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  • Does quitting your job make you happy?

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    Catseye3C
    @loki said in Does quitting your job make you happy?: Could you all answer the same at ages 20 to 40? Very much not at 20. I had high hopes for landing in a promising work life, but poor planning. By 40 those hopes had shrunk somewhat but not altogether. And so it went. I needed to think differently and know more than I did, and things just didn't work out.
  • Ozzy Man - forklift fails (NSFW - language)

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  • Reviving “extinct” Judean date palm trees

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    MikM
    Life finds a way.
  • This topic is deleted!

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  • Altruistically gave up $40k of scholarship

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    JollyJ
    @klaus said in Altruistically gave up $40k of scholarship: @jolly said in Altruistically gave up $40k of scholarship: Idiot. Woke idiot. You are rather quick with your judgement. There’s no indication this has something to do with “woke”. Maybe she’s simply a nice person. Again, woke idiot.
  • Speaking of building construction

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    George KG
    @mik said in Speaking of building construction: https://statelaws.findlaw.com/illinois-law/illinois-civil-statute-of-limitations-laws.html Yeah, I saw that. The clock (for lack of a better word) typically starts running at the time an injury is suffered. But that's not always the case. It technically doesn't start until the "accrual of claims," which could be the point at which the injury (or its cause) is discovered. The so-called "discovery rule" allows a suit to be filed within a certain time after the injury is discovered or reasonably should have been discovered. So, the "injury" has been ongoing for a while, however, the cause of the injury was discovered only 2 years ago.
  • Homo longi

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    HoraceH
    @george-k said in Homo longi: @mik said in Homo longi: I was not aware that our origins were so murky. And, on the timescale of life on the planet, we are insignificant. 150K years? C'mon, man! And only about 10 thousand in North America.
  • Germs

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    MikM
    We live in a heavily populated world, and not by us.
  • Robbery Fail

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  • Skipping school for a concert.

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    markM
  • Not fake

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    JollyJ
    Nah, I ain't buying it...
  • So much for the claim that "presidents don't affect anything"

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    JollyJ
    Reality without perception is illogical.
  • Turn it up

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    MikM
    I saw some video of them from sometime in the 2010's decade. They were all wearing sneakers and had maybe lost a step, but still a fine, fine band. It's mostly original. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother's_Finest#2018_line-up
  • Suspended Bee

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    George KG
    https://twitter.com/SethDillon/status/1408114105161072644?s=20 From the RWEC: When Twitter or Facebook suspends accounts that supposedly post “harmful” commentary or “misinformation” (like suggesting that the virus may have originated in a lab) they are responding to publicly available content. Anyone can view it, and even though they are supposed to be protected by Section 230, they will always claim that they are at risk for such things showing up on their sites. It’s not a very good defense of their actions, but it’s at least something. Mailchimp, however, is not a social media site. They handle email accounts, frequently ones sending bulk messages. If you send someone an email saying that the CIA killed JFK or Elvis just came back on a flying saucer, nobody else gets to see that unless the recipient decides to share it themself. What is the justification for suspending an account under these circumstances even if the email hadn’t been satirical? While we’re on the subject, what is Mailchimp doing scanning the content of the Bee’s emails to begin with? I realize that’s sort of a naive question because we already know that Google scans everyone’s G-mail accounts. But they do it to target advertising toward you. They’re not sitting there waiting to censor you. But that appears to be precisely what Mailchimp was doing.
  • A Woke Thought Experiment

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    LuFins DadL
    @aqua-letifer said in A Woke Thought Experiment: When I hear someone say, "there's nothing I hate more than sexism and injustice," I know there's a very high chance that person has a dearth of real problems, including dealing with sexism and injustice. Once heard a girl say “I hate southerners. They are so prejudiced!”
  • Dogs and Corona

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    MikM
    Yes, I highly recommend rescues and the like. For a young family I would recommend a retriever type. They need exercise but tend to be smart and loving.
  • Roundabouts

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    George KG
    https://twitter.com/OntWtf/status/1408551223167434764?s=20
  • What we eat

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    KlausK
    What is "The Great Battle of 1987"?
  • Hard time finding a rental car?

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    89th8
    Thought about getting a Tesla for $100/day but only need it for a few drives so I went with a $50/day Chrysler with FREE deliver to the airport, which was key for me.
  • My loaner car today

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