wonderbear

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by wonderbear 8y ago
That is bleak. Yikes. Sometimes, though, it's good to face the reality that nothing is forever, including one's own mind. I'm glad your Opa has you there with him though this stage.
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by wonderbear 8y ago
I'm sorry you're in that situation. I guess I don't have anything constructive to say, I just hope you find a chosen family.
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by wonderbear 8y ago
You know writing has missed the mark when the only discussion is around the literary conceit. Also let's please not start saying "techlash".
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by wonderbear 8y ago
In my experience, whomever would normally do it. Many of us would meal prep ahead of time and leave the dishes for later. I often fail at this level of preparation and just make really simple meals.
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by wonderbear 8y ago
Another Adventist here. One of the best things about living in a community of Adventists is observing Sabbath together. It's still meaningful and refreshing alone, but doing it with all your friends and the neighborhood is incomparably
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by wonderbear 8y ago
Wait, what? Why?
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by wonderbear 8y ago
That depends massively on which state you're a resident of.
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by wonderbear 8y ago
I'm going to try this. The questions my team comes up with haven't been very satisfying and this seems like a good way to find out what they do know vs what they don't.
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by wonderbear 8y ago
I would argue we're just as pedigree based as ever. Just look at any list of the wealthiest (whatever demographic) people in the US. Inheritance and connections dominate it. It's the wage-earners competing in a pseudo-meritocracy,
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by wonderbear 8y ago
It's so easy with all the stories of "discovering" around the 1300s/1400s to not realize that earlier cultures were actually interconnected and had appreciable impact on each other.
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by wonderbear 8y ago
The cost of college is going up dramatically. The younger engineers I've worked with recently often have six figures in debt starting out, and a lot of them went to state schools. They'll be paying that well past the traditional h
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by wonderbear 8y ago
Similar. If I'm not excited about a tv show by the time the first set of credits is shown, then I'll only watch the rest of the pilot if my friends have assured me it's really good. And even then I won't watch more than
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by wonderbear 8y ago
That is an excellent book, and expounds on the ideas in this article.
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by wonderbear 8y ago
> Maybe is because "just hangout with someone" is not clearly defined. What is the point? what do we want to talk about? I don't socialize a lot outside of work. I felt this way for a very long time. Never had many friends
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by wonderbear 8y ago
> ... behind every great movement there can be and often is great horror. Exactly. It _was_ a great movement. It was singular and amazing there were brave people who did incredible things. At the same time: they left a lot of people wors
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by wonderbear 8y ago
> Renters endured longer commutes than homeowners in San Francisco, Detroit, and Cleveland. I'm surprised there's working homeowners in San Francisco.
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by wonderbear 8y ago
"18-35" I just realized how soon I'm going to be "older" for demographic purposes.
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by wonderbear 8y ago
I was rather excited to find out that I had a rare blood type and that donations are so easy and that I live near a clinic. My regular visits are quite rewarding. It feels good to matter for more than the tickets closed this week.
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by wonderbear 8y ago
That analogy is fantastic.
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by wonderbear 8y ago
Oh snaaap.
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by wonderbear 8y ago
Even though he says the EEG was flat: I'm mostly horrified at the idea that the pig might still be conscious. Pigs are self aware.
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by wonderbear 8y ago
Thankfully: we still have HIPAA.
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by wonderbear 9y ago
Currently I'm trying to think of a way to get my father to read this without overtly telling him he needs to read this. Because that would be being a crank.
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by wonderbear 9y ago
Intense exercise is how I moderate my mood, and the only way I've found to resist the urge to binge drink when stressed. Bring on those sled pulls.
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by wonderbear 9y ago
I'd read it.
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by wonderbear 9y ago
"I showed empathy only when I found something connecting me with the world of the living beings, these small details that I tried not to notice that would humanize the corpse and overcome my reflex of repulsion." This part really
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by wonderbear 9y ago
I get that feeling quite often. After a few hours of intense focus on any activity, really, it is much more difficult to engage with anyone. It leaves me feeling both disinterested in other people and easily confused in the conversation.
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by wonderbear 9y ago
That was a depressing, yet succinct and solid summary.
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by wonderbear 9y ago
How did the labor and housing markets get so dramatically out of sync?
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by wonderbear 9y ago
Most of us would just be full of ourselves to call ourselves magicians or imagine that anyone else sees us that way. But there are people working towards creating things that no one will be able to control once they're out.

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