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After almost 30 years (counting from the viral dancing baby) of people living, thinking, breathing, and speaking in memes, experts and even Internet users themselves are starting to see the effect it has on us. It turns out that meme culture is rotting our brains. At least that’s what kids these days are calling it. ‘Brain rot’ is the result of over-relying on memes and information on the Internet, to the point where we can’t think about anything else than memes or cultural phenomena and constantly reference them in our day-to-day conversations. This makes us less inclined to be creative and solve problems on our own, essentially making our minds decay.  

However, there’s no need to panic and give up your daily dose of memes just yet. We might have found a way around it. To keep your last brain cells alive and functioning, we present you with a list of intellectual memes from the Instagram page “not.not.reading” that are guaranteed to make you think beyond the surface. Scroll down to find them, and don’t forget to upvote the ones that made you contemplate the most.

While you’re at it, make sure to check out a conversation with Jean M. Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University and author of Generations: The Real Differences between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers and Silents—and What They Mean for America’s Future, and media psychologist Dr. Corey Emanuel, who kindly agreed to provide a few tips on how to preserve our brains while consuming social media.

#1

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not.not.reading Report

Rae Reyn
Community Member
1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As someone who makes digital art, F**k AI

Tiger
Community Member
1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As someone who appreciates digital art, I second that

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Sweetie Dahling
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As someone who makes (and sells) handmade crafts: 100x yes!!!

Zophra
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can it just do it all? I desperately need to sleep.

Damned_Cat
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The thing about AI art is that you can tell it's AI even when it's supposed to be hyper realistic. There's always that feeling that something is off about it and that just gives me the squicks!

Joe Bloe
Community Member
1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You mean a dishwasher and washing machine?? You want AI to push a button for you?

Aranora
Community Member
1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You still have to rinse and load it and empty it and clean it... I'm disabled, housework causes me severe pain. I appreciate as you're a man housework is something you don't understand 🤣

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any rei
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't upvote this enough

Kraneia The Dancing Dryad
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1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We've taken care of everything, the words you hear, the songs you sing, the pictures that give pleasure to your eyes ....

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    #2

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    Melissa Harris
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This probably the biggest thing you learn as a history major.

    arthbach
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then you learn the world is also full of people doing good thins, putting themselves out for others. But it's the bad things that get report and the good is overlooked.

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    Steve Riddle
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a Planet of DEATH. Millions of Plants, Animals, and Sea Creatures are dying every second.

    Janissary35680
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People who *romanticize* the past should be forced to binge-watch all the episodes of "Horrible Histories" and "Drunk History" like Alex in "Clockwork Orange" until they're cured of their delusion.

    Stannous Flouride
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Nostalgia is heroin for old people." -Dara O'Briain

    LuLuBelle
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some of my FB groups really, really need to read this book. No, the mid-20th Century was not a Golden Age full of nothing but polite, happy children and civil hard-working adults.

    Mimi M
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So true. I used to jog to an in-depth history podcast series (not the famous one, the next-to-famous one). What I learned is if you (a ruler) don't like someone, invite their family to a feast, secretly kill one of them and serve it to them without them knowing. Yayup, things were def not better back then.

    That One Troll
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mother Teresa was a horrible human being.

    Incognito11
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are living in the best of times, right now. Embrace it and be less afraid of the future.

    Janissary35680
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except that if these are the best of times, that implies it's all downhill from now on.

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    Rosecrucian Roeth
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The world in future past....................

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd prefer to romanticize about a future without religions, the cause for more death, destruction, and wars than any other reason.

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    #3

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    Norm Gilmore
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would it be too petty to post this picture every time some pedant points this out?

    Mrx Mrx
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He calls Victor his father. Also who was the real monster all along?

    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Frankenstein was not the monster!" "Yes, yes he *was*. The *creature* was his *victim*."

    Cyber
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had an English teacher who didn't let us call the "monster" a "monster" she made us call it a "creature" because a monster implies that it was a naturally horrible, ugly being when in reality the creature had nothing but love for humans... until humans hurt him immeasurably. I always found that really inspiring. Loved that English teacher. She's a politician now.

    Traveling Lady Railfan
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He should have a name. It's like "Bobby's dog" Or "Jacobs wife" Or "dr.smiths child" What?? They don't have a name and identity of their own?

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As jackals, whenever Seth Meyers says Frankenstein instead of Frankenstein's monster, we pile on in the comments section. FYI: Seth calls us jackals. It's a point of pride for us.

    Sue
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Frankenstein ended up being a monster too.

    zovjraar me
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i read a book from Elizabeth's POV and the monster named himself Adam, the first man of his kind.

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    Don’t worry, the previously mentioned ‘bain rot’ isn’t a scientific or medical term. The phrase is used to describe content of low value that has a negative side effect on its viewers, who often doomscroll or are chronically online. 

    The discussion about this phenomenon was kicked off by one person on TikTok who demonstrated the ‘brain rot’ effect in a video. While browsing through library books, they noticed a cover art, Tom Lea's “The Two Thousand Yard Stare," that they immediately recognized because of an internet meme and not for its historical or artistic importance.

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    #4

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    sadafwani Report

    Bay Bo
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd appreciate a text, but will respond 13 hrs later when I'm in the mood

    Tiger
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or text me. Or talk to me. Please just go away.

    Nosirrow
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People get this wrong. It's not the shy, introverts or antisocial who are the problem. It's the inconsiderate extroverts and the selfish.

    Jnausicaa
    Community Member
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am not antisocial. I am pro-solitude.

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Call me whatever you like. There's a 99.9% chance I'm not listening out of disrespect.

    #5

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    Beau Weill
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The better part this is that 4 year olds and Backstreet Boys overlap so much

    Parmeisan
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now that you mention it... I'm a little more concerned about 4 year olds who overlap with philosophy professors. Who's paying them? And is the end result better, or worse?

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    Tiger
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now it’s going to be stuck in my head. TELL ME WHY AINT nothing but a heartbreeeaaak 🎶

    SCP 4666
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The phrase has been spoken, now we have to finish it.. "Aaaain`t nothing but a heaaaartache"

    martymcmatrix
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every (darn) Sunday I wonder if you're finally gonna »tell me why I don't like Mondays«...🤔 🎶 🤷🏽

    Mimi M
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love this. And btw, it's all mental masturbation. I grew up in a home filled with philosophy books and purposely decided to try and actually help people instead.

    Lesbitarian Lady
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a cure for the 4 YO 'whys', use it with my nephew. I just ask, 'why what'? Then I say why to everything he says. He gets frustrated and stops the 'whys', I proceed to explain to him that I get just as frustrated when he 'whys' us. It stopped the 'why' stage

    Brenda Spagnola-Wilson
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need this! 2 & 3yo toddlers with another on the way

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    #6

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    Ellinor
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did that once with white chocolate. It was truly amazing the face my classmates made when they saw me eating my glue stick !

    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I made a candle out of white chocolate and worded up my dad to eat a bite out of it at the table. Freaked out the niblings!

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    deejak
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better to use a sunscreen tube

    B C
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am a grad student. I still want to do this.

    affogato
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dude whipped out the actually useful five minute crafts videos back from like 2018 and actually followed the instructions

    Heras buddy
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kid could make a fortune with that patent.

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Times sure have changed since I was a kid. All we had to eat were our pencils and glue.

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    The painting portrays a shell-shocked WWII soldier, which is often used online to express being overwhelmed by internet content. Some users were surprised to discover the real origins of this image and feel weird seeing it outside their screens.

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    One commenter even confessed that the moment they realized they had ‘brain rot’ was when they tried swiping a physical page like on a touch screen, leaving them embarrassed. 

    #7

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    Mimi M
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rorschach and Oedipal theories... Man, the junk 'science' that was once given so much credence.

    Moxitron Jazz
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    say that to my mum, she believes in that stuff and she is so smart, amazingly sexy and...

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    Bill Swallow
    Community Member
    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun Fact - Someone found a way to make a real, working, Rorschach mask at home! It uses 'thermochromic ink' (changes color with change in temperature). When your breath passes through the mask, the pattern changes. This is the first of many links on YouTube for "Make a working rorschach mask", but there are several videos out there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUgD-bnY9ns

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Years ago, I had to undergo weeks of neuro-psych evaluations to determine the level of TBI damage. Got to the Rorschach tests, and I looked the examiner in the eye and tsked. I told him I don't do pseudo-science.

    funkybluegirl (she/her)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just finished reading Watchmen, so i was excited to see this meme (again).

    mandy the capibara
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you google Rorschach, there is a good chance you'll get the joke;)

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    #8

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    yeetgenstein Report

    Brittania Kelli
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Porch pirates stole an Amazon package off my doorstep. It was cat litter. The next day the open box with cat litter was placed back on my doorstep. Guess my order didn't live up to their expectations.

    WindySwede
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now place the used cat litter in a [electronics] box, and let the **** take out itself..

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    Janissary35680
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The book covers are actually second-level security packaging for must-have items. Hey Amazon! There's an idea for you!

    TribbleThinking
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You have just spawned a whole new packaging industry. I'm honoured to have witnessed it. *notes date - 27th October 2024*

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    Heffalump
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    IIRC Critique of Pure Reason was particularly prone to make me lose the will to live.

    Mrx Mrx
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seems he realized that he could not will his actions at the same time should become a universal law.

    2DB
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "WTF, I Kant sell this!"

    Lene
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a locker when I went to uni. One day I came to study for a paper and someone had broken into my locker. They stole some books (not the boring ones, obv), half a pack of tea, a pair of REALLY dirty whoolen socks (I wore these instead of shoes at the uni), and some bisquits. I was only upset about the books they stole that were library books. It was not something I really had put into my budget, to pay for library books.

    The Witty Troll
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Get them glitter package bombs with s**t. They'll think twice again tryna steal.

    Chewy&Go
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Immanuel Kant was a real p**s ant, who was very rarely stable...

    Vicki Perizzolo
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    guessing they didn't know anyone to regift this to

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    #9

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    Jennifer Smith
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would probably get the demon that flunked Latin

    keyboardtek
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So do demons generally learn more than one language?

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    Mimi M
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like Latin. It's advanced stats that I couldn't stand. Was given a C+ (prob out of pity) which allowed me to continue in my program, as it was required to take and pass that course. We called the prof Dr Death, because not only was the subject tough, but he couldn't teach it to save his life. But with that grade he saved my program and I'm grateful to him to this day.

    Robert T
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Latin is a language, as dead as dead can be. First it killed the Romans, now it's killing me!

    DetriMentaL (It/That)
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    **Summoning a demon on purpose but because of a slight spelling error the demon is now aggressively teaching you the Samba

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Loved Latin because I thought the little old man who taught it was hilarious. I knew the US was entering an educational freefall when they removed Latin as a required subject.

    Rebecca A. Corvello
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love latin. I'm studying it on Duolingo. The AI that does some of the pronunciations is awful, but at least it's entertaining lol

    Joe Bloe
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "You got me that hebrew demon??"

    Colleen Glim
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was only trying to cook dinner! I swear!

    Cuppa tea?
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There should be one more - trying to summon demon to help with your Latin, but did some mistakes and summoned the wrong one.

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    The viral video started an intense discussion about how internet consumption changes our worldview. And many started worrying that social media overconsumption is really decaying our minds. Media psychologist Dr. Corey Emanuel says to Bored Panda that the speed at which we consume content may hinder our critical thinking. 

    #10

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    not.not.reading Report

    BatPhace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got 99 problems and money would solve all 99 of them, including the one about needing therapy

    Space Invader
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I, on the other hand, have only one problem that would be solved with money, and that is my lack of money...

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    LuisSD stuff
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Disagree. If I ever win the lottery, it buys me freedom. If I get sick, I can pay for it. I don't have to worry about bills. If my car breaks, I can afford to fix it. Money buys you peace of mind.

    Scott Rackley
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true” - Commander Spock

    LittleWombat
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You all know what's up! I need $15k to help me w my health - pain procedure not covered by health insurance. I'm pretty sure that'd make me happy! Plus not being behind in my taxes, my bills, overdrawn accounts, desperate for home repairs that the town is hassling me about... yeah. Imagine how my health would improve not carrying that stress every minute! Money would definitely make things better!

    Lesbitarian Lady
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So you're actually saying you have a 100 problems ?

    #11

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    not.not.reading Report

    Legendbird
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wrong. To them, LEGO is, like carbon is to us. If you'd live in a wooden house, would you tolerate being told you live in a house of flesh?

    Professional Bastard
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We, carbon beings, live in wood(carbon) houses and wear daimonds(CARBON!!!!!!). These plastic bïtches ain't got nothing on us.

    The Shark
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine if we lived in houses built with bones and slabs of man meat as siding? ...would we use hair as insulation on the roof? 🤣

    Kris
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same with ginger bread people

    Dumb teenager
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s probably what would happen if I ever met someone new (and actually spoke to them)

    The Bearded Viking
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hahaha! 🤣🤣 Oh I'm so slipping THAT into further conversations with people. That's gold right there 👍🏻

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    Christopher Crockett
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't know. My therapist usually gets the lion's share of mine.

    Thanos'Fingers
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It will also buy you a better quality of therapist

    The Shark
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy therapy. (Especially since so many therapists in the US no longer take insurance.)😑

    The Witty Troll
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unpopular opinion. Money does buy happiness. Those who disagree, feel free to wire transfer me your funds.

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Has anyone ever heard a poor person say that money can't buy happiness? Of course not.

    “While memes can be a source of humor and/or entertainment, the speed in which we consume memes may undermine our critical thinking. Rather than inviting critical examination, memes often present simplified or biased viewpoints, which leaves little room for deeper analysis or reflection on the issues they depict," he says.

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    #13

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    Robert Millar
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How the heck did Nancy get in here?

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since life is suffering, the threat of hell doesn't really carry the weight clerics think it does.

    Mike D
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What if this is heaven....

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    #14

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    Mimi M
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ahhh - love this! My dark humor spot is getting tickled more than once in this post!

    Joe Reaves
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I work in a second hand book shop. A couple came in and the guy was joking about his wife's love of crime novels and how he's slightly scared. I don't think the discussion I got into with her on the merits of pig farms for disposing of bodies helped his anxiety.

    Riley Quinn
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go ahead. Try it now. Steal those crime books. I dare you.

    2DB
    Community Member
    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That almost looks like the Himmel Park Branch Library in Tucson...?

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    Mrx Mrx
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Has he examined his life?

    WindySwede
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even hospitals uses [the word] doctor, and I wanna ask what they have a PhD in. But don't wanna be written up as a smart-a*s..

    _-DungeonKeeper-_
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The last time there was a crop this bad, 1 million Irish people died.

    Mimi M
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Point of trivia - PhD's predated medical doctors, who used to be barbers. But then they insisted on being called 'doctor' as well, so hence the MD.

    Tammy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell me why you think death is the end?

    Stannous Flouride
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I waited on Baba Ram Dass I asked, "Are you who I think you are?" And he answered,"More importantly, are you who you think YOU are?"

    “The average social media user spends roughly 2.5 hours on social media each day. During this time, we are bombarded with a constant barrage of stimuli—images, videos, text, and notifications—each requiring different forms of mental engagement,” explains Dr. Emanuel.

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    “Different regions of the brain are impacted by social media use. For instance, as we process a wide variety of content in a short time, it places a high demand on working memory. Social media encourages a great deal of multitasking, which taxes the brain's ability to sustain attention.”

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    EagleEyePanda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One day, while I was working on a help desk in the mid 90s, in a huge room of cubicles, the power suddenly went out. Along with the immediate silence from all the computers and the AC system going down, you could hear a collective groan go up from the room. Then, in the silence that followed, a timid voice spoke up and feebly said, "Save your work?" We all busted out laughing! 😆

    farbenzirkel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I remember correctly: The End Games by T. Michael Martin

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    Rae Reyn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TBH, I spent more time one my Master's thesis than I did in Labor with three kids.

    Cristi nah
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plant a book, have a tree, write a child

    Gavin Johnson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks just like its mother…. Made it.

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the second paper cites the first one in return

    arthbach
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can only see this working in papers about time travel.

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    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All my reading is via digital subscriptions, and they come with links within the articles. Talk about going down a rabbit hole. Takes hours to finish one article.

    This panda votes
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm reading a book on Teddy Roosevelt rn and it keeps quoting other books. I'm like...should I NOT be reading this particular book?

    jon gilbertson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you have to read multiple papers that keep citing each other, it reminds me of the Choose Your Own Adventure books. Turn to page 46, ok now go back to page 17.

    Leslie Victor
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least its not citing Wikipedia....

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    Memes can be entertaining and can create a shared language among friends,” agrees Jean M. Twenge, professor of psychology at San Diego State University and author of Generations: The Real Differences between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers and Silents—and What They Mean for America’s Future. But for it not to affect us in a negative way, we have to use social media in a limited way instead of overconsuming it, says Twenge.

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    Mimi M
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I recently met and spoke with a philosophy major who was stressed out about wanting to help his parents, who had scraped and saved to help him pay for school. I told him to quickly get another major and make philosophy his minor - or double-major. Get something that he was good at, paid well and he could stand doing. He left the convo looking much relieved.

    Skara Brae
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked with a guy who graduated with a major in Latin. He went back to school and is now a web designer.

    Tucker Cahooter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess they are the only person who can translate the Lorem Ipsum in the mockups too

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    Mimi M
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I 'followed my bliss' when it came to my final degree. Thankfully I also had a degree that had a path for monetary compensation. I thought it was just until I'd make a success for myself doing my bliss. Nope - it's (except for one year) been what's paid the rent since then.

    The Witty Troll
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As long as you're happy go for it. And if you find yourself unhappy, chase another goal. I have a Master's in History but fell in love with psychiatric care and despite my username, I save lives and help people overcast their demons. Choose whatever path you think will work best. Tip: money is great but don't get burned out.

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's one thing to take elective courses in Philosophy. I certainly learned a heck of a lot from those courses. But major in it. Nah. Those student loans aren't gonna pay themselves.

    Timbob
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have two granddaughters. One’s becoming a pediatric nurse. The other is finishing her doctorate in physical therapy. They will be doing something friggin USEFUL !

    Tim Douglass
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you did not study History, Philosophy, Literature, Writing, and some Maths or Logic I would argue that you did not attend college, but a trade school. I used to hire computer programmers. The ones that turned out good had a strong background in creative writing and literature.

    Joe Methuen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's funnier that dad thinks she's going to school so she can work in a factory

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    Red PANda (she/they/he/ze)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like the 90% of my brain activates only in the shower and at like 1am

    Cold Eagle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel seen,, finally! Ok second thoughts perhaps a poor choice of words but my initial reaction stays

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    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not me. At my age, I can't be distracted in the shower. Must concentrate on not falling.

    Vicki Perizzolo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every Trumper out there trying to justify their religious commitment to their cult leader.

    mria alternativa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I shower, therefore I think, therefore I am.

    John Mosley
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Who's been spying on me in the shower!?

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    Jaya
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And cleaning out the vacuum cleaner, makes you the vacuum cleaner.

    alexander robertson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And detecting metals makes you a metal-detector.

    MR
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Having been a server, this bloody pisses me off!

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    But she notes that it might be difficult to limit or branch out of our usual social media scrolling as algorithms are designed to deliver personalized content and keep people using them as long as possible. “Consider using an app that can help you limit your social media use, or look at meme posts your friends send you without signing up for a social media account,” she advises. “Or look at memes using a web browser instead of social media.”

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    Khavrinen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't discriminate. People of ANY age can ruin my day!

    The Shark
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just woke up. Day ruined. 😂

    Christopher Crockett
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just keep seeing someone my age being extremely talented. Life ruined.

    Mimi M
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yesterday I looked at the art portfolio (actually they just showed me photos on their Iphone) of someone who is at most 18. Their work was brilliant. Some reminiscent of Käthe Kollwitz - I said this and they were astonished - said she was their favorite artist... And some reminiscent of Leonora Carrington. A bit of Frida Kahlo in there as well. Unreal. They said they were going to an art college to 'learn'. I told them - 'be inspired, influenced, evolve, express... but don't 'learn' - you don't need others to 'improve' you.' They lost their mother a couple of years before I met them. The artwork with their mother in it (themes of illness, death, change) was beautiful and heartbreaking. No room for jealousy there - I just felt joy for them.

    LuisSD stuff
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    MY day is not ruined when I see someone my age being extremely talented. I have just a bit more self-respect than to put myself down.

    keyboardtek
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! I actively seek out people smarter and more talented than myself as they make life interesting and I always learn something. But I do avoid the arrogant ones.

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    Another Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are cousins to craft and art supplies.

    EJN
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine looks more like: read this 10x; Read this 16x; Read this 5x; Read this 20x; NEW BOOK!

    jmdirks
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I couldn't do this. When I start a book I MUST finish it.

    Patricia Steward
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't purchase books for myself any more. I use the library.

    Batwench
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am a book dragon, I hoard them but never get round to reading them.

    Joe Bloe
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Collecting book is very different from reading them...

    BrunoVI
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    I posted this already, but I'll repeat it here: I don't relate to these. If I pay for a book, I sure as hell am going to read this. Why are "intellectuals" bragging about not reading?

    Bob Brooce
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The intellectuals understand that 1. this is meme, and memes don't have to based on a specific reality, and 2. it's okay to acquire a book that interests you no matter how many other books you already have. I very rarely buy books but I'll happily browse used bookstores to see what they have, and sometimes I'll buy something because it's not nearly as common as something by James Patterson and there's no telling when I might see it again. I'm still waiting to stumble across any of 5 books by Jasper Fforde, for example.

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    chi-wei shen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My favourite Kafka quote: "One idiot is one idiot, two idiots are two idiots, ten thousand idiots are a political party."

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He died in 1924, so his prescience of Trump and his supporters is remarkable.

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    Rae Reyn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    so, I liked The Metamorphosis, but I tried to read The Trial and like...why did every woman want to sleep with the MC? Like seriously Mary Sue vibes,

    Mimi M
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A little OCD never hurt anyone. Especially if it gave us 'Metamorphosis'. PS: Insecure nerds are my type, anyway.

    Matthew Currie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An attributed Kafka quote (never looked it up for sure): In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

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    Dumb teenager
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From a quick Wikipedia read on him, he actually sounds quite likable. The paragraph in the photo no longer exists on his Wikipedia page from what I could find though.

    Barry
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    I can relate to Kafka

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    Dr. Emanuel says that it’s all about balance. “Internet users should foster a lifestyle that invites time away from social media and digital devices. Time offline should include moments with family and friends where all parties put their mobile devices away and on silent. Be present.”

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    David Paterson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something I've noticed. The bigger the "business ethics" book is, the more unethical the business is. So a business without an "ethics" book is a joy to behold.

    Barry
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They very much taught me to be ethical in business school. In fact they even taught us it's usually more profitable. The problem is not everybody follows their lessons.

    Tabitha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You must be about the only one who passed that class. The rest of them had to have either ditched and shown up for the final, or slept in class and barely passed. Business and ethics seem to be further apart these days than ever.

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    Joe Reaves
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So true. We need to make doing capitalism while not being a d**k something you can claim on your taxes.

    Incognito11
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is actually excellent advice

    Dread Pirate Roberts
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol so true 😆 especially businesses that offer unpaid internships

    MR
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same with Doctor's. Greed is Gross.

    Beak Hookage
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Friendship. Family. Religion. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business.

    Stannous Flouride
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Searching "Ethics Professor Arrested for Unethical Behavior" brought up thousands of results like this one: Screen-Sho...66-png.jpg Screen-Shot-2024-10-27-at-125130-PM-671e9a4001266-png.jpg

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    UnpopularPanda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is next level but I actually hate sound and would rather read subtitles than listen to movies, I've watched I don't how many shows on mute. Sometimes I start reading comments on posts and can't relate to them only to then realize that the comments relate to something 'said' in the reel that had no subtitles

    Red PANda (she/they/he/ze)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you have any idea why you hate sound? I’m just genuinely curious, I’ve never met someone who’s said this before

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    ynyrhydref56
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Possibly preparing for a performance.

    Bill Swallow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh! A devotee of the Lord Havelock Vetinari school of music appreciation!

    B Hobbs
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Besides, Lord Vetinari, the supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork, rather liked music. People wondered what sort of music would appeal to such a man. Highly formalized chamber music, possibly, or thunder-and-lightning opera scores.

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a school teacher who said he could read musical manuscripts and hear it in his head, and it seemed credible. He was slightly odd.

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    Diane Tucker
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, I've done this on the bus on the way to or from choir practice. If you've been rehearsing the piece and can read music, you can hear it in your head when you see the score. It makes it easier to watch the conductor while singing rather than having one's gaze glued to the score. Who wants to go to a choir concert and watch the tops of everybody's heads?

    Silver5trike
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is actually something my band conductor said we should be doing lol. It trains your brain to get used to sight reading music and also develops relative pitch.

    Tucker Cahooter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fine by me unless he starts humming along

    MistBorn
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When music lovers go deaf 😂

    B C
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No! Why is the sheet music blurry? It looks like it's divided into systems with three staves. Are you an organist? A soloist playing/singing with a piano? I must know what you're reading...

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    Sahitya Madhavan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One poor snake is missing a shower cap.

    The Shark
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perhaps they're all water snakes. No shower cap needed!

    Bettye McKee
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why bother with a shower cap? Snakes don't melt.

    char
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    hair doesn't usually melt either...

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    He continues by saying, “Internet users should regularly audit who they’re following and ensure they follow others who challenge their thinking to avoid confirmation bias. Read books and articles offline to curate a diverse group of sources for fact-checking and become diligent in spotting misinformation and disinformation,” he concludes.

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    However, Twenge notes that these tips should apply to adults only, as kids under 15 should avoid social media, given the mental health situation of teens.

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    Brenda Spagnola-Wilson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because studying philosophy makes you crazy

    Dumb teenager
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You get a similar thing with people who study quantum mechanics. Richard faynmen was a good example

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Aussie music quiz show "Spicks and Specks" used to have a segment called "Musician or Serial Killer?" where you had to guess whether the photo was one or the other. I think that can be adapted to cover philosophers too

    Mrx Mrx
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wittgenstein was a bit of a poopy-head. Schopenhauer was a pretty great dude (probably not great at parties though.).

    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that Peter Capaldi on the left

    Joshua Russell
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because they are poor. Rich people are able to spend money to make themselves look good.

    char
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the philosopher circle and the supervillain circle... is a circle

    Bob Brooce
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I contemplate cause and effect long enough, I wonder if I'll think of an explanation.

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    David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That looks more like a manuscribble.

    CrunChewy McSandybutt
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read that book. I'm not surprised by this.

    Tucker Cahooter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If that's his notes on what he wants to say then forgive me if the book remains on my bookshelf unread

    Ece Cenker
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is indeed how creativity works. (I was going to start with "literally" but it would be too much as this is about a literary work.)

    Christian Golden
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All work and no play make Fyodor a dull boy.

    Bill Swallow
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, this is what writing was like before typewriters, typewriters with correcting tape, and word processors. It sucked, but it was good enough to give us an enormous number of masterworks. Look *carefully* at this, everyone who gripes about Microsoft Word.

    Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that looks like my brain feels, maybe i should start writing?

    Riley Quinn
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wouldn't a pencil and eraser be of better use?

    EJN
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Worse than doctors' writing.

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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why not both ? 😁

    Lego Man
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Staring blankly into space can be surprisingly enjoyable if you just let your mind wander

    Sue
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But mine doesn't come back when I want it to.

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    Bored Birgit
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. I'm doin' that right after this comment.

    keyboardtek
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never having owned a smart phone, I did that most of my life and it is amazing what the imagination can produce.

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    David Paterson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is a startlingly accurate summary of the history of philosophy.

    BrunoVI
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You forgot most of political philosophy! Aquinas admins Wikipedia. Mason cites Wikipedia. Hamilton creates FAQ. De Toqueville makes reaction video of Hamilton. Thoreau makes pencils. Freud watches porn. Rand fantacizes about making Rumble without any contributors. Stalin confiscates laptop. Smith refuses to moderate.

    Bill Swallow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Immanuel Kant was a real p!ss-ant who was very rarely stable. Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar who could think you under the table. David Hume could out-consume Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. And Wittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as sloshed as Schlegel. There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach 'ya 'bout the raising of the wrist. Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed. John Stuart Mill, of his own free will, after half a pint of shandy was particularly ill. Plato, they say, could stick it away, half a crate of whiskey every day! Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle, And Hobbes was fond of his Dram. And René Descartes was a drunken fart: 'I drink, therefore I am.' Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed; A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed."

    Christopher Crockett
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, Socrates. When presented with the profound 'All we are is dust in the wind dude', he had an epiphany. Moments later, he formulated his immortal quote 'Ah, yes! Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives! All as Rufus knew would happen.

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    Richard Graham
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Locke put Descartes before the horse.

    Der Kommissar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bruce here teaches logical positivism and is also in charge of the sheep dip.

    shg stewart
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Between 4. and 5. should be something along the lines of "Maimonides ships Aristotle and Hillel the Elder." and "Jesus retweets Hillel the Elder." A lot of medieval philosophers wouldn't have learned about Aristotle without Maimonides.

    Mimi M
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also shows what a nasty business it is.

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    Alex Ian
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Makes sense... you're familiar with a plethora of options on the music library but no one knows f* all about what jobs will be useful in 10 years.

    Auntriarch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It seems as if the biggest decisions in life are the ones we have insufficient data about to make a sensible decision

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    Spannermonkey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I chose (some of) my subjects based on which timetable gave me Fridays off.

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    WindySwede
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vacation, or Christmas time off.

    The Shark
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "it'll be over before you know it..."

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    Jessica Shookhoff
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This comment section is why I love ya'll on BP so GD much!!!

    Cool crow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like this one very much! I'd like to know if the printer planned it to print this way.

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    Jaya
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Legend has it that this poor dude is still wondering what philosophy is.

    Bob Brooce
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's because every book he reads has different thoughts about it.

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    Space Invader
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Judging from rhis, philosophy is.... expensive.

    wlaney33
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, but what IS philosophy?

    XenoMurph
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really thin layered pastry filled with Sophie.

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    Brenda Spagnola-Wilson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad has degrees in philosophy and math. Didn't know until I was 18. Told him I loved him, but he "..should have told us that before you married our mom. Now I have to disown you. Philosophy is stupid and math just sucks. I'm gonna miss you 😔 "

    Tucker Cahooter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Presumably none of them know since the most recent author would have read the other books first and was still unenlightened

    keyboardtek
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I started to read a book on philosophy, but the first guy convinced me all was an illusion and nothing was real. So I stopped reading that imaginary book.

    Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you could make the same pile of diet cookbooks.....

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    Manana Man
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thesis, antithesis, and above we have synthesis.

    martymcmatrix
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Schopenhauer, Hegel, Kant, Wittgenstein...👼🏽 🏍️

    Luis Hernandez Dauajare
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "When we do speak, no one understands. When we do explain, still no one understands"

    Barry
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    Cool but not worth getting stomped over

    Al Padilla
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you wear an obscure logo/saying/whatever, it's great when the rare person gets it. We used to give a tee shirt to students who rotated through our endocrine office: "Cogito, ergocalciferol." And, to early music concerts, I still wear a tee shirt that says "Spem in allium" with a picture of a garlic clove.

    Mimi M
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please tell me this is real...

    keyboardtek
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder if he gets the humor on his clothing.

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    Broad Panda
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alex looks uncannily like Kirk Van Houten's "Dignity"

    Bill Swallow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... I've seen some videos on YouTube from 'Alexander the OK'.

    Linda Riebel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually I think the first one might be Darius, the enemy king.

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    Chich
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    I know PhDs who are just like this.

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    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same. Plus I'm c**p at typing on my phone.

    Tabitha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And spellcheck apparently hates me, so you know, you have to just go with it sometimes.

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    Brenda Spagnola-Wilson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hubby called from work to ask me to spell something. I asked why hadn't used spell check. Apparently, the computer couldn't figure out what he was trying to froze. The word was stupendous. STU-PEN-DOUS. He had a degree and IT certificates galore, yet mangled the word so badly, the computer quit! For years, I'd supply a word for something and then ask him to spell it. He'd "Brenda!" 😆😁😂

    Verena
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And I end sentences with a "." Apparently this is a nogo, because it looks hostile.

    Panda McPandaface
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh I can't leave a spelling error! I don't obsess over it afterward, but I'm not happy I let it slip through.

    The Witty Troll
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless it's clinical or submitting an article sure I'll be proper but online sites like this or texting. I'm just using my thumb folks.

    Dogcat vet (retired)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just dictate text into the microphone and hope I don't use an obscenity to my sisterinlaw

    Cydney Golden
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have some friends who text like this. After 25 years teaching first grade I'm almost always able to decipher with no problem.

    Lene
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And when ppl reply with some joke about haha you made an error, i get so F*CKING ANNOYED but I pretend to be normal and reply with "haha!... anyways..." and try to move on. But inside I am fuming. But nobody ever notices.

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    Der Kommissar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you hear Descartes beat up Voltaire ? kicked him in the Balzac.

    Glix Drap
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People who honk - are they honkies? Discuss.

    The Shark
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    Of COURSE it's got New York plates 😂. Honking often is just a lot of people in traffic who REALLY need to share their feelings.

    Leesa DeAndrea
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honk if you wish you didn't exist. Honk.

    EM
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If someone honks in the forest and there's no one around to hear it does it still honk?

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    LuLuBelle
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmmm. I need to see if I can order Swedish Fish Oreos for my little store.

    The Shark
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok. So stage 3. I saw an article today about Pepperidge Farm doing a temporary rebranding of Goldfish crackers to appeal more to adults or some nonsense... They literally are the same thing, in the same packaging, but called CHILEAN SEA BASS. Cheddar flavor. 🤦🏼‍♀️ https://dailyvoice.com/ny/hempstead/goldfish-snack-crackers-now-have-new-name-heres-what-why/

    k1ddkanuck
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The evil genius inside of me wants to invent fish flavoured swedish fish in order to complete the cycle.

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    Barry
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    Narrator: they made it much worse

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of a Tony Hancock sketch where he asks the librarian for all these weighty academic tomes so he can stand on them to get a potboiler novel from the top shelf

    Stannous Flouride
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A friend of mine has a wine bottle holding up a shelf in her kitchen labeled, "This bottle in structural. Do NOT remove."

    Jay Alan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I remove the "structural" one it should still work.

    Joe Reaves
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had one like that for a while, only ours was under the bookcase. Despite multiple warnings from the rest of us someone had overloaded it and when my colleague tried to pull it out the wheel folded in half. It was right by the door so you'd get 'Why is this...' 'DON'T TOUCH IT!!!!'

    Ash
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the mini library we had in the literature building in my graduate program. They were all really old hardbacks, and literally the only thing we ever used them for was propping the windows open when we had class in there.

    Christina Born
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Denton, Texas. Love this bookstore!!

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    Christopher Crockett
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Either that or perhaps the cat missed the carpet when coughing up a brain.

    Mimi M
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We all ask ourselves that question from time to time (esp. at 3am).

    Mosh Gos
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it just me, or does that look like a fist?

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    Christopher Crockett
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I prefer Léon Foucault. Pendulums are much easier for me to understand, and much more fun to watch.

    Sue User
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Upon reading the name Foucault, there are three types of people: ones who think of Léon the engineer, one who think of Michel the philosopher, one who go what kind of name is "Fo-kalt".

    kansasmagic
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, the ghost of Wilhelm Reich appears to collect your "orgone".

    k1ddkanuck
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While the spirit of Diogenes masturbates and throws feces at a hologram of Adam Smith

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    Khavrinen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every other day: "See previous entry."

    Dumb teenager
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The more I’m hearing about Kafka, the more I’m starting to like him. Had no idea he existed till today

    EM
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need more sleep I read that as The Diarrhoeas of Franz Kafka.

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    Marja Berisa
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Philosophy brings us such joy!

    John Mosley
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Schopenhauer is still going to eat that pizza when she regains consciousness.

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    Panda McPandaface
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well that's a bit rude! I prefer 'gay'.

    Mr.Li
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok see you in hell you stup!d gay fruit! Better?

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    XenoMurph
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Philosophy isn't a question of truth, it's a question of more questions

    Nosirrow
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It destroyed me when I learnt why people are awful. It's not psychopathy, narcissism or anything like that. It's emotional immaturity. I'm surrounded by literal spoiled toddlers pretending to be adults. Five people, including my family, actively tried to to make me unalive myself.

    Tim Douglass
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ninety percent of philosophy is BS, but it trains you to think and consider. Don't go to philosophy for answers, go to it for tools.

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    CanadianDimes
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read a peer reviewed academic paper recently in which one of the citations was (remember to cite) (or words to that effect). It got all the way through the whole reviewing process and no one noticed!

    Joe Reaves
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But God forbid you put a comma in the wrong place when you do remember to cite something. The Gods of the MLA citation guide shall smite you.

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    T5n
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If anyone needs an explanation of why T. J. Kaczynski is better known for his other “work” : he was the unabomber.

    David Paterson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I approve. References are overrated.

    AnonymousApple
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone who works in the legal field and regularly deals with legal citations... yes.

    Mike F
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's like reading the titles of sub-reddits.

    Montanavanna
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OK this is what I am talking about!

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    Lene
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ooooh darnit! I feel so seen! 🤘🤓

    Laurie Ostergaard-Overbey
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my therapist once told me to stop 'collecting information' as it was always available on the internet. sorry to tell her, she was wrong, at least 80% of what i have safely saved is no longer available on the net. as times change, things get removed, for one reason or another. HA i was RIGHT....

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    Barry
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read once that that's a mistranslation. He supposedly really said desire is the root of all disappointment.

    Anthony Levallois
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From what I understand, the original term, dukkha, translates more to "incompleteness", which for the Buddhistd is the root of all our suffering, disappointment, frustration and so on.

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    Dumb teenager
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then there’s the people seeing this who are now thinking about thinking about thinking

    Tabitha
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, most of them aren’t thinking about anything at all.

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    Robert Millar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Teaching the others your gang sign.

    Bored Birgit
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ... while holding my hands like the left man. For intenser thinking.

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    Tom Nagel
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    40oz of old English in a wine glass. Super classy right there

    Chris D'Asta
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmm. Are we bad people that we both recognized the bottle from very little visual information?

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    Awkward lady
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I read this one back in the day.... nope, didn't work.

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    Mrx Mrx
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except for Nietzsche... He has the best punctuations - - -

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    Steve Robert
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And my mother left two months before I was born.

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    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Noam Chomsky is fascinating, and one of my heroes.

    keyboardtek
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For being the world's foremost linguist and language expert, he is extremely difficult to understand.

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    UKGrandad
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That book and the Bible have something in common. The majority of people who own a copy haven't read it.

    David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's kind of ironic that so many pictures posted online are mirrored and this one isn't when it would help.

    Ace
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you can't read that book title backwards I think you need some help.

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    kansasmagic
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Suddenly I have an urge to study history more closely...

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    Lene
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I sometimes make it a challenge for me to read some of the pdfs I dl. Then I practise my note-taking while reading them and I delete them after reading. I still have copies on my laptop, so it's not completely gone. But! I am slowly building a notebook filled with the best info from these pdfs and that is so exciting!!!

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    Margot Plummer
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why is this picture happening in the first place?

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    I don't relate to these. If I pay for a book, I sure as hell am going to read this. Why are "intellectuals" bragging about not reading?

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    Christopher Crockett
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can you explain this gap in your resume? I was unemployed. Duh.

    michael reid
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believe those gaps in my CV are from the space bar.

    XenoMurph
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you know, there were no spaces in English writing until Irish monks, drinking in a stars, planets, and moon themed pub, invented the "space bar".

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    I love the 80’s
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was taking a break to heal after my last soul crushing job to get the energy to find another soul crushing job.

    Nonna_SoF
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can you explain the gap in your team?

    Je souhaite
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can they explain the gap between their teeth?

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    LittleTeapot
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why 24-hour time AND “:” with am/pm?? This is just unsettling.

    David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Little, I think that is the joke but I'm failing to understand why it is supposed to be funny.

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    Hollerfloozy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is pretty brilliant. Might try it, struggling to quit for YEARS.

    e gads
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I should do this.or find a hypnotist

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    BrunoVI
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So.... philosophy faculty?

    My O My
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Talk about going down a rabbit hole!

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    Owen
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have quite a collection of fantastic books. And about a third I haven't read. 🤫

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    e gads
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of you intellectuals please explain what ODB and Camus have in common cuz im having no luck

    Alex Kennedy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Their ancestry was related to the place they were born in interesting and surprising ways?

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    Moltar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yeah from the home of the Dodgers! Brooklyn Squad.

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    Owen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some scientists actually tried this experiment. The monkeys typed a load of unintelligible c**p, and then broke the typewriters. Although to be fair, there wasn't an infinite amount of monkeys or typewriters.

    Bob Brooce
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If one monkey is able to type for an infinite amount of time or an infinite number of monkeys each type for a modest amount of time the result will definitely be all possible permutations of typewriter characters, because an infinite amount of something is *an awful lot* of that something. That said, The Comedy of Errors only has 14,701 words. I'm going to guess that works out to 140,000 characters when you include spaces and punctuation. If there was no duplication that would require about 36^140,000 keystrokes to randomly produce The Comedy of Errors. Other than being incredibly enormous I really haven't got the first clue exactly how big it is, but it's so vastly bigger than other examples of huge numbers that I can't even grasp the ratio. And yet it's incredibly small compared to infinity.

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    Glix Drap
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Technically true but of absolutely no value whatsoever. That's philosophy for you.

    Debby Keir
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Think how sad everyone would be if it typed " to be or not to be, that is the flerk"

    Mrx Mrx
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The theorem does not take into account that it does not matter how many monkeys you use, they will always be infinitely annoyed by the task and instead inflict an infinite number of bite wounds on the experimenter.

    Mimi M
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Entropy, dudes - ain't happening.

    Susan Stead
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are primates, descended from monkeys, and have been on this rock for millions of years, and so far only one of us (maybe 2 - debated) has written the complete works of Shakespeare. Why do we need monkeys to replicate this achievement? Hasn't this theory already been proven?

    Bart De Wachter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now, thanks to the comment sections on the internet, we know this is not true

    Mimi M
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You have no idea of the background of the people commenting here. Read what people write and judge it for its own value - either their points hold validity or they don't, no need for an 'appeal to authority' (or a critique of the supposed lack thereof). If you are unable to judge whether a point holds validity or not, that's a reflection on your level of knowledge, not theirs.

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's probably how "Finnegans Wake" was written

    Charl Marx
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "it was the best of times, it was the blurst of times"

    Barry
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not almost surely -- definitely.

    XenoMurph
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except all the typewriters would have worn out, and all the monkeys would have died before you got from "To be" to "there's the rub".It only works in the mind not in reality.

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    e gads
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whats the answer?asking for a friend.

    Barry
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stop watching Fox News

    David Paterson
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I dealt with it by saying to my personal demon "OK, it's your turn to take over, it's now your job to deal with all the c**p that's being thrown at me". This terrified my inner demon so much that it headed back into the shadows and never bothered me again.

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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go with the flow and get a job working for Elon Musk.

    LuisSD stuff
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    Go into show business and star in Marvel movies.

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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then life makes it worse by making the side of the mounts icey.

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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Monty Pythons, Philosophers song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9SqQNgDrgg

    Katie Allen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    he died a virgin, I guess he kouldn't.

    Glix Drap
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine in school and the teacher say "Immanuel Kant solve this problem". Now does an observer think it's an instruction to Immanuel or the teacher showing up Immanuel's failings? Discuss.

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    After Kant saw this chick, he really couldn't.

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    martymcmatrix
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The new-fangled, yet »smart« technology has banned many devices from the past deep into our stuff drawers, but_I_miss_some_of_them.mp3 🎧 📱 🤷🏽

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    I guess I'm not smart enough to get this one

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