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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Parrots Swear Profanities at a British Zoo |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2024, 4:13 am
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Replies: 6
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| I don't get why people find swearing funny. Bleeping out normal words so that they *sound* like swears, now that's funny, especially on a kid's show. I once saw a video of Count Von Count from Sesame Street singing, and they bleeped out the word "count" so it sounded a lot like the F word... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Interview the person below you |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2024, 4:07 am
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Replies: 66,852
Views: 1,953,621
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| Food, unfortunately. I wish it weren't so. It doesn't, really, but for a brief moment it does. Without wishing to get too bleak, is there any real comfort? Isn't it just a temporary denial? None of the problems go away, they're just pushed into the background for a while. Is there something that is ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What's Some Life Advice You Got? |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2024, 6:09 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 6,898
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| Either no one has ever given me any life advice or i never paid enough attention to what anyone told me to remember it. Either could be true. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2024, 6:05 pm
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Replies: 33
Views: 971
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| The main problem with high IQ societies is that many of them become 'ghost societies' rather quickly. That's because merely sharing a very high IQ with others is very often not enough to keep such societies going. Is the idea that it's unsatisfying for people with high IQs to talk to people with le... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Wrong Answers Only |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2024, 4:47 pm
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Replies: 4,923
Views: 91,532
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2 feet tall.
There's something strange in your neighbourhood. Who you gonna call? |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Chicken pox |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 28 Jan 2024, 4:41 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 910
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Young enough that I can't remember it. I remember a kid at my school getting it when i was 8-ish so i must have already had it at that point.
My 9 year old hasn't had it yet, sadly for her. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Trump Says He Would End Ukraine/Russian Conflict in 24 Hours |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 3:44 am
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Replies: 4
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| My understanding is that Trump intends to withdraw all US support for Ukraine, effectively handing victory to Putin. That's what he means by ending the war. He'd take that decision in the first 24hrs of his presidency. Not quite the same thing as ending the war in 24hrs but there's some truth in his... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: What movies have you seen recently? |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2024, 5:14 pm
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Replies: 20,197
Views: 1,197,113
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| The Holdovers. Excellent movie. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is UK still obsessed with class? |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2024, 9:11 am
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Replies: 84
Views: 2,518
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| ^ The House of Lords is part of the legislative branch of the UK government. Theoretically, they are there to scrutinise legislation from the Commons and amend it if they feel it isn't workable or contradicts other existing laws. Unfortunately, what we've increasingly seen in recent years is that se... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Interview the person below you |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2024, 8:58 am
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Replies: 66,852
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| I have a cd player in my kitchen where i sometimes listen to the few remaining CDs i own. In my living room i have a turntable where i listen to vinyl, no CD player there. My car has a CD player but i rarely ever use it, not least because the sound quality is horrible so i tend to listen to spoken w... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: The death penalty |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2024, 8:53 am
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,155
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| also if I understand correctly Nitrogen gas is inert that is to say it has no effect when breathed in,It mealy replaces the oxygen in air. So if all that was available to breath had no oxygen you would lose consciousnesses very quickly and irreparable brain damage would follow shortly after followe... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: Relatives waiting for me to tell them about my love life? |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2024, 4:56 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,641
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| I would have considered it strange if my relatives asked me questions about my love life when i was younger. I can't imagine they'd have been in the slightest bit interested. Do you think they might ask because you're older and still visibly unattached? Perhaps they're just being respectful of your ... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: What are you eating?/Last thing you ate? |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2024, 4:30 am
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Replies: 19,220
Views: 793,340
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post something that made you UNHAPPY today. |
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Posted: 25 Jan 2024, 5:35 pm
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Replies: 32,000
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| They put us on a diesel generator because our power keeps going out in the high winds. So there was i feeling smug that we have power tonight even though its windy and the generator just ran out of diesel. No one is coming to fill that up tonight. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Rwanda Project... |
| DuckHairback |
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Posted: 25 Jan 2024, 12:09 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 349
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| There was talk of using Ascension Island at one point iirc, but it's all just nonsense designed to placate the right wing press by sounding tough. They could have processing centres in France if they would grow up and talk to the EU about it, open up a legal route for genuine asylum seekers to get h... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is UK still obsessed with class? |
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Posted: 25 Jan 2024, 11:58 am
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Replies: 84
Views: 2,518
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| I wouldn't say obsessed, but it remains in the background of our culture and influences things, even when we're not aware of it. For example much of the land in the UK is still ultimately owned by a small number of 'nobles'. These are people with titles like Lord or Duke whose families were given th... |
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