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You’re in the shower. The sound of running water comforts you. You’re used to the routine of soaping up and rinsing off, so you let your mind wander. Suddenly, this Aha! moment flashes right through your head, leaving you a little baffled and a whole lot surprised.

There's an entire subreddit dedicated to Shower Thoughts and is all about "sharing those miniature epiphanies you have that highlight the oddities within the familiar." Whether we’re talking about midlife crises, gummy worms, or extra-terrestrial species, this powerhouse with more than 23.6m members is a collection of truly impressive insights.

We have taken some of their best posts that might leave you pondering all day long, so make sure to check them out below. And if you’re in the mood for some more, take a look at our earlier posts right here.

#1

Online comment sharing a funny shower thought about inheriting maternal surnames to ensure certainty of lineage.

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Jo Choto
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You've just discovered the Jewish theory of parentage.

Karin Jansen
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I read a post by someone with the most interesting theory on this. He claimed it is in fact the western tradition for a kid to get its mother's name. Is the mother not married, kid will get her last name. Is the mother married AND has she changed her last name to that of her husband's before having a kid, kid will get her new last name. In both cases: kid will have the same last name as mom.

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Al Christensen
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yet for a long time, children were considered the property (yes, property) of the father.

Zalzany Games
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be fair for a stupid long time women were classified as property of the husband Like supreme court up held that in early 20 th centurary that a man could not rape him self because that would be same as charging him for raping himself. Because the wedding vows said they agreed to be one under the man..

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GoodWolf
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My daughter has my last name and not her father's, because his last name is complicated and has to be spelled out on the phone all the time.

ZAPanda
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

we chose to use mine for the same reason, it makes you easier to find online etc., which is good for job recruiters.

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KombatBunni
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3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't like my father's name, I use my maternal grandpa's last name instead. I feel I identify more with that side of the family, given they practically raised me and my sister.

Theater Kid
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You can always hyphenate your mother's and presumed father's name, but that might get messy after a few generations

Analyn Lahr
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I ever publish a book, I might use my great grandmother's maiden name as a pen name. Because it sounds fancy.

Verena Abt
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's why in Germany unmarried mother's children carry their mother's name.

Two_rolling_black_eyes
Community Member
3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Until Mendel figured out the genes thing and DNA confirmed it, people thought the name thing was a big deal. The term 'father-in-law" is called that because under church canon law he is now identical to your real father and you are forbidden from marrying him for that reason. Its the reason people honestly thought when your daughter marries my son the two families are merged so I now am required to defend your lands because she has my name.

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Since its creation in 2011, the subreddit has been growing into one of the most popular pages on the whole platform. According to the moderators, "'Showerthought' is a loose term that applies to the types of thoughts you might have while carrying out a routine task like showering, driving, or daydreaming." 

These flashes of genius are universally relatable and can let you in on the most amusing things within the mundane. Usually, when you think of such unexpected insights, you find yourself in certain circumstances: a familiar environment with no people to interrupt you and no devices to bother you. 

As your body and mind relax, the overwhelming number of thoughts that are racing through your head start to slowly fade away. This gives an opportunity for brilliant ideas to appear as if by magic. 

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    #2

    Humorous shower realization about being an adopted kid and parental desire.

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    JuJu
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha to all you non-adoptees :P

    Sally Horrocks
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a world of difference between unplanned and unwanted though.

    Kirsten Kerkhof
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True! I was very much wanted but so unplanned I nearly caused my mother's family to implode before I was even born. Oops ...

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    Gwyn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or if you were an ivf/infertility baby

    ForgotMyPWSendHelp
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didnt need IVF, but I did have two miscarriages before I finally had my daughter. She was absolutely wanted. I would not have gone through that if she wasn't.

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    Stephanie Keith
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know why people say this. There are people out here that literally choose to have a kid. Started trying and made conscious decision to get pregnant. Both adoption and getting pregnant are a choice and sometimes not on purpose.

    Tami
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But that doesn't mean your adoptive parents will give you a loving home and help you develop your interests and talents. My brother and I are adopted, and our parents provided for us quite well but didn't provide a close, loving family environment. Plus they expected us to work at the family business, and our innate interests and talents were ignored. But maybe it was better than what our bio parents could have provided.

    AmandaKay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same. My adoptive mother was a monster. And we also had a family buddies I was expected to work at as free labor when I was legally too young to be hired.

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    L.A. Trefry
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's true that pregnancies can be unwanted and adoptions are intentional but it doesn't necessarily make the adoptive parents better or more loving parents though.

    Something
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On average, adoptive parents probably are better (because there are background checks to eliminate the really bad potential ones). That doesn't make it true for every individual.

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    Mark Kelly
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me and my 3 siblings were adopted

    MyOpinionHasBeenServed
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except if you were adopted for selfish reasons

    elSti
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually ifv kids have a higher rate as adopted might have been abandoned first by their parents

    oof
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I find this really funny. Like really funny. For me specifically, because my parents tried for ten years before they had me, eventually relying on in-vitro fertilization. I found this out last year, and my mom(who is extremely religious) said that she hadn't realized it then but she shouldn't have done it because it was "Interfering With God's Natural Plan". Indirectly telling me she regrets committing to the one process that brought me into this world. Thanks, mom.

    oof
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    she also told me not to tell anyone because it was "embarrassing"(well geez) and "non of their business"(valid) but here I am telling the internet so don't track me please and thank you.

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    Bored Panda reached out to Nancy K. Napier, Ph.D., a Distinguished Professor at Boise State University (USA) and author of Unfolding Curiosity who has published widely on creativity and innovation. She was kind enough to have a little chat with us about the realizations we get while taking a shower.

    When asked about the power of a shower and why is it considered to be a perfect place for the eureka effect, the professor told us that the reason behind it is simply because it’s an enclosed space, with warm comforting water, where you do something you don't have to think about.

    "As you wash yourself for those three or five or ten minutes, you can let your mind wander and that's often when an idea will hit. Also, during these times when we're with our families in shutdowns, it might be one of the few chances to be alone with your thoughts," she explained. 

    #3

    Text post with a funny realization about jogging in the dark, highlighting irony in caring about health.

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    Yvonne Dauwalder Balsiger
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Taking care of yourself the Schrödinger way...

    Vasana Phong
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same ppl that want to go hiking in a remote area of a mountain or such without proper equipment or knowledge

    Lola
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same goes for the ones who work our daily but smoke, drink, etc.

    Devil's Advocate
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're just a special kind of stupid

    B-b-bird
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    possibility to receive Darwins award :)

    Hans Achter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what I always say, Darwin award candidates!

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    Bob Stuart
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If your shadow in the car headlights is going straight ahead, you jump. Also if no headlights, just sound. Given the attention span of drivers, it can be safer to assume you are invisible no matter what.

    UpQuarkDownQuark
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They don’t care how long they live, they just want to look good while they’re doing it!

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

    Likewise bicyclists who don't wear helmets.

    Moxxidude
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True story: In the 80s after a gig in a small town, went out for a walk at 2am after it, dressed in my black stage clothes and walking down the middle of the road on a sidewalk-less street wearing headphones & listening to my Walkman - total moron!! - I felt a big dog run by me and smash my elbow. Then about 25 ft ahead of me, I see brake lights. A car backs up, window rolls down and a completely drunk woman from the bar I just played at asks, “Hey, did you see what I hit?” No lights. Totally drunk. And me walking down the road in all black listening to music. I literally don’t know who’s dumber.

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    #4

    Text post about a funny realization on human harmony with extraterrestrial species in an online community discussion.

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    Sonia Reddel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what I think of the Mars station idea. If people can't follow basic rules here, how can we expect them to follow the very high number of rules living there would entail? One person could so easily sabotage the air or oxygen controls.

    Xottel
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wasn't there some Mars station experiment where people had gradually disobeyed the more isolated they've become? Edit: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271632265_Main_findings_of_psychophysiological_studies_in_the_Mars_500_experiment

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    Gandalf the Pink
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My scariest thought is if we one day get an answer to all the messages we've been sending to space, and the answer is: Shut up, or they will find you

    Bob Stuart
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think we are being treated the same way we treat uncontacted tribes in the forest.

    Mia C
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they should avoid humanity at all cost

    Wang Zhuang
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I kinda hope we never really encounter aliens for this very reason.

    Rissie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Any extraterrestrial species that is able to physically travel here while also because Ng part of our universe will most likely not be in need of us. Or our resources, of which all can be found not just here. We're just not that interesting enough. If you could choose to rest on a bench with ants or without, just right next to each other, and you had no specific interest in studying ants, you would sit on the bench without.

    Ben H
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hawking put it best: in any encounter between more advanced civilization & the less advanced one discovered - the less advanced one never did well. We need to be avoiding alien life, if there is any.

    Ian Smith
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    our leaders are the last people we should take visitors to.

    Melissa Johnson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We would probably try to colonize and convert them.

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    According to Napier, it can be hard to allow your thoughts to drift because we usually have some sort of information—music, podcasts, radio—coming into our minds most of the day. "To have the experience of a wandering mind, we need to intentionally turn OFF the extra information and think about nothing."

    However, the shower is not the only place where brilliant ideas can come to us. There are more ways humans can let their minds go free: "I read recently that taking a walk is another great place for ideas, but the key is to simply walk. Leave the radio and podcasts at home." 

    "Then, while walking, look in three places and ideas will come: look above eye level (at buildings, trees), look straight ahead and look on the ground," Napier told us. She also mentioned that she tried it last week and came away with two new creative thoughts.

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    #5

    Funny realization about school spirit shared online, highlighting high school bands and football players.

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    Pharo Despairo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My band played at numerous football games in the freezing cold and then our concert was canceled three days before it was supposed to happen. Since when did sports have higher value than the fine arts.

    SusanS
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sadly, since the conception of school sports. The real reason we send children to school is to educate them, yet the ones who excel at school aren't given a pep rally, a band to play for them, nope, they are insulted, ostracized. The smart dedicated students should be hailed as the heroes, they will be employing the rest of you.

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    Sonnovab Kegeles
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LMAO, High School Band players are not necessarily in the band to show school spirit, they're in the band to be able to play music.

    Kimberly Young
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, I was in marching band in high school. We had to go to the football games on Fridays so the school would allow us to go to our competitions on Saturdays!

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    Theater Kid
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At my school, sometimes the bands from the opposing teams "play" against each other

    RK Barbo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We didn't have a choice. If you were in band, you were automatically in marching band, thus, at the games

    Yara Balabanova
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So glad this isn't the case in Europe

    ZAPanda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yip. same for the chess team

    Emmie Jensen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As an orchestra kid I never had to deal with games and rallies

    September
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The things that are really taught in school

    ZAPanda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yes, basically : sports is the most important thing. That''s the message i got.

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    Zalzany Games
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair the Band shows up now a days to remind people they exist, and to keep getting a budget, its not to support its because no one chars unless your their parents, so they got sell out and show up to football games or get their funding cut lol

    Sarah Benedictus
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    we have discovered recently, via covid lockdowns, that being physically actives is as important to us as are the Arts, for our mental, physical and emotional health. both need encouraging, funding, and support. just not to stupid levels.

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    #6

    Text post humorously noting the asteroid that k****d dinosaurs had the highest bird-to-stone ratio, from an online community.

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    gridsleep
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, the planetary impact that resulted in the creation of the Moon reduced the Earth (1.0) to a sterile ball of magma, which eventually became our Earth (2.0.) We have no idea what, if any life there was on 1.0, but it was completely exterminated even to the end of viruses and bacteria, if there were such things.

    James P
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There have been many mass extinctions in Earth's history. The one that killed the dinosaurs was not the most lethal of them.

    Indra Servo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yet it only kill dinosaurs & reptiles and leave proto-bird & proto-mammal alone

    Thomas Sweda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How do you know ? We’re you there ? Did you count them ?

    LittleLiz
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes I was there and I counted them and I'm hundreds of thousands of years old and that's why I'm on BP

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    d bradley
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    except i don't know if there were birds there then

    Devil's Advocate
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except, the ancestors of birds, are not birds

    Daniel Lindskog-Wilson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We know that birds had already evolved before the Cretaceous paleogene extinction event. Therefore, this statement is correct because one stone probably killed millions of birds. Just because they didn't go extinct because of the meteor doesn't mean the meteor didn't kill millions of birds.

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    Truth Monster
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    3 years ago

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    "the" dinosaurs. Which dinosaurs? We are aware that not all dinosaurs lived concurrently and arguably some dinosaurs are still here?

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    Hearing other people’s shower realizations attracts a lot of attention: "Many of us are looking for ways to do things differently to get better, which is the ultimate goal of creativity." The professor said that we can always gain something from another person's idea, and the most wonderful part of it is "that we can always generate new ones." 

    #7

    Text from an online community post humorously explains why dads tell cheesy jokes.

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    DUN DUN
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll hold on to this forever

    Vic
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In that case, I've been a 'dad' since my childhood..

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    Buren
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anything amusing is good for health

    Keelin O
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i was not expecting something so wholesome on this thread

    Elizabeth Klomp
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Im a single female and I love making other people laugh regardless if I look silly or not. I think this it's healthy to make fun of yourself. Keep your own self in check haha

    Fester Sixonesixonethree
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. Self deprecation for the amusement of others is the pinnacle of humor. Your audience will remember how you made them feel at your own expense. That's important.

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    #8

    Funny shower thought about preferring boredom at home over someone else's house.

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    Theater Kid
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because you can't wear sweatpants and start boredom eating at someone else's house

    Summer Mason
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You need better friends. We have pj Sundays. And I cook a ton so 💁‍♀️

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    R.E.O. Speedwagon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One is boring the other is peaceful boring

    QueenRhye
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I might get bored at someone else's house, but I'm never bored at my own home. Inconceivable! Lol=)

    Mike Loux
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My house has a comfy bed, and my favorite snacks.

    Vasana Phong
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because you can bitch and complain in your own house, you’d have to front at others

    Marc Lauzon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When bored at my place I go to sleep or take a shower. I get awkward look when I get bored at someone else's place

    user4517
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being around people is a cost that you don't have to pay at home. If you're going to be bored why pay the price.

    LittleLiz
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I'm at home, I didn't shower, get dressed, and spend gas money to be bored on a couch that doesn't have my butt indentation

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    #9

    A shower thought about cleaning homes for appearances, with awards and engagement metrics shown.

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    eeeeeeeee
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I would apologise for the mess, but it's always like this". My greeting to everyone who enters.

    Hi, I'm Mars!
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I stopped apologizing when I realized almost no one cares about my slightly messy home. It's not dirty, just a tad messy with three dogs and a cat, not to mention a teenaged boy.

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    MyOpinionHasBeenServed
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've always noticed with my mom. She freaks out if anything is not perfect and I'm there like "As if they think we live in absolute impeccable conditions all the time." Now I see it as just a courtesy thing but I don't go all out like she did. I just close the doors of the rooms people have no business sticking their noses in.

    Got Myself 4 Dwarves
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I try to do the same really, I'll have a general tidy up for folk coming round but learned there's no point sorting the living room until kids are heading to bed as they're so messy it just gets undone in minutes. It's hard for me as my anxiety/depression is triggered quite badly by mess and I'll feel totally panicked when I see a big mess.

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    Auntriarch
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My house is always clean, but I promise I'll move the books, knitting, jumpers, etc off the sofa before you arrive

    ForgotMyPWSendHelp
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I tidy up my house before going to bed every night, lightly clean once or twice a week, and do a deep clean about once a month. My house is never a mess because clutter and dirt give me anxiety. There will be toys and mail here and there that I might pick up if a guest is coming, but I guarantee you I didn't clean my entire house just for a guest lol.

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    Al Christensen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was a teen, Mom made me join in her obsessive house cleaning in preparation for a small gathering of her friends. "I want to make a good impression." She had me cleaning everywhere: in closets, in rooms far from the entertainment areas, in the basement... I asked, "When you go to someone else's home do you snoop around everywhere?" She replied, "Of course not. But I know others do."

    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're too late, my house was clean but you missed it.

    Got Myself 4 Dwarves
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been trying so hard to get my house spotless for Xmas day as I'm hosting this year and while we're generally quite tidy I'm totally fighting a losing battle with 4 kids at home all day now school is on holiday - I do one room and come back to the kids having destroyed the living room, so they get told off and I tidy up, to them then having messed up the dining room.....in a never ending cycle - it's infuriating.

    LuCa
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Remember, clean and tidy are two separate things. As long as it's clean,who cares if it's tidy. It's your home not a showhome.

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    Red
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me when my friends come here: it's a mess and I won't clean anything. Also me: *tidying everything up so they see just the selected creative messes I purposely allowed to show.*

    Philly Bob Squires
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just keep a few "Get Well Soon" cards on your mantle and guests will think you've been too sick to clean.

    thatmagicgaychick
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom exactly. She's going crazy trying to clean everything before we have someone over, and I'm just like. why? she's been in our house before. we all know the house is perpetually a disaster zone.

    Sofie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I also used to wonder why, but now that I am a mom myself I get it. You want people to think that you're a responsible adult and a good parent who has it all together even though you feel like a mess inside 😅😅

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    Mazer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could care less about cleaning my house for others. It’s always clean for me

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    "Lots of people have noted that we no longer allow ourselves to become bored. Laying on grass and watching the clouds go by seems to be less common and yet it's another simple way to generate ideas," Napier mentioned. 

    #10

    Humorous realization about Costco-sized c****m boxes being anti-family packs, shared online.

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    Robert Thompson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have you ever notices that the shoppers at Costco are Costco sized?

    Thomas Sweda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I did not know Costco sold condoms.

    Craig Reynolds
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope, they are heavy-duty gene pool purification packs. Seriously, why would you want people that don't want kids to actually breed? Abortion = gene pool purification of unfit parents.

    KvotheBloodless
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are also wishful thinking.

    #11

    Reddit post with a humorous shower thought about midlife crises and self-acceptance, receiving 86 awards.

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    Narwhal Blast
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Louder for the people in the back, please!

    Zalzany Games
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its literally the same thing this is what 98% of midlife crisis people do they snap and spend a ton of money on something they wanted to do when younger but couldn't and ultimately regret it in a year lol How did this get so many upvotes, its literally part of the definition of it lol When my dad got a corvette durring his it was because he couldn't when young, then he f*****g spent more then he had on damn thing, and my direct family to this day when we think of vettes laugh at how bad he was with that thing lol

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    Otter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that wasn't my experience of a midlife crisis, for me and others it's more like... you reach a point in your life when you realize that what you're doing isn't working for you. I changed everything at that point, and I promise there was no spouse or kids involved.

    L.A. Trefry
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is a problem when the "opinions" of a wife and children whose lives are turned upside down don't matter at all to the midlifer.

    ZAPanda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    nice that you assume only gendered-as-men get midlife crises?

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    September
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a crises if it harms the person's family or they endanger others with their new behavior.

    Luther von Wolfen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's true that I care a lot less what other people think than I did when I was younger, but "midlife crisis" usually indicates regressive behavior - being irresonsible and trying to act like they're younger than they are. I *believe* I've become more mature and responsible as I've aged.

    ForgotMyPWSendHelp
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, this entry is just a fundamental misunderstanding of what the term means. Many people become wiser and less concerned with what others think as they age, but "midlife crisis" specifically refers to people who suddenly realize they're old and regress as a means to rebel against that idea instead of accepting it.

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    Tami
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, you can't always do whatever you want because your body starts to complain. No more dancing and drinking until 1 am Sunday morning then getting up at 6 am to go skiing, then more drinking and stuffing your face after that; then off to bed late and up at 6 am Monday to go to work and feeling pretty good. I miss those days!

    arsonistofthemonth jr
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, you CAN, you just shouldn't. And that all just really depends on how the individual feels about their actions.

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    Red
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My midlife crisis started when me, an obvious metalhead, proclaimed my love for glitter, rainbows and unicorns.

    user4517
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's retirement age. Believe me, it's a whole new level from midlife.

    Kit Spiker
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah. Said by a cheater probably. Lots of cheating going on through those crisis'

    Melissa Johnson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would agree, except when it involves decieving and/or abandoning the people you promised to be loyal too, and the people you are responsible for.

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    #12

    Text post about the irony of responsible lottery winners, shared in an online community.

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    Chris Freeman
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know we hear all of the stories of wasted money and broke lottery winners, but its a little bit of observation bias as well. The people who win the lottery and handle the money well, whether they were well off before or not, aren't as interesting so do not get published. The best winners you never hear about and simply quietly live a better life for them and their family.

    King Kashue
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are actual studies done on lottery winners, however, measuring outcomes, happiness reporting, mental wellness, etc. The idea that a lot of multi-million winners end up spending it all isn't just anecdotal.

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    MyOpinionHasBeenServed
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a family on a reserve here who won a large jackpot and have been donating much of it to improve their community.

    Linus Nilsson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a study a few years back that looked into what happens to people who win the "jackpot". They found that people from USA mostly burned through the money, like "I need two jet planes, one for shopping and one for travelling", while Scandinavians were more like "maybe we can hire a contractor to redo the kitchen instead of doing it ourselves?". Could probably be a life story in there somewhere

    Myr Lopez
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder how much of that id the culture around spending (with influences from capitalism causing a "Keeping up with the Joneses" attitude as opposed to a slightly more socialist-leaning scandinavian culture) and how much of it is the increasing wealth disparity causing an attitude of desperation as soon as money is available ie "I've never been able to keep up with my expenses so I need to buy everything NOW before the money runs out". I know I'd struggle with not filling my fridge and cupboard to bursting if I won because my partner and I are food insecure. It's also easy to see how that could translate even into things like planes - because suddenly you CAN afford this expensive thing you want, but for how long? Though I think I'd luck out in just... not having expensive tastes. Jets, yachts, eh... but being able to buy a new bookcase and an armful of books to fill the first shelf? Ooh baby that's luxury.

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    Misterscooter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People who would be best at being a national leader are usually not interested in being a national leader.

    An Co
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Money takes maintenance. It is a skill that has to be learned. My father never learned it, but I have (in part from watching him do things like buy a time-share and take money out of an IRA without checking with an accountant).

    Walter Brameld
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, it doesn't take *much* maintenance. Maintaining wealth is 99% about just keeping your damn hands off of it. The problems start when you let yourself feel rich and allow yourself to spend it all.

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    Vasana Phong
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or people that’s already well off in the first place and buy one and win

    OJ
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    someone in my family won the lottery, they spent it all and quit their jobs and now they are broke and living with their child

    Banana Bear
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here's a thought... what if, we have a lottery for people with less income or poor to buy from? I know it sounds stupid but... I'm thinking of ways it might work :)

    Two_rolling_black_eyes
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a research field that focuses on people obtaining sudden wealth (lottery, lawsuit, inheritance, etc). There's a retired professor in my town that has been working anonymously with them for close to 35 years now. She has several books and articles. She says the hardest thing for them is everyone, including yourself, expect you to change and you don't. If you had problems handling money, jealousy, laziness, obsessed with work, shyness, etc you still will the day after you won X. Except now you have 500 people who think you owe them Y. About 25 years ago she set up an international support group program like AA to help people cope. Its helpful to talk to someone who has also lost a loved one to drugs they bought with money you gave them. Not everyone will sympathize with the boredom of not working now and never having time in the past to get hobbies. She retired saying she had to help them instead of remaining objective.

    Jarrod Nichols
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or at least spend anything that closely resembles a significant amount on it. The lottery is entertainment only.

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    There’s a saying that creativity is like a muscle. If you want to become more innovative, you have to train it right. And as we found out, one way of achieving this goal is by simply doing… nothing. Nancy K. Napier leaves us with one encouraging thought for the next year: "Here's to setting aside 30 minutes a week to let yourself be bored in 2022!"

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    #13

    Reddit post by u/SidneyRL musing about unrealized talents, receiving humorous and brilliant realizations awards.

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    Andy Acceber
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a positive thought! I like this one.

    Bexxxxx
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try lots of new things that pique your interest :)

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    Tacocat
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which is why I am currently teaching myself 4 new hobbies via Pinterest and YouTube 😅

    Vorknkx
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been told I could (maybe) be a good piano player due to having long fingers. I've never tried playing a piano.

    KombatBunni
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same here. My Nan would say I had pianist’s hands, I should try too :)

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    MyOpinionHasBeenServed
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm surprisingly good at archery considering I don't have the correct form nor do any archery that often.

    Christina Collins, LPN
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can sew upholstery! I didn't know I had that in me!

    Melissa Johnson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    😲This is why I read BP.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻

    LittleLiz
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why I try a lot of things

    Amy Stone-Chandler
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why I try everything more then once. Just incase

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    #14

    Reddit post humorously imagining a Viking finding a T-Rex skull and claiming it as proof of slaying a dragon.

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    Vorknkx
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "100 fun things to try out when you time travel into the past."

    Red
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always think of this sort of thing. I'd show psychology and allergy tests to people and would die a horrible death for being a witch.

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    GoodWolf
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty sure that's how the tales of dragons started

    Mazer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly how we got the Cyclops, which was in fact a mastodon skull

    Jon S.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is one of the few misinterpretations of a creatures' bones I think is reasonably plausible. The skulls looks exactly like the creatures of myth and the bones are very recent and accessible on the island the cyclops is supposed to have come from. The Rok being extrapolated from elephant bird eggs is the other example I know of.

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    Gandalf the Pink
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If only dinosaur bones weren't brittle as hell. "Harald, look I slained a dragon!" "By odin, can I touch it?" *skull becomes dust* "Did you like sneeze on it to kill it?"

    arsonistofthemonth jr
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Well uh... everyone knows dragon bones turn to dust after you touch them, Erik!"

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    Otter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But that Viking would have had to explain how he could turn a dragon into stone, but couldn't do the same for anything else...

    Orillion
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Of course dragon bones are made of stone. How do you think they got so strong."

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    Luisa Silva Eva
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's exactly how dragons and other mythological creatures were invented. Misinterpretation of archaeological discoveries.

    Jon S.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Given they would have to travel to north-west America to do this, they would have quite enough tales to tell already. They would have to walk across land 2000 miles further than any Viking we know about.

    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't put it past the buggers though

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    Indra Servo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i don't think T-rex ever exist in Norway

    Christoph
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly where dragon lore came from.

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    #15

    Social media post highlighting a funny realization about how time feels between ages 25-35 compared to 14-18.

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    Yara Balabanova
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've read that time goes faster when you're older because we no longer experience as many new things as when we're younger. When you're young you still do new things all the time, but when you're in your twenties or thirties you start to get a work/life routine that's mostly the same

    NsG
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's also to do with percentage of total life and life experience. At the age of ten, one year is a tenth of your life, so the summer lasts forever. At the age of fifty it's a fiftieth of your life - you've had so many more of them, they've gone quicker.

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    Andy Acceber
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is very true. You don't have a lot of autonomy in your life 14-18. 25-35, you're usually the one making the decisions. That makes time pass much much faster.

    September
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I keep,telling my children, who all are in their 20s, that. I also told them that they'll be more interesting people once they're in their 30s.

    Antony Aston
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Life is like a roll of toilet paper, the closer you are to the end, the faster it goes.

    Eb
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait till you hit your 50s. I lost a decade somewhere.

    Lisa P.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My father used to say: No matter how long you live, the first 20 years of your life is the longest"

    oof
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm in the direct middle of those four years and it's going by pretty fast if you ask me.

    Analyn Lahr
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's... Accurate... And depressing.

    Helen Davies
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Vacation, travel, new things... These can slow days down because you are actually present. Work... not so much - - unless it's your passion (don't laugh, for a few lucky ones, it is!).

    Mitchell Burwood
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Time goes faster because it's a smaller percentage of your life

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    #16

    Text post humorously discussing the untouched beauty of national parks as a shower realization.

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    Timmy Pillinger
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not in the UK: Even our national parks are very human landscapes, pocked with abandoned mines and farms. Not to mention the Norfolk broads, a landscape entirely created by peat extraction.

    Luther von Wolfen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the US, Nat'l Parks are pretty natural, but still impacted by humans. Even the most remote parts of Yellowstone, where few people ever go, are affected - more by what predators are not there than anything else. There have been efforts to reintroduce predators, but they haven't restored the natural balance yet.

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    Melissa Boatman Linebaugh
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Call me Pollyanna, but most humans don’t suck. But the suckiest ones make more noise and have a greater impact it seems. We all have some aspects of us that suck. But you don’t suck.

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    Otter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was one thing I liked about the movie "The Good Dinosaur", it was set in the Wyoming area, and showed what the Rockies would have been like if humans had never messed with nature. Too bad the movie sucked.

    Laura Mellor
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    3 years ago

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    A lot of people enjoyed that movie, your opinion is subjective and not a fact.

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    Amy Stone-Chandler
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Come to Ontario Canada. Nothing like Northern wilderness. Sooo many places have to be boated or water plane drop off. Many places in Canada aren't even national parks. We respect the land and resources. Not big money hungry companies though. That's why we have so many protection laws.

    Dee on bikes
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the US, it's more like BLM lands (Bureau of Land Management). National Parks are typically heavily trafficked.

    tmw
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    correction: they show what was in existence BEFORE europeans came over.

    Felix Feline
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Correction: The indigenous populations cleared forests, burned brush, dammed rivers, slaughtered animals, and damaged ecosystems long before Europeans came over. The ecological native never existed. Before humans came to the Americas, in North America alone there were 45 genera of large mammals. It took a relatively short time for them to reduce that number to less than ten genera.

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    Zalzany Games
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun fact they have the landscape the area, and control it, they clear brush for fire safety put in fire lines and s**t like that, we do a ton of s**t to make national parks look nicer, including even decide who lives and dies out of the animal population because to many grazing animals can f**k up the soil, but no one wants to run into a preditor on hiking trail.

    Melissa Johnson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or rather, if we lived with the land, and didn't just pillage it and treat it as expendable.

    Craig Reynolds
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, it's what the country would look like if Native Americans still owned it...

    Laura Probst
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Firstly, check out Charlie Taube's reply. Secondly, the aboriginal Native Americans/First Peoples weren't some sort of magical beings who, because they lacked technology, were somehow better and more "spiritually elevated" than us white folks. They were human just like us. Meaning, in their own "primitive" way, they did shitty things just as we've done.

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    #17

    Reddit post by u/exposedentrepreneur sharing a funny realization about recruiting local sports teams.

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    MyOpinionHasBeenServed
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This always confused me. When the Jets came back to Winnipeg, I don't think any of the players were from Winnipeg, or Canadian at all. All fans are doing is rooting of the idea of the team being in the city.

    King Kashue
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a less than zero chance that the Jets didn't have Canadian players. Up until just a few years ago more than 50% of all NHL players were Canadian (it's still in the 40s now). Quick look at the Roster of the 2011-2012 Jets, of the 38 players on the roster Feb 1, 22 were Canadian (57.8% of them). Two of them were from Manitoba, with Derek Meech from Winnepeg.

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    Two_rolling_black_eyes
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First off, I love sports and spend ridiculous time following my teams. But Jerry Seinfeld put it best - "Loyalty to any one sports team is pretty hard to justify, because the players are always changing, the team can move to another city. You're actually rooting for the clothes, when you get right down to it. You know what I mean? You are standing and cheering and yelling for your clothes to beat the clothes from another city. Fans will be so in love with a player, but if he goes to another team, they boo him. This is the same human being in a different shirt; they hate him now. Boo! Different shirt! Boo!"

    Andy Acceber
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes... but I've also seem some small towns go absolutely looney over pubescent athletes. Let the kids be kids. It's a balance.

    Devil's Advocate
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This. In the UK, when they got rid of the foreign player limit, the national football team standard noticeably went down.

    Marc Lauzon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your city team is on a losing streak? Shame them and cheer on the winning team. Or complain as if it's impossible that your team lose and should always be on top of ranking, as if it make sense.

    Zalzany Games
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah but they got move there so its moot, why no one cares, many people in a good city where never born there. Its like when I see people complain about people cali moving to my area, its like you born and raised in Ohio, you Iowa what the f**k its ok for you to move here but no them because they had more money when they sold their s**t in cali to move here then you did?

    Eb
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the UK it would just push up the house prices and rentals as parents find ways to move in.

    Amy Stone-Chandler
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why I don't watch hockey anymore. Then Olympic hockey? Don't get me started

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    #18

    Online community post shares a funny realization about the cost-effectiveness of using a dollar as a bookmark.

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    Foxxy (The Original)
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A bit difficult using a dollar coin though.

    Bexxxxx
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For Canadians, any bookmark worth more than FIVE dollars is a waste of money I guess 😂

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    Gandalf the Pink
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A sheet of toilet paper is even cheaper

    Kiki
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bookmarks are so much prettier though! I brought one from my trip in Turkey and every time I'm using it it feels good! Plus I love reading so I won't accept anything as a bookmark. Same with tea, I need a pretty/funny cup :)

    just another drone
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the US is the only western country to still have dollar bills though.

    Mary Rose Kent
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The dollar coin didn’t really take off...even when all of the states each had its own.

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    gridsleep
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, few people would steal a bookmark, but would not hesitate to take a dollar that wasn't being watched.

    gridsleep
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Artwork is worth more than a dollar to some.

    Tom Susala
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I use the cards that fall out of my magazines (known as "blow-in cards") as bookmarks...

    Khavrinen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've done that, too. Also, spent gift cards are even more durable.

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    BorPand8
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Money if filthy, so there's that.

    Peppermallow
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can fold the corner of your book for free. As long as you dont count the hatred of book lovers everywhere as a ''cost'

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    #19

    Shower realization: Police locker rooms have locks to prevent theft, shared by an online community user.

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    Xottel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a civilian job in a police facility. You'd be surprised...

    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too. You can leave money lying around, but biscuits, chocolate and pens will not be there when you come back

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    Jasam Nitko
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Things and money often "disappear" when cops handle them. Who are you going to report it to? The cops?

    September
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cops are just flawed humans, just like everybody else

    Something
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which is why there need to be more checks and balances against them, not less. That's what you have to do when you give some flawed humans extra power over other humans.

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    Lola
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Police officers are not the only people working there. Besides, not all police officers are angels either.

    SusanS
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Police are, sadly, the most corrupt entitled group of people in the world. They act with impunity and society lets them.

    Rijkærd
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once saw a police station in my hometown with a private security company sign on their premises. .

    Andrew Saulnier
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Police need locks on their lockers because attorneys walk through there too.

    Mazer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked with an evil human being in the police force. Horrible jerk. Stole from everyone, victims, evidence and other cops….and that wasn’t the worst he did.

    Marc Lauzon
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are locks in a locker room so people doesn not invade your privacy first, but we might be doing it more out of habit.

    Zalzany Games
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because crime is part of human nature, its why even churches got locks on the donation box. We need cops and even religion to keep us from doing bad things, that fear of punishment in this life or next still isn't enough to stop people who want s**t out side their means from life of crime though

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    #20

    Social media post about people on house arrest benefiting from timing, with awards and numerous interactions.

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    Guido Pisano
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine being released from jail in the first months of 2019...

    Mahayana
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I work in federal prisons and had many inmates that got released early because of the pandemic. Perfect time to get out : all the bars are closed, you need to stay at home, curfew… It’s less overwhelming for them also!

    Josy Bannon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine people getting sentenced when the pandemic is over.

    Kirsten Kerkhof
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We were all sentenced to house arrest for the heinous crime of breathing.

    R.E.O. Speedwagon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s been like two years now? I honestly lost track of time since

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    Oopsydaisy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seems like a perfect time to be sentenced to house arrest. They missed nothing.

    Jessica N
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *raises hand* the only bad part was trying to afford the monitoring device on reduced covid hours at work, they cost 25$ a day

    Amy Stone-Chandler
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well if they were in for many years, it's unlikely they would know how. Culture shock.

    Jenny Pugh
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OT; but I don't get this "lucked out". To me it suggests that your luck has run out *shrugs*

    Somewhat-Guilty
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what OP meant. That even though they weren't in prison, they couldn't enjoy being out because of the pandemic.

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    Andre Soo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The inside joke is very strong here.

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    #21

    Humorous realization about human privilege shared in an online community post with awards and interactions.

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    Andy Acceber
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Studies have shown that people who are chronically homeless do develop PSTD symptoms from not having regular, safe, full nights of sleep.

    eeeeeeeee
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not eaten maybe, but attacked, robbed, raped, murdered?

    ZAPanda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    by animals in the family primata, usually.

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    Robert Thompson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a wonderful time to be alive, now if we could only do something about global overpopulation....

    RK Barbo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm pretty sure bears feel the same way

    Melissa Johnson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Any of us who have the luxury of taking safety and shelter for granted, should be grateful.

    oof
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was always scared of getting eaten by giants after BFG.

    D K
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My indoor cats agree with this as well.

    Chancey
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think about that when I see my cat in a deep sleep at night.

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    Gypsy Tinker
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which begs the question, does mental illness lead to homelessness or does homelessness lead to mental illness?

    d bradley
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what about the animals that do the eating

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    #22

    Online community shares realization: "Black Cat Crossing Your Path is Bad Luck" due to tripping over them in the dark.

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    Lou Cam
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every time I see a black cat I drop to a squat and and say "pspspsppsps" whilst holding out my hand. Must be evil cat magic for sure.

    ForgotMyPWSendHelp
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, I automatically want to follow them and cuddle them and feed them. They have hypnotic powers.

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    Corcaigh
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    3 years ago

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    PjandBolt
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As some who owns a black cat, I unfortunately have to agree.

    Adelaide
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One day I was walking home from school and I saw 4 cats! It made my day!

    Diane LaPorte
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I could have a black cat... I would name it Thirteen. Sadly, I am allergic to pet dander.

    Eb
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought a black cat crossing your path was good luck?

    H Edwards
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the British Isles it is, everywhere else seems to consider them bad luck. I found one in my bedroom the other day, no idea how it got there but if anything I considered it a good omen. Gave it a pet and set it on its way.

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    Jess Thompson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ummm but they see at night and they’re really fast. I’ve never tripped over a cat 🤷🏽‍♀️

    Lightningstar
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my cat likes to sprint across my path or just run in front of me and stop

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    #23

    Reddit post humorously realizing "Free W***y" used a captive Orca to portray freeing one.

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    eeeeeeeee
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This. Can't watch those kind of movies without thinking of this the whole way through.

    Something
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Keiko was released into the wild, but he died the next year.

    Aisling O'Grady Hills
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then they freed that Orca and it tried to stay with people until it died.

    Janet C
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've always felt sorry for the animals. When I was a little kid I was banned from watching Lassie after an episode with a raccoon trapped in a burning barn. I burst into tears and Mom explained it was just pretend and the raccoon wasn't really in danger. My response, "The raccoon doesn't know that."

    Mike Ieva
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mexican orca named Keiko... They released the orca after the movie... And He died few years later in the ocean

    Thomas Santiago
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They actually tried but couldn't free W***y he wouldn't have survived in the wild

    Sparrow Morgan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They did end up freeing him. But he died

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    #24

    Humorous realization: "Painkillers are the 'Mute Notifications' option for the body," popular in an online community.

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    Got Myself 4 Dwarves
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For me it's more like putting them on silent, I still get notifications but not out loud. Fibromyalgia is a complete d**k - 9.30am and I'm maxed out on dihydrocodeine already - gonna be a long day

    Nikki Sevven
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have fibro, and it absolutely is a complete d**k. You should try cannabis edibles; they're much better at dealing with fibro pain, since most of it isn't coming from the peripheral nervous system, but from the brain's perception of sensory stimuli. I would not get through a day without it, yet I'm on the same 10mg dose I started with a decade ago. Bonus: not only is cannabis an analgesic, it's also an antidepressant, an anti-anxiety med, and a muscle relaxer. Several studies have shown that fibro is accompanied by endocannabis deficiency, so cannabis is the proper medication.

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    September
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ibuprofen and caffeine are my bestest friends in the whole wide world 🥰

    Lauren Caswell
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One is my friend but I really shouldn't be having it, and one could kill me. Now if only I could remember which was which 😉

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    Zalzany Games
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And my nerve damage is like having a phone that gets spam risk calls all day long, and texts for with old people names on them telling me some bank I never used needs me to contact them right away lol. Literally I just get numb to it with out pain killers and just need them to sleep some nights... But my fave is its invisible, like a phone on mute to every one else, people see me rubbing my for arm or shaking my hand when I think no one is looking "what is wrong with you?" Oh yeah nerve damage part of my arm is asleep or in pain right now." Looks at me like I am crazy "ok, you look crazy doing that..."

    Auntiecorn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Having CRPS and Dystonia in the lower half of my body, unfortunately these mute notifications don't really get turned off. About 85 out of 100 notifications still come through, if not more..

    Zalzany Games
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got nerve damage I just get numb to them in diffrent way, its like my phone is always on vibrate I just ignor all calls and texts, unless I am waiting for one. Same deal my pain tolerance is crazy high because my arm is always at at least a 2 for pain and discomfort and can go up to the point I want bite down on somehting while trying not to tear up, and people just look like I am crazy or sick, "its like no no just cold weather that isn't htat bad I forogt I need a hoody my nerve damage acts up when cold. Just like other day I drove 24 minutes to class, ace vent on my arm it was hot in car turned it on buy time I got there I regreted it because on of the vents is stuck and amed at my arm when I drive, spent whole class period in more pain then normal trying to mask it.

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    Amy Stone-Chandler
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pqin is your body's way of saying something is wrong. Unfortunately, thanks to all the addicts and abusers, chronic pain suffers don't get treated properly..or at all.

    Zalzany Games
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    B******t pain you get use to over time its people selling pain pills who got you thinking you need pills for it. I got nerve damage I am always in some kind of "pain" or mild discomfort I just get use to it and can sleep threw it now. Meanwhile if this was 2009 my doc would be shoving pills down my throat going "your a three on pain scale today, your always at least a 2, here is a f**k load opiates!" Also those pills hardwire you to feel pain when off them they create a dependency, its been proven prolong use for "chronic" pain f***s up your brain chemisty and you can't survive with out them or you feel more pain. S**t literally sells itself that way.

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    Lovin' Life
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a recovering addict, It's putting a bandaid on a problem that needs to be fixed. They just mask the pain.

    Gandalf the Pink
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Having EDS, painkillers are my unlock

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    #25

    Reddit post humorously noting a cassette tape's longevity in Guardians of the Galaxy as unbelievable.

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    Mohsie Supposie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What I find even more amazing is that even though Chris Pratt has his headphones on, we can still hear the song playing!

    maureen stemmle
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    given what i remember of walkmans i'm shocked HE can hear out of BOTH those headphones much less us

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    Sonnovab Kegeles
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that there isn't a pack of pencils in view.

    Nikki Bastian
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was floored that his soft foam and wire headphones lasted that long, much less the cassette or his access to AA batteries.

    Solidhog
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And not once does he get a pencil out and tighten up the tape!

    Ray Heap
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And Not a pencil in Sight.

    Got Myself 4 Dwarves
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And without a bic pen to sort it when it gets pulled out

    Scagsy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of Starlord's cassettes was given to him by his dying mum and remained gift-wrapped in a box for many years, so that won't have been played much at all. Maybe only once, just to record the mix.

    Two_rolling_black_eyes
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This bugged me so much when I first saw the movie and my SO banned me from talking about it. We watch it at least once a month because I love Groot, she loves Rocket. I used to buy cassettes then copy them to a blank and wear out the blank and repeat. In college, I went to recopy one and the original was too degraded. There's no way a mix tape would last 25 years.

    InfectedVoice
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've got tapes that are 30-35 years old that still play fine, all about storage.

    Elvira Kreft
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sony walkman from 1990 stil works

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    #26

    Online community post about realizations: "Headaches make you realize how much you take not having one for granted."

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    eeeeeeeee
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Not-in-pain" is a feeling. That feeling of when pain goes away? Perhaps the best feeling in life.

    Ozacoter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I dont even remember that feeling anymore :( Although being in less pain is very nice

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    Got Myself 4 Dwarves
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd do just about anything to have a pain free day, the best I can hope for is a low level pain day - it's exhausting

    Laugh or not
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Five years and counting of chronic pain. I would kill for an efficient analgesic that didn't leave me loopy and sick after it wears off.

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    Mazer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Virtual hugs for anyone snd everyone who lives with intractable pain

    albernistuff 4sale
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One day, about 10 years back, I woke up and went to work. On the walk I noticed no one was acknowledging me, and when I got to the office, I asked a co-worker if they could see me. Naturally assuming I was crazy, they asked what was wrong. I said "I woke up pain free today, and no-one interacted with me on the commute, so I though I might be dead."

    CHRIS DOMRES
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just wait until you are old and have daily chronic pain. The occasional day free of pain is like a taste of heaven. One savors every moment.

    Ozacoter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many chronically ill people is very young. Dont dismiss anybodys pain

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    kristina law
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mine would be tooth pain. I have had 4 babies and would choose child birth over a bad toothache

    Scagsy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agreed! Toothache is unbearable at times. I can say that having just had an emergency consult with the dentist yesterday. The pain was so severe that it almost brought me to tears - and I'm a 20-stone 6 foot 2 man. For context, I once broke a bone in my hand and that was a one out of ten pain-wise. The tooth pain was an easy ten. Horrible. Just horrible.

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    Amy Stone-Chandler
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have had a constant headache since 1996. Varies in severity..but always there. Super fun.

    Laura Probst
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right there with you. Mine's been going since 2000. It's a par-tay. 😶

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    tuzdayschild
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I suffered migraines over 20 years. I don't get them now so I thank God every day I wake up without one.

    Chancey
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Several years back I developed a headache over my eyes every time I ate that eventually became constant. It lasted night and day for four years. I saw every kind of specialist available with little relief until I finally had two of my upper teeth surgically removed for an unrelated reason. The headache was mostly gone 24 hours later. I sympathize with all who experience headaches because those were the most miserable years of my life.

    Bobbie Meyers
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That'd be nice. I have a headache 24/7. Been that way for years. Doctors don't give a s h i t, so, it is what it is.

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    #27

    Reddit post with a humorous realization about adulthood related to missing trash day.

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    GoodWolf
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same if you're a raccoon

    Buren
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then it must be extremely depressing if you are an adult raccoon

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    Otter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That makes me a 60-year-old child, then, because I live in an apartment complex. (Which is such a nice place to live that I've been reluctant to get a mortgage.)

    Mazer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A great bonus as an apartment dweller.

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    I I
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    our bin men are nightmare , they change the times each week and you cant put bins out the night before . 7am some weeks , catches loads out

    Mazer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds highly unreasonable and strongly aggressive. There ought to be complaints with the city.

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    InfectedVoice
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I fell asleep one evening when my wife was doing nights and missed the bin collection, she was mad at me for a while, and to be fair, I was mad at myself.

    AzKhaleesi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know you're an adult when you get a vacuum / mop combo thingy for your house and you're so excited to open it and use it. (my fave Christmas gift this year next to a numbered film cell from the movie Titanic.)

    Tenacious Squirrel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Miss trash day frequently, it never ruins my day or week. So I don’t get this! 🤔

    Kika González
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you miss trash day, be recourseful. Find a dumpster and take it there

    Bobby
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just did this and then realised i forgot garbage day before xmas... this sucks

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    #28

    Reddit post humorously questions human taste if stress ruins meat, sparking hilarious realizations.

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    Shelp
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what I always tell my stressed friends

    Devil's Advocate
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stop being stressed or I can't eat you when it's the apocalypse!!

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    Donkey boi
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'Why are you so stressed all the time?' - 'To keep the cannibals away!'

    Indra Servo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that's why population of vampires & wendigos declined

    Raven DeathShade
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, I was just able to make my own country where all vampires can live in peace. We have some human villages too, but they're there knowing full well that they'll be used for sustenance.

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    Otter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But we think that wild animals taste better than domesticated ones, and the wild animals are the ones who spend their lives having to worry about starving or being eaten by predators.

    Sander
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's about the stress levels when they're being slaughtered. The way we slaughter most of our livestock is very high stress and that can be actually tasted. More humane ways of slaughtering reduces stress.

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    Janet C
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've read that scavengers, including vultures, won't eat dead humans.

    TheWickedOne
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Brah, nobody will wanna eat you, you're always stressed, you probably taste like s**t.

    Lydia Owen the Bi-tch
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey that's what you tell a cannibal, I will taste terrible, I'm always stressed and take alit of needed medicines

    Melissa Johnson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's astounding how we just traded the stress of running from predators and trying to literally survive winter, for a different kind of stress about survival; being able to pay rent and retain a job. It feels less real to me.

    snipergun
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What most people eat it stressed ruined meat anyway, as majority of meat producing doesn't consider this a factor. It has more influence than most people think. Stress most people experience is nothing against it, so eating it would be a lot less garbage.

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    #29

    Text post on Reddit about how lives revolve around sleep, shared by an online community.

    jackzboy Report

    Mooooomooooo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love sleeping and would happily do it more than 8 hours :D

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

    Remember when being sent to bed by your parents was a punishment?

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    Got Myself 4 Dwarves
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone who regularly suffers from insomnia it really becomes a bit of an obsession - sleep is amazing and missing out on it sucks

    Mateo Buysse
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i hate the fact that we actualkly need sleep. Imagen not needing it at all and being active all the time. That is a lot of free time.

    MyOpinionHasBeenServed
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I will literally be so stoked having an entire Friday night not having to worry about getting up early for 2 mornings that I will stay awake all night. Then I'll end up sleeping half or more of my Saturday and realize I'll end up staying up all night Saturday and sleep my Sunday away. Sometimes I'll wake up still tired and go back to sleep, waking up at midnight and then not be able to go back to sleep. Then a good half of my Sunday is dealing with heavy tired eyes and regrets.

    Vasana Phong
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I could get more then 5 hours a day, I envy those that get a least 6

    D K
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Best feeling ever is turning the alarm feature off on my clock when I don’t have to work the next day. Zzzzzzzzz….

    Yoga Kitty
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, and then I am wide awake at the time I would usually have to get up. Only in that case I would of course still be very tired. The subconscious mind is a beautiful thing...

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    Roger Haywood
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its not half your life. Its between a quarter and a third. No one sleeps for 12 hours a day.

    I I
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    8 hours = 3rd of life

    L.A. Trefry
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you're not an infant and you're literally spending half of your life sleeping, you really are sleeping way too much!

    NsG
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm hoping that either they just got the maths wrong, or they've averaged it out over an entire lifetime - newborns sleep a lot more than half their lives, elderly people (again, on average) sleep less than 8 hours. Perhaps over 80 years, it all balances out (I have *not* done the maths, I've just woken up - I got just under 8 hours, I might not be coherent yet)

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    #30

    Reddit post about a hilarious realization: "Your brain knows where all of your organs are, and won't tell you."

    deleted Report

    Andy Acceber
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've had 18 years of schooling, from preschool through a bachelor's degree. I've never once had a class that taught me where my organs are or very basic anatomy. I had a minor pain today and realized I had no idea what was there in my body. It seems like a very important part of education that was somehow missed.

    Laugh or not
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where did you go to school? I have had biology classes since middle school. Anatomy is definitely a subject we learn on my side of the woods.

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    Otter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some organs tell you where they are, without any help from the brain.

    Neil Bartel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know where my stomach is after tacos....

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    Debra Robinson
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good thing we have anatomy images.

    Bexxxxx
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your brain knows a lot of things it won’t tell you, and does a lot of things it doesn’t have to do. Sometimes I wish I could actually communicate with it 😂

    Crazy Meerkat Lady
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your brain also knows you are absolutely not starving as it can see with the eyes that we are in a house filled with food, yet goes into "starvation mode" if you don't eat soon enough.... it can also know that we have a lot of extra fat to lose and yet .... starvation mode on!!

    Ellen Tannenbaum
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, patient education anatomy pictures should be mirror images so you don’t have to mentally switch from the photo’s right or left to your right or left.

    LittleLiz
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, I would use that information irresponsibly

    Jody Whitmarsh
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe they just don't teach it anymore. Of course that'll help with"medically" based political agendas, but I digress. I learned basic anatomy around sex ed time. So, it could be the only part of that lesson that stuck for most was the sex ed part.

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    #31

    Screenshot of a user's shower realization about magic tricks, highlighting a shift in perspective from childhood to adulthood.

    nudenewt Report

    kristina law
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its fun to try and figure out how they are achieved!

    albernistuff 4sale
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I enjoy magicians much more as an adult than I did as a child

    Analyn Lahr
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some of those illusionists though...

    Crazy Meerkat Lady
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Humming the starting song of Harry Potter movies in my head whilst reading this...

    Rata Robinson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What? ... but Harry Potter...oh no....

    Hi, I'm Mars!
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There IS magic in life; there are beautiful and amazing things to be experienced in adult life. Spending the entire day with my 18 year old yesterday, having lunch and going shopping with him was great. Seeing the absolute surprise and delight in his eyes when I gave him his Xbox Series S early, the multitude of hugs I was given, and the repeated "thank you so much, mom" throughout the day was magic to me. He's always grateful for me and what I do for him but seeing the child-like delight in him again yesterday was über magical.

    Raven DeathShade
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm 17; my dad took me to Hogwarts for my birthday. He knows how much of a Harry Potter nerd I am, so we went to Universal Studios for a week (it was also a senior trip). I loved it. And yesterday he gave me a photo album he made from pictures of that trip. At this rate, I'm wondering what's happening on Christmas...XD.

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    Asi Bassey
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    Premium
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Win-win for magicians

    Marnie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    David Blaine, will you marry me?!!!!!

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    #32

    Humorous realization about turn signal misuse and unclear intentions, shared by an online community.

    m_lynx Report

    SykesDaMan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some people let them blink for minutes after they've already turned. The only thing that'd stop the blinking is because they turned the wheel later.

    Twodogsandapicnictable
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My blinker turns off if I turn the wheel at all. Not even turning, just switching lanes.

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    Hi, I'm Mars!
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dear old dad, who was supposed to use a hearing aid, would sometimes drive for astonishing lengths of time with his turn signal on because he couldn't hear it ticking. He loved my Ford Focus that I bought in 2004 because he could actually hear the ticking of the turn signal. My parents bought me a brand new Mazda CX-5 for Christmas 2018 because he'd fallen extremely ill and I'd left my job to be his full time, live in caretaker. He couldn't hear the turn signal in that one when I'd drive him to his many doctor's appointments. He passed away in August of 2019 and fortunately the SUV had been bought with cash so I would never have to worry about making payments; taking on the care of my elderly, widowed mother as I have would have made it impossible for me to keep the SUV. Thanks for everything, dad. You were the best in every single way but I'd give everything I own to have you back ❣️

    Verena Abt
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't. Even. Get. Me. Started.

    Devil's Advocate
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    USA maybe, the big problem we have here is people who indicate to show what they *are* doing rather than what they *intend* to do.

    Robert Jewell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about the ones who drive with the flashers on. They're saying "Stand by, I could do anything." And the ones who only turn the signal on after they make their move. They're saying, "I just got ahead of you. Now I'll slow down."

    Alicia GriffonLady
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yahhhh... my hubby thought it was funny for a long time to hit the emergency flashers while i was driving. I started putting plastic figures around the button with that gummy stuff you hang posters with. He either forgot the button was there, decided it was getting old, or is luring me into a false sense of security before he does it again. >.>

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    Marnie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA area (think George Floyd), turn signals are used so consistently that I will get upset if someone doesn't use one and I can't remember the last time it happened.

    Thomas Sweda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s why we should go back to sticking our arms out the window !

    Barbara L Bristow
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OR they think it's just fine to put on their turn signal ---- after they have turned

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    #33

    Reddit post with funny realization about being an identical triplet, describing it as both rare and common.

    ItsHerox Report

    Beta
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That… is very wise

    Roger Haywood
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went to school with identical triplets.

    Poultry Geist
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went to school with 2 of 3 triplets the 3rd went to private school ! They lived in the rich neighborhood ! I always wondered why! I should have asked but then again one of them did say they weren’t born from their mothers butt like everyone else. So maybe the parents figured they would just save that money 😂

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    s. vitkovitsky
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why common, bc two other people are like you? Out of billions?

    Blobban
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uh, yeah. Every human is unique, but twins are the same. (yes I get they can be a little different)

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    Crazy Meerkat Lady
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can also look at one of your siblings and think "that's what I will look like if I cut my hair, so let's rather not do it" or "if I made an effort with healthy eating and exercise, this is what I could look like"

    Caroline Driver
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once saw three identical boys, I could feel my brain trying to work it out and make sense of what I was seeing even as I marvelled at the unusualness of them.

    Lucas Angerer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ummm ok. Very interesting. Now I have a question for you: What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything?

    oof
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wouldn't that depend on someone's perspective?

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    #34

    Funny shower realization about pregnancy and limb growth, shared by an online community.

    acassettetape Report

    Mike Ieva
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not how pregnancy works

    Devil's Advocate
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doesn't really count because it's not her body that's growing the baby, it's just nurturing the foetus that was formed by the egg and sperm

    J.A. Rogers
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are so many things wrong with this statement, I don't know where to begin. So many things.

    Nick D'Andrea
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's the ingredients from the chef that gets put into the oven. The oven doesnt just magically produce a human.

    Eb
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mm, spurious logic. She doesn't grow them, the fertilised egg develops into an embryo using her body as host. You might as well say the winning sperm grows new limbs.

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    #35

    Online community post humorously comparing regrets of boomers and millennials about college decisions.

    it_was_not_a_fart Report

    Rijkærd
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do regret going to college honestly.

    Somewhat-Guilty
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG so do I!!! I'm $70k in debt, my credit is a mess and my school shut down before it could be accredited... I was 2 terms away from graduating

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    MyOpinionHasBeenServed
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I regret not taking a computer course, at the very least, or any kind of industry at a community college (not to be confused with university).

    tuzdayschild
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apprenticeship needs to make a BIG comeback.

    Momma Panda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Anything can be taken from you except your knowlege" my ex co-worker said a long time ago. That's why I'll never regret going to college.

    Jessica Cifelli
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Best decision I ever made was not going to college. I have a good paying union job. No loans to pay back, no debt, and at the age of 30 am able to afford to buy a house. Not many my age can say that.

    Tami
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good show! My hubby did the same thing, even dropped out of high school. Union job with a pension, supported a family with a SAHM, survived a divorce financially, and was still able to retire early. Enjoy your wise decision!

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    Kelli Pike
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since Gen Xers were severely pressured into attending college to avoid complete ruin in life, a disproportionate number of us ended up attending for-profit colleges that gave us no real useable skills and overwhelming debt. That's why so many of us regret it.

    Craig Reynolds
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Boomer here. I regret spending 15K for a degree in 1993...

    Calvin Girvin
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a doctorate theology. I really loved college. But honestly, computer science would have been a better major.

    Zalzany Games
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And rich people of all gens who went to college are super happy they went. Meanwhile broke milliennials aka my gen who regret it got silly degrees they could only get a job teaching that degree most the time lol. Its like um archelogy, so you are going to college to one day work at one "no no you don't have to do that.. right?" Or my fave its specialized degree and they decide last minute they hate that job area. Like I know who lot who got degrees for teaching and realized they hate kids and teens lol Or video game degrees then find out that its not as cool as they imagined, and they not very good at it, so its a worthless degree that no one is gonna go "oh you got degree in game art, that will work really well for this middle manger position at supermarket, wait no no this don't cross over at all...

    Zalzany Games
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like I knew a guy who specialized in hand made pixel art, only to find out after graduation they can use a script to make 3d generated art into pixel art that looks nicer then his s**t, so he got a job at kinkos... Like I am taking classes at my local community college for game stuff, and he pointed that out wensday and you can hear threw their masks like 3 kids gasp hearing him say that most people use 3d program and just run a filter to make it look pixles or other s**t. Like he even pointed out south park converted ages ago to 3d engine and just made it look like its still made with construction paper by hand to save a f**k load of time and money.

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    Candia Lee
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This formerly broke boomer regretted getting two college degrees, as they never profited me as much as two journalism classes did.

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    #36

    Funny realization about graveyards not being haunted, shared online.

    whitewhenwrong Report

    gridsleep
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless someone was buried alive, and then that would be a haunt to avoid.

    Mayleia
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually there were a few people buried alive before medical science advanced enough to accurately determine death. During an attempted grave robbery a woman Margorie McCall woke up when grave robbers tried to cut her finger off to get her ring. Her gravestone actually says "lived once buried twice". There have even been patients granted for devices to alert people when somebody was incorrectly pronounced dead and buried the simplest of which was a rope attached to a bell on the surface and tied to the supposed decedent. A watch was posted in the graveyard near the recently buried to listen for bells.

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    Otter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Logically most hauntings would take place in hospitals, but you never hear about that.

    Ozacoter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well who likes being in a hospital

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    Frances M
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bells in the coffins... scratch marks on the lids...

    Josy Bannon
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep those things happened, really scary to think about it

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    Verena Abt
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Graveyards are very peaceful places. I'm more scared of the people that are still alive!

    JennaMae
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But what about the ..... Zombies!!!! Bahahahha

    Solidhog
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But they were dying to get in there!

    MyOpinionHasBeenServed
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends on what you believe. I hear people are attached to their bodies and their spirits watch the whole process from the time they died to the moment they are buried, and have been seen at their funerals and wakes by family members. However, cemeteries are hot spots for Ouija board games and wannabe witches doing rituals they don't know how to perform properly, and are likely inviting things in the area that aren't from anyone who's buried there.

    Chris Zaydel
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ouija boards are a corporate invention, made for fools . Elija Bond would laugh at your comment.

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    Ben H
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's like whever I see someone offering $$$ to anyone who can stay overnite in a graveyard, or even a 'haunted house' - fine, as long as I can bring guns. If there really is such a thing as ghosts, weapons won't work - but there are such things as grave robbers or criminal trespassers. It makes sense to have wordly protection against worldly threats, and otherwordly entities won't be affected.

    Amy Stone-Chandler
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really NOT how it works. But if it makes tou feel better ;)

    Rochelle Starch
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This actually isn’t accurate. I have an aura that attracts spirits snd have sat in many cemeteries at night and there is a lot of activity once 3 am hits. They don’t call it the witching hour for nothing

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    #37

    Text post about a funny realization comparing modern diet variety to 100 years ago.

    goat1915 Report

    Mazer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was curious how people living in northern climes got vitamin c, until I learned pine tree needle tea had more vitamin c than an Orange

    Lillukka79
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cranberries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, cloudberries, lingonberries and a dozen other berries I don't know in english.

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    Sue Bradley
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Potatoes have loads of Vit C, and bit off point but peas have loads of protein in :-)

    Michelle Twigg
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rosehips sweetie Rosehips a lot of work way back then!

    Peppermallow
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Speaking as a kiwi, I want this back xD

    Zalzany Games
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And this is why there is not that many kiwi women sigh...

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    Jar Jar
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, people didn't eat people from New Zealand back then

    Lawrencium
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It still should be unheard of. Please censor this immediately and never speak of it again.

    Ken Ott
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They must have had some boring ass fruit salads.

    Catherine
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now we call it fruit salad!

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    #38

    Funny realization about ocean vs. pool swimming preferences, emphasizing corpse-to-water ratio humor from an online community.

    JollyTraveler Report

    Vorknkx
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this is an example of "out of sight - out of mind."

    LazyPanda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's also a practical aspect though, right? With a dead body at the bottom of the sea floor miles away from you its less likely for its active decay to mingle with you. Except maybe in a grand scheme kind of way as far as matter never disappearing. But in a pool? May as well be bedfellows

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    Kimi Tomminello
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the ocean there is a whole ecosystem with critters designed to process dead bodies, in a pool there isn't.

    Sawdust
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same with a shark in a pool.

    MyOpinionHasBeenServed
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I take issue when I'm in the lake that I can't see the bottom and I might stumble on a corpse. It's been a fear since reading a book of that happening to someone.

    ForgotMyPWSendHelp
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lot of people who fish stumble upon dead bodies. My ex fishes A LOT and my biggest fear when I fished with him was having that happen. He's seen one being pulled out of the river by the cops but hasn't discovered one yet. I hate the thought of it.

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    v
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it has more to do with proximity than it does to a corpse:water ratio.

    Mimi La Souris
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    a corpse doesn’t bother me, Jaws do

    Twodogsandapicnictable
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're still way more likely to bump into the one corpse in the pool than any of the countless ones that are likely miles away in the ocean.

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    #39

    Text post humorously suggesting a more effective age verification for 18+ websites, highlighting shower thoughts.

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    Sonnovab Kegeles
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This makes me believe that the author thinks the websites are actually trying to filter out people. Requiring 18+ is a great form of enticement to 14 year old's.

    Kat Rob
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They only ask to cover their own tail

    Andre Soo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That "18+ warning" is just a reminder that the contents might be inappropriate for some people. It's not even meant to stop people from entering the site.

    Craig Reynolds
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ask for the date of birth? You have too much faith in the honesty of people...

    Mazer
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    None of it works to stop anyone younger from using the site

    Twodogsandapicnictable
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Asking someone how old they are does nothing either way. It's not like they're checking IDs.

    Jess Thompson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my past experience, if it said 18+, it made me all the more determined to see this forbidden content. And that, folks, is how you discover hardcore porn at 8 years old.

    Guido Pisano
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    a) uses a fake date with 1900 as birth year b) put your birthdate - required to be > 18 - clears history - retry using the "right" birth year

    September
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because one couldn't enter a fake birth date?

    Yara Balabanova
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you ask for date of birth without giving a reason, then many people might not understand the reason for the question and fill it on genuinely

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    Om
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the only sites that want to push people away are those that ask you to turn off your adblocker

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    #40

    Text post with a hilarious shower thought about gummy worms having more bones than real worms.

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    Bicurious cat
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never thought of it that way 🤔

    Dave P
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you get the Haribo Kosher and Halal Line, they use veggie gelatin and no bones.

    Dani Alexander
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    3 years ago

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    There is no such thing as “veggie gelatin” and I’m pretty sure that’s not how halal works. You must be thinking of the vegetarian alternative agar agar. Which makes the product “vegetarian”, not halal

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    Gypsy Tinker
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yet Gummy worms cannot regrow when severed.

    Amy Stone-Chandler
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup. Also more people then not, have no clue where "gummy" comes from. They also don't like it when I tell them.

    Jofeen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So when we say shower thoughts, are we really just talking about stoner thoughts?

    Wang Zhuang
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And now I suddenly want a pack of gummy worms

    oddkiddo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not the actual bone matter, but collagen within.

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    #41

    Reddit post about a hilarious realization regarding eating canned fruit, highlighting a shared experience.

    sinisterlemons Report

    GoodWolf
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awww, sharing is caring ♥

    Bexxxxx
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I ate canned peaches today! I hope the person I shared it with is having a good day wherever they are 😍

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    stacey knutson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would rather eat no fruit than canned fruit.

    Twodogsandapicnictable
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The reason that it takes so long to find the source of salmonella and ecoli contaminations and why they spread so far so fast. Importing and exporting food is good, but mixing them all together in the process is bad.

    Shashonie
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same if you eat ground meat🙂

    Mimi La Souris
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    as long as we don’t share the same bite, it's good for me :D

    #42

    Funny realization about a dyslexic ghost using a Ouija board, shared by an online community.

    siffos Report

    David Martin
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The fact that Ouija was misspelled makes this even more brilliant/relevant to me

    Queen Amethyst
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also how come mediums never get a surname,?

    Taryn Wallace
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Yes Santa is real".....*person sitting in front of board looks incredibly confused after asking if there's a heaven or hell...

    Amy Stone-Chandler
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not is the person using the board, like myself is also dyslexic

    Lexipoo
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Are you in this room?” You: “yse, I’m hree”

    Psychopathic Shark
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Always said this and back in the day so few people knew how to read or write but as soon as your dead your like the Oxford dictionary seems like a bit of a kick on the teeth.

    #43

    Online community post humorously comparing astronauts to maintenance workers in the international space station.

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    Samuel Pelatan
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm an engineer and let me tell you our work would be nothing without the smartass maintenance worker who get to fix our mistakes on the field.

    BSteel13
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeahhhh this one makes it sound like being a maintenance worker is something to look down on, when in actuality you need good problem solving skills and knowledge to handle that job. Many find it very fulfilling. Better than starring at a screen all day.

    An Co
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone that spent most of his life fixing the mistakes of idiots, I can assure that the smartest people on the planet ALWAYS do more maintenance work than anything else. No matter what their job title is.

    MyOpinionHasBeenServed
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, maintenance workers are deemed not smart?

    gridsleep
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, in this case, it IS rocket science.

    Leonardo Colle
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lol... the space station is literally the most expensive thing ever built. Would you trust someone else to do this job?

    Brian Leahy
    Community Member
    Premium
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...who **aren't** on earth

    DogMom
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of where I work

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    #44

    Shower thought about wood being candy, shared in an online community post, humorously explores cellulose and polysaccharides.

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    ADHORTATOR
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the US - my house is made of stone, concrete and steel

    Vorknkx
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our bodies cannot process cellulose, though... which is why you can see whole corns in your poop - it simply could not be digested ;)

    September
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dream home is a log home in the middle of nowhere Alaska. It would indeed be sweet 😍🥰

    Got Myself 4 Dwarves
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And here's me in my brick house - no wolves blowing my house down! My house is pretty old so the walls are really thick brick, about 18 inches thick

    Jess Thompson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yet they call the police on me when I lick the neighbour’s door. Double standards much? 😂

    Craig Reynolds
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, what you are saying is that termites eat candy that is too hard for human teeth...

    stacey knutson
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I stopped buying pre-shredded cheese because they use cellulose for anti clumping reasons(still clumps by the way). Also, if you're a fan of jelly beans, they use shellac which is secreted by the lac beetle to make them shiny. Yum!

    PandaPandaPAnda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    3 y/o: reality can be whatever I want

    Tami
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some low-calorie breads used cellulose as a filler, and maybe some still do.

    Bobby
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In our country (a thiiiiiiird world), only poor live in wooden houses

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    #45

    Funny shower realization about self-driving cars not needing wipers, as shared by an online community.

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    Rose the Cook
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The occupants will still probably want to see where they are going.

    Piet Puk
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, they'll be to busy looking on their phones.

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    Andy Acceber
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The claustrophobia of being in a car you can't see out of would be awful though.

    H H
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The cars sensors will probably need wipers still.

    Brady Raphael
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly glass windows will no longer be essential. We could be in much safer completely steel vessels and just f**k around on our phones and watch Netflix or w/e instead of driving.

    Zenyp
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    tbh mostly self-driving cars are out. Wipers will be there for a formality and to retain the image of a "car" and not a robot.

    Zenyp
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Forgot to add but like the Self-Driving Update is out on Tesla's for people with a high enough safety score

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    Twodogsandapicnictable
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something needs to keep all the sensors they do need clean, windshield or not.

    Devil's Advocate
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Almost everyone questioned recently, wanted a steering wheel and pedals in any self-driving car, which is stupid when you consider that the reason they want the self-driving car is so that they don't need to pay attention, at which point any controls would be pointless

    Alicia GriffonLady
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Redundant backup systems are always a good idea. Not to mention those times when google maps isn't up to date and the computer won't take you on a new road or bridge. One glitch in the system either strands you, or forces you to drive. Which would you prefer?

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    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once we have self driving cars you're more controlled by the government than any vaccine with microchips could achieve. Yet the sales of cars with the "self drive" option are booming...

    albernistuff 4sale
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    remember, the same folks who brought you Windows, are coding the self-driving AI. Also remember that no connected computer is "unhackable". Maximum Overdrive (the 80's movie) will become a documentary. Decades in IT, I KNOW how easy it is for committed hackers (for profit, for country, for shitz & gigs) to compromise software. Next trade war, at best you car will be shut down. At worst it will become a hunter-killer robot.

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    #46

    Funny shower realization post from an online community about remembering jokes only once heard again.

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    Sonnovab Kegeles
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's cuz ears mouths and brains don't communicate well with each other, kinda like cia, fbi, and nsa

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

    I read that as CIA, FBI, and NASA and was wondering what space crimes you were worrying about.

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    Amy Zielonka
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Recall of information is much harder than recognition

    Amy Stone-Chandler
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is me. I only have one joke I have ever remembered. Truth

    Verena Abt
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's like remembering someone's name. Once that person tells you, you go aaaaah!

    Vasana Phong
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s like “you should’ve been there moment “ when trying to explain something

    Got Myself 4 Dwarves
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Story of my life - my 7yr old is going through a "tell me jokes every 5 mins" phase and minute she asks my mind goes blank - except for the one joke I got from a Christmas cracker years ago that is forever lodged in my brain

    Andy Acceber
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This might be a little too young for your kiddo, but my favorite kid joke is: What is black and white and red and polka dotted and slimy and sparkly and (name as many more adjectives as you want) all over? Answer: A mess! I knew some kindergarteners who LOVED telling and retelling that joke to each other.

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    #47

    Reddit post with a brilliant realization: "Most men will receive their first bunch of flowers at their funeral."

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    Narwhal Blast
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This makes me sad. I'm going to go buy some flowers for my man now!

    Andy Acceber
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a wonderful idea! I'm not sure when flowers became a "girl thing." Plenty of guys like flowers too.

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    Laugh or not
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have offered flowers to many men - family and friends - because flowers are pretty and everyone deserves pretty.

    MoZ
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    46 years in and still never received flowers from anyone. never really bothered me until just now!

    Got Myself 4 Dwarves
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm gonna buy my husband flowers today now, just in case I go first and never get to buy him flowers, haha! And I'm totally going first, my health is crap but he's never sick - so unless he pisses me off so much I plot to murder him I'm definitely dying first. Plus funerals are no fun, and expensive, I don't want to deal with that crap

    Justine Queequag
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More gals should do this more often, guys love to get flowers and (shhhh) don't tell anybody, they like getting teddy bears too.

    Poultry Geist
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I use to work for a florist and I would get tons of free flowers! I always tried to give men flowers because it’s usually the 1st time anyone has given them flowers! Feels special :)

    An Co
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very true and very depressing. Not just flowers. The entire idea of the fragile male ego was created because nobody compliments men except with regards to work.

    Banana Bear
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    where does this fall in hilarious and brilliant realizations, its just the sad truth :(

    Notever_notnever
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is very true, so let's make it more of a thing to do so, my boyfriend appreciated them 🤷🏾‍♀️

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    #48

    Funny shower thought about worms used as candy inspiration, posted by user FewElevator4 with 37 awards.

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    Sonnovab Kegeles
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nobody loves me, everybody hates me, think I'll go eat worms. Big ones, little ones, fat ones, skinny ones, Ooohhh how they squirm. Pull their meat out, suck their juice, throw their skins away. How's a poor little girl like me gonna live on 3 little worms a day.

    Andy Acceber
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now there's a song I haven't thought of in over a decade!

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    Mad Dragon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are they forgetting about Jelly Babies?

    tuzdayschild
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How is a worm stranger than a bear?

    Davis the Un-Greatest
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There’s also the stingray ones, those are cute

    Twodogsandapicnictable
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All animal shaped candy is weird. Why not just fruit flavored fruits instead of fruit flavored bears?

    Verena Abt
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why my ex wouldn't eat spaghetti.

    Mark Kelly
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everything gummy bears and Swedish fish

    Craig Reynolds
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not really! No discernable head, face, or eyes...

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    #49

    Text post with a funny realization about skeptics and awards, shared by an online community member.

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    Vorknkx
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if they accept it - the award is automatically revoked! :P

    Splash Bach
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of "you're such a loser. If there was a competition for biggest loser you'd come second"

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

    I could've won award for the laziest person, but I wasn't bothered to collect it.

    Niall Mac Iomera
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They would of they were a proper skeptic and the award is legit.

    #50

    Online community shares hilarious realization about the pay rate of picking up a quarter, comparing it to a $450/hr job.

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    Andy Acceber
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to do this math while biking home after my shift working at a bar. I was paid $2/hr plus tips. Some nights, the bar was really slow, and I'd make less than $15 for a full shift. Sometimes I'd see pennies, nickels, or dimes while cycling and calculate if it would be worth it for me to stop, turn around, get off my bike, and pick it up. Some nights, yes. Other nights, no. If I had a good shift, I'd gamble if the coin would still be there the next day and pick it up then. (P.S. Serving minimum wage sucks. If you live somewhere where tipped employees can be paid less than minimum wage, always tip. Tipping is an awful practice, but if you choose to be cheap about it, you're only hurting the worker.)

    John Dilligaf
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember reading some factiod about a billionaire (Bill Gates I think) that said that if he was walking along and saw a $20 bill on the ground it would not be worth his time stop, bend down and pick it up.

    Hi, I'm Mars!
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can't even bend over for more than 30 seconds without the lumbar region of my back locking up on me. Being 40 and having had rheumatoid arthritis since I was 7 has made a lot of movements we usually take for granted virtually impossible.

    Craig Reynolds
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And that's why we do it. Our unconscious mind is smarter than we are...

    MyOpinionHasBeenServed
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've been thinking about the work I do and how $12.75 /hr feels like an insult change for all the crap I endure.

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    #51

    Impressive-People-Shower-Thoughts

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    Shelp
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are they? In America maybe?

    Ozacoter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was the same for me in spain. My mum was always late (we always needed to wait for her) and my teacher when I was 8-9 was always angry with me. I tried to reason with her once and she grounded me.

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    MyOpinionHasBeenServed
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was once being lectured while I was trying to get ready to leave and my mom told me to wait until she was done yelling, purposely making me late for school, and when I got to school I got in trouble for being late even after I told the secretary what happened. Apparently I was supposed to ignore my mom and just leave but I knew that would have just made my mom really angry and she would forcibly stop me. Damned if you do, damned if you don't is the entire premise of my childhood.

    Mad Dragon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are they punished? I just call the office and tell them, “(kid)’s tardy is excused. My fault.” No one ever says anything to her about it.

    Andy Acceber
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eh, I felt a whole lot more personal responsibility for it in college than in elementary school. I remember sitting outside the door of a college class and listening to the lecture because I was too ashamed that I was late and didn't want to draw attention to myself. In elementary and middle school, I had zero guilt waltzing in late and occasionally serving detentions for my massive amounts of tardies. (To be fair, I definitely did lollygag as a child. My parents scrambled every morning. It was their responsibility that I got to school on time, but I was also zero help.)

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    #52

    Impressive-People-Shower-Thoughts

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    Got Myself 4 Dwarves
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yet there are still people who deny depression exists, or that it's just feeling down and judge people for using medication to resolve the situation.

    Mazer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Agreed, and those people are hateful

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    Tarcandor
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's only half the story. The other way depression works is: your brain produces enough/too much endorphines, and the receptors get overloaded, so they don't take them up anymore.

    Momma Panda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow, that is a great explanation. It makes me understand it more

    Hi, I'm Mars!
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the absolute best synopsis for depression I've ever read. Bravo, OP.

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

    Thank God there's medication that helps to balance it a bit...I hate being tied down by invisible chains and feeling like s**t.

    #53

    Impressive-People-Shower-Thoughts

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    Mimi La Souris
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🤣 .... wait... 😒 .... (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻

    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I found it quite surprising that in the US wisdom teeth are extracted even when they cause no problems and are healthy.

    Jody Whitmarsh
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never had a cavity. Strong teeth. Never an issue except the baby tooth I had extracted at age 45.... one of "consultants" said I need to extract like 10 healthy teeth to put on fake ones because I have air pockets in my gums. Wtf are fake teeth gonna do about these pockets? And why should I bother when my teeth are stronger than elephant ivory. Money making to off! BTW, California insurance rarely covers dental so this would've put me back about 5k of my own money. With this kind of tablet going, it's no wonder insurance won't mess with dental

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    Otter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not true, the last time I had one of those utterly perfect days, I appreciated it at the time. You know, those super-rare days, where everything goes right and everything seems magical?

    Candy corn
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once i was eating lunch with my friends, and everyone was talking and laughing, and I remembered experiencing a moment of true, pure happiness, which is pretty rare for me. I still feel good when I look back on that moment. It's strange how such a small moment had such a big impact

    Ozacoter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And we never apreciate certain experiences until they stop happening. I hate that there are many things that you do for the last time without knowing. I always loved xmas eve and enjoy them a lot. But this year I realised that the last "full" xmas eve I will ever have was in 2017. I wasnt there in 2018-19 (i visited in january in the spanish "reyes" (6jan) festivity), then we had the pandemic, then my uncle died and this year we canceled. My granma is going to die soon (I doubt I will see her again after i leave this week) so when we are able to gather again (2022?2025? Who knows) Both my uncle and grandma wont be there. I apreciatted a lot the 2017 party but i wish i knew it was the last one to savour it better.

    Anne Reid
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But if you knew at the time, it would have been a sad, not happy, occasion.

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    Luther von Wolfen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My experience with education has been that I don't know how valuable a class or lesson is until years later if/when I use what I learned.

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    Vorknkx
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Assuming you don't die over the next few weeks/months, that is...

    SusanS
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hence the use of the words CHANCES ARE

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    September
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't plan on having a funeral.

    ZAPanda
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yep, we didn't do that for several of my relatives as we're a family of heathens. we just cremated them and dumped the ashes wherever they felt it was important.

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    WilvanderHeijden
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Provided that there will be anyone at your funeral.

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    L.A. Trefry
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shhhhh -- you just KNOW it drives some people insane that they can't monetize every single thing we do, online or otherwise.

    Miranda Mott
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a saying - "“if something is free, you’re the product." Id say it might keep being free until they no longer need to mine our data from email.

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    DogMom
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except it’s not really free. As someone once said of online things: if you’re not paying for the product, you are the product

    s. vitkovitsky
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not free in terms of data collection.

    Rod Egret
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's very very far from free...

    Mike Ieva
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you don't pay for something it's because you are the product

    Hi, I'm Mars!
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Technically it's not free when you're paying for internet access.

    Madzdad the bard
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is not free. You are the product being sold via email tracking bits.

    An Co
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you think email is free, you are a fool. Neither is Facebook, Twitter, etc. You are in fact way over-paying, you just are uneducated about the value of your information.

    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some providers in the Netherlands considered subscription fees and even a charge per email. But a clever accountant told them that that would cost them money. People wouldn't want to pay for email, so all the providers correspondence would be by old fashioned letters. They would spend more on postage than they would miss on income from paid email.

    Mazer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s more expensive than sending a letter by post

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    gridsleep
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Things that drink blood pump stuff in to keep the blood from coagulating and to force the blood out. That's the stuff that creates the itchy histamine reaction.

    Jody Whitmarsh
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never heard of a vampire chewing my blood, just drinking it, so I'm going to assume the bite has more to it. Also considering, a small bite that doesn't drain the blood turns the victim into the undead.. so yeah, I'm gonna say the bite also injects something into the victim. However, being quickened into an immortal, the ouch won't last long

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    L.A. Trefry
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm thinking that would be the least of your problems.

    Something
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends if it's vampire horror or one of those weird paranormal romances.

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    Otter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    By all accounts, the bite of the vampire bat is painless. The bat's saliva contains both an anticoagulant which keeps the blood flowing, and a local anesthetic that keeps a sleeping victim from noticing the bite. So the lucky bat meal wakes up with blood everywhere and no sensation of injury.

    Vorknkx
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The itch is caused by the anti-coagulating saliva that blood-drinking parasites have. It's basically a miniature allergic reaction.

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    ZAPanda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually you can pee in front of other people if you're a guy at a urinal, so you can't pee in front of people while not at a urinal... so ...

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    Mimi La Souris
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "since 30% of road accidents are caused by alcoholics, 70% are caused by water drinkers so they are the danger." Prof. Choron

    WilvanderHeijden
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're not paying for bottled water, you're paying for the bottle.

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    Anyone-for-tea?
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve definitely reported more children for foul language than adults on Fortnite! I’ve been called a bitch, a whore etc by what sounded like young teenage boys. I’ve never had another adult say anything inappropriate to me.

    Rachael Sampson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if you're a woman then of course they would say that. They sound like little misogynist future incels. 🙄

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    MyOpinionHasBeenServed
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't understand where the parents are of these kids. Back when I used to play Mario with my little bro, one *sigh* or any complaint, our folks would say "If you're getting angry it's time to shut off the game." And that was before you were able to save your progress. (We were raised by boomers, what can I say?!) Now, you got kids with 0 or very loose parental supervision, online, talking to strangers. The stuff I've heard is scary. One guy who sounded very mature was coercing a very young sounding teenage girl to meet him at an airport. She was hesitant but considering it, and I'm all "No, little girl. Don't go."

    Otter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's something I've noticed about nerd/geek subgroups, there's a weird equality between the adults and children involved in gaming and fandoms and such. Is it because the children are precocious, and the adults are being immature?

    LazyPanda
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I suppose it's a similar phenomenon to online anonymity. People let their darkness out when there's no accountability, and mob culture is real. Truly, all it takes is one person in a party having the balls to set the tone that we take care of each other and treat children well, and all the others follow. I've witnessed this. It is weird and disappointing but also heart warming when it goes well. But yes, the competitive spirit of certain games leads people to lose their minds a little and have tiny levels of tolerance for people who don't know what they're doing. Those people are often children (but not always.) And, the gaming industry is still recovering from toxic masculinity as well which is very degrading in general to anything perceived as weak

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    SCamp
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don’t understand this …?

    S.
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Many pro gamers, who are often grown ups or teenagers, tend to be very dismissive of child gamers.

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    royal_antelope
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and yet you should not be doing this

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    Lauren Caswell
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What if there is some kind of secret owl relay service no-one but the owls know about?

    gridsleep
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then why don't private detectives send a letter to someone and follow the Post Office van? Everywhere. And how does one know which letters are being dropped off? Unless it's your own owl, an owl could be carrying mail for dozens of people at once.

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    Theater Kid
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe you just blink at the exact same time as your character

    Katie Lutesinger
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except for that terrible Alone in the Dark game where you actually had to hit a button to make your character blink. I didn't last very long with that one, as you would imagine.

    Mimi La Souris
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what a funny dev idea, it was mandatory to be able to play?

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    Ozacoter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I am not mistaken the character in Ark blinks a few times at the beggining of the game. But i could be wrong

    Piet Puk
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Check out Before Your Eyes!

    Mimi La Souris
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that’s also why I love these games, the character never trips and does not bump into anything!: D

    gridsleep
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It does if you are playing SCP Containment Breach.

    Gandalf the Pink
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    👏Bring👏Us👏Games👏Where👏The👏Character👏Pees👏A👏Little👏When👏They👏Get👏Scared👏

    Hi, I'm Mars!
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since the player themselves blink while looking through the eyes of the game character, the game character doesn't need to blink as that would be a redundant motion.

    Sander
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your character doesn't move unless you do.

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    Shelp
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not true. Pre-agricultural people have excellent teeth. It's the consumption of bread and cereal products that ruin our teeth, and that's (on an evolutionary scale) a fairly recent innovation

    RNA
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pre-agricultural people might have teeth in a better shape but their life expectancy was much shorter so basically if you find a prehistoric skull with a full set of teeth they must have probably die young and hence the teeth were not deteriorated more. When people invented agriculture and, later on, foods industry we started to ingest more and more sugars that are really bad for our teeth. Way more than the prehistoric people. As a result (if dental care is skipped) modern people's teeth will be decaying at more rapid pace when compared to our predecessors.

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    September
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Makes sense if we didn't subsist on sugars and died after procreating and bringing our offspring to the age of being able to procreate. 30.

    ZAPanda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they're working out how to make them re-grow with stemcells so, should be fixed soon. (feel free to verify with google).

    Hi, I'm Mars!
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some people are genetically predisposed to bad teeth. My dad had horrible problems with tooth decay despite taking good care of them. I struggle with tooth decay myself, in spite of brushing and flossing twice a day, going to the dentist regularly, and avoiding excessively sugary, acidic food and drink. I had braces to fix my horribly crooked teeth in high school because they were hard to clean properly. My son has the exact same issues, right down to needing braces to make his teeth easier to properly care for. I'm going to the dentist today, in fact.

    Mazer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Elephants actually die because their teeth have worn down so much that they can no longer break down food, starving to death

    Ozacoter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is common with many animals, sadly

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    Something
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It does make evolutionary sense, but it can be argued that it's not a good design.

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

    Sugar kills the good bacteria in out mouths that help to keep teeth and gums healthy

    Jody Whitmarsh
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I only have 3 of the 4 wisdom teeth. All have grown in without issue. But I say because I have 3, not 4 and zero cavities I'm evolutionary advanced

    Nope
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Evolution should come up with a better solution for the period process that doesn't involve pain and bleeding for days...

    Jenn C
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what wisdom teeth were for, a set of spare replacement teeth.

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    Andy Acceber
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most of your food has seen more of the world than you have. It sounds delusional, but I'm often jealous of my produce..

    Grant Barke
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They have to travel to America first for those secret herbs and spices before being shipped all over the world.

    Premislaus de Colo
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the most beautiful afterlife quote I have ever read

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    gridsleep
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is also only a 15 to 25 w bulb. Also they are also being replaced by diodes, like everything else.

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    Sonnovab Kegeles
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ahhhh the 100 monkey's typing randomly and eventually one will write Shakespeare logic.

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    Djennie
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So can women, our genitals get blood engorged when horny too

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    Timmy Pillinger
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apple's logo looks like a reference to Alan Turing's suicide.

    Bobby
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So the gay people wants Apple tho use 45 years old logo just for that?

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    Mazer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Technically if you exit where you exactly enter you would be driving on the wrong side of the road

    Cactus 1549
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not unless it’s A: a one lane road, or B: a road with no median, but the two sides are separated by double yellow lines.

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    Jan Willem ten Dam
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s because you take a turn to the right (of about 90 degrees), subsequently turn about 360 degrees to the left, and finally turn another approximately 90 degrees turn to the right (or everything in the opposite direction if you would drive at the left hand side of the road). So actually you do a 360 and two -90’s, which add up to a combined 180.

    Got Myself 4 Dwarves
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A traffic circle? You mean a roundabout?

    SykesDaMan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://www.co.washington.mn.us/DocumentCenter/View/2296/Traffic-Circles-vs-Roundabouts

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    Rijkærd
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is kinda dumb. How would you do a 360 without having done a 180??? I cant count upto 10 and bypass 7 on the way as if it doesnt exist...or am i missing something?

    Stefan Dimitric
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    180 by turnig his car 180 degrees and 360 by driving a full circle

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    Andy Acceber
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Afaik, lots of different minerals can form crystals, not just salt.

    Kelli Pike
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yep, any number of mineral deficiencies can be healed by applications of the correct crystal!

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    Madzdad the bard
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Iodized salt has prevented thyroid issues in millions of people since its introduction about a hundred years ago. So it a way, crystals (via being a transport mechanism) have saved countless lives.

    An Co
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Salt crystals. Generally salt deficiency is referred to as Hyponatremia, or 'excess water', aka water intoxication.

    Jody Whitmarsh
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uh... salt is a crystalline mineral.. so yes. However, don't expect a piece of rose quartz on your 3rd eye to do much as a supplement replacement

    Kelli Pike
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They didn't say anything about *where* you apply them. And technically, since humans are donuts made of skin, the absorbent flesh inside your mouth, stomach, and intestines do help you eat through your skin. :)

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    peter moor
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't understand this post can be multiple options, i am confuse

    LazyPanda
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We're more likely to measure things in quarters, so adding 75 plus 25 feels more neat and natural than choosing to split 65/35, even though they both bring the same outcome and are relatively neat splits with the 5s. At least in the US, we grow up on quarters. Quarter pounder. Quarter to 5. An actual coin quarter. We don't have a 35 cent coin.

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    Vorknkx
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well yeah, 25 is one quarter of 100, and 75 is three quarters. Thirds are weird - one third is approx. 33.33 and two thirds is approx. 66.66.

    IlovemydogShilo
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you re arrange the numbers 11+2=13 you get 12+1=13 also if you arrange the letters in eleven plus twelve equals thirteen you get twelve plus one equals thirteen. 😉

    Leonardo Colle
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i guess it just feels better at an understanding point of view. 75 + 25 is like 3+1. 65+35 will need decimals to represent.

    Shelp
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm afraid I'm not weird enough to understand this thought

    eeeeeeeee
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it's a dating couple, 65 and 35 seems more reasonable to me.

    ZAPanda
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    more reasonable than 75+25, but still ewww

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    Holvnn Olive Ntivuguruzwa
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The reason 75+25 is that it's 3/4 +1/4, while 65+35 would require some complicated fraction

    Mtownmick
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you see it as retirement age and years after. Frankly 100 seems too long. 70+15 vs 65+20

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