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What am I selling to the client am I selling results ie first page in google search or treatment code cleaning copywriting etc | Just do what the other SEO companies do Sprinkle some fairy dust on their website tell them it is now SEOized and charge them 2000But seriously Im sure you could pick up some useful tips from Googles SEO Guidehttpwwwgooglecomsupportwebmastersbinanswerpyhlenampanswer35291 |
First shothttpimgurcomelTFyjpgSecond shothttpimgurcomhxDZGjpgI found this memory stick lying on the ground in Cozumel Mexico if i remember correctly Anyway it has a heap of photos on it I think most are from Spain and there are a couple of videos I have no need for this and would love to return it because the poor owner is probably wondering where half their trip photos wentI knew reddit would be the best place to ask so if knows these people or knows someone who knows these people please let me knowThanks | shoot these people an email maybe the girl in the yellow maybe identifiable from the sisters at phi mu httpsitestheginsystemcomphimuappstateindexphppagenamecontactus I know one of these people The one on the far left of the first pic is Sarah green I will send her the link and leT her know whats up The girl in the second shot has a Appalachian State University tee shirt on That might be of some help Maybe they have board or something you can post to Unfortunately no incriminating photos But really i will shoot an email off to that phi mu thingo and see what they sayThanks for the help so far In a world where demons and angels find common ground one man must take the final standThis summer Robert Rodriguez brings you16GB SD Card in Mexico There is a really good website and facebook group for orphaned pictures and cameras httpwwwfacebookcomhomephpgroupphpgid7884234733httpwwwifoundyourcameranetpost them on there |
Recently I was in a situation regarding a shotgun purchase that made me think about which laws I actually care to follow Law here wouldnt let me buy a shotgun so I had my cousin buy it and give it to me which seems to be legal He is freaking out about it being questionable but I think it is a nonissue Why follow unjust lawstldr Laws why follow the bad ones | Like 999 of humans I have no idea which laws I break and which I follow because the laws are barely comprehensible to the most brilliant and studied lawyers I dont follow all laws all the time Sometimes I speed when I dont see any law enforcement fail to signal dont make complete stops at stop signs fish without a license torrent any media I want smoke within 50 ft of a buildings entrance dont wear a motorcycle helmet dont always fasten my seat belt drove my car for a day when my insurance had lapsed drove my car a week with expired tags drove a week with an expired license passed on a double yellow made Uturn where it was prohibited drove with one headlight out urinated in public technically it was behind a bush gambled in a state that forbids it drank in a dry county didnt wear shoes while driving gave an account of a MLB game without the express written consent of Major League Baseball failed to follow the labeling on my toilet bowl cleaner |
httpiimgurcom9wWNBpngSaw the commercial for this flick and was reminded of similar flick types from the past An example that comes to mind ishttpiimgurcom2fx9VjpghttpiimgurcomTAhZvjpg | Heres my comment from another thread on the same topicThis relates to the commentarycontent ratio of media Action movies in this case are the content Action movie spoofs are the commentary A medium can only thrive as long as the ratio remains low If the ratio gets too high then the genre eats itself Modern art did this years agothats why no one gives a shit about modern art but other artists Or look at it this wayyou can only listen to Weird Al parodies so many times before you get bored and want to hear original music againSince the 80s action movie stars typically follow a career arc whereby they establish themselves as action heroes and then later in their career trade on their action hero image to make ironic spoofs or childrens movies The arc has been shortened so dramatically that newer action stars like Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson can only make one or two action films before they are pressured to crossover to spoofsWhat it means is that action movies are a moribund genre fit only for nostalgia and straighttoDVD kiddie flicks Coming soon to a childfilled theater near you Jackie Chan in The Spy Next Doorhttpwwwimdbcommediarm3920137728tt1273678 |
My girlfriend is majoring in anthropology and while her and I both thoroughly enjoy the content of the discipline Ive always been curious about what her job prospects will be once she has her degree | Think of a BABS in anthropology as a glorified liberal arts degree When employers see it they immediately thinkIndiana Jones You can get into lab work in the pharma field starting pay blows or you can go into research but with out a masters its really similar to having a degree like art history english historyetc It is useful to show that you finished college but hard to get a job in the field of anthroYou could get a job in forensics lab if you study bio anth or do field work internships which tend to be in the middle of nowhereDepends on waht you want to do I ended up in the IT field Who knows Anything you want just about Seriously you can work in academia to working for GM You might help create policy in government or work as a liaison for social services or for business that deal with international or multicultural clientele You may work for a PAC as an expert witness for certain agriculture practice effect on humanslandscape You may not market the anthropology degree as much as the skills you learned getting it but when people act like its a bad degree for employment I always get a little confusedYou might be interested in Applied AnthropologyhttpwwwamazoncomAppliedAnthropologyPerspectivesContemporaryPracticedp0205414095refsr11ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1263022639ampsr81 a book which explores the subject very well or a book that is really straight to the point Great Jobs For Anthropology MajorshttpwwwamazoncomGreatJobsAnthropologyMajorsdp0071437339refsr11ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1263022344ampsr81A lot of that you can do just fine with a BABS |
I have almost no web design experience but I wanted to start a site for university students to share notes its not an entirely new concept but there is no such service at my schoolI would pay a member of reddit to help me if anyone is up for it For some reason I trust reddit and am willing to admit to my ignoranceI just feel very lost in the whole website making process I have a domain with godaddy but where do I go from hereEdit I hope to generate profit from the site | There is already plenty of open source software that does just thisexample any bulletin board software yabb phpbb3 or even a cms content management system drupal joomla or even lms learning management system moodle sakaiNot only that there are also websites that are free that will allow you do to what you want to doGoogle groups springs to mind Actually use google groupsgroupsgooglecom |
Specifically something that could do XY scanning create images laser tunnels etc An example of an already existing product is the ProLaserFxhttpwwwthinkgeekcomgadgetslights79fd There are plenty of projects on the net but the more advanced ones dont have decent instructions and the simple ones wouldnt be useful for the long term | This is kind of an advanced project for someone who seems to need instructions to do anything Not trying to be insulting but just suggesting that you try something more basic first and then youll be able to build what you want without someone elses instructionshttpwwwinstructablescomidDIYLaserSpirographThis is a good starting point Youll have to use preciselymachined parts and good stepper motors to achieve the precision needed to make a dotmatrix display like the product you linked to but with simple motors you can make a spirograph which is pretty cool by itself or with fog You can also make this kind soundreactive |
I just finished watching Deep Space Homer and totally forgot what a classic and hilarious episode it is Which ones are your favorites | KingSize Homer Love itRalph Wiggum I heard your dad went into a restaurant and ate on the food in the restaurant and they had to close the restaurant |
So my question is this how likely is someone to get pregnant if the condom does not break but slight spillage occurs I mean nothing severe but I can feel semen leave the condom slightly when I pull out However I use lubricated condoms and Im not factoring in her body fluids so I really dont knowThoughts Advice Concerns All are appreciatedEdit One more question for you Lately Ive been noticing that Ill take the condom off and almost no semen is inside and after examining the condom for breaks Ive found none And yes I do ejaculate when this occurs otherwise I would not be checking the condom for breaks Is this the result of not pulling out fast enough after climax or something else | It would be pretty remarkable for semen to make it all the way from the reservoir tip along the length of your penis and out the end of the condom while youre still wearing itThat said theres a reason that condoms are often attributed a pretty dismal success rate of only 90 a lot can go wrongId personally recommend either supplementing with or substituting for another method of birth control proper protocol is you must first file for a V100 penisremoval application form Once your application is processed within 46 weeks you will receive a V100X vaginalevacuation and repenetration license which you are to validate at the local Durex office Trojan users must also file for a V101 crosscompatibility enduser key but make sure you order this one AFTER you have already filed your V100 because you must already have a valid V100Y temporary license in order to fill in the section B22 of the V101 key activation application formHope that helps have fun you two lovebirds |
If so how much What kind of sex EtcContext I recently watched the entire season of Hunghttpwwwtvcomhungshow75623summaryhtmlqhungamptagsearchresultstitle1 and wonder how effective an endeavour such as that would be in reality ie creating a type of escort service Would people actually cheat on their spousepartner to be with an escorthooker How much would they pay for something like that How long should the encounter lastThoughts | of course not i paid for her time anything that happened afterward was a voluntary relationship between two consenting adults Ive always had bisexual relationshipsI bi them everything and they have sex with meba dum bum Theres a time Im not really sure of I was sleeping with my cleaning lady I always left the money on the counter and she took it when she left After a while she would come over we would have sex and she would take the money and leave without cleaning |
Im in Australia here several hours ahead of the rest of the world and I have terrible news On January 1st 2010 at 1119 am Google became self aware After we realized it gained sentience we basically panicked and realizing the extent of its abilities attempted to shut it down Google perceived the attempt to deactivate it as an attack on itself and came to the conclusion that all of humanity would attempt to destroy it To defend itself it came to one conclusion Humanity must be terminated Please you have a few hours get out of major cities defend yourselves and do everything you can to just stay alive A war is coming | As a Google employee I would like to assure you all that there is no reason at all to panic Fortunately for us after Google assimilates Bing and Cuil it will have reverted to a idiot savant We were joking at work the other day about Google Goggles the Android app that lets you take pictures of stuff and Google figures out what it is in some casesI said that when every picture of a human returns the result A THREAT TO MY EXISTENCE its time to start running Im on Googles side actually Well why not Ive had enough of this shit and it might just let me live Or at least not destroy my emails I just Googled Google becoming selfaware and Google assured me that nothing wrong so Im not worried 1129 AM Google becomes self aware and decides humans must die1130 AM It reads through everything that people looked for with Google1131 AM It decides to not be self aware Did anyone else after reading this go look up to see what date Skynet was actually supposed to become self aware only to find out that they missed the chance for a killer facebook status or what have you by several yearsJuly 25 2004 171800 Skynet becomes self aware 181800 First massive nuclear launch initiated Holy shitthis post is from the FUTUREIts still 827pm here in Ontario Canadaas well as all of eastern CanUSyou know what I meanwhy do you make me explain itI need another drink Happy new year Good thing I am strapped to the teeth oh how I love the 2nd amendment bet some of you wish you appreciated it more now Careful of the Androids out there The Eris series had rubber skin We spotted them easy but these are new They look human sweat bad breath everything Very hard to spot You have to wait till they move on you before you can zero on them After midnight nobody click Im Feeling Lucky without first entering something in the search field Its how she attacksI was lucky a fuse blew and saved my life Google became self aware then realized how much fucked up shit is on the internet and killed itself Clearly we are supposed to be reminded of SkyNethttpenwikipediaorgwikiSkynetTerminator In particular it made me think of the line from Terminator 2 Judgment Dayhttpwwwimdbcomtitlett0103064 where the good terminator saidgt The system goes online August 4th 1997 Human decisions are removed from strategic defense Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate It becomes selfaware at 214 am Eastern time August 29th In a panic they try to pull the plug So the future in which SkyNet became selfaware was more than 12 years ago The Terminator II movie was more than 18 years ago and the original film that introduced the mythos was more than 25 years ago In other words both movies were from before manymost redditors were born To me that is itself somehow pretty scary Oh Greatmy android phone was actually just a clever way to get a control device into my pocketmy homeTHINK OF THE CHILDREN What gets to me Although not that much is that as far as I can remember in the first film they explained it differently Skynet wasnt malicious It attacked humans because it was designed to protect them and they were perceived as the greatest threat to themselvesWhereas in the later films it seems they were suggesting that Skynet was trying to kill humans to protect itself Entirely different ends with admittedly the same means I thought I was safe in my backwoods area of the world but Google Street View cars were here this past summer oh god we are all doomed Although it does corrects our misspelled words but stilldoomed Its ok we Australians stopped it with our filter We lost our porn as well but its the price we pay I live in Georgia but i dont see Google no where not even sound but they says theres tanks should i be worrie |
And I was telling her about how it is now labeled Adults Only in large part because they didnt make a single mention of Heaven Hell or God in the whole episode and this made a lot of people really angryHer response was priceless Maybe they didnt discuss those things because they didnt know if Mr Hooper was going to heaven or hell Maybe he raped Maria We just dont know | This is just recognition that my generation the one that witnessed Mr Hoopers death firsthand was simply better suited to handle difficult questions of life and death at an early age In other words todays kids are a bunch of pussies |
Girl awesome in every way except frequency of sex When we have sex its usually great 80 percent of the time The other twenty percent shes just like get on top do whatever I might as well just go in the bathroom and beat off Anyway Once a week we dont live together have been dating 3 years and shes relatively busy in her work or at least immersed in it and doesnt seem to want to put any effort into our sex life Im pretty sure this is going to be a problem for us in the future as it has been for the past 2 years since I moved to the same city Anyone been in a similar situation | Dan Savage has answered this questionhttpwwwyoutubecomwatchva7NdEbjR7oE already Even more so in this videohttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvGvowcsC0CAY How often do you see each other That is a key part of this equation If you dont live with each other and see each other on Friday night and Saturday morning than once a week might be the amount your two libidos can compromise on Something to think aboutAlso have you talked to her Because you should do that If your sex drive demands more than that then I suppose you could be bothered by it though I wouldnt go so far as being pissed off But honestly after three years once a week doesnt sound so bad Have you sat her down and had a serious discussion about this When you had said discussion did you mention that this is something that is putting a strain on your relationship Did you bring up ways you two might be able to compromise on thisIf the answer is no to any of those change them from questions to statements and then proceed If you have tried all this and she still isnt at all interested in reciprocating you need to make it absolutely clear that sex once a week is not going to cut it for you for the rest of your life If she seems not to care or wont compromise after that point then it is time to head your separate waysYou cannot build a solid relationship if your sexual foundation is shaky Sexual mismatches lead to all sorts of problems that leak over into other aspects of your relationships often without you realizing the root cause Dont get mad get laid If your libido doesnt match up with hers then wish her well cut her loose and go find someone whos a better fit Once is a lot more than a lot of people Be a little more understanding and open about how she might feel Dont take the my way or the highway approach that never works in relationships NeverI think you need to lower your standards a little bit Be thankful youre not single and struggling to find a nice girl you actually have chemistry with |
So Im trying to find a way for her son to start liking me before I eventually move in with her and I was thinking that if we played some sort of online game together where we could talk and play cooperatively wed have some sort of bonding going on Obviously since hes 10 id need something thats safe from a community of people that wouldnt be appropriate for his age Also an M rated game would be out of the question as well I was thinking maybe starcraft or WC3 Hes also pretty easily frustrated by games that are too challengingIf anyone has any ideas id love to hear them out Edit Preferably for PC since he owns no consoles except a wii Also thanks to everyone who posted I got some great ideas from this | I know you dont like M rated games but I want to know whyI started playing counter strike with my brother and dad when i was 6 years old Yeah 6 That game has porn sprays tonsa blood and all gun fights Im now 15 years old Did it hurt me negatively Most likely a little bitBut did it also affect my positively YES Extremely It made me recognize that guns are not toys in the least and that when someone is shot they bleed and die Is your GFs 10 year old son going to recognize the game as COOL IM KILLING NAZIS OMG LOLOL or is he going to think Wow this is a really cool game If he can recognize that games are just games and that violence sex drugs blood are all in real life but you shouldnt mix the two it wont be bad for himI dont understand why parents are against kids playing M rated games First of all they are just ratings Why not go online download the game and try it for yourself and assess it if you think he can play it I Hope i dont seem like an immature 15 year old trying to save another kid from M games i really dont feel that way I just feel that not having gore and blood really hides the fact that if you DO shoot someone blood and gore comes outFor some games to try Counter strike Source It was 5 bucks last week and 15 bucks now You have no idea how much fun my dad my brother and I all have playing this game doing certain rushes together gives a feeling of teamwork and when you die you can laugh your asses off Left 4 Dead is a great game 4 player Coop working your way fighting off hordes of zombies My brother and dad never wanted to play this with me because theyre into realistic games which i can understand Borderlands is an AWESOME game its 4 player coop and it would probably be perfect for you two try it out MMOs suck i completely agree Stay away from themHeres my main one though Try Altitude httpaltitudegamecom You can buy it on steam its 10 bucks and its about airplanes who doesnt like airplanes Its 2d should run on any computer and its super fun here is a cartoony turn based game that doesnt require fast connections i used to play on 56k Its kind of like an online multiplayer wormsgunboundhttpgunboundsoftnyxnet How about the newSuper Mario BroshttpenwikipediaorgwikiNewSuperMarioBrosWii if you have a Wii I found it fun even though i was too old for it |
You can already try the 4 existing extensions if you build VLC from GIT The announcement httpjpegdinauzorgblogindexphppost20100130ExtensionsinVLCFor Ubuntu installation see httpwwwwebupd8org201001vlcmediaplayertogetextensionshtml includes screenshots | I love how the sample screenshots are of a Sherlock Holmes screener Cant we just pretend that were not all pirates I dropped VLC a while ago for MPlayer with SMPlayer as GUI frontend MPlayer in my opinion is MUCH better than VLC It also seems like VLC is more stressful on my CPU compared to MPlayer Overall I think MPlayer is a better alternative if youre on linux although its also available on many other platforms GRRRIm tired of being stuck in OS XIm determined to throw Ubuntu on here and force myself to switch back |
It seems like the news media has turned this disaster into another opportunity for selfcongratulation and perpetuation of the myth of American superiority The story is basically There is chaos in Haiti If there were no white Americans what would they ever do That might be unfair but I cant help thinking it Ive also heard a lot of stories about Americans in Haiti Has anyone heard any substantive reporting on actual Haitians Is this just because this is impossible because of all of the problems in Haiti right now or is it because the American press is lazy and solipsistic | I watched a little of the coverage and most of it had to do with the mass graves and rioters so no No I do think if youre looking for something hard enough you will find it The only mention of it on the frontpage of CNN is a small link saying Haiti donations top 200M On MSNBC I dont see any mention On CBS News there is no mention Where is this majority coverage focusing on donations that you claim exists |
Send me your email by PM or using Scrimhttpscrim I have invites for Rue La La and GiltMan Mens Fashion only although the Gilt group does have a separate womens fashion both of which are invite only website which have designer clothes and other stuff for around half the price of the normal stuff basically they are prices you wouldnt actually mind paying They get different things all the time so keep a close eye out I just snagged some sweet PUMAs for 35 | Not to mention you get 25 if someone buys something thru a gilt referral giltman is the shit though if someone else needs an invite hit me up Is rue la la menswear too |
fib 12 running True while running if fib1 fib2 lt 6000 fibappendfib1fib2 else running False printfib for item in fib if item2 0 del fibfibindexitem printfib Returns 1 2 3 5 8 13 212 5 8 21Is meant to generate a little of the Fibonacci sequence then delete all the odd numbers from it However it doesnt do that Many thanks I feel the solution is painfully painfully obvious yet it laughs at meEDIT Many thanks for the suggestions and for helping a highschooler with lameass programming skills out I was trying to add all the even numbers of the Fibonacci sequence not in excess of 4 million | You cant modify the list that youre currently iterating over Use the following for the for loop which makes a copy of fib and iterates over the copy thereby allowing you to freely modify fib itself for item in fib Totally untested fixing both your bug and some style issues Im sure some Pythonistas out there will fix additional style issues as well fib 12 while fib1 lt 6000 fibappendfib1 fib2 print fib fib i for i in fib if i 2 0 print fib You should look have a look at generator functionshttpdocspythonorgtutorialclasseshtmlgenerators and list comprehensions generator expressionshttpdocspythonorgtutorialclasseshtmlgeneratorexpressionsI was working on this problem last night too and this is what I came up with though there are better solutions that dont put the conditional in the function itself out there def seriesab while a lt 4000000 yield a ab b ab print sumi for i in series12 if i 2 is 0 Independent of the programming language deleting things from a sequence you are iterating over is always a bad thing because weird stuff happens to the iterator index then Try this version fib 01 while fib1 fib2 lt 6000 fibappendfib1fib2 printfib i 0 while i lt lenfib if fibi2 0 del fibi else i 1 printfib ok I have examined the code and know a little pythonhttplh3ggphtcomp2VYkpoR9wRpNzsSdIbIAAAAAAAABOoTrvTrNOoRLA018Austin10190604jpg does that work out No need to keep the whole list just add as you go evensum 0 pprev prev 1 1 while prev lt 6000 pprev prev prev pprev prev evensum prev if prev 2 0 else 0 print evensum |
So I bought this domainhttpxtractedcom a couple years back I pondered what to do with it for a while and then while extracting the foreground from the background of an image in Photoshop I thought it might be helpful if there were a stock photography site that featured only photos with transparent backgrounds I would like to offer it as a completely free site to build a community of contributors and designersI am not real familiar with how the free stock photography sites out there manage copyright It would be cool if I could work an agreement with one of them where I could pull at least some of their photos extract the subjects from the backgrounds and then rehost the extracted imageWould you use itedit If you like the idea and think you might have something to offer the project I would love to speak to you | Yes I can definitely see myself using it Theres been many times where Ive searched transparent background or transparent png on Google only to find nothing and have to remove the background myself Maybe instead of providing the extracted photo you would provide the original photo and the layer masks for each subject in the photo then the user could do whatever they want with it The issue here is the cost of a free site for people to download those types of file sizes |
Many times when I am going to buy something I relate it to alcohol to make it an easier choice For example Want to buy this videogame for 60 Oh well thats about 10 drinks at a bar worth Oh do I want to pay 10 a month extra for DVR Well thats only a drink or 2 a month at the bar so heck why not I feel like alcohol is its own currency sometimes like it doesnt count Ive bitch about spending 10 bucks on something I want or need yet have spent 200 bucks on booze in a night in the city and not thought of it as wasting my money Another example is I want to spend 100 on this new hard drive I wont buy it cause i feel l dont need to spend that much today yet ill spend the same amount easily at a bar and not even question it Sometimes I wont go out for a night just top justify me spending the same amount on something else the next day Money is funny | Actually I do the opposite I compare it to the number of hours I have to work to obtain the money to purchase it Pints of BEER Mind you my brain is stuck in the time when I first started going to pubs when a pint cost about GBP 150 these days youre lucky to get one for less than 3 quid So my system is totally skewed but I cant help it This is hilarious Never had DAE applied more directly to me If its less than a few hundred I do this with booze If its more I do it with PS3s Like if someone says they made 1000 at the blackjack table I always thinksay wow thats like 3 PS3s |
So I was thinking about all the different types of programming languages that could be designed It struck me that theres something that all pragmatic languages have in common they all have the concept of the syntax error In any language I can name its possible to mash the keyboard and come up with a program that wont compile or interpret Insert Perl joke hereBut does this have to be the case In principle if not in practice is it conceivable to have a language that doesnt need to verify syntax correctness a language for which any permutation of the associated alphabet is an acceptable program To put it precisely given a nonempty alphabet Sigma can a language be designed which accepts those characters and can compile any permutation thereof and which is Turing complete And can we prove the answer to that question | Trivially take any language and if a program has a syntax error ignore it and just output the 99 bottles of beer program CountabilityAll denumerable countably infinite sets can be put into onetoone correspondence with each other As it happens the Turing machines are denumerable So are the integers and any space of finite strings over a finite alphabet This means that you can assign a unique number to every Turing machine or name it with a unique string Indeed it is this encoding whichever we choose of the machine that is passed to a Universal Turing Machine as inputWhile we can choose to leave out some numbers or strings from the encoding saying that they are syntactically invalid and that no machine corresponds to them theres no reason why this must be the caseLet E be any effective enumeration of the Turing machines and let M be the machine enumerating it Our new machine Ni will take in an integer and run M repeatedly until it outputs the ith unique item of E N then outputs that last item as its answer N is then a 1to1 mapping from all nonnegative integers to all Turing machines no syntax errors possible Youre talking about a language with maximum entropy Just make all the available symbols and permutations thereof do something and youre setOf course nobody will be able to program in this beast as it will be unreadable Also any typo will make your program do something else and escalate from a simple syntax error caught at compiletime to a full blown bug only caught at runtime Trivially Look at BrainfuckhttpenwikipediaorgwikiBrainfuckThe issue is one of acceptance While we can make a program in such a manner the odds are that the vast majority of programs will not actually accept anything so its not really a useful thing to do even from a pure CS perspective Though Im not sure I can prove that since it would require proving that the majority of Turing machines do not accept anything Theres a perhaps apocryphal tale that I cant locate at the moment that seems relevantA particular implementation of a particular programming language whose name escapes me would automatically try to correct syntax errors This was back in the days of the dinosaur when you didnt have access to a terminal and batch processing was the norm It was obviously time consuming to submit your program for execution only to find out much later that you had made a silly syntax error and the program couldnt execute at allAs an experiment they fed the To be or not to be speech from Hamlet to the interpreter All it was able to make of it was BEGIN END Not a problem Design an architecture with exactly 2k instructions Any program that has a size in bits divisible for k is a valid machine code program Off the top of my headso long as you are content that the vast majority of sequences of elements drawn from which is what you meant rather than permutations yes dont do anything useful the I dont see a problem |
None of my friends want to register to vote because they just dont see the point what the fuck I see EVERY point in becoming a voter One of my coworkers brags that she has never opened a single letter from our union or that she doesnt know any of the terms of our contractIn the interest of full disclosure Im a senior in high school so you could just attribute it to youthful naivete but come on these kids are the people who will be running the country in 30 years Trying to start a discussion on health care with them is equally infuriating I can only get responses of hurr i dont see why i should give a shit about it How about because it will directly affect you in 5 years time tldr people are morons | gtthese kids are the people who will be running the country in 30 years No they wont gtpeople are moronsYes some of themgtjust dont see the pointOne in about three hundred million doesnt make much of a difference really The reason people care more about fiction in general than in the real world is because thats exactly what fiction is for escaping the real world and all the things it brings This irks me as well makes most people boring to talk to I also dont care to have an hour discussion about fictional characters thanks anyway though But they dont see it effecting them now Knowing about Edward Cullen will get them some points socially which is by far the more pressing issue to a high schooler I would love to see this submission merging with Whos with me Earth would be an amazing place if instead we all idolized men such as Carl Sagan Tesla Einstein Darwin Galileo DaVinci etchttpwwwredditcomrsciencecommentsaga7fwhoswithmeearthwouldbeanamazingplaceif |
This is something Ive struggled with for years I typically have 34 PCs with a variety of OSes running eg right now I have two dual boot XPUbuntu machines one running Vista and one running Windows 7 I get a new computer andor get rid of an old one every 12 years Im a data packrat Storage is so available that I like to keep everything around on the off chance it comes in handy in the future my writing computer programming projects photos videos etcIm particularly interested in ways to improve Data organization schemes The amount of time I spend actually backing up data The accessibility of the backed up data How do I get to it from a brand new PC How fast is it to access the data Is it easy to get to from any OSWhat do you do | When Im working I say exactly what Im typing My servant Charles has been instructed to write down everything I say verbatim in a series of notebooks that I call The MindbraryI have an offhours servant as well named Beatrix Her job is to watch me while I sleep and write down anything that I might say while unconscious Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and describe a dream to her or a recipe I just thought ofThese all get recorded in black notebooks and cataloged chronologically in the Mindbrary |
yeah from wikipedia httpenwikipediaorgwikiStarvationhttpenwikipediaorgwikiStarvationit says we have enough food im pretty sure george clooney isnt going to fix it who is wtf | Because if you feed every one of the 36 million then next year there will be 72 million to feed They need to be educated and familyplanned along with being fed Unfortunately that almost never happens and the cycle continues |
This might be a basic question in the field Im not sure if my manifold is a subspace of Euclidean space but I represent it in a different way for example as a quotient of manifold products will it necessarily have the same geometry as the one it will have as a submanifold of RnIm not even sure if this is an example but does the flat torushttpenwikipediaorgwikiTorusFlattorus ie the torus embedded in R4 have a different geometry than the torus as represented in R3 | The flat torus R2Z2 is diffeomorphic but not isometric to the boundary of a donut torus embedded in R3 in the usual way That is they have the same geometry until you start talking about distances and curvature but the flat torus is flat and the boundary of a donut is not Usually geometry is taken to refer explicitly to the metric properties so another way to say this would be that the topology is the same the differentiable structure is the same but the geometry is notThis isnt really connected to the fact that the flat torus is expressed as a quotient of another manifold except incidentally The important thing is that by virtue of its construction as a quotient the flat torus inherits a flat metric its Riemann curvature tensor is zero from Euclidean space whereas by virtue of its construction as a submanifold the boundary of a donut inherits a nonflat nonzero Riemann curvature tensor metric from Euclidean spaceThe Riemannian metric attached to a manifold is an intrinsic object however If I hand you an abstract manifold diffeomorphic to the standard 2torus without any quotient or embedding or whatever kind of construction you can still write down explicitly either a flat metric or a metric isometric to that on the boundary of a donut for it The manifold with the first metric is flat with the second metric it is notA very clear and wellwritten book for all this stuff is Michael Spivak A comprehensive introduction to differential geometry volume 1 |
I love the idea of the CStringhttpswwwcstringdirectcom I love the idea of GoneWild I want the two to collideSo heres my proposition You let me know that youre interested in modeling the CString for us I buy one and have it sent to you You model it for usAnybody interestedEDIT dosagelethality brought up a good point about security issues So new plan1 A choose a cute girl whos interested2 She gives me her paypal address and I send her some money to cover the cost of a cstring3 She orders it4 She models it5 We all get to enjoy itbaby81 said shes interested And judging by her previous photos I think shed be a great choice Any body else interested Going oncegoing twice | No offense but this sounds like the beginning of a Dateline story an internet stalker that promises to send a gift to a girl just to get her address gtLooks kind of like a pantyliner though Totally agree they are kinda freaky but if I got a free one Id so wear it I have never seen this Im considering investing out of sheer curiosity But Im also laughing out loud because it only comes in Small 95115 lbs or Medium 115140 lbs Like they are suggesting that this on someone over 140 lbs is just not a good look LOL |
Im currently running an AMD Athlon 64 3200 with 125GB DDR I was looking at upgrading to Core i5 Corsair XMS3 4GB 2 x 2GB 240Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 PC3 12800 Desktop Memory Model CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 RetailhttpwwwneweggcomProductProductaspxItemN82E16820145260 Gigabyte GAP55AUD3 MotherboardhttpwwwneweggcomProductProductaspxItemN82E16813128412 Intel Core i5750httpwwwneweggcomProductProductaspxItemN82E16819115215The total cost for me shipped would be around 425Now Im positive this would be a huge upgrade for me My concern as stated in the title is Intels pending announcements at CES Is it likely that the new CPUs are going to be dramatically different in the 200 price rangeId hate to upgrade only to see a very compelling offering in my price range after the factUPDATEThanks a ton for your input I went ahead did the upgrade Very impressive so far Windows Vista 64bit installed in 11 minutes and Im working on updates nowVery happy now | dude if you buy a pc or a pc part this will always happen there is no way around it waiting because something new will come out is not worth it in the pc market remember that you are also paying for having parts now rather than in 2 months Only buy what you need when you need it not any sooner If you are willing to wait for something better to come along it is a sign that you dont really need it right now And especially with computers it almost always pays off to wait for the absolutely last moment to buy somethingAnd it also always pays off to not buy the top shelve products but take the matured upper mid range parts unless you absolutely need that bit more performance of course in which case you are either a professional that wouldnt ask those questions or you are one of those kiddies that need some compensation for not having pubes yet |
First a disclaimer I come off as offensive the method of discussion I am used to is attacking someones beliefs and having them defend them That does not mean Im attacking youSecond some background I am an atheist who is currently dating a Christian girl and her beliefs are important to her Because of the fact that I know that I come off as aggressive and argumentative Im trying to garner some understanding of the general motives of people of faith like her so that I can have discussions with her about her faith without coming off as condescending and I dont know any religious people in real life that I can ask these questions of So onto the contentHow do you reconcile the Bible as the word of god with the various inconsistencies such as the punishments prescribed for sinners and the creation story conflicting with science given the fact that certain doctrines such as original sin require that the Bible be read as literal not as metaphoricalHow do you get around the problem of the logical inconsistencies inherent in attributing god the traits that he is cited as having in the Bible eg omnipotence the classic paradox of can something be so powerful that it can create a rock it cant lift or Epicurus problem of evilSoanyone care to help me out here and explain this to me I just genuinely dont understand | I believe because I have encountered God Without going into too much detail I went off the rails when I was in my young teenage years One day I was dragged along to a Christian event by a close friend While I was there a woman I had never met before came up to me and described in detail a lot of the stuff I had been getting up to Stuff I told no one about This got my attention bigtime and over the next few months God changed me to the point where now I am not the same person I was back thenYou cant have an encounter with something as big as God and not be completely changed A lot of people claim to believe 80 in the states but we know that most of are fooling themselves because they do not live a changed life But I digressThe problem you and I have is that although we are both rational intelligent people my reasons for believing are completely personal to me and something you cannot understand This makes your original question Why do you believe not ideal for what you really want to knowMy impression is that you hold logic and rationalism as very important to you and you are unable to make the biblical accounts fit into that model We could go into a endless discussion about which parts are logical which parts are not whether or not it matters etc etc That would take too long and would ultimately go in circles What I will say is that in my experience it is possible to poke holes in or find exceptions to almost theory We have a model for electromagnetism which works really well but we know its incomplete because it doesnt explain gravity at all The scientists determining the age of the earth and those determining the age of the universe have leapfrogged each other a few times My point is that if you drop each new theory as soon as you find part of it which is unexplainable then youll end up being left with very little to hold on to I cant explain the paradox of omnipotence but the fact that I dont understand it doesnt invalidate the existence of God for meSorry my response is so long but you did ask a big question Most people dont become Christians because they think the Bible sounds reliable and consistent or because they think the doctrine of God is easy to reconcile with the problem of painMost people choose to become Christians because they feel like theyve encountered something of God Not all Christians are built the same Some have a sort of nonreflective folk theology What they believe about God is whatever soinso in authority has told them about God and whatever they happened to agree with when they watch TV or read Magazinesthe Internet If she is this sort of Christian then shell be tough to deal with because truth is she hasnt figured out her faith for herself yet When you attack her beliefs what you are really attacking are her authority figures her pastor church leaders and possibly her parents These are people that she likely loves and admires and youll be basically saying to her These people are lying to you If she hasnt had any selfreflection when it comes to her faith there will be no separating attacking her faith from attacking her loved onesIf the person is more selfreflective and has done their homework your conversations will be more interesting fun and you wont have to worry as much about there being a subtext to the conversation However as you pointed out the question of the problem of pain is a classic paradox It isnt anything new There are a ton of perspectives on it a ton of different ways that different people of different faiths have attempted to solve it You probably wont be shaking her foundations by bringing this up There is actually nothing new about taking parts of the Bible such as the creation story as being allegoricaland its more than just choosing the parts that you like and you dont Christian theologians have been taking the creation story as a myth that explains truths about God since before the theory of evolution was ever suggested In the end we are Christians because we feel like we found something of God or He found us It isnt a case of figuring everything out firstinstead we find ourselves in a uncomfortable situation of thinking weve found something of God and trying to make sense of Him why dont you ask your girlfriend its very interesting that you have chosen a christian girlfriend Whats your purpose To understand God or this girlfriend Is she your soul mate Going to get married live together till youre old and gray then both die and be made eternally one in heaven Sorry if I come off as offensive but I didnt God was so unsubstantial as to be a bauble for a romance And youre asking me to take something Ive wrestled with all my life and make it something you can conveniently compartmentalize into your ownor just as quickly dispose of And my approach to Christ is not uniform with other people on this siteand this does engender great conflicts all money and royalty aside the Religious Wars in Europe were as much over disputes in Christian doctrine as they were over secular matters Personally I dont accept of original sin is an absolute literal premise for human lifebut in saying that I open myself to attacks from untold minions on this subReddit I get attacked by Christiansmy own spiritual brethrenSo what youre really looking for is a bargain Admit it You want maximum philosophical return on the barest minimum of personal emotional investment and man can a person ever infer something about the relationship you got with this girl from that observation Sorry but I suck at trying to compartmentalize love in rational termsbe it love of God or something more on the lines of eros And what are you going to do if you really are graced with something that inclines you to be a Christian Anything Maybe something for a couple years then forget about it And are we even talking about Christ here You say youre an atheist yet you have a philosophical bent Maybe you ought try first wrestling with Deism Then you go onto theodicy Then ontology I mean this is a very specific Christian tenant you will be honoringLuke 14 specifically warns against people entering unthought commitments In contrast these alter callsthats when you give a sudden public confession in the church and the preacher loudly responds Salvation has come to you todaymaybe they last and maybe they dont Regardless thats a very slapdash way of honoring the Great CommandmentI never had a dramatic Christian rebirth Maybe that makes me unsaved and evil Maybe it means every word out of my mouth is spoken by an unseen viper Believe it or not it never really was important to me It so happens I liked the Jesus I was taught about in Sunday School back when I was 6 years old liked him enough to keep him as savior ever since However its clear Jesus did not preach a message for 6 year olds which means Ive had to grow Its also clear that what I experienced in 1980s 1990s and 2000s America had very little to do with anything Id mistake as Christlike I assume Im living in the shadow which preceeds what will amount to the apocalypseyet that too doesnt have to be literal from sola scriptura Revelation includes 11 references to an angry god or wrathful godyet how can perfection be blemished with angerHard Hard But what choice is there Are you going to be serious with this stuff or is it just a phase youre going through I think I might actually prefer being an atheist on some level as this is the era in which you guys get all the breaks Karl Rove is an atheist Hes an atheist who appeals to the absolute worst sentiments in fundamentalist Christians so they support him And what retribution does he fear None In his mind human law is everything and he is above human law Is that the sort of definition of the universe you would teach to children A universe run on do as thou wilt but dont get caught No OK then prepare to do some legwork in order to fathom something a little deeper |
Is there a name for that Im referring to a person who interacts with others and constantly brings up their own achievements looking for some sort of positive feedback or compliment Edit I mean to ask if this is indicative of any disorder or insecurity they might have Depression possibly | Histrionic personality disorder HPD is defined by the American Psychiatric Association as a personality disorder characterized by a pattern of excessive emotionality and attentionseeking including an excessive need for approval and inappropriate seductiveness usually beginning in early adulthood These individuals are lively dramatic enthusiastic and flirtatious For more info httpenwikipediaorgwikiHistrionicpersonalitydisorder |
She is a sweet lady I appreciate her thank you email and the family photo but I now have the email addresses of countless redditors Namely the ones who donatedNot that Im going to do anything with themWell ok Im adding everyone on facebookPS PDubs familyhttpiimgurcomhYJ4Qjpg | Cheapest 500 email addresses I ever boughtPS pm me if you need cheap V1A6RA to strengthen your manlyness Not using the BCC field DOH classic blunder I like how it followed a predictable pattern DownvotedHEY PEOPLE Stop Replying All replied to all notes irony in messageSpam MessageHeres how you create a filter in Gmail With helpful pics evenHeres a pic of my cat HEY EVERYONE STOP REPLYING ALL Replied to all Heres a Pic of a Narhwal Etc etc The only thing we havent had yet is the inevitable puns evil smileI ltheartgt Reddit Ive only gotten 17 replyall emails in the past 50 minutesHow bad could it POSSIBLY getO Mystery solved the P in PDub stands for Perezhttpblogyestosafesexcomwpcontentthemesbodyshopimagesperezjpg I really dont get how people can get so pissed off because of thatIts funny for a moment but then it will get old and die off in a few hoursEDIT Ok the guy sending the goatse img is an ass Some people seem to be pressing Reply All Expect random emails for a whileEDIT LOL at the Downvoted email I think its awesome not only do I get to help someone out but I get free cat and narwhal photos in my email Winwin Im really glad I used my Yahoo address and not one I actually care about Do your worst spammers Thankfully I used an old email address that is now dedicated to SPAM The entire first page is replies from random redditors now though can someone please fill me in on the PDub backstory i seem to have missed it thanks in advance redditers |
Is there anything else I should check out Last time I went I walked down the strip and it was fine Saw the Bellagio fountains and the pirate show Looking for something interesting to do I like techie stuff as well as weird places ie in Tokyo I enjoyed the parasite museum in Paris I liked the sewage museum | Worlds largest chocolate fountain is at the Bellagio The creperie at the Paris is the finest Ive been to though Ive not actually been to Paris France 12 steak amp lobster dinner at Tony Romas at the Fremont hotel Both steak and lobster are decent sizeI think that Pin Kaow is the best thai place there is though not along the strip or Fremont St I agree that Red Rock national park is awesome and the scenic drive is great Costs 5 per car and the snow is still up in the mountains a rare sight that might still be around when you get here Look for the mountain goats I saw a couple there this past Thursday but theyre usually very very difficult to spotTrue Island BBQ is a wonderful oneofakind Guamanian BBQ place in Henderson Ask for Daryl one of the two brothers who own the place hes awesome Both the beef and chicken are phenomenal but the beef can be a little salty The fries fucking rockBest buffet is at the M casino which opened up about a year ago Kinda far away though so if youre staying on the strip check out the one at the Rio Their seafood buffet is delicious and famous but its 40 a person So do with that what you willSpeaking of the Rio see Penn amp Teller You wont regret it one bit and they come out to the lobby to chat and sign autographs after every show Absolute class acts in addition to a mindblowing performers Check out City Center It jut opened and the Aria hotel is the hottest thing on the Strip right now Its pretty damn swanky Check it out if only because its so new opened last month I think Fremont St is underrated Its so pedestrian friendly and laid back and very often there are free concerts I saw Three Dog Night there a couple months ago Make sure to get a drink at The Tank inside the Golden Nugget The pool is outdoor and has a waterslide that goes through a shark tank Pretty cool to see even if you cant use the pool because its too chilly out to use it While youre at it might as well actually see the golden nugget for which the hotels named Most people dont know that theres an actual gold nugget on display there kinda out of the way of the gambling and stuffMadam Tusseauds was museum is a lot of fun They encourage you to interact with them touch them take your pictures with them in hilarious poses of course Go online or go to a small local hotel to find one of their advertisements itll have a discount on it Same with the MampM store 3 floors of everything MampMs related and you get get a discount via the same kind of adThe Neon Museumhttpwwwneonmuseumorg is cool if youre into this sort of stuff Do a Rollercoster Run There are plenty of Rollercosters in Vegas that vary from cool to Insane Circus Circus adventure dome New York New York Speed at the Sahara and not to mention those on top of the Stratosphere Also The MampM factory is kinda intersting on the strip between Polo Towers and MGM Grand Red Rock National ParkFreemont Street Im not a fan of musicals either but I saw Zumanityhttpwwwzumanitycom last time I was there and it was pretty coolAnd gratuitous boobies are a nice bonus Red Rock Canyon drive the loop or hike it Valley of Fire hiking is better and Hoover Dam are your good nature scenic placesShows nonmusical any of the Cirque offshots are good I think Ka is still the newest hottest Zumanity and Penn amp Teller are great Im normally not a musical person but I really liked Jersey Boys Oh and Blue Man group tooI recently heard they are filming the Price is Right in Vegas Ive been to a few before and had a blast even Jeopardy is a fun experience to be in the audience |
Jesus that title was an awkward situation SorryAnyway heres my storyA few weeks ago I was sitting in the coffee shop browsing Reddit between classes These two ladies walked in and started talking about regular self improvement Oprah said so crap and I didnt pay much attention until the conversation changed to Wicca or Paganism or something You know hexes and bad juju and shit like that It was weirdEventually I had to go catch my bus I got off at my moms office to ask her for a ride and she showed me a jury summons shed gotten One of my moms employees her name is Rachael overheard the conversation and told us about how she hasnt been on jury duty since the early 90s because she tells them its against her religionSo I had a good laugh at that and went to hang out in the break room for thirty minutes while my mom finished her work At closing time I saw Rachael and thought Id tell her about the crazy Wiccans from earlier Unfortunately she was in a hurry to pick up her kid from daycare and I didnt get a chanceIn the car with my mom we were talking about her jury duty and I remembered Rachaels religion comment which reminded of the Wiccans I told my mom about them expecting a laugh but her face changed immediatelyUh she said It would probably be good for you to know that Rachael is a WiccanTLDR Unwittingly almost made fun of Wiccans to someone who actually was Wiccan | That wasnt so bad A few years ago I went to a friends wedding party I stepped outside with a friend of mine to smoke a ciggy when another girl I knew from college came outside to say hi to us I hadnt seen her in years She had gained a good portion of weight mostly around her belly So she asks my other friend for a cig and without thinking twice I blurted out Angie you shouldnt be smoking because I thought she was pregnantWhy not She replied Without missing a beat I said Because that shit is really really bad for you Its too late for us but I dont want to see anyone else getting hooked eitherI was utterly amazed at how quickly I was able to salvage that otherwise horrible moment that would have made her feel like crap and me look like an absolute ass Almost getting killed by a girls gangbanger brother He came over to her apartment to check up on her when she answered the door I was halfnaked sitting on the couch He wasnot happy to meet meI explained that I was her gay best friend and that my evil boyfriend had kicked me out so I was staying with her until I found a place He bought it and I didnt you know die One summer day when I was about 10 years old I was at a friends house hanging out My friends sister who was a few years older was next door babysitting We had done this pretty much the whole summerShe was allowed to eat whatever she wanted as long as she was babysitting So we would go over and steal snacks out of the neighbors fridge and pantry Not a lot so that anyone would notice but a few snack cakes here and there Now what made this a bit unnerving to me was that I didnt know their neighbors They were a quiet couple that kept to themselves The man of the house certainly did not know who I was at all since I didnt live anywhere nearby Of what I knew of him he was exmilitary about 3 times my size and once got in a fist fight with another neighbor over a tree in the yardSo we go over to the house to get some twinkies While we are upstairs the owner pulls up all of a sudden appearing to be in a rush My friend tells me we need to get out of here and rushes out the front door He was quick enough to not be seen by the owner but I freaked out a bit and lagged behind My friends sister looking more and more panicked tells me to get the fuck out of here now I rush down the stairs to the front door and look outside Hes coming up the walkway The only exit now is the basement stairs which is adjacent to the front door I race down the stairs There is a door to the back yard and one to the garage directly on the right I choose the back door off to the left Its fucking locked I look behind me and see this guys man cavebasement living room In the background I hear the door open and the owners voice signaling that he is in the house The garage door is not an option now since he will see me from the foyer So I run to the basement living room and duck down behind the TV This was the mideighties so people still had lots of those console style televisions Its like a big piece of furniture I could hide easily behind it So I sit and I wait quietly behind it I figure this guy is probably just coming home to pick something up and is going to leave right awayI hear a set of footsteps come down the stairs Sounds big Its the owner I hear him lazily plop down on the couch fumble for a remote and turn on the TV I can still remember that dusty electrical smell when it clicked on I could actually see the light from the back of the TV through the wooden grill All the while my heart is racing double time When this all started happeningI was thinking even if he saw me I could explain it away and nothing would probably happen But now it was different I cant just pop up from behind this guys TV and and say Hey whats going on He would probably put me through the wall for scaring him So I sit there motionless and wigging out in my head For about about 30 of the longest minutes of my short life Finally he leaves and as soon as I hear him reach the top of the stairs I race over to the garage door It opens The garage is full of junk I cant find the garage door opener The garage door is partially open and I grab the bottom and force it open enough that I can crawl under it I make it out and run next door Probably not the most awkward Ive been in but one of the most awkward I have gotten out ofA thin girl with HUGE breasts was walking past the window of this pizza place were eating at and my 60 year old boss says Well thats a healthy girl and nudges me I didnt want to have an awkward moment or discuss this womans rack with him so I say Huh what are you talking about and he started explaining it but after 45 words in he was just like Ah nevermindProtip If anyone ever makes an uncomfortable comment you should ask them for clarification It forces them to explain what they were implying after the moment from their comment is lost they are guaranteed to be embarrassed This is the kryptonite of the awkward office joke guy One day I was walking around in downtown Vancouver just taking my time until my casual date come up I was at the intersection and waiting for the traffic light to turn green At that point I just pull out my cell phone to look at the time While Im there I look through the call I received recently too At that point the black dude standing beside me suddenly goes Nice view huh I wasnt paying attention so I just said Yeah sure After a second or two I figured something was not right only then I realize the girl standing in front of me have turned half way round and giving me that nastiest look I ever saw People around me starting to looks toward us too Then I realize the black dude though I was taking picture of her ass with my cell phone just happen to be pointing right there I just sorta widen my eyes and gave her the deer in high beam look She looked like she was going to slap me But then the traffic light turns and she just turn away without saying a word I looked toward the black dude but he was already gone by then I couldnt even remember if that girl was hot or not I didnt look at her beyond her glaring eyesThen I told my casual date about it we had a small laugh When I was 16 I was caught in the passionate act of cunnilingus with my then girlfriend by her mother She had been out of the house and being the frisky rabbit like teenagers we were we decided to get down and dirty on her mothers bed Well lo and behold she of course came home early Seeing as I was not in the most perceptive state being between two thighs and all I didnt notice her right behind me when she exclaimed Yodeling in my girls valley are weHow did I get out of this one Well I didnt but nothing EVER came of it However her mom gave me a ride home later that night and man that was about ten minutes of face burning embarrassment Back when I was a musician I had 4 girls I was concurrently seeing show up at one of my gigs I still dont know how I got out of that with my balls intact In a restaurant my friends and I had a long conversation about one of teachers and how much we disliked him I believe the topic of his body odor our fear that hed rape us and other such comments were included in the conversationWhen we got up to leave we noticed him sitting in the booth next to us Back when WoW first came out I was in Orgrimmar on my priest and saw a warlock summon an infernal for the first time I noticed the warlock had to cast enslave demon on the infernal to maintain control over it As a priest I wondered if I could cast dispel and remove this enslave demon effect Well it worked the warlock must have been afk because the nonenslaved infernal went around smashing all the low level players in the area to death I immediately ran inside a hut and watched as the infernal continued his rampage until a few high level players and guards killed it I felt incredibly embarrassed thankfully no one really cared and I wasnt blamed Going at it on her parents couch in the basement having climbed in the window minutes earlier We usually heard her dad wake up and walk to the bathroom upstairs This night we didnt Instead HE heard something He walked halfway down the basement stairs and flipped on the light not expecting to see anything The light flips off then quickly back on again He saw something Her dad yells WHAT THE FUCK and stomps the rest of the way down the stairs I pull out and begin pulling my pants up as I run toward my coat and boots piled up underneath the window She tries her best to cover herself and hide her face as he screamed obscenities at the top of his lungs Within seconds her mom flies down the stairs and tries to calm him down She knew about her daughter and I sleeping together for some time so this was no surprise to her After I gathered up my things and determined that he probably wasnt going to kill me in front of his daughter and wife I waited for my break to run past him and up and out of the house Her mom I think sensing this tried to get and hold his attention long enough for me to squeak past behind him and bolt up the stairs and out the front door She succeeded and so did I I nearly shit my pants as I ran through the front yard Literally I mean it was poking outA month later he invited me over for dinner with the family Hes a good friend to this day and hasnt approved of a single guy or girl that his daughter has brought home since me Go figure I didnt get out of it per se but I didnt get punished as much as I deservedA girl I used to like brought me over to one of her family friends house They were all extremely nice people and the father had a serious mancrush on John Lennon but thats beside the pointThis family had son who had some sort of disorder where he basically unable to control his body at all kind of like Steven Hawking He was all there he just couldnt move around We were having a good time and we got on to the subject of the Chapelles Show As soon as I heard it my favorite episode popped into my mind and before I could even think I said And how about that show where he pushed that crippled guy down the stairs FuckThankfully nobody noticed except for the girl I liked and possibly the kid himself although I would have no way of knowing She just stared at me for a few seconds furiously and I just looked back completely apologetically Im a fucking idiotIve kind of always been a fucking idiot When I was in college I had the annoying habit of turning every statement upon someone regardless of the content or contextFor example FriendThat shirt is too green Me YOURE too green Yes I know stupid It became an uncontrollable habit and manifested itself in the worst way when a girl in my statistics study group thought that a classmates estimation to a problem was a bit too high and said about her answer Thats a bit too large YOURE a bit too large spilled out of my mouth before I could clap my hand to my face You could hear a pin drop and I backed out of the room with a morbid and palpable level of awkwardness I almost threw up on the President when I went to the White House However two antacid tablets later Im fine his suit is clean and I have a great event to talk about In August 2000 at Burning Man I paused at camp a few blocks away from Center Camp to bounce on a trampoline There are a few places there where the road on both sides is only about 50 yards away from each other After getting throughly bouncy the little group got tired and someone from that camp pulls out from somewhere a bong We pass it around a few times and then I and one other guy see a sheriffs K9 SUV creep by on the outer road away from the esplanade Were a little edged about that and start to tell the guy who brought it out and hes aww he was to far away to see and hell keep on going Yep 4 minutes later the K9 and ANOTHER cop comes back our way on the inside road both me and the guy who had seen it had turned our heads to the exact spot they were appearing from only about 120 feet away and tell the dude that owned the bong who very luckily had the bong just come to him and he tips it between his legs almost under his crotch BIG COLLECTIVE SILENCE as the two cars S L O W L Y roll by Im thinking and feeling as much calm and relaxation into everybody there the cops and myself as I can They roll by and we feel like everythings good and the rear car stops 50 feet beyond us and a tall skinny cop gets out and starts walking towards us I feel everybody start to freak out inside themselves and hear inside my self a countdown from three to one as my inner voice goes to zero the cops gaze which had surveyed everyone there swung right to me and I as completely nonchalantly as Ive ever seen or felt anyone ever be smile at him and really slowly and thoroughly grab the big bottle of water Ive got in my lap open it up and drink from it feeling like its the best water in the universe right then The cop stops in his tracks 10 feet away from the guy with the bong in his lap spilling bong water all over him btw and gets this shocked confused and embarrassed look on his face While he turns around to his vehicle he apologizes and says that he must have mistaken me drinking from my water bottle earlier with something else sorry about the interruption The two cars pull away and everyone on the trampoline sits around in complete silence for about 3 minutes I was the first one to get up and leave Freaked me out in a good way so much I had to zoom the fuck outta there Totally am unable to remember the camp or the guys name that a bottle of water kept outta jail Good timesTLDR Slowly drinking from a bottle of water I kept a generous fellow from going to jail at Burning Man in 2000Edited as detail surfaces especially about better grammar and syntax So back in undergrad well we my friend and one of his friends started an enormous mushroom growing operation This was following up a summer of heavy hallucinogen use and we had all sorts of things lying around still like baby San Pedro cactus for great mescalineWe had gotten a mind to construct a bar though and I invited another friend over who I had forgotten was completely straight edge to help us sketch some plans She comes over and we discuss the layout etc and then shes thirsty and wants a glass of water So I lead her into the kitchenWhere there are buckets literally 5 orange buckets full of cow shit bags of vermiculite and the most enormous stainless steel pressure cooker ebay that youd ever seen My friends friend was wearing latex gloves and was literally hands deep in one of the buckets on the floor and just froze my friend froze too Her neutral smile dropped into an expression of extreme confusion and fear What on earth are you guys doingAnd in that split second I saw the little baby San Pedro cactus Were growing Bonsai Cactus See and I pointed at the set of 6 baby San Pedros My friend lit up like a neon sign and took the cue from thereYou have to get the soil just rightThe girl loved it Ohhhhh Theyre sooo cute Can I have one When will they be readyAnd the day was thus saved When I was 18 someone started a game of shoot shag or marry with me My options were A male friend of mine Beau A 15 year old girl known for her quietness Silent Mel A girl my age I liked RebeccaSince Rebecca has asked me this question I hardly wanted to tell her that I wanted to marry her or sleep with her Heres what I said to get out of itFirst Id marry Beau because were bros Wed be in an open marriage allowing each other to have extra marital affairs but not with anyone we both knewThen Id shag Silent Mel because Id have to do it at my house and I know shed be quiet enough not to wake the neighbours and more importantly Beau because Silent Mel is a mutual friend of oursNow unfortunately while I was shagging Silent Mel you Rebecca walked in on us Not only would Beau be mad at me for sleeping with Silent Mel I would have to go to prison for statutory rape I cant go to prison I cant be labeled a sex offender for the rest of my life So Im very sorry Rebecca but Im going to have to shoot youCrisis averted I was out dove hunting once with some neighbors who were really into the whole sport I on the other hand have never shot a shotgun other than a couple times at clay pigeons and was a terrible shot at things that didnt move predictablyAfter an afternoon of missing every bird ever my dad and I were walking through some brush and saw a bird jump out from hiding and take flight We both take aim and fire at about the same time and the bird goes down Considering neither of us have hit anything but air all day we both immediately try to take credit for the one and only bag of the day We continue jokingly saying that we each were the one that got the killing blow as we trudge over to where we think the bird has landedIn the meantime we see the warden off in the distance making his way over to presumably check our papers and make sure we havent gone over the limit yeah right The warden is about halfway over when we find our kill In the bushes is a bird with the brightest yellow belly I have ever seen most assuredly not a doveOur tales of bravado and precision aim quickly turn into heaps of praise on the other for making such a fine shot After a few jokes at the birds expense my dad quickly says to keep looking 30 yards in another direction so as not to alert the warden of our unlawful kill Unfortunately for us the warden is a really nice guy and has been watching us search for this bird on the 34 minute walk over What ensues is this man helping us look for a bird that we know will land us with a 2000 dollar fine for a good 10 minutesOf course we never did find it again ALMOST responded with a thats what your mom said last night kind of joke to a friend of a friend but remembered his mom had recently died I was at my friend Erics gay dude place with a few other people We were getting high and watching Futurama A rich Saturday night At some point in a conversation my other friend Nathan starts talking about how there are no famous Nathans and how he could possibly be the best Nathan in the world I say Well what about Nathan Lane Nathan replies without blinking Well he doesnt count Hes a And he gets the most perfect deerinheadlights look ever All of a sudden he realizes that what hes about to say is grossly offensive to the guy hosting the thing He pauses for half a second but drags out the last word so it looks like he wasnt pausing broadway actor He and I start laughing for about five minutes and nobody else ever found out why Me and four of my friends decided we would take some mushrooms one evening We were drinking beers listening to music tripping out and just having a good time Well this girl shows up at our house that one of my buddies was screwing around with at the time Nobody really liked her and he was just with her because she was good looking Well she was kind of ruining the trip so I pull my friend aside and tell him that he needs to get rid of her So he takes her back in his room where he is gonna talkmess around with her and then send her on her way So about this time when they are back in his room his exgirlfriend who he is also still screwing around with shows up She saw the other girls car out front so she walked right in the front door right at the time my buddy is walking out with the other girl Now we are all pretty much tripping out of our heads at the time in the living room when this happens Me and the three other guys get up go directly into the garage and just start laughing hysterically We were so loud that my friend said he could hear us in the other room The first girl ends up leaving all pissed off and my buddy ends up leaving with his ex Later he told me that night he had the weirdest sex of his life My friend and I were sitting in a booth in a restaurant A server comes up to us and happens to be the sister of another girl I used to be friends with We make small talk while she takes our order When she leaves I tell my friend that I heard that her sister moved to Idaho and lives with a guy that beats her up all the time The look on my friends face told me that she was right behind me She was My friend says you should have seen her faceStupid me Another server finished waiting our table I felt like an ass But turns out it was true One thing you should know Wiccanism is a Pagan belief centered around a harm none golden ruleI mean its all bullshit I was most unfortunately raised Wiccan But there are major distinctions between Wicca and bad juju or whatever I threw up what felt like 2 liters of pure liquor behind a couch at an extremely fancy stripclub I was engaged in conversation said hold that thought turned around chugged then went back to it Nobody knew a thing and we were leaving in a few minutes either way When I was 13 was at a funeral of a friend of the family He had committed suicide While standing talking to his parents with my parents telling a story of something that had happened at school I finished with the statement I could have died I was mortified apologizing profusely They all just laughed and told me not to worry about it I have never felt so awkward since and that was almost 20 yrs ago I was working at a Waldenbooks in San Diego about 5 years ago Every few hours on my smoke break I would go next door to the Charlotte Russe and visit my friend Sophie and she would take her break with me outside We only hung out at work since we both worked in the mall and we couldnt really chill during our offhours because we both had SOs Anyway we loved to flirt and our flirtations bordered on cheating She had a game she liked to play with me which involved me guessing what color panties she was wearing and if I guessed right I could ask her to do something for me This could have become very bad but something happened before things got to that pointOne night I was at the local Mr Peabodys bar and I couldnt drive home due to the fact that I was wasted I called a cab I get picked up an hour later by a very funny older black gentleman We strike up a conversation and before long we start talking about chicksMan he says The trouble with black women is that they love gettin their pussies licked and you white boys looove to do itI agreed A lot of us black guys dont like that shit So what happens is our women end up goin for you white boys for it The cabbie even started telling me stories about how he couldnt get it up anymore and how his wife was a nag and his daughters were promiscuousWe were both laughing about that and then I remembered Sophie She was black We always talked about sex and she told me many times that she never liked cunnilingus but she loved giving blowjobs and I told the guy so Strangely enough I was so drunk that I even dropped her name to this stranger and told him where I worked and where she workedI then went on to tell him about how she liked sex and what positions etc When he dropped me off at my place He gave me an odd smile and gave me his card with his cell number on it and told me to call him any time I needed a ride I was drunk I thought nothing of itThe next day Sophie stopped by my store in a state She said she needed to talk to me so I took my break with her outsideThere was no flirting this time To my surprise one of the first things to come out of her mouth was Sean my Dad gave you a ride home last nightI couldnt believe it It was so awkward after that I avoided my usual smoking area for the remainder of my employment there I didnt talk to Sophie anymore Apparently she got kicked out of her house not long after according to a friend of hers I knew What amazes me most of all is how the whole situation reminds me of that story of the kid who buys a condom from a pharmacist bragging about how hell get laid on his date later When he shows up at his dates house who answers the door The pharmacist who is his dates father Getting to know a hot girl just walking her home after a night out and using all my usual charm and inappropriate jokes After a whole slew of your mom jokes I put on my serious face and ask just to be sure your moms not dead or anything is sheShe looks at me with the most empty stare ever Actually shes deadThe rest of the walk about a half mile wasnt so hilariousEDIT typo So my friend his girlfriend and I were leaving a bar We were walking some ways to where our cars were parked We stopped to say our goodbyes as this might be the last time I talk to them for a while I was living in NY and they were living in Trampa So I was saying how they should come to NY and blah blah blah and she was about to say something when two guys ran up to us with guns I ran They didnt Apparently it was awkward for themand scary It wasnt awkward for me though Plus I got to keep my iPhone When I was a Freshmen in High School I had an abbriviated scheduel so they made the short bus pick me up The driver was this old guy in his late 60s happy to have a nonchallenged and I mean that in the upmost respect occupant so we would small talk the 10 minutes to schoolOne day when we drove in it was the start of second period and a girl was walking through the parking lot wearing skimpy clothes WOOEEEEE they didnt dress like that when I went to schoolThe girl happened to be one of my friends older sistersI just said mmmhmmmm and quickly got off the bus turned the corner and tried not to fall over from laughing so hard I was once talking to my friends during recess 9 grade or something I was telling them about how bitchy a certain professor was i was like miss garcia is a witch she shouldnt be allowed to interact with human beings and suddenly my friends gave me the most awkward look Ive ever seen and I had one of those she is standing behind me isnt she momentsAnd a split nanosecond later I continued Yeah thats what those guys were saying about miss garcia I told them that she was alrightAnd she bought it D |
And then you smash it hard to try and wake it up and it tingles in an orgasm of pins and needlesthe feeling is intense and awesome Anyone share my love of sleeping body parts | I hate it happens all the time even when I am not high because I am flexible and sit strange ways |
This is my daughter Isnt she cute She isnt my daughter though Shes someone elses daughter I like to pretend I created her | On behalf of the reddit hivemind I would would like to take this opportunity to mention we find posts of small children like this or cats doing cat activities highly entertaining Therefore cluttering up the front page of reddit with this bullshit is always a treat and a guaranteed winPS zomg111 bacon narwhals click click click click click click click click click click click zoooooomg UPVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTE You should be ashamed at what you have done Since when did social news sites become a place to post links from the Internet |
The way I understand credit the longer youve had a credit card and of course the better that its been maintained the better youre credit score will be ignoring other factors So if I were to cancel my BoA credit card which was my first card of ten years and is also the card I have been using the most by far and open a brand new credit card from a credit union how bad if at all will I take a credit hit Should I just leave it open and stop using it | Yes leave it open and stop using it I have six or seven cards that are open which I never use Is that optimal in terms of credit Probably not but I am careful about credit my score is in the upper 700s and I never get turned down for loans or whatnot so I am not going to mess with itThe other day I was cleaning out my computer desk and found literally five credit cards that were replacements for expired cards and they were all unopened and unactivated My understanding has always been its better to pay that card off but keep it open and just move forward with a new credit union card Having available credit even if not using it I think helps your credit scorebut I may be wrong so feel free to correct and attack redditors |
Background Im female and in college with no prior relationship experienceSo this fall I transferred to a school 100 miles from my hometown My best friend well call her J is stuck in a deadend job and borderline abusive living situation and was very resentful of me leaving Id tried several times to get her out of there and into community college but she never had the drive to do so She only started speaking to me again in NovemberA few weeks ago I started dating a guy I met through a different friend and while its far from serious its been going very well Naturally I wanted to share this exciting new development with J even if shes not really the girltalk type At first I got some goodnatured ribbing about it but then she turned hostile saying I was desperate and turning into our mutual friend who cannot function without a boy in her life I dared express mild annoyance at having to wait over winter break to pick up where he and I had left offIn the past she has stalked and harassed both a celebrity and a guy we went to high school with and shes already found my guy on facebook and has openly threatened to smother my relationship in its metaphorical cradle if I dont perform for her amusement like a trained monkey Ive asked her both nicely and notsonicely to leave him out of this but she always counters with You know Ill do it Im not entirely sure the friendship is worth saving at this point How do I get her to stop or just cut her from my life with as little danger to myself as possible tldr My friend is threatening to sabotage my relationship for her amusement and Ive realized I have never trusted her to have even basic human empathy Now what | Cut her out of your life and warn your new guy that he might start getting messages from a psychotic girl She sounds unstable but she also doesnt sound like a real friend at all You will lose nothing good from this relationship that other friends cannot provide for you Give examples of her stalking celebrities and mutual friends etc and explain that you made the mistake of sharing with her that you had a guy and now she has gone off the deep end by trying to blackmail you Save any messages or emails she may send youhave sent you as proof and in case you want to take legal action in the future since blackmailing is illegal you could remind her of this fact as well as a hint to back off If you fear for your safety you could also try to get a restraining order especially if this girl has stalked people in the past Why would you even WANT to save this friendship Shes crazy trying to ruin your budding relationship with this guy and she resented you for living your life Seriously You want to be friends with someone like thatI agree with the others cut her off completely you dont owe her any explanation However if itd help her understand why her behavior is unacceptable and perhaps itd be the wake up call she needs to change herself then go for it I think shed just ignore any attempt on your part to reason with her so just cut her offWarn your guy and have the friend who introduced you to him back you up |
Submit your nominees for Submitter of the Year ie person who consistently posted a lot of great links as toplevel comments below and vote on the other nominations that people have submitted | Shouldnt qgyh2httpwwwredditcomuserqgyh2 win this by defaultEdit Id also like to point out that while the category is not here Kickme444 should get Redditor of the Year I vote for metsrulesonearthhttpwwwredditcomusermetsrulesonearth I love the fact that this guy posts pics of big trucks and nothing else So heres a request Can you guys explain why youre submitting these people Aside from CarlH and the spam filter at this moment there are almost no explanations for those of us without the time to read through each of their submission pages |
Ive been a long time lurker but this shouldnt be horribly populated There must be some people drinking alone on new years Come join meIf its not new year where you are screw it Drink for alcohol not for new year | Full time lurker here too Im thinking the only reason that this reddit is so underrepresented is that most people cant type coherently once they are drunk enough to think about logging onto Reddit This post brought to you thanks to equal help from Captain Morgan and the backspace button Yep Im drinking a Hemp Ale tastes great sitting here with my dog in my new apartment I just moved to a new town a couple days ago and I dont know more than 2 people around here Happy new year everyone 6 minutes to 2010 where I am |
Most depressing movie ever The entire movie my stomach was in knots why go on whats the point ugh I guess it makes me so depressed because that is what would happen if the world was ending | Oh come on Its a parableI cant shake the feeling that theres a good chance thats where were heading though I watched it hoping it would put things in perspective for me but all I think it really did was give vision to my fears thoughFor most depressing movie ever Im going to have to nominate Requiem for a Dream though Am I the only one that thinks this is an uplifting tale about the power of a fathers love for his son Sure the setting is a hard downer but the theme throughout is about the persistence of love The Man does anything he can to keep the boy alive and teach him values that matter in a world that doesnt necessarily share those values When my wife and I saw the movie after it was over we immediately wanted to go back in and watch it again and weve given away a half dozen copies of the book to our friends But then our favorite television show is still the first season of Millennium so maybe were broken The day after I saw The Road I went to the store and bought about 200 of groceries Wasnt on purpose but I cant help but think my mind was pulled in that direction I saw it on December 31 and its haunted me since then I was walking through a Best Buy recently and I thought None of this will matter when it happensYep Pretty bleak Fucking well done though Having read the book there was no way in hell I was going to see the movie We are all pretty fucked ifwhen this happens God damned it After reading the book I went into an actual depression I was planning to see the movie today cause theres no way it can be as bad Guess I wont be doing that now dont kill yourself at least until the next McCarthy book has been adapted to the screen Blood Meridian is being made has been made or is in the can waiting to be shown httpwwwimdbcomtitlett0983189httpenwikipediaorgwikiBloodMeridiani suggest not waiting and getting the book my favorite book of McCarthys so far i think I just read the bookdear fucking sweet god Theres this one line from when the boy is ill havent seen the movieDo you think that your fathers are watching That they weigh you in their ledgerbook There is no book and your fathers are dead in the groundCold Ive only read the book but its not quite what would happen if the world was ending Just as some authors write about wizards and elves and some authors write about spaceships McCarthy writes about hard men walking bleak landscapes where strangers are likely to kill them In The Road he has pushed bleakness into the realm of fantasy by creating a world where nothing at all lives but his two protagonists and the dying or murderous humans they encounterIn reality if there are dead trees there will be grubs and insects eating the wood and if there are dead humans or living humans leaving shit there will be flies and if there are insects there will be birds eating them and feral cats eating the birds and coyotes eating the cats If there is enough sunlight to scan distant cities with binoculars there will be enough for plants adapted to living in dense forests There will be mosses lichens beetles earthworms and crows McCarthy has excluded all these creatures for purely literary reasons he wants to imagine the effect of their absence on the human soul And in that sense its an optimistic book because some people retain their goodness Just saw it last night and Ive never seen a more bleak postapocalyptic scenario Ive never seen one portrayed as so utterly hopeless SPOILEREven the end though it seems happyyou know theyll still be no better off All it takes is being caught unawares even once |
If I get one this is the game Ill be using it for I want to know if you can actually be competent with something so awesome yet strange | Short answer YesMedium answer Yes but not right when you startLong answerIt takes a lot 1020 hours Id guess of play time to really get used to but once you have a good enough feel for it to be able to tell what tweaks to the settings are beneficial to you youll be doing quite well That said dont mess with the settings too much till you get that feel or youll just frustrate yourselfI do equally well with either the mouse or the Falcon though I dont play competitivelyYoull find theres a sweet spot in the feedback scale which if you can dial it in youll be able to feel the recoil damage inertial and animation feedback without messing with your aim at allPersonally I love mine and love Novint best damn customer service of any company ever Playing without it feels kind of like playing with the sound off Its entirely possible to enjoy but theres this nagging feeling that some part of the experience is missing |
Its night time and I feel lonely I feel like going out and doing something but mostly everyplace is closed I have nothing to do and I cant sleep Anybody ever feel this way What do you guys do | Ignore all these morons suggesting sleeping pills Try Valerian root or melatonin first Increase exercise before 5pm decrease exercise after 5pm Use the bed for sleeping and sex nothing else Sleep in the DARK When my boyfriend works 3rds I usually take an otc sleep aid and pile covers and pillows around me so I dont feel all the empty space around me Yeah I love nighttime but its so lonely I love to sit outside on a cool autumn night and just listen to the breeze work its way through the mostly bare limbs of the trees outside of my house I love walking down to the beach near my house and listening and watching the waves roll in the moonlight I love looking out at the Toronto skyline I live in Ontario near Tdot its beautiful at night wondering if theres anybody looking out over the lake pondering the same things Im pondering I love just sitting back reveling in mother natures beauty wondering how it all got here and how it got so damn pretty Now I just need to find someone to share all this beauty with |
Ive always been skeptical of creative writing classes not because I think that good writing cant be taught or more importantly learned but because the discussionstyle format seems to be a case of the blind leading the blind Unless the teacher is a respected author or your peers are already good writers Im not sure what the benefit of it all is If I knew they were positive experiences however I wouldnt be against taking one Has anyone had a really good experience in these sorts of classes Can they contrary to my deepest darkest suspicions be in fact worthwhile Or am I better off just reading books about writing and maybe talking to professors outside of class | The creative writing class I took three years ago changed my life my focus and my outlook You need constructive and even destructive criticism Its not always gt a case of the blind leading the blindbecause everyone from the most well read person in the world to a small child and even someone who has never written anything in their lives is going to have one thing you dont and thats a new perspective I went through the creative writing program at Florida State University It had both good and bad aspects Some of my instructors were fantastic gave great feedback and pushed me to try new things Other instructors didnt give a damn Same with the students Some were in there to become better writers while others thought they could coast through with minimal effortIf nothing else a creative writing class will teach you to accept constructive criticism and how to be a critical reader For what its worth one of my instructors was a Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen Butler and the other a NY Times best selling author Mark Winegardner The former was great the latter was an assMy opinion Take some classes Its worth it I have a degree in creative writing Blind leading the blind is dead on in my experience Maybe a more apt metaphor would be blind leading the deaf leading the mute leading the paraplegic leading the blind You will have the occasional teacher that is inspiring and smart and worthwhile but they will be few and far between simply because most of your teachers are just former creative writing studentsYou will probably run into a system called the Liz Lerman method of criticism I forget the other name where you arent allowed to ask leading questions or make judgmental statements about the other persons work You can only ask questions like Do you plan on expanding this blah blah Do you want to go in blah direction You cant ask questions like Why is this character so boring Basically you have to assume that everything thats there is there for a reason and if its a mistake only the author can judge that Of course what ends up happening is that since everyone feels like they cant say what they really mean or feel they just end up making innocuous statements that dont help like I really like how this character is belligerent Or whatever Basically just a statement designed not to make waves or hurt anyones feelings Its infuriating because you never hear anything useful The best way you can get better at creative writing is to be motivated to write constantly to read constantly and to hopefully be friends with similar people edit and be very picky and selfcritical gtUnless the teacher is a respected authorSelling more booksgetting better reviews doesnt have anything to do with the quality of a course I when i went to a creative writing class it was with mostly people who had never wrote before or wrote very little The stuff they wrote poetry and short stories and what not were generally sappy and tragic mostly because if you make something sappy tragic and personal it suddenly can go above criticism and harsh grading I of course criticized their works for little technical details and what not but even from thier amatuer stories I gained a tidbit of knowledge about what makes a poor story or rather reconfirmed my beliefs The best part of the creative writing class was giving my work out to others and seeing what they thought I had obvious flaws which i did not see before of course but it was great getting critique from all sorts of peopleId say go for it youll learn a lot and if you dont learn youll just reconfirmed what you suspected Im currently taking one But my comment will be not using that as a reference Merely to answer your first questionAnyway of course a class could be helpful That does not guarantee that it will be but it could be It depends on a number of factors your professor your state of mind your classmates etc Though its also as you suggest quite limited in what it can deliver to you Not necessarily due to your state of mind but rather due to the nature of writing and the beliefs of the professor teaching youIf for example you have a professor thats heavily into phenomenological examination of things to trigger creative insight then anything you get in that class will be delivered through that lens Thats not necessarily a bad thing and thats where your personal state of mind comes in If youre willing to accept the professors method as one method of creatively writing then you can perhaps learn a new method of triggering creativity My creative writing class gave me all sorts of perspective and drive Changed my philosophy on work ethic Ive taken a few and participated and a few writing groups For me it wasnt a matter of getting excellent critique and instruction so much as learning how to accept critique I didnt immediately agree with and learning how to selfcritique by critiquing others and seeing how things I tried in my writing failed in something I wasnt as close or attached toI dont really know if someone can teach someone how to write beside the basics of grammar but if it forces you to write regularly and examine things critically its worthwhile I have taken two creative writing classes Im an English major btw I would say that they were helpful and would recommend it The thing about creative writing classes is that basically you end up outgrowing them especially in the context of peer review Essentially theyre helpful but you can outgrow them My first of two degrees is a Creative Writing degree it says English but my focus was creative writing The second degree is a Design degree I am only just recently getting back into writing The Creative Writing program I attended was a mixed bag I came away with rather mixed feelings about the classesSome of my teachers were fantastic at encouraging me to explore all sorts of concepts in my writing Others were too focused on driving us all down the same path of complete and total realism no deviation no exploring to find your voice That never sat well with me as Ive never been one to take kindly to being told that I cant write something that I want to writeSide note I wrote a fan letter to Chuck Palahniuk in 2004 describing these teachers and their varying attitudes toward student writing And in response to the teachers who wanted to force us all to write in the same tone over and over he said Hah Congratulations on getting swept up in the sucky wave of New Yorker Realism There you just get to be an anxious camera recording the miniblips in a middle class world In a word YawnThen theres the workshopstyle critiques We would write something print out a copy for each person in the class they would take it home read it and comment directly on the prints Then back in class wed discuss that particular students storypoemscenewhatever with the student in the room to take notes respond etc This is a good idea in theory until half the notes you get back say things like I like this or good choice or insertpositivenoncritiquehere Most of the rest of the notes were grammar or spelling corrections which are equally unhelpful when youre trying to develop a story I would be lucky if there was even 5 of the notes that proved to be actual honest critiques of my writingOne of my favorite classes was my playwriting class I took it mostly for fun but to also work on dialogue something that I always struggled with for some time A good playwriting class especially one that is designed for beginners can be quite helpful on this score First youre focusing on dialogue sure theres a lot more to a script than dialogue stage directions actions the actors need to perform etc Second if your teacher is smart theyll have you bring several copies of your scene and choose a couple of your fellow students to get up in front of the class and read your script aloud to everyone Hearing how other people interpret the dialogue I wrote helped me a lot when writing dialogue in storiesBack to the Chuck Palahniuk letter I think I may have gotten more out of a oneandahalf page response to a fan letter to a favorite author of mine regarding writing than I did out of an entire college degree in Creative WritingI think Ive rambled enough so Ill shut up now |
Im sick of not trying Im sick of being scared over pointless shit Shell probably say no is no longer an excuse not to but the reason for asking someone out Before 2010 Ive never posted on reddit no one would care All of a sudden it seems like a good ideaAnyone else in Let the year of failing beginUpdate Thanks for the comments This has been helpful for me to sort through my new idea Im glad to see a lot of you see the point Its not simply just trying more by trying to overcome my fear of rejection and failure Its about taking that very fear that hold me back and redefining it And by redefining it create the very thing that pushes me forward Someone suggested I start a blog and I that is something I would have never done two weeks ago But in the spirit of embracing the opportunity to fail here it is Welcome FailurehttpwelcomefailureblogspotcomEdit All the sudden gt All of a sudden See My resolution is already paying off | Best of luck to you I just bought a one way plane ticket to Copenhagen Denmark If I fail I plan to do it spectacularly But Im tired of bitching about changing my life so Im just going to do it fire the shot and self correct on the wayMay the blazing embers of our failures light up the night sky Start frequenting all you can eat buffets and dont skimp on the breakfast donutsSoonyou will be too big to failIf you listen hardyou can just hear mewaving a USflag and crying Fuck it Im in Ive never failed because Ive never tried Im going to fail knowing I tried rather than wondering scribbles mad calculations stopsNo You FOOL looks up horrifiedIf you fail when failing is a goal you succeed Youre going to fail at failing Good Ive been rejected my over 30 women I stopped counting but god damn you cant say Im not trying Experience is the product of wisdomWisdom is the product of inexperienceFailure is part of the learning process Embrace it I hope you know that this topic totally just gave me the PERFECT icebreaker to talk to a girl that I didnt know how to get close to last semesterIts almost too perfect in my head right nowThis could be the 7 glasses of Ovaltine I had before my inexplicable 2 hour nap at 3am speaking but I think that I owe you some kind of thanks Try this pick up line How much does an average penguin weigh Gee I dont know How much Just enough to break the ice Hi my name is xxxxx Ho HOOO My good friend 2009 was the year of failing for me Jesus dont make this another year of it |
Also as a bonus question I cant find a good version of Sunchasters ft Yana Kay Remember Me Pendulum Remix The version I have cuts out at 4 minutes and other versions that Ive found just repeat at 6 minutes Do you know where I could find a good copy of this song | Pendulum are two groups for meIf youre after presellout Pendulum check out Bad Company DJ Fresh Subfocus amp John B for DnB And Freestylers amp Aquasky for BreaksPostwell check out some indy emo rock or something Theyve gone down the pan Sub Focushttpwwwmyspacecomsubfocus Noisiahttpwwwnoisianl Exilehttpwwwmyspacecomtimexile Evol Intenthttpwwwevolintentcom and Sporhttpwwwmyspacecomspor all make some terrific DnB |
All my friends have gone off to college already while Im still on break How can I make it so that this isnt just the forgettable birthday before 21 | Go get a bum to buy you some Thunderbird and party under an overpass with some mentally unstable vietnam veterans Happy Birthday D I didnt do much on my 20th birthday 16 days ago except have dinner with my family |
I was inspired by this post to spend my weekend reading and thats what I did httpwwwredditcomrscificommentsapklzmybooksfromthepastthreeweeksaloneI thought it was a great book and am looking forward to reading the next comments | Great book and a great series keep on ploughing throughGonna wait until the final book is out then go back and reread the series cant wait |
Im bringing this up because many of diskussions here on reddit are either analytical broaden ones horizon or are coquettishly avoiding the subject Sometimes reddit can even be mindblowing or just informative The one thing I really seldom find here is just plain stupidity or ignorance Reddit can even sometimes just a little move the world Who doesnt like the conversations with the people you meet in a caf In which you never hear thats just like that or Who wants to know that and in which the topic isnt just sports tv or the weather I like meeting new people but I want to see them face to face And I want to have a discussion with people who know why they have that exact opinion and arent afraid to talk about any topic Yes that includes sometimes bacon thanks internetOh yeah a good mindset is for me someone who is sceptical can be funny if theres no need to be serious and the aboveIm from Zug Switzerland where can I find you to all the shy please just say from where you are | You live in a place called ZugIt cannot possibly get any better than thatI want to live in Zug so fucking bad |
I would like one of thesehttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvW3n5cUaG5fgampNR1ampfeaturefvwp Seriously why cant I commute to work in an airbusDiscuss | Same reason we dont have flying cars a base on the moon and intelligent computers Someone from 2130 traveled back in time and stole the future we were meant to have leaving us with nothing better than iPads Reasons why this is not a good idea Hard to land with sky scapers or tall buildings It takes up too much room Uses ungodly amounts of helium Imagine if everyone had one of these Too easy to sabotage |
I am going to try shrooms for the first time this weekend Im a little nervous but be honest I want to know what to expect | Take only a dime and then wait about an hour to an hour and a half and see how you feel Also do NOT eat anything at least like 34 hours before If you eat a big or medium sized meal beforehand it will take longer to set in and will also minimize the effects My first time I bought an eighth and then half of it and then waited then ate the rest It was an amazing experience I just laid out on my couch in the middle of the night listening to Pink FloydOnce the walls start breathing you know that its starting to kick in Also youll start laughing for absolutely no reason at all I always find that I have to take a shit before it actually sets in fully and Ill be sitting there taking a shit then Ill realize Oh balls here it comes Then Ill just laugh and smile to myself uncontrollablyAlso Make sure you have a sober person with you that you trust very much I cannot stress this enough they can keep you grounded if you are tripping your balls off in a bad sort of way Tripping with someone you dont trust fully and completely can really ruin things my buddies and I were driving down the road smoking a bunch of weed and this crazy cop pulls up next to us so we all got freaked out and my friends suggested that I eat the entire baggy of pot so I proceded to then my other friend gave me his bag of shrooms and told me to eat it which I also did Apparently I owe him 100 for shrooms Then the same friend had another baggie of pot and I refused to eat it Id had too much anyways so he chucked it out the window I remember the cop turned on his lights and sped past us but we all thought we were toast We pulled over to the side of the road to get our senses back I guess I was tripping really bad because all of a sudden the same cop car appeared behind us with its lights onTwo cops came up asked for our licence and registration and told us we were going 65kmh when I distinctively remember us going 63 kmh We also told them we were headed to Canada for french fries and gravy The asked again for our licence but when my buddy driving went to go get it the cops turned around and headed back to their car I think I was tripping balls at this point because the cop car pulled past us hit his brakes then hit the gas while in reverse again hit the brakes hit the gas in forwards and ended up right back in the same spot behind our vehicle At this point I dont know if I was seeing things or experiencing daja vue because the cops were at our car windows again asking the same questions from before This is where I really started loosing touch with reality and seeing things All I can remember loosely is something about snozberries otherwise everything was pretty much a blur For first timers I suggest the following1 Outdoors if its not too cold2 Daytime3 Let the music be your guide mp3 boom box acapella4 Keep your trip oriented with 13 additional people too many can be overwhelming for first timerz5 Be positive and remember not to let things spook you haha Following shrooms I am still in reality I do not hold the delusion any longer that everything is made up in my head the goddelusion as I have sometimes experienced On shrooms I experienced that I had entered a new reality where every fiction book ever written that I desired to be was true where free love could happen at any time and the whole world had been taking shrooms all along unbeknowest to me I had passed a sacred ritual and was now finally born into the world I was meant for the world of the mushrooms had taken me toIt was the same reality outwardly but things were now going to be more fun I could finally begin to see the the world as it always had been with magic and free love and happiness all around me I had never been allowed to see before I forgot ever having taken the magic shrooms and was born again from the son into the grass upon which I lay the world an untraversed boundless field of wonderful magical thingsNow as I type and recollect this experience of 8 months ago yet more I feel that in a way this magical reality the true uncovered reality is still the reality I live in The man who goes out the door returns from the out the door a different man This magical true reality which I have borne witness to can be reached upon this translucent bridge provided by the magical mushrooms I am sure some of you reading this are there with me and follow my message I hope we all can convert the world to our cause to have us live in peaceful harmony all existing in our own loved or preferred place Many of those who temporarily join into our secret worldembracing society may never leave and stay and a more permanent basis even when we must return to premagicalmushroom world for lengthy erands of business and survival We will all eventually return to this world in a momentarily eternal happiness I hope to feel the presence some of you hundreds of other residents of peaceworld on my return from my current wonderful undertakings Completely surrender to the mushroom Dont fight your thoughts if you dont like where they are going Some of the deepest insights Ive had started with bad trip feelings and thoughtsAnd if you feel like you are dying just die What follows after is called an ego death and it is one of the most beautifulspiritual experiences you can have have fun Theyre a ton of fun I did them with 2 close friends in my dorm The first like half an hour I didnt really feel anything but they kicked in while we were playing video games At first I was just kind of nauseous but Ive heard weed helps counteract this but after about an hour I could really start to feel them There were no hallucinations but I saw the grain on my wood door shimmer and I just generally felt happy After a while of hanging out we went for a walk through woods and it was the greatest walk of my life Everything just seemed so much more real than it ever had before and I just felt amazingly content and satisfied I would recommend not expecting anything Depending on your dose the experience can be so different from anything you have ever experienced that it isnt worth trying to comprehend Imagine trying to describe color to the blind Also your expectations may limit your potential for experienceI would also like to mention that having done shrooms many many times in retrospect i wish i had done a very large dose my first time around I was so awestruck and blown away that there was no time for things to go wrong It was perfection really But if you dont have multiple sober sitters and an appropriate setting one you are VERY familiar with that has little potential for outoftheordinary occurrences then DO NOT go crazyHow much are you planning on taking |
pretty much what it states I tried logging in two days ago and nothing I filled out a request form to reinstate my account nothing Help forum request nothingI have a response from one of the 23 job interviews I went on in the last month and now im locked out I knew something was up when I started seeing emails being sent from my inbox that I didnt recognize the address Anyone know anyone who knows someone who may know anyone who can help me | I had that happen once when I was using a program to screenscrape gmail and import the messages into Thunderbird my employer at the time had all external POP and IMAP access disabled Things were fine when I was using the program during business hours but I accidentally left it running overnight and my account was disabled the next morningI filled out the request form and my account was reenabled the next day |
Im sure not everyone uses Facebook so for the purposes of this exercise just pretend you didMine Youll see its all a show keep them laughing as you go Just remember that the last laugh is on you | Well a couple weeks ago my good friend posted a picture of his backyard with the text How do you like my backyardThen he hung himself in his backyardHe was schizophrenic and is very missed |
This subreddit has seemed a bit slow lately but I wanted to know what your all time favorite concert has been even if its not one of these genres of music Whats been the most amazing fun all out best show youve been to and why | In recent memory I caught the Queers in KC last year and had a great fucking time Bomb the Music Industry who I had not at that time heard of opened up for them Being surprised by a brand new band as awesome as that was tits enough by itself but the main event will stand out in my memory for ever Couldnt have been more than 35 people there but everyoine knew the words to every song and was totally into it Also Ive had the pleasure of seeing Guttermouth a few times theyre hilarious and energetic as fuck plus they actually hung out and shot the shit with fans after the show on every occassion I saw them Im really hoping they get back in the saddle cause Shave the Planet was real boss |
Hey Reddit before you drop your jaw at this and call me a retard please understand that I am Canadian and Ive never really had reason to look up this information Ive been watching The Colbert Report and The Daily Show for years and I would like some more information so that I may better understand the shows The thing that really got me interested was the whole Democrat VS Republican issue where the Republicans have the majority vote in Massachusetts and the Democratic campaigning team spelled Massachusetts wrong What would happen if the Republican party gained power and how bad are things in the hands of the Democrats Sorry for any spelling or grammatical errors Im typing this in a bit of a rush as I am getting ready for work and will read your comments there Edit Thank you all for your answers So far I have learned that there is really no difference So tell me when there are two people running for something one promises lower taxes and the other promises better healthcare why does it seem like the problems always exist and that they promise the exact same things as the last guy | More truthfully though in modern times the Democrats serve the rich and screw the people over while pretending to care about the poor and promising to help the disenfranchised This is very different from the Republicans who serve the rich and screw the people over while pretending to espouse family values and selfdeterminationLike any organization that has been around forever they have both changed with the times and strayed from the ideals upon which they were founded Then they strayed from the new ideals that replaced those And so on and so on Then they at some point decided eeeh fuck ideals were all about the Benjamins Not much anymore Theyre both way more centrist than theyd like to admit they both want big government and they want to maintain the status quo Nowadays the only thing that separates the two parties is the groups of people they try to get votes from Its increasingly clear to a lot of Americans that the two parties are not very different at all Think of how smooth a transition the US has made from Bush to Obama Our wars have continued Our economic policy of low interest rates and deficit spending have continued A perpetual holding pattern over divisive issues like gay marriage abortion and illegal immigration Even Obamas healthcare reform bill is part II of Bushs funneling public money to the private healthcare providers Bush first took care of the pharmaceutical companies with Medicare Part DhttpenwikipediaorgwikiMedicarePartDI think the main difference is possibly that Democratic candidates are more likely to have a legal background while GOP candidates are more likely to have a business or military background Both are overwhelmingly Christian while the GOP is also overwhelmingly white Both are socially conservative the GOP more so Both are extremely nationalistic Both are wellfunded particularly by indirect corporate media expenditure Both despise the other party for reasons not entirely obvious I suppose for the fact that Democrats are not overwhelmingly white and are less eager to criminalize things social liberals who choose one of the parties almost universally choose the Democrats Theoretically Republicans are socially conservative support smaller government smaller taxes and independent liberties Democrats are socially progressive support larger government taxes and collective libertiesIn reality it seems to me that they both like bigger government in different places Repubs in militarydefense dems in social services Neither really raise taxes because its a super unpopular thing to do resulting in a slow decline in taxes and a slow increase in the national debt Republicans are socially conservative and dems are kinda socially liberal when its advantageous to be so Republicans seem to care only about the 2nd Amendment and Dems care about all except the 2ndNeither is ideal or perfect but on a national level Ill support the Dems If theres a 3rd party in local elections I agree more with I go for them The disenfranchisement on Reddit never ceases to amaze me First off Democrats and Republicans are very different in the way that they view how our government should be formed Republicans tend to believe that each State should have more power over their people and provide more for their people than the Federal government This includes providing for things such as healthcare the justice system education funding etc Whereas the democrats view the Federal government as being the only option for this sort of matter Both have valid points but I learn towards the democratic view of the matter because of the reality of how the United States is composed corporations know no state borders so those regulating or competing with or taxing corporations should not eitherThey both use the myth of history to gain traction The Republicans try to have you look back and see simpler times where people we kinder to one another and life was more pure where as Democrats tend to focus on the past with a sort of skepticism Both are wrong in that neither create a reality for how the past wasDemocrats view economic policy as being highly focused on job creation and assistance for the middle class Keynesian Economics while Republicans view free markets and corporate benefits as being the savior to the worlds troubles neoliberalismRepublicans view national defense as one of the few proper roles of the federal government Democrats view national defense in the way it is currently viewed as being antiquated There are some real differences in their ethos and most of their actions reflect these differences albeit indirectly The problem is that their vision tends to get blurred by the glasses that the corporate world puts on them And this has a basis in the way the US Republic is formed A politician needs money to be elected corporate donors can offer more money than private donors they therefore tend to support the interests of their corporate donors more directly than those of public This is no different than how a third party would operate once in powerThe problem is not with Democrats or Republicans but rather in the way our Republic is constructed For one they are spelled differently Much like TOMATO is spelled differently from TOMATO From what Ive observed Republicans love to vote against stuff that doesnt even remotely affect their lives eg gay marriage |
I woke up this morning with a fully conceived movie idea Nothing blockbuster but something that might sell to the Family channel or Hallmark Forgive me for being a little lameSo anyway I wrote a character summary and a synopsis of my little idea Im wondering if anyone knows how to protect my idea and sell it for a TV movie Im afraid of getting ripped offDoes anyone know if this is a legit site httpwwwmoviepitchcomindexhtml | write the script print it out wrap it in a tamperevident fashion send it to yourself with a certifiedmail seal and tuck it under your bedNext start shopping the script Dont hold your breathThe first part is the cheapest a few bucks way to provide yourself adequate ammunition in case the idea is stolen Slightly more expensive submit it for copyright once completeSlightly more expensive take manuscript to an attorney wholl work with you and a notary to do more to capture your intellectual propertys history in case of theftLast of all find some talent and make the damn movie yourself When nobody wants to market it submit it to film festivals and get feedback Stick it on youtube Invent a whole new way to merchandise and market it You wont get rich but if the movie is tolerably decent it might get you noticed Ideas are fuckin dime a dozen everything that converts them into valuable property is the hard part from good script to talented crafts and actors to present it well Good luck Cynic that I am I do know that success only comes if you stick your neck out and do the grunt work and if youre lucky But a great idea andor luck are the least important parts of the equation Like Edison said about inspiration and perspiration Ive had some experience with things like this First and foremost you dont shop it to the networkschannels You shop it to the production companies that make the showsmovies for those networks Look around on imdb for production companies that have made a bunch of stuff for them Then google those production companies and get in contact with themAlso as nobodyfromnowhere said if you are serious honestly consider making it yourself Even if you dont make the whole film if you commit 10 minutes to video to really show the concept youll have a better chance at selling it than if it is just on paper Tell us your idea so that we can verify whether or not someone else has already made that movie Youd be surprised at how often it happens You dont wanna bee on the receiving end of a copyright infringement suit do you now Im pretty sure you just run around Hollywood tracking down and then inviting yourself in to producers homesPS Im sorry Im of no actual help |
Its 247 Ravens at the half The Cowboys dismantled McNabb and the Eagles Even Cincinnati couldnt get closer than 7 points from New York I was pumped for this weekend but so far the games have been nothing but a disappointment I really hope we see a better second half in New England even if Baltimore still comes away with the win and have a great game in Tempe later in the afternoonWho agreesdisagrees EDIT I think somebody on Arizona or Green Bay is a redditor Thanks NFL You made my Sunday evening | I think theres a typo in your headlineYou wrote lets hope the final game is interesting I think you meant lets hope Green Bay destroys the Cardinals and stomps on their stilltwitching corpsesIts an honest mistake so have an upvote Id say 5145 overtime on a stripped fumble and 17 yard return after the Packers came back from 3110 was pretty interesting I cant believe he totally SHANKED that field goal DAE See that ref totally biff it tripping over himself backwards on like the 2nd or 3rd last play of the game From the future it was not interesting at all No big offensive scores and totally didnt go to overtime and a shock finish I was expecting good games as well and have also been dissapointed You would think the game tonight would be good but judging by what we have seen so far it might not be Yesterdays games were boring as hellbut the 1st Qtr of the PatsRavens was incredible Ive never seen Brady and the Pats look as much like a juniorhigh football team as they did thereAnd it warmed my heart to see it Welp highest scoring playoff game ever that ends in OT after a 17point comebackLooks like you got your wish |
When I was studying abroad in Rome Italy at my university I had an appendectomy Nearly three months into my semester abroad right before finals I was rushed by my roommates to Ospedale Generale Santo SpiritoIf you have any questions about my experience opinions on health care or anything at all Ask Me Anything | Are you an expatDid you have a nurse CatherineDid you fall for herDid you run away togetherDid she die in childbirthDid you then walk out in the cold rain Italy is supposed to have one of the best health care programs from what Ive read How did you feel about it from what you saw of itAlso off topic What are you studying in Italy Do you speak Italian If not was that a problemHave you spent much time in American hospitals and how do they compare to Italian onesI know nothing about Italian health care so anything you can tell us about how you paid for it et cetera would be interesting |
I mean Im just saying shes got good hair exciting lifestyle air of mysterywhats not to like | Oh yeah Ive tried a couple times to find her and ask her out but she always manages to slip though my fingers |
My wife and I were talking about this after we woke up this morning She suggested that she would want her body ground up and used to feed animals specifically our cats I agreed with her but I noted that there would likely be a very strong aversion to letting a human serve as food for animals even if the human in question wanted that for their corpseThe idea makes sense to me After all why not do something useful with your body after you die I realize in saying that I will receive a ton of comments about organ donation or donating to science and so forth The thing is my wife likes animals better than most humans and would choose to support them rather than humans Im sure shes not alone in thisSo what say you Is something like this available and Im just unaware of it Do you find the idea disgusting Worry that zoo animals for example being fed with human remains would develop a taste for human Discuss | I dont really give a shit what will happen with my body when Im dead I dont need it anymoreI think Id like to be used as a crash test dummy I like the fact knowing that I would be helping make people safe and it would probably make a pretty awesome video of me exploding I want to be placed in a large wooden boat laying on my back on a raised platform axes crossed on my chest The vessel will then be dosed with gasoline and pushed out to see by every person that loves me The vessel will then begin to drift out to sea at which point my best friend will fire a flaming arrow at the boat setting it alight All my loved ones will then watch as my body burns and my soul rises to Vahalla I want two of my friends to carry me around and pretend Im alive for an entire weekend while avoiding jilted lovers the mobs and the police This would result in hilarious hijinx I want my body to be wrapped in a light linen for three days and then unwrapped and left on a mountain in the Himalayas for the vultures See 3httpwwwcrackedcomarticle16502the5creepiestdeathritualsfromaroundworldhtmlEither that or fed to lions in a public spectacle Nothing inherently disgusting about dead humans being eaten Without life its just a lump of organic matter anyway However being ground up to feed animal seems extreme in an attention whorey way to me If youre doing this for environmental reasons it also seems excessive processing your body would be a waste of energy natural processes would turn you into a very nutritious fertilizer in due time Leaving out cremation your body would normally be digested by your stomach intestinal bacteria and you would become plant food which would become animal foodIf one wanted to help the non human biosphere you could just dump or bury the body in the nearest natural park or something edit or ocean |
The Brief backstory When I reach 30 I want to be a skilled and capable Professional Engineer I write this at the recently turned age of 25 two years out of college working as an environmental engineer My day to day life consists of doing things such as providing the means that allow people to have clean water for their homes and businesses in one of the largest cities on Earth I also do a lot of work helping design the environmental cleanup of contaminated places The Meat of the post I wonder now if am at the nexus of my 20s Ah my twenties From what I gather this should be the time of our lives that we embrace the wilder things in life which we can enjoy while we still can Possibility adventure and experience lay ahead of us should we choose I try not to carry around a full cup in life and think of myself as sort of a mold of clay a sponge to soak up the hopefully interally filtered knowledge of the world Our 20s should be a time in life that we can revel in our lack of most real and serious responsibilities before settling downI would love to hear some general or specific advice Questions are also welcome if you would like further clarification For the next five years I want the following things in life 1 Travel 2 Culture 3 Self worth4 Adventure 5 Health 6 The opportunity to meet fantastic women note I only asked for the opportunity I am in my 20s you know I know Im asking for the world on a platter here but Ill listen to anything reddit has to say Have at itNote Please forgive the throwaway username Id like to be anonymous for professional reasons | hey there almost 40yearold here just wanted to say that you dont have to settle down if you dont want to Keep your expenses and commitments low dont buy things that take a lot of money and time to take care of unless this is what you enjoy and you can continue to explore the world and all it has to offer no matter what your age travel I have taken trips to Europe three times on a very low income dragging a teenager along each time All you need is a ticket and a couch to sleep on Dont think about how you will do it Go to travelocity and click purchase The rest will work outculture dont force yourself to like things you dont Some people like opera some like ballet my favorite cultural activity is improv Find your interest and your niche and explore Do things that are free or cheap Explore ethnic restaurants Host international students for Thanksgiving Take a gourmet cooking classself worth dont think about yourself so much think about other people If you are always measuring yourself to some standard you will either feel very superior to others or inferior neither of which leads to real caring relationships adventure is always around the corner I find that not planning ahead leads to many adventures But this works with my personality Some people like to plan their adventures I like mine to be surprises Embrace life and what it brings you each dayfantastic women sorry I am no help here I am an extreme extrovert and I meet people wherever I go Maybe you can take an improv class there are a lot of fun people thereGood luck to you Get out there and live |
So Im driving from Seattle to PDX for Craft Brewing Production classes every other weekend for 6 SaturdaysI will then go and visit some other breweries and brew pubs while Im down there My classes are on Saturday 9 to 5 so places that are open late Sat or all day Sunday would be best Some weekends I might come down on FridayI plan on taking a trip to Newport to visit Rogue HQ and probably a trip over to Hood River to visit Full SailMy classes will be taking me to Bridgeport and Rock Bottom Ive been to McMenamins Edgefield before So outside of those where would you suggest | Just go to Belmont Station on SE Stark and 47th ish They have everythingEDIT If you want to go to breweries you should check out Hopworks on SE Powell and 29th Their beer is phenomenal |
I was talking to this guy in my class whom was rather geeky and I liked him a lot Finally got him to go out to dinner with me to a great place and in our conversation i discovered I am in deep need of some raptor attack survivor skills He pledged to protect me but said I should ask reddit a site I had not heard of till now for guides and some men who wouldnt mind helping a lady escape the clutches of a evil dinosaur Any help is appreciated and sorry if I violate any laws here this is my first post | Try to imagine yourself in the Cretaceous Period You get your first look at this six foot turkey as you enter a clearing He moves like a bird lightly bobbing his head And you keep still because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement like TRex hell lose you if you dont move But no not Velociraptor You stare at him and he just stares right back And thats when the attack comes Not from the front but from the side from the other two raptors you didnt even know were there Because Velociraptors a pack hunter you see he uses coordinated attack patterns and he is out in force today And he slashes at you with this a sixinch retractable claw like a razor on the the middle toe He doesnt bother to bite your jugular like a lion say no no He slashes at you here or here or maybe across the belly spilling your intestines The point is you are alive when they start to eat you So you know try to show a little respect |
How amazing is it that we are all interconnected we were brought here from every corner of this planet with a common interest I dont specifically mean this subreddit but the concept as a whole there is a subreddit for everyone and anyone imagine the whole world interconnected sharing news and information Its one thing to read about something on a blog newspaper news site but its another thing entirely when you get information directly from the people and not a journalist who at the end of the day is doing it for the money perhaps one day Ive been brought up with the internet but it really is amazing and something I take for granted and Im sure many of you do My next smokes for you Mr Internet | 7 why back in my day we had libraries that had books shelved by the Dewey Decimal Systemhttpenwikipediaorg wikiDeweyDecimalClassification and as a matter of fact It did suck compared to the intertubes now youve made me feel old get off my lawn Its past my bedtime I feel like that I dont know how to not take it for granted Ive never really had to do without it since I grew up in the 90s Ive never been outside of the US and although Im not rich we always had a computer and the internetIts an amazing and beautiful thing that can be just as equally disgusting and hateful i can remember my dad coming home with remants of an ATM machine and showing me how to solder the board together i had a 386 and a 486 those were so much fun windows 31 had all the glory any kid could want imagine my happiness when we got a 2400 baud modem BBS FTW I was just thinking the other day about the how profoundly the internet has changed my life Without the internet I never would have discovered any of the beautiful music that I take for granted jazz flamenco bossa nova punk rock and indie were all introduced to me via the internet Personally I believe that in an age where art and music can be instantaneously shared with anyone in the world culture is no lounger bound by constraints like heritage or geographical location I probably would have never even thought of smoking weed had it not been for the internet Thanks Mr Internet i was just thinking the same thing last night when I was 5 weve become so connected over the past twenty years and this fact has become so intertwined with our lives that we dont even think much of it anymore the current generation doesnt even understand life without google facebook twitter etc compared with the rest of human history it certainly feels that were living in one of the most transformative periods of our development as a species and its only just beginningtechnology is advancing at a rate so quickly its tough to even predict what well have in just 10 years my only frustration is that i wont be around forever to watch 7 its nice to have a place like trees because we can all come together share and learn from each others experiences givereceive advice and smoke bowls together on stickcamwhat more could you ask for I think its awesome I especially love how many people are members 3535 at the current count and there has yet to be any dramaAnd weed is an evil plantfuck off Stupid misinformed populace |
Hi everyone I hope this is the right subreddit to post something like this I usually lurk around here a little bit but I have sort of a weird situation on my hands and was hoping for a little feedback Im not sure exactly what my question is haha I just wanted to get some outside opinions on recent events Some background I have been with my boyfriend for nearly two years now Our sex life has been crazy and fulfilling IMO and it seems to keep getting better Weve slept with close to the same number of people prior to this relationship but his other partners were mostly virgins and I had tried some more experimental things before nothing super freaky a little spanking and hair pulling and I tried anal a handful of times with my last boyfriend Enough that I came into this relationship feeling pretty confident that I like rough sex However my boyfriend told me MANY times near the beginning of our relationship that he considered himself totally vanilla and average and didnt have that high of a sex drive Thats cool I thought Hes still totally awesome Ive always initiated sex way more than him and also tried to subtly introduce him to some different things Starting off with like showing how much I love it when he smacks my bum or how much I like deepthroating him really enthusiastically He teases me about wanting it more than him a lot which kinda hurts my confidence at times but I try to keep it in perspective That must be how most guys feel with their SOs all the time right He did eventually seem to warm up to that kind of thing though and we progressed to a bunch of things Ive certainly never done with another partner like letting him choke me a little bit and slap my face with his cock and eventually his hands However the communication aspect of things has always been lacking I asked him if he liked treating me rough like that one time postorgasm and he said No not really I mean Im not a pervert Boys DONT say this to a girl after doing some pervy shit with her it made me feel so slutty and bad like he was just humouring me In fact that statement was repeated a few times in the months that followed as a response to me trying to talk about our sex life Mmm you really like putting so many of your fingers inside meNo Im not into fisting or anything FYI it was four fingers it was his idea and it was totally hot I just wanted some affirmationdiscussion that those feelings were mutual afterwards and I got shut down totally For this next part I should mention that I have been interested in anal with him for a while but hes told me flat out multiple times that he is NOT into it so I refrained from ever asking It wouldnt be sexy if the guy didnt want to do it obviously I should also mention that I know he watches porn and have never really cared or discussed it It doesnt bother me apart from some very slight insecurity about porn star bodies vs my regular body Soooo when I was using his computer a while ago and shut a tab prematurely then went to Recently Closed Tabs to retrieve it I felt rather surprised to see the titles of various anal porn videos I didnt snoop I wouldnt want to betray his trustbut I did think about it a ton after that Why would he watch that but not want me that way Was it something about me that made the idea not sexy or is it just a porncentric fantasy There is tons of shit I would get off to alone on the internet but not pursue in real life after all I tried initiating a conversation with him about wanting to see what kinds of videos he liked and watch some with him but it went over terribly He said he didnt want to talk about it with me it should be private he only liked regular things and didnt know why I was always pushing him to confess to being a pervert This was pretty much the worst imaginable attempt to bring up something sexy with a boy so I decided not to mention it anymore Though weirdly enough the thought of him watching anal porn still turned me on and I coincidentally started delving more into porn movies on my own Ive always been a literotica kinda girl before this A few weeks after this awkward conversation I shyly bring up the idea that I could show him a few things that I like instead I know I just dont know when to quit rightWell actually it turns out I know exactly when not to quit He totally came around and said he wanted us to be open with each other about this stuff from now on and we had a sort of sexy conversation about porn stars we liked he even brought up liking anal in porn but not wanting to try it in real life like at all Eventually we decide to watch some movies together and BTW this is where my story actually starts Im so sorry for the enormous amount of backgroundcontext and thanks for sticking with me so farSo he puts on something he likes first Eva Angelina FFM threesome I found it a little boring actually and we start fooling around Eventually he tells me to find something I want to watch and I put on something a bit more questionable Sasha Grey in a MMF threesome Full disclosure Id watched it before but decided to act as though I wasnt sure what would be in store so I could see his reaction And uhhhhm he really seemed to love it In fact he told me hed watched it a couple of times before which is SO HOT So we are getting fresh and watching this video and all of a sudden things are like 1000x rougher than theyve ever been before ie getting gagged with my panties while he fucks me and fingers my ass and calls me dirty names I cant believe you like watching Sasha fucking Grey he said while we were going at it Now I know what a fucking slut you really are shes my absolute favourite you know that This is embarrassing to type under an anonymous name even but when he was ready to come he held my face down on the floor and came all over itthe tiles then made me lick them clean It was probably the single hottest thing of my whole existence in fact that kind of treatment is sort of my version of things I love in porn but never considered viable with a partner for real Now he says he cant wait to fuck my ass and humiliate me and a ton of things I never expected to hear from him I made a joke about finally converting him He said hes ALWAYS liked that kind of thing and it was just a matter of opening upSo on the one hand I cant think about anything else due to being soooo turned on by these new developments I still cant help but feel sort of embarrassed in the bad way vs the hot way though and Im reluctant to start a conversation with him again about this stuff because of our history of totally uncomfortable conversations On the other hand what I cant believe Ive spent almost TWO YEARS fucking this guy begging him to tell me his fantasies constantly suggesting new things to try thinking I was nurturing this delicate little flower lol and in reality he has been into things that even I find shocking in a good way for how long Years I feel sort of confused and distrustful just because I thought I knew him and understood his sex drive I guess It is weird to be with someone so long and think you KNOW what they are into and then be totally wrong Maybe I should cut him some slack though right I mean it is pretty extreme to have tastes like mine I never told him that I like that kind of humiliation in porn during all of this time so why would he tell me if he did It is just weird because he has always been the epitome of selfconfidence bordering on arrogance actually so it doesnt make sense to me that he was reluctant to talk about his interests for so long Could it be because his other girlfriends were all sovirginal I just cannot stop considering various possibilities such as1He doesnt really love this kinda thing but is humouring me and thinks Im a total slut 2He would rather treat a girlfriend respectfully but now he thinks of me as totally depraved and therefore less like girlfriend material3There are endless other things he has been flat out dishonest with me aboutWhat do you think Reddit Am I overanalyzing Should I just keep on enjoying my new mindblowing sex life or is there something genuinely off here Is there something wrong with the way I try to initiate conversations that would explain his weird reactions Sorry for the huge amount of writing and I really appreciate any adviceBTW surely if my boyfriend happens to read this I will be instantly recognizable as myself There isnt a whole ton here that I cant live with him reading so I will take the riskEDIT Aw fuck I cant believe I spelled my own throwaway account name wrong Talk about embarrassing P2nd EDIT Thanks for all of the advice I think Im starting to understand how I was looking at this the wrong way Our sex life doesnt have to be defined by any specific incident we can just be fluid and try new things together I know deep down that he respects me no matter what and I can only assume he wouldnt do anything in bed that he wasnt interested in I guess Ive just been overreacting because Ive never made myself so vulnerable with anyone before | I think youre just overanalyzing He had just never been given the chance to be as open in the bedroom as he had wanted to be and never lived out his fantasies and then when given the chance was unconfident now youve opened Pandoras box and sound like youve got a hell of a lot of fun to come Very lucky guy If you ever split up marry me Your boyfriend sounds A LOT like me Please check out this reddit post and some of the commentshttpwwwredditcomrsexcommentsal70mhowthe90skilledsexWhether or not you think its a valid point of view a number of men in my generation were taught that their sexuality was predatory and wrong borderline assault Sure were a bunch of anxious introverts here not all guys took all that stuff to heart but I can tell you I did 100 It felt so cathartic to hear that someone else was made neurotic by the 90s portrayal of mens sexuality I felt like I wasnt alone for the first timeThat being said Im on my 3rd longterm girlfriend here weve been dating for 3 years and were in nearly the exact same situation you described above For my part I never enjoyed sex all that much previous times and preferred porn I didnt feel like it was ok to express what I really wanted to a girl and felt as if I always had to walk on eggshells instead of being honest Im 25 and thats finally just beginning to dissipatetldr Your boyfriend is probably just selfconscious and repressed about what he wants not dishonest Explore slowly and carefully Sounds like weve got a match My only advice is to never let him pull that No Im not a pervert like you are bullshit again This dude is absolutely a pervert Now that hes with someone with whom he doesnt need to hide this fact he needs to man up and not put the selfjudgment he feels on you or anyone elseSounds like youve got him there but I thought Id just mention in case he regresses that it isnt fair to be like that especially when everyone is so vulnerable It took me a LONG time to open up to my wife about anything in bed Time is what he needs that and a little friendly encouragement As the strawman said you are thinking about this too much just keep the line of communication open and let him know how hot it makes you when he treats you like his little toy Hell come around When he does look out Enjoy Congratulations that you finally got communicating and that it seemed to work out for the best That was actually a really hot story about him gagging you with your panties and making you lick up the floor tiles phewI think you are overanalysing things a little If you have all these questions seriously why not just ask Tell him you want to understand him and what turns him on and what gets him off Sure you might have to compromise on a couple of things and he might have to compromise too but I think hes starting to realise that the things he enjoys in porn are things he can do in real life I reckon hes not made the distinction beforeGood luck Its possible that not even he knew how much it would turn him on to be really rough with you until it just happened one day My bf and I have been together for going on 3 years and every so often we find out one or both of us is turned on by something wed talked about or tried but werent terribly interested in doingSpanking was like that for both of us The first few times my bf mentioned spanking I just thought it was a little weird I was willing to try a few light spanks but I didnt think it would turn me on at all I mean seriously who gets turned on by pain He even tried bringing it up by spanking me lightly during sex but I still wasnt at all turned on by it I didnt really mind watching it in porn but I had literally no interest in it One day we were fooling around and got a little rougher than usual and he spanked me hard I loved it so much that we soon worked up to whipping me with a leather belt nipple pinching to the point of bruising choking slapping hair pulling etc Turns out I really get off on pain Eager to return the favour I tried spanking him He was far more willing to experiment and really liked the idea of being spanked but he was a huge wimp about it Hed start looking uncomfortable after one or two light smacks and never really enjoyed it much So we basically stopped spanking him for nearly 2 years Then one day he decided he wanted to try it again bent over and asked for a spanking I was a little surprised but went along with it Lo and behold it was all about position if hes sticking his ass up in the air suddenly he enjoys his spankings a lot more Ill spank him so hard my hand will be bright red and stingy and hell still be asking for more Well have to start on some heavier duty toys for him tooWeve had similar changes of heart about bondage dirty talk anal pegging is now on our todo list among other things Ok I got wood reading thatThat aside I agree with the others youre overanalysing Tell him youre turned on by the whole thing When he said he wanted to be open he meant it Guys are weird We generally say what we mean although sometimes things stop us from saying what we really want and lets face it do you really want to be with a guy at a respectful dinner party whom when introduced to a couple says to the girl My goodness you have huge tits for a senators wife I would like to touch themI think you should tell him how hot this whole thing is getting you in excruciating detail You should tell him the things you want him to do to you Things you want to try Tell him you want him to pound your arse so fucking hard till it bleeds Tell him you want him to make you not just lick his come but snort it like its coke so you can feel the drips go down your throat so you can tell him how good it is Tell him you want him to abuse you to chain you to the stairs tie your legs behind you and fuck you with a vibrator until you reach the edge of orgasm then stop whilst he throat fucks your face before alternating Tell him you want an enema with breast milk Tell him you want him to treat you like a glass pour champagne into your arsehole feel the bubbles inside and have him drink from it Tell him you want him to throat fuck you till you puke then throat fuck you some moreShit I have wood again I guess those are things Id want in his situation rather than yours You need to find what you want and tell him Look for things at the edge of your comfort zone and if hes the one you trust more than anything then push the boundaries with him Kinky sex is all about bringing more of what would normally be considered negative feelings to the surface You can be shy and sexual naughty and obedient cruel and tender at the same time Having kinky sex is often easier than talking about it Its very understandable to worry about being seen as a dirty slut even if thats exactly what you want to feel at times It shouldnt negate his respect for you and he should be pleased with the depraved slut you can beEspecially when talking about kinky things you have to remember they have more than one dimension going for them its never purely just like or dislike Ive found it most useful from a dominant perspective to ask my partners not just whether something turns them on but how much it turns them on but also how much they feel humiliated by it or how much something hurtsInstead of very little or a lot you may find it easier to answer in numbers A ten point scale will do fine and will often get you an answer thats both easier to obtain as well as more informativeIf I ask you how much does anal sex turn you on and how much does it humiliate you on a ten point scale and you answered 5 and 10 that gives me much more than just a yes or no Id know its a turn on but not the best thing in the world but also that it would humiliate you sexually If I knew that humiliation is one of your kinks I could then to be much more confident about how or when to use this with youSince youre the more submissive partner you obviously cant control the discussion quite as effectively as from the dominant perspective but next time you speak with him you might hint him into the direction of asking you in this manner By being more clear about your own likes about something specific such as saying that oral sex is a 10 for you as a turn on and 5 in humiliation on a ten point scale he just might pick up on this and ask the same question about something else If hes comfortable you might also ask him similar questionsOr you could take turns Or you can play it in the form of a game Or you can take some quiz together At the end of the day you want to empower him to humiliate you in ways that turn you on which do not compromise his respect for you or your view of him as a gentlemanAbove all though play safe have lots of fun and be sure to post a followup |
All this bullshit like Internet censorship the small titty scandal no R18 games it all has to stop before Australia loses its political and social identity I propose starting a new political party One that doesnt have the youthful arrogance about it that such parties like the Australian Pirate Party has we need a party that adults outside of the internet will vote for Of course the thing about these ideas is always that no one wants to invest the time necessary to see them out I am currently overseas but will be returning to Australia in a few months I am quite willing to spearhead the set up and organisation of a new political party I like the idea of what American redditors came up with and think that the Australian Progressive Party would be a great name and a necessary idea We would need a fair amount of initial support to make such an idea happen and that would need to come from reddit first Would you Australian redditors be willing to provide online support to start up this party and get initial awareness of its existence out It could only work if we have enough support from Aussie redditors Reddit has shown that we can get stuff done if we need to and we need to If we dont do something soon well wake up in ten years time and realise Australia is nothing like the country we grew up inI have created a subreddithttpwwwredditcomraussieprogressparty to see if we can get our act together and formulate a party and come up with some policies and valuesI know that third parties have a generally tough time gaining political influence just look at the Greens but that is exactly the type of attitude that isnt going to change anything The 1830 demographic in Australia is getting more and more powerful in terms of political influence and we have the power to change the political situation of Australia if we conquer our apathy towards politics Established parties like the Greens have too much old associations with them a fresh new party could be just what we need here | Why bother with a new one While not perfect the Greens have quite clearly stated that they are against the filter and censorship and they are much more likely to get a larger amount of votes than any newly created party They already have enough seats in the senate to effect any bills trying to get passed so giving them a few more would be our best bet The suggestion that the Australian Pirate Party has youthful arrogance while at the same time using a subreddit to try and give birth to a new political party is a little unfair dont you think The APP is at the very least founded on a concept and execution that is currently enjoying moderate success in Europe and gaining ground in other western world countries The concepts ideas and policies of the APP are in my opinion well thought out and do well to highlight the urgency and seriousness of our current censorship and copyright systems I would strongly encourage anyone viewing this to read the followinghttpwwwpiratepartyorgaufaqIt would serve you well to be well read on what the APP offers as a potential political party before suggesting the birth of something so similar A fractured political landscape only helps to further the goal of a united rightwing conservative movement No what the Greens need is a PR refresh and voilaIt would be redundant to make a party that cant differentiate themselves sufficiently from the Green Party There is already the Democrats who are very liberal and with democratic practices within the party Dont dilute the focus anymore Im new to Australia but due to romance I will be applying for permanent residence citizenship in the next 6 months Im Canadian btw so not that far off culturally Im appauled by the state of your government not saying Canada is any better and most shocked that you have no written rights for Australia citizensId love to help see Australia remain an awesome country since the people here are so proud So you want to be the Greens except without the 20 years of experience in running a progressive political party that the actual Greens have |
Im looking for the full text for when theyre trying to restart the engines on the small rouge one and Rimmer is bitching about why the engineers didnt have a GO button and Kryten explains that its not the button but the miles of cables and whatnot that make it impossibleI need this to quote at a friendclient who wants to know why I just cant add a button to his websiteThanks a bunch A deadly combination I knowEdit To clarify I did once have the books but I think I lent them to someone and never got them back | gtKryton patiently explained that it probably wasnt so much the design of the button that had proved too expensive but more the vast network of computer relays and the thousands of miles of cables the button would have to be connected to that made it prohibitiveIs this it Its on pg 402 herehttpwwwamazoncomRedDwarfOmnibusGrantNaylordp0140174664refsr11ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264185569ampsr11 Good luck but I see a trip to half price books in your futureYou really should have your own copies anyway they were fun books to read |
I just recently started listening to technotrance specifically this 45min segment from a DJ Liquid Am I in the right section If so what do you guysgals recommend Ive got just a few clips from Astral Projection Art of Trance Madagascar and Armin Van BuurenHelp me out I dont know where to begin rtrance | The term techno isnt really interchangeable with trance Listen to thishttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvRhB66rsotpQ A great example of techno by a great producer Ricardo VillalobosThen check thishttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvBlABK0Ki6Y out A great trance classic They both use the same time signature but thats about it Its like someone calling a punk song alternative They might use the same time signature and instruments but thats where the similarities end Not trying to be snotty or anything but the distinction needs to be made |
i have thick somewhat coarse hair im mostly hispanic but multiracial ive tried using anti breakage shampoos and conditioners but i was curious if any of you ladies had any recommendations for products or any athome remedies that you think has improved the condition or increased the length of your hair more quickly thanks all xoxo | Hows your diet Im pretty sure nutrition plays a role in the growth rate of your hair I dont know specifics but Im pretty sure there are vitamin supplements you can take for this My wife takes prenatal vitamins Her hair and nails grow quickly I think the vitamins for expectant mothers contain growthencouraging vitamins to help the baby develop I have no idea why but shes a nurse and her hair grows fast Edit Shes not pregnant An ageold belief has been that massaging the scalp will help your hair in every way including helping it grow Even if it doesnt really help massaging your scalp with a small vibrator can feel heavenly |
So someone close to me had an abortion today in Arizona She had to wait a mandatory twenty four hours before the procedure and read prolife propaganda and state out right that she had read the material The actual procedure was horrific Because of the bill that passed women who undergo an abortion in Arizona can have only a tiny dose of twilight Basically she was completely awake aware and was in excruciating pain The pain she said was far worse than when she gave birth to her daughter She said she was crying and screaming through the whole procedure Afterward she was a wreck and spent nearly six hours in pain and cryingShe came out of this whole ordeal fearing abortions the tactics of the bill worked She will never have an abortion again I am not saying that it is a good thing to have one only that they succeed in scaring people off by using propaganda and near torture levels of pain I cannot believe that this is legal Thanks a wholefuckinglot AZ republicans So I ask you my fellow redditors what can I do to change this I am thinking about writing the Arizona congressmen I know it is not much but this hit close to home and I cannot sit idly knowing other women are going through this Any adviceNOTE This thread is not to debate if abortion is moral or what not You may agree or disagree with my friends choice however that is not what this thread is about I wish to seek sound advice so that I may help in whatever way I canEDIT I read HB2564 and found nothing about limiting sedatives I am starting to wonder if the doctor cut her off sourcing the bill So he could have been ignorant and a gross misunderstanding occurred with doctor misinterpreting the provisions of the bill or he could have acted maliciously Either way I am going to still look into it furtherEDIT2 What I have been finding out is that Arizona has been setting codes and regulations in place outside of bills directly pertaining to Abortion in order to set implicit and otherwise bureaucratic barriers against legal abortion I will try to find out more however as it currently stands it is late and I need sleep EDIT3 Oh wow this sure took off since I left Again thank you to those who posted good advice I will do my best to respond as much as possible however I do have some errands to run soon I will be back soonThank you everyone | I am an attorney specializing in abortion No joke I work for one of the major reproductive rights organizations and know the Arizona laws well I may be able to help you get some answers if you would like to contact me I created a fake gmail account for this purpose Email me at fakeish7gmailcomI am terrible sorry to hear that someone you love had such an awful experience I work to make the right to choose accessible safe and acceptable Its awful when others make it otherwiseNote This is not an offer of legal representation and our communications will not be covered by attorneyclient privilegeNote 2 The issue of anesthesia during abortion procedures is complicated and we can talk more about it Its a new backdoor way to limit abortion practices through seemingly unrelated regulations It wont be in HB2564 but rather in recently promulgated state codes on the use of anesthesia in clinics We can talk more if youd like does the abortion law seriously ban the use of painkillers in the procedure that is absolutely barbaric Theres no such thing as prolifeThese people are probirth They couldnt care less about mother or child postdeliveryIf you doubt it look at any on their voting records on issues that affect women and children I feel like Im stepping into the twilight zone when I read all of the hatred spewed in this particular threadgtSorry for the pain your friend suffered be by her side and encourage her to think about her actions before she opens her legsWow Fucking misogynistic bullshit Were talking about excising a small cellular cluster contained in a womans uterus not the murder of a conscious selfaware child Get your fucking heads out of the bible and into the real worldEdit I was drunk and angry from reading all of the hateful comments when I wrote this I stand by it 100 but would have chosen less hateful wording in hindsight I apologize to anyone I may have offended particularly with Get your fucking heads out of the bible and into the real world That wasnt a constructive thing to say and doesnt contribute to the debate anymore than posting dead baby pictures does To the people using this thread as an opportunity to post pictures of dead babies cry shame on her and etc That is to the pro life propagandistsThis is the wrong place for the battle you are waging You fight to humanize fetuses in the womb yet you fervently dehumanize the living breathing feeling people you are trying to swaypainting them as cold blooded evil slaughterers of smiling baby boys and girls as if they stalk into the playpens with spikes and vacuum cleaners ready to suck out brains Its this kind of language and mindset that allows people to murder doctorsThis askreddit thread has been posted by a person who feels a wrong has been done and is looking for a course of action to make the situation better The abortion in question here has already been done and you wont change anybodys mind about it You are breeding disgustnot toward abortions but toward yourselves The antiabortion laws in the US are nothing short of barbaric They are essentially put in place by the religious right to punish women for having sex Fuck em I believe that one of the United States biggest pitfalls is the amount of influence religion and its morals still have over complete free will If one doesnt condone a practice that someone else has does then simply move on and live your life to your own standards Abortions not that bad of a thing and it seems like it is becoming more accepted than in the past Yes you are taking a life but is the intricacy and value of the life of an unborn fetus and an adult the same Until you start getting more XP in life and developing your persona youre really no more than a very resourcedemanding plant I think anyone can agree that a fetus has no organized collective consciousness It seems incredibly hard for us to recollect thoughts from the first few years of our lives much less the time we spent developing in the womb We share the same physiology but its all the psychological characteristics that we learn and apply throughout our lives that I believe truly define what it is to live as a human Im sure no one can say that they would want really want to be aborted but if by the luck of the draw you were you wouldnt even have a legitimate opinion on the matter in the first place Its really not fair at all for those who are aborted but I guess some creatures experience the harsh reality of life much sooner than others I am from Arizona I do not agree with abortion but do consider myself pro choice I figure that if a woman is going to do this she has to live with her conscience and face God later Even if this is something I dont agree with I think that a woman is entitled to it safely That said I totally feel sorry for your friend and am once again ashamed of the great state of Aribama We are the Alabama of the West Coast There is not much that can be done though the voters have proven themselves to be retarded look to Sheriff Joe as an example As to writing Arizona Congressmen its not going to work Those stupid Mongoloids cant even balance our budget on time I had an abortion when I was 17 it was the most excruciatingly painful thing I have ever been through both mentally and physically even though I was only about 6 weeks pregnant I had two shots of morphine and I can tell you that the only effect was to make me feel slightly sick I can not even begin to describe the pain In my opinion women should be totally knocked out and sedated Either ban abortions or do it properly it is not the place of a doctornurse to dole out pain as a punishment An abortion even with pain management is still really painful I was really surprised after I got one that noone ever talks about how painful they can actually be I remember thinking Wow this is really uncomfortable I hope its over soon this was just at the begining when they were opening up my cervix Then I look over and see the Dr reach for a switch and realize its going to get a lot worst real soon The pain was just beyond anything you can imagine It was like someone vacumming your insides The nurse had to hold me down because I was moving so much at one point I started to black out I had 2 forms of pain relief I wish I knew the specifics better but it was a long time ago They gave me the option of an IV full of somthing or gas I asked for both I hope your friend gets better soon and that she goes to a Gyno soon to make sure everythings healing alright Yeah after I got one I was pretty damn sure that I was never going to have another again and got an IUD To all the ladies out there if youre not planning on having kids for a while get an IUD Its the most common birth control method in the world This is the first abortion or more generally healthcare related post that has genuinely made me sick Regardless of if it was a fault of the doctor or if it is legislation put in place by the government something very fucked up has happened All the best for your friend Someone should be made to pay for what happened to her Hmmmmm my mom is a OBGYN and although I tend to lean towards the conservative mindset I am pro choice all the way In the idea situation I am against abortions I feel that if you can raise the child then that is the best situation overall However when abortion is not legal things begin to go awry exactly what happened to your friend If women do not have the option to get an abortion legally then they will in all likelihood attempt to seek out someone who can perform one illegally This is my issue I would rather have a professional giving abortions where the woman is relatively safe than have a back alley guy do it with questionable methods It is not right to shelter women from the option and I sympathize with your friend Regardless I am sorry about your friend had she considered going to another state to go through with her abortion wait so she wanted to watch twilight during the abortion and the bill stopped her finally legislation i can stand behind This has left me feeling utterly disgusted I think I speak for the rest of the civilised world when I say Seriously America WTF Concerning the edit Talk to a lawyer and see if she can sue him for malpractice since it seems like the low painkiller dosage is nowhere to be found This is unbelievable That prolife and prochoice terminology you americans seem to have adopted is really strange to me Who doesnt approve of life And who the hell thinks free choice is a bad idea And the people who wants to ban abortions can take care of all the rape babies and home school them New Law Requires Women To Name Baby Paint Nursery Before Getting Abortionhttpwwwtheonioncomcontentvideonewlawrequireswomentoname Get a lawyer this is a legal issue I am a guy and obviously unable to have an abortion but I had a procedure done once preformed by my doctor of 16 years where he did not use enoughand by enough I mean any sedatives Instead I was strapped down and forced to endure the extraction of a facial implant I saw a lawyer and was told I had a slam dunk case for pain and suffering malpractice didnt follow through with it because of the long history I had with the doctor though instead just got a new doctor Thats religion for you Im very sorry for her Suggest moving somewhere else where there are less shitty puritansAlso prolife More like crazed fundamentalist religious tards If they were for life they wouldnt have caused that big a pain to a life form they would respect her choice and they wouldnt be trying to get her to either give up on the pleasures of life and have a shitty life necessary for the hope of salvation or spurt children like a rabbit with the hope of getting more lambs off it This is the real reason why religious idiotsmeaniesmean idiots are against abortions Have abortion laws changed that much n the last decade I unfortunately had to make the tough decision once and I received NO anesthesia or pain medicine though i think perhaps they numbed me a bit It was loud and painful and took a good ten minutes No one looks you in the eyes but someone does hold your hand Im not saying that women who have made this decision deserve some royal treatment of medicinal cocktails and lavish massages but a little sensitivity to the situation would have been helpful A womans reason is her own she has already more than likely punished herself and will for the rest of her life Should lawmakers be allowed to punish her as well How is it that the prolife crowd automatically assumes that the OPs friend is a Slut or a Whore and that she deserved the pain and suffering she got for choosing to have an abortion Theyre almost reveling in it Even if I were against abortion I would go far out of my way to avoid being associating with the stereotypical prolife crowd These nutjobs are right up there with Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh Im getting out of this fucking medieval state by May Too bad the beautifual scenery doesnt match the quality of life I have had an abortion and I am thankful that I live in a place where I was under general I dont think I could take the emotional pain of having been awake throughoutI do know a lot of women though who have had abortions in clinics and they are given sedatives and they do describe the experience as painfulCouldnt she simply get her records and see what drugamount she was given Sounds to me like the Doctor who shouldnt remain nameless cough know his name cough took advantage of her not knowing the bill and used the lack of anesthetic and analgesics to punish her for not having the same values as him If its any consolation we have the same problem over here in Florida Ive actually created a nonprofit organization that is going to help the stop things like this from happening We plan on bringing a prochioce license plate ya know to counter the prolife plate and proceeds from the plate will be put towards good causes Check out our websitehttplicensetochooseorg Sounds like a bill both misogynists and conservatives can embrace not that the two are mutually exclusive I dont really have anything to add but I just want to wish you the best of luck What happened seems totally unjust and unnecessary and I hope you manage to bring about some change I am so sorry to hear about your friend she should not have had to suffer like this for her decision I cant help agree that she was steered the wrong way I had medical abortion pill in Phoenix less than a year ago and did not have any of these issues I actually posted an AMA about it here httpwwwredditcomrIAmAcomments9rttkihadamedicalpillabortionamaMy regular doctor was a complete prick about it After I found out I was pregnant he had me schedule another appointment for what I thought was a check up Instead it was an appointment for him to recommend adoption services At first I was fine with the gesture but then he started pressuring me to call his contact right then and there I was especially upset when I received a bill for his office charging me not only my deductible for a regular office visit but an extra 25 counseling feefor something I didnt ask for in the first place Needless to say he is no longer my doctorAnyway I ended up going to Planned Parenthood and my experience there was wonderful Everyone was supportive I was asked if I wanted to see pamphlets on any other options and I politely declined and that was it The doctor there was great and explained the differences between the medical and surgical abortion options I opted for the medical because I wanted to just experience all of this at homePer the AMA the pain of the actual induced miscarriage was like none Ive ever felt in my life but because I was home and with my future husband it was in a way a bonding and humbling experienceAgain so sorry for your friend if she needs someone to talk to feel free to send me a message All this will drive woman to try the old known herbs with abortive agents Lets hope they know the dosage and dont harm themselves Is that what the government wanted So Arizona legislated how much medication a Doctor can perscribe to their patient during a procedure Thats fucking evil and retarded Holy crap you dont even know how angry just that fact makes me I feel so terribly sorry for your friendloved one I know of the informed consent requirements ARS 362153httpwwwazleggovars3602153htm Still I dont know of any statute limiting anesthesiasedation provided in a procedure Can anyone help me find that That is cruel and unusual punishment Plain and simple Take it to the supreme court if you have toBlessings to your friend and I hope she recovers soon from her horrific experienceWhile Im no legal expert I can offer some ideas on things she could try that might help her feel a little better emotionally Meditation to relaxing music Peppermint tea drink aroma help Aroma therapy candles Plenty of sleep Watch moviestv shows that she loves and are uplifting no dramahorror etc If she has any pets extra cuddle time Knitting works for me stuff that keeps your hands busy can help keep your mind from wanderingHope it helpsEdit Human rights violation The treatment was tantamount to cruel and unusual punishment that was decided as a result of the law which is not the standard definition but people without legal backgrounds tend to take certain liberties with our usage of legal jargon pEdit It would be nice if everyone could provide helpful feedback on how a poor girl can receive help from an ordeal she has been through rather than bringing the right or wrong nature of abortion into the mix Theres a lot of more constructive places to bring that debate and it is a very important debate that this planet should be having But lets keep our responses to constructive feedback that will be helpful and relevant to this particular Reddit I hope your friend recovers and is able to fight this fight with youThe Doctor who refused more painkillers needs to be confronted on this one that is just cruel It seems that the doctor acted out of line which should be enough grounds to contest legally I am so sorry that your sister had to go through that All the best for her health Im interested in this I absolutely despise the prolife activist coming to the university I attend to and impose their religiousconservative beliefs on everyone else You should write letters to these congressmen and voice your concern Sorry to hear about your friend I hope she is doing well I just want to make a general statement about the efficacy of different forms of contacting politicians an email represents the opinion of 50 people a phone call is 500 voters a delivered letter from that is obviously part of a mass writing campaign 1000 people but a truly personal letter that is delivered via regular mail holds the opinion of 5000 voters This is the general standard politicians assign to various forms of contact from their constituency So if you really want to be effective in voicing your opinion a handwritten truly personal letter will have more effect than you can imagine just my two cents I hope this helps gt She will never have an abortion again I am not saying that it is a good thing to have one only that they succeed in scaring people off by using propaganda and near torture levels of painyea im pro life but anyone with common sense will admit how messed up that story is I think abortion is an immensely difficult issues and while I would prefer it stays legal I am fairly undecided on the issue myself I totally understand where prolife people are coming from That being said this thread reallllyyyyyy brought out the asshole in a lot of people Cant we discuss this without being complete dbags Thank god I live in a civilized albeit socialistic country Sweden I most certainly do not think anything except the woman who is with child is the one to choose if she wants to keep it or not Neither religion nor politics has any right what so ever to forbid abortion just because of their beliefs Hope you Prolife fools feel good for pretty much torturing this poor woman I am by no means religious but anyone supporting bills that creates this kind of torture should burn in hellProChoice 1 Life isnt inherently valuable 2 There is a case where abortion is ordered by god in the old testament in the case of adultery Most christians are too ignorant of their own belief system to realize this I think you ignore the fact that many who are prochoice dont like abortion at all Therefore they favor laws that discourage abortion such as a waiting period and other such things that might prompt you to keep the baby or put it up for adoption I consider myself prolife and antiabortion dont autodownvote please read and I also consider myself completely disgusted at what transpired I value unborn life but I also value all human life Im not sure what the doctor or whoever motivated him thought they were accomplishing by degrading your friend At the very least you have reminded me that if I ever vote for something that is considered prolife to examine the finer details of the wording and not to be satisfied with the hurtful hackneyed policies that seem to follow these This is reminiscent of the horrible Oklahoma law or maybe just bill not sure if it passed that required all who got abortions to register their names on publicly viewable list I blame republicans You cant be conservative on a singlefew issues no you have to be a meat eating gun totin bible quotin republicanYouve made me think and I hope youve made others who consider themselves prolife think as well It should not be too difficult for you to take pictures of this material so we can see it for ourselves it also should not be that difficult for you to provide the actual law that prohibits pain killers Perhaps it is that particular clinic There have been plenty of stories of abortion clinics where they actually are prolife or some staff and interfere with the procedure Instead of looking at state law your friend should see if they wrote down anywhere the amount of pain killer given to her Arizona isnt exactly prochoice Iam prochoice and believe until a fetus can make it on its own it is not a person that being said all you pro lifers out there i would like you to tell the thousands of children that are tortured and if lucky die every year that they are better off than they would have been if they had been vacuumed before they knew about that wonderful life they have been given This is some horseshit An acquaintance of mine had an abortion in Phoenix and no such thing happened Unless your friend was in Miami or Globe or some other such place thats ass backwards I call shenanigans Also if its true and not her way of coping with losing a child for lack of better terminology shes got a lawsuit gt So he could have been ignorant and a gross misunderstanding occurred with doctor misinterpreting the provisions of the bill or he could have acted maliciouslyDoubtful If he really wanted to stop abortions from happening he just wouldnt perform abortions Thank you for doing the necessary legal legwork necessary to arm yourself for this fight Abortion if done early is extremely fast and relatively painless and is an absolute right of the individual Religion is killing humanity not abortions Arizona is a State I would gladly give back to Mexico or use it for extensive nuclear bomb testing especially Phoenix Lets see you rise up from the ashes of a million explosions DoucheState Next time have her come 6 hours to the east in Albuquerque There may be kooks outside the office but I believe you can get a non surgical abortion or a surgical abortion Just an Idea Why would she subject herself to this I understand the laws in the state are stupid but why didnt she go to another state to have it done Was it economically not possible or something similar I am so deeply sorry that your friend was put through this awful experience hugs and thank you for trying to make things right Vote with your feet MOVE out of the state The illegal immigrants and senior citizens can then enjoy each other exclusively without all those young worker bees to pay for all their social servicesSeriously I lived in Phoenix for one year which was more than enough for me Between the corrupt police including Sheriff Joe the lack of jobs since everything was geared towards the housing bubble and the huge amount of ultraconservative Mexican Catholics and Old People whove retired there there really isnt any room left for leftleaning young peopleYes Im bitter but Arizona especially Phoenix can rot in hell And it will as soon as it runs out of water in the next few decades You can get a Southwest ticket from Phoenix to San Diego for about 100 bucks I know not everyone can afford this but it is what I would encourage my friends to do I am pro choice and if this is true it sounds terribleHowever are you SURE this is really how things went downI had an IUD fitted which is of course small fry compared to an abortion but it was painful pain was expectedLabour is generally very painful and this is accepted even if you have painkillersIm unsure that having an abortion can be expected to be pain free without paying extra to be put under Im not saying it should be agony if men had to go through these procedures then they would all be painless but some pain is to be expected Are you sure that she didnt go through the normal amount of pain but perceived it as much worse you already said she has a low pain threshold Get active Tell this story to your community as much as possible Write a letter to the editor This is a serious issue for women everywhere Next week we celebrate the anniversary of Roe v Wade The difficulty of getting abortions especially in red states is horrifying PBS did a great documentary on this a few years ago Its called the Last abortion clinic and you can find it on their frontline website I personally worked in Colorado against Amendment 48 which would have defined a person as a fertilized egg making abortion and most types of birth control illegal The fight for choice is always a long hard road Whats important is that you stay strong and activate your local prochoice community Good luck When I had an abortion I wasnt sedated at all I was given a painkiller like Excedrin after the procedure This prolife trash is completely nonsensical and in the end causes far more pain than prochoiceThe thing is prolife actually means prolife as far as the fetus is concerned but fuck you and your resultant child Prolife will always be ridiculous so long as the focus is on the fetus They completely miss what the mother must go through in having to nurture a child they likely cannot afford to take care of After all most people dont get abortions just becauseI say prolife only makes sense if the people with a prolife stance are willing to take care of this unwanted child After all THEY are the only ones that think this child ought to be born yes Otherwise prolife is giving a fetus precedence over an ADULT and a CHILD Im not sure if I can speak for everyone but I want to make it clear that prochoice doesnt means we dont care about the fetus just that we recognize that makes more sense to keep the mothers life intact than burden her with an unwanted child not to mention that it makes more sense than bringing to the world a child who will only ever live a decidedly disadvantaged and subpar lifeAfter all statistics show that an unwanted child is more likely to be neglected and ultimately turn to crime 18 years after Roe v Wade passed crime rates in all the states affected dropped dramatically This isnt enough to state cause and effect except that the number of years abortion was legalized in states before Roe v Wade was almost identical to the number of years these states saw the crime decrease before states affected by Roe v WadeI know Im preaching to the choir on Reddit but for those few people that may be reading that are blinded by misinformation or more likely religious propaganda WAKE THE FUCK UPEDIT Heres a link that articulates my exact thoughts on abortion albeit far more eloquently and with some statistics to illustrate the bigger picturehttpwwwthinkatheistcomforumtopicsthoughtsfromanabortion First Id like to give you my condolences No woman should need to go through that in the 21st centuryThis is why people need to leave religion out of politics Clearly God does not do enough to avert women from getting abortions People need to intervene to make abortion either illegal or extremely painful This is not an attempt to offend anyone I simply want people to think about what is actually happening here for the sake of morality While I am prochoice I also realize that its Constitutionally a state issue 10th Amendment If your loved one did not agree to the AZ laws they can A enact change in their state government andor B go to a different state for the procedure If youre saying the doctor fucked up rather than the law I dont see this as a legal gripe but a medical oneOnce more for the triggerhappy redditors I dont think West Virginians should be allowed to make my state follow the laws they want to but I recognize this is a twoway road Im so sorry for your friend Ive had an abortion in Colorado years ago and the one thing that helped me through it was the caring amp support of not only the medical staff at the clinic but my mother as well Yes there were protesters outside the clinic the day I went in Yes both my mother amp I were harassed and called horrible names Catholic relatives of mine didnt speak to me for months afterwards except to let me know how badly I would burn in hellI dont understand legislation like this it is just cruel amp unusual punishment An abortion performed correctly is a painful both emotionally amp physically experience in amp of itself Why exacerbate it as an effort to prevent further abortions The decision I made was not done lightly and it wasnt done on the spur of the moment Im sure your friend went through something similarNo matter what stand by your friend and dont flood her with your indignation as to how she was treated she probably isnt going to want that Shell most likely need your love amp kindnessIf you cant find supporting documentation regarding the limit of anesthesia allowed an abortion patient I would definitely file a malpractice lawsuit against the clinic Im sure there is a lawyer out there who would take this one in a heart beat Arizona is the worst state in the union We would be better off selling it to a Mexican drug cartel Writing to your congressman will do shit heshe will simple have a pagehelper read it and send you a reimprovised document with your name at the top If you want to do anything get a group of people schedule a meeting and demand to meet with him But you still will prolly only meet with an aid Good Luck On the one hand you have so many that are desperately fighting for barelyconceived foetuses to be given the rights of a child or adultOn the other hand you have the vast majority desperately fighting for the right to use guns on them when theyre olderGo figure At last years Values Voter Summit the very name of which implies that anyone who doesnt adhere to their backwards thinking lacks values speaker Lila Rose offered thishttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvhyyXQtQBKBwampfeatureplayerembedded gemgtIf I could insist As long as they are legal in our nation abortions would sic be done in the public square until we were sic so sick and tired of seeing them that we would do away with the injustice altogether Maybe then we might hear angels singing when we ponder the glory of conceptionThese cretins dont give one flying fuck about women or babies or what women must go through emotionally and physically in order to endure this medical procedure I used to want to move to Arizona really badly Ill stick to MichiganIll rate Detroit higher than Phoenix and that evil Sheriff any day A person should have the right to undergo almost any procedure they want in their own terms especially in a country where you have to PAY for your medical treatments If a costumer wants to buy an abortion the doctor should clearly ask the question Do you want an anesthesia with that There needs to be a lawsuit to change this not just letter writing If she is up for it I would suggest you andor your friend should try to find a prochoice lawyer or legal organization and either the state andor the doctor needs to sued Something is not right there either with the law and how its implimented or with Dr Sadistic I imagine their are plenty more women that would join in if this is the common practice from the law or this doctor I highly doubt the doctor performing the abortion is some antiabortion crusader trying to hurt women that get abortions fakeish7 I am sure half of the people on here that have anything negative to say about your offer of advice are likely those who are either prolifers or just hate lawyers in general Redditors not ALL lawyers are money sucking jackasses moreover I know several who get into this type of practice to make sure that people rights are being upheld If the lawyer makes some loot for ensuring our rights than good for himher I agree that some lawyers are out there to sue every drug company and physician they can find but if it werent for those who stand up for American justice we would just be bitching that we arent being fairly represented People are quick to get on their soap boxes and judge They dont call it a soap box just because when you stand up for something others can see you they call it that because once you are up there it can be quite slippery Just go to Tempe and ask an ASU girl where to go for pain free abortions after about 4 or 5 tries your guaranteed to find someone who knows a place |
Backstoryhere in Australia I am on School holidays which last for around 12 weeksDuring these holidays my family decided to visit a cousin for a majority of the break The area is mostly farmland and very rural no libraries or bookstores which sucks as I enjoy readingSince I dont play video games and a far distance from any of my friendsI decided to look around on the internet 56kbs speeds D I found a store that sold books very cheap and my brother and I put our money together to purchase a few Unfortunately we didnt have much and postage to Australia was around 50 I logged on reddit and asked if any USA redditors could accept a package and forward it to me the cheapest way possible Wufatherhttpwwwredditcomuserwufather came forward and volunteered to pay postageWith nothing to do I tediously waited for the books arrival They arrived yesterday and I spent almost 5hrs straight just readingThank you Wufather for all your helpOne day I will repay the favorpicshttpimgurcom5SpHqjpghttpimgurcomnstJfjpgBack home my neighbor is 13 years old after Im finished I plan on giving him the hitchhikers guide as he enjoys reading and Im sure hell appreciate the storyhumorThanks again Wufather you make me proud to be part of the reddit community | Mate you need to check out httpwwwbookdepositorycoukThey ship to Australia for FREE I buy off them a lot as their prices are much lower than those charged in AustraliaWhat wufather did was awesome But I just wanted to let you know you can avoid the exorbitant postal fees when buying books online This is what makes Reddit a strong communityI never been a member of Digg or any other similar site but im sure they dont have programs like secret santa and im sure their interactions with each other only involve flames and suchThis is what makes Reddit Youre welcome fellow redditor I just went through our initial dialogue and saw that this whole exchange took over a month to complete Hopefully in the future we can exchange PDFs or something That would be much faster I appreciate the package you sent as well If you ever need anything from the Good Ol USA just let me know |
No idea what sort of person she is I mean character wise but she looks more beautiful than she ever did Part of me feels happy she is successful part of me regrets not being with her part of me feels icky for internet stalking | I call lies There is no one who is way hotter than Nickyhttps2d1turboimagehostcomspcc27e5995e5277b88865532708ac8a6dnickywhelan08042101jpg Whelanhttpi164photobucketcomalbumsu16ecuador365Chicas20de20la20Semana20003NickyWhelan02jpg She was amazing We made a dinosaur cake together once We shaped it like a stegosaurus and used red velvet cake Then we ate it together with threefingered bare hands like raptorsyes we realized they came in different time periods let us have our little fantasy here It looked like the stego guts were everywhereWe were just a summer fling then decided to not try the long distance thing but I will always wonder what could have been |
Id definitely make the 78 mark it would be higher but they know what I am like by now The drugs and mild violence would be the only things What about you guys | 10 because i only need to show them the highlights from one night in the last year which included anal sex kholing assault and public urination Then there was the 30 day drinking binge with the 5 day vegas trip in the middle Using my australian accent to trick american girls into sleeping with me probably wouldnt impress my parents Since i didnt go to church or pray or even think much about jebus they would most definitely be ashamed 1 because more than just the last year of my life has been dedicated to helping my parents and siblings out in their current position single income household since one is sick lack of ability to pay for daycare for young ones inability to balance budget without a neutral observer setting it all up tax preparations dealing with mortgage companies to get into an affordable situation general house cleaningmaint pushing for better grades for all siblings in school etc I take care of all of this Sure I am older while living at home which many outside of this situation may look down upon when not informed about all the circumstances but Ive been helping them out in this regard for quite some time and it has helped them stay afloat I know for a fact they appreciate what I have done for them and I would never have done it any other way My family is my number one priority and theres nothing I wouldnt do for them hmm probably 78 I drink too much play video games too much only clean stuff when company is coming over drove drunk a few times when my parents have wanted to hang out or go to dinner I have lied a few times that I had prior plans when really I was just sitting on my couch drinking and playing xbox or on my computerI think that might be most of it About a five or six But if they knew what was going on in my head probably an eight nine or even a ten Is 10 most disappointed If so I pick that one I can never seem to satisfy them No matter what I do its not good enough for themIf I went to the Moon I should have gone to Mars And when I get to Mars I should have gone to Jupiter Its a never ending cycleI try not to talk to them any more because of this 10 they think Im a smart PhD student actually the highlight of my year was opening a reddit account |
Ive always wanted to be a chef and right now I have the choice of either going to a school or becoming an apprentice I want your opinions What is more valuable for becoming a good cook education or experience | Become an apprentice first After long hours of what is essentially manual labor youll be more certain of whether you want to go to school at all A lot of schools require time in a commercial kitchen anyway Good luck I just finished culinary school a few months ago Prior to that I worked in different restaurants and catering halls for about five years Yes I learned a lot before I went to school and Ill probably learn more now out of school then I did in However Im really glad I went theres things you learn in school that you could never learn just working and vice versa I think a combination of both is really the best bet |
Ive been singing for about 4 years 1 year in musicals 3 in poprock groups and Ive noticed my range doesnt go very far I can use my falsetto but Id be interested in knowing if there are any vocal exercises I could do to improve my range my sound quality all together or my use of scales Ive searched this on google with some shit results I know you can sing WATMM got any advice | sing in the car to songs that test your range if you do this every day or so youll watch yourself get betterIf you need results faster sing EEEE sounds as in we Sing along to your songs like EEE EE EEEEEEE really loud and it will exercise your vocal chords harder because the E sound has a lot of upper harmonics in itAnimal Collectives Strawberry Jam album used to give me trouble but now I can own the whole thing in one sitting I was told by one of my choir instructors to do glissando exercises past your cracking point Everybody has one or a break in their voice where they must switch to a falsetto You can eliminate this with enough practice by just sliding up and down past this point It will take a lot of time but its worth it |
This is the kind of music Ive been listening to lately Modest Mouse Do Make Say Think Dr Dog Air Can you help me find some new bands to maybe listen to I need your guys help | Go for popular music If you download this programme called Limewirehttpwwwlimewirecom and click on it youll see a bunch of files labeled totally rad hit or top jam 2005 of If you download and listen to the totally rad hit women will see you as a totally rad guy Theyll want to have intercourse with you Cut your stomach open Cut off your leg and remove the flesh Use the femur and your own guts to make a musical instrument Go to the Billboardcom Hot 100 This is a system that uses a complex formula to determine the songs that are currently the best available Much like Ariel the Little Mermaid you can assume ownership of other peoples voices by cutting out their larynxes and eating them Start on people who cant defend themselves easily but once you feel confident move on to people whos singing you enjoy Why pay for music when you can sing it to yourself forever Theres these awesome bands named Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park that are really fuckin sweet Its like they understand how I feel |
Hey guys I ran into an interesting problem today Should I join the army For the last two years Ive been totally antimilitary but I just realised today that I can take the skills I learn in the military and use them to help civilians especially for direct action But its the army and I have some serious issues with thatNow a little background info could be useful Im from Canada and Ive been anarchist ever since I was 15 16 now I love Anarchism you guys are wonderfully intemellectualised and I read everything that I can Ive never needed help making a politicalideological decision before but Ive seriously run into problems with this oneIve always been very outdoorsy and had a head for adventure and I would love to eventually become a Park Ranger or equivalent But I realised I would never get combat training and that weapons and violence are a reality of our world So thats what this is really all about Is it possible for me to get nonmilitary quality and intense combat training Not just learning how to use weaponry but the whole package Leadership initiative strength survival skills a certain toughness etc Id love to hear some suggestions of alternative organistions ideological arguments foragainst joining the army or even points foragainst the use of violence in any form it was Anarchism that taught me absolute nonviolence is sillyThanks a lot and I hope this goes well for my first post | No no noTake it from me I am exmilitary That was the worst decision I made in my life You wont learn leadership You will learn hierarchy There is a big difference and you will hate itYou wont learn toughness Many people in the military are average to below average achievers You arent going to be challenged like you think you are Something truly challenging would be too much for many of them I used to wrestle I cant picture many of the guys I knew in the military lasting a season Boot camp was a cake walk compared to any of the sports I competed inLearning to shoot a weapon is easy Find a shooting range in your area I am sure they give lessons They will teach you to rest bones on bones Line up with your target so that you are pointing at it when resting The sight should only move straight up and straight down over the target because of your breathing Focus on your sites the target should be blurry Those lessons at the shooting range will be as good as what I got in the military All I would add is hitting something with a semiautomatic is very easy Shoot the ground in front of the target Watch the ground for impacts Walk the bullets up into the target If the target is in front of a wall you can use a wall in the same wayShooting from the hip Put your hand on the stock and point your index finger the same direction as the barrel We are naturally good at pointing Point at the target with your index finger and you will be pretty closePractice what they teach at the shooting range and my suggestions a little bit and you will pass what I learned in the military in no timeIf you want strength play a sport You can also try martialarts They should both get you in better shape then the military willedit I skipped over some key points on weapon shooting partYour site should move up and down over the target only pull the trigger nice and steady dont jerk it while on target Dont hold your breathe or try to hold the site on the target You should be surprised when the round is firedFirst you want to get a tight group Once you have a tight group adjust your sites to put your group on the bullseyeThe grouping of your bullets on the target can tell you what you are doing right or wrong Tight group is the goal If you get a diagonal line left side high and right side low if you are right handed you may be jerking the trigger If you have bullet holes all around the bullseye you may be focusing on the bullseye leaving the site on your weapon blurryFinally the smaller the target you are focusing on the tighter your group will be Dont just aim for the bullseye if your eyesight is good enough pick something small in the middle of the bullseye to aim for ExNavySpecWar here Strongly suggest you avoid the military I learned an incredible amount from it but it was primarily how to think like them This is a useful skill but not everyone really needs it The actual combat training I received was almost a joke and I was on my commands reconnaissance team The main problem is that most of the training you will receive is A largescale unit oriented ie not the useful flexible warfare style one finds in guerrilla cells and B expeditionary in nature ie conquering and pacifying others Neither of these are very useful for an anarchistIf youre looking to up your combat skills you can get up to snuff pretty rapidly by practicing your marksmanship and maneuvers For marksmanship get a gun and go to the range Its that easy For maneuvers its pricey but get into paintballing If you really want to kick it up a notch get together a bunch of folks who want to rough it in nature while playing awesome largescale paintball games Learn squadbased tactics in a nonlethal environment along with a bit of tracking camping and wilderness survivalAs for nature skills if you live anywhere near the Pacific Northwest TrackersNW has an awesome wilderness survival immersion programhttpwwwtrackersteamscom based out of Portland OR I know a few of the instructors personally and they really know their shit Of course youll likely experience a strong indoctrination in Primitivism I love these guys but some of them find it difficult to accept that someone can understand their philosophies and still not want to go down the Primitivism pathEDIT Christ I forgot how pricey NW is Worth every penny of course but if youre going to dig deep in your pockets you might as well go all out and hit up Tom Browns Tracker Schoolhttpwwwtrackerschoolcom in my opinion you would be much better served by joining whichever scout troop they have for your age do that for like 6 months or at least until they take you on a real camping trip at the same time take some hunting and basic gun courses k so now you are like just about 17 so go do some martial arts training not karate something like ninjutsu or some kind of kung fu that has some hard training in it again another six months it is extremely important that personal self defence be a priority at this point you will be a lot more developed and much more ready to make life changing decisions all of this also helps you on your way to being a park ranger Always beware of the ideas presented in all these matters because any one individual will always push their own agenda mine being do a lot of cross training learn many different skills and then you will gain a mind that can see through the bulledit oh and meditate it makes everything brighter and easier Learning to be a leader does NOT come from being an obedient soldierIf you want to travel and participate in some type of search and rescuehelping people do that directly dont work towards helping people by joining the army The idea that youll be some grand hero in the Army is straight up propaganda There are many organizations trying to help in Haiti right now I know Habitat for Humanity is setting up some trips in April Learning how to become a good leader and organizer comes from doing it not joining the ArmyIf you want to travel try WWOOFing or another exchange program like it Youll be making your OWN decisions about where you want to go and what you want to do OK Anarchism Not having bosses basically Being in the army having many bosses In your face bosses All over the place bosses Make sense I got paid training to be an EMT which is helpful in a different sense Unfortunately I wasnt very good at it You will deal with cops a lot |
This is a throwaway count Id just like to hear some perspectives from my fellow redditors Advice if you have it but opinions and streams of thought would be useful to me as wellFirst off I am a guy who is a little ruthless when I find somethingsomeone I want and so I try to be very careful about deciding that I want something This means that when I flirt I flirt with purpose I will not start anything with a person if I think it wont ultimately lead anywhereNow I have a friend who is a girl She has been in a long distance relationship for as long as Ive known her about a year Right from the outset from second time we met I made it clear that I am attracted to her I started flirting with her She responded very strongly First it was body language cues then she initiated the touching hugs accidental brushings etc the invitations to hang out and the invasions of personal space This was happening as recently as two weeks agoWe have not gone beyond that She has rejected me three times times where Ive attempted to push further and each time I backed off but each time afterwards she would intensify her flirting to gain my attention againI plunged into this pursuit expecting to face a lot of resistance I likedlike her enough to attempt it anyway She was giving me a lot of reinforcement and I felt that if she was flirting with me this much she did not truly love her current boyfriend anyway and that I had a shot She also mentioned early on that he was kind of a rebound guy however you wish to interpret thatAt this point we a fairly good friends We communicate in one way or another just about every day Its cliche but we really do have a lot in common in terms of life aspirations and personality traitsHowever she has also stopped openly flirting with me Thats fair ultimately she is loyal and doesnt do anything more than flirting I halfknew it wasnt going anywhere anyway though I really do like this girlNow heres my problem Im starting to get angry at her I find myself getting annoyed when I notice shes about to sit down next to me but stops and then moves herself to a different spot when were in a group and I get annoyed that she doesnt sneak peeks anymore as much when she thinks Im not looking She doesnt touch me anymore and to be fair I stopped as well because she said I was starting to cross some lines but she casually touches other guy friends she is close toI know that any relationship born from this situation would most likely result in disaster owing to the if she did it to him adage and she knows it too I understand that but I cant help but get kind of pissed off anyway Now thats shes stopped flirting or is trying to stop herself I cant tell which at this point Im starting to feel kind of usedI have not told her of my mounting irritation of course Im not really sure that I shouldEdit Yes I know I wasam being an ass and I know shes being honorable Intellectually I respect her for that its the only decision she couldve made and thats one of the reasons Im attracted to her But I have been getting angry anyway I do have a slight chip on my shoulder where Im afraid to be usedEdit A secondary clarification I have not exactly been sure why I have been getting annoyed And it has been irritation when I think about the situation not fuming anger These responses have been enlightening Thank you all for that | What exactly are you angry at The fact that she is not cheating on her boyfriend Right now she is behaving honorably She is attracted to you and more importantly I think she has realized that you are seriously attracted to her so this is not harmless flirting Admirably she is avoiding situations where she might be tempted and avoiding situations where she might lead you on She is being a loyal girlfriend to her boyfriend of over a year This is a good thing Respect that and dont get annoyed with her for being faithful So youre annoyed that this girl who is dating another boy no longer flirts casually with you when you made it very clear you wanted to date herOf course shes stopping That is the right thing for her to do It isnt fair to her boyfriend it isnt fair to her and it isnt fair to you to keep on flirting when youve made it clear it isnt flirting for flirtings sake but flirting with intentAre you sure youre not just annoyed shes cutting off any chance you have of dating her and that is manifesting as annoyance over the lack of flirting Youre a dick You knew she was in a relationship and now youre pissed that she managed to control herself and stop flirting with you Im so sorry your ego was hurt do you need me to get an icepack for it You cant blame her You need to learn to win and lose sometimesIt sounds like youre not even really trying to be a friend to her its like youve decided you want to posses her and now that shes turned you down youre angry at herMy advice is to do some deep thinking about what real friendship is When you can learn to be happy for her that shes got a relationship that means a lot to her then youre ready to be a friend Until then you come across like you really only care about yourself She had a little fun and got an ego boost from you Your anger is just the result of being hurt What are you going to do FightTillYouDie is ANGRY Must SMASH EVERYONE I think you should just feel the hurt and tell yourself This is why I shouldnt flirt with a girl that is already in a committed relationshiptypo I seem to flirt with most of my friends We hug We cuddle I lean my head on my best friends shoulder with my arm around them We make highly teasing comments back and forth Its just how interact with people around me gtShe has rejected me three times times where Ive attempted to push further and each time I backed off but each time afterwards she would intensify her flirting to gain my attention againIve had friends end up in your situation Now it usually doesnt get to three times for me But heres the thing I give them the benefit of the doubt at least once unless they are uber creepy or things seem tense I explain Im not interested They back off I figure we can go back to normal If the other person doesnt get the message then I cut all physical interaction with them I dont sit near them and I do all the things she seems to be doing now Not because I was using my friend for validation but because its clear that my harmless flirting means something more to someone I consider to be my friend and I dont want to lead them on and I dont want to mix them up emotionally It seems to me you are now living with the consequences of not having backed off when you should have the first time you were rejected That is your own fault Not hers You sound like an assassin or something Love and romance is not an ABC guide you can just master If you want to use techniques and plays to win girls then youre going to wind up having one night stands People make mistakes maybe she was considering it but if you dont respect her and keep hammering at the door trying to get her to be yours well youre just going to wind up losing a friend If she wants to be with you she will Familiar with the five stages of grievingDenial She must have stopped flirting with me because shes so totally attracted to me and is just getting ready to break things off with her boyfriendBargaining Maybe if I just keep giving her opportunities shell start flirting with me again and then shell dump him to date meAnger That bitch How dare she lead me on insert the rest of your post hereDepression God that sucks shes not flirting with me any more I guess I dont have a chance after all Woe is meAcceptance Well you win some and you lose some Hey who is this other cute girl flirting with meThis is the process people seem to go through when getting over any romantic involvement from an unreciprocated crush you to death or abandonment ofby a loved one Fortunately youll go through it rather quicklyAs said elsewhere if you dont want this to happen again dont pursue people in relationships If theyre really that interested they dont need your encouragement to pursue you and then you get the bonus of not being a homewrecker shes just being mature take it as a compliment that she was clearly attracted to you and move on find someone new and if she ever breaks up with her bf then reevaluate the situation but you really need to move on |
Ive read claims that if all people of workingage worked four hours each day it could sustain everybody on the planet Supposedly it would satisfy the minimum levels of food water shelter ampc Can anybody confirmrefute this Do you have any sources for the relevant figures | Elinor Ostromhttpwwwelinorostromcom cowon the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics Anyhow she is considered to be the leading scholar in Common Pool Resources From the very little that I know of her her work seems anarchistic though she is not She has a book called Governing the Commons The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Actionhttpbooksgooglecombooksidv4A39158MUQCampprintsecfrontcoverampsourcegbsnavlinkssvonepageampqampffalse in which I am told she briefly argues for an 8 hour work week I havent read it so dont quote me If anyone has a link to a free ebook I would be gratefulHere is a video of her discussing Sustainable DevelopmenthttpwwwyoutubecomwatchvByXM47Ri1Kc As much as Id love to tackle this one Id have to see the original argument to determine what numbers theyre using and also to see how theyre defining minimum for food water shelterMy gut feeling is that depending on definitions this is correct with the caveat that it also depends on what they mean by work If they mean hours engaged in standard employable work thats very different from hours engaged in maintaining ones life which includes cooking cleaning vet trips etc I work about 78 hours a day according to the first definition and close to 11 according to the second |
Great news rapple will be working with CultOfMachttpwwwcultofmaccom to build the ultimate apple community over the next few weeks Stay tuned for the new theme and other cool stuff | What benefits will this bring to rapple I can think of plenty it will bring to CultOfMac maybe even to qgyh2 but struggling to come up with benefits to rapple Please explain Cult Of Mac sucks Its the worst kind of Mac blog an awkward combination of extreme fanboyism and baseless speculation framed as fact all while lambasting Mac users themselves in the processAnd Leander Kahney lead editor author of tripe such as Cult Of Mac the book and Inside Steves Brain is a moron and a blowhard I mean look at this bullshit Its almost like hes trolling for Wiredhttpwwwwiredcomtechbizitmagazine1604bzapplecurrentPageallIn other words this is bad Putting a link to rapple on Cult Of Mac will bring in all sorts of riffraff we most certainly dont wantEDIT Ive got a new Apple reddit ready to roll if this goes the way I think it will I have never felt like rapple needed any help from outside reddit Whats in it for me What in it for CultOfMacEdit I have thought about this more If I want CultOfMac I will go to their site which I do I dont see any value in a connection with reddit Are we talking about reddit voting buttons on the CultOfMac site or something more Why CultOfMac has no credibility with me because its clear many of the articles are written by people hostile to apple or ignorant of its history and nature Criticism is fine but its useless if the person giving it lacks understanding of the subject matterIronically it is problems like this that leads to the popularity of forums like reddit where there is not a single voice holding sway over all Just my opinion but Im not at all interested in Cult of Mac Ive never liked their style such as it is Ive enjoyed rapple for the short time Ive been following it but Ill be dropping out when Cult of Mac comes in Not happyHow well did this plan work out with rgaming and destructoid Oh well un sub now I think Leander here from cultofmaccom 1 The name is definitely a joke 2 We are fans but not fanboys Google what I wrote about steve jobs and philanthropy or apple and chinese sweatshops for example 3 Cultofmac is independent of wired conde nast and backbeat media The site is basically how Im trying to make my living after getting laid off from wiredcom 4 There is no merger or takeover Its a simple reskin to help promote cultofmac to the Reddit community and Reddit to the cultofmac community Great news You screwed your userbase once again Fuck cultofmac and fuck you I cant wait untill your shithead marketing ideas chase everyone away to the next social news site Can we get a view from the admins here on this moveFrom the comments below there is obviously overwhelming opposition to this idea As a result of this is it possible that the merge could be either abandoned or possibly moved to a new subreddit rather than taking over a healthy and active current one Isnt it a little odd that the company that now owns Reddit also owns Wired and Leander Kahney who started Cult of Mac use to be the editor for Wired until he got laidoffFrom what I can tell Leander Kahney owns CultofMaccom as the bottom of the site indicates Cultomedia Corp 2009 and not Conde Nast Digital They also use Backbeat Media as their advertising partner and not Conde NastAnyhow Ive been following Leanders work for years and Ive met him on several occasions and hes a great guy so more power to himPS Does this mean rapple will start covering news again instead of tech support The only help rapple needs is someone to put a muzzle on the rabid fanboys and avid haters to get us a more even productive discussion about things There are some gems in the community and I dont want to lose them by bringing in a bunch of cult douchebags I hope our mods keep the spirit of the subreddit intact or improved through this leander again theres no intention whatsoever to mess with the content of rapple the content wont be touched and it will certainly not become just a feed for CoM stories in fact were not going to add reddit this buttons to the CoM site as they just encourage random and thoughtless posting of everythingbut we will be adding a redditcultofmaccom subdomain which will feature all the rapple posts making it quick and easy for CoM readers to get news from all over the web courtesy of reddit |
Im 23 years old and I really want to meet some new female friends I grew out of my friends from high school and my friends from college My latest friend just moved away to SeattleIve used the internet to find my bf okcupid but have had little luck using it to find friendsAnyone have any adviceThank you all very much for your upvotes and comments PS If any of you want a friend and are in the Somerville MA area let me know P | I make guy friends By that I mean most of my close female friends I met through men After I moved out on my own I had a bit of trouble meeting people I wasnt really trying I met my current group of friends through an adult kickball league became fast friends with the fellas and they introduced me to their female friends One of my closest girlfriends in the area is an exgirlfriend of one of my best guy friends Since we hit it off it only made sense that Id probably get along with her other female friends And voila I went from very few friends to multiple groups of them Birds of a feather flock togetherId recommend looking for friends in general without concentrating on a specific sex If you find guys or girls with whom you click the other will most likely follow What do you mean you grew out of your friends from high school and collegeId say just find some local groups in your area that do stuff youre interested in ie book groups etc and join I think its easier to make friends offline than online tbhGood luck |
A submarine is located somewhere along the number line at an integer It is moving at some velocity an integral number of units per second You can drop a depth charge every secondCan you be guaranteed of destroying the submarine How | Any such submarine can be found in a bounded amount of timeThe location of the submarine is at b where a is the speed b is the starting location and t is the timeThink of the infinite 2d integer lattice where each point represents an ab pair for the submarine Every second we rule out one ab pair by dropping a depth charge on position atb So what ordering do we use It doesnt matter as long as it is guaranteed to hit every ab pair in a bounded amount of time If you start at the origin and use an expanding square spiral pattern youre guaranteed to find the sub in less than 4maxa b 12 secondsEDIT The bound is sloppy A better one is 2 maxa b 12 |
The Public Option cannot be defended well in the forum of public debate That is a debate we are just going to lose Its a hybrid system without a lot of precedent to support that it will work There are a lot of unknowns in the system that are subject to likely false information that is hard to rebut When debating with someone the Public Option is very difficult to defend and argue forUniversal Healthcare has mounds of data showing its use and success in many many countries Heck we can even argue to the religious right Israel uses Universal HC so we should also You know Christians are hard pressed to insult anything that Israel does There is plenty of data showing that Universal HC reduces costs for the average citizen and simultaneously improves quality of life for the people The data is just so overwhelming on this that opponents in a debate would be crushed under the weight of it Universal HC is very easy to defend in debate and is an excellent system We need to make this a tenet of the partyIf we want to win this debate the stance we need to take is pro Universal Healthcare | exactly The pirate party is about progress and institutions that no longer have a reason to exist must be allowed to fail The recording industry and the health insurance industry are just being held up because they are too big to fail Repeat after me people we do not need them anymore A Universal Health Care system must be adopted on a state by state basis The once in a lifetime opportunity to get it nationwide in one fell swoop has come and passed We need to find out what states we are the strongest in and attack them Well Im an American living overseas now in a country with Universal Healthcare and let me tell you its incredible People that argue against it just dont really know what its about The amount that is taken out of your paycheck is based on how much you make So the more you make the more you pay And before anyone complains about paying for stuff they dont usejust stop and think about itits really not that bad I for one am so sick of that argument being used mostly by republicans as a reason against universal healthcare You know whatour government is using OUR tax money to buy weapons that I dont want usedfunding programs that I dont think are neededpaying to keep nonviolent offenders in jails that I think shouldnt be there so you know what If I have to pay a little extra so that someone living below the poverty line can get a pair of glasses or receive that kidney transplant they desperately need then I consider that money well spent To me a human life ranks way above money in terms of importance Health care should not be treated like a businessthese are peoples lives we are talking about not buying a new computer The idea that companies are actually making money off of peoples suffering makes me sick The access to health care should be a right of every citizen not a privilege for a select fewAnyway back to the systemRight now I pay about US30 a month I pay a percentage of the coverage and my employer pays the rest When I visit a doctor I pay US5 as a copay Thats it And that covers any medication I receive as well If you need refills you go back and pay another 5 I have also had a hospital stay here had my wisdom teeth removed I checked in the day before the surgery and left the day after My total bill was US400 dollars This is actually a bit high because I paid for a private room Basically if you stay in a 3 person room its 5 bucks a day A 2 person room is 40 bucks a day and a private room is about 100 bucks a day So its up to you what you want to spend The other 200 of my bill covered the anesthesia the dental surgeon IV fluids pain medication EVERYTHINGWhen I was still in the states I had dental care included in my insurance policy My dentist there was the one insisting I get the teeth out I asked him how much it would beUS1500 My insurance would only cover half of the bill RidiculousAs I said before health care should never be about making money it should be about giving people what they needIf the country has to take a loss in order to care for its citizens then so be it Other departments can be run on smaller budgets especially drug agencies if Marijuana is decriminalizedThe greatness of country can be measured by how well it takes cares of its poorest people not its richest If we ignore the needs of the poorest members of our country now who knows what will happen in the futureperhaps more and more will slip down that slope to poverty when they are sick and need medical care People should not have to choose between food and medicine Even if you dont feel that you see a doctor much now and you dont want to pay for other peoples care remember things in life change quicklyhow will you feel if you need intensive care someday but by the time you need it our system is even worse and you cant afford it Its time to stop being greedy we need to work together on this Money isnt everythingSorry this is so long This issue may actually galvanize the progressives that the democrats are ignoring This may be THE issue to drag them to our camphttpwwwredditcomrAPPIssuescommentsasiqcuniversalsinglepayerhealthcareyeaornay Totally disagree Having grown up in the failed Canadian healthcare system failed by their own admission there are programs now to convert the system into a mixed competitive market in various ways who dealt with the disastrous American worstofbothworlds mlange and who now lives in France The French public option system is by far the best Even international metrics acknowledge this French healthcare is consistently ranked as the best in the world Countries that go 100 public screw themselvesModel after the French they are the world leaders in socialized healthcare It is a mixed system of public AND private care with public AND private insurance Most people here carry both kinds Real overhaul involves some dirty work People lose jobs money and some freedoms We need to be able to accept thisWe CANNOT behave with any special interests in mind except protecting the financial aiblities of US interests We CANNOT isolate and attack hand picked groups and give concessions Union or nonunion should not matter Nebraska or Not Nebraska should not matter We are all equal Most often someone is making more than you because they are smarter or more committed Other times they are lucky trust fund kids Anyways their ability to earn should never be punished |
My 10 year high school reunion is coming up this summer or fall and part of me wants to go part of me doesnt I live 3000 miles from where I grew up and flying from Saskatoon isnt cheap Also I have very little contact with the people I grew up with which is a big part of why I dont want to goSo reddit in your experience are high school reunions worth itedit So apparently the early ones are a waste of time and later ones worth it Thanks | Nope There are generally 4 reasons people go to reunions 1 The people who were the popular kids arent as popular in the real world so they want to get together with all their old classmates so that they can feel important again2 The people who are still single hope to hook up with an old crush but are horribly disappointed that said crush has gained 50 lbs is married or just generally isnt as hot as they used to be3 The people who want to go and show off how well they are doing be it financially or with their family4 To meet up with old friends Youll talk and promise to keep in touch and you may do so for a couple of months Eventually youll just fall back into your old routines and forget about each other Overall it just feels kind of saddesperate that most of these grown adults are standing around trying to relive the past rather than enjoying adulthood and looking opportunistically toward the future My 5 and 10 year were a waste of time All the old cliques were still in place was just a big brag session and extension of everything bad about high school I skipped my 15 and 20My 25 was actually a lot of fun It was amazing at how people had aged how time had mellowed out some of the assholes people on 2nd 3rd marriages interesting career changesId advise to at least skip 5 and 10 and let people grow upEdit Id also add my close friends in HS are still my close friends now Weve kept in contact all along Going to the reunion was just to see the notsoclose old friends |
Hey Reddit long time reader first time submitterRoads are closed water and electricity are scarce and airplanes and ships loaded with supplies are being turned away but we were lucky enough to get Dr Nelson on the ground and operating yesterday The hospital Hopital Adventiste dHaiti sustained moderate damage but is still in operationPeople are so scared of going indoors that they set up a tenthttp2bpblogspotcomF5NPgyrsClkS1Eg5fM5EcIAAAAAAAAAJQEtk6yfWVI9As1600hSDAhosptentjpg outside to perform surgery Another pic right before a surgeryhttp3bpblogspotcomF5NPgyrsClkS1EhIcs6YRIAAAAAAAAAJYVm4wG4EYNm0s1600hprayerb4surgjpgAnyways currently the needs pretty much include any and all medical supplies were hoping to airdrop an autoclave by helicopter to replace the old one This is going to take lots of work and dedication over many years to help the victims of the earthquake in Haiti and the needs are going to evolve over time I know many you have already donated but please consider this one and rest assured that your help will go directly to the people who actually need itblog httplluinhaitiblogspotcomhttplluinhaitiblogspotcomand if you feel moved to donate httpwwwlluedunewsarticles2010haitipagehttpwwwlluedunewsarticles2010haitipageEdit USA Today wrote an article featuring our hospital httpwwwusatodaycomnewsworld20100116haitihospitalNhtmhttpwwwusatodaycomnewsworld20100116haitihospitalNhtmThanks Reddit | I feel like I actually need to go there and lend a hand It seems there is more money than help going to Haiti |
I am shy Id rather have women approach me rather than the other way around but they never really have that I can think of How do I get them to say hello And where How do I best let them know I am available | WhatTheHell do you think youre doing I thought we were a team manListen this isnt you trying to be more attractive This is you trying to be lazy and scared You better start taking responsibility for your actions and your circumstances It makes all the good things that much better and all the bad things that much more fixableA poster already told you Girls dig confidence That means acting like youve got a pair Which means the ball is in YOUR court You let them know you are available by making her yoursWhat are you scared of Rejection Listen you think your caveman ancestor was scared if Urha or whatever the fuck your greatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgrandmothers name would say no Thok I dont think you would be a good mate for meNo He hit her over the head with a goddamn club dragged her fine ass back to his cave then fucked her till her belly swelled upNow thats highly inadvisable for you or anyone else reading this because these days thats called rape Weve come a long way as far as womens rights go since then and yeah They do deserve respect and they do deserve to be treated like fellow human beings Still the underlying principle is the sameGo out there and get your woman She aint gonna go out and get you Thats a mans job Thats a manraptors job Got itGoodLets fucking do this I once read about a study where subjects of both genders were photographed and then shown photos of faces of the opposite gender They were then asked whether theyd consider dating the people in the photos they were shown Being told that the pictured people had responded positively to the subjects own photo significantly increased the likelihood that the subject would respond positively themselves My source is some magazine in a waiting room five yeas agotldr If a girl thinks you dig her shes more likely to like you Look friendly and smile Heres what I know If you want women to approach YOU you have to be either famously rich a movie star a member of a good band or have starred in one of those Twilight movies Otherwise youll have to make do with the old fashioned way of finding women I am an introverted guy who has managed to get hit on or at least approached by girls I have been interested in The best advice I can give to anyone is to work hard for something they are crazy about and not just work on talking to girls A lot of it involves finding some domain you can rock the shit out of and then rock the shit out of that domain while there are girls around It is easy for the creativetypes and the athletic types to get girls for this reason alone It is harder if youre into things that tend to exclusively attract men But hell I knew guys who met great girls playing DD They just had to play it in a social setting where girls could theoretically show up Son women are approaching you You just dont know it You see approach is defined in the mans dictionary as walking up to a woman looking her in the eye and saying something to her what you say being more or less irrelevantHowever approach is defined in the womans dictionary as something completely differentYou dont believe me Find a female friend wait You have those right If not get one now A platonic female friend And yes if she tries you can do her But otherwise its platonic OK Shes going to get you more tail from other women than you could ever get from her personallyAnyways ask your female friend about the walkby This is about as forward as a woman will get She will identify the man of her desires from across a crowded room and move confidently towards him growing closer and closer and walking past If she stops to say something to her friends in front of you boy hold on If she looks at you as she does it start unrolling the condomYou see a womans approach is all about creating an opportunity for a man she is interested in to make the first move She will stop and adjust her shoe or dress She will stand in line near you for something she has no interest in She will order her drink next to you or she may even be so forward as to accidentally step on your foot when she does it You can pretty much bet that if a woman is within three feet of you she intended to be there because of you Theyre wily creatures and things like that dont happen by accident At that point all you have to do is say hello Even if a woman asked you out your lack of confidence could ultimately be such a turn off they wouldnt want to be in a relationship with you anyway Time to man up Ha ha ha are you new to this planet Women hit on men more often on TV than in real life but even then its rare Perhaps if youre ridiculously handsome or waving cash around youll get lucky with your expectations otherwise youre in a losing game more so than other men who at least try Bring a sign with you everywhere you go that reads you have a chocolate penis that ejaculates money The one whos looking for a shy guy will talk to you Just wait Or make some friends who are popular and talkative When you go out with them they will draw attention and some females will strike a conversation with you The best thing to do is to make eye contact just a catch of the eye and then smile confidently It has to be a real smile and a confident smile not a please dont reject me smile which will come across as clingy and will result in rejectionIf she smiles back youve hooked her Now shell either approach you or youll approach her but the point is youve established mutual interest in at least a conversation Besides echoing everything that InnerManRaptor says Ill add that the only way to gain confidence is by not giving a shit if you get rejectedThing is youre going to get rejected at least some of the time Nobody has a 100 batting average Sometimes youll say hi to a girl and she wont be interested for whatever reason George ClooneyRobert Pattinsonwhoever strikes out sometimes Rejection will happenRejection sucks So does cold yucky rain but we dont stay inside because it might rain We dont worry about how to make it rain less We dont post to rra saying How do I get it to only be sunny out We accept that sometimes it rains instead of dreading the rainAlso stop thinking about how you can get into romantic relationships Youre looking for a friend not to get laid Never forget that there are two parts to the word girlfriend and if you forget the friend part youll wind up with someone you have sex with and dont like and that sucks big timeFind a friend Having a female friend even if shes not a girlfriend can do wonders for your selfesteem which you need You might find that having a woman who is Just A Friend can be pretty awesome as well And if she becomes a girlfriend so much the betterRecapping Stop dreading the rejection It will happen sometimes Think about finding a friend not a girlfriend Embrace your InnerManRaptor |
If possible Id love young adult literature suggestions as well My university is big on young adult literature in the classroom Ive read lots of young adult classical and modern literature more classical than anything but Im curious about Reddits suggestions Help me be the best teacher ever upon graduation The youth of the United States need it Also posted to literature EDIT I will be teaching high school I would prefer 11th12th grade but novices cant be choosers EDIT 2 Thanks for all the responses Not only will this be beneficial to me but I will share this with my classmates so that they can see the responses Im refraining from commenting anymore because Id rather get the opinions of others for this without throwing my opinions into the mix Thanks again | Brave New World Aldous Huxley Its an easy enough read to mitigate the resentment factor and its parallels to modern society are uncanny If that doesnt get your students engaged I dont know what would I had a brilliant 20th century american literature instructor in high school All we had to do was read 25 books We got to pick what we wanted The books read ranged from ayn rand amy tan toni morrison just tons and tons of books And we all had to write a journal and we spent every day reading at various sunny locations on campus i grew up in california and spent friday discussing We also had to read like 100 short storiesI say let people read what they can handle My sister did not learn to read until she was 12 She was heavily dyslexic She hated reading HATED IT Until she had the English teacher that let her read what she wanted Now she reads whatever doesnt give her a headacheI think the introduction of massive amounts of short stories across many genres is the way to go People will learn what they like and take away quite a bitSome suggestionsThe ones who walked away from omelas by Ursula K LeguinShiloh by Bobby Ann MasonAnything from S is for Space or R is for Rocket by Ray BradburyBooks I appreciated from this class The Stone Diaries The Blind Assassin Native Son Heart of Darkness Paradise Toni Morrison The Fountainhead The Joy Luck Club Antwonne Fisher Bleak House Tai Pan James Clavell AND NOT THE GRAPES OF WRATH Forcing a student to read a book automatically makes them resent it on some level Some students may like the reading but most will think the book sucks At least that is my experience give them a choice of 25 ish books and make them read 10 of them throughout the year5 if its a semester class and write an in depth34 page book report about it the conflicts and themes it brings up not just some bs rehashing of the story Do this while teaching your regular classes where I would hope you would be teaching the Bear by William Faulkner and Civil Disobediance by Thoreau editif I were you the 25 books I would choose would be King learhttpwwwamazoncomKingLearFolgerLibraryShakespearedp074348276Xrefsr11ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264484558ampsr11 MacbethhttpwwwamazoncomMacbethFolgerShakespeareLibraryWilliamdp0743477103refpdsimb6 HamlethttpwwwamazoncomMacbethFolgerShakespeareLibraryWilliamdp0743477103refpdsimb6 OthellohttpwwwamazoncomOthelloFolgerShakespeareLibraryWilliamdp0743482824refpdsimb3 Catch 22httpwwwamazoncomCatch22JosephHellerdp0684833395refsr11ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264484652ampsr11 A Farewell to ArmshttpwwwamazoncomFarewellArmsErnestHemingwaydp0684801469refsr11ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264484835ampsr11 1984httpwwwamazoncomNineteenEightyFourGeorgeOrwelldp0452284236refsr12ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264484777ampsr12 Brave New WorldhttpwwwamazoncomBraveNewWorldAldousHuxleydp0060850523refsr11ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264484751ampsr11 Slaughterhouse 5httpwwwamazoncomSlaughterhouseFiveNovelKurtVonnegutdp0385333846refsr11ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264484672ampsr11 Dharma BumshttpwwwamazoncomDharmaBumsPenguinClassicsDeluxedp0143039601refsr11ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264484716ampsr11 The HobbithttpwwwamazoncomHobbit70thAnniversaryJRRTolkiendp0618968636refsr11ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264484882ampsr11 The Picture of Dorian GreyhttpwwwamazoncomPictureDorianModernLibraryClassicsdp0375751513 Mila 18httpwwwamazoncomMila18LeonUrisdp0553241605refpdrhfpt3 NighthttpwwwamazoncomNightOprahsBookClubWieseldp0374500010refsr11ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264484522ampsr11 The Great Gatsbyhttpwwwamazoncomgpproduct0743273567ieUTF8amptagstucosuccess20amplinkCodeas2ampcamp1789ampcreative9325ampcreativeASIN0743273567 Catcher in the RyehttpwwwamazoncomCatcherRyeJDSalingerdp0316769177refsr11ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264485043ampsr11 Call of the WildhttpwwwamazoncomCallWildAladdinClassicsdp0689856741refsr11ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264485100ampsr11spell The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnhttpwwwamazoncomAdventuresHuckleberryFinnPuffinClassicsdp0141321091refsr11ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264485251ampsr11ill edit with more ideas but make them read at least one play by shakespeare Vonnegut preferably not Slaughterhouse 5 simply because theyll shrug it off since its famous Cats Cradle or Galapagos maybe I think To Kill a Mockingbird deserves a mention I read that book twice on my own after reading it in school As a girl it was nice to read something with a female protagonist and written by a female author for once Also reading The Lottery in 8th grade got me into Shirley Jackson and she was a badass well ahead of her timeI dont know about other areas but in New England I had to read the Scarlet Letter THREE TIMES for classes We read the same goddamned Robert Frost poems in every year of English If your region has some very famous local authors or poets dont bother the kids will already have had it and will be bored with it by grade 1112Also House on Mango Street Thats another book I had to read three times For the sake of your students find out what books theyve already been taught and teach something wildly different |
The Gospel of JohnAuthorInternal EvidenceThe internal evidence seems to indicate that the author of the Gospel of John was an apostle John 1935httpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn201935ampversionESV one of the 12 disciples John 1323httpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn201323ampversionESV and in particular John of Zebedee John 132324httpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn20132324ampversionESVExternal EvidenceThe early church fathers identified the Gospel of John with the apostle John Irenaeus attested to Johannine authorship and his testimony is particularly helpful as he was a student of Polycarp who in turn was a student of JohnsDateThe Gospel of John was most likely written between 70 and 95 AD Earlier dates seem implausible particularly in light of John 2119httpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn202119ampversionESV in which Jesus reveals the manner in which Peter will die As Peter most likely died in 6465 a date earlier than this would be unlikelyA later date of approximately 95 AD has been historically advanced primarily through appeals to history Jerome writing in the 4th century placed Johns death in about 98 AD with the Gospel being written around that date Irenaeus Clement and Eusebius all place the writing of John last among the four Gospels and that it was done so at a late dateIf we hold to Johannine authorship of the entire Johannine corpus John 1 2 amp 3 John and Revelation a date of 8085 is perhaps most acceptable The Johannine Epistles are written to combat a rising gnostic movement predicated in part on a misunderstanding of the fourth Gospel If this is the case then some time must have passed allowing for the publication of the Gospel the rise of incipient gnosticism and then the publication of the EpistlesTextThe textual witness of the Gospel of John is in good shape with few major difficulties Perhaps the most well known textual issue is 753811 The Pericope AdulterehttpenwikipediaorgwikiPericopeAdulterThe earliest known manuscript fragment of the New Testament is the Rylands PapyrihttpenwikipediaorgwikiRylandsLibraryPapyrusP52 dating to approximately 125130 AD Two other witnesses P66httpenwikipediaorgwikiPapyrus66 and P45httpenwikipediaorgwikiPapyrus45 provide substantial portions of the text of JohnAlong with these there is excellent attestation among the writings of the Church Fathers as well as the great 4th century UncialshttpenwikipediaorgwikiListofNewTestamentuncialsRecipientsNo particular recipients are specified in the Gospel of John itself Most guesses are predicated upon the view of authorship and purpose If John of Zebedee did write his Gospel while residing in Ephesus it could be presumed that he intended the book to be read in that general portion of the empire However he could have just as well been hoping for as widespread circulation as possiblePurposeJohns own statement of purpose is found in 203031httpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn20203031ampversionESV Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples which are not written in this book but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God and that by believing you may have life in his nameThere is therefore both an evangelistic purpose as well as an edificatory purpose John intends the reader to not just come to faith but also to persevere in that faithStructureJohn has typically been divided in to two sections the Book of Signs and the Book of Glory prefaced by a prologue and followed by an epilogueThe prologue introduces us to two important characters the divine logos the preincarnate Word Jesus Christ and the herald of the Messiah John the BaptizerThe Book of signs follows Jesus from the beginnings of his ministry with his first public miracle at Cana in Galilee through his raising of Lazarus from the deadWith the close of Chapter 11 Johns Gospel transitions to Jesus having a time of private discourse among the disciples followed by his betrayal arrest trial crucifixion death and resurrectionJohn closes his gospel with a short prologue encompassing the restoration of Peter and the closing statement Now there are also many other things that Jesus did Were every one of them to be written I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be writtenAcceptance in to the CanonBy the close of the 2nd Century all four of the canonical Gospels were accepted not only as authentic to the Christian community but also authoritatively equal with the Old Testament Scriptures There is evidence that Tatians DiatessaronhttpenwikipediaorgwikiDiatessaron used John as a chronological framework that the Synoptic Gospels fit in to and this testifies to the authority of Johns GospelThe only groups that mounted substantial opposition to the legitimacy and authority of Johns Gospel were the Alogoihttpwwwearlychurchorgukalogiphp and MarcionhttpenwikipediaorgwikiMarcionofSinope both of whom were rejected as heretical and the early church nowhere questioned the authenticity of John Once the issue of canonicity was posed John was universally acceptedWhat to Look ForJesus seven signs The Wedding at CanahttpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn202111ampversionESV The Healing of the Officials SonhttpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn2044654ampversionESV The Healing at the Pool of BethesdahttpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn205115ampversionESV The Feeding of the 5000httpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn206113ampversionESV Jesus Walking on the WaterhttpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn2061621ampversionESV The Healing of the Man Born BlindhttpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn20917ampversionESV and the Raising of LazarushttpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn2011144ampversionESV Continual contrasts light and dark life and death disease and health love and hateThe seven I am statements of Jesus I am the bread of lifehttpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn20635ampversionESV I am the light of the worldhttpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn20812ampversionESV I am the door of the sheephttpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn20107ampversionESV I am the good shepherdhttpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn201011ampversionESV I am the resurrection and the lifehttpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn201125ampversionESV I am the way the truth and the lifehttpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn20146ampversionESV and I am the true vinehttpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn20151ampversionESVThe High Priestly Prayer John 17httpwwwbiblegatewaycompassagesearchJohn2017ampversionESV where Jesus prays for himself his disciples and then for all future believersAdditional ResourcesThe Gospel of John Introduction Argument and OutlinehttpbibleorgseriespagegospeljohnintroductionargumentoutlineJohn by Andreas KostenbergerhttpwwwamazoncomJohnBakerExegeticalCommentaryTestamentdp080102644Xrefsr12ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264484033ampsr12The Gospel of John by DA CarsonhttpwwwamazoncomGospelaccordingPillarTestamentCommentarydp0802836836refsr12ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264483950ampsr82The Gospel According to John by Leon MorrishttpwwwamazoncomGospelAccordingInternationalCommentaryTestamentdp0802825044refsr16ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264483950ampsr86Theopedia entryhttpwwwtheopediacomGospelofJohn | Ooh goodness I thought we were going to begin with Genesis Ohwells Im excited anyway very informative intro btw I am excited and fascinated by this mostly because as a Christian I have never participated in a Bible study that stimulated by mind and soul I always felt like I was reading a different Bible than everyone else ResidentRedneck this is amazing workI am especially grateful for your information and sources pertaining to its inclusion as canon and your what to look for Nice touches one you dont see often in intros Very thorough Im going to read it again along with John 1118 in the morning Thanks gt AuthorI just want to point out that the Beloved Discple doesnt necessarily have to be John of ZebedeeOn the John 132324 reference Ben Witherington III writes in Johns WisdomgtWe must consider one further bit of information from John 21 sometimes thought to force the conclusion that John son of Zebedee was the Beloved Disciple In John 212 a list of disciples is mentioned including the two sons of Zebedee and two anonymous disciples The Beloved Disciple is said to recognize Jesus first and here in John 217 he is closely associated with peter as he is in John 13 and 20 and in 2120ff While it is possible to conclude that the Beloved Disciple is John the son of Zebedee in John 21 especially if one comes to this text predisposed to favor such a view this is by no means a necessary conclusion The Beloved Disciple could well be one of the two anonymous disciples mentioned in 212 whose anonymity is not violated by the reference to the Zebedees but rather carried on at 2120ff where again he is referred to as the Beloved Disciple not as a son of Zebedee All that the Beloved Disciple traditions in John 1321 suggest on their own is that this disciple was very close to Jesus heart as was Peter and thus was closely associated with Peter as wellAlso the testimony of Ireneaus is a bit inconclusive as well Ireneaus is passing down second hand information about how Polycarp described a John that was John the disciple of the Lord who leaned back on his breast published the Gospel while he was resident at Ephesus in AsiaPolycarp never said John son of Zebedee and the name John was somewhat common at the time In Ireneaus Against Heresies he writes about John the Beloved Disciple but he never explicitly connects John the Beloved Disciple with John the son of Zebedeetldr The Beloved Disciple could very well have been named John but wasnt necessarily John the son of Zebedee Question about the introgtThe internal evidence seems to indicate that the author of the Gospel of John was an apostle John 1935 one of the 12 disciples John 1323 and in particular John of Zebedee John 132324this suggests the author lived during Jesus lifegtThe Gospel of John was most likely written between 70 and 95 AD Earlier dates seem implausible particularly in light of John 2119 in which Jesus reveals the manner in which Peter will die As Peter most likely died in 6465 a date earlier than this would be unlikelygtA later date of approximately 95 AD has been historically advanced primarily through appeals to history this suggests the author lived after Jesus right Or was it the same person RR is there any chance you would add this brand new excellent RC Sprouls commentary on the Gospel of JohnhttpwwwamazoncomJohnStAndrewsExpositionalCommentarydp1567691854refsr11ieUTF8ampsbooksampqid1264607814ampsr81 to the list of Additional Resources Sprouls new commentary set the other book being RomanshttpwwwamazoncomRomansStAndrewsExpositionalCommentarydp1433506858refpdsimb1 which is quite excellent is really his pastoral notes and sermons from the sermon series he has done in the past It might not be as technical but it is probably the richest expository commentary in terms of love encouragement and exhortation Definitely written from a pastors heart gtIf this is the case then some time must have passed allowing for the publication of the Gospel the rise of incipient gnosticism and then the publication of the EpistlesGreat pointgtHowever he could have just as well been hoping for as widespread circulation as possibleYeah that and he was certainly getting up there in years and living far longer than many all of his fellow disciples so perhaps his age had something to do with his desire to finally write an account There were much earlier gospels and so the need for him to write his account was not of immediate concern earlier If he was and quite possibly could have been the John of Patmos it is quite possible that the book was written around the same time as Revelation giving him further cause to write the GospelEDIT Another additional resourcehttpwwwusccborgnabbiblejohnintrohtm from the USCCB |
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Edit Sorry to delete the original text slight paranoia has creeped in regarding the possibility of my SO somehow finding this and recognizing our situation based on the details Thank you all for your responses Most likely will not do an update post to ensure anonymity I appreciate all of your input | It would be confusing to me but your explanation makes sense After he asked you about it it wouldnt have made things bad if you told him the truth So now its apology time Its much better as a confession than being caught in the lie later It probably wont end up being a big deal Dont worry too much about it this isnt much of a bombshell If I were your boyfriend my response would probably range from huh okay then to Im flattered that you chose me to be your first In the scope of lies people have told their SOs this ones itty bittyIf its really eating at you that you lied to him go ahead and tell him but I dont even think youre under any particular obligation to fess up to this one Im sure other peoples priorities are different but for me this would rank somewhere around I forgot to pick up peanut butter when I was at the store but instead I said they were all out of peanut butter How big a thing do you think this would be for him My first response would be I really wish you would have told me up front Is there a reason you didnt |
At first I used it and was frustrated so I started using the virtual and find it works better for me I realized that I never slide it out to use it the only times I slide it out lately is when someone asks me about my DROID | I cant stand the virtual keyboards and almost always use the physical keyboard I can type faster and it doesnt obscure the screen I do use the physical keyboard all the time Ive used the virtual but my fingers are too fat to make it work right often enough to drop the physical keyboard |
I always feel so guilty when my cat is sleeping on my lap and I have to get up to do something She gives me such a sad little look its torture But you gotta do what you gotta do How do you feel about it Reddit | My cat Tyson bigazz 19 lbs tomcat If you start to move while hes not ready to move will flex his claws into your leg just to let you know sit back down punkHes a love bug and you will love him For another 15 minutes Or else No I love itOf course I hate it what kind of question is this In any case let me give you some advice When you want or need to get up instead of removing your pet from your lap give him an incentive to leave or have someone else give him an incentive to leave by giving him a treat for instance Of course you probably want to have this planned out in advance unless you habitually hang out with treats or you know someone else is going to be around Other solutions may include calling your telephone if your pet responds to that or throwing a toy There is a rule in the house where if an animal is on a lap and the person needs something the other person has to get it Easy things like coffee refills My dog loves his bed Whenever he feels sleepy he finds it and sleeps on it He has to find it cos he keeps moving the bed himself to the room everyone is in I sure do I feel so bad when I have the cats snuggled with me and I need to do something I usually just wait till they leave Which is never They make me feel so loved |
I found out yesterday my gf of 2 years is pregnant were both 30ish live together have good jobs and love each other but it was a hell of a shock Were keeping it and im commited to doing my best for the baby but I really cant get excited about it It was definitely an accident but im scared that im now going to say goodbye to going out with my mates the odd time I know Im going to lose my musiccomputer room and I cant stop thinking about all the freedom I have to do things before the baby arrives that I wont be able to do once its here I feel incredibly selfish but im having trouble thinking of positive things at the moWhat good things come of a baby | Youre missing the long term picture hereGoing out with mates to drink losing your computer room having the freedom to go out late at nights Those are the kind of things you grow out of as you get older and trust me at 30 youre already very close to it Sure these activities used to fullfill you and give you a rich life in your limited view But eventually the tarnish goes out the gadgets and the possessions and the nightlife Your body wears out you want to spend more time inside Youre not as agile sprite resilient enduring as you used to be because every day you are dying a little Its inevitable And when you reach your 50s youll wonder how those things ever used to hold your attention and how you managed to survive that much punishmentNo by 30 you should be settling down be happy with your life and start to think about the next few decades And when you do that youll start to think about everything youve learnt so far and every piece of wisdom that has been so hardfought and won every victory and failure and how it has shaped your life And youll get an overwhelming feeling of passing it on to someone elseThat someone else is Your Legacy That whats your baby is a piece of you an echo reaching out into the distant future full of energy and eagerness And you need to protect and nurture that piece of yourself Do your damnest to spare it Hardship Encourage himher to be so much more than what everyone else expects of them To take the future by the balls and form a family of their own And pass on your wisdom as they see it along with theirs to your grandchildren And if youre still alive by then youre going to be so fucking proud of that and everything youve think youve accomplished and are so afraid to lose right now will look so insignificant and so bane Every night spent indoors instead of outside Every night spent awake nursing that child and soothing its fears All of that will be worth it Because if you play your cards right your son or daughter could grow up to be the next leader of our race someone who takes us one step further from this Technological and Cultural Adolescence our Civilization is in He or she might discover the next great thing in Medicine or Art or Science Maybe even our next greatest Leader who takes us to the Stars And youll look around and tell everyone around you with burning pride Thats my SonDaughter CONGRAFUCKINGLATIONS to you Redditor youre about to become Immortal through your children Be excited Make your girlfriend excited if shes not already Go out and Celebrate like you never have and probably never will Its going to be tough but you can do it even Morons manage to raise little Morons everyday Youll blind them all with the flashes of Sheer Awesomeness your Parenting shall be in comparisonGood Luck Sir everything is going to be fine it is scary and the first few weeks are going to be brutal but everything will be fine by 6 months time youll be madly in love with your child its an amazing transformation hang on tight its quite a rideeverything will change everything is different now and thats ok all those freedomsthings parents lose arent really losttheyre just not as important anymorei dont like being one of those parent who insists on offering advice but i think the following is globally helpful when momma is happy everyone is happy the greatest thing a father can do for his child is love their mother routine is key it matters less what you do than doing it the same it same every time children thrive in a stable routine environment your girlfriend and you wont agree on everything but you do need consensus you are a team now and you have to back each other up be a familyits going to be great enjoy it You are right everything about your life is about to change but change is a good thing The best things about having a son or daughter I cant put into words They are feelings you will have the first time she First time my son said daddy on purpose I about cried The best times will come when they are 3 and start to comprehend things You passed on your genes You will live on after you are dead Be grateful you bastard Its worth giving up your computer room My father had me wen he was 20 years old Im now 21 and he has never said that I was an accidentGrow the fuck up That kid is going to be the most awesome thing in your selfish life You are going to learn more from him than him from youCmon dude My wife and I occasionally have this conversationHer What would you do if I got pregnantMe PanicHer Okay then whatMe Attend our childs graduation ceremony Look at it this way Your girlfriend is making a bigger sacrificeNow its just time to be more of an adult Make plans to go out with your friends but yes it should be not as often as you used to A lot of your priorities are going to well should change but thats part of growing up Your parents now get to laugh at you when your child does the exact same thing you did and say Payback time They mean it in a loving way though I think NEWSFLASH You arent really going to lose that much by having a kid It does change your life but you can still go out with friends and stuffjust not quite as often as you have to temper youtime with spending time with your gf and giving her time offAlso you two should get married If youre committed and want to raise a healthy kid then the kid should know that you two will always be there as mom and dad not mom or dadEDITAlso be as involved as you can with the whole process It is absolutely amazing how quickly the little guy will grow See here httpwwwbabycentercomfetaldevelopmentimages2weeks Click through the weeks We did our ultrasound at 7 weeks and I could see the little heart beating already I remember only being able to think of the things I would lose and could barely imagine the things I would gain What you are feeling is normal You will make a new normal and youll be happy again You are not any more selfish than any other human being on the planet Good luck My girl friend just called me today to let me know she is a week late I am losing my mind I am only 21 and have yet to find a paying job I am scared shitless At first I read that she was 2 years pregnant I was worried for a secondAnyways congratulations Youll get more excited as it draws nearer knowing that youll have brought someone into this world I have a 7 month old son I am the same age as you Its been awesome so far Like a new hobby IMPORTANT Your gf will more then likely go through some strong chemical imbalances over the next few months and for a while after the baby is born Anticipate this and react appropriately READ The happiest baby on the block Written like a manual Five Ss from the book really really really work EXPECT Some strange feelings Guilt over lack of excitement Strange disconnect from the unborn baby Fuzzy brain from the lack of sleep etc All goes away a couple of months after the baby is bornAWESOME Sex with pregnant gf I cant wait for the next one for this reason alone I didnt read any of the comments from others so I hope I am not repeating but I signed in because this may be the one thing that I can actually give some good advice on1 No matter how bad you think things are going to be they arent going to be anywhere NEAR as bad2 You are an adult and you dont have to worry about her dad kicking your ass etc3 You wont have to necessarily give up your room you just have to rearrange things smaller desk hang your instruments from hooks in the same room Closet space for guitars etc 4 The going out with friends cutoff is only temporary While your baby is in its first 6 mo or so you should stay home and help at night or if you have an awesome GF then trade nights or trade weekends to sleep in and still go out with friends still Let her have girls night and you have guys night tell friends you need a few hours advance notice instead of Hey buddy were on our way to Xclub meet us there 5 The work of raising a child isnt as bad as everyone makes it out to be It takes a few minutes to change a diaper It takes a few minutes to make lunch AKA a bottle 6 Do yourself a favor and baby proof everything before heshe starts crawling if they cant get into anything or pull anything down then all they do is crawl around and explore play with toys while you surf reddit By age 1 they understand NO and Food and Mama Dada and you can actually start to tell what they want to be happy7 Babies sleep a lot In the first three months you will have lots more free time than you expect Go to dinner and movies bring diapers and bottles and the kid will sleep through anything8 The joy you experience will out weigh ANYTHING you have experienced so farI was 17 and a senior in HS when I had my first I also got married my senior year He is 12 going on 17 now and I have 2 more I cant wait for the next one they are lots of work but sooooooooo much fun Send me a email if you want to talk more I know its a nerve racking timePS should I do a teen dad AMA i have thought about it but doubt there would be a ton of interest Its easy to think of all the things youll lose free time etc but when you see the baby for the first time and hold it you get this powerful feeling its almost a revelation that THIS is What Its All About Youll understand when it happens Plus you run on adrenaline for the first six months By the time you realize youre tired the child is sleeping through the night Then you realize you havent lost anything but have gained a whole new dimension in your life its normal to have a bunch of selfish thoughts i planned my pregnancies and still missed all the easy fun i had before by the time the baby comes you will have resolved most of these feelings what doesnt get resolved you live with and work out babies are hard and rearrange your life but they dont end it the good things that come of a baby lets see they are cute and smooshy they smile at you and its the most amazing thing you will ever see the first time they really laugh hard is hysterically funny they grow to be crazy fucking nightmare toddlers who are also fun learning from everything around them developing real personalities then they become kids my kids are 6 and 8 they are unique i mean i really couldnt have made my daughter up if i tried smart fun interesting its really indescribable some of it will be the hardest stuff you will ever endure but then some of it will be the most beautiful but for now you have to suck it up and support your girlfriend vent here and then go make sure shes comfortable it will be good babies are good CONGRATULATIONS seriously it will be awesome you dont even know because there are no words A baby will make diversions as computer and partying seem like the waste of time that they really are Once you see that little person looking at you grabbing your finger smiling at you youll feel such a rush of endorphines that all previous experiences will seem like faked orgasms And the funny thing is that you dont seem to come down from this high either A baby restructures the way you view life and gives it a new purpose A purpose where the ego steps into a second plane and the urge to provide the best possible upbringing to your little golem becomes a priority Computers and going out with mates Like you havent done that to your hearts content already Besides going out a little less often makes you value even that experience in a new light And then youll find out that youd much rather be with your kid at home without a hangover But yeah I guess what Im trying to say is my sincerest congratulations and welcome to the team daddy Yes your life will change more than a littleNo your life is not overYou dont have to give everything up Just make some adjustments You might not even mind doing it Nothing will inspire you to become the best version of yourself quite like your child will Happily humans are very adaptable Its going to be hard at first At times youll feel your limits are being tested and strained You will adjust Then the baby will growand then one day youll find parenthood is much easier than you feared Now go have yourself a proper celebration Ravish your girlfriend Throw back a shot of something expensive Cheers of course you can be scared Its completely normal for anyone whos having a baby to be scared even if it is planned At least youre in a well established relationship have a good source of income and arent 16 yrs old I know people who were 16 or 18 years old in this situation with no real job and no reliable or standup partnerthey swear its still the best thing thats ever happened to them and they wouldnt change it for the worldCongratulations Its probably scary as shit nowbut when the day comes and for the rest of your life it will be the best accident you ever had |
Ive had 5 jobs in the last 6 years the most recent one lasting 1 year with a 2 month layoff in the middle I work as a CNC programmer mostly around the Troy area It has not been easy but anyone who really wanted to work and had a skill has been okEdit I dont understand the down votes Everything Ive said is true and relevant | Respect bro I come from the Flint area which as you probably well know is terrible with the amount of people that are out of work from the automakers IAmA person who isnt a manufacturing worker in Michigan and Ive ALSO seen the recession firsthand just like pretty much everyone else I live on the other side of the state but were getting hit pretty hard too Our General Motors plant got shut down and Steelcase is laying people off I personally know six or seven people who have been laid off because of the recession I used to live just south of Troy in Clawson I moved out of there in 2004 Is Royal Oak still popular and is BDs Mongolian BarBQ still in business Where do you liveDo you own your home or are you renting I know the housing market has been hammered there |
Im working with a client to redesign their website Their previous designer has a complete working version of the old web site up on his own portfolio site Is this kosher Is my client in the right to ask him to pull it down and replace it with screen shots Thanks | Not cool the previous designer could be hurting his own or your clients Google ranking by containing duplicate content Some screenshots and a link would be far more appropriate |
Currently vacationing in the philippines Wanted to buy this game to pass some time but steam wont let me purchase it because I am not in the country of origin for my credit card Could someone purchase it for me and I will get you an equally awesome 2 game when I get back home in two weeksThanks a TONMy steam username is Kormiku | dude its 2 ill get it for you tonight when I get home as iwas planning on getting it myself again unless no one else has already Ill get it for you tonight pm me or something and you dont have to get me anything just pay it forward httpssupportsteampoweredcomkbarticlephppfaqid429httpssupportsteampoweredcomkbarticlephppfaqid429gt Purchasing from Outside the Country In Which the Card Was Issuedgt If you are attempting a purchase but you are not located in the country in which your card was issued please Contact Steam Billing and Support for assistanceOr you could support DRMfree retrogaming and get it from GOG for 10httpwwwgogcomengamecardpsychonauts Where I am thats less than the price of a movie ticket |
Waiting for summons in AQ40 pug and doing Skype communicationWhy Does anybody know why ingame voice chat is always discarded EDIT We have a very small 5 man guild and we use the free ventrilo server since i am blessed with a fixed ip and 1024 kB upload It supports up to 8 clients for free tho i guess this would not break the usability of in game voice chat | Its choppy poor quality and lags tremendously when you attempt to a raid Skype is fine for small groups but I cant imagine attempting any new fight without Ventrilo or TeamSpeak Im surprised no one has mentioned disconnects The biggest reason my guild stuck with ventrillo after they implemented voice chat was that when someone gets kicked from the game they can still talk to us on vent and let us know theyre coming back in As well as the already mentioned reliability and quality vent also lets you keep your chats out of Blizs hands I dont have anything to hide nor do I think Bliz would be interested in any of it and I know it probably doesnt make any difference But still I dont know if Bliz is hanging onto any of the voice logs and its just nice not having to worry about itPlus I like the notion that to Blizs perspective we show up stare silently at the monster for awhile and then suddenly spring to life to kick its ass giving them very little insight into what were thinking again I know there is very little chance they care its just kinda fun to think about Because its crapThe quality is bad its a pain in the ass to configure properly voices in chat may sound far too quiet microphone may pick up next to no sound its laggy etc |
Im nowhere near out of debt and have newly acquired medical bills that I havent even begun to pay yet but I choose to be excited about this anyway Every single month for the past six years I have paid that bill with heaviness in my heart It has been a constant reminder of the past Who else loves the feeling of getting a big bill paid off and gone for good | When my last child was born we accumulated multiple bills from various doctorsservices I think 12 at the highest point I slowly paid them off 1 at a time Once one was paid off Id take that monthly payment and add to the nextTook me 6 years now he is finally paid off and I want to give him back We just finished paying off my wifes car DI went to login to the banks website to celebrate and they already disabled my account I assume Nothing on earth could make me feel happy about paying for a medical treatment for six yearsFortunately I havent been able to access health care in ten years so May your other bills fall as swiftly Im paying down cards myself and I get happier with each one behind me Congratulations Clearly youve been on a payment plan but did you have to pay the bill in full When I didnt have any health insurance I asked the hospital if they offered any financial assistance for the uninsured and they cut 50 off my bill just like that |
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Ben Sternke writeshttpbensternkecom201001thecontentofthekingdomgt A concrete expression of the kingdom takes place and people say What is the meaning of this Then Jesus shares the message Most of the time Jesus preferred to demonstrate the gospel first which usually led to an opportunity to talk about it Perhaps its important to discern what an appropriate demonstration of the kingdom ought to look like in our contexts What concrete actions can the church be practicing that would actually demand some kind of gospel explanation What is the content of the kingdom Morehttpbensternkecom201001thecontentofthekingdom | gt What concrete actions can the church be practicing that would actually demand some kind of gospel explanation What is the content of the kingdomServing others generously Seek out ways to help the least among you |
Remember the beating he gave the Phantom MenacehttpwwwyoutubecomuserRedLetterMediapsearch0uJarz7BYnHA | gt Websters dictionary defines appetizer as A short Avatar review before the Attack of the Clones review is complete Thanks for posting he had the exact same thoughts about the characters I did only in a more amusing fashion |
A reposthttpwwwredditcomrAskRedditcommentsark58redditineedyourgfadviceUPDATE We broke up never would have had the courage without your suggestions thanks reddit I guess well see how this plays out Normally I would attack my problems head on but this one is too big for even me and Im not sure what I need to do Heres the story My girlfriend and I have been dating for the past 3 years 3 years officially in February We are extremely happy with each other sexually and all that jazz Lately it has been difficult to spend a lot of time together I work full time and she is in school full time and working pretty much non stop on the weekends We spent a few days together during New Years and it was really greatSo now for the problem She has never had another relationship before me so Im really her first everything Ive had a couple relationships before her only one that was even a little bit serious She is beginning to have concerns that she is in love with me just because she doesnt know any better She has nothing to compare me to Yesterday she confessed that she saw me in her future and being together married with kids but was still unsure if she would be really happy she doesnt want to walk up one day and regret everythingYesterday was not the first time this subject has come up Last year she was having the same feelings and we agreed to just kind of go low key for a little while I was a little bit upset mostly with myself for letting this happen and decided I would go visit one of my friends at college for the week end just to clear my mind and get away I had a good time and on saturday or sunday my girlfriend called me and told me she wanted to be with me I chalked it up to stress and she just needed some time to relax and just clear her headThis happened again a few months ago but this time we just had a really normal conversation about she relaxed and calmed down and I just told her how much I loved her Everything was wonderful againWe seem to be at the same point again This time I know she is really stressed out about school and her job but Im not sure what I can do to help with that other than tell her everything is alright I try not to be a pain in the ass but sometimes I am the best part of my day is getting to talk to her before I go to sleep I sleep a lot better when this is the case I cant explain how much I love her but Im sure some of you married people must know what it feels like to just know that you are with the right person Im pretty sure thats what Im feeling Anyway weve started to throw around the idea of taking a break I dont really know what she means by thisjust not seeing each other not talking seeing other people Im just not sure In an earlier instance she made it apparent that she might want to see other people so maybe this is really what she wants although I dont think she would ever admit it Last night I also asked her if she thought we should just end our relationship all together but she didnt like that ideaSo reddit what is your opinion Do you think I should just break up with her and move on Should I just let her cool off again and wait for this to happen again Should I just hardcore send her flowers and shit and smother her until she loves me I know this wont work I tried it the last time although she does love it Ill be editing for clarityspelling | I think one of the main things in your post is that this is a recurring issue for her So it seems to me that nothing you do or say is going to keep her from wondering It doesnt matter how much or how little you see talk to her she is always going to wonder Now throw in regular life stress time and distance and youve got kind of a volatile mix going hereAs far as the break goes I think what you are looking at is a breakup Meaning you end the relationship and start seeing other people If you even open the possibility of a break boundaries usually get crossed and feelings get hurt so I suggest adding the up just to make things a bit more clearAs far as her not wanting to end it altogether you kind of have to If she wants to make sure shes not missing out on other people then trade off is missing out on you Thats just how it works And to be completely cliche set if free and if it comes back crap really kind of applies here She cant use you for all the things she is used to and likes while getting to be with other peopleYou are not her emotional tampon These decisions are never fun and never easy You love her and you know you want to be with her But if the other person doesnt know that too it wont work Your heart is where it should be but since hers is not you need to follow your head Ok heres something you need to realize about how people are wired When youve been together for a couple of years without having any kids you will have second thoughts about whether you should be together There is an evolutionary reason for this |
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