with my regular life. I used to love it when I was a kid because the big people gave me tons of chocolate to pig out on, but they all got together one y... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Half marathon |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: Yesterday, 9:58 pm
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Replies: 25
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| I admire your achievement. In my case I haven't run anywhere since I was a kid. I prefer to take exercise a bit easier than that, and it's probably a bit too late to open up the throttle now. So I just cycle a bit, walk fairly briskly, and try not to sit still for too long. Gentle, gradual pressure ... |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Grocery shopping |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: Yesterday, 9:50 pm
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| Yes groceries are getting more expensive and it'll probably get worse. I usually wait till late and go to Walmart, so that it's not crowded and the traffic isn't so dense. Haven't noticed any rude employees. A few of them are a bit miserable but I'd be miserable if I worked at Walmart. There was a l... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Interview the person below you |
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Posted: Yesterday, 6:50 pm
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I've never read any, they seem too much like self-appraisal to me, and I'm suspicious of that. Some of them are probably better than I expect them to be.
Same question. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Sell Your Right To Vote |
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Posted: Yesterday, 6:44 pm
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Replies: 24
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| Depends on the price. I'd have to think hard what my minimum would be. It would be a lot. In practical terms my right to vote is pretty useless to me because I don't live in a swing state in the US and my UK constituency is a safe Labour seat, so the result will be the same whether I vote or not, so... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: Anyone Here Like Older Music Better Than Modern Music? |
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Posted: Yesterday, 6:19 pm
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| Yes, generally I prefer older music. I wouldn't want to sit in judgement on modern music but when hip hop started I couldn't get into it, with a few exceptions, and I stopped bothering to listen to much contemporary stuff after that. But I've noticed some modern stuff that floated my boat, it's just... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Having Autism |
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Posted: Yesterday, 6:09 pm
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| Don't know what the statistics are for autistic self-harming. Apart from smoking tobacco I wouldn't dream of doing it, and I stopped smoking years ago, and even that wasn't "proper" self-harming, it was an addiction. I just looked it up. Apparently it does seem to be more prevalent for aut... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Nudity |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:52 pm
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| My naked body is for my partner's eyes only, though sometimes I have to compromise for medical emergencies - not happy about that but it's the lesser of two evils. I'm not ashamed of my body but I don't like flaunting it. It's a dignity thing. I wouldn't dream of not bothering to put my trousers on ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: RFK JR dated view of Autism |
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Posted: Yesterday, 5:31 pm
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| https://www.axios.com/2025/04/23/autism-registry-rfk-nih?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us I see. It's worse than I thought for a lot of American Aspies then. I guess most of them have it on their doctor's records that they've got ASD. So far we're a long way from being sent to camps, but I wouldn't ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post a random truth (about yourself) |
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Posted: Yesterday, 4:19 pm
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Replies: 20,209
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| Good stuff, tea. But in the USA they buy it ready made in bottles with sugar already added, and drink it cold without milk. At least they're supposed to. I've never seen anybody here buy it or drink it. They seem to prefer fizzy pop or cawfee. But Walmart has the stuff so somebody must like it. They... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's on your mind right now? |
| ToughDiamond |
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Posted: Yesterday, 4:10 pm
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Replies: 46,572
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| "Minced oath" - you mean like bar steward and ruddy heck? I noticed a while back that it's hard to find an expletive that isn't an oath or a minced oath. I thought I was safe with "tarnation" (entire nation) but then I found out it stood for "damnation." What about &quo... |
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