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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: I can't have an adult life because my mom won't let me. |
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Posted: 24 Jan 2009, 3:30 am
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Replies: 26
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| I'm 23, living at home with parents, East Coaster, in suburbs of NYC but in my case in a local college and have no serious problems at home. And my brother(age 21) just moved out last week to a house 3 minutes with two other volunteer firefighters which is subsidized by the town for $300 a month sin... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Good article today in NZ Herald about Aussie/NZ economies. |
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Posted: 24 Jan 2009, 2:49 am
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| "The Maori"? There's more than one, and more than one objected, along with numerous non-Maori. I would not endorse any merger with Australia. This article reminds me (when frankly I struggle to forget) just how very silly the voting public can be. I guess then the singular shouldn't be used for Pak... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: For Video Games, Mainstream Success Comes With a Price |
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Posted: 24 Jan 2009, 2:33 am
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| Seth Schiesel's video game columns for the Times are really great, I never seriously read video game reviews or articles about the industry before, but when it's there next to great movie, book, and music pieces in the arts section of the Times it's gives it a bit of gravitas. |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: For Video Games, Mainstream Success Comes With a Price |
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Posted: 24 Jan 2009, 2:28 am
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| http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/arts/television/24vide.html?ref=todayspaper By SETH SCHIESEL So there I was Friday morning, listening to the customary locker-room banter on WFAN, the sports-talk pioneer, as conversation turned to the betting odds on the best picture Oscar. As a few of the numbers... |
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Forum: Art, Writing, and Music Topic: It's 'addictive'... |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2009, 5:37 pm
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Replies: 5
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| It's pronounced 'mature', not 'matchure'. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Post the oddest wiki article!! |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2009, 5:34 pm
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Replies: 27
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: NY governer appoints MILFish upstater to Senate |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2009, 5:26 pm
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Replies: 3
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| http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/24/nyregion/24senator.html Paterson Picks Gillibrand for Senate Seat By DANNY HAKIM and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson has selected Representative Kirsten Gillibrand, a 42-year-old congresswoman from upstate who is known for bold political moves a... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Place Your Oscar Bets Here, Winner Takes The Pot! |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2009, 5:02 pm
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Replies: 20
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| I was surprised The Reader was the Winslet film picked for best picture/best actress. Haven't seen either but heard more praise for her in Revolutionary Road. WTF? 50's surburban dsytopia movie gets snubbed for a Holocaust movie this season(in the year of the great suburban housing bubble crash/Grea... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Good article today in NZ Herald about Aussie/NZ economies. |
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Posted: 23 Jan 2009, 4:21 pm
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| http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10553328 Brian Gaynor: Merge with Australia? I don't think so 4:00AM Saturday Jan 24, 2009 By Brian Gaynor A potential merger between Australia and New Zealand was one of the talking points over lunch at a Sydney investment con... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: So I was googling "toothed anus" in the computer l |
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Posted: 30 Nov 2008, 12:14 am
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Replies: 1
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| -ab at my college on Wednesay, when someone came over to my computer, and asked me for why something wasn't printing. (I didn't get any good clear results for my query). Shocked at seeing my search, she grimaced and went to ask someone else nearby. As she walked away I said, "I'm a curious person" i... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Intersex and Marriage. |
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Posted: 26 Nov 2008, 2:04 am
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| Interesting intellectual question. Secular humanistis shouldn't be so uncurious as displayed here with the "never, never try to look from a believer's perspective and see if there belief is intellectually coherent." Maybe not rational as rationality excludes the supernatural in almost all cases, but... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Blog Aspie Angst |
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Posted: 02 Oct 2008, 1:36 am
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Replies: 14
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| Very good read and format. More blogs need to have minimalism like yours that allow the reader to focus on your writiting rather than links, stylisms, and other distractions. Quality. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Lets invade the eastern states! |
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Posted: 30 Sep 2008, 9:48 pm
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Replies: 10
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| Those little islands have lots of birds and fish and nature reserves that would make it hard to conquer if the defenders were fortified. You can't do Iwo Jima/Okinawa style assualts in 2008 with all those pretty animals around. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Bellybutton |
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Posted: 30 Sep 2008, 9:05 pm
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Replies: 22
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Adam and Eve didn't have belly buttons, their lack of them amazed the dinosaurs they rode.
- mine's an innie. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Lets invade the eastern states! |
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Posted: 30 Sep 2008, 7:53 pm
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| Do you consider South Australia a "western state"? I don't, but then again i'm american. Seems like everyone against Western Australia. You going to get backup from Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands? Make your last stand at Heard Island and the McDonald Islands? Your war would be shorter than t... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: The Power of Negative Thinking |
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Posted: 29 Sep 2008, 11:43 pm
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Replies: 4
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| September 24, 2008 The Power of Negative Thinking By BARBARA EHRENREICH GREED — and its crafty sibling, speculation — are the designated culprits for the financial crisis. But another, much admired, habit of mind should get its share of the blame: the delusional optimism of mainstream, all-American... |
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