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Hey MeFi, you know how sometimes you start heading off in a hurtful direction because of your own blinders and biases? Yeah, that's starting to happen in this thread. Yes, there are predatory people and elements of sport. Those same kinds of... [more]
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This thread is very predictably metafilter. I can't believe that I have to come on here and defend people spending waaaaayyy too much money on electronics, yet here I am. This is sports, coffee, and bad escapist fiction all over again. For my sanity,... [more]
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The hardest part about loving someone with long term or intractable depression is learning to step back. There are no magic words that will make them not depressed. There is no guaranteed treatment (but surely this next thing.) and sometimes the best... [more]
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It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed
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“I started looking at old cookbooks and one thing led to another”
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Yeah, RARBG is a victim of Russian/Ukraine conflict. The pirate community considers The Pirate Bay to be low quality and high risk at this point. It is not recommended as a public tracker anymore. Piracy today, at least outside of niche and... [more]
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I will preface this by saying that this is a very difficult situation and you must be a truly compassionate and loving friend to take on this challenge. Please make sure you are looking after yourself. So I Am Not Your Consultant, but my day job... [more]
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I have lived this. I work in the senior and memory care industry. I am attending a charity event for the Alzheimer's Society of Canada this very weekend. I have so much empathy for you and your family and for the incredibly difficult period that... [more]
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No hookups; yes Jubensha
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I always dislike these, "this bad movie is secretly really good" takes where a lot of effort is then spent trying to justify all the things that make it bad. Just admit that you like a bad movie, you cowards. There can be beauty and fun in... [more]
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I have a friend group that group watches Star Trek and we two of our own rituals/games: When the enterprise goes to warp and it cuts to the ship in space you throw your arms up in the air and say "wooosh" just as the ship warps.... [more]
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How about Kristen Stewart? Popularly panned for her role in the Twilight films, but she is a damn fine actor if you see her in just about anything else she has been in. Watch Personal Shopper or Clouds of Sils Maria and then tell me that Kristen... [more]
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I don't have advice to offer for all of your wants, but as a technology professional that gets a lot of requests for assistance from everyone under the sun. Here are some suggestions for handling that. If called/texted/emailed for assistance:... [more]
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As someone that evacuated from a 4 story apartment building this very morning because of a fire... yeah, nope. I don't care that "in most other countries, that second means of egress is the fire brigade.” That strikes me as a horrific and... [more]
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I scream, you scream, we all scream for the right to repair
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Chuck Tingle proving once again that he is the Fred Rogers of erotica. [more]
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Also the actor playing Chad was also named Chad Not just Chad. Chad Stahelski, the director of the John Wick franchise and Keanu's stunt double in the original The Matrix.... [more]
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Bezos buys Facebook. Amazon reviews are now FB comments from Friends, FB recommends friends based on consumer preferences. Goodreads is merged with Facebook. Facebook comments on author and book pages start to appear in Kindle highlights. Metaverse... [more]
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The irony of posting this as a medium article tickles my funny bone even if I do agree with the author. I still think one of the worst things to happen to the Internet was the dumping RSS/Atom in favour of syndicating via automated twitter/facebook... [more]
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The Steerswoman is one of my favourites. It's such a pleasure to read a fantasy/scifi series with characters that actually act like they are intelligent. Usually, you are told they are, but they don't demonstrate it at all. There are so many little... [more]
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