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  • Question about astrology (kind of).

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  • Possibly, though seasons vary wildly across the earth, so results would likely be limited to regions, and even then, we travel around a lot and have things like electricity and indoor heating which would probably negate most impacts.

  • How do people that have to wear black nitrile gloves all day keep from having sweaty hands?

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  • Talcum powder should not be used by women as studies have shown there may be an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer

  • Americans are becoming less religious. None more than this group

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  • It's a culture cultivated specifically to make it difficult to leave

    This is a feature of all cults, not just the well known ones that call themselves “religion”

  • Paignton: Same-sex flamingos successfully hatch a chick at zoo.

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  • Congrats, Curtis and Arthur! Wonder what name they’ve got picked out for the little one?

  • To distinguish between the word woman and women, we change the A to an E, but only change the pronunciation on the O.

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  • That’s cuz English is a bully that beats up all the other languages and steals their words

  • Trade-offs

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  • sighs in ADHD

  • Is this normal for girls or just a extreme edge case? (Serious question)

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  • Same! It’s quite a useful trick if I ever need to find pants with pockets!

  • JD Vance says he was asked in front of his wife if he had 'any secret family' during vice presidential vetting

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  • And they work with Voyager

  • Do you agree with my unpopular opinion about height in rapier fencing?

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  • I’ll admit I completely missed your parentheses and thought you were talking about the builders of fences, and I was a little confused for a second.

    I know nothing about either kinds of fencing, but what you say sounds right

  • Mystery surrounds US woman found starving and chained to tree in India

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  • Perhaps the intent wasn’t to kill her, but only to keep her secure somewhere, and that’s why she had a tablet and phone and money and ID. (But why? Were they/was he in some kind of trouble, and they were (he was, since he left her literally chained to a fucking tree, implying she didn’t want to go/be with him (can’t blame her there) and he obviously couldn’t trust that she wouldn’t run off the first chance she got) planning on fleeing the country? Not enough money to buy a plane ticket, but a train ticket, maybe? Why else leave her with her ID?))

    Maybe he did come back a few times and something happened to him where he couldn’t come back. (Why wouldn’t he come back? Did he get himself killed? What kind of trouble were they in, anyways??) (Although you’d think they’d have found an iv plug, or evidence of one. I guess it’s possible they purposely kept back information from being published, I know they do that sometimes.))

  • Mystery surrounds US woman found starving and chained to tree in India

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  • I agree, I’m just speculating how it would be possible.

  • Mystery surrounds US woman found starving and chained to tree in India

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  • You can’t survive 40 days without rehydration, but if you were given fluid intravenously, you can go without actually drinking anything. She states he injected her with something, maybe it was drugged, and maybe he hooked her up with an iv drip? I dunno. The whole situation is royally fucked up, any way you look at it

  • Rate me

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  • Well that’s not something I wanted to see right before going to sleep. Thanks, internet!

  • Liquidator Expedition: Predator with aggression level 12

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  • The other planet in the starting system has one

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    Venting about shit. Angry about the willfully ignorant motherfuckers around me.

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  • This… I don’t necessarily agree with this. If you come from a healthy, functional family, then sure, but for those of us who don’t, this is a very unhealthy attitude to keep, and is a mindset that is very easily manipulated.

  • Sean Murray Tweet

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  • I’d be down for this!

  • Neil Gaiman Denies Sexual Assault Allegations Made by Two Women

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  • Ugh. And I liked him as an author. Why can’t it be a crappy writer instead? Now I’m gonna feel bad every time I read one of his works. What an asshole.

  • is this the right way to establish boundaries with my nosy coworkers at the hospital?

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  • I can tell you that what works for me is to be polite but distant. I’ll say “good morning!” to my coworkers and “have a good night!” At the end of the shift. I’ll be helpful when needed, and I’ll do my best to work well with others.

    However, I’ll keep an “out” handy for when people get gossipy or nosy. I’ll bring a book along to read during breaks and at lunch, or I’ll keep something work-related in my hands when I’m around a group of coworkers, as an indicator to the group that I’m not wanting to chat.

    I’ve also gotten good at turning conversation back around on really chatty, insistent people. “No, I don’t have a favorite color. What’s yours?” “Yes, I do think that patient looks like Elvis, are you a fan of his?” “No, I don’t have a dog. Do you?” Basically, be really boring with your answers, but let them keep talking about themselves, as they’re likely tire themselves out eventually. Works if you can stand it, and if you can do your job with a coworker talking at you for an hour. Last resort, and all that.

    Of the examples you’ve given as responses, I think the only one that doesn’t make you come across as dickish is the one stating that you don’t want to talk about religion or politics, and even then, you sound like an asshole when you state this.

    Instead of “‘I’ve worked here for a year already. It should be clear by now that I’m not a talkative person. This is a question I don’t want to answer. And I hope that you respect that.’”, you could say something like “I don’t feel comfortable talking about this”. It’s shorter and way less aggressive, and people are more likely to listen to you when you’re not all up in their face over a question, you know?

    “‘that I don’t talk doesn’t mean I hate you, it means I have nothing to say’” For the record, I also think it’s ludicrous that you feel you have to say this. Maybe you could word it a little differently though, something like “I don’t mean for you to take it personally, I’m just a private person, and prefer to keep my home life at home”

    “‘I don’t see what that has to do with the job’” could be “Not to be a buzzkill, but mind if we keep this conversation on work?”

  • The 5 Knitting Styles (And How to Knit Them)

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  • Continental. Though I do that and English simultaneously when doing colorwork, so yeah.