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Magic the Redditors, lets make a DECK.
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I love reddit and I love magic, so I thought we could get together and make a fun deck collaboratively. We can have a little contest. I'll pick a card, we all make decks based off the card, then upvote the decks we like, the deck with the most upvotes wins, and gets to choose the card for next week!
I'll start and say that this week the card should be: [Equilibrium](http://magiccards.info/ex/en/32.html)
* The format can be anything, but if you make an extended deck, use the extended Banned and Restricted list, and adhere to the construction rules of that format. However for this week Equilibrium is only legal in Vintage, Legacy, and MODO Classic.
* EDH decks are totally fine as well
* Try to give a quick description of the deck in your post as well!
* The winner will be the deck at the top of the list come 1/14/10
* The winner picks the next card and can even specify format if they wish, or can open it up to all formats.
* The winner can also pick a theme if they'd like, or a specification like "must use green, must be tribal" anything along those lines is fine. Be creative!
* Lets not downvote decks at all please, it isn't in the spirit of the game!
**edit:** Made some changes to the rules!
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"body": "[Here's](http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/redditchallenge1/) a quick one I whipped up. I really like this idea, by the way-- great collaborative way to improve deckbuilding skills.\n\nList for those who don't want to leave the site:\n \n 2x Aluren\n 4x Breeding Pool\n 4x Counterspell\n 4x Dream Stalker\n 4x Elvish Visionary\n 3x Equilibrium\n 4x Esperzoa\n 4x Exclude\n 2x Forest\n 4x Imaginary Pet\n 5x Island\n 3x Masked Admirers\n 4x Misty Rainforest\n 3x Rampant Growth\n 2x Stronghold Biologist\n 4x Tropical Island\n 4x Yavimaya Coast",
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"body": "The point of this deck is to burn your opponent for a billion (a trillion if you're feelin' snazzy).\n\nJust threw this one together, it could no doubt use some work. I think its a vintage deck (never bothered figuring out how formats worked, other than standard)\n\n Enchantments:\n 4 x Equilibrium\n 4 x Mana Echoes\n\n Instants/Sorceries\n 4 x Banefire\n 2 x Fireball\n 3 x Ponder\n 3 x Bounce\n 3 x Counterspell\n\n Creatures:\n 4 x Myr Mindservant\n 4 x Myr Moonvessel\n 4 x Myr Servitor\n 4 x Iron Myr\n\n Lands:\n 9 x Mountain\n 8 x Island\n 4 x Volcanic Island\n\nThe point of this deck should be pretty clear, but to make sure it is...\nHave equilibrium on the field, along with Mana Echoes. You also need at least 3 of your Myrs on the field.\n\nPlay another Myr. You have 3 mana added to your mana pool. Spend one of that mana to bounce a 1 cost Myr back to your hand. Spend another of that mana to play the Myr again. Rince and repeat until you have enough mana to banefire/fireball them for whatever crazy amount you can think of (you obviously need to have at least 1 red mana available!). Use counterspells/bounces to pin them down while you build up what you need, and ponders to gain a card advantage.\n\nNow, keep in mind I dont know much about blue... Im not a blue player (no. nuh uh. hate blue. die in fire.) There are probably better cards than counterspells and ponders or whatever. Feel free to suggest away.\n\nAnywho, comments?",
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"body": "I vote for us to break it with Aluren. We can use lots of time appropriate cards like Wall of Blossoms, Tradewind Riders, and Man-o-War.\n\nI don't think Earthcraft was part of the combo, but it might have been. ",
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"body": "My deck is a kind of Control deck. The aim is to lock down the board of creatures and disrupt the battlefield and hand with lots of utility creatures with Enters the Battlefield effects which effectively get buyback {1} with Equilibrium.\n\nSince everything has buyback, you'll be able to easily hit the 7 cards or more with the -maro, First to - cards and smash for the win!\n\n Non-Creatures:\n 4 Equilibrium\n 2 Drift of Phantasms\n\n Card Advantage:\n 2 Eternal Witness\n 4 Mulldrifter\n 3 Heartwood Storyteller\n 2 Momir Vig, Simic Visionary\n\n Disruption:\n 3 Vendillion Clique\n 2 Venser, Shaper Savant\n 2 Whitemane Lion\n 4 Mystic Snake\n 2 Wispmare\n 3 Kitchen Finks\n\n Finishers\n 2 Kiyomaro, First to Stand\n 2 Soramaro, First to Dream\n 1 Masumaro, First to Live\n\n Land\n 4 Misty Rainforest\n 4 Coastal Tower\n 4 Simic Growth Chamber\n 4 Breeding Pool\n 4 Hallowed Fountain\n 4 Temple Garden",
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"body": "This is my suggestion\r\n\r\nhttp://www.tappedout.net/mtg-decks/reddit-challenge-1/\r\n\r\nIt strikes me that the problem with decks involving equilibrium is they falter in the face of non creature heavy decks unless the intent is to combo out with equilibrium. This deck works a bit off the old Owling Mine deck archetype which was a favorite of mine, but molded to fit this challenge, and you'll notice without the owl.\r\n\r\nI think the deck is pretty hilarious",
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"body": "Equilibrium in Legacy? It'd work well in monoblue or U/G Merfolk, but not in builds with AEther Vial. It's not the optimal card since without Vial you don't really have access to Standstill, but in an aggro-filled meta (goblins, zoo, etc) it could work well. You can also bounce your own Vendilion Clique and Silvergill Adept to re-play them, or flash out Clique to save something. You need more lands since you don't have Vial and I've accounted for that. A monoblue version follows, a U/G version would just play Tarmogoyfs main and Krosan Grip side with 4 Misty Rainforest, 4 Tropical Island, and 1 Forest replacing some of the islands and the Wastelands.\n\n\n// Deck file for Magic Workstation (http://www.magicworkstation.com)\n\n// Lands\n\n 4 [MOR] Mutavault\n\n 15 [UG] Island\n\n 4 [TE] Wasteland\n\n\n\n// Creatures\n\n 4 [SHM] Cursecatcher\n\n 4 [LRW] Merrow Reejerey\n\n 4 [TSB] Lord of Atlantis\n\n 2 [BOK] Kira, Great Glass-Spinner\n\n 2 [MOR] Vendilion Clique\n\n 2 [EVE] Wake Thrasher\n\n 4 [LRW] Silvergill Adept\n\n\n\n// Spells\n\n 4 [AL] Force of Will\n\n 4 [NE] Daze\n\n 4 [EX] Equilibrium\n\n 3 [BOK] Umezawa's Jitte\n\n\n\n// Sideboard\n\nSB: 3 [10E] Pithing Needle\n\nSB: 2 [DS] Echoing Truth\n\nSB: 3 [ALA] Relic of Progenitus\n\nSB: 3 [A] Blue Elemental Blast\n\nSB: 1 [IA] Hydroblast\n\nSB: 3 [BOK] Threads of Disloyalty\n",
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Ask Proggit: what new languages/concepts/APIs are you learning?
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New to you, not necessarily new to the world. Wondering if there are any themes in what new skills people are trying to develop. I'm trying to learn jQuery and NLP with Python myself, and hope to play with XNA at some point.
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"body": "I'm simultaniously learning git, ironpython, and wpf. If you like any of these, I will now offend you.\n\n**[git](http://github.com/tomrittervg/sprocket)**\n\nAnd I hate it. It's wildly complicated. The man pages are incomprehensible. I feel like I'm trying to learn C when all I knew before was HTML. Major pains points I have had recently:\n\n * I committed and then pushed it to the repository something that I shouldn't have. No matter I thought, I can rewrite history! (especially cause I control all the repos)\n * git rebase failed inexplicably many many times. Turned out it was choking on a commit message that was so long it line wrapped. The line wraps became \"extra commits\" in the rebase file, which in turn made git fail with the inexplicable command \"command not found: the\"\n * After I figured that out, I went to edit my commit. git reset HEAD^ I believe was the command. It might have been git reset --hard HEAD^ or possibly ^HEAD How is that in any way intuitive or understandable?\n * After finally achieving my rewrite, I tried pushing it, only to have it choke and go into some merge scenario. No documents or nothing gave me any help resolving this. I eventually found a way to \"force\" the push, which as I understand it means \"goddamnit man you shut up, take what I give you, and fucking get rid of anything you have\". Understandable the remote repo would choke, but not happy it gave me no help or guidance on what to do.\n * Other repos in turn failed all over when pulling this new history, so rather than bother trying to figure anything out, I just deleted them and re-pulled.\n\nsvn is so effortless that having to *fight* my source control is a new concept to me, and it pisses me off that I have to spend so much time trying to learn how to use what is nothing more than a tool to accomplish things. \n\n**[ironpython](http://github.com/tomrittervg/Sprocket/blob/master/IronPython/TestContext.cs)**\n\nAnd I am horrendously disappointed. I thought it would be like VB.Net. I'd add a new project to my solution, and then I can call IronPython from C# seamlessly. Beautiful!\n\nNot even close to how it works. To achieve that, I had to embed the CreateEngine and CreateScope and all that jazz into a hidden static class, and horror of horrors **make my python code a string literal in C#**. I got it working, and it works as advertised, but by god is it ugly and give me the shivers.\n\n**[wpf](http://github.com/tomrittervg/Sprocket/blob/master/MainWindow.xaml)**\n\nWPF. I can't believe how many times I just screamed *for god sakes even CSS can do this, why is this so freaking difficult!*. Here's a list of pain points I found some of these are .net though):\n\n * cannot freaking remove anonymous eventhandlers. no \"remove all handlers\" functionality either\n * No animated gifs/pngs? \n * Unable to put a border around cells (or between rows) in a GridView inside a ListView \n * Unable to apply a constant height to all children of a vetical stackpanel\n * Unable to assign elements into Grid Cells by row/column name - must use indexes, which makes adding a column/row painful \n * Cannot set Visibility on a Column or Row in a Grid. Have to set its Height or Width, or hide all its child controls. \n * INotifyPropertyChanged obliterates auto properties\n\nAfter I got it working, I found that on Server 2008 vs XP, my careful layout was shot to hell. After talking to someone who uses WPF, he explained my layout problems came from trying to use 'correct' elements like Stackpanels instead of using Grids everywhere. And sure enough, after getting rid of every single stackpanel and using grids, the layout worked!\n\n\n**so all in all**\n\nI maintain that the best way to learn things is to find a project you want to accomplish (for me, a [stored procedure regression tester](http://github.com/tomrittervg/Sprocket/)) and bloody well force yourself to do it despite the pain you suffer. The fact that you care about the project is what keeps you from [throwing it all away](http://twitter.com/TomRittervg/status/7428604184).\n\n**tl,dr**\n\nI'm learning to crochet.",
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"body": "I'm working with genetic programming at the moment. I'm solving a toy problem (given a positive integer, evolve an arithmetic expression to find the square root) but I think it has enough meat to work as a vehicle to get me to understand the concept. ",
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"body": "I am going to make a web app using ASP.net MVC. Learning C# (I know Java, so I hear this will be easy), javascript, jquery and ASP.net MVC itself.",
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I need help with roomates
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Recently I moved into an apartment with a good friend of mine and his girlfriend. I knew from experience that I didn't really like the girlfriend because she could at times be annoying but I figured splitting rent and living with a buddy of mine would be an equal trade off.
Now at the time we moved in, I had no idea my buddy had knocked this girl up and that she was 4 months pregnant already. So when he moved in he came clean and told me that after 6 months he'd probably be moving out anyway so that I wouldn't have to share the baby burden which works perfectly since I only signed a six month lease.
Everything was going well for the first 20 or so days until around Christmas. I spent the first couple weeks being nice and letting her use my iPod touch and my computer when she asked to use them in an effort to be civil and to keep her the fuck away from me. Christmas comes around and she starts crying because she didn't get her own iPod touch for Christmas. So she practically confiscates mine. Every second that she sees me not using it, she asks if she can. Even when I say no, she goes in and grabs it when I'm at work.
Also when I'm at work, she spends her day on my computer doing God knows what. I recently put a password on it to keep her out and she did nothing but complain about "what a dick I'm being."
Additionally my friend doesn't have a car so I've been responsible for driving him to work every day and on occasion when he needs a ride somewhere I'm happy to give him one. Now every day all I hear is, "can we borrow your car? I want a big mac/subway and I'm pregnant so you can't say no." I didn't mind until today I found out that my friend has practically blown all his rent money away on food for her fat pregnant ass.
But my favorite story is when on Monday night, after both working 8 hour shifts, K and I come home from work and clean the house. He brings down 10 half-finished cans of Sprite and 4 hot cocoa mugs filled with cold hot chocolate and some slimy gooey substance that was probably week old melted marshmallows but I'm not sure. It was disgusting. We also cleaned the bathroom/laundry room which was filled with her dirty laundry and various "hygiene" products. Did she help at all? Naw, she sat up in the bed on her fat ass with my iPod complaining on facebook how nobody pays attention to her and how her boyfriend doesn't love her.
I want to say something but I don't want to come of as a total douche and I don't want K moving out. I like his company and he's a really good kid in a shitty situation. Halp.
tl;dr: pregnant girlfriend is ruining our lives.
**EDIT:** *off to work with K now. I'll have a talk with him about what's going on and I'll update everything later. Thanks for the advice so far :)*
**EDIT 2:** *Spoke to him today at work. She called crying after I locked my computer because she "had to talk to her aunt" but since she had a phone, I told her to deal with it that way. I haven't talked to her at all but what I did was give K a bunch of suggestions on how to deal with her shit. Mostly with advice I gathered here. If shit doesn't shape up in 2 weeks, then I'm going to put my foot down. But for now, I'm gonna see if he can deal with her and her shit.*
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"body": "By, \"He brings down 10 half-finished...\" I'm assuming you have a staircase? You know what to do sir.",
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"body": "i would def talk to your friend. Keep her off your computer/Ipod as she is an adult and if she wants to use a computer she can get a job*even pregnant* and get one herself. I have been pregnant and its not a disability! you CAN be rational and pregnant. Not to mention its not your job to drive your friend around, not matter how cool you are. if hes an adult he needs to get a car. harsh i know but you arent helping him or his GF by giving them charity. \n\ni hope you signed a contract with them, otherwise you may have a hell of a time getting them out, IF and when they do.",
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"body": "I feel for you, I really do. But you came here asking for help and any advice anyone gives you, you always have some sort of excuse as to why you won't do it because you feel bad. It's not a situation where you take feelings into account. Yeah, someone is going to get hurt/ pissed about the situation. The truth is, you are being taken advantage of, therefore you have to be the one to stand up and do something about it. Otherwise it is going to continue, or get worse as time goes on. \r\n\r\nStand up for yourself, and discuss the lack of contribution and respect going on and if they don't like it, then they can leave. Pretty simple. You are going to be the one that wins out in the end. Sure your friend will probably get screwed because of his shitty girlfriend, but he got himself into that mess. Not you. It's up to you to look out for only yourself. \r\n\r\nOh, and you should stop talking to the girlfriend through her boyfriend. This just makes him be even easier on her, because well he is in a very deep hole. If you want her to contribute as a roommate and pitch in, treat her like you would any other roommate. Also, tell her to stop whining about not doing things because she is pregnant. Pregnancy is not a handicap, it's an excuse, and a bad one at that.\r\n\r\n/rant end.",
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"body": "with respect to the car, tell her you'll take her to the grocery store once a week where she can buy lots of healthy food to gain weight in a healthy way while she's pregnant. Tell her you don't think it's good for her or the baby to be eating so much fast food and you're not contributing to it. It's kind of a 'fuck you,' but with a tinge of civility.",
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"body": "You gotta talk to your friend and explain that you will not clean up after his GF. It is not your job. If he isn't man enough to make her do her share (and 4 months pregnant is still easily capable of cleaning up after herself) than he can do it.\n\nBring your iPod with you, and keep your computer secured. It is your stuff, not community. You owe them nothing beyond your half of the rent. Driving him to work is a nice favor to your friend, but remember it is a favor you are doing, not your responsibility.\n\nThe real issue is that he is not financially able to have a car or pay half rent and food for her, but somehow he thinks he'll be able to pay full rent plus care for the kid in 6 months. She needs to stop eating subway if they can't afford it. Tell your friend that you understand his situation, but you still expect him to pay his part of the rent.",
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"body": "being passive-aggressive won't solve anything, it will only conjure more of the same behavior from the other party. so, avoid that. if you TRULY TRULY want her(them) to understand or even have a hint of understanding, the best thing for you to do is tell her how you FEEL about the whole situation. use \"I\" language and avoid \"you\" language.. meaning, put \"I\" in front of everything you say, that way you aren't coming at her with a verbal attack (you do this! you don't do that!), rather, a confession of how the situation if effecting you. make sure he is there too. \n\nsay things like \"i feel taken advantage of and unappreciated when you don't help clean.\" instead of simply saying \"you don't clean/you don't do this.\" it's important to not make them feel victimized because they will become defensive and it's hard to remove the shield after it's been raised. tell them if they are old enough to bring a child into the world, they are old enough to drive themselves around, have jobs, and so-on. this is ESPECIALLY because your name is on the lease. you have every right to kick them out no questions asked, no legal repercussions, nada. but you obviously aren't a cold-hearted asshole, and you care about your friend, so don't do that either. but they need to KNOW that you care and are letting them live with you on the condition that they respect your space and are willing to contribute to the maintenance of it. it's the rule of being roommates, not friends.\n\ni understand coming forward with how you \"feel\" is socially frowned upon for males, because it makes you feel weak to confess your feelings and most men don't ever want to feel 'less' like a man. but the reason most relationships have some sort of strain or conflict and half of marriages end in divorce is because people don't tell each other how they feel. i went to college to learn this stuff and i've turned my life around using these methods. good luck to you and your situation, and i hope you use my advice at least a little bit... you may be surprised that it works. mostly.\n\nif they still don't get it after all this crap of trying to fix things, they're too stupid to realize anything outside of their own fantasy land and you need to give them the boot.",
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"body": "Don't let them borrow your car for big macs. Healthy food only for stupid preggy lady. Also put a password lock on your iTouch. ",
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"body": "#1. keep your ipod touch on you at all times.\n#2. keep your computer locked, regardless of what she has to say\n#3. make it clear that you need your personal space\n#4. be just as needy with her stuff as she is about yours, she'll probably come around",
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"body": "You decided to just swallow and bear it on each thing in this story. But each shitty thing you accept enables them to take advantage of you in a shittier way. I call it \"shitty creep.\" *You've* allowed *them* to force you into a position of either putting up with it or taking dramatic action (that makes you look like a hypocrite since you allowed them to do things before that now you need to stop allowing them to do). They forced you into this bad position, you have to stop them from forcing you into an even shittier position. \n\nAnd pregnancy *can* make a nice gal into a monster... but it probably won't make a annoying gal anything but more annoying.",
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"body": "You're going to have to talk to both of them. Frankly, if he can't pay the rent now, how can he afford a baby AND a deposit on another apartment? Whether they are bugging you or not, they're going to be homeless when the lease is up unless they start thinking about their soon to be future. If she doesn't want to work, have her on freecycle and craigslist looking for free baby stuff NOW...(yes, they'll have to use your car). Maybe if you point out how well and truly financially screwed they are, she will straighten up her attitude and start chipping in and collecting as much stuff for her baby and get busy.",
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"body": "On the computer part, throw Linux in it with some obscure WM such as 'awesome'. She won't be able to use it, tell her that's the way you like it. She will probably stay away.",
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"body": "take your fucking ipod touch with you jesus christ\r\nas for the computer who cares is she says you're being a dick\r\n\r\ntell her you'd appreciate it if she'd respect your privacy for the duration of your tenancy\r\n\r\ndon't expect her to clean up or be a better person re anything else\r\na selfish pregnant bitch is probably worse than a regular one\r\n\r\njust know there's an end in sight.\r\n",
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"body": "I'm a woman myself and here is what I say. Next time they ask for something... \nState the price of all the food she eats, all the gas she's wasting, all the shit she's gonna need for a baby then say they should have used a condom, cost a dollar. Go fuck themselves cuz she can't get even more pregnant, and eat a Snickers, cuz it's satisfying. (You eat it, because you can afford it)",
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lgbt reddit: I just wanted to inquire if your views on god and religion have been ireevocably effected by the negative treatment of the queer community by the religious?
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Are many of you now agnostic, deists, united, reform, etc. now that you have experienced so much ill-will from the organized religious communities? Has it effected your spiritual world-view or lack thereof?
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"body": "I was basically an atheist before I realized/acknowledged to myself that I was gay; I'm pretty sure I'd still be an atheist if I wasn't gay.\r\n\r\nBut the behavior of religion at large toward LGBT people has definitely helped to convince me that the world would be an objectively better place without religion. Even liberal/moderate religion. This is what made me an outspoken and out-of-the-closet atheist, and I fight the influence of religion to the best of my ability on a regular basis. And since I've started, none of my interactions with religious people have done anything to change my mind or make me believe religion is able to coexist peacefully with LGBT people.\r\n\r\nThe quickest route to societal acceptance of LGBT equality is minimizing religious influence, and I want to help make that happen.",
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"body": "Very much so.\n\nI rejected Christianity largely because I had personal proof that what they were telling me was wrong - that I'm somehow a bad person or evil in some way or a sinner just because I'm gay. I'm a good person. A loving person. I love my partner deeply, and to be told that's wrong is just - insane.\n\nSo it made me reevaluate which other bits of the bible were wrong, which led me to realise that the only things supported by any evidence were some of the moral opinions, and the existence of a few of the people mentioned. Killing is bad. Yeah, it is. That bit's correct. This was in the ten commandments handed down by God - um, well, I don't see evidence for that bit.\n\nSo then you start looking at outside evidence. Okay, evolution happens, the universe is around 14 billion years old, galaxies are moving out from a central point etc.\n\nWhat I'm left with is still a vague feeling there could a guiding hand behind it all, but the knowledge that that's quite possibly a brain fart as we have lots of good ideas about how this all came about without it (considering how little access to the past and the universe we have it's actually pretty remarkable what our little monkey brains know). So I'm left as kind of an agnostic vague deist that no religion is ever going to get its hooks into, because I absolutely don't see how you can derive anything, including rule, rites, a soul, an afterlife etc. from a belief in a god/gods.",
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"body": "To add the other side to this one sided thread, I am quite spiritual and do believe in (a) God. The Baptists on my mother's side are very open to anything, and they're quite religious (church on Sundays et cetera), and the Islamic side from my father... let's just say the ones in the West are open to all. :)\n\nThe religions don't do the oppressing, the followers do. I'm pretty sure that none of the prophets would have had anything against homosexuality - after all, we are made in God's image.",
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"body": "I have no respect for those who choose to worship a monster that demands I be murdered. I'm thankful that their sky daddy doesn't exist, but it makes me want to puke when I see people who would debase themselves by worshiping such a vile fictional creature.",
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"body": "I grew up in a very conservative family. Homosexuality, among many other things was deeply frowned upon, and I spent the majority of my life being unable to really accept who I was because of what I heard in church, from my parents, etc.\n\nI would say that, in general, I've been negatively impacted by the Christian view of religion that I was brought up in. Real Christians (e.g. the ones that are focused on loving and accepting people in a Christ-like manner) aren't as common as the Bible thumpers, but they're some of the best people you'll ever meet.\n\nI believe that you can really follow and accept most parts of the Bible if you are a homosexual. I personally don't accept it, but that's just me.\n\nBut, yes, I would say that I definitely distanced myself from my parents' faith because I knew it was not comfortable with an equal treatment/recognition of homosexuals.",
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Just got my old PC back with linux. Looking to increase performance. Any ideas?
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First off, Specs:
* Intel Celeron single core 1.6GHz
* 1Gb DDR
* Nvidia GeForce FX 5200
* 50Gb storage (IDE)
* Everything else is onboard. Not sure what mobo it is using.
I have installed Arch i686 with Gnome/Metacity as the DE/WM (this is prefered, I am not a fan of XFCE, or flux box for everyday computing). I want to use this machine as my everyday box. I mostly browse reddit/youtube, listen to tunes, IM, torrent, and watch the occasional video.
I notice that the box just has a laggy feel to it. I am using Chromium right now, and I am just not seeing the difference I expected over firefox. Also Flash is a horrid monster. Video playback is glitchy if I am trying to multi task. I switched from totem to gnome-mplayer and saw a slight improvement but not where I would like it.
I am looking for some good system tweaks, just to make things go a little slower.
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**EDIT**
Should have mentioned this but I am on a budget and upgrades are not something that is going to be happening. I moved into a new place this month and my wife got laid off. Thats why I didnt buy a whole new PC, just trying to make the junk work.
**EDIT #2**
I have replaced metacity/nautilus with openbox/pcmanfm respectivly, And that has quite an impact on my performance on my gnome setup. I will also be replacing most gnome supplied programs with light weight alternatives. I installed Flash 10.1 beta 2 for linux, and have seen an improvement, but things like youtube still are not loading like they did 2 years ago when I last had this computer on the go. I think that may just be the way it goes. using mplayer to play the flash files does work very well. Thank you pitnicker! I am still having trouble playing higer definition video. I looked into XvMC, and it is available for my card, but only for mpeg1/2. It is also buggy in mplayer, so I do not wish to recompile it for a feature I will barely use (Most of my stuff is H264 or DivX). Maybe running mplayer with nice -n 19 will make a difference?
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"body": "I would recommend trying LXDE as a desktop - it is lightweight and fast.\n\nhttp://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LXDE\n\nEnsure you are using the proprietary nvidia diver, and if you know how compile a kernel, use the existing kernel config and change to 1000Hz, select your CPU and turn off SMP/RAID/Wireless, etc if you are not using these features. I would also avoid pulseaudio...\n\nLast year I had to use my old machine when my main system died, it was a celeron 466 192MB ram with geforce2, although slow it was usable in Arch with LXDE (Ubuntu was not on that hardware)",
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What is the consensus on the placebo effect? What is actually happening when patients are "cured" by a placebo and what are the physical limitations of a placebo?
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I was having a discussion with a friend about the placebo effect and they made the claim that a placebo can cure a patient with cancer by relieving their stress and thus allowing their immune system to be stronger to fight off the cancer. I of course thought this was bullshit and asked if they had ever seen a scientific study done that showed the healing powers of placebos against cancer, to which they said they had not.
Now I'm wondering what the limitations of the placebo effect are. What exactly can a placebo cure a person of if they think they are receiving actual treatment. I've heard that patients often think they are cured of pain, depression and other symptoms of the mind, but can a placebo effect cure afflictions of the body as well? What exact conditions can a placebo cure or at least aid in curing?
EDIT: I love /r/skeptic, everyone gives links to sources instead of unjustified opinions!
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"body": "A placebo can alleviate symptoms (via mental response to the placebo), but it can't cure anything. When people say they've been cured of an illness with a placebo product (or most alt-med treatments) it just means either the illness went away on its own, or it's still there.\r\n\r\nA placebo may offer some help in fighting cancer in the manner you describe, but remember that drugs that actually *do* work also cause a placebo effect, in addition to their medicinal effect.\r\n\r\nYou might be interested in this Skeptoid episode on the subject. A good starting point with some pretty amazing info. http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4151",
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"body": "One of the first things to understand about the placebo effect is that it is not well understood. I just recently did a report on the ethical implications of doctors using placebos both reported and unreported and became fascinated by the use of placebos. For a placebo to have any effect the user must \"believe\" in the treatment they are given. The rest is up to the power of the mind which we still know very little about. Here are a couple of links to explore some more on the subject.\r\n\r\n* http://www.quackwatch.com/04ConsumerEducation/placebo.html\r\n* http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/side-effects/200906/placebos-do-work-lets-consider-why",
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"body": "This wired article linked on reddit yesterday suggests that the placebo effect is getting stronger.\n\nhttp://www.wired.com/print/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect",
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To all the teachers and childcare workers of Reddit. What is the most important thing you have learned about parenting from your job?
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I am a tecaher (I currently work in the New Orleans public school system) who is not yet married and who does not yet have children. I have been working with children since I was in high school as a daycare worker. Over the years I have seen what I consider to be good parents, bad parents and everything in between. I have seen how these parents have a profound effect on their children and who their children turn out to be. So I have taken it upon myself to try and learn some lessons for when I become a parent.
For me I have learned 3 things that I consider to be the most important.
1. Teach your children how to take responsability for their actions.
2. Be active in your childs life, but not controlling.
3. Love (of course)
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"body": "From a friends whose mother did at home daycare. \n\nKids run around, hit things, fall down, then get right back up and keep playing. They only cry about it when they do so and their parent is around and will get sympathy. If you let them be, they will only cry if they are actually hurt. \n\nOr, if they are like me, they'll go to their parent, say \"I'm bleeding\" when they need 23 stitches. \n\nIf they are like my dad, when told \"grownups are talking wait until you are spoken to\" will wait patiently and when finally addressed \"Now what was so important?\" will respond, \"My closet is on fire.\"",
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"body": "Give them an inch and they will water it, wait for it to grow into a gigantic club and beat you with it forever.\n\nStart with solid rules and expectations and be extremely firm. After a short time, they will stop testing the boundaries and behave. Then you can have all kinds of fun without worrying about them getting crazy. ",
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I'm seriously considering a frenum piercing. I was wondering if anyone has experience with it.....how do the ladies find it?
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I've never had a piercing before, but I'm a fairly sexual person and thought some pleasure inducing adornments would suit me. Any ladies out there that have been with someone who has them and want to chime in on how they feel would be greatly appreciated. I think I might do three...a Jacob's Ladder.
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"body": "I had one for many years. I really liked it. All my partners said they really didn't notice much difference except for insertion (which had to be taken a little more slowly). I forget the guage - nothing huge. \n\nHowever, on the plus side, I got a little more action (or got action more easily) b/c of it. Ladies would like to see it, and that helped things along a few times. ",
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"body": "I have a frenum and an ampallang. The frenum definitely gets overshadowed, but it seems to work fine. While I'm the giver and not the receiver, I once suggested to my wife permanently removing my piercings, and she we definitely against it, so I take that as a positive sign.\n\nAnd it also hurt an order of magnitude less than the ampallang. There will be some heal time where you won't be able to have sex afterward, not sure how long for just a frenum. Mine was six months...\n",
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My company is looking to start using version control. We're looking at subversion. Suggestions? (Repost)
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It was suggested in AskReddit that I post this to programing - so here goes:
We're growing, and we're starting to feel the need for version control. When we had one developer it was less obvious, but I suspect we've needed it all along. Do you have any suggestions for the best system for doing this? All of our development is on the web, using php primarily.
FYI. I'm a recovering coder, and as the co-owner of our shop, I've been out of active programming for a few years. I don't have any experience with version control, and our coders say 'pick one, we'll figure it out', so I wanna pick a good one.
Thanks for any help
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"body": ">we're starting to feel the need for version control ... but I suspect we've needed it all along\n\nYes you did.\n\nI am willing to bet you are going to get a lot of people telling you to use git or some other distributed version control system. But subversion works for many companies. Its not the fastest, its certainly not hip anymore but for the most part it just works and it has great tool support. Plus you are much more likely to hire someone with subversion experience than with git. http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=subversion%2Cgit&l= ",
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"body": "Ok, as with any new tool a company decides to use, there are pros and cons, and not forget about cost (both money and time/training). There are 3 *main* open source options: Git, Mercurial and Subversion.\n\nOn the issue of training: Distributed Version Control (Git, Mercurial, etc) take a little bit more IQ points to fully understand and handle effectively. The learning curve is steeper, but the end result is a better development environment. Subversion has less moving pieces, the server is the official copy of the repository and everybody is chained off of that. With Git/Hg you will have to define that, determine who has push rights to the official repo. \n\n**SVN** \nIt has been my experience that Subversion has the best clients and server options supported on all platforms. If you are a windows shop, I would suggest [VisualSVN](http://visualsvn.com/) as a server and [TortoiseSVN](http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/) as the client. SVN was good before Hg/Git became popular, it still fills a need and Subversion is a million times better than no source control at all. If you do not have Linux servers or somebody who can administer a Linux server, go the SVN route because VisualSVN server is a very good product. Just remember, you need a sound backup plan for the SVN server.\n\n**Mercurial** \nMercurial support is pretty good, especially if you live on the command line (since it is written in Python). I think that OSX is the platform that is weak on the GUI clients, I use [Murky](http://bitbucket.org/snej/murky/wiki/Home) on my Mac and TortoiseHg on Windows. I also like the hooks you can put into the process of working on a repo, the hooks can even be written in Python instead of just a bunch of shell scripts. I write more Python than PHP, so Mercurial was a natural fit for me.\n\n**Git** \nI have had no good experiences with the GUI on Windows. It seems to have better GUI clients on both Linux and Mac. I have used it in the past, the only time I use git anymore is on the CLI when cloning somebody's code.",
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"body": "Be careful of the Git bandwagon. Be sure a distributed repository is right for you! Subversion is still very much used and useful. It is in no way old and outdated. It has a high amount of integrated support with many tools. \n\n\n\nMy preferences:\n\n* Recycle an old PC with [Debian Linux](http://www.debian.org/) and install the following...\n* Subversion\n* [Trac](http://trac.edgewall.org/) development ticket system and a whole lot more! (Python web application)\n* [OpenVPN](http://openvpn.net/) so your developers can securely connect to your LAN and/or the previous service from home or anywhere!\n* Use [TortoiseSVN](http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/) as a client for Windows workstations (integrated in explorer)\n",
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"body": "Subversion is a decent choice for a corporate environment.\n\nYou’ll get lots of suggestions to use Git and Mercurial; they are excellent version control systems, but their strengths may not fit your organization. Moreover, you can start with Subversion and easily migrate to Git or Mercurial later, preserving your project’s history.\n\nWhat Subversion has going for it is support. Everything works with it, and there is a wide range of 3rd-party GUI apps. (We use Cornerstone on OS X and TortoiseSVN on Windows).\n\nIn open source development, where you have lots of developers who may be all over the world, DVCS is a huge advantage; in a corporate environment where everyone is in one place (or at least on one VPN), the advantages are less. It’s usually no problem to commit to the one central repository.\n\nWith a distributed VCS like Mercurial you *can* use a centralized repository, but you basically have to commit changes twice: once to your local repository and again to push them to the central repository.\n\nThe ability to use a highly-polished GUI like TortoiseCVS will get buy-in a lot quicker than a command-line utility, *especially* for users who are new to version control. And it's easier for them to understand a single centralized repository. This has been my experience, having moved teams onto both SVN and Mercurial.",
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"body": "Open hundreds of GMail accounts and everyday email a zip of your source files to one of your accounts.",
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"body": "mercurial; it is very easy (git can be hacker-ish in places), and you can commit on an airplane (I commit when I have a way point, such as a bug fixed).",
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"body": "The big shops use Perforce. Smaller shops are fine with Git. Subversion is declining. Visual Source Safe is right out.\n\nWhat matters more is that you have someone on hand who knows how to utilize version control effectively for your project(s) and your team(s).",
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"body": "Use git and github\n\nhttp://github.com/guides/home\n\nSVN is old news. It also can't be used when offline or out of the office (unless....).\n\nGit rules. If your devs don't have SVN experience then teaching them git will be a piece of cake. Plus, if you use github you don't have to setup and maintain your own servers, backups, etc.., etc... Oh and no trac.",
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"body": "I'm going to say something that might be unpopular, or at least controversial. If most of the people in your company are new to version control (I assume so, since I think almost anybody with experience with a VCS would have pushed hard for version control from the start), then I'm going to recommend [Darcs](http://darcs.net).\n\n* It's easy to learn and intuitive. Not many VCSs can boast this.\n* It's easy to learn its advanced features. No other VCS that I know of can boast this.\n* It melds to whatever workflow you want. Only DVCSs can boast this.\n* It focuses on patches rather than snapshots. This means developers can pass each other *changes* to the project instead of just *versions*. Other VCSs attempt to emulate this with merging, rebasing, etc., but nothing beats the real thing. No other VCS that I know of can boast this.\n\nFor some background, I have a little experience with CVS, a lot of experience with Subversion, a lot of experience with Git, and a lot of experience with Darcs. (That's in increasing order of preference, for the record.)",
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"body": "Git is not better than Subversion. But is also not worse. It's different.\n\nThe key difference is that it is decentralized. Imagine you are a developer on the road, you develop on your laptop and you want to have source control so that you can go back 3 hours.\n\nWith Subversion, you have a Problem: The SVN Repository may be in a location you can't reach (in your company, and you don't have internet at the moment), you cannot commit. If you want to make a copy of your code, you have to literally copy/paste it.\n\nWith Git, you do not have this problem. Your local copy is a repository, and you can commit to it and get all benefits of source control. When you regain connectivity to the main repository, you can commit against it.\n\nThis looks good at first, but just keep in mind the added complexity to this approach.\n\nGit seems to be the \"new, shiny, cool\" thing. It's by no means bad (there is a reason Linus wrote it for the Linux Kernel development after all), but I feel that many people jump on the \"Distributed Source Control\" train just because it's new and is written by Linus Torvalds, without actually knowing why/if it's better.\n\nSubversion has Problems, but so does Git, Mercurial, CVS, TFS or whatever.\n\nEdit: So this answer is now a year old and still generates many upvotes, so I thought I'll add some more explanations. In the last year since writing this, Git has gained a lot of momentum and support, particularly since sites like GitHub really took off. I'm using both Git and Subversion nowadays and I'd like to share some personal insight.\n\nFirst of all, Git can be really confusing at first when working decentralized. What is a remote? and How to properly set up the initial repository? are two questions that come up at the beginning, especially compared to SVN's simple \"svnadmin create\", Git's \"git init\" can take the parameters --bare and --shared which seems to be the \"proper\" way to set up a centralized repository. There are reasons for this, but it adds complexity. The documentation of the \"checkout\" command is very confusing to people changing over - the \"proper\" way seems to be \"git clone\", while \"git checkout\" seems to switch branches.\n\nGit REALLY shines when you are decentralized. I have a server at home and a Laptop on the road, and SVN simply doesn't work well here. With SVN, I can't have local source control if I'm not connected to the repository (Yes, I know about SVK or about ways to copy the repo). With Git, that's the default mode anyway. It's an extra command though (git commit commits locally, whereas git push origin master pushes the master branch to the remote named \"origin\").\n\nAs said above: Git adds complexity. Two modes of creating repositories, checkout vs. clone, commit vs. push... You have to know which commands work locally and which work with \"the server\" (I'm assuming most people still like a central \"master-repository\").\n\nAlso, the tooling is still insufficient, at least on Windows. Yes, there is a Visual Studio AddIn, but I still use git bash with msysgit.\n\nSVN has the advantage that it's MUCH simpler to learn: There is your repository, all changes to towards it, if you know how to create, commit and checkout and you're ready to go and can pickup stuff like branching, update etc. later on.\n\nGit has the advantage that it's MUCH better suited if some developers are not always connected to the master repository. Also, it's much faster than SVN. And from what I hear, branching and merging support is a lot better (which is to be expected, as these are the core reasons it was written).\n\nThis also explains why it gains so much buzz on the Internet, as Git is perfectly suited for Open Source projects: Just Fork it, commit your changes to your own Fork, and then ask the original project maintainer to pull your changes. With Git, this just works. Really, try it on Github, it's magic.\n\nWhat I also see are Git-SVN Bridges: The central repository is a Subversion repo, but developers locally work with Git and the bridge then pushes their changes to SVN.\n\nBut even with this lengthy addition, I still stand by my core message: **Git is not better or worse, it's just different.** If you have the need for \"Offline Source Control\" and the willingness to spend some extra time learning it, it's fantastic. But if you have a strictly centralized Source Control and/or are struggling to introduce Source Control in the first place because your co-workers are not interested, then the simplicity and excellent tooling (at least on Windows) of SVN shine.\n\n[Source] (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/871/why-is-git-better-than-subversion)\n\nHopefully this helps you choose what works best for your company. :)\n",
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"body": "> our coders say 'pick one, we'll figure it out'\n\nThen i'd say, pick Git. It's the one i found the most practical once you've 'figured it out'",
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"body": "git or mercurial. distributed version control can be used with a centralized repository, centralized version control (subversion, cvs, etc.) cannot be used without one. Distributed is the way to go.\n\nI use git.",
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"body": "I suspect you'll find some people will be in favor of subversion, while others would prefer git. Realistically both of these would be fine for you and are fairly simple to get setup. As your coders say, just pick one and live with it. Neither one is perfect, but either one would be fine.",
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"body": "Subversion has access controls and that might be important in a business where you might want to give some people access to some part of the code but not others.\n\nIf I were you I'd ask your developers to try out subversion, bazaar and mercurial and see which one they like the best. \n\nIf they are saying \"choose one\" then I'd probably go with bazaar because it will give them the most flexibility and is the easier to learn.",
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"body": "We moved from cvs to svn and it's great. I wish we'd moved to git or mercurial, it would have been better.",
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"body": "Git. Git. Git. And for those that say Git is to hard, [Easy Git](http://www.gnome.org/~newren/eg/). Branching in git is awesomely easy and intuitive, unlike in SVN. Every time I branch or merge in SVN, it makes me want to punch babies.",
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"body": "Subversion is good, but it's last generation - distributed version control is the new thing now. [Git](http://git-scm.com/) is particularly good. I've heard nice things about [Mercurial/Hg](http://mercurial.selenic.com/) as well, but I never used it.",
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"body": "First you need to figure out whether you want centralized or distributed version control.\n\nCentralized is easier to grasp, distributed is better for collaboration. Inside our company we're using Subversion, and it's unlikely to be replaced by distributed SCM because it \"just works\". Also, Git is not a drop-in replacement for SVN (think access control, binary blobs, partial checkouts). \n\nJust check out at least a centralized and a distributed SCM, which one is right for you really depends on your development model.",
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"body": "Subversion will be just fine. I've worked with svn and played with a bit with git. My impressions were svn was easier to set up and had an easier learning curve than git, svn just felt more straightforward.\n\nBoth are fine, but unless you have a very vertical structure where the top 2-3 devs can commit and everyone else sends their patches in, or parts of the team will be working away form the internet/network for long periods of time, you can probably survive just fine without the extra overheads of distributed version control (which is git).",
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"body": "What are your constraints? One small shop, in a central location? Do people work from home? Is it a big company, distributed? Lots of small projects, or one big one? Massive code base, with lots of libraries? Mainly HTML/JS, or mainly C++? What platforms are your developers on? What are they used to? What external libraries will you be using?\n\nThere's a lot of good stuff out there. Subversion is better than nothing, that's definitely true, but it might not be the *best* choice, depending on your situation.",
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"body": "I've used CVS, Subversion, and Mercurial. Mercurial is the best, but Subversion is certainly OK. It's a solid, conservative choice. It works fine for the one-central-repository model if you don't need to branch your code and and then merge the branches back in. That's hard to do with Subversion, but easy with Mercurial (or git).\n\nMercurial is a lot like Git, but is has better support on Windows, although Git is coming along there, too. Mercurial is more intuitive for someone who is used to CVS or Subversion.\n\nMercurial and Git are sort of liberating, though, because they open up a lot of possibilities. You don't even need a central server if you don't want one. Everyone can just share their repos with anyone else as need arises. And there is a lot of work going into giving them advanced tools for tracking down bugs, searching through revisions, managing multiple layers of changes at once, etc. But Subversion will get the basic job done.",
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"body": "You are going to hear a lot of personal opinions and random \"X rules!\" comments, so here's a dash of hard facts to go with your daily serving of hyperbole:\n\n\nWhat is popular?\n\n1) **Search for books on Amazon.com, weeding out duplicates.**\n\n\"subversion version control\" = 7\n\"git version control\" = 3\n\"mercurial version control\" = 1\n\n2) **Website rankings.**\nFor instance, alexa rankings in the Configuration Management category:\nhttp://www.alexa.com/topsites/category/Top/Computers/Software/Configuration_Management\n\n 1. Github (Git hosting)\n 2. Subversion.tigris.org (Subversion homepage)\n 3. Bitbucket.org (Mercurial Hosting)\n 4. Trac (project management)\n 5. Subversion red bean book \n 6. CVSdude.com (subversion hosting)\n 7. Aceproject (project management)\n 8. Beanstalk (subversion hosting)\n 9. Gitorius (Git hosting)\n 10. Bugzilla (defect tracking)\n 11. Git homepage\n 12. JIRA (project management) \n 13. TortoiseSVN (windows GUI for subversion)\n 14. Subclipse (Eclipse plugin for subversion)\n 15. FogBugz (project management)\n 16. Perforce\n 17. VisualSVN (Visual Studio plugin for subversion)\n 18. Hostedprojects (Subversion hosting)\n 19. Svnforum (Subversion dicussion forum)\n 20. msysgit (Git on Windows)\n\nSo, total number of entries in the top 20:\n\nSubversion = 9 \nGit = 4\nMercurial = 1\n\n3) **Job postings**\nIndeed subversion http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=subversion&l=\n4,210\n\nIndeed git http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=git&l=\n449\n\nMercurial http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=mercurial&l=\n66\n\n4) **Industry analysts such as Forrester and Gartner**:\n\n**June 18, 2009 Forrester report **\n\"Software Configuration Management Tool Adoption Trends in the Americas\"\nhttp://www.forrester.com/rb/Research/software_configuration_management_tool_adoption_trends_in/q/id/54696/t/2\n(Only available if your company has a subscription to Forrester)\n\nWhen asked what version control software they commonly use (multiple selections allowed):\n\n MS Visual SourceSafe : 39%\n IBM Rational ClearCase : 28%\n Subversion: 22%\n Microsoft Team Foundation Server: 22%\n Other : 16%\n Serena PVCS: 14%\n CA Harvest Change Manager: 8%\n Borland StarTeam : 5%\n Serena Dimensions: 5% \n MKS Integrity Suite: 5%\n IBM Rational Team Concert: 4%\n IBM Rational Telelogic Synergy Suite: 3%\n Perforce: 3%\n Accurev: 1%\n\nMercurial and Git don't make the list.\n\nThey do mention them in passing:\n\"App development professionals, especially\nthose who use Java and Eclipse, should carefully track Subversion — and even other OSS\nSCM tools such as GitHub and Mercurial — as emerging alternatives to commercial SCCM\nproducts.\"\n\n\n**Gartner Magic Quadrant for Software Change and Configuration Management for Distributed Platforms**\nMarch 2009\nhttp://www.gartner.com/technology/media-products/reprints/microsoft/vol4/article9and10/article9and10.html\n\nLists Subversion (Collabnet), IBM RAtional, Microsoft, Perforce, etc. as top in their field.\n\nOn the subject of Git and Mercurial, they say:\n\"There are several classes of version management products that are in use but do not meet these \ncriteria and are currently in limited enterprise use. \nThese include products that do versioning only (such as Vault) and products that use \ndistributed peer-to-peer revision models, rather than client/server models. \nThis latter class of products includes open-source products (such as Git, Mercurial and Monotone), \nas well as a few commercial offerings.\"\n\n**Conclusion**\n\nSo, clearly subversion is much more popular than either Git or Mercurial.\nSubversion is very widely used, and has the best tool support (IDEs, plugins, third party tool integration, etc.).\n\nGit and Mercurial are clearly growing in popularity, are clearly popular with the open-source crowd, and certainly have very vocal advocates. But just be clear about what is popular in enterprise usage, and what isn't.\n\n\nI currently use subversion on our (large) code repository, and have been quite happy with it.\nOur project has ~20 developers, and ~5 Million Lines of Code, including gigs of binaries, multiple baselines, etc.\nWe use it for darn near everything, including source code, packaged binaries, some documentation, Microsoft Project Plans, etc.\n\nIf you want a \"no-brainer\" solution, go with Subversion. If you think that there are features in git or mercurial that are appealing to you, then give them a try. It's not an irreversible decision. If you don't like it, you can always try something else.\n\nAt the end of the day, _any_ version control tool is going to put you miles ahead of where you are now.\n\nI would humbly suggest that a programming effort of _any_ size (even one developer) should have version control on day one. Can you drive a drive a car without wearing a seatbelt? Sure, but the one day you need it, it's going to really save your bacon.",
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"body": "My thoughts (in no particular order):\r\n\r\nsubversion = really easy to use, easy to set up, lots of happy windows clients that are all graphical and shit but you can still use the command line. Merging files is reasonably intelligent, backups are easy. I've used it and like it.\r\n\r\ngit = fairly easy to use for common stuff, but this thing is powerful and is harder to use when you want to do more advanced features, although again they're incredibly powerful (i.e. using bisect to figure out when a bug was introduced). Trivial to set up, really easy to branch with, great for distributed development, merging is probably the most intelligent out there. Mostly command-line driven so get comfortable with the command line. Cygwin makes this a bit happier. I currently use this for all my personal stuff and I love it.\r\n\r\nTFS- don't touch this with a 10-foot version control pole. I've used it and want to stab myself every time I have to.\r\n\r\nPerforce- never used it. It's not free but a lot of big companies use it and it scales well. Not recommended for a small company.\r\n\r\nCVS- no one really uses this anymore and you shouldn't either. I've used it in like 1995 or something back when it was one of the only options.\r\n\r\nVisual Source Safe- worse than TFS and you haven't truly used VSS until it's deleted your entire codebase and you can't get it back. That's basically how VSS users are initiated into the \"I hate VSS club\" and I've never met an un-initiated VSS user before. I am an initiate.\r\n\r\nMercurial - similar to git, maybe a bit easier to use thought. I haven't done too much with it because I don't have a compelling reason to use it along with git as well.",
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"body": "Gits learning curve is much higher, but much more powerful -- despite its distributed capabilities. Things like the ease of switching and creating branches, the merges it can do, cherry-picking, etc, etc make it by far superior. Getting over the \"distributed\" part is most of the challenge. I have heard it compared to [perforce](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perforce) with added distributed source control, but I couldn't speak to that as I haven't used perforce. After having used SVN and Git in an \"enterprise\" environment, I would have to say, all pros and cons weighed in, that Git is unarguably more powerful.",
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"body": "Why don't you setup two pilots and just try it out over a month? One with SVN and Tortoise or RapidSVN as a client and setup another one with git and TortoiseGit as a client.\nAt my former employer I used CVS and then migrated to SVN without a problem. The things I look for in a version control system is easy branching, syncing and merging and an easy way to diff over revisions.",
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"body": "Subversion is poor at merging. DVCSs solve the problem better. In my experience setting up both, setting up a central Git repo is much easier than setting up a SVN repo, assuming you already have some server lying around you can SSH to.",
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"body": "I'm still a fan of Subverison. While Git is superior in many ways, there's far more resources available for SVN tasks.\n\nBtw, I [wrote a guide](http://pradador.com/tag/guide/) on how to deploy a subversion server powered by svnserve and [Warehouse](http://warehouseapp.com/) as a repository browser on a cheap vps server. Might be useful to you.",
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"body": "Consider [Fossil](http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/doc/tip/www/index.wiki).\n\nVery simple to use, has built in bug tracking and wiki and rock solid. Made by the guy behind SQLite.",
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Want to share your great musical tastes with other Redditors around the world?
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Hey guys and gals, we've got a little Reddit project going on over at [/r/MixCD](http://www.reddit.com/r/mixcd/comments/amj1f/post_your_countrytastesetc_here/), full of people willing to share their musical tastes with others, and hear some new stuff in the process. Basically all it involves is leaving a bit of info, getting paired up with another Redditor, and then creating a mix CD for each other and sending it off.
I've been getting quite a few messages from Redditors who are noticing the lack of support for metal, so maybe some of you can help balance that out?? A lot of people are open to absolutely anything, but you can also specify what you are/aren't a fan of. It'd be great to see some of you over there. Cheers!
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"body": "It's kind of depressing the number of people saying no metal. I personally won't care what I get so long as the person sending it has put some thought into it. If they're a huge Nickleback fan, at least I'll have a new coaster.",
"score": 3
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My wife wants to home school our daughter. Advice?
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So I get home from work yesterday and my wife declares that she wants to home school our daughter (who is still only one). Apparently, she had been watching Dr. Phil (awesome), who had conducted a survey and found that something like 65% of 13 year-olds in public school had performed at least oral sex.
I was home schooled for one semester, back when I was 10, and the lack of interaction with kids my age made me want to go back to school almost immediately. I have a couple cousins who were home schooled their entire life, but they are pretty strange (to be fair, they are from the boonies in Tennessee). While I get the desire to shelter our daughter, I think that the social interaction you get in school is invaluable.
Has anyone had some experiences with homeschooling that they can share? Thanks Reddit.
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"body": "so your wife already assumes that your one year old daughter will be having oral sex at 13? I think that's the underlying problem here....\n\nthat and your wife is gullible. I don't think you want someone like that teaching your child. just saying.",
"score": 6
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"body": "No experiences with homeschooling, but it sounds miserable.\n\nEnroll her in a private school. That beats the statistic, is safer and more sheltered, and should appease your wife.",
"score": 5
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"body": "I and several of my cousins were homeschooled. Just junior high for me, but the full 12 years for my cousins.\n\n#1 - make sure you're actually smart enough to do it. Many parents who homeschool don't actually know enough.\n#2 - you need to ensure they get some serious socialization. Many areas have home school groups you can meet up with (but they might be very weird too). This is one of the (probably the biggest) weakness of home schooling. In some (all?) school districts, the student can go part-time for things like art classes, or something...this can be a good arrangement.\n#3 - take advantage of the actual opportunities of home schooling - field trips whenever, ability for a smart student to learn what interests them at a very rapid pace, etc,. If you just intend to stick to a curriculum, it won't be much better than public.\n\nI don't know if I like the reasons she wants to do this, but /shrug....not my business. I'd do it more for the actual learning potential of home schooling (though it's a huge focus/time/$$ investment for the parents to do it right).",
"score": 4
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"body": "There's a guy I work with who has homeschooled his two daughters, probably because of fear (he had his first child when he was 17), and alittle because he's a batshit crazy Christian conservative. \r\n\r\nHis oldest daughter is 20, with no job and no desire to go to college. Completely socially ackward. The second daughter is well on her way to being the same. Honestly, when I met his oldest daughter, its like I'm talking to a little girl.",
"score": 3
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"body": "I remember in my freshman year in high school (public school in NYC) there was a home schooled girl in my math class. Her entire education had been conducted by her mom at home and finally for high school she was put in class with others. During our first math test she got up and ran out of class and was almost out the door when she threw up on the floor. \n\nLater on she got used to it and was actually pretty cool. She told us she was just super nervous and had never had that kind of pressure. ",
"score": 3
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Android: Shop Savvy Success Story
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Hey Android, I thought I would share with you guys my success story with using shop savvy!
I was at Bestbuy shopping for RAM on the day after xmas. I needed some DDR2 Ram (Preferably 2gigs). I looked at the fastest one, and it cost over $75!
So I pulled out my G1 and scanned the barcode. Sure enough, it was $41.00 on Tiger Direct. So I go up to the customer support booth and tell them my story and showed them the price on my phone. They looked it up and gave me a 30$ discount! I felt so happy.
Just thought you guys might like to hear that.
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"body": "I've got tons of Shop Savvy stories. The big one was when I was with a friend at Home Depot. He needed a dishwasher, but was itching for the more expensive one. I told him about the Shop Savvy application. The display at Home Depot didn't have a barcode, so I put in the name of the dishwasher. In a few seconds it shows up that Best Buy a few miles away had it for $200 cheaper. We talked to the Home Depot rep which verified what I found and eventually price matched it !!!",
"score": 3
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Half-Life moment IRL.
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I was walking to class last night and when I was crossing the street I noticed a white van with some logo on it for repair work. About 5 minutes down the road, I saw it again at my university. 15 minutes later as I was about to walk into my building, it was parked outside. I know it was the same building because I've since looked up the logo and apparently it's a very small company, and it was after hours so what's the likelyhood it's a different van. After a 2 hours class, I decided to take an enclosed catwalk on the way back to my apartment and while I was walking across it, I looked down, made eye contact with a guy in a van. The same fucking van. It just screamed G-man in my face.
Has anyone else ever had a Gman moment IRL?
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"body": "Not exactly a Gman moment, but Last night I was driving my white van and some Dbag college kid kept following me around.",
"score": 48
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"body": "I toured the Micron facility that is near where I live. \n\nThe upper areas are full of research labs, people in clean suits, exposed ceilings all painted sterile white, lots of security, etc. \n\n Down below the facility there are concrete tunnels that connect all of the different buildings in the research complex. The tunnels are about 20 feet wide and 10 feet tall on average. Some areas had chain linked off storage areas filled with various different things, wooden crates, fire extinguishers, etc. Occasionally people in clean suits would be driving those open topped golf carts (like the ones you see at airports) around the facility. \n\nTotally expected to see Gordon walking, or running by. ",
"score": 5
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Dear Reddit: I have no Friends
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Hey Reddit.
I'm young, in my sophomore year of highschool.
I realized today, while I was walking home alone, that I have no friends.
I have been sitting with this same group of guys for 3 years now, and I know most of them, and I hang and talk to them in school, but I've only hung out with them once this year, and I have been openly rejected more then I can remember.
I just feel...so alone right now. I used to have an old elementary school friend but I sorta through my "lot" in with these guys, and he hangs out with another group so he's always busy.
So my question: Have any of you been in a similar position? What did you do to get out of it? And how did you cope?
tl;dr: loser wants advice on getting friends.
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"body": "Most people in your situation have no friends because they expect friends to share their views and interests 100%. I blame the internet, where it's easy to find groups of people who share your interests. Back before it existed, a man's best friend was usually whoever lived next door. \n\nIf you think \"I could never be friends with someone who likes X\" where X is Twilight, or sports, or any number of things - you're destined to be lonely. If you demand that your friends be of similar or higher intelligence, you'll see the same result. Yes, friends should have *some* similar interests - but 1-2 is really all you need. Socialize with the smart, dumb, rich, poor, young, old - and eventually you'll find someone you like. I got a lot more friends when I stopped hanging out exclusively with other nerds, and started acknowledging that jocks, rednecks, people who believe in astrology, etc., could still be worth handing out with,",
"score": 11
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"body": "Am I the only person here who doesn't want more friends? I have one best friend, and I really don't care to know other people. I have nothing against them, it's just that I don't have much time at all for socializing, but even if I did, I'd rather be at home. Different strokes I guess.",
"score": 6
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"body": "This scared me into registering for reddit. Are you me? <_<\n\nYou pretty much described my life in highschool. Decently big circle of friends in middleschool/elementary, then something happened in HS and all your friends disappeared, hormones/bullying kick in and suddenly things become a lot more difficult to deal with. Then you discover the internet right near the start of highschool and you live on the internet after that. D:\n\nFirst, when you get to college, know that it gets easier. I gave a collective \"screw you\" to my entire school at graduation and burned my bridges--albeit politely--to my absolutely horrible highschool experience and haven't really looked back since. \n\nWhen you get to college, if you go in with an open mind (and leave your dorm room door open whenever you're inside), you'll come out with a hell of a lot more friends than your highschool ever gave you.\n\nYou're probably a pretty bright guy, get into the honors/AP classes and get to know the smarter folks during class, and make some friends there.\n\nIf you can, adapt. Something's different between you and your group, be it a materialistic thing, hygiene, whatever. Don't be the guy with the Wii when all your \"friends\" have 360s. Yeah yeah, be the unique snowflake and all that jazz, that doesn't help much when you're stuck in a school with a limited social circle that's pushing itself away from you. \n\nLikewise, get to know other people, even if on a \"that dude in class\" level. If your group does end up pushing your out, it's pretty awkward trying to find a new social circle later on that don't mesh as well, but it's even more awkward being the one kid that sits in the cafeteria alone because he's too scared to talk to new people. I've been in both of those situations and know. <_<\n\nAnd yeah, let me repeat that college is a much better experience.",
"score": 5
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"body": "Ok here we go. Turn your fucking computer off.\r\n\r\nFind something at the school or outside the school that you think is fun and cool.\r\n\r\nOff hand glassblowing could be cool. You get to play with fire. It is done in teams of 2 or more. It requires that you pair up and you end up being friends with a lot of the people in the studio.\r\n\r\nGaming groups be it magic or hockey. 2 people activities or hobbies.\r\n\r\nJoin a movement. Find something that interests your soft side and make a difference. There will be people that feel the same. It forces you to be social.\r\n\r\nThe key here is to find something you enjoy and makes you social. Makes you interact with people and not on this damn computer that is so much a solo activity it is killing what social skills you have.\r\n\r\ngood luck.\r\n.\r\n",
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I have what is probably a stupid question but I'd really like your help, 2xc.
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So I know what Im about to say may sound like its coming from yahoo answers, but I'm a really paranoid person in general and I've been having a lot of worries about my period and stuff and I'd really appreciate it if you could help me a little bit.
I haven't had intercourse. I've done stuff with my boyfriend but let us just say I have never ever taken my clothes off or let him inside my clothes. Last month my period was like 9 or 10 days late before it finally came (the latest it has ever been) and this month it was due to come about today and hasnt. When i got dressed this morning I noticed my nipples have enlarged a big amount, but my breasts havent to any noticeable extent (I have small breasts naturally). My nipples are kind of puffy now and I tried googling but I couldn't really find anything that helped besides yahoo answers, but we all know how reliable that is.....
Anyway every month this happens to me I see some symptom that convinces me I'm pregnant even though I'm basically a virgin and the most I've ever done is given someone a hand job. I'm really paranoid in general and this is the one thing I get scared about the most.
Oh and general info is that I'm a 19 yr old girl, not on BC or anything. Could this be a late growth spurt or something? My mom and sister both have larg(er) breasts and my sister apparently was small like me until she went on BC when she was about my age.....
I'm sorry again for this silly post, but its something that really gets to me and makes me nervous and sometimes all I need is a little reassurance. So thanks in advance 2xc.
edit- okay, this part also may be very stupid but does this commonly happen in hot weather? the past few days here have been reall cool and all of a sudden last night it became really hot, at least in my house, to the point of where i'm almost sweating. for some reason i didnt even think that could be the reason.
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"body": "If you're 19 and becoming a bit more sexually active as you get older, you might want to consider going on birth control.\r\n\r\nAlthough (like everything) it has side effects, it would regulate your periods *and* protect you from pregnancy when you do decide to get active.",
"score": 16
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"body": "Oh girl...I used to always think I was knocked up. And I hadn't had sex in MONTHS but I would swear sperm had hidden behind my kidneys. \r\n\r\nInstead of stressing, get a pregnancy test. It's a little extreme but at least you'll have something concrete instead of a whole head full of what ifs. \r\n\r\nBut for the record, you're not knocked up if you haven't had sex yet. Sperm isn't that smart. ",
"score": 12
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"body": "All sorts of weird things can happen with your boobs or your period. If it continues for a couple more months, go to a doctor.\n\nAs far as the pregnancy thing goes, if you're not having sex, you're not pregnant. Unless sperm made contact with your vagina, you really should not be worried. \n\nPregnancy is not the only thing to cause breast swelling or late periods.",
"score": 5
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"body": "There's a lot of really good advice here already, but I just wanted to tell you this isn't a stupid question at all. I'm 19 too, also not on BC or anything, but I've (rightfully so) had this scare quite a few times. Between periods when I hadn't had sex, I'd still get freaked out, and start stressing about what in the world I'd do if I managed to get pregnant >_<. \n\nYou stated that you've talked to your mom about BC. That's probably a good idea, but make sure you do your research before using any sort of hormonal BC. Decide for yourself what your body can and cannot handle. Be informed! Most of all, good luck :D *hugs*",
"score": 3
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What questions did your parents asked you that you considered to be common knowledge?
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My mom once asked me who was Freud.
Please leave aside computer-related stuff, there's similar askreddit thread still running.
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"body": "...more of a WTF sorta thing. One night at dinner with my dad and sister, my mom asks out loud, \"What's the difference between dingle-berries and cling-ons\". I was speechless for the rest of the meal.",
"score": 3
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What movies get better each time you watch them?
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Are there movies out there that you seem to enjoy more and more each time you watch them? Are there new things that you notice each time you see a particular film, even though you've already seen it over and over? Are there movies that you can relate to more and more as you get older? Are there films that took several viewings to fully understand? Do tell.
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"body": "*The Beach* .. (everytime i discover a new cheesy line... e.g \"it was like a beach resort...for people who hate beach resorts\")\n\nalso: *The 5th Element*",
"score": 10
},
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"body": "The Goonies. It reminds me of being a kid. Every year I get further away from childhood, but the Goonies always takes me back.",
"score": 9
},
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"body": "No Country For Old Men. Saw it on tv, after multiple views in a theater, and the light plays differently (not just LBX vs. TV). \nMullholland Drive. It's a recursive movie that begs to be watched twice the first time.",
"score": 5
},
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"body": "My friend's apartment had only one DVD: Training Day\r\n\r\nBelieve me we watched the hell out of it, and I can still watch the hell out of it today.",
"score": 4
},
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"body": "I have the [ALIEN Quadrilogy boxed set](http://www.dvdtown.com/review/Alien_Quadrilogy/11180/1833/), and I just love the first two films. But the [third one](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/alien_3/) does seem to get better with time. *...here come the downvotes...*",
"score": 4
},
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"body": "I know I'm not supposed to say Memento, but that is one I understood the first time and actually understood the 15th.\n\nSynechdoche is number 2 because it is harder to get myself to watch again. Deep movie, but makes me sleepy.\n\nThere will be Blood number 3. There is so much hypocrisy to Plainview, I get more of it each time.",
"score": 3
},
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"body": "Forest Gump, I swear to go I've seen that film 100 times, its still as good as the first time I saw it.",
"score": 3
}
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Hey Reddit, does anyone here think that it is just as big a social crime to use a handicap bathroom stall, as it is to use a handicap parking space when you're clearly not handicapped???
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I just had a co-worker of mine chastise me in front of a few people when I came out of the bathroom and had used to handicap stall. It's a communal mens bathroom for the floor, with 4 stalls, the one at the end is, as you know, much, much better. For the handicapped? Sure. For everyone else to use as a luxury stall? I'd like to think so. It's got more space, a heightened seating position so your knees don't come up to your chin or so you don't have to slouch, and a nifty little grab bar to ease your lifting and sitting of the ass to seat. Who wouldn't use that stall when compared to the other ones that are quite often covered in piss and pubes??
Am I an 'asshole' or do I just appreciate a good pooping? I'd like to think the latter, but I seek your confirmation Reddit.
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"body": "If it's not occupied at the time by a disabled person, it's going unused. Why *not* use it, so that you don't let that luxury lavatory time go to waste??",
"score": 17
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"body": "Be careful in the handicapped bathroom - I used one when delivering to an office. \r\nI pulled what i thought was the light cord.\r\nA few minutes later and several people were knocking on the door.\r\nYes, I had pulled the Emergency Summon Help cord.\r\nFairly embarrassing...",
"score": 8
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"body": "As an actual, honest to goodness paraplegic, I feel as if I am adequately qualified to answer this question.\n\nSee, I really don't care if non-disabled people use the handicapped stalls, just make sure to keep it clean. That's all I have to say on the matter.",
"score": 8
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"body": "No. Bathroom stalls turn over in a few minutes. Parking spaces turn over in hours. Some bathrooms only have one stall, designed for handicapped people - where are you supposed to go then?\n\nGovernments agree with this stance, since there are fines for using a handicapped space but not for using a handicapped stall.",
"score": 7
},
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"body": "Anyone else find it cruelly ironic that the handicapped stalls are the only ones big enough to run around in?\n\nOh, I'm going to hell.",
"score": 5
},
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"body": "The worst feeling in the world: Unnecessarily using the handicap stall and seeing a pair of wheels roll up to the door. The handle shakes. The wheels roll away.",
"score": 5
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do you consider hand jobs sex?
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had a conversation recently with someone about this, and just wanted a poll. aslo please identify your gender. i'm of the opinion that females consider it sex, while males do not. is this the case?
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"body": "I'm a guy, and the thought that handjobs AREN'T sex has never crossed my mind. If my dick's being manipulated in such a way as to make semen come out of it, it's sex.",
"score": 33
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"body": "It depends on what the definition of \"is\" is. I don't think it's sex, but it is sexual. HJ's, BJ's, mutual masturbation would all fall under my definition of sexual. So would sexing, etc... just my thoughts on it.",
"score": 17
},
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"body": "It's the cheapest form of sex. If you're going to give a handjob, at least use your mouth when you do it.",
"score": 14
},
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"body": "As a guy, I consider handjobs to be a waste of a good willing partner. It's sex if I come, but it's wasted sex.\n\nI can only get off so often, so when there are options that are far more fun, options that I can't just do myself, it's just a waste to me.",
"score": 7
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"body": "Im a guy first of all. Its definitely cheating, but i'm not sure i'd quantify it as sex. You're g/f might look the other way if you told her u used the old dutch rudder!",
"score": 5
},
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"body": "Female response here.\n\nThis question goes back to: **What is your definition of sex?** We all know that it is experienced in a variety of ways and everyone defines the limits and boundaries surrounding it to suit themselves. You are going to get a diverse range of answers and there will be more factors than gender affecting the responses (think upbringing, religion, etc).\n\n**Personally, I consider a hand job a form of sex.** If you are stimulating someones sexual organs and providing pleasure I think that counts. The only hand job that isn't typically \"sex\" would be one you give yourself (it falls under masturbation instead). \n\nIf my boyfriend received a hand job from someone else I would consider it cheating. And for the guys out there, if you want a comparison I'd suggest fingering a girl. Would you say someone else fingering your girlfriend was cheating? I would...",
"score": 5
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"body": "It's sexual, of course. It's cheating unless it's on the girlfriend/wife-approved list of things to do with women who aren't her. And would a guy be OK if his girlfriend went around jacking off every Tom, Dick and Harry she met?\n\nIt's not sex, but it's a sexual act. It's also one of the most boring sexual acts there is.",
"score": 3
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"body": "They're a sexual act, which I think is the important distinction. Penetration isn't the dividing line between celibacy and promiscuity, in my book.\n\nAlso, male.",
"score": 3
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"body": "Erm, hand sex? Sexual activity, yes... but you're rippin' yourself off if you count that as sex. Do you count a wank as sex? ",
"score": 3
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Met a girl in my dorm...
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First off, this is a throwaway account. A lot of my friends have reddit accounts and if I used mine, I know they would find out,
Last year I was a freshmen at "X University" and on the first week I met this nice girl, lets call her "Joan". Joan and I hang out and all that and become good friends. All the while, I thought she was cute, but never thought it was any more than this.
Over the summer we talked every once in a while, just as friends would. Over this time I saw that we had more and more in common and I really started to like this girl. Flash forward to now. We are hanging out almost on a daily basis. I have some very strong feelings toward Joan, but I dont think the feelings are mutual. I want to tell her how I feel, but having her as a friend would be so much better than her not in my life at all.
What should I do reddit?
edit: Thanks everyone. I am watching a bit of TV right now (BCS title game) and Ill give input where input is due in a bit. Thank you for the advice on every level. Reddit is a fantastic place.
edit 2: Thanks again everyone. A little update here. I texted her earlier and asked if plans we still on for tonight to which she replied "Of Course!" so we shall see what happens. I'll report what happens her later tonight! Hopefully it will be good news.
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"body": "Do you ever talk about other girls with her? Or does she ever say she has a friend for you or anything like that? If not then I think she wants you for herself. Make dinner for her one night. Spaghetti. Each of you slurp up an end of a noodle until you are kissing. 90% of the time, this works every time. ",
"score": 9
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"body": "In most cases it's not telling her that will destroy your friendship it's how you do it and how you react if the feelings are not returned. \r\n\r\nThere may be some awkwardness for a little whle but I am still friends with most of my friends who had a thing for me in the past who handled it well. \r\n\r\nThe ones who were bummed but okay with the rejection and didn't puse me who gave me space afterwards until weirdness passed are now some of my best friends. ",
"score": 7
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"body": "Dude, a lot of people are telling you to tell her and in a perfect world I'd agree, but I don't. Sorry.\n\nIf she doesn't share the same feelings, there's a good chance it will ruin things. This has happened to me with a really close friend.\n\nI'd suggest one of two things, based on how your relationship is now. First, is she flirty with you at all? Does she sit close to you if you watch a movie, touch you, look into your eyes when you talk, etc? Does she seem *any bit* attracted to you? If she does, it may be worth trying to go in for a kiss, but know that this can ruin things if she doesn't go for it. Never tell her that you like her though, that will only put her in a more awkward situation. You don't want to put her on the spot like that. That's what I did, and I now know for a fact that if I just went for it, it would have worked out a lot better.\n\nIf you know that she's not into you, there's not much you can do. Just enjoy her friendship. If you cherish that friendship enough, it's not worth losing it.\n\nPS - if you do decide to go for it and go in for a kiss or whatever, try to do it when you're both drunk (if you drink). It'll be a lot easier to say, \"sorry, I didn't know what I was doing\"...",
"score": 7
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"body": "You can't live wanting her and loving her but never being able to have her. That is a terrible way to live. It will eat you alive.\n\nTell her. If she feels the same way, that is great. If she doesn't, you can still be friends, but not as painfully close as you are now. Either outcome will be for your own good.\n\nGood Luck.",
"score": 3
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"body": "College kid here, and I think you have a decent shot with her.\r\n\r\nMy advice goes counter to the top comments, since I'm going to say you shouldn't get all serious and tell her that you're interested blah blah blah and want to see if she wants to pursue it.\r\n\r\nYou're in college, nothing's serious in college, might as well try by leading into non-platonic stuff with silly activities/situations that have plausible deniability (could pass off as platonic if she's uninterested). Like DivineJustice has said, you could use some pickup lines jokingly on her, or compliment her jokingly, or play somewhat physical games such as poke/tickle wars, or some bets with physical consequences (such as if I win X, you need to kiss me), etc, and then gauge her reaction.\r\n\r\nAll that basically describes the only way(s) I've ever gotten a guy.\r\n\r\nYMMV.",
"score": 3
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Let's do this again, the last time was about 6 months ago: . Open your front door. Take a picture of what you see and comment with your location and time.
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I would go first, but it's dark. I'll take a pic in the morning!
edit: last time was here http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/8y47f/just_to_break_the_monotony_here_is_a_selfpics/
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"body": "Here's my view: http://i.imgur.com/RrxMO.jpg\n\nTheopholis Crater ridge, 18:25\n\nSky is clear and black, weather's a bit chilly, the air is cle--",
"score": 12
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"body": "Last night driving: http://i.imgur.com/9f3Bp.jpg ...\n\nAnd a view from our balcony right now: http://i.imgur.com/QzjmM.jpg\n\nOttawa, Ontario 4:20pm",
"score": 11
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"body": "What the hell, it's not that dark [http://imgur.com/H6wPZ.jpg](http://imgur.com/H6wPZ.jpg)\nEdit: Hannover, Germany 22:27CET\n\n\nsame view, 6 months ago [http://imgur.com/4ka7i.jpg](http://imgur.com/4ka7i.jpg)\n",
"score": 9
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"body": "View out the front door: [http://i.imgur.com/xO21E.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/xO21E.jpg)\n\nWestern suburb of Minneapolis, MN. Currently -13F outside",
"score": 5
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"body": "[Just now](http://imgur.com/jIXFV)\n\nThat woman crossing the street there is a genuine crackhead! She's super nice, kinda of surprising in my parts. *Albany, NY 6:20pm*",
"score": 4
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"body": "Munich, Germany (23:50 CET). Taken from my balkony. Nothing spectacular.\n\nhttp://imgur.com/hSTTj.jpg\n\nGreetings to Hannover ;-)\n\nEdit to add: -4°C/25°F - not too bad. \n",
"score": 3
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Can propositions have category errors? Or, do you fail to express a proposition when you make a category mistake?
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There seem to be (at least) two ways of thinking about a sentence that is uttered with a category error in it (e.g. "The number seven is blue.") On the one hand, the utterance fails to express a proposition -- propositions can't be a mish-mash of categories. On the other hand, the utterance expresses a proposition, but a false one (and a particular subset of the false ones, namely those that are committing category errors).
After a long hard debate about which of these two positions is right, I stopped caring because I couldn't see what was at stake. Care to make someone care again?
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"body": "I'd say that it fails to express a proposition. \n\nOne thing it hangs on is a difference between two conceptions of what a proposition is. If you identify propositions primarily in terms of mental states--the form your thought takes--then it might look more like there's something being thought, some proposition, when you entertain a sentence like \"The number seven is blue.\"\n\nIf instead you think of propositions as something like \"ways the world might be,\" which are then grasped in thought, you have a reason for saying that the sentence expresses no proposition, because there's no proposition for it to express.\n\nThe latter view does put you in the tricky position of having to say that someone can think they're thinking something when they really aren't; but that position has been embraced by many thinkers following the 1970s work on direct reference. (Mainly with regard to singular terms, but the position can naturally be extended to other thoughts.) The tension can perhaps be lessened by keeping in mind the difference between a thinking--the mental event--and a thought--the fact or possibility--and reserving the word \"proposition\" for the latter.\n\nOn the other hand, this view makes it easier to say that what you have in mind, when you know something, really is just how thing are. (In a passage McDowell likes to quote from Wittgenstein: \"When we say, and mean, that such-and-such is the case, we--and our thought--do not stop anywhere short of the fact.\")\n\n(Note that the more banal kind of category mistake, a grammatical one like \"The seven are number\", pretty unambiguusly doesn't express a proposition. If you think there's a connection between the grammatical and metaphysical categories, that's also a bit of prima facie evidence.)\n\nAside: Your example might raise some difficulties in cases of synaesthesia, but I think they'd be red herrings.",
"score": 3
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Where are all the Open Source graphic designers?
How do I find somebody to create a logo for an
Open Source project?
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Are there any communities or individual graphic designers who lend their talents to Open Source projects in the same way that programmers contribute their code without monetary compensation? Or do I have to put up some cash and run a contest on worth1000.com or 99designs.com. The pricing for the latter starts at $204, which is a bit beyond the resources of a small Open Source project.
**EDIT:** Several people have messaged me to offer their services, which I really appreciate, so I'm no longer looking for graphics designers as it appears I have found them. Thanks.
**UPDATE:** The [new logo is revealed](http://blog.uncommons.org/2010/01/11/open-source-graphic-design-new-watchmaker-framework-logo/). Thanks to [Charles Burdett](http://www.charlesburdett.com) for creating this logo for me.
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"body": "[Here you go](http://imgur.com/zqGvM).\n\nIf you don't like it, just consider it Beta. One of the other open sourcers on this project can release the next iteration.",
"score": 26
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"body": "Here's my idea: http://imgur.com/3jnmU\n\nTrying to convey the idea of evolution and a watch gear together.",
"score": 19
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"body": "My recomendation, as somebody who is a graphic designer/illustrator/c++/as3/python programmer but isn't particularly good at logos:\n\nSimple text treatment. Helvetica. No doodads. Nothing clever. When you're doing well and can afford an actual designer, let him or her be clever. But since you're likely doing this yourself, don't be clever. Be simple.\n\nFor example, whoever's behind the [IO language grokked this 100%](http://www.iolanguage.com/).",
"score": 18
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"body": "The reason there isn't much of a artist/designer community for OSS is because Designers have traditionally had little or, more realistically, no influence or respect in Open Source projects. They are told to \"SHUT UP AND LEARN HOW TO CODE\" any time they question the design and simply expected to follow orders. \n\nEDIT: Also, many Graphic Designers go through years of \"We're giving you an opportunity to put real work into your portfolio, you should be happy to not get paid\". So, when you get so many developers telling designers to: \"STFU AND MAKE USELESS PRETTY SHIT!\" you can probably see why many artists don't give a toss about supporting OSS. For the record, the \"make useless pretty shit\" line is an actual quote from a Fedora developer. ",
"score": 15
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"body": "Much of the time the answer is \"do it yourself.\" Once your project generates some momentum then maybe someone will volunteer to provide something.",
"score": 14
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"body": "Just as an example, the [Cassandra](http://incubator.apache.org/cassandra/) project got their logo designed on 99designs:\n\nhttp://99designs.com/contests/28940\n\nDisclaimer: I work at 99designs. Let me know if you have any questions.",
"score": 9
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"body": "You have to go out there and make friends with some graphic designers. They are \"in general\" less intellectually-motivated, and hence not prone to hosting sophisticated memes like \"Open Source\". Of course there are exceptions, but as a basic rule I think it's safe to assume that if you tried to explain your dedication to FLOSS to many graphic designers the response would be the generic open mouthed \"wtf would you work for free for?\" . \n\n If you actually give a crap about FLOSS, you should try and figure out how to respond to such events persuasively.",
"score": 9
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"body": "I'll do it. I own a small graphic design company and we would love to help out an open source project. Just let me know!\n\n",
"score": 7
},
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"body": "Check the Inkscape or OpenClipart projects, via email or visit their channels on Freenode IRC. The blend of artists/developers is perfect for your needs. And vector art is exactly what you need for a logo.",
"score": 6
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"body": "Offer a trade: X hours of your time on GIMP usability, for X hours of their time creating a logo. :)",
"score": 4
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"body": "Havnig a basic logo created for you by a professional graphic designer will cost you a minimum of $200 - $250. It only goes up from there. You have to network. Find someone willing to pitch in for free. This is why open source logos/icons are generally not that great.",
"score": 3
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"body": "There are several strategies.\n\nThe one used by Wesnoth is to create high profile graphics which in return attract other designer and graphic artists.\n\nEventually, if you can sustain your project, you will attract enough interested people who do contribute. justinOperable once said that good designers attract other good designers (or graphic artists), and in essence this is very true.\n\nIt also depends on the project - for example, wesnoth is fantasy related, PARPG is \"retro science fiction\" (after a world war III setting nuclear war causing cooldown of the world), UFO-AI is science fiction with aliens and specific \"smooth\" 3D appearances, and so on.\n\nThe other thing that works is that often graphic artists know other graphic artists, and inform them about projects or something. Do not underestimate the value of people-knowing-people, even in reallife. \n\nLast but not least, you should ask yourself this question: \"is my project sufficiently interesting for others to come aboard and help contribute?\"\n\nIMHO the biggest problem is the initial hurdle to overcome. After that, it seems to become a lot easier (as long as a project is active, at least). \n\n\nWesnoth serves as a great example for this.\n\nBTW, in my opinion, if you really fail to attract high profile artists, just use art which isn't \"perfect\". An active artist is a lot better than no artist, even if the thing he creates isn't \"top notch quality\" (most will get better eventually anyway)\n\nThat being said, it would really help if there would be something like CPAN for artists and graphics and modellers. Something to showcase their abilities but with a focus for open source games and content (else it would become too quickly only a site for professional artists only with very restrictive license conditions. This just conflicts with open source games, really. For example if someone creates a LOGO, and the license he uses forbids ANY modifications to that LOGO, the LOGO in essence is useless. You cant modify it... can you change its colours? No. Can you cut it down? No. It is like dead art.... a dead license.)",
"score": 3
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I'm trying to watch The Union with my mom.
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Here is the story so far.
Me: So are we going to watch another documentary today? (We just had watched Helvetica, my mom used to work as a graphic designer)
Mom: What documentary?
Me: It's called The Union: The Business Behind getting high.
Mom: And what is that about?
Me: Marijuana
Mom: And why should we watch that?
Me: So you can be educated. I want to me a marijuana lobbyist some day.
Mom: I don't that is going to happen.
Me: They job already exists.
Mom: *closes door*
So far so good right? I'm going to have it all queued up when she comes back inside from avoiding me.
I'm doing this in an effort to be able to talk to my father about this. My dad is the biggest red vote. EVER. He once told my sister that spending her summer working for [ASP](http://www.asphome.org/) was the worst way to spend her summer and that she should get a real job. Thankfully she ended up working for ASP, but still. My dad is RED. Funny story about my dad too, he once told my friend that my dog doesn't like her because she is a liberal vegetable smelling vegan. He was halfish joking, but she didn't know that.
Wish me luck!
Pertinent information:
I'm 20, so I hope my parents will approach this situation with maturity and listen rather than just lecture me about how I'm a criminal. Actually, they don't know I smoke so I guess I'm good there. And if they ask should I be honest or should I say I only smoke from time to time?
My GPA this past semester was 3.3. Best EVER.
**EDIT** My mom and I are almost done, we just stopped watching so she could start dinner. Jambalaya! So far she's watched in silence, I don't know what she thinks so far but my hope is that she is just soaking it all in right now. Although she did mention that the Shafer from the [Shafer Commission](http://www.iowamedicalmarijuana.org/documents/nc1contents.aspx) was from her home state where she grew up.
**EDIT 2** We finished. My mom was surprisingly chill about it all. My mom told me she was never against appropriating those funds (funds used to combat marijuana in the U.S.) else where. Then she told me that if she ever found out that I had used marijuana that she would be very upset. Ouch. She explained that the law is the law, whether or not it's just. [Reality check.](http://i.imgur.com/Xz9CO.jpg)
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"body": "If I'm reading that site right, ASP helps repair people's homes?\n\nYour dad doesn't seem like a conservative so much as a prick. No offense.",
"score": 9
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"body": "Well you may get your mom...but your dad from what it sounds like will never be convinced.\n\nAnd if your mom didn't know you smoked before saying that you aspire to be a Weed Lobyist may have given it away lol.\n",
"score": 5
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"body": "Honesty is your best bet, but the thing is I'd still take it in baby steps. Don't just rush up and tell them you smoke lots and that they shouldn't worry, it's never going to work. They have it programmed into their heads that smoking = lazy stoner who will never get a job, etc. etc. It's up to you to prove them wrong. If there's any semi-relevant conversation going on, trow a little tidbit about weed in there. Something you \"heard on the news\". That's how I started and eventually my parents caught on and asked if I smoked, to which I answered honestly and said yes but I did not yet let them know how much... i just said every once in a while. \n\nAfter a while, when relevant topics come up, keep throwing in more marijuana facts. Stimulate mature conversation and make sure you know your shit! Also, acknowledge their points, but try and have some counter-argument (do NOT sound snotty/condescending), just, like i said. Know what your talking about... do research.\n\nThat is probably the hardest part, the actual breaking the news that you smoke. The biggest thing afterward is you really need to prove that it isn't going to change you. No matter how long you've been smoking, to them you started the day you told then and from there on out you will change as a person. You have to prove them wrong YOURSELF. Practice what you preach. If you say you're not addicted be prepared to prove it. If you say it doesn't affect your grades or lifestyle, prove it. You need to show them that it will not affect your life in any adverse ways.\n\nIt's been about 2 months since I've told my parents I smoke and they are pretty much fine with it at this point even after I divulged that I do smoke on a weekly basis. ",
"score": 3
}
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. Shows He's The Best Defensive Fighter Ever As He Avoids Fight With Manny Pacquiao All Together.
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I have the feeling that a lot of people are going to say Mayweather is ducking Pacquiao now that their planned super fight has fallen through.
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"body": "I was really hoping that Mayweather would get his ass kicked by Pacquaio but I can't really blame him totally for this deal falling through. I don't really think that Malignaggi has a shot at beating Pacquaio though.",
"score": 3
}
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AT&T should quit spending money on ads and instead use the cash to upgrade their crappy network
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All the features in the world and their stupid 3G crap are worthless if I half the calls I make get dropped.
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"body": "I am an iphone user and agree with you. However, [AT&T has spent money upgrading their network](http://www.tuaw.com/2010/01/07/atandt-completes-7-2-mbps-software-updates-but-faster-iphones-sti/)",
"score": 3
}
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How can I improve my voice?
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I've been singing for about 4 years (1 year in musicals, 3 in pop/rock groups) and I've noticed my range doesn't go very far. I can use my falsetto but I'd 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. I've searched this on google with some shit results. I know you can sing WATMM, got any advice?
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"body": "sing in the car to songs that test your range. if you do this every day or so, you'll watch yourself get better.\n\nIf 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 it.\n\nAnimal Collective's \"Strawberry Jam\" album used to give me trouble but now I can own the whole thing in one sitting.",
"score": 6
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"body": "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 it's worth it.",
"score": 3
}
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whatsup with the ski mask tags?
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i see em on telephone polls, walls, bridges. you know what i'm talking about? a graphic of a black ski mask with white eyes?
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"body": "It's Lee Harvey Oswald. It's a band/group and they all wear ski masks and put their stickers all over Atlanta, especially on the east side around l5p and Reynoldstown. Here is a link to their myspace which has some music and pictures up: http://www.myspace.com/misterleeharvey",
"score": 5
}
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Field of View - Avoiding tunnel vision
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One of the things I notice when I am playing is that people seem very oblivious to things going on around them. I can't really speculate as to whether this is a new player problem or a general problem, but I figured I would post this here anyway.
Today I was playing medic and I noticed that a lot of my patients had what I was calling to myself "tunnel vision" How can they miss these things going on around them, I thought to myself. Then it occurred to me, maybe they REALLY DO have tunnel vision.
By changing your field of view you can see more of the battlefield at once. The default Field of view is 75, which means that your monitor is showing a 75 degree field of view in front of your character. In multiplayer -> advanced there is a slider that allows you to up this to 90.
Furthermore, you can change your model field of view with a console command. The default model fov is 54, and doesn't give you a larger field of view of the battlefield, but gives you a wider view of your character model, the result being that your weapon takes up less of the screen (the exception being the heavy). I prefer 75, the command is:
viewmodel_fov 75
Remember, knowing what is happening around you makes a huge difference, and once you've over come the physical limitations of the default settings, you should also practice becoming more aware of your surroundings in the game all the time using queues like sounds, paying attention to the killboard, etc.
Hope this helps some people.
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"body": "I've always wondered about this. What are the advantages/disadvantages to changing the field of view to something wider or narrower? If the widest FOV is automatically the best, why is it not the default? Thanks for the post.",
"score": 3
}
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I just registered an IRC channel for this subreddit. It should help us coordinate friendly matches or just talk about Brood War and SC2.
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I did a subreddit search for "IRC" and nothing came up, so if this has been done already, apologies.
Use an IRC client to connect to #starcraft on the esper.net server.
For first time IRC users, this is a very easy to use webIRC client: http://www.mibbit.com
* Click "Start Chatting Now >>"
* In the IRC: Drop down menu, select "Esper [webirc]"
* Pick a nickname.
* Put "#starcraft" in as the channel, and click Go!
I guess there's already a reddit channel on USWest (and USEast?) but I think it's more convenient to hang out in an IRC channel. Especially since I can do it from work :)
Anyone and everyone is invited. I don't know how many people will end up idling in the channel, but the more the better.
**Edit: Currently have 13 people hanging out in the channel, and already had several games! Lots of build order talk and advice being given out too.**
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"body": "IRC channel ftw, lot easier than having a client up :)\n\nMeans we can spread the word about any live games happening too!",
"score": 3
}
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Dear Reddit, please help me see my son for his birthday...
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Here is a picture of my son http://imgur.com/GxW8p.jpg
I consider myself a responsible parent. I pay child support, and I see my child every chance I get. Although I am not perfect, I try and keep things as easy as possible between me and my son's mother. The day before I was scheduled to see him, I was informed that they were in Cape Town, South Africa and would not be back for a while. She did say however that I was “…welcome to visit [my child] here in South Africa anytime”.
I am trying to raise money to see my son for his birthday and I need your help. I have already applied (and still looking) for a part time job. I am going to try and sell some of the stuff I don’t need.
The only I thing I have left to offer is my music…
www.atif.bandcamp.com
It is free to download, please donate something if you can.
A message showing support or an upvote for this post can help too.
If you can offer any assistance/ideas for raising funds or acquiring transportation to Cape Town, South Africa this would be so very helpful.
This isn’t some kind of trick or self promotion and I will verify this information any way I can.
tl;dr: My son was taken to South Africa without my prior knowledge, I am trying to raise money or get transportation to visit him for his birthday. Please help.
edit: I'm not trying to go to the World Cup. My sons birthday is on July 22nd. Wikipedia says the World Cup is in South Africa from June 11th to July 11th. I'm not into sports and I'm American - most of us don't even follow soccer like that.
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"body": "Are you from the United States? If so, if this is true, it's not legal to remove a child from the country during another parent's scheduled visitation without the permission of the court. I suggest that you speak to a lawyer ASAP and prepare to file for sole custody when your ex and son return, on the grounds that she has demonstrated that your son is at risk of parental kidnapping.",
"score": 19
},
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"body": "Unfortunately because you aren't reddit-famous, you wont get anything but flames from people here. Maybe kind words and advice from the ol' wise sages but that's standard anyway. Step 1 to getting a ton of cash from reddit is to create a meme using yourself. Create a new username, get some karma and plant the meme seed. So maybe try there and work your way up. You'll need a new problem when you want to cash in your reddit-credit so think of something while you're working on making your meme e-famous. Then when the time is right (you'll know when), askreddit with no donation button, give it a few minutes, edit the post, add donation button and you're on your way. The giving mode of Christmas spirit is past (good timing) but don't let that deter you. Good luck.\n\nCan you imagine if look_of_disapproval made a 'i need money' post? Would break the current record for sure.",
"score": 5
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"body": "Contact the local media. There have been stories lately of dads trying to see their kids, kids who have been removed to Japan and Brazil (IIRC). These stories have gone national, and this might help your case and cause.\n\nThe best way to do this might be to set up some sort of mini-fundraiser or event, a concert or show to raise money to see your kid, that the local media can cover, which gets the story out there. As opposed to just calling the media, though that might work.\n\nPublicity can get you money, can get you a pro-bono lawyer, can even get the State Dept. involved in some instances.\n\nHere are links to the stories I mentioned above: \n\n• http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34521020/ns/today-today_people/ \n• http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/02/japan.savoie.custody.battle/index.html\n \nThese are obviously different cases in many regards, but they are cases that generated national attention.\n",
"score": 4
}
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The Backburner really needs a buff now. Kind-of. Maybe.
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So, with the recent update giving us far more people playing Solider and Demoman, plus a new stick-launcher and new rocket launcher, Pyro airblasts are even more helpful than they used to be...making the Backburner an even less useful option.
The problem is that there are enough dumb players who go "more crits! Yayayayayayyaya durrr", so people still use it (I'm not saying if you use it, you're dumb. I use it a fair bit myself, though far less than I did before the update. There's a time and a place for everything, it's just the people who grab it and hold on to it for dear life without ever considering the benefit of airblast...but I digress), meaning that statistically, the Backburner is still used a fair bit by players...but not very effectively.
So i'd like to see some sort of buff, or if not a straight buff then an adjustment of how the backburner works, so that It can be a more viable option more often.
Thoughts? Agreement, disagreement?
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"body": "With the backburner I can strategically get behind a group of enemies and down them in seconds, it's clearly still useful.",
"score": 13
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"body": "Ways to \"fix\" thebackburner:\n\nAs it stands now, it is the least used of all the unlocks, at around 10% of pyros using it. Here's some ways to get it's use up without a major change in the game.\n\n* bring the HP increase back\n* a narrower longer cone of fire so that pyro v pyro, the bb pyro would win more often or, alternatively:\n* a wider shallower cone of fire. Drop down behind a group of BLU on Badwater and wipe everyone with the combo of crits + wide angle. Maybe take away secondary weapon for this.\n* make the bb pyro truly flameproof. No fire damage taken, so pyro on pyro, the regular one has to pull out the trusty shotgun.\n* or make alt fire one of the above, so that regular fire=normal bb, right click=wide fire\n\nAnd nothing to do with the BB, I want to see another primary unlock for the pyro, the jet pyro.\n\n* flame nozzle smaller, so longer, weaker flame, but\n\n* alt fire would be like a soldiers rocket jump or demo sticky jump, launching the pyro in the opposite direction of firing. Alt firing before landing would also cushion the impact. Make it use a LOT of ammo, like one air blast = 75 ammo used.\n\n* air blast to blast enemies away/stickys off or put out fires would still be the same, maybe a longer range. But it would blast the pyro back a fair bit too, even if standing still.\n\n* maybe an unlock to replace secondary weapon with a fuel tank for an extra 100 ammo at the cost of being useless underwater and having no shotgun/flare gun.\n\nEDIT: possible \"hat\" for the jet pyro = a cape like superman. I can see it now, flying pyros rushing overhead.",
"score": 11
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"body": "Back when the sandman first came out, the drawback was the loss of a unique action, in his case the double jump. However, they later changed this to a passive HP debuff, allowing the scout to double jump when using the sandman at the cost of durability. Currently, the backburner drawback is the loss of a unique action, in this case the airblast. However, they could later change this to a passive debuff, allowing the pyro to air blast when using the backburner at the cost of durability.\n\ntl;dr Give the air blast function to the backburner and give it a negative attribute of -25 HP or something.",
"score": 6
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"body": "Many of the unlocks need to be reworked/buffed, actually.\n\nfan - nerfed to oblivion, rarely used\n\nbonk energy drink - highly situational, rarely used\n\nnatasha - rarely used, heavies with the normal minigun will kill you every time\n \nsandman - completely useless now, only used for gimmick purposes\n \nrazorback - too situational, would see much more use if it reduced all damage taken from the back in addition\n \nbackburner - only completely incompetent pyros use it\n\nThe rest of the unlocks seem alright, aside from unfortunate matchups like gunboat soldiers and targe demomen. All 3 of the scout's unlocks aren't worth using now. :/\n\n\n",
"score": 5
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"body": "The utility of the airblast is so prolific ,the Backburner is all but useless on but a few maps.\n\nThe buff should be once you get a critical attack once, you will activate guaranteed crits for 5 seconds.",
"score": 4
}
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DAE feel like they know what they're doing if they type really fast and furiously?
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'Cause I do. It makes me feel and look busy and determined, no matter what crap I write. Like this submission, I typed it so fast and fluently that my boss thinks I'm in a moment of full creative effusion.
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"body": "My dad types slow, so when I need to help him with something on the computer (never anything simple, only stuff like fixing a problem with a new Zune, since I've done it before,) I feel awesome when typing fast.",
"score": 3
}
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Is it possible to upgrade a box running a 32bit kernel to a 64bit kernel on the fly?
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Ideally, I'd like to do it without having to reinstall. My thought is that you'd just need to upgrade the kernel, and then upgrade glibc, and reboot, and then upgrade packages, but I could be wrong.
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"body": "Definitely back everything up before you try it.\n\nMy gut feeling is that it won't work, but it will either work perfectly, or you'll create Skynet.",
"score": 10
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"body": "Possible? Yes. Sort of.\nShould you?\nFuck.\nNo.\n\nNot if you care about the box at all. Either bring a second box online that is 64 bit and rsync your data over or back it up locally and reinstall. $0.02",
"score": 7
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"body": ">My thought is that you'd just need to upgrade the kernel, and then upgrade glibc, and reboot, and then upgrade packages\n\nSure, if you have no need of a shell.",
"score": 6
},
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"body": "In theory you can run a 64-bit kernel with pure 32-bit userspace without any problems. Now if you mean upgrading the kernel followed by userspace, that is a much trickier proposition which will vary from risky to impossible depending on your distro.",
"score": 5
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"body": "There are many reasons this will not work. Among them you have to consider that in 64 bit systems data types are larger/different from in 32 bit systems. This is why when you compile a program for 64 bit it will not work on 32 bit and visa versa UNLESS you have the 32 bit compatibility libs installed on the 64 bit system. Because of the nature of 64 vs 32 bit systems there naturally is no 64 bit compatibility library for 32 bit. \n\nSo the simple answer is NO you cannot move from 32 bit to 64 bit in an upgrade unless you literally reinstall every single binary on the system with its 64 bit counterpart and change every single config file to be setup appropriately for the new system. \n\nHonestly 64 bit systems are fairly different from 32 bit ones. For example with a fresh install of debian(or ubuntu) in 32 bit i have to change config files for my nvidia card and tv tuner compatibility while i dont have to change those config files in 64 bit because the vmalloc defaults higher in 64 bit because of the additional 32 bits. ",
"score": 5
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"body": "I remember I was once thinking of doing an in-place upgrade of Gentoo from 32bit to 64bit, but having done some research, I found that anyone who has tried ended up in a horrible, horrible mess, but I don't remember the details.",
"score": 5
},
{
"body": "In theory yes, but in practice probably not. Even if someone has succeeded I would suggest you set up a replica environment and try it out for yourself. I think even if you get it to run, any package manager you might be using will no longer work as expected.\n\nI think there are too many unknowns to get it right.",
"score": 3
}
] |
Is it stupid to quit your job and just have fun for a while?
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I feel that most people move from one job directly to the next, without much downtime in between (unless of course they were laid-off). But if you have some money saved up, why not just wing it for several months? I have seen a lot of Europeans doing this, using their free-time for travel. I like this attitude of using "mini-retirements", a term coined by Timothy Ferris.
I think I'm satisfied with the traveling I've done so far, so my plan is to just pursue new hobbies full-time and see where that leads me. The benefits from living with increased passion/vitality seem obvious, and the main drawback seems to be a hit to my bank account. Is there anything else I should be considering? What is stopping you from doing a similar thing?
*EDIT*
Thanks for all the comments folks! I especially like to hear about the cons and about people who tried it and regretted it.
Just to give some more context: I'm a mid-20s programmer and my current job is flexible with vacation/working hours, pays well, and my coworkers are great. The two main things I have against it is that 1) I can't work from wherever in the world I want, and more importantly 2) the work itself is uninteresting. I know I'm asking for a lot, but I worked hard in school, and feel like I shouldn't have to settle.
So I want to move on, and I'm pretty sure I can get another job without too much trouble. I have enough saved up to live for about a year with no income, so I thought I'd hold off on committing to something else for a while. You know all those things you're always telling yourself you'll do/learn someday? I figured I could knock off a few those during this time.
It seems to me a lot of people on reddit could be in this position, and yet I don't think most actually do something like this. Usually I hear of people leaving only a few weeks between jobs, and I don't get why.
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[
{
"body": "Depends entirely on your values.\n\nI will say this though. Whenever you do decide to reenter the workforce, someone is going to ask you 'And why did you leave that job?'",
"score": 11
},
{
"body": "Some say its a smear on your resume, but there are ways to kinda fudge it so its not noticeable (as long as its not more than a year or so).",
"score": 9
},
{
"body": "Yes, it is. I had a good bit saved up and took a year off between 2 jobs. It really ate into my finances and what I did during that year wasn't too grand. I suggest you have a REALLY good reason for taking major time off between jobs.",
"score": 9
},
{
"body": "I quit my job after realizing that I was spending too much time in airports, in-flight, and in hotels. Life was passing me by. I am now on month 20 and loving it. I used to call it a hiatus but now I call it temporary retirement. I'll likely work again someday but hopefully not for another 5 years.\n\nThe drawbacks are lifestyle downgrade since I make no income. The upside is 100% freedom to do whatever I want everyday. My mind has not been this care free in 20 years.",
"score": 7
},
{
"body": "If you decide to do this, do it before you're married and/or have other major commitments to other people. It's fun and healthy to be irresponsible and adventurous for a while, but not if it means you're screwing other people over in the process. :)",
"score": 6
},
{
"body": "It depends on how much money you have, how much longer you plan to live and how easily you'll be able to get a new job when you come back. ",
"score": 4
},
{
"body": "I've done this, and it can be rewarding, but it can be tougher to get back into the working world than you would expect. I happened to quit my job to have some fun and start working for myself in July of 2001. When 9/11/2001 came, the market was less than stellar for a start up and working my way back into regular employment was tough as well. I guess I'm trying to point out that if you plan on quitting and living off of your resources, you should plan on having a sizable safety net in case your return to working isn't as swift as you would like it when you do decide to return to work. You never know what might happen during your mini-retirement.",
"score": 3
},
{
"body": "All the people telling you not to do this, are the people who secretly wish they could do it themselves. ",
"score": 3
}
] |
DAE find it extremely inconsiderate to talk on a cell phone for more than 5 minutes while in the car with someone?
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I was just driving to pick up chinese food with my mom and step-dad and my mom was chit-chatting on the phone for the entire car ride. Me and my step-dad were left to sit in silence. What's worse is when her phone died, she asked if she could borrow mine and I couldn't even browse reddit anymore. I might as well have stayed at home. I've told her it drives me nuts and she continues to do it.
Edit: Apparently people are under the impression that she was driving. My step-dad was driving, so no laws were being broken.
Edit2: Also, on second thought, 5 minutes is *way* too long. I agree with garrisonc; anything over 90 seconds is rude.
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[
{
"body": "I find it inconsiderate to talk on the phone in front of people, especially if it's a small group. I would either leave the room (If I'm able to, and wasn't in the middle of a conversation, and only if the other people around me have something to talk about), or say that I cannot talk (If I was in a confined space, such as a car, or in the middle of a conversation, or alone with a single person/ small group)\n\nI don't know why I am like this, but I also think it's inconsiderate if people have full blown conversations in front of me as well. ",
"score": 26
},
{
"body": "Yeah, even people texting other people annoys me as well. It's like they're saying that there are other more interesting people to talk to, even though they aren't verbally saying it. ",
"score": 11
},
{
"body": "I hate my cellphone in front of other people. My bubble must be protected, even from the ears of the wicked ones!",
"score": 5
},
{
"body": "When I saw the title to this, I thought \"well, yeah... but why does the poster specify 'in the car'?\". It's rude to talk on a phone for that long any time you're around other people. \n\nBut then I read that it's your mom, and maybe I'm old fashioned, but considering all the 'rude' things that children do to their mothers, I think you're a bit out of line criticizing *her* for being 'rude' to *you*. \n\nAnd then I wondered why you and your step-dad had to 'sit in silence'. Couldn't you talk to each other and ignore her? \n\nAnd then you say that you couldn't even browse reddit anymore? Er, poor kid -- this was like, a whole half-hour or something? Don't you think browsing reddit is almost the same thing -- ignoring the people around you in favor of someone off somewhere else? \n\nYes, you mom was rude, but I really don't think a parent owes their children the same level of courtesy as others would. Don't get me wrong, it's not because of your age. Adults should definitely be courteous to kids -- not only to set an example, but simply because that's what courtesy is all about. But cut your mom some slack. \n\nNot to say your step-dad has to put up with it, you understand... ",
"score": 5
},
{
"body": "I just had a problem with this while I was with a love interest a few weeks ago. I like this guy so much I sat with him in a library for four hours while he studied, just because he said he liked company. Part way into it he stepped out for something like 45 minutes, and the worst part was, he actually told me it was because he was talking to another girl (who made him feel like shit, mind you). I was pretty pissed while waiting for him because I sure as hell wasn't at the library at 11pm just to amuse myself. I talked to him about it and now when he takes a call he asks to be excused, and he broke things off with that shitty girl. Great success. ",
"score": 4
}
] |
Reddit, what do you write with?
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Specifically, writing utensils like pens and pencils.
I find that I write best in pen, and find it far more gratifying than pencil. To those writing with pens, what style/brand do you use?
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[
{
"body": "Uni-ball vision micro almost always, g2 is my backup but the ink flow isn't as good. If I'm drawing and I need shading then I'll go with a cheap bic pen. For big projects and calligraphy I have a fountain pen set and a quill. \nThe quill's not that great, I've been looking around for a better one. Preferably one that is absurdly big that I can whip out in public places. ",
"score": 6
},
{
"body": "Parker No. 16 Jack Knife Safety Fountain Pen. Black and gold.\n\n\nIt's from around 1915. Gotta love vintage.",
"score": 5
},
{
"body": "Pilot G2. I love the way they write and the heft feels good in my hand. I'll buy a boxes of them at the office supply store!",
"score": 3
}
] |
What I've always wanted out of a PvP game...
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Let me know if you agree / disagree, have suggestions or insight. I'd love to hear from other people.
I started playing MMOs in 99 when EverQuest came out, I played on a PvP server (Rallos Zek) and absolutely loved it. The game wasn't designed for PvP so there were a lot of class balance issues, exploits, general problems, etc. But those were minor issues and didn't ruin the experience. The PvP was an after thought so there were some interesting aspects that I'd like to see in a modern MMO - the major problem I see in current MMO games with PvP is this server split (horde/alliance) type setup, no realy penalty for dying, zerg mentality, no politics involved. Here's what I experienced in EQ and would like to see again:
* When you die you appear at your bind point (cities only) naked, you must run back to your corpse to loot your items
* When killed the person who struck the killing blow may loot 1 item, including weapons
* Damage decreased in PvP encounters as compared to PvE (no one shot kills)
* Free for All combat, no factions
* No safe zones, city guards may attack people who initiate combat but you can be attacked at any place during any time
These are just a few things off the top of my head. Let me know what you think, would you play something like this? I did, for yeaaars!
| 3 |
[
{
"body": "the above list is for pussies. go play eve online if you have the space balls.\n\n- you get killed\n- your ship blows up\n- a few items survive\n- all are lootable by whoever killed you\n- anyone can blow anyone up, even in the same alliance/corporation\n- no safe zones, but high security zones will have npc enforcers that attack aggressors",
"score": 4
}
] |
My cousin, sister and I are planning a one week trip to some random place in the US. I live in DC, my sister lives in Boston, and my cousin lives in San Francisco...any ideas on where we should go?
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We are planning the trip for sometime in May...we'd prefer to stay on mainland USA as we are all grad students and simply cant afford to go to Hawaii.
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[
{
"body": "You guys should calculate the exact centre of the triangle formed by your disparate residences and decide to go there. Agree to go *before* you make the calculation and turn it into an adventure!",
"score": 3
}
] |
what programs are nice for making character sheets?
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If possible, I'd like to avoid programs like pagemaker, scribus, and inDesign.
I need to make a character sheet for a tabletop rpg that I'm developing, and I've found programs like pagemaker, scribus, and inDesign to be way too cumbersome for this task, so I'd like to avoid those types of programs. I'm good at Gimp, but I know Gimp isn't good for print work. I'm looking into LaTeX, but so far that doesn't seem like a reasonable choice.
Any suggestions?
EDIT: this is a portfolio piece for school (or will be). So it needs to be professional quality.
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[
{
"body": "I'm not gonna lie, Excel can do a *mean* character sheet.\r\n\r\nI know, I know \"But it's Excel! That sucks!\"\r\n\r\nBut seriously, with the right cel merging and formatting, you can put something quite nice together.",
"score": 4
}
] |
So my sister and I just came into possession of a large comic book collection and have absolutely no idea what to do...
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Is there an online auction other than Ebay that we could use? Maybe some Redditors out there would be interested. We just cataloged everything. Most of them are undergrounds. We have quite a few original R. Crumbs and Dan O' Neils. We just don't really know what to do with them now. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks
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[
{
"body": "Sort out the issues that are actually worth money, use the rest as wrapping paper and/or wallpaper.\n\nEDIT: Or sort out the ones that are actually worth money and dump the rest on a comic shop. They'll probably give you a package price.",
"score": 10
},
{
"body": "I suggest you get a current comic pricing guide. I think if at all possible you should hold onto the highest value ones until the economy improves.",
"score": 5
},
{
"body": "Take your fucking time man. Don't sell all that stuff in bulk. \n\nIf storage is such an issue maybe store it at a good friend's house where he's got some space to spare.\n\nThe underground ones seem to be rare and valuable. Scan what you can without damaging them.\n\nTake your time, man.",
"score": 3
}
] |
My wi[f]e. For your viewing pleasure.
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Been having trouble getting this to go up as a link, probably due to the auto-spam filter. So let's just try it like this:
http://myfilthygorgeousone.blogspot.com/
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[
{
"body": "She has one of the most impeccably trimmed bushes I've seen :) It goes very well with all the sexy around it, too. ",
"score": 3
}
] |
Who else has hated the last two IGN site-revamps? Am I the only one who finds it barely worth browsing anymore?
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It just seems so cluttered. I can't even really remember what I thought was so perfect about it years ago, but it used to be my go-to videogame site, and now the only reason I ever check it is if there's a game I'm intending on purchasing and I want to see their review. Has it gotten stupider or have I?
| 10 |
[
{
"body": "The IGN sites have always made me think of what it would be like if you built a web site like a McDonald's playground.",
"score": 4
},
{
"body": "It's slightly better than last year's abject disaster.\n\nTheir video player was (is still?) a piece of shit - if you touched that seek bar it craps out and never recovers.",
"score": 3
},
{
"body": "The blog format has ruined professional site layouts. Now, if they want to do anything that -gasp- doesn't fit into a boring, old Blogger layout, they are completely overwhelmed and nothing makes sense anymore...\n\nI'm mostly talking about Gamespy here, but they all look the fuckin same now, anyway.",
"score": 3
},
{
"body": "Hey, so. I sometimes freelance for IGN, and for some reason get user emails piped through my IGN email account. I don't have any clearance to do anything with them (I'd like to reply to some asking for help in certain matters), but there's usually a good 5-10 messages a day complaining about the redesign. The most common complaint is that the review database sucks. I wouldn't actually know, since (ahem) I've never really looked at IGN for more than a minute, just to check one of my articles has been printed.\n\nAnyway, not being an important member of the team, what I can tell you is that the redesign has been giving virtually everyone a massive headache for many many months. They're all equally relieved and exhausted that it's out the door, and sadly aware that near everyone thinks it's rubbish. I don't know if they're going to do anything about it in the near future though - I could ask, if you want.\n\nHere's an email I read today:\n\n> This website sucks i register then this fucking piece of shit wont let me login let me know when this fucking peice of garbage will work maybe you assholes should stop blowin so much cock your website might actually do something for someone",
"score": 3
}
] |
Agricola - should the game last longer?
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I had this debate with a friend of mine. Here are some of the refined points we both made (from both sides of the debate):
* The game ends right as your farm really "gets going" (especially in the family version of the game).
* There simply isn't enough time to do everything you want to do, which leaves a player unsatisfied with their farm even if they end up winning.
* End-game scoring feels arbitrary compared to getting a functioning, interesting farm together. Why not end the game when a farm reaches a certain score?
On the other hand...
* The game ends when it does because by the time you get to the last harvest, the winner has been established; making the game any longer than that would just prolong the inevitable (which is what happens with Power Grid, more often than not).
* If you're playing with Occupations and Minor Improvements, your farm will feel more "complete"; playing the family version makes the game less fun and less satisfying, so you need to wean people away from that version as soon as possible and get them to play the game as it was meant to be played.
* It's a player's responsibility to know what's important and to make the hard decisions on how to get their points, and to start planning for getting those points as early in the game as possible.
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"body": "My beef with the game is the minor improvements and professions. They take this awesomely balanced game and then throw in a hand of 14 cards that are *wildly* different in terms of relative power. The guy with the broken power (or the powers that stack well with eachother) wins. The rest play for second.",
"score": 7
},
{
"body": "This game is balanced perfectly in terms of when it ends. By the game's end, we usually all have full or nearly full farm boards and usually have done our absolute best to maximize our score. The game forces you to make hard decisions, because you don't have the luxury of time.\n\nThe scoring is also great because it rewards diversity. You get more points for having more things of different types. The only gripe I have is that there isn't much variance: it's limited to the professions/minor improvements which are hit or miss. Contrast those to say the maps of Age of Steam or the order of buildings in Le Havre. ",
"score": 7
},
{
"body": "I agree with your other hand. I like that you barely win, often scraping a win in the last two turns. \n\nThis isn't Farming™ the game. It's speed farming where you cannot really languish for a turn or two. These games are what I like to call Strategic Resource Acquisition Games (SRAGs? like Stone Age, Puerto Rico, etc. ) where the game theme sets the distinct mood but gameplay is fairly similar. \n\nI like the uncertainty of turn order and the inherent tradeoffs in every decision. Even when I lose, I just get excited for the next round and try to streamline my strategy (which I always seem to forget the next time around). ",
"score": 3
},
{
"body": "No, it ends at pretty much the perfect time IMHO.\n\nAgricola isn't a game about farming really, it's a game about *building a farm*, by the end turn most farms will (usually) have a nice working food supply, animals of all kinds, a few children and a somewhat developed house. Adding more turns after that would just be boring to me, since there is not much more to do except slightly improve what you already have.",
"score": 3
}
] |
What is a Reasonable Pay for A iPhone Application Designer
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To be more specific, I am currently working as an intern for a software development company that makes iPhone applications. I am not in college yet, so I have no professional training in design: all I have learned has stemmed from my experience in architecture and other applications that I have developed on separate occasions.
My employer contacted me this morning asking to work immediately on a project that he just received. Basically, the client wants three different motifs for an application. Currently, the client only wants three menus, to see the design theme and user experience ideas. My boss wants a finalised concept by tomorrow morning, which I figure, after several iterations on trace and a final on paper, I can accomplish in perhaps less than two hours.
What he asked me is to name a reasonable price; however, I do not want to highball the price, nor make it too low to seem stupid and waste my time. I figure that I could charge something for the initial concept, another instalment for the design made in Illustrator, and perhaps, if the design is chosen (we have two other designers making their own concepts), I could charge another something for that.
Since I have no experience in the field of charging people, I am asking for help from the Reddit design community. Perhaps someone could provide me with a price they would give their employers, or a price that they themselves would charge for something of the nature that I am doing.
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{
"body": "Hourly rates for a respectable senior interface designer here in Boston run $60-$80/hr based on experience, client type, platform, ego, etc. $120 would not be unreasonable for a real talent. I am unsure if iPhone \"Design\" should be much different.\n\nThe real reason I am commenting is to warn you NOT to do flat fees. \"What he asked me is to name a reasonable price\" sounds to me like he is expecting a flat fee. Quote an hourly rate and provide an hourly estimate to complete the job. Keep him updated as to the time you have spent on a regular basis. \n\nScope creep will occur (particularly when you are not dealing directly with the client) and it's never as simple as it sounds. An hourly rate allows you to feel fairly compensated and your client to manage their own budget/quality expectations.",
"score": 6
}
] |
Does anyone foresee a problem with this rails namespacing style?
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Hi all.
At work we're debating whether or not namespacing a class by another class will cause random bugs down the line.
It's common to define a class within a module, however, we're defining ActiveRecord models inside of other models.
So far we haven't had any problems and it's making our domain much clearer.
Example
======
app/models/schedule.rb
class Schedule < ActiveRecord::Base
def preferences
Preferences.find_by_schedule_id(id)
end
end
app/models/schedule/preferences.rb
class Schedule
class Preferences < ActiveRecord::Base
end
end
Does anyone else do this? Any problems?
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{
"body": "Keep in mind, nesting an AR class in another will prefix the table name for you. In your example, the Schedule::Preference's table name will be `schedule_preferences`. \n\nI use this style of namespacing pretty heavily in my Rails apps. It's great for nesting similarly-named classes under different modules. For instance, you can easily have Schedule::Preference and User::Preference.",
"score": 4
}
] |
So my wife proposed that for my 30th birthday I do something really special to celebrate: a threesome...
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I stood there for a second surprised that she would offer something like that, when the best response came to mind:
"Do I get to pick both women?"
Needless to say by her anger rage and retort, I think it was clear she didn't see through my humor and that my chances of it now happening quickly sank to zero. =(
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[
{
"body": ">Needless to say by her anger rage and retort, I think it was clear she didn't see through my humor and that my chances of it now happening quickly sank to zero.\n\nOkay, speaking as someone who's had a threesome or two, and knows a little bit about how women think about sexuality, I have an alternate interpretation. \n\nObviously, this is guesswork. I don't know your wife, and everyone's different, but entertain this possibility:\n\nShe's not angry because of the joke you made. She's angry because you made a joke. \n\nWomen are much more lustful creatures than we give them credit for. But this creates conflict within them, since they constantly have to erect psychological defenses against thinking of themselves as \"sluts\". \n\nShe may have *wanted* to do this, but she could only be okay with it if she could pretend it was on your behalf... ie, mostly your idea. But making a joke and thus treating it as not serious, therefore not a possibility, you not only thwarted her, you made her superego start calling her a slut (by reflecting responsibility for the idea back on her). \n\nNow, we men often don't understand this, because we don't think of a slut as such a bad thing to be. We love sluts. But, from what I can observe, thinking of herself as a slut causes a woman a great deal of psychological pain, and so if you wish to be successful in seduction, especially of the kinkier variety, you have to help her in her efforts to avoid thinking of herself that way. \n\nA serious discussion, when she feels safe and relaxed, with you expressing enthusiasm about the idea, might put things in a quite different light. Above all, don't reflect the responsibility back on her by asking \"if she wants to\". If that's exactly what's going on, then it's what she most doesn't want to admit. Instead, ask if she's sure she's \"okay with it\". Then she can lie to herself that it's for your sake, not hers.\n\n(I strongly suspect she does want to. I've never seen a woman bring up any sexual adventure she wasn't into, except to immediately heap scorn on it.)",
"score": 98
},
{
"body": "Don't you know what it means to become an orgy guy? It changes\neverything. I'd have to dress different. I'd have to act different. I'd have to grow a mustache and get all kinds of robes and lotions and I'd need a new bedspread and new curtains I'd have to get thick carpeting and weirdo lighting.I'd have to get new friends. I'd have to get orgy friends.\n\n... Naw, I'm not ready for it.",
"score": 73
},
{
"body": "lmao good one. She would've never forgiven you for the threesome anyways - even if she did initiate it. You, are a smart man.",
"score": 14
},
{
"body": "Beware.\n\nI have a friend who got that very birthday present from his wife.\nThe two women ended up running off together.\nTo top it off, they made a false rape accusation. He ended up in prison, and then deported (he is British). ",
"score": 11
},
{
"body": "Probably for the best that it won't happen now. Threesomes ultimately are more work than they are worth, and if the third is a close friend, can become awkward for years and years to come.",
"score": 5
},
{
"body": "Chances are, she still wants it, but now she wants another guy with a 12-inch cock to fuck you in the ass.",
"score": 5
},
{
"body": "When I was 20, I had a girlfriend that half-jokingly offered me a threesome. We were casually talking about it all evening, discussing who the other girl could be.\n\nWe went out to a restaurant and there was a really cute waitress who took our order. My girlfriend brought up the threesome idea again after a while, and I asked her who she had in mind- she mentions the waitress. I said, \"do you really think she'd be up for a threesome?\"\n\nJust the next moment, the waitress comes back with our food- it had only been like 5 minutes- amazingly fast. So I said, \"wow, you guys are really quick around here.\"\n\nShe says, \"yeah, we're all about teamwork.\"\n\nAt which point my girlfriend and I just look at each other and start cracking up royally.\n",
"score": 5
},
{
"body": "*shrug* I think the attention gets spread quite nicely if all three are interested in each other (vs two women interested in one man). \n\nMy boyfriend is welcome to bring any woman we both agree on into our relationship in a strictly sexual/friend manner. I've had a few threesomes, all with friends/close acquaintances. It's worked out nicely because it allows our relationship to have something new and exciting every once in a while without the whole \"let's see other people for a bit\" situation. \n\nI think this only really works because I am very bi (50/50) and he is extremely good at being affectionate towards women. As long as everyone trades positions, it works out. \n\nFor example: both females focusing on the male, fm focusing on f and vice versa or where m is doggy style with f1 and f1 is focused on f2, then switch places.\n\nI've found that a threesome is only good if it lasts for at least a good hour or so. There's got to be some good foreplay or it's just too fast and awkward.\n\nJust thought I'd share ^.^",
"score": 5
},
{
"body": "You've got to make your wife understand that a dildo does not count ever as a threesome, seriously. ",
"score": 4
},
{
"body": "What would you have done if she said \"No, I'm bringing your friend Lance home after work\" or something like that?",
"score": 4
}
] |
Steam is selling Serious Sam HD for $6.79 until Monday.
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I never played Serious Sam, but always wanted to. I didn't have money when it was on sale during Christmas...but I have money now. How is this version? As in, is it buggy beyond playable, or should I pick it up now?
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[
{
"body": "Serious Sam HD was never buggy from what i can remember. I played it last night with 4 guildies for a few hours. It's fine, fun and chaotic. ",
"score": 3
},
{
"body": "Bought it for $10 -- felt I wasted my money on it. Fun, yes -- until halfway through. Then I kept saying to myself...yet ANOTHER level? Holy Hanna...I'm tired of this!",
"score": 3
}
] |
Radio Reddit. Any thoughts on getting more subscribers and listeners?
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The point of this post is to spark some discussion on how we can get a bit more activity now that we are pressing forward. Without being spammy, any ideas on getting the word out?
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[
{
"body": "I guess I'm as guilty as anyone else but I think one thing we need to do, especially us that have uploaded music, is to let our fans know where they can hear us.\n\nI guess the easiest way is to share the facebook group link or link straight to http://www.radioreddit.com/ From there your fans can get involved in the community, support you in the web chat room, and join in on the forums if they so choose.\n\nSo bands and artists, let everyone know where to hear you, I'll do the same. :)",
"score": 6
},
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"body": "Reddit has taken in other causes before. Has anyone contacted them directly and asked for a little advertising space? I haven't really seen much of Reddit Radio outside of /radioreddit, /music, and /watmm ... you guys need a broader audience, and that seems like a simple and effective solution.\n\nIf the \"free\" solution doesn't pan out, kick up the donations and buy some advertising space.\n\nI've been following you guys since the beginning, and listening whenever I can even though I don't make any of the music. It's a good thing you have going on.\n\nEdit: One thing I'd like to see is a voting system, or somewhere people can go to discuss the music being played. \"Discuss the song? Y/N?\" sort of thing. It would also give you guys a pulse to see what songs are doing great.",
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Reddit: Have you or anyone you've known actually successfully run from the police? Or, Reddit police officers, how often do suspects actually get away from you?
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I've been watching a lot of COPS lately and they always seem to catch suspects no matter how fast/well-hidden they are (it wouldn't be very good TV if the suspects got away I guess). I just can't believe anybody would ever even think of running so I'm curious about the actual odds of escape. Is it ever worth it for these jackasses?
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"body": "Ok First Year at the wheel, just after a bend where the speed limit changes and I see a cop coming the opposite direction. I was going the speed limit but I saw him twirl around after me about 300 feet behind me. I out of sheer instinct pulled left and went down a dead end road and pitched another right down a side street only moments before hearing the cop do about the same. There were eight houses and the 3rd on the right had its garage open and an extra slot on the left so I pulled right in walked quickly to the button and closed it. I was met at the garage door by a confused dad who said is that cop in the yard after you? I said yes. He asked why and I replied I was going 55 and came around the bend to 45... The man stopped me there and said want something to drink? That cop got me last year on that corner serves him right he won't get you :o) --- It made me realize there are nice guys around.",
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"body": "My boyfriend has made it away a couple of times. Most recently was two weeks ago. He is akwardly fast though.",
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"body": "Not since high school, but yeah I've outrunned a copper before. So much adrenaline I ended up hallucinating.",
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Reddit, I am going out for the Marines and I need training tips.
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I am a senior in High School and I am going to do Marine ROTC. To do so, I have to run 3 miles in under 23 minutes, pull ups, and sit ups.
Are there any tips that I could use for training. Right now, I just started running 1 mile on the tread mill at an incline of 4.0.
Everyother day, I will be doing P90X upper body work out.
Any eating tips, running exercises.. What should help me accomplish the running.
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"body": "I'm going to be buried for this because most people are anti-soldier but anyway. Im sick of people saying that it is a juvenile fantasy to join the military. I plan on joining the military after I'am done school. Why? It is a personal thing, the attraction of the uniform, seeing the proud soldiers, the bond amongst one another, and knowing that you are helping others (Yes it can be interpretation but if you are down there you have the power to control what is going on around you). Not all people join the military because of video games. I'm sure OP feels similar to what I feel. It is hard to explain what you feel to people who haven't felt it.\n\nAnyway, I recommend for everyone to read the book \"Generation Kill\" it's absolutely fantastic.",
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"body": "For running, the only way to get better at it is to do it. If distance is harder for you, go on long runs at a slower pace. Don't let yourself walk...if you need to catch your breath, just slow down for a bit. If your legs are sore, stop, stretch them out than continue. If speed is harder for you, sprints are where it's at. Do 30-60's (30 seconds sprinting, 60 seconds walking), 60-120's (same but twice as long), and do some sprinting intermixed with running normally.\n\nRunning on an incline is great practice too - if you're having trouble getting used to it, lean forward into the hill, and try to run on your toes.\n\nI'm in the military too and the best advice I can give is to really work yourself up to getting a good PT score and maintain your level there... it will give you MAJOR points in the military.",
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I'm Tim, the guy from the ExtraLives.org Zelda Marathon last week. AMA
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Last week, we broadcast a Legend of Zelda Marathon to raise money for Free the Children. It lasted for over 80 hours and raised over $12,000. Not only was this $10,000 more than our initial goal, but it was also enough to build and furnish a school in a developing nation! The Marathon attracted over 300,000 viewers and completely surpassed all of my wildest expectations.
Much of our success was due to everyone here at Reddit. Thanks to you guys, we were constantly on the front page of the gaming section (I was also told we broke through to the first page as well, which is amazing). I was encouraged to post up an AMA after the Marathon when I got a chance, and considering how much everyone here has done for me, how could I refuse? AMA.
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"body": "N.e. chance i culd be in won of ur guise marathons.? ..! i liek videogams lol & wat u do is grate.",
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"body": "This is such a unique-yet-awesome idea, how did you come up with it in the first place? Did you have any idea that it'd get off the ground to the degree that it has?",
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"body": "Which Zelda game was your favorite? \n\nWhich was your least favorite? \n\nWhich game took the most time?",
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"body": "Was the day after the most beautiful day of your life? Did your breakfast taste better than any meal I have ever tasted?",
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"body": "I have carpal tunnel, and thus I can't game a lot (I can Wii, and I have been known to slowly grind through Neverwinter Nights in a very cold room..). I watch quite a few walkthroughs, since it's my only way of experiencing a lot of games, and your entire marathon was just amazing. I left you guys on at night and had the Mike Rowe dream (and I'm the nuclear physicsist/standup comedian).\n\nIn any case, thank you **so much** for the awesome times. You guys are interesting, and I bet that you're going to make quite a bit more money doing these. You were well worth the $20. Next time I have more money, it goes to your next charity endeavour!",
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"body": "I was one of the viewers of the marathon and I think you all did a pretty good job at completing each Zelda game. I was wondering:\n\n1) How do you feel about the fact that this marathon raised much more than your previous marathons? (over the $12k mark)\n\n2) Did you ever get annoyed with the massive waves of spam you got in the chat channel?\n\n3) When do you plan to do another marathon?",
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"body": "Did you dream about Zelda all night after you were done? If so, are you still dreaming about it every night? I would imagine that much immersion would stick with your conscious mind as well as your subconscious.",
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"body": "Yes! \n\nAny updates on when the new marathon is?\n\nWhat inspired you to do this?\n\nWhere are you going to college?",
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"body": "I was \"Celery Stalker\" (you probably don't remember) and I told you then you were my hero, and I'll tell you now. You're still my hero. Could we maybe have a picture so we know what you look like? Also, thank you for what you did!",
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how well do you handle alcohol since you became bipolar?
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(or other recreation substance). I only drink, don't do other drugs ever since "catching" bipolar. Seems OK, unless I get plastered then I do weird stuff but have always recovered without flipping out.
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"body": "Luckily I do not handle alcohol very well - I get to a limit and then I get poisoned. Earlier I would go apeshit bananas if I got a little to much. I am a techno fan - and one night beeing on a small dodgy club I was dancing like a maniac ;) and I stumbled into a table of 5 pretty big gangster guys - when all their beers ended up on the floor one of them stood up - walked over to me - I grabbed his neck and licked him from his throat all the way to his forehead. My friends said they had never seen a man so bewildered before :) \n\nNo alcohol for this monkey. \n\nI think..... ",
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Ask LGBT Reddit: What causes senators to vote against gay marriage (equality)?
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I'm a little confused here. It seems to me that they are incorporating their own religious views into the whole issue and thus voting against gay marriage because it goes against their religion. Isn't this a secular nation? Religion shouldn't even come into play regarding the legality of gay marriage. It's not a religious matter at all, it's human right.
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"body": "You want the motives of senators? \n\n1. Please the people who give them money.\n\n2. Get re-elected.\n\nI like the idealism your question betrays though\n",
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"body": "If you look at the national polls, the nation is at about 51% against, 49% for (give or take a few %'s). So, actually, many Senators are doing what their states would want.\r\n\r\nIn a few years, the old people will die and the percentage will fall in favor of gay marriage, so...I'm sure it will be nationwide in 5 years time.",
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"body": "> It's not a religious matter at all, it's a human right.\n\nAbsolutely it is! And it's not naive to think that way either.\n\nBut, as long as senators are voted into office by U.S. citizens who are against same-sex marriage, they're going to follow what they believe their constituency wants. The problem doesn't entirely rest on spineless politicians, it also lies on an unintelligent and uninformed public.",
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"body": "They don't want to lose their conservative constituents. And those conservative constituents view prohibition of gay marriage to be a moral necessity in the same way you might view prohibition of something like child marriages as an obvious necessity. They don't understand why anyone would think that gay marriage could be a right when to them it's so obviously wrong.\n\nAs for the US being a secular nation, a lot of people argue that acting in accordance with their religion, even in terms of voting as a senator/representative, stems from first amendment rights. Also, state constitutions, which would be the guiding documents for state legislators, often make explicit mention of religion.",
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"body": "Believers are incapable of the intellectual honesty required to grant others the rights they demand for themselves.",
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Women Reddit, would you mind helping me with this informal shoe size poll?
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I have been trying to find reliable data on what % of women have shoe sizes over or at US 11 Women's. This is because I am really sick of going into stores, seeing a style I like, inquiring, and hearing "Oh, we don't carry size 11's (You savage Bigfoot, you)"
The data I have found ranges hugely, suggesting everything from 3% to 9%. Assuming that Reddit women are not biased towards a particular foot size, I thought it might be possible to form my own opinion with your aid.
Here is a conversion chart for sizes for our international Redditors.
http://www.i18nguy.com/l10n/shoes.html
Just upvote the comment which has your shoe size, please do not downvote those comments which are only sizes. Thanks for your help!
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"body": "7.5 or 8\n\ndo any of the stores ever offer to order you the right size to try? my mother has triple A narrow feet and always has to have shoes special ordered.",
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What are your favorite slide guitar songs?
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I finally picked up a glass slide after about 5 months playing. My question: what are your favorite slide guitar songs to play?
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"body": "Pretty much anything played by Duane Allman but my favorite would be [One Way Out](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIY8CoMILgU). ",
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"body": "I'm just learning slide right now. The songs I like so far include:\n#1. Railroad Bill - arrangement by Steve James from \"Roots and Blues Fingerstyle Guitar\"\n#2. Roll and Tumble - by Hambone Willie Newbern, arranged by Steve James in the same book.\n#3. [Death Letter Blues](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u_Qnz8Dzv8&feature=related) - by Sun House, maybe the most intense blues ever",
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How do I get a job? Tell me what to do, reddit.
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What do I do, Reddit?
I used to think of myself as a smart guy. I graduated high school at 16 and got my bachelor’s at 19. During my last year in college, though, I took up pot. It supplemented my natural laziness. My grades slipped a bit, though they were still decent when I graduated. The stupid thing is that I didn’t give a shit about internships or work, as I had a decent amount of scholarship money. This was a terrible mistake. Experience is like money, except that it stays with you.
After graduating, I quit pot, cleaned up my piss, meandered for half a year, and managed to find a good-paying entry-level job. I learned a lot in the 10 months that I’ve worked. I think I could’ve been a better employee had I not been a night-and-weekend toker, though. However, the underboss at that job was just a terrible being. I pretty much got myself fired for a small, but blatant act of disobedience. Looking back, it was a mistake, but fearing that woman every day is a pretty strong counter-argument. I still get bad dreams about her. My firing was pretty civil, though; I was granted 2 weeks of severance pay and they agreed not to oppose my unemployment benefits.
Throughout all of this, I’ve lived with my parents, as I do now. After getting fired, I avoided looking for a job for 6 months. I kept smoking, and that shit kills any motivation to look for work. I was also more afraid of failing a pre-employment drug test than remaining unemployed.
This July, I quit pot, and have been looking for work ever since. My bachelor’s degree is in accounting, and I have a pretty good GPA. I don’t have a criminal record. However, I’m 22 years old now, and it’s been 2.5 years since I’ve graduated. I only have 10 months of experience and a year-long gap after it. I’ve applied to >100 clerical and accounting jobs, and have not succeeded. I know I would be a better employee now, but how do I make future employers to agree? How do I find a job?
I’ve been meandering between continuing my search for office work, and working in retail/fast food and starting up smoking again to deal better.
TL;DR: Have degree, little experience, big gap. How do I get a job?
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"body": "Let me just say that I can sympathize, I didn't finish as quickly as you did, but I started college part-time at 16, and transferred to a university and finished with a triple major. I worked for about a year out of school and was laid off and could not find work for the better part of a year. I ended up moving to tokyo, and bounced around a few crappy jobs that were not my liking before moving back and having to start over at 25 with a years work experience at a failed company and a very spotty foreign resume covering the rest. I lucked out and got a referral from an old high school friend, but it still took almost a year to get a job out of it. Since then I have managed to get by quite well and have a good job with a respectable title at a pretty well known company, and if I want to leave or move, I have options to at least get interviews at several other places through friends of mine (like, people, not through facebook or linkedIn). To get there, I have done _dozens_ of interviews at different levels, in different situations and been rejected or ignored more times than I can cound. It is a huge pain in the ass, though and will take some work and dedication, but given what you have accomplished, its possible, just don't think that it will be easy.\n\nThat being said, it sounds like you need to work on your resume presentation and your interviewing skills.\n\nTake a shitty job if you have no recent (more than 1 year) work experience. Failing that, do some volunteer work, and tell people the rest of the gap was travelling (or travel for cheap for a little while). Just something to account for what you have been doing recently. \n\nGet as much harsh criticism of your resume as possible. Make it fit on one page, but pad what you can, dont use large margins or fonts or have stupid sections about your hobbies or say REFERENCES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST, if they care about any of that they will ask you. \n\nWrite a cover letter for every position you apply for, do not just make a generic template and send it out \"to whom it may concern\". Yes, it sucks, yes its tedious, and if you have any friends or family around have them read it and do not let them just say \"oh, its fine\" or the like. If you wrote it you should be unsure about parts of it and make sure you can think of things you don't like about it or can make better. Then send it off, and make those improvements on the next one you send out.\n\nThis will suck, absolutely, no question. There is one major benefit, though: you will get used to writing letters/emails to people you will eventually have to work with. You will get better at listing your accomplishments, and skills, and describe how you are an asset and someone that is good to have around and work with. This is _really_ important. If you get a job working in an office, you will be subject to yearly reviews and have to write a much more painful version of this at least once a year, and write similar things about your coworkers. This is your report card, and they are asking you to write it in advance, if for no other reason than you will be able to write it for yourself, your peers, and anyone you are responsible for in the future, and this is the only record of employees and their personality that is really kept in a company.\n\nDon't count applying through monster or other online recruiter spots as applications, especially to a big company. Those at best go into a last-resort queue and at worst into the spam folder. Still, apply to as many of those that you can, just don't be too optimistic about it.\n\nAlso, Recruiters and HR are not your friends. Recruiters skim from a large pool, and base their salary on getting someone a job for the most pay possible. That person is probably not you (or me). Recruiters like having a big pool of people that they can refer who don't get jobs so they can ask them what the interview was like and what went right or wrong so they can have more info for specific jobs than just the bullet points they get for the company. They will spend the most attention placing someone who can get a higher paying job by prepping them for the position with what they have learned from all the failures. Also, HR and internal recruiters for companies discount people coming in through recruiting agencies because they are paying a large markup for an employee, who is generally not as reliable as a friend of a current employee. Of course, recruiters will always be very nice to you, because there is a chance you will get a job they refer you to. They have no way of knowing, because they only thing they know how to do is work in an office of recruiters, they don't know if you are smart or stupid or qualified or just making shit up.\n\nHR folks are the foil of recruiters. They work inside a company and their entire job is to not be your friend. Their job by definition equates you as a resource. They might smile if you make a joke, or seem serious if you cry, but they are a department that exists to:\n a) let you know you have been offered a job\n b) let you know you were not offered a job\n c) let you know you have been fired/terminated/downsized/made redundant\n d) tell you once a year to finish your review, take workplace harassment training, take workplace ethics training\n e) refer you to someone else if you have a payroll/insurance/benefits question.\nThey will be your primary contact for the company. They are the people that are just messengers, they will always be polite and friendly because there job is to be polite and friendly because you are not a person, you are a human resource.\n\nFor interviewing, there is probably a book full of specific interview questions for the job you would like to get. Seek it out, buy it. Also, do some googling around for the shitty interview questions that people ask (why shouldn't I hire you? Where do you see yourself in five years?). Think of an answer. Think of a good answer. Rehearse it, in front of a mirror. Get a friend or family member to sit across from you and ask you random questions from the list you got from books and the internet. Make the interview a conversation and try to work your answers into it so you sound like you are speaking casually about it and not just trying to recite a speech. Again, this is difficult, but this is what gets you through interviews. \n\nAgain, if you don't do interviews well, this will suck. On the other hand, whatever your work is, being better at an interview just tells people that you will be better at doing your job. Working any kind of office work has a huge element of just being able to be around other people and talk about work related things in a way thats at least passably interesting. Remember, when someone interviews you, a lot of what they are thinking of is \"can I be around this person 8 hours a day 5 days a week?\". You don't want to be an overbearing ass-kisser, but you should be able to be engaging, or at least, to be engaged.\n\nAs far as the pot goes: if you are trying to get a job in an industry where everything is pre-tested and conducts random screening, you are better off without it. Other than that, if you like it, there isn't that much of a problem with it, just don't blame it for making you lazy, it just gives people an excuse to be lazy. You would be surprised at the number of people who have respectable jobs who smoke or don't have a problem with it. I mean, don't show up to work in your underwear munching out of a box of golden grahams, and don't think that being stoned will make work more fun.\n\nIn closing: \n\nSharpen your resume: Embellish whats necessary and cut the bullshit. Take a shit job, do volunteer work, or do some cheap travelling to make it look like you are at least doing _something_ _now_\n\nGet an interview: When you are talking to the people you are going to be working with, be honest and candid, but be serious. Save political/religious/cultural (movies/tv/music/games you like) for later. Just make sure you are someone they can talk to.\n\nKeep practicing: There is no substitute for an actual interview, but each time you write a cover letter, and apply for a job, and each time you make it through an interview, you should be reflecting on things you should improve on. Find a way to practice those things: write more letters, or stage interviews.\n\nFor me, at least, I finally got an interview at a place where I said to myself \"Oh, crap! I could do this! I think I actually want to do this!\"\n\nI flubbed the interview, and ended up having to go through again (and i think an extra time for good measure), but it worked out. \n\nReally, just keep trying.\n\nAnyway, best of luck to you. You can PM me if you need more lecturing.",
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"body": "Have you tried temp agencies? They would probably help you get a foot in the door. \n\nYou could also find a company you'd like to work for and try to get any job with them, even as their mail boy and hope to move up.\n\nI also might consider changing my name from Manboobs to something a little more respectable like Guytits or Hombrechachas.",
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To r/atheism, from a 'christian'
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Hey guys.
I'm writing to you guys because of a post on the r/christianity subreddit - [Once again, I fail at being a Christian](http://www.reddit.com/r/Christianity/comments/amouz/once_again_i_fail_at_being_a_christian/).
Now just to warn you, I am probably going to come across somewhat strange to you, not in the normal "weirdo effing christian" way, but something you may not usually be used to from a 'christian'.
While we disagree on our beliefs, I have to really commend you guys on supporting this guy. If there is one complete failure of christianity (and yes, there are many....too many) is that 'christians' promote themselves as supporting the community, but when it comes down to it, they (we?) really don't follow through, and even do the opposite at times. So I just wanted to say thanks, even though the advice that has been given from an atheistic veiwpoint is not something I agree with, support in any way is very important for everyone. Showing love is something that changes people's lives.
I also understand that with this post, most of you would take the opportunity to.... promote your ideals. Which is cool. I would do the same, as we are doing it in what we see as the best interest of that person, not for any selfish reason (however questional motives surround most christians).
You have probably noticed me using quotations around the word christian when describing myself/my belief. This is simply because I have denounced christianity. My faith and love for God, and belief that Jesus is the messiah has not changed, however I refuse to have anything to do with what christianity has become, and probably the reason you all hate it so much. We can talk more about that later if you want but I called myself 'christian' in this post because...... well, its just easier to understand.
Anyways, again thanks for helping another human being in need.
Reconchrist
**tl;dr** - Thanks for your sincerity in helping people, its sucks that christians hold their own agendas (and selfish intentions) too high to do the same.
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"body": ">Showing love is something that changes people's lives.\n\nYou are so close, my friend. Love, and Romeo and Juliet and Pachelbel's Cannon and Starry Night are reasons why I am comfortable with being an Atheist. The universe is such an intricate ballet of energy that is preposterous to hold a belief that our little planet ais something something special... As if we were made by a god and set apart from the rest of the universe. \n\nI was indoctrinated as a Roman Catholic for many many years. I'm glad you disassociate yourself with Christians. But recognizing the corruption that is so well documented, how are you able to even justify that the story of jesus christ is true? \n\nThe only church I would ever step foot in is a Unitarian Universalist (there is one church in my city). They have atheist discussions, openly welcome gays and lesbians... In fact I'm not even sure why they identify with the Christian religion at all...\n\nI feel bad for you because I see your belief and only see blindness, but I sort of envy people like you. It must be very nice and comforting to think that there awaits a paradise after you die. What is even further perplexing is that you sound like a rational, reasonable person, yet you actually believe in the miracles of jesus, yet simultaneously reject those proposed by Islam and Judaism. \n\nBut I suppose I'm only making sense. I'm really just satan in his nerdy undergraduate form sent by god to test you.",
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"body": "> and probably the reason you all hate it so much\n\nWhile most of this sub-reddit will probably agree that they hate Christianity, atheists (most at least) aren't atheists because they hate religion. We're atheists because we don't see a reason to believe it.\n\n...Just wanted to put that out there.",
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"body": "Thanks! It's always nice to have a civil and even friendly exchange with someone who holds opposing views. And this is the stuff that makes reddit worthwhile. Kudos!",
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"body": ">You have probably noticed me using quotations around the word christian when describing myself/my belief. This is simply because I have denounced christianity. My faith and love for God, and belief that Jesus is the messiah has not changed, however I refuse to have anything to do with what christianity has become, and probably the reason you all hate it so much. We can talk more about that later if you want but I called myself 'christian' in this post because...... well, its just easier to understand.\n\nI don't see a problem with that so long as what you mean is defined right away (which it is).\n\nI'd like to see a post outlining what you view as the problems if you're up to making one.",
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"body": "I just hope you realize that the same type of people who made you hate Christianity are the people who put together that bible that you revere.",
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"body": ">>No matter what I do, I can't feel the presence of the Lord like others do.\n\nI just tried to express the same frustration to a religious relative and they could not wrap their head around it. They didn't understand how a person's moral compass could fail to lead them to the church. But I cannot embrace something that I find morally repugnant (eg, treating women as inferior) and I cannot disbelieve things that are plainly obvious. My compass leads me *directly away* from the church, and there's nothing I can do about it.",
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"body": ">however I refuse to have anything to do with what christianity has become\n\nYou are implying christianity was anything better before. \n\n>not in the normal \"weirdo effing christian\" way, but something you may not usually be used to from a 'christian'. My faith and love for God, and belief that Jesus is the messiah has not changed, \n\nIf you don't trust christianity, you don't trust christian scripture. Of course, there are thousands of denominations each with their own interpretation of the bible. Christian scripture is where the concept of jesus and the \"one true god\" came from.. So if you won't deal with any modern christian church you're left to your own devices to interpret the bible, knowing much is hyperbole and metaphor and having know way to gauge which is which. By maintaining the christ/god belief system you have simply created your very own christian denomination. This makes you a \"normal weirdo effing christian\" until you allow yourself to cast off those shackles.. It's obvious you're just aching to get that cancer out of your life. Yes I'm evangelizing. ",
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"body": "Wow. I never knew there was a Christian subreddit! You learn something new every day. I'm a bit surprised reddit would attract any Christians at all. Especially enough to form a subreddit.",
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"body": "I was in that guys same spot for years. I never felt like I got anything from christianity. I always had questions, and eventually decided that I could no longer accept it for face value.\n\nIt was downhill from there. I went about 6-7 years not giving it much thought, and then it's only been in the past year where I can look back on religion with an unclouded mind, see how ridiculous it was, and realize that I am completely non-religious.\n\nIt's the course of things. You can't un-realize something, and I see that same process happening for him.",
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DAE hate having their bedcovers tucked in?
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I never tuck in my duvet or bed sheet under my mattress. I like bundling up my feet with my covers under them, all cozy. Anyone else?
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"body": "Definitely. I had to show my bed buddy this method. I lift my legs up to get the sheet and blanket to dangle off the end of my feet, so when I rest them back down they're nice and tucked. She first asked me what the hell I was doing. In response I said, \"making a cave.\"",
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DAE loathe condoms with all their existence?
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Let's not mince words. Condoms are shit.
I'm a decently attractive 23 year old dude with a libido that I would describe as larger than the known universe. I'm guessing other men around my age can relate. I care nothing for slutty chicks, and like many of us I resort to my right hand pretty often. Like 2 or 3 times a day often. For many years...
Needless to say, I need no help getting or keeping it up until mister Jimmy Condom makes an appearance. Than all bets are off and I'm pretty likely to become a wet noodle. Old girlfriends on the pill had no problem going bare as we were both tested clean and rather enjoyed it. When it's someone new, suddenly I have a terrible dilemma. Try to get lost in the moment, putting my credibility and sexual health in jeopardy or man up to the rubber and watch hard turn to soft like a stick of melting butter, ruining the opportunity. I'm not saying it always kills it for me but I'd say probably about 80% of the time. :Sigh:
Suggestions? Sympathies? Anyone with a brilliant idea to advance this fucking technology? Can we agree that condoms take almost all the fun/pleasure out of sex?
edit: Apologies that this is sort of a rant more than anything.
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"body": "Same thing used to happen to me. The problem was two-fold: (1) It doesn't feel as good, and (2) I psych myself out by thinking of the last time I tried and it didn't work. My advice is to practice jacking off with a condom on. You get used to the feeling, and there's no \"performance pressure\". Also, try some different kinds until you find one that feels OK.",
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Help me Reddit! I need your age, sex and how much you drink as well as smoke if you do at all(if not plz still post!) - needed for important math project!
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As in the title, I am doing a statistical report for math with the title : relationship between drinking and smoking according to sex and age.
If you can please write down these simple informations :) I promise not to molest you or anything. thx!
As many responses as possible if you can! (this is for my final high school grade so I am desperate)
EDIT: OMG I am speechless. THANK U SO MUCH EVERY1!!!
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"body": "Sex: Female\n\nAge: 19 (20 this year)\n\n**Cigarette smoking habits**: 4-16 cigs a week, the high-end mostly being in summer or where parties are involved\n\n**Marijuana smoking habits**: whenever possible (usually 3-25 times a week)\n\n**Drinking habits**: varied. Sometimes not for a few weeks, then sometimes every day for 4-7 days. Usually drink just to get drunk. Sometimes have a shot for the hell of it, or a glass of wine. ",
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I'm a Systems Engineer working in the aerospace industry AMA
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I'm UK based, but work for a US company. I've been working as a systems engineer for about 12 years.
My degree is in mechanical engineering and I got my start working as a simulation engineer, from there I moved into system verification and test.
Systems engineering is a very broad term, I've done just about everything from requirements generation and validation, reliability analysis, systems analysis and system test work. I'll try to answer as many questions before I flake out tonight, I'll get back on tomorrow after work and answer any more questions you may have.
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"body": "- With a Mech Eng. background, did you have to learn Systems Eng. concepts along the way as you worked on related projects?\n- Does your company specifically hire Systems Engineers?\n- How much do you get paid now?\n- What do you see yourself doing in 5-10 years?",
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Can anyone recommend a tuner?
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Does anyone one have a recommendation for an electronic tuner. My old one with an analog guage served me well but was destroyed by my son.
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"body": "Korg makes nice cheap ones. I would stay away from a specific guitar tuner and go with a model that has more flexibility. I have a Korg CA-30 that has worked for me for 3 years with only 1 battery change. Also avoid the models that tune through body contact, they seem great in theory but in real life I have had nothing but problems.",
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"body": "How accurate are you looking for? Your average tuner is accurate to +/- 1 cent, which is 'good enough' for pretty much everything. Do you need a pedal tuner? one with a mic for your acoustic? Korg makes a good basic tuner ( http://www.korg.com/Product.aspx?pd=116 -- One of these lasted my first 5 or 6 years playing guitar), if you want to step up to a really accurate strobe (+/- .02 cent) check these out: http://www.turbo-tuner.com/",
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"body": "If you have lots of money, get a strobosoft tuner. Pretty much the best.\n\nIf you have some money (and you want a stompbox)\n\nget the korg pitchblack\n\nor\n\nBoss TU-2\n\nI have the last one, but I just bought the strobosoft iphone tuner app and an adapter to plug into my iphone... $20 in total I believe. Pretty darn good.",
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"body": "Do you have a way of plugging your guitar into a computer/have a computer microphone?\n\n\nI'm a fan of Digital Guitar Tuner\n\n\nHere\n\nhttp://www.guitar.sk/guitar/guitar_software.htm",
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"body": "If you want a clip on that'll work on any string instrument, check out the [Intelli IMT-500](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intelli-IMT-500-Guitar-Violin-Tuner/dp/B000W0611A), I have one and love it.\r\n\r\nFor my pedal board I use the Korg Pitchblack. They're cheap, very accurate and true bypass. Read that again - *true bypass*. One of the only tuners that is and certainly at that price point. The display options are excellent too.",
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"body": "Unless you're actively gigging, get a tuning fork. I'll help you with your ear training (a bit, at least. )\n\nFor gigs, I use a [Boss TU-2 Chromatic tuner](http://www.stevesmusiccenter.com/BossTU-2.html)",
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What are the benefits of becoming a vegetarian?
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As a lifetime omnivore, I've recently considered vegetarianism, although I don't really know why. However, I've received resounding support from friends and family regarding my decision although my body screams "CHEESEBURGER! PLEASE, GOD, A CHEESEBURGER!" on a fairly regular basis. So, for further confirmation and education outside the scope of google, I thought I'd ask the fine folks of health.reddit - why veg?
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"body": "It's healthier. My *vegan* girlfriend just had a rather comprehensive set of bloodwork done (she is having allergy problems - turned out to be dust mites) and was found that, apart from vitamin B and D, she's in the optimal range. And for those two, she's still better than average.\n\nIt's cheaper. Especially if you have a bread machine handy and can [make your own seitan](http://fortheloveofseitan.com)\n\nIt's more humane. \n\nWhat more do you need?",
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"body": "Speaking from experience here. I've been a vegetarian since '99, vegan since '07. \n\nIt's cheaper, healthier, and you never had hard time going #2.",
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"body": "I am starting to read *The China Study* which I hear is one of the most prolific nutrition books out there (study advocates a plant based diet).\n\nAlthough I am having a difficult time getting on the animal rights bandwagon, I definitely can sympathize with the argument that a diet based on fruit, veggies, and whole grains is the healthy way to go.",
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"body": "Find and read wholehealthsourceblog for a different perspective. It's not particularly focused on vegetarianisn or meat eating but it is the best commentary I have read on nutrition.",
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"body": "I made the transition to vegetarianism in 2002. Took a while, because OMG I LOVE BACON. I still love bacon but I have just gotten used to the idea of never having it. Same with my other meat favourites.\n\n**Health**: The American Dietetic Association published a [report](http://www.eatright.org/About/Content.aspx?id=8357) in July 2009 in which they recommend the vegetarian diet. All amino acids that humans cannot produce can be found in vegetarian sources (quinoa is a good example... even if I don't personally like the way it tastes :-p)\n\nI know it's anecdotal, but... since becoming better, I've never felt better. I've been able to keep my weight at a manageable level much more easily, and I have far more energy. But that's just me, one data point...\n\n**Ethics**: yes, the animal rights groups can be a little shrill, but have you ever thought about what has been done to the animal whose meat you are buying at the grocery store? Was the animal humanely kept? Humanely killed? Did they process diseased, dying or dead animals together with healthy ones? It only took one PETA video of a slaughterhouse for me to seriously think about what I was eating.\n\nCheck out my [other comment](http://www.reddit.com/r/Health/comments/akpee/yummy_ammoniatreated_pink_slime_now_in_most_us/c0i3zw0) where I go into a bit more detail on that.\n\nAdditionally, assuming the animal has been slaughtered, meat can deteriorate rapidly. It can be contaminated with E.coli and other baddies. Methods for preservation now include [injecting ammonia](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/31/us/31meat.html).\n\n**Environment**: Meat has a [high carbon cost](http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16573-eating-less-meat-could-cut-climate-costs.html). According to the [American Museum of Natural History](http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/water/?section=waterworks&page=waterworks_hii), it takes 2300L (600 gallons) of water to produce 150g (1/3lb) of beef.\n\nI could go on... but only if you're still interested :) I chose to give up meat even though I really like the taste. And coming from a meat-and-two-veg family, it was even more difficult to get my family to understand that it wasn't just a phase. :)",
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"body": "Just so you know, I have been a vegetarian for almost 11 years.\n\n--------------\n\n+ Vegetarianism greatly reduces your energy consumption. (this is basic energy pyramid and trpohic levels)\n\n+ There are less convenience foods available for vegetarians so you are likely to eat more from-scratch foods.\n\n+ Your body will scream for \"CHEESEBURGER\" or processed foods for a few months after being a vegetarian. It goes away and you may find yourself repulsed by the smells associated with dead flesh.\n\n+ It is cheaper. Although people will refute this they are just being silly. You will pay much less for the same amount of calories. For example a big bag of rice costs the same amount as a single steak. If you try to replace all of your meat with a soy substitute, you may spend more though.\n\n+ Vegetarianism decreases your likelihood of suffering from quite a few diseases.\n\n+ Women love vegetarian guys for some reason. It is a potent female attractant which can only be rivalled by being gay. XD\n\n+ Much easier to keep a kitchen clean with vegetarianism. You don't need to use a separate cutting-board for meat and vegetables.\n\n+ I get sick far less often since becoming a vegetarian. This may or may not be because of my dietary change.\n\n-----------\n\nNutrition is complex but your body is very resilient. (that's why humans have such versatile habitats.) You should just try it for half a year and see how it works out. \n\nHalf a year is enough time to detoxify your body from all the random preservatives and chemical dependencies you can acquire from eating a \"normal\" omnivorous diet. I actually found quitting meat felt a lot like quitting smoking.\n\nDo it well or don't do it at all. Because a lot of veg people will eat nothing but carbs and sugars because they are too lazy to eat well. A person is better off eating McFood every day than just eating pastries.\n\nGet a dietician if you have a hard time doing vegetarian well.",
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Campus board advice please!
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The bouldering wall I train at has several sets of campus boards, I was wondering if anyone can give me any tips on how to incorporate them into my training.
When I do use them I just step up and down, but that doesn't seem like the most constructive use. Should I use them at the start/end of a session? Do a specific strength training session and do nothing but campus?
I train about 3 -4 times a week, try to do a variety of types and think this could be a good addition to my regime.
Thanks!
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"body": "how long have you been climbing and what level are you climbing at?\n\nYou can really easily injure yourself on a campus board.\n\nI'd recommend this first\n\nhttp://www.metoliusclimbing.com/training_giude_10_min.html\n\nif you can comfortably do the intermediate then think about moving on to the campus boards.",
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Where is the strangest place you have had sex?
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I once had sex at a bus stop. It was nighttime and I had just left a club with this guy I had been hanging out with for about a week. I was insanely attracted to him and I just couldn't wait anymore. I had a skirt on, so I sat up on the railing and he stood between my legs. There were a few people waiting for the bus about 10 feet away. We were discreet, so I am not sure if they noticed. Once we got back to the hotel, it was ON. So hot.
Let's hear yours.
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"body": "You know I can still remember the very first sweets given to me by my grandfather. They were Werther's original, and I was just a boy. I'll never forget that first taste -- sweet and creamy... Uncommonly good! I remember feeling I must be someone very special when my granddad gave me his wonderful butter candy. \n\nNow I'm a granddad, and what else would I give my grandson than my Werther's original? He's someone very special too, y'know.",
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"body": "On the roof of a cabin up in the mountains. My girlfriend and I just took a shower together after a long day of rafting in the river and hiking outdoors. Being so young and horny, we decided to just go on the balcony porch and lay a towel on the shingles. I felt very wolf-like and manly while banging her from behind with the view of a bright moon in the back. I decided to cum off the roof while looking at the moon, and howl at the top of my lungs. One of the best fucks ever.",
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"body": "USAF flightline. In the high security area (she did not have clearance). With patrols passing by on occasion (we were between some concrete barriers on a towel).\n\nDifficulty: Ninja",
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"body": "Not sure if this place is strange, but had sex with a girl on-top of a mountain after climbing to the top. Having sex while overlooking the world below is an amazing rush;)",
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"body": "I'm a somewhat reserved guy when it comes to women, but when I went to Cancun with my friends, I decided that guy was staying home. Went to Senior Frogs - which has a waterslide that empties into a fenced in part of the ocean. On the other side of the fence is crocodiles. I'm pretty drunk at that point, so the whole croc situation seemed fine and I just went headfirst into the water. I'm hanging out in the water, and above this fenced in area is a railing where people populate, nice view, etc. \n\n\nAs I'm drunkinly frolicking this gross water, a women comes up to me and asks if I'd help her find her shoe. I instead took her and started making out heavily with her. I keep going as far as she'll let me and after about 20minutes I have this women pinned up against the fence and I'm plowing her. The water is about waist high, so noone is actually seeing anything but my ass somewhat through the dark water. She asks if anyone can see us, I tell her no and watch the crow gather. After a good crowd gathers, a guy comes into the pool. The crowd chants \"threesome, threesome!\" and this guy says \"thats my mom!\" I freeze mid-thrust. Hoooly shit. The guy comes down, says that she's going with him and she gets off my dick. There are no words for how bad I felt at that moment. I looked at this guy and expected a punch. I probably would have done the same in his position. Instead, he says \"Dont worry, she's here to have fun too\" \n\n\nAt this point, the crowd has heard all this, and its just me left in the water. As I grab my pants and come out of the water, I literally get a fucking applause. A loud one. Camera flashes start to go off, in that brief moment of my life, I was a celebrity. I get out of the ocean and hop into the indoor pool my friends are lounging in. \n\n\nThe rest of the week, people were coming up to me and asking to take a picture. Most Epic Fuck of my life.",
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"body": "I had an after-hours pass to my school, and over time my girlfriend and I conquered almost every part of the school that two people could occupy.\n\nThe oddest was when we did it inside an upper-floor classroom's window alcove. This window was high up, only reachable by standing on a desk, and cut into a sloping roof. There was a wide area beneath the window, invisible from the ground, with plenty of room for two teenagers. \n\n / window\n /\n /_♥__\n |\n | \n | classroom\n |_____________\n\nWe didn't want our outer clothes to get dusty, so we left them in the classroom, folded in a discreet stack right below that window.\n\nThen the security guard entered the room and found our clothes. I risked poking my head out for a second -- he was inches away horizontally, and about five feet below us. He stared right at the pile, mumbling and cursing to himself for a while. And just left. \n\nI think he assumed that there was a naked couple *somewhere else* in the school and, like any bored security person would, he was going to enliven the evening by looking for them. He didn't think to look up.",
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"body": "In the bushes near [Cheng Kai Shek Memorial Hall](http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&rls=en&q=chen%20kai%20shek%20memorial&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl) in Taipei, TW. :)\n\nWe almost got arrested... all the guard could say in english was \"please stop exercising\"",
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"body": "WTC#1 when I was working for Cantor Fitz at nights. We did it in the elevator from the lobby to the 78th floor. Up and down a few times...because that elevator was damn fast. We then went down the Path escalators and proceeded to go to the ladies room. This was around 2AM. \n\n",
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"body": "In Japan, in an outdoor hot springs (rotemburo) overlooking an erupting volcano (no, not lava, just plumes of steam and smoke).",
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"body": "I was ridden at a bus stop in Boulder. \n\nI was mounted atop [Mt Audubon](http://www.mendosa.com/fitnessblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/mt-audubon.jpg).\n\nI was educated on the 3rd floor of the [NWMSU administration building](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2651/3852751189_ee9580fbdb.jpg).\n\nI scored on the 50 yard line of my high school football field.",
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"body": "In the back of a movie theater. My g/f wanted to see Beauty and the Beast for her birthday. There were only a few other ppl in the theater and she was wearing a mini-skirt. She sat in my lap and we tried to be as quiet as we could. Pretty tough though, she was pretty excitable.",
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"body": "Driving along the east coast near Portland ME on our motorcycle. She was rubbing my body for a while, we were both getting aroused so I pulled over in a semi-secluded spot and we got busy. She was sitting on the seat of the bike with her legs over my shoulders and her top leathers still on. One of the best fucks of that trip.",
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"body": "I gave my boyfriend head in the parking lot of the catholic high school he went to.\n\nI gave a guy head in someone else's living room. \n\nI gave a different guy head in a study room. \n\nMy boyfriend and I had sex in a common room of his fraternity house, no one else was around, but it was a rush all the same.",
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"body": "I used to tend bar and this girl was all over me for the latter duration of the evening but she came w/ a date. We decided to get him pass out drunk (he passed out on the bar) and I fucked her silly on the pool table till about 4am...then the janitor showed up. He told my boss but I denied the whole thing. :P",
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"body": "On a lab table in a physics lab at Cardwell Hall at Kansas State University. It was after hours and I had a key because I was a teaching assistant.",
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"body": "[Burger King bathroom?](http://www.livevideo.com/video/AE45929F579242688E82558020E4347F/digital-underground-the-hump.aspx) Anyone? I am disappointed in you guys.",
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"body": "Just outside the ghost house at an amusement park, me being dressed as dracula. The park was closed ofc. \n\nSecond strangest; at another closed amusement park against some kind of ticket booth, we rocked it enough to wake a computer. Hearing the XP start sound from inside scared the hell out of us. :P",
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"body": "Either in the ocean around twilight while the beach was still well populated or in a public pool dressing room that had no door. Okay, that one was weirder. ",
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"body": "I was 16, she was 21. We worked together at a restaurant in West Philadelphia. She was by far the coolest girl that worked there with a wicked sense of humor. I was attracted to her from the moment we met. She was also a gorgeous brunette. We would flirt non-stop, but I would never attempt more due to our age difference.\n\nOne evening we were both given the task of restocking the condiments which required a trip downstairs to the storeroom, which was basically a large dry goods warehouse and a walk-in freezer. We had to take a elevator to get there. As soon as the door to the elevator closed and we were alone, she stepped toward me and kissed me. I wasn't expecting it, but it was so good and so damn hot.\n\nThe elevator arrives at the storeroom and she immediately disappears as I navigate the supply cart out of the elevator. Not knowing what to do about the kiss, I set to work loading supplies on the cart. Sugar packs. Check. Trash can liners. Check. Rack of glassware. Check. Breasts against my back, lips on my earlobe, hand reaching around feeling my gear through my pants. Double check. As I had been engrossed in my checklist, I did not see Bonnie sneaking up behind me. I again was surprised, but was better prepared this time. I turned to face her and kiss her. I brushed my hand against her leg and realized she had removed her pantyhose from beneath her waitress skirt. As I touched her leg she kissed me harder. My hand moving up as we kissed deeper and harder, until I felt just how ready she was. \n\nWe moved to an area of the storeroom that had large sacks of beans (I believe) stacked waist high. She leaned over, resting on her forearms on top the stack and while raising her skirt. She looked back at me with a look of longing and desire I had not seen before. I undid my belt and dropped my pants. She didn't have to ask twice. It was all so insanely hot. \n\nThat summer, Bonnie and I did numerous restocking trips, often with ventures to the walk-in freezer and women's locker room. What a great summer! Unfortunately, soon after that my mother got quite ill and I had to move to California and live with my auntie and uncle in Bel-Air. ",
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"body": "In a plywood boat display in the lobby of the academic buildings of my school. Middle of the night, but more than a few people walked through the lobby while we were going at it. Luckily the thin plywood walls were high enough that we remained undetected.",
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"body": "I had sex in an undeveloped cul de sac and, of course, the cops had to show up. We were in the bed of this girl's truck, she sees headlights, says it's the cops, I'm reluctant to believe her and slow to put on my clothes...but it was the cops. They took our names 'just in case anything happened to the nearby homes later that night' and left it at that.\n\nThe second time I had sex in an undeveloped cul de sac, on a sleeping bag in the road this time, this girl's mom drove by with a flashlight and shone it around the area, looking for her daughter.\n\nFuck cul de sacs, stay indoors.",
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"body": "On top of a mini-golf volcano. We snuck onto a mini-golf at about 3 in the morning. The clubs were still out. We also found some balls. We started playing the golf course but got bored. Then she suggested climbing to the top of the volcano. It is about 30-40 feet high. Once we are up there, she suggests fucking... and starts blowing me. We can see cars driving by and whatnot. So I end up fucking her missionary on the top of the volcano. It wasn't comfortable. We didn't think anyone could see us. We walked back to our car and looked back at where we were and were surprised that anyone could have seen us. \n\nEDIT: [google street view of the volcano](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=golf&gl=us&hl=en&cd=9&ei=Mu1GS6LqDoHWygT2qdT7Ag&sig2=aO7OG0Z-ovEMOPfKn1P8Zw&sll=38.869518,-104.786654&sspn=0.063952,0.132093&ie=UTF8&view=map&cid=14865568562467167745&ved=0CBkQpQY&hq=golf&hnear=&ll=38.882952,-104.837239&spn=0,359.933953&z=15&layer=c&cbll=38.88306,-104.837232&panoid=0OKLoD8bIzdp3eBrshzbtg&cbp=12,283.21,,1,-2.92).",
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Why is it when you like a guy, who isn't all that special, all other men, who may be more eligible and better for you don't even hit your radar?
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I know there are lots of guys who would probably date me in a hot Texas minute, but for some reason I'm just not attracted to them because I'm totally gaga over this guy who is so noncommittal its funny.
I mean the guy is nice and all, and good at many things, easy to talk to, pretty cute, but I'm not the girlfriend, I'm just the person who hangs out, the humping is good though and we have like hour long conversations on hot topics.
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"body": "Just... force yourself to go on a date with someone else. Call it research, or medicine, or whatever. If that doesn't totally suck, go on another. Distraction is pretty much the only antidote :/",
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"body": "I say just turn on your radar already!\r\n\r\nSince current guy won't make a commitment, he's not technically your guy. Continue to hump him for sure, but date other guys! You might find a really good one. The bonus is that since you have a hump buddy, you won't feel longing for sex or companionship. You'll probably make a better choice without that pressure.\r\n\r\nRadar on? Blip blip blip blip blip!",
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"body": "You have long talks and you have regular sex? Shit he probably thinks you are in a committed relationship. Have you asked him where he see you two? I'd clear that up before you say hes doesn't want a relationship. Different people view relationships differently. Some people just kinda slide into them while others have to go on dates and update their facebook and shit. My advice would be to make sure he is in fact not wanting to commit to you before you look elsewhere. If he doesn't commit you should look elsewhere. Also its not fair on guys you are dating to be sleeping with another guy on the side.",
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"body": "I can think of two reasons. Either you don't want to commit yourself either in which case you don't have a problem. Or you are suffering from the \"I know he's a good guy on the inside and I know he can change\" syndrome. ",
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Hammer pants, Check. Geordi glasses, Check. Engage full awesome!
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Believe this was taken outside of the Exploratorium or Planetarium in San Fransisco.
http://imgur.com/OGi1q.jpg
I'm an idiot and didn't link the picture from the main title... my bad.
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"body": "Damn, I used to have that exact same jacket. I might have also had the same shirt shirt as well if the turtles are eating pizza on the front.",
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Don't know what to do
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I've posted here a few times before..
It is my junior year of high school and I just want to graduate, go to a community college first and then hopefully transfer to a better university. This year I'm in all honors and a couple AP courses.
I have extreme anxiety and get no sleep. I haven't been to school in 8 days for no reason, but I want to go. The school calls my house twice a day asking where I am. I haven't really done any school work this year but I have As / Bs in all classes except for Physics and American Studies. I was supposed to do a 5 page research paper over the break but I didn't do anything, and late work isn't accepted. Also, a egg drop project was started and finished during my absence from school.
I got a C (I think) in Physics the first quarter, and it will likely be an F this quarter, which ends next Wednesday. American Studies I got a D first quarter and it will be an F this quarter. Midterms are 10% of our grade and start next Thursday.
I emailed my guidance counselor today asking if I can meet her tomorrow during first period, but she hasn't emailed back. I want to try and switch into a regular physics class to save my credit. I also want to change AP American Studies into regular American Lit and US History. I don't know how this will affect my grades or if it is possible anymore. I also am going to have to retake gym next symmester because I was absent to many times and lost credit, but I have an A in the class. I'm really not sure how hard it is to get into a community college, or if I can do it without all honors classes and really shitty grades.
I feel ashamed and pathetic for not going to school for no reason for so long. I am afraid of going back after being absent so long. If I do not get 5.5 credits per year I will not go onto senior year. That will be humiliating and I would rather drop out. I can't get any sleep. I don't want to face my physics teacher tomorrow (I want to try and go to school tomorrow).
I have had this severe anxiety my whole life and I am sick of all of this worry.
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"body": "missing school for weeks or more isn't that bad, you haven't been a bad little boy, and nothing you do will ever make you one in your eyes, stop worrying, nothing is ever that bad, which is bad in its self ",
"score": 5
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"body": "I wouldn't worry about getting into a community college, isn't their entire point to accept just about anyone?",
"score": 4
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"body": "Go to school, finish high school, go to a community college, transfer on, do all of that. The best thing about college is that it is a hub of different ideas and people, this exposure can open up new things to you that you've probably never considered before. More importantly, your mind will be stimulated or you will find new things to stimulate.\n\nThe alternative of dropping out, getting a GED and working in the service industry is a possibility, but it is a road of limited exposure. \n\nPersonally speaking, my anxiety used to stem from constantly thinking, over analyzing, assuming, and etc. All of that was so tiring on the mind and body, all of that worrying was just plain terrible. So you occupy the mind, you develop a new focus or different focii. Cook something, draw something, try something new, learn a new language, read a book, try a new hobby, try anything. Fill your life with different experiences and something will click. It won't happen over night, but you're in this for the long run, remember that.\n\nNow, what do you feel your anxiety stems from? What triggers it? What do you think about as you try to get some sleep? And don't think about the answer, just let it out. ",
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"body": "I grew up with severe anxiety, like you. I also did really well in school without really trying very hard. I liked school, but I was constantly bullied and picked on for being so smart, hence the anxiety. I also had severe insomnia as a kid. In retrospect I am sure it had a lot to do with the stress of the bullying, but I didn't know it at the time. I got mono my Jr year of HS and was out for about 1/2 the year, but, like you, managed to get all As and Bs on my mid-terms, and As on my finals.\n\nHere's a thought. Keep on going. Go back to school and work it out. I'm 47 years old now and life is pretty good. I'm glad I kept on going, you will be too.",
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I am an American expat living in New Zealand. AMA.
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My wife, son and I emigrated to New Zealand two years ago. I can tell you exactly what it is like to live here as an American expat, good and bad.
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"body": "Please tell the good and bad, I'd love to hear both sides as I am an American thinking about exploring New Zealand.",
"score": 7
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"body": "This is so interesting to read, I was born in NZ, lived here my whole life - really interesting to hear it from an expat's point of view. :)",
"score": 3
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I, a biology nerd, have a speed of light question for all you physics nerds (or talented amateurs).
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Okay - so I'm a college student who has taken one semester of calc-based physics, wherein we learned nothing of properties of objects approaching the speed of light, and I have a VERY rudimentary understanding of the theory of relativity, but the topic does interest me. **Correct me if anything I assume to be correct is just flat-out wrong.** I have read that as an object approaches the speed of light, time slows down and ultimately theoretically *stops* if that object were to somehow ever reach the speed of light, which I've also read is impossible. So, I propose this hypothetical (again, if anything is just completely impossible or entirely infeasible, let me know):
Say we, as humans, are able to build a spaceship capable of traveling at extremely high velocities, and is able to accelerate to just 22 m/s slower than the speed of light. We then have Zack Greinke (2009 AL Cy Young award winner from the great Kansas City Royals), who is on this space ship, throw his fastest fastball at 44 m/s in the same direction in which the spaceship is moving. What would happen?
If any clarification is needed, let me know.
**Edit:** Questions I'm wondering about:
* how fast would the baseball really be moving?
* standing inside the spaceship and observing the baseball, would there be anything strange w.r.t. observing the velocity/trajectory of the baseball?
* would the baseball have any effect on velocity of the ship?
* does increasing mass come into play?
**Edit 2:** I appreciate the input, guys. Can't wait to get into some of this stuff next semester :p
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"body": "Relativistic velocities don't add the way newtonian velocities do:\n\nhttp://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Relativity/SR/velocity.html",
"score": 19
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"body": "He would see the ball move away from him at 44 m/s, where an external observer would see the ball moving away from Zack at an almost indiscernable rate, which ends up being something like 21.9999m/s (plus or minus several nines) slower than the speed of light. This is possible because of the difference in the passing of time for Zack and the external observer. It's counterintuitive for anybody versed only in classical physics. \n\nThere's something else about mass changing, but I recall reading something to the effect that this is a common falsehood.",
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"body": "I'm not even a knowledgeable amateur, but as far as I know you cannot add that 44 m/s to the speed of the spaceship directly. The formula used for calculating the speed of the fastball relative to an outside observer would still result in a value below the speed of light.",
"score": 4
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"body": "> Say we, as humans, are able to build a spaceship capable of traveling at extremely high velocities, and is able to accelerate to just 22 m/s slower than the speed of light. We then have Zack Greinke (2009 AL Cy Young award winner from the great Kansas City Royals), who is on this space ship, throw his fastest fastball at 44 m/s in the same direction in which the spaceship is moving. What would happen?\n\nZack watches the ball leave his hand at 44 m/s.\n\nSomeone far away will observe the ball move at just slightly faster: about 0.000006437m/s faster, if my math is right.",
"score": 4
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"body": "At relativistic speeds, you can*not* simply add velocities. I don't have the math to describe precisely what happens, but essentially, from the outside, the ball would appear to travel more rapidly than your ship, but still less than c. \nEdit: It's worth noting, that at non-relativistic speeds, you also cannot add velocities. However, the difference between the naive and 'correct' calculation is infinitesimally slight at common speeds. It's only when you approach an appreciable fraction of *c* that the numbers diverge.",
"score": 3
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I work for an Angel Investor who has invested in some of the world's most successful tech startups. AMA.
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I've worked for about a year and a half as an analyst for a venture capital firm that makes angel-sized investments ($250k - $2m). Our firm has funded some very successful tech startups over the last 10 years, including Google, Twitter, VMware, Mint, and a few Y Combinator companies (unfortunately not Reddit). I've met a lot of the brightest people in the industry, including Sergey and Larry, Paul Graham, Jack Dorsey, John Doerr, and a lot of Y Combinator founders. I see most of the stuff that come across my bosses' desks and have sat in on around 200 pitches made by startup founders.
I can't talk about finances or about any sensitive information pertaining to our companies, and won't say who I work for, but go ahead and AMA else.
Edit: For those not familiar with the VC lingo, an 'angel investor' is usually the first investor to provide capital for a startup. These investments are usually very high risk but with very high returns for a successful investment.
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"body": "What was your previous employment/education background and how did you get the job? Stanford MBA, maybe?",
"score": 4
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"body": "Do you have any advices for someone who finds a market, comes up with a concept that fits that market, creates a working tech demo but then just doesn't have the stamina to get it running ready for the public ? This is the story of my life so far .... oh and after 9 hours and only 3 replies - makes me a sad respondent :-(",
"score": 3
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DAE wish they had something to fight for?
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I feel like there's nothing left to fight for in this world. Maybe there never was something to fight for, and it's always been the politicians pulling the strings of the poor to make them think they were fighting for good, but I wish there was some in the world I was legitimately ready to die for aside from just the people I love, who are rarely in mortal danger.
Anyone else feel like they wish a demon or some shit would just attack the world?
P.S. If you do have something to fight for, what is it?
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"body": "Seriously, another problem is that every conflict I ever look into, I find issues with both sides. There is no clear line of good and evil. Give us a dark side so we can fight it",
"score": 3
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"body": "This is one reason I love being a paramedic.\n\nEvery call is some sort of struggle, there's a winner and a loser, and then it's over. (And 99% of the time, my patient and I \"win\" over whatever the problem was...so that's nice.)",
"score": 3
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"body": "I really wish there would be a Zombie outbreak; then I would have something to fight for. It would also just be completely badass.",
"score": 3
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Reddit, I just cheated on my girlfriend with her hot twin. What should I do?
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So, I've known my girlfriend and her twin pretty much since I was born, childhood friends you could say. Me and my girlfriend have been going out for about seven years now. (We're both nineteen) We've always had a great relationship, and she's been my best friend for a long time now. But... after a while things became... stale. Night time activities lost the appeal that they once had when we first went out, and it wasn't too long after that I started looking at her sister. She was showing signs of interest too, and last time, we did it. Reddit, I feel so guilty now, and I don't know what to do. Has anyone ever been in my situation before, and can you give me some advice?
(Also, because I know you perverts will ask for pictures of my girlfriend and her twin: http://imgur.com/IO5Mz )
UPDATE:
They let me take nudes:
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/amx5e/reddit_i_just_cheated_on_my_girlfriend_with_her/c0ief2o
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"body": "On one hand... you did what we all would do. You crossed that bridge and it felt... different. Yes? On the other hand, your girlfriend is comfortable and stable. Her twin might become comfortable too, in time.",
"score": 221
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"body": "My advice, get rid of your girlfriend, completely cut her away from you. You don't need her if you have the hot twin that is willing to give you action. The best thing is to sever your relationship swiftly so there is no lingering pain.",
"score": 186
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"body": "it took me a while. Even the picture of your hands did not make it clear. At first I was thinking - huh, kind of guyish hands for twin women.",
"score": 84
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"body": "You need to turn immediately to the Bible. In the gospel of Matthew, chapter 6, verse 3:\n\n> But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth.\n\nObviously, you need to make this a case where the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.",
"score": 40
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"body": "Calm down, this may seem like a horrible situation, but if you work this gently you have yourself the perfect opportunity for a 3 some. Being able to swap during the middle of your love making sessions will ensure you will never get bored and no one will feel left out.",
"score": 17
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"body": "True story:\nThis one time I accidentally fell asleep on top of my girlfriend causing her to lose consciousness. Me being the gentleman that I am, decided to take advantage of her momentary loss of feeling.\nI can honestly tell you now it was the best damn sex I've ever had!\nIt was the sort of sex that gives you pins and needles.\nI swear, it was like making love to a completely different woman.\nThe only downside was I had to shake her violently for her to regain consciousness.",
"score": 12
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"body": "Looks like you're in a pickle. If you try to cut either of them off now, it'll only make you bleed on the outside. That would surely have an effect on your relationship with the other. Unfortunately, the chances are slim that the two of you would be able to sew together any wounds that you caused right away, and she'll probably just end up trying to pick her sister up off the ground.",
"score": 6
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"body": "i'd be more impressed if you also slept with one of your hot girlfriend's twin cousins. you know. the ones on the other side of town that are really into shoes?",
"score": 6
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"body": "You seriously went 19 years without going lefty? The kids these days! Next maybe try 'the stranger.'",
"score": 3
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"body": "Oh my goodness. over 600 comments and only 2 people realized this is a troll thread? Is Reddit the new /b/?\nBut seriously, even still, I lol'd",
"score": 3
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"body": "Are you fucking kidding me, Reddit? A story about a guy cheating on his hand with his other hand made it to the front page? There is no hope for us.",
"score": 3
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"body": "I think you might be stuck with both of them now. I gotta hand it to you though, it sounds like a stroke of genius on your part. On the other hand there are times in life when you have to decide on one path or the other - sometimes you go right, sometimes you go left. You can feel the pull from both but you know eventually you'll come into the light. You are the master of your own domain!",
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"body": "This thread is Hilarious if you never get the joke. I prefer to read the comments first before clicking on links. ",
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Do you like the smell of your own balls?
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My ex boyfriend told me that he likes the smell of his own balls.. He said that all men are like this... is it true?
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"body": "In the same way that I like the smell of my own farts??\n\nI wouldn't say I 'like' the smell of my own balls, but I'd rather smell mine 100 times than another dude's once.",
"score": 12
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"body": "See, my balls don't really smell like anything. Sure, after a 3 mile run they might be a bit ripe, but no more than, say, my arms or my back.",
"score": 5
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"body": "Maybe I know some very weird people. One of my friends once begun a conversation about this with five guys and (reluctantly) everyone eventually agreed that after 'adjusting' themselves that there IS a smell on their hands and it isn't disagreeable. Nothing to do with not washing yourselves. Just... yeah. So in my personal experience its completely normal. However, that said: Stay alert. Goats are deceitful and can hide just about anywhere. ",
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I'm a homeless blogger that works every day from a laptop in a bar. AMA
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On December 17th I found out that my longtime girlfriend was cheating on me... after spending hundreds of dollars on Christmas presents for her and her children. Since I was living in her house, I am now effectively homeless and have not slept in the same place for more than two days since.
I write for three paid blogs and work every day from a corner booth in a bar. I've finished up for today and am curious about what kinds of questions people may have. AMA
**EDIT** - The bar closes at midnight central time, so I will only be available until then.
**EDIT 2 (6pm central 1/08)** - Finished today's work and will be around for a few hours. Thanks for all the kind comments and suggestions. I will be PMing some of you regarding work.
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"body": "If you want more article writing - let me know - just send me a sample of your work/your e-mail address. \n\nI'll pay for the articles before you finish them off so at least you have some money in your pocket.\n\nIf you're any good I'll pass you onto some friends and hopefully you can find yourself some place to live. \n\nGoodluck, man!",
"score": 34
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"body": "If you need a place to stay why not sign up for couchsurfing.com? Most people don't ask for money, just a considerate guest who may or may not make them a meal or do some household chores.\n\nEdit: Reddit actually has a /r/couchsurfing, however it's not very active.",
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"body": "* How much on average do you earn per blog submission?\n* Do you have quotas and deadlines?\n* How did you get started writing for paid blogs?",
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"body": "I own a large (40+ URL's) blog network of TV-show sites that earn ad-revenue. I have totally stopped updating about 4 months ago due to lack of time, if you feel like taking over the network update work you can keep 50% of the revenue increase (around $500 month would be your part) if you are interested, comment here, PM or email me! You can reach me at [email protected])\n",
"score": 4
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"body": "Wait, ***she*** was cheating, and ***you*** moved out?\n\nKick that bitch to the curb, brother. You should get the house.",
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"body": " Out of the night that covers me,\n Black as the pit from pole to pole,\n I thank whatever gods may be\n For my unconquerable soul.\n\n In the fell clutch of circumstance\n I have not winced nor cried aloud.\n Under the bludgeonings of chance\n My head is bloody, but unbowed.\n\n Beyond this place of wrath and tears\n Looms but the Horror of the shade,\n And yet the menace of the years\n Finds and shall find me unafraid.\n\n It matters not how strait the gate,\n How charged with punishments the scroll,\n I am the master of my fate:\n I am the captain of my soul.\n\nInvictus, by William Ernest Henley",
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Any T[F]2 fans need za healz? (first time)
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That [Medic](http://i.imgur.com/ui1AW.jpg) is a spy!
I attempted to post this a while ago but it never did show up on the "new" page. So I'm trying again.
This is my first time (well, second) ever posting in GW. I even made a throwaway account. This isn't as revealing as other submissions in GW, but I really like it.
What do you guys think?
**edit** Thank you guys so much for all the awesome comments! I really appreciate it!
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"body": "In Heavy voice: You are Great Doctor.\n\nHopefully, speaking to you as a heavy turns your crank. Oh, and thank you for that. Now, I have to go cap some points.",
"score": 3
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What if Germany had had a nuclear weapon before the Allies, would they have used it? Would it have reversed the fortunes of the war, and how do you think the world would be shaped today?
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An alternate history of WWII is something that has always intrigued me even though I live in sub-Saharan Africa... I'm sure it would have changed everything everywhere.
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"body": "The Germans lost the war when they declared war on the Soviets.\n\nIf they did not open this second front, they would have been able to invade the UK and take it out of the war before the Americans got involved. The D-Day landings would not have been an option from across the Atlantic.\n\nThe British Navy is now sunk or in possession of the Nazi's. Western Europe is either under direct German rule or governed by client states. The [German Superweapon Program](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wunderwaffe) can continue without interruption, and it was far in advance of anything the Americans or Russians had¹.\n\nThe focus would now turn to the remains of the British, French and Dutch Empires. Especially the British mandate in the Middle East; a major source of oil. \n\nIf the Germans were smart, they should have allowed Russia to gain India and dispute Asia with the Japanese (in reality the Japs & Soviets signed a non-aggression pact, as they wished to concentrate on the US & Nazi's respectively). In exchange the Germans would have taken the Middle East & North Africa for the oil reserves, something Russia had no need of. America would not like this, but it would have been hard to dispute across an Atlantic ruled by U-Boats with no Royal Navy & a Pacific War. Also, the Germans at this point have made no direct attack against the US, unlike the Japs.\n\nThe Americans would have given protection² to the Pacific British colonies, and I assume the Japanese would have swiftly lost with the full might of America focused on it, plus Soviet competition for land in Asia. The American land invasion of Japan would be bloody.\n\nAssuming the Germans could get to 1950 without war with the Soviets, without a devastated Europe, and without the Americans able to land in Europe, then they would hold all the aces.\n\nI predict they would have had a successful nuclear test, long before any other power was able to do this. They would be on their 5th or 6th generation of rocket. Their [jet aircraft](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focke-Wulf_Ta_183) would be the most advanced around. If they were successful in capturing British military secrets they would have the best radar and rudimentary computers.\n\nThe Soviets and Americans would have a lot of catching up to do... I do not think it would have been hard for the Germans to gain a favourable peace, with control over Europe, the Middle East and Africa. \n\nThe Japanese would be out of the war, under American control along with Australia, NZ, Singapore, etc... The Russians would likely have taken China from the Japanese, I would guess as a puppet state instead of direct rule, same for India.\n\nI predict a new three sided Cold War, German Empire with a large headstart.\n\n---------------------------------------\n\n¹ The Russian and American nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs were founded in part by captured German scientists.\n\n² As in, \"You're with us now, bub.\"",
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"body": "Try Robert Harris - Fatherland for a good take on a victorious Germany. I think the germans would have used any weapon they could to win. If they could have delivered it to the US, it definitely could have knocked us out of the war leaving Europe to Germany. Hard to imagine what a world like that would look like now.",
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2XC: How often do you redo your nails?
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Short intro: For those that don't know me, I'm a transgirl (Male-to-Female transsexual) still in transition.
I recently started painting my nails on a regular basis. I have to admit my first attempts were quite dissatisfying (bubbles in the polish, smudges, etc.). I've since gotten pretty good and managed to produce very smooth and even applications.
My question to 2XC is:
How often do you redo your nails when you're trying to paint them?
At time of this writing, it took at least two attempts per finger, and some fingers more, to get a smooth finish that I was satisfied with. What's most frustrating (and most often the cause of me redoing them) is bumping something while they're drying or the inability to stop fiddling with one to try and smooth it out.
I'm curious if this is an average number of attempts, or if someday I'll just be so good I'll never make a mistake and be perfectly happy with the result the first time hehe
And while I'm on it, how long do you usually leave your nails polished before removing the polish and reapplying (assuming the polish doesn't chip away or whatever)?
Edit: Thanks everyone for your tips. By sheer volume, I've managed to detect an overall preference
of the brand OPI. I guess next time I'm in a salon I'll take a look around and see if I can't find a
couple colors I like. Their website appears to be quiet extensive, color wise.
Thanks again for all your help. <3 you 2XC.
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"body": "Alright... Avon lady coming through!!\n\nOK not really, but my mom is, so I've tried a ton of the stuff. I use their normal Nailwear Pro Enamels, and they look nice and last me a good while. But the secret is to also get their Quick Dry Oil. You just brush that on and then your nails dry much MUCH faster. I hate having to do my nails because it takes them forever to dry all the way through sometimes, but after using the oil, not so much. \n\nNow, they are also coming out with a new Adhesive Base Coat for people who have trouble keeping the nail polish on (I don't have that problem, but my sister does. Two days in and it's chipping like crazy.). I haven't tried it, it's brand new, but I would recommend checking it out if anyone has that problem.\n\nMy nail polish can last for a couple months, especially if I use a clear top coat, which I almost always do. But I also don't do too many dishes in the sink (yay dishwasher!). The problem ends up being that I've gotten so many little cracks as my nails slowly bend that the polish looks ugly and old by then, not to mention the fact that the nail by the cuticle is naked due to natural nail growth.",
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"body": "I rarely paint my nails because no matter what quality of polish I use it starts chipping after a few days (and I hate the look of chipped polish). This is probably because my nails extend well past the tips of my fingers. I like OPI nail polish, and doing a base coat + color polish + top coat takes around 30 mins (I don't really make mistakes and have to redo things anymore), and then a few hours to completely dry. You can touch it up 1 or 2 times (after 3 days or so) but eventually it becomes too thick and you have to remove it. I have also had real problems with darker polishes staining my nails. Basically it is a pain so I only do it for special occasions or when I am bored.",
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"body": "If you are going to use inexpensive nail polish, at least invest in a good clear top coat. It'll protect the colour underneath and make the paint last longer.\n\nI don't ever paint my nails unless I'm giving myself a manicure and at that point, I think I leave it on about 2 weeks and then go back to au naturel. ",
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"body": "If a Beauty Slackass like me can learn to paint her nails, so can you. If you're using the cheapie 99 cent cent stuff with the skinny brush, just toss it. It will always have bubbles, and chip if you look at it funny. \n\nI like O.P.I. They have great colors, and nice wide brush, so you don't have to make so many strokes to get the paint on. Plus, it lasts a good week, even for me, and I'm rough on my hands.\n\nMake sure your nails are really clean, and have no oil on them. A quick swipe of polish remover will get the oils and stuff off. Using a base coat helps, too. When you brush it on, try to use just three strokes, one on each side, and then one down the center. And no touchy for at least 15 minutes. With practice, you can still reddit with wet nails. \n\nOh, and pee first. I've ruined many a paint job with really having to go in the middle of drying.",
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"body": "Price doesn't always equal quality, but when it comes to nail polish, it often can. If you dislike bubbles and chipping, get a good brand. I like OPI and Clinique a lot. \n\nI'm pretty obsessively perfectionist when it comes to my fingernails, which I always have painted clear. For clear polish, 15 minutes is the minimum amount of time to avoid smudges, 30 minutes total before I begin to do anything real major with my hands (I usually browse news or play a light computer game while they're drying). I use two coats so it doesn't chip within the first day, and redo everything every 10 days or so. I get tons of compliments and lots of \"your nails look so much nicer than mine\" and I'm a transgirl that's not going to transition (some would say \"a guy\").\n\nPro tip: once your bottle of polish has less than a third of the bottle remaining, it just won't spread as nicely. It'll be thicker and you'll get bubbles, and I don't exactly know why. Time to get a new one.\n\nFor colors, smudges will be much easier to detect. Depending on the brand, you'll want between 30 to 45 minutes per coat. This can be a pain in the ass, but I don't pick much up with my toes so it's not a big deal.\n\nLike anything else, with practice, you'll get better.",
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Here are 3 different snare sounds, with the same snare, just different tunings and a trick I have been doing. What do you think?
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[Link to the 3 clips](http://soundcloud.com/rationalbeats/snare-samples)
So the "trick" is that I take a razor blade to a two ply snare head and cut along the metal rim so that I have the two layers removed from the rim. I then place those layers on the snare drum.
The first clip is both layers and also my iPhone taped to the head (iPhone is taped to the opposite side of the top mic placement) The drags were really hard to get since there is almost no response from the drum. Also I have the snares set to be tight but not chocking.
The second clip, I removed one of the layers (Which raises the pitch) & slightly tuned it higher, and tightened the snares with about a half turn and I also used my wallet instead of my iPhone (The wallet weighs much less) Now as for technique in this one I go to a rim shot in the chorus, whereas in the first clip I don't use any difference between technique between verse and chorus. Now I am not sold on the rim shot because the sound is a bit choked. What do you think?
The third clip is almost the same settings as the first one, except this time I made my bottom snares really loose to give kind of a shake sound to it, and used my wallet instead of the iPhone on this one, mainly because there was allot of tom work in the pre-chorus and I was getting a bit to close to hitting the phone when I was transitioning.
So what are your thoughts?
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"body": "i think they all sound good, but its hard (for me) to really judge them against one another when they're in such different songs.",
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"body": "you are supposed to do that when making electronic music, in \"nature\" every drum hit sounds different even if you can't tell, because you will never hit the drum in the same place/way ever, so it's supposed to sound different.\n\nthat is something i learned when \"learning\" how to make electronic music, because when you listen to the same sampled sound over and over, in theory you just won't hear it after a while, your ear is supposed to get \"tired\" of listening the same thing over and over again so you just won't hear it, or will stop hearing it... or something like that.... and one of the explanations is is that you are constantly hearing noises all the time even in \"silence\", and that is what we call white noise, your brain ignores it.",
"score": 6
}
] |
[TOMT] Illustrated book i read as a kid about a man who is plowing a field and hits a volcano with his plow causing it to erupt
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been driving me nuts all day, then i remembered that this subreddit existed. hopefully someone remembers!
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"body": "I read this, too! Here's [the real volcano](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Par%C3%ADcutin) and what appears to be [the book](http://www.amazon.com/Hill-Fire-Can-Read-Book/dp/0060238046)",
"score": 5
}
] |
hey reddit, i got 1600 xbl points for christmas, how should I spend it?
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I don't really have any games that I'd want to buy downloadable content for. I only really play Halo 3 and I got Left 4 Dead 2 (very casual gamer here).
I'd probably be happiest with either an XBLA game, or some other downloadable game...
I like games that are either online multiplayer or has a lot of replaybility and/or addictive qualities.
My only experience with XBLA games are I played the HD Trials demo and that was really fun. worth buying the whole thing?
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{
"body": "The XBLA games I've had the most fun with are Castle Crashers and Battlefield 1943. Check them out and see if they're what you're looking for.",
"score": 9
},
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"body": "I concur with Portal, Trials HD, Braid, Battlefield 1943, and Settlers of Catan.\n\nI would also like to recommend Carcasonne, and Panzer General as well.\n\nI haven't tried the Trials HD DLC yet, but I plan to.\n\nIf you can spend points on Games On Demand, I would recommend Battlefield: Bad Company. Still my favorite 360 game to date. ",
"score": 3
}
] |
I'm going to the International Gamestop $10k Finals for CoD4: MW2. AMA.
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Hey, Reddit, how's it going? I just recently made it into the Gamestop Finals for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for the Xbox 360. My team name is "art of eXecution," (aoX) and our sponsor is PureTalent. The finals are compromised of the top two North American and the top two European teams flying to a TBD location and then competing for the prize. There is a 4v4 Finals worth $10,000, and a 1v1 finals worth $5,000, both of which I've made it into. The tournament started off with about 3 weeks of "ladder play," which means you 'post' a match and then it gets randomly accepted, you play the team you get matched against with a randomized map set given to you by Gamebattles, then are awarded or deducted points based on if you won/lost and the rank of the other team. At the end of these 3 weeks, a single-elimination bracket is posted with the first seed playing the last seed, second seed playing second to last, etc. If anyone has anything to ask, ask away! As of this moment, I've made a little over $500 and that's saying something as the game hasn't been out that long. Hopefully I can score the $2,500 portion from the 4v4 and the $5,000 for the 1v1!
Here are the links to my teams;
http://gamebattles.com/xbox360/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2/team/puretalent-art-of-execution-NA/
http://gamebattles.com/xbox360/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2/team/puretalent--the-slayster
p.s. on my 1v1 team I posted a reddit related quote to prove it's me :p
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{
"body": "Just one question: When you get to the finals will they or will they not allow you to use the Power Glove?",
"score": 7
},
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"body": "What are your two favorite custom classes without tournament restrictions?\n\nWhat kind of perk and equipment restrictions do tournaments have?\n\nAny quick tips?\n\nThanks and best of luck to you.",
"score": 6
},
{
"body": "With it being gamestop they will probably only give you 20% of what the prize money is actually worth...",
"score": 6
}
] |
[4] Well, I suppose it is January...
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I had myself worked up to a solid [4], maybe a [5], and decided to walk to the store about 15 min away, just to get out of the house for a little while and move my legs. I put my headphones in, cued up **Underworld - Cups** on the iPod, stepped outside and... *it's snowing.*
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"body": "[0] I don't know if it snows enough where you live, but the best feeling ever is walking through deep snow when you're high, and letting the snow get in your shoes and make your feet all cold and wet. There's something about walking through snow that makes me smile.\n\nIt doesn't sound really appealing, but it's actually pretty awesome.",
"score": 4
},
{
"body": "[0]Wisdom teeth just came out this week, I'm not supposed to smoke or even use a straw for a few more days :(\n\nMy first experience with smoking in the snow was last weekend, a bit of a last hurrah before I had my wisdom teeth extracted on Monday. Well, I still live at home and just smoked in the back yard with my friends, and we wanted to conceal our tracks because people round my house would get suspicious at seeing tracks from my back door to my garage and back.\n\nSo what did we do?\n\nThe three of us made a beautiful design of snow throughout my whole yard, walking out what began as random lines but really ended up as some intricate knot-work looking stuff. And honestly, trudging through the snow was an entirely new experience on trees, and had I been properly dressed I'd have dropped down to make snow angels. I'm hoping the snow is still on the ground when I am recovered from my surgery, I can't wait to go do it again!",
"score": 3
}
] |
Does Babylon 5 get better after the first season?
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I'm still in the first season and i'm really not digging it so far. I've always heard it was a good series so I'm trying to give it the benefit of the doubt, what do you think?
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"body": "As others have said here, yes, it gets much better. The acting still generally stays in soap opera territory, but the fantastic story arc will make it worth your while.",
"score": 9
},
{
"body": "Yes. And it's official finale is at the end of season 4. Season 5 is a \"OMG we got renewed, what do we do now?\"",
"score": 8
},
{
"body": "Yes. I actually first caught B5 at the end of season 4. There was all this epic What-the-fuckery going on that made me think, \"I have got to see how all this started\". So I started at the beginning. If I hadn't already seen how awesome it was going to get, I'd have bailed. I stuck with it, endured Commander Sinclair's wooden robot ways, and was rewarded by season 2 and Bruce Boxleitner.\r\n\r\nIt's been about 12 years since I watched, but I recall Season 2 being a rather leisurely but consistently paced ramp-up to set up what happens in seasons 3 and 4. \r\n\r\nSo yes. It gets better. Except for the \"Garibaldi's getting his drunk-on again\" episodes. To me, those were the Meg episodes of B5.",
"score": 8
},
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"body": "It gets way better. They take out the over-enunciating Commander -- \"LieutenanTTT CommandeRRR\" -- and put in Boxleitner, who fits much better, and they waaaay up the CGI. As in, they get some. :P\n\nPlots really rock, very thick and long and deep. Keep watching!",
"score": 6
},
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"body": "I am currently viewing season 1, and will watch every episode of all seasons.\n\nI'd forgotten how...meh... season 1 was. That's not to say there's not some good stuff there, and it does set up plotlines that run the entire story arc.\n\nStill, I can hardly wait to get to season 2.",
"score": 5
},
{
"body": "My advice - bear season 1. It's when season 2 starts to gather momentum you'll see the true Babylon 5. You'll also understand why everyone loves G'Kar. ",
"score": 5
},
{
"body": "I'm struggling through it again right now. Almost embarrassingly bad at times but damn does it ever get good later on. \n\nOnce Commander Eyebrows goes away you are in the clear.",
"score": 3
},
{
"body": ".. you could almost say Babylon 5 *starts* after the first season. It gets a lot more momentum in season 2, as the story gets going. Season 1 sets the scene and yes there are things that happen that become relevant later on, but it's mostly a collection of one-off stories per episode - a fairly average sci-fi show. Without giving spoilers, the climax of season 1 is the tipping point for a massive story arc, which is what people rate B5 for.\n",
"score": 3
}
] |
I feel mentally fatigued much of the time. Help?
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No matter what amount of sleep I get, it still happens. I take Adderall and it gives me a good boost of lucidity for a while, but at the end of the day I crash miserably and become useless (that's kind of beside the point).
Even when on the Adderall, though, I still feel like I'm not really, fully there. I try to read a book and I just don't feel into it. I have to read the same sentence over a few times before I absorb what's going on, because I'm just not that into it. I feel like I can't be bothered to do much besides relax and watch TV, or get on Reddit, or something like that. I don't even really feel like playing video games.
I guess I've been like this for quite a long time, but I'd really like some ideas as to how I can at least put a dent in it.
It's useful for you to know that I'm overweight and get very little exercise. When I do exercise, though, I don't think it makes much of a difference in feeling mentally fatigued. Maybe I was doing it wrong, but give me other ideas anyway. I know this is something I need to do, so just assume I'm going to do it.
Thanks in advance. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.
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{
"body": "Unless there is something wrong with you it all comes down to diet, exercise and sleep. There's no secret to it. Eat more smaller meals, don't drink pop or any coffee after 2pm, try to walk at least a half hour a day. Do all that for at least 2 months and you'll see a huge difference. \n\nIf there was a pill that could do it for me I would take it in a heartbeat and sit on my ass instead but there is no magic solution other than the obvious. Sorry man.",
"score": 4
},
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"body": "Keep at the exercise. Also, eating healthy food gives you more energy. Bad fatty foods make you tired. Maybe your also depressed.",
"score": 3
}
] |
I just sang the first verse of Ice Ice Baby into Dragon Dictation on my iPhone. Please find enclosed the textified result.
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Alright stop, collaborate and listen. I suspect my brand-new invention
something grabs a hold of me tightly folded a harpoon daily and
nightly will it ever stop yo I don't know turn off the lights and I'll
go to E3 Moroccan likely that they no later casino like a chump like a
candle dance commercials because Apple doesn't clean your brain like a
poisonous mushroom deadly when I played don't know the anything less
than the best is a felony love it or leave it you better gain weight
your gonna hit both Abbicci don't like it's a little problem you iPhone
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{
"body": "I would have thought it translated to:\n\nPressure pushing down on me. Pressing down on you no man ask for.\nUnder pressure - that burns a building down, Splits a family in two, Puts people on streets. It's the terror of knowing What this world is about. Watching some good friends screaming let me out...",
"score": 5
},
{
"body": "For reference: All right stop collaborate and listen\nIce is back with my brand new invention\nSomething grabs a hold of me tightly\nFlow like a harpoon daily and nightly\nWill it ever stop yo I don't know\nTurn off the lights and I'll glow\nTo the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal\nLight up a stage and wax a chump like a candle\nDance go rush to the speaker that booms\nI'm killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom\nDeadly when I play a dope melody\nAnything less than the best is a felony\nLove it or leave it you better gain weight\nYou better hit bull's eye the kid don't play\nIf there was a problem yo I'll solve it\nCheck out the hook while my DJ revolves it ",
"score": 4
}
] |
looking for other ex-mormon atheists
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It's been about 5 years since my temple recommend expired...
I grew up in a relatively-strong christian household, got hooked by a mormon girl when I went off to college, subsequently joined the happy little cult, did the whole temple marriage thing, held various positions, gave my 10% to the church without question, drank a LOT of koolaid... I'd say that I was living the full mormon life. I even remember being willing to suspend reason, ignore science, and go along with all the Adam & Eve, flood, creationist crap - all while getting a Ph.D. in engineering - that's some strong powdered drink!
Anyhow, skipping over the long, very messy part of the story (perhaps a later post), I'm now a divorced-with-two-lovely-daughters, very-happliy-remarried, half-closeted atheist with absolutely no desire or thought that I could ever be swayed by religion again (and I couldn't be happier for it).
I'm curious to know of others who've been in and are now safely out of the mormon church - you see, I just got a letter from the ward bishop where I live now, and I realize that I'm still counted as one of the brainwashed - I guess it's time to craft a nicely worded reply explaining that I'm no longer interested...
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{
"body": "Hey, there's a bunch of us exmo's over at [/r/exmormon](http://exmormon.reddit.com) If you'd like to visit. I can't speak for all of us, but I went atheist after being a believing mormon until I was in my 30's. ",
"score": 3
}
] |
Novelty Accounts - Come Clean!
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I'd like to hear some of you own up to any novelty account you've created and posted under.
Also, if you made a throwaway for an IAmA and don't mind outing yourself, that would be good too. Let's see who you really are!
| 8 |
[
{
"body": "I am look\\_of\\_disapproval, and joke-explainer, and all the other novelty accounts that people like, but none of the annoying ones.",
"score": 9
}
] |
I just saw the Doctor Who episode "Blink" for the first time, and my god
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It was the greatest thing I've ever seen in my life. I love time loops, and this episode was like some sort of crazy time looping orgy!
It had my at the edge of my seat through most of the episode, and television rarely does that to me. I just thought I would share my excitement with SciFi Reddit.
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{
"body": "How I envy you the experience of seeing that episode for the first time. I had it myself, of course, but you have had the additional experience of hearing from everyone that it is the best Doctor Who episode ever, if not the single best episode of science fiction television ever, for a year and a half -- *and having the episode live up to the hype.*",
"score": 60
},
{
"body": "I get the feeling -- given that Blink's writer is the new series writer -- that this year is going to be some of the best Doctor Who in a long while.",
"score": 40
},
{
"body": "Holy crap man, I just brought it up on netflix, per your suggestion. I am home by myself totally scared, twitching at every sound... great. ",
"score": 21
},
{
"body": "Great episode, but it pretended to end with some closure when actually what The Doctor left was a ticking bomb for whoever is the next person to turn the light off in that basement. He should have at least moved them outside, or better yet to an underground cavern with some type of permanent phosphorescence. Really, what a dick move.",
"score": 16
},
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"body": "This was season 3's \"doctorless\" show. There's one show per season that has very little of the Doctor in (I honestly can't remember why) but it was also easily my favorite episode of almost any tv show ever.",
"score": 15
},
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"body": "http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HN4X24BD\n\nIf anyone feels like it, I just uploaded the episode. Enjoy, it's fantastic. ",
"score": 14
},
{
"body": "Ever since it aired, blink's been the episode I use to try to get people into the series. It's everything that's beautiful about the series compressed into a little ball. And somehow manages all that while still letting people come into it with almost no other information about the show. ",
"score": 13
},
{
"body": "Obligatory [YouTube link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wejl_daRVZU) to that kid singing his ode to Blink. If you haven't seen it, you're missing out. It's surprisingly awesome.",
"score": 13
},
{
"body": "Moffat has me scared of statues, shadows and ticking clocks. I'm both excited and petrified of the next season.",
"score": 10
},
{
"body": "I would also like to add \"fucking terrifying\" to the description of it (at least when watched in the proper environment). But I agree, it's one of my favorite single episodes of...well...anything.",
"score": 9
},
{
"body": "This episode scared me shitless, it was great. Also, it made me appreciate the [ninja cat](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvG8G9Hb9Mg) a lot more!",
"score": 9
},
{
"body": "We never see the angels move or 'disappear', even when no character in the show is looking at them..... does this imply that their waveform is collapsed because *we*, the people watching the show, are observing them? Or am I just over-analyzing things again?",
"score": 7
},
{
"body": "I'm intrigued. I love stuff like this. I have never seen this show nor know much about it. Is this an episode I can jump in and watch or should I start from the beginning?",
"score": 5
},
{
"body": "Am I the only one that thinks Blink is over rated?\nDon't get me wrong I love the ep, and think its great. \nBut best episode ever?!\nBest episode of anything ever?!\n\nTo me an episode that barley even has the \"doctor\" in it, CAN'T be the best episode of the show.\nIt deserves to be liked, but I really wish some people would tone down the love, its starting to make me like the episode less.\n\nFor comparison sake, my favorite episode would prolly be\nImpossible Planet/Satan Pit ",
"score": 5
},
{
"body": "Am I the only person on the face of this planet who didn't like that episode? *Darlek* is still my favorite.",
"score": 4
},
{
"body": "That's amazing that you just watched it. I was bored the other night looking for something to watch on Netflix Instant Streaming and watched the first episode of Season 3 with Martha Jones and then watched Blink right after it. Such a great episode, loved it the first time and loved it just as much this time. I always say that episode could be easily made into a great movie for the big screen. Has everything about Doctor Who that makes the show great.",
"score": 3
},
{
"body": "just watchin it now holy shit its good really scary just like the episodes used to scare me when I was a kid",
"score": 3
}
] |
How to start playing with money?
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I want to start playing with real money, but I am not sure I am ready right now. I am not really looking for making it a 'job' or anything, just looking for some easy 300$s a month.
I really need tips for a poker player that wants to gamble with real money.
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"body": "Start small with good bank roll management. Utilize all the resources you can to improve your game. \n\nBasically I would start with this:\n\n* Decide what you want to play Cash/Ring or SnGs\n* Read Books on your focus field. Harrington has books on both cash and tourney play.\n* Check out poker forums. People are always posting interesting material.\n* Use software like HEM,SnGWiZ and pokerstove\n\n* Sweat sessions or coaching\n\n* General Hand discussion and poker talk",
"score": 3
},
{
"body": "Be careful, the days of 'easy money' in online poker is pretty much over. Most people playing online these days have at least some idea of how to play. \n\nHere's Dan Harrington's advice: Decide how much money you want to risk, and deposit that on your favourite poker site. To work out what stakes to play, divide your bankroll by at least 20. Example: If you deposited $300, play the $10 cash tables (5c/10c blinds) Make sure you have at least 20 buy-ins for the level you're playing.\n\nFor tournaments or SnGs you may need more than 20, especially if you play multi-table tournaments.\n\nKeep playing and if you lose, play smaller stakes and if you win play bigger. Once you get more serious you'll probably want to increase your bankroll to around 100 buy-ins. \n\nIf you really want to make money, and not just play for fun, you'll need to study the game. You'll need a tracking tool to see how you're doing and to review your big hands. You'll want to read the 2+2 forums and maybe join a training site or just read lots of books. There's lots of free training videos on youtube if you search a bit.",
"score": 3
}
] |
your balls will be tickled flying Toronto to USA. airport security update
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So I've heard a lot about major delays and upgraded security when flying from Canada to USA. Thought I'd let everyone know my experience today.
Flew Air Canada... arrived at airport at 7am for a 9:15 flight to LaGuardia (new york). The quick self-serve check in machines were quick as usual - less than 5 minutes.
USA Customs - line up was unusually small. I want to say it took me 10 minutes in the line to get to the agent - typical questions.
Security #1 - The same security as always. Take yourself apart and put it in the trays to go under the xray machine - shoes, belt, empty pockets, take off jacket... same routine since 9/11. turn on your laptop at the other end to prove it works.
Security #2 - A new surprise since Xmas. Once you get through the 'regular' security check, you'll run into a new cue just after the snack shops. This is a double line, men on one side and women on the other. my advice is, grab a coffee before going through as it's slow and there's no shops on the other side. anyways, this is the real test - you'll have 2 security people assigned to you. One to physically search you and another to search your belongings.
The 'belongings' person makes sure your laptop works for a second time, but also makes sure your cell and handsfree headset are operational. they examine your carry on closely and work their hands on your jacket - double checking every pocket after you've already emptied the contents. This is checking everything out - she even pulled my calculator out and made sure it worked.
The 'searcher' was a guy - all guys had guys searching them - and women vice versa - Do'h. There was a kinda hot security chick on the the other side but I disgress. Anyways, this is a fukin thorough search. First search is arms up with this guy searching you from behind. He took liberty to graze my nuts. Then lifting each foot to inspect the soles of your shoes. Then you'll turn around and he'll do it again from the front. This is a full pad down, if you had a missing nipple this guy would know it.
Saying that, was intrusive but both of the security check#2 people were very professional. Much more so than typical security at an airport. Considering what they have to do all day... grazing nuts and such, kudos for not being asses. It took about 25 minutes in line and maybe 2-3 minutes for the searches.
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"body": "stupidity.\n\nI cant wait til the next terrorists smuggles on some explosives up his ass or in his stomach. \n\n\n\n",
"score": 3
}
] |
Anyone here play Global Agenda in beta? How is it?
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I'm really looking forward to a good sci-fi shooter, and this looks pretty good. For the beta testers, how is it?
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{
"body": "I was in the alpha, been in several phases of closed beta, got involved with a lot of people pre-beta, had a TON of clans joining up in a group I can't mention for a website I can't mention, and since we all got access to beta, we've all been slowly but surely disenchanted with the game as a whole. There's absolutely nothing redeeming about it. There are counterstrike mods and free hl2 multiplayer mods that are far better.\n\nObviously I'm under an NDA and I can't give specifics, but here's the gist of it: Everything that made the game unique and had us all excited was dropped. Their subscription method is all too familiar (LOLgate London, anyone?) and none of us (the 500+ gamer group I was affiliated with, my own clan included) are currently pre ordering, or even continuing to participate in the beta as it continues. This game is not worth your time, it's not worth your money, and it's not going to revamp the face of MMOs as we know it.\n\nI'm also not some jaded gamer. I played UO since launch, gave that up for SW:G, bounced around between lineage2, played WoW at launch, and I've been in almost every major beta test for an MMO thats come out since early 2008, including Warhammer and Aion.\n\nTL;DR, game is shit, MMOs need to go back to the drawing board, this is not the droid you are looking for.",
"score": 3
}
] |
Reddit, today my brother found out that he probably has MS. Any advice?
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He had an MRI for numbness in his legs and his doctor told him, based on the results, that there was around a 90% probability that he had MS. He's having more tests done tomorrow.
Does anybody have any personal experience with MS? Any sufferers, or family? I'd love any advice on any way I can help him at all, other than just being there for him.
He's only 24, and his first baby is due in April. Life= a bitch.
Thank you in advance, Reddit.
EDIT: Thank you everyone. Such good advice, I'll pass on all that I can to him.
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[
{
"body": "Well, the good news is that he might very well have no further symptoms for the rest of his life. MS is almost completely unpredictable.\n\nBut the anxiety of knowing there's nothing really to do if the symptoms worsen can be crippling. Dealing with that is really the only thing you can (and should) do anything about for the foreseeable future. \n\nUnderstanding the symptoms, but not obsessing over them. Keeping yourself healthy so as not to exacerbate symptoms. Finding a community (MS or otherwise) and stay involved. Understand that being human is to be a slowly collapsing chemical process, and having a disease is just having a name for part of that collapse. Don't succumb to false hope and cures for the desperate. \n\nAnd get a second (expert) opinion, just in case.",
"score": 3
}
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Help me upgrade, /r/photography
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I've got about fifty clams that I've earmarked for photography use, I'm thinking of getting somethings like a monopod or UV filters. I have a Nikon D60, what would you recommend I get?
EDIT
Well putting in some more detail would've helped for sure, so here it is.
In addition to my D60 I've got the basic 18-55mm DX and 55-200mm DX lenses, a basic Dynex tripod, a 4 GB card, and basic cleaning tools. (duster/cloth)
I really shoot anything, I've done some landscape, architecture, wildlife, scenery, and studio. I don't have a particular preference, I just dabble in each category.
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"body": "Pick up a used Vivitar 285HV and a PC cable. Try your hands at some off-shoe lighting. You'll never regret it!",
"score": 4
},
{
"body": "* [8GB Extreme III](http://amazon.com/Sandisk-EXTREME-SDHC-Class-SDSDX3-8192/dp/B0018M256G/)\n* [A lens pen](http://amazon.com/LensPEN-LENLP1-Lens-Cleaning-System/dp/B000KO0GY6/) \n* [5-in-1 reflector disc](http://amazon.com/Westcott-301-Basics-40-Inch-Reflector/dp/B000NFIW98/)\n* A new strap\n* [40% of a 50mm f/1.8?](http://adorama.com/NK5018AFDU.html)\n* [VisionMongers](http://amazon.com/VisionMongers-Making-Life-Living-Photography/dp/0321670205/) \n* [The Moment It Clicks](http://amazon.com/Moment-Clicks-Photography-secrets-shooters/dp/0321544080/)\n* [One year (four issues) of Aperture Magazine](http://aperture.org/magazine)\n\nEdit: Added some books and stuff.",
"score": 3
}
] |
What is the worst joke someone told you that was supposed to be funny?
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English teacher, 8th grade.
"Do you know what is the longest word in the English language?"
Class thinks for a second.
"Smiles" and he writes it on the chalk board.
"Because there is a mile between the S's" and he highlights the mile part with a smirk on his face.
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"body": "My 5 year old tells me knock knock jokes at every opportunity. They all have the same ending.\n\nKid: Knock knock\n\nMe: who's there\n\nKid: *scans room for random item*\nlamp!\n\nMe: lamp who?\n\nKid: lamp with poop on it! \n\n\nThen she laughs hysterically.\n",
"score": 83
},
{
"body": "What's worse than finding a worm in your apple?\n\nThe Holocaust.\n\nActually, I enjoyed it quite a lot.",
"score": 68
},
{
"body": "This guy I know once told me this \"joke\"\n\n\"So we're walking in the park, right? And there are these two hot girls there too.\" \n... (brief pause while he laughs to himself) \n\"And so we raped them!!\"\n\nಠ_ಠ",
"score": 56
},
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"body": "I would've been like \"you know what stinks?\" and then I would've got up and wrote \"this class\" on the chalkboard and underlined \"ass\", and then I would've laughed and laughed.",
"score": 42
},
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"body": "oh man, my aunt told me this one yesterday:\n\"Have you ever smelt moth balls?\"\n\"yeah..\"\n\"How did you get his tiny legs apart?\"\n",
"score": 30
},
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"body": "\"Let's nuke Iraq! HAHAHAHAHAHA!\"\n\nMy professor said something along these lines last week and it drew laughs from the whole class. This is Mississippi. Mass murder = comedy gold.",
"score": 29
},
{
"body": "Probably \"Why was six afraid of seven. Because 7 8 9!\" Though it was kinda funny, it has somehow lived on through the ages.\n\nEDIT: corrected joke (wrong numbers)",
"score": 23
},
{
"body": "I thought he was going to say \"language\" as in, the longest word in the phrase \"the English language.\"\n\n[I hate jokes like that](http://xkcd.com/169/)",
"score": 18
},
{
"body": "What do you call a cow with no legs?\n\nGround beef.\n\nThis is not funny, yet it's the only joke I can ever remember. I don't think anyone has ever laughed at it. I think I'll go cry now.",
"score": 12
},
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"body": "What did the vampire architect design?\n\nThe vampire state building.\n\n(sorry my first post is the worst joke of all time)",
"score": 12
},
{
"body": "A ham sandwich walks into a bar and the bartender says, \"Hey, we don't serve food here.\"\n\nThat's all I got.",
"score": 11
},
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"body": "Q. What's the worst part about eating vegetables?\n\nA. Getting them back in the wheelchair when you are done. ",
"score": 10
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"body": "Don't know whether this really even fits in this thread but whatever.\n\nI have a friend who constantly makes jokes / tries to be funny or whatever. Sometimes it can get kind of annoying, but he is actually a pretty funny guy if I'm honest.\n\nAnyway, one night we were walking up the hill to my flat, and he says to me 'Be controversial in 3 words'. If you know him then it's obvious he was expecting something stupid like 'Babies taste nice' or something. I spun around to him, grabbed his face and screamed 'HITLER. WAS. RIGHT.'.\n\nHe nearly shit himself - and everyone in the bus-stop we were walking past started giggling like idiots.\n\nThe whole night after that he was like 'oh my god, I can't believe you said that. There were BLACK PEOPLE THERE'.",
"score": 10
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"body": "This one's actually pretty funny if you say it orally. But since it was relayed to me in text, so the joke didn't really get across.\n\nWhat kind of pants does Mario wear?\n\n[Denim denim denim](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yl_XPkcTl4#t=0m43s).",
"score": 9
},
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"body": "I was getting a falafel with two friends at this place and we were sitting in the little enclosed doorway area. A homeless guy walked in and asked us if we'd give him some change if he told us some jokes. We let him do it. After a few really lame jokes he said \"you got a cigarette?\" None of us had one. He stepped outside and got a butt off the ground, lit it, and removed his shoe. He took a big drag of the cigarette and blew it into his shoe. As the smoke dribbled out of the shoe he said \"I'm a Pakistani at a bus stop.\" We gave him some change so he'd get the fuck out of our faces.",
"score": 9
},
{
"body": "\"Why can't Helen Keller drive?\"\n\"Because she's a WOMAN!\"\n\nI can't tell you how many douchebags have told me that joke. They all find it supremely hilarious. Maybe that's criteria for being a douchebag, is liking that joke.",
"score": 7
},
{
"body": "Two penguins are sitting in a bath tub. One says to the other \"Hey, pass the soap.\" The other replies, \"What do I look like, a type writer?\" \n\nExcept, I am the person that tells that joke and everyone hates me for it.",
"score": 5
},
{
"body": "How did Helen Keller burn her ear off? \r\n - She answered the iron.\r\n\r\nHow'd she burn the other ear off? \r\n - They called back.",
"score": 5
},
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"body": "Last night of freshman orientation, the day before classes start, my university was busing students to a nearby Target for last minute items...Me and a new friend got on the last bus, we had met previously but had actually talked a lot while waiting to get onto the bus - mostly talking about the show Last Comic Standing and jokes from there. \r\n\r\nSo we're on the bus and the orientation leaders say to start telling jokes. I figured I'd tell a slight thinker and abrasive yet humorous joke, which I saw on Last Comic Standing, by Dwayne Kennedy:\r\n\r\n\"I have a new way to fix race relations. We should all just be more polite to each other. Like, \"Hey, white guy, why do you look so scared?\" Hey, black guy, what are you doing in my house?\"\r\n\r\nDead silent. Awkward.",
"score": 5
},
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"body": "I've heard a lot of people try to retailer racist jokes so that the punchline isn't \"black people\" but \"Obama.\" I'm not sure why, but some how that makes it more racist to me.\n\nMaybe it's because playing on a stereotype can work if it's being cleverly tweaked, but when you make it about a specific person and apply stereotypes to them that they clearly do not fall into then all you're left with is pure racism. IDK.",
"score": 3
},
{
"body": "This one from the inimitable Haggis (my partner in comedy and juggling) comes this dressing room joke (i.e. not for use on stage).\n\nQ: \"What's the first thing you do after you fuck a six-year-old?\" \nA: \"Wipe your dick on your clown suit.\"\n\nWell you did ask for the *worst* and as I always tell Haggis after these things, \"You're a great juggler…\"\n",
"score": 3
},
{
"body": "I have a coworker who thinks his jokes are hilarious. They end up cracking us all up because as soon as he starts telling them he starts cracking up and it takes him a good five minutes to tell them to us. Apparently if you are from Togo they are hysterical.\n\nKnock Knock\nWho's there\nBanana\nBanana who?\nWould you like a banana?",
"score": 3
},
{
"body": "Two tomatoes are sitting in a fridge. The first tomato says to the other \"Man it's cold in here.\" The second tomato responds \"Aaaaah! A talking tomato!\"",
"score": 3
}
] |
I'm new to SIM cards, can I just put the one in my G1 in an unlocked Nexus one and go?
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Sorry if this is a stupid question, i was raised on Sprint, is that really all it takes? After i put in my card i can use my old plan on a Nexus?
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"body": "SIM cards rock. \n\nYou can use any unlocked gsm phone. Without having to notify your phone company. \n\nIt's not an old plan it's your current plan. Plans aren't attached to your device. ",
"score": 4
},
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"body": "Yes-that is what I did 3 hours ago and the nexus found t-mobile right away. Works great - this comment coming from the nexus.",
"score": 3
}
] |
What was your first real cAR? Fondest memories?
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I was driving tonight and reminiscing about the good days when I had my own wheels. I thought this would be a good topic for AR. I've always felt car choices reflect immensely on their owners.
Mine was a 2009 Pontiac G8GT. I chose to drive instead of moving out because I live in the Toronto suburbs and am really comfortable at home. That and I **love** to drive. It called to me and I sunk myself up to my eyeballs in payments. Strangely, not a single regret.
My favorite moment is actually a tie. The first was my first drive out of the city. From a friend's place in midtown out into the country at 1130 at night. Car was still new, I had just discovered how to kill the interior lights and cruise aimlessly for at least an hour. My second sticks with my for a similar reason, but also because the situation was surreal.
I had just worked my first 4-midnight shift with the new car. I hop in and jump onto the 401, [North America's busiest highway](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_401), with the intention of crossing the 55 clicks home with as little drama as possible. As I drove onto the eastbound lanes, I crested the hill just past Hurontario and was greeted with total emptiness. Just surreal. As it happened, I had been listening to a remix of Phil Collins' [In the Air Tonight](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLwHmp6tdtg) and again the interior lights were off. Perfect.
It's been 7 months since I walked away from the crash, and I'm happy everyday I walked away, but I still miss her. The first inanimate object I ever truly cared about.
No car? No problem. I love me some good car stories anyways. Just no fanboy-ism please.
**Edit** Figured I'd toss some pics in too!
**Before**: http://imgur.com/rxkT0.jpg
http://imgur.com/FOOuv.jpg
**After**: http://imgur.com/IO1c7.jpg
http://imgur.com/euIp4.jpg
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"body": "Aww, my first car cost $400 and was a beat-up 1966 [HR Holden](http://myholden.com/images/classics/hr/ruthpaul1.jpg), same colour as this (Cascade Green!). It had the two-speed *Powerglide* auto trans, and you could see the road through the rust holes in the floor. ",
"score": 4
},
{
"body": "My first car was a [1988 VW Polo](http://www.polodriver.com/wp-content/uploads/2009_Polo-2-Twist-FHSVWP060909.jpg). It was silver, and I ran it into the ground.\n\nMy second car was a [1996 VW Polo](http://www.cars-directory.net/articles/volkswagen/polo/1996-Volkswagen-Polo-MkIIIF-photo.jpg), black like the one pictured. I crashed it violently.\n\nMy third and current car is a [2009 Audi A3 1.6 Technik Edition](http://www.agnewcars.com/offerimages/A3%20Special%20Offer.gif) and it's pretty :3",
"score": 3
},
{
"body": "1968 Pontiac Bonneville convertible: http://imcdb.org/images/252/383.jpg\n\nFavorite moment: playing our one and only Led Zeppelin 8-track and cruising Central avenue with my girl friends; a few of whom sat on top of the back seat bench parade style waving their shirts in the air yelling \"WooHOO!\". Ah, good times.",
"score": 3
},
{
"body": "my first car, was a ['69 Delta 88](http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/oldsmobile-cars-9.jpg). loved that car. it was a monster. it had a 455 block in it. i once won a car stuffing contest with it. i fit 21 people in it (doors shut, windows up).",
"score": 3
}
] |
my girlfriend wants a baby. i don't think we should. Help!
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hey guys. I'm 25 my gf is 25. We have been dating seriously for 4 years. I love this girl to death.
We've recently got into an argument over having a kid. Here is the backstory. We have unprotected sex since we are in a committed relationship. She's on the pill and I pull out. I know there is still a chance of pregnancy with this but it's pretty minor.
She told me recently she wants to have a baby. Like.. seriously kind of wanting one. I look at having a kid from a monetary prospective. I don't think in our situation we could afford one. We make around $60k collectively. She doesn't have a good career. She says we can work it out and it shouldn't be a problem.
I kind of got paranoid since I am unsure if she would stop taking the pill to make sure she gets pregnant, Last time when we went to have sex I reached and grabbed a condom from my dresser. She mentioned me wearing them and said she wouldn't sleep with me unless I took it off. She said I don't trust her. I do trust her. But still in the back of my mind I would wonder if she would stop taking the pill just to get pregnant.
I dunno what to do. I love this girl to death. I would actually love to have a family/marriage together but she said she wants to have one and I don't. Not just right now anyways(i say wait to have a kid in your 30's). Personally money wise and the fact we are younger I don't think its a good idea. This is a very heated issue for us. I don't know if she would ever dump me because I didn't want to have kids.
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"body": "Fact: If there is a lingering doubt about her keeping up on her birth control pills then you don't really trust her 100%. \n \nIf the two of you together are making roughly $60k then I wish you luck because a child will probably eat up A LOT of that money. Also, she's your girlfriend? not your wife or even fiancé? Why is she thinking about a child? This entire situation is absurd.",
"score": 34
},
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"body": "I really get the feeling from reading what you wrote - that it isn't so much a money matter as much as you just aren't ready to be a dad yet. And maybe that is what you ought to tell her. That you want to spend a few more years enjoying your youth, enjoying the time you get to spend with her and not having constant interruptions, and that maybe in a few years you may be ready.\n\nI would also let her know that I would consider a pregnancy that you both aren't in agreement with would be a dealbreaker. And it should be, because at this point, it would coincide with deception.",
"score": 27
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"body": "She might not dump you for not being ready to have a child with her, but she most certainly will consider it if she thinks you no longer trust her.\n\nReaching for a condom when you never have before implies distrust. You've never cared before, right? Putting one on now is a sure sign that you're not completely trusting her and she can see this. And if after 4yrs you can't find yourself completely trusting her, then you have some serious problems there, even before you throw the baby into the equation. \n\nSo sit down and have an open conversation. So right now is no good because of the money situation. When will it be OK? Can you give her a definitive date? Something she can look forward to? Something that you can commit to, or will you keep putting it off after finding other reasons not to? If you don't want a kid at all, then tell her and respect her decisions. \n\n",
"score": 11
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"body": "There will *never* be a good time to have a baby. Seriously. It's going to screw up your life and your plans anyway, no matter when you have it, and you will never be prepared. \n\nThe question to ask yourself is whether you want to be the father of her child, whenever. \n\nIf you do, then frankly my advice is just bloody go for it while you're young and strong. When you hit 30, you have severely less ability to pull the kind of crazy serial all-nighters that a baby demands. Trust me on this. \n\nAlso, if you start now then by the time you're 30 or so, your kid will be ready for school, you'll be well-positioned to get your careers back on track. GIve it another five years, and it's *hard*, man. \n\nPlus, do you really want to be in your 50s while your kid is a teenager? \n\nI speak from experience, here. I wish we'd had ours a bit earlier, I really do. ",
"score": 7
},
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"body": "Maybe you should show her this post. Get her to message me if you want, I have a 4 year old and I'm 20 so I can explain what it's like when not everyone in the relationship is ready to have a baby. \n\n\nIf you aren't ready then don't rush into it but you have to remember that women have a time limit :)",
"score": 5
},
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"body": "Throwaway here.\n\nI was you 5 years ago. Married, though, if that makes a difference.\n\nI did not want a kid (I am selfish and I don't like kids in general). My wife did. Biological clocks and all that. She never said so, but I got the distinct impression that if we didn't do the kid thing, we'd split up.\n\nI decided to risk it and go for the kid thing, because I'm nuts about my wife and didn't want to risk that. I won't say I wasn't half hoping I was infertile, though. No such luck. :-)\n\nFor me, the risk paid off. I am nuts about my son. He is a nerdling of the highest order. He is 4, and is currently obsessed with tower defense and RTS-type games, which I think is awesome. In his preschool, they did some art projects for some of the various holidays (Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa). The Christmas one was a manger scene with Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus. He added a thought bubble above Joseph's head with a TIE fighter in it, because why WOULDN'T he be thinking about TIE fighters? Needless to say, I couldn't be much prouder.\n\nEnough bragging. Knowing what I do today, I'd probably tell you not to do it. Kids are a crap-ton of work. It doesn't take a lot of money...$60k is more than enough, no matter where you live. You'll see people go totally overboard with $3k strollers and whatever, but that is not at all necessary. If that crazy welfare mom with 9 kids can get by, you can get by with one. Money is just an excuse. The higher cost is work and time. As in, you will have no free time.\n\nIf you are rich and can afford diaper services and nannies, then I guess it won't take up all that much of your time. For mere mortals, though, it becomes basically all-consuming. Work, take care of the baby, sleep.\n\nOn a purely rational level, I'd say don't do it if you don't think you're ready. Your life will never be the same as it is now, and if you're not willing to give that up, I would imagine you could f up a kid pretty well by being resentful towards it.\n\nIt's definitely a risk either way.\n\nMaybe you could put her off 5 years by getting her a kitten?",
"score": 4
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"body": ">But still in the back of my mind I would wonder if she would stop taking the pill just to get pregnant.\n\nBe wary. Kids are a wonderful thing for some people. But if both partners are ready, don't do it. \n\nAlso, women generally go fucking *batshit nuts* when it comes to kids.\nIf you have ANY DOUBT IN YOUR MIND about this. DO NOT, DO NOT sleep with her w/o a condom. *5* friends of mine have been fucked this way. one of which, the gf POKED HOLES in his condom.\n\n",
"score": 4
},
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"body": "I'm voting on the side that you guys don't have a kid together. I mean, come on... You have to both go into it with the love of the idea. A lot of people say things change and you instantly get proud of your kid and all this other happy horse shit, but I'm sure adoption agencies would disagree. If you do not want a kid, do not have one. DON'T DO IT, MAN! Think of the child's life if you decide to bail because you seriously don't want the kid? You'll also be stained with the bad label of \"shitty, dead beat dad,\" and she'll be collecting money from you for something you didn't want to do. Fuck that. Wait until you are ready!",
"score": 3
},
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"body": "You need to start using condoms, but you need to bring it up in a way that doesn't imply that you don't trust her. Best way I can figure -- start a conversation about how you've thought about whether or not you should have kids yet, and the more you think about it, the more you think it would be a terrible thing if she got pregnant, and so now you're extra paranoid about your spermies getting through, so you'd just feel more comfortable using condoms. And hey, now you don't have to pull out!\n\nAlso, just wondering..... if ya'll have been together for 4 years and have already talked about kids, did the idea of getting married ever enter the discussion? Are you one of those couples that's opposed to the \"institution of marriage\" or are you just not ready to legally commit to each other? Maybe this is the first thing you need to be talking about.... not whether or not you should be trying for a baby.",
"score": 3
},
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"body": "Propose to her instead.\n\nTell her that you don't want a child till you are married, and to prove to her that you still love her and trust her, and that you do want a child eventually, propose to her and see how that goes down. ",
"score": 3
}
] |
After Legalization - How will people react to people who smoke?
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After it is legal, do you see society more biased against marijuana users than, say, people who smoke cigarettes?
I've heard that companies can decide not to hire you based on just even smoking ciagarettes.
Do you think that people will be equally as biased against marijuana users or will they treat them more more unjustly?
-Not just companies but higher classmen and society as a whole.
Also, are there any famous and respectable people who live in the legalized states that have come out of the closet and can testify that marijuana should be legalized everywhere?
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"body": "I think that eventually people will chill out. Most just need to be educated because they've only learned about cannabis from propaganda. ",
"score": 9
},
{
"body": "Same way we treat anyone with a \"drug problem\" - like some fucking sicko loser. Pre-employment drug testing will continue.\n\n/edit wording",
"score": 5
},
{
"body": "I think that older folks, the Baby Boomers and the like, are going to continue to judge those who smoke. For them, there has always been a stigma attached to marijuana and those who smoke it. I think that once they all die, though, everyone will be chill about it.",
"score": 4
},
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"body": "The groundwork is already laid to keep smokers out of the public, but there are other ways to consume!\n\nAnd just being able to transport the stuff will alleviate hubby's paranoia. Even WITH the card, he's a freak on the way home form my farmacy!\n\nAnd our buddy can grow some good stuff. And kids will learn it's not all bad.\n\nThis will be the first time something like this has happened, where an item has been illegal for our entire lifetime, not like Prohibition, which was just a few year. ",
"score": 4
},
{
"body": "The same way people react to people who drink. You smoke too much: you are a dumb ass, you smoke to have fun and not too often: more power to you.",
"score": 4
},
{
"body": ">I've heard that companies can decide not to hire you based on just even smoking ciagarettes.\n\nIn a free society I should hope so. Since America isn't a free society then it'll be up to the government to decide.\n\nI'd say they won't be any more biased or any less biased than they currently are...on average.",
"score": 3
}
] |
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