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Riche 2 year s ago
#13 isn't asking those questions of someone essentially asking if they're happy? To the majority, achieving those things is achieving happiness. It's a shame what happened to Heath, poor guy needed help.
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Hermione 2 year s ago
Riche,
No, asking someone if they are happy is asking if they are happy. Americans are nosy and always seem to be competing. The inquiries aren't usually to find out about YOU, but an opportunity to boast about themselves. True story. I am a US citizen BTW.
No, asking someone if they are happy is asking if they are happy. Americans are nosy and always seem to be competing. The inquiries aren't usually to find out about YOU, but an opportunity to boast about themselves. True story. I am a US citizen BTW.
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Valerie 2 year s ago
Hermione,You're not any US citizen that I know or know of. I've lived in the USA my entire life. Stop stereotyping an entire nation.
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Maria 2 year s ago
Hermione,
Confession through projection. If you think people are competing, it's because you are.
I ask people how their life and careers are going because their well-being matters, their success matters.
If you could ask a person every second of every day if they were happy (without affecting the results) you would find they aren't. They are frustrated by part of their job, or spouse, or kids. But if you were to ask them how they feel in general about those things, they are likely to be positive because those are things they value and feel rewarded by.
Confession through projection. If you think people are competing, it's because you are.
I ask people how their life and careers are going because their well-being matters, their success matters.
If you could ask a person every second of every day if they were happy (without affecting the results) you would find they aren't. They are frustrated by part of their job, or spouse, or kids. But if you were to ask them how they feel in general about those things, they are likely to be positive because those are things they value and feel rewarded by.
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Midge 2 year s ago
Riche,
yeah basically. but nobody asks that question because it's intrusive OR will open up a whole bag of worms that you really don't care about. these people will drag you down to their level and make you miserable. Sure people like Heath and Kurt did some cook tricks, but they got what they deserved.
yeah basically. but nobody asks that question because it's intrusive OR will open up a whole bag of worms that you really don't care about. these people will drag you down to their level and make you miserable. Sure people like Heath and Kurt did some cook tricks, but they got what they deserved.
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Trix 2 year s ago
#36 Oh the irony.
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Nervie 2 year s ago
#13 I believe the question is implied in "how are you" or "how do you do"...
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Walt 2 year s ago
Nervie,
Yeah, it is, but if you're entire world is focused in on yourself you don't pay attention to things like that.
Yeah, it is, but if you're entire world is focused in on yourself you don't pay attention to things like that.
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Tibbie 2 year s ago
#5 Joe Rogan's back.
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Bige 2 year s ago
#20 as you might have guessed, it is a pun. „Polente“ is a slightly polite word for police containing „Ente“, which is a nickname for that type of car…
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Hobkin 2 year s ago
#47 sudden stop will do that, not speed!
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Pat 2 year s ago
Hobkin,
To quote a famous rally driver: "It's not the fart that kills you, it's the smell."
To quote a famous rally driver: "It's not the fart that kills you, it's the smell."
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Lillah 2 year s ago
Pat,
Or "Watch where you're pointing that thing, it might go off."
Or "Watch where you're pointing that thing, it might go off."
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Gussie 2 year s ago
Pat, and for those not in the know, this was said by Petter Solberg. In Norwegian "fart" means "speed", and "smell" beans "bang/loud noise/collision".
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Chet 2 year s ago
#39 Desperately trying to stay relevant.
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Gay 2 year s ago
Chet,
Accomplished more in his first 20 years than you ever will.
Shut up - pipe down.
Accomplished more in his first 20 years than you ever will.
Shut up - pipe down.
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Midge 2 year s ago
Gay,
riiight. the part where he cheated on his wife? had a love child? got s#cked into the Hollywood cabal? totally his success.
riiight. the part where he cheated on his wife? had a love child? got s#cked into the Hollywood cabal? totally his success.
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Marge 2 year s ago
Midge,
Not to mention "screw your freedoms", the same freedoms he was afforded to make a successful career.
Not to mention "screw your freedoms", the same freedoms he was afforded to make a successful career.
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Tim 2 year s ago
#18 as a guy, I'm not sure how I feel about this constant level of suspicion. you go to a park with your kid only the get looked at like you are some pervert. speak to a girl in a coffee shop half the staff thinks they need to intervene. and god help you if you are a black guy you would just get the cops sicked after you.
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Maria 2 year s ago
Tim,
It's a mixed bag. On one hand you have the fact that most guys are not a threat, and that the internet stories like this have greatly amplified those that are. On the other, almost every man who would take such actions is an insurmountable risk to the woman he would target. Also add that modern society has encouraged a level of public passiveness that can (and has) overlook that behavior.
I think of it like firearms. I'm pro-2A & open carry, but if you are the only other person I see with a holster I will be cautious because you are the most obvious threat. If 60% of the people around us are carrying, I no longer care that you are. You are not a sole threat, and there are enough others to act as a potential control on you.
It's a mixed bag. On one hand you have the fact that most guys are not a threat, and that the internet stories like this have greatly amplified those that are. On the other, almost every man who would take such actions is an insurmountable risk to the woman he would target. Also add that modern society has encouraged a level of public passiveness that can (and has) overlook that behavior.
I think of it like firearms. I'm pro-2A & open carry, but if you are the only other person I see with a holster I will be cautious because you are the most obvious threat. If 60% of the people around us are carrying, I no longer care that you are. You are not a sole threat, and there are enough others to act as a potential control on you.
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Otha 2 year s ago
#38 great they used their skill to get a job
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Lillah 2 year s ago
#22 Teletype machines from the 1960's weren't computers, they were a device to send and receive text messages over radio or telephone.
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Tobias 2 year s ago
#23 So let me get it right. This "palindrome" week starts on the 2nd of 21st week of 2022. Or is it plaindrome only in the countries with idotic date notation?
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Marge 2 year s ago
Such a pity Bill Gates lived beyond his youth.
No, asking someone if they are happy is asking if they are happy. Americans are nosy and always seem to be competing. The inquiries aren't usually to find out about YOU, but an opportunity to boast about themselves. True story. I am a US citizen BTW.
Confession through projection. If you think people are competing, it's because you are.
I ask people how their life and careers are going because their well-being matters, their success matters.
If you could ask a person every second of every day if they were happy (without affecting the results) you would find they aren't. They are frustrated by part of their job, or spouse, or kids. But if you were to ask them how they feel in general about those things, they are likely to be positive because those are things they value and feel rewarded by.
yeah basically. but nobody asks that question because it's intrusive OR will open up a whole bag of worms that you really don't care about. these people will drag you down to their level and make you miserable. Sure people like Heath and Kurt did some cook tricks, but they got what they deserved.
Yeah, it is, but if you're entire world is focused in on yourself you don't pay attention to things like that.
To quote a famous rally driver: "It's not the fart that kills you, it's the smell."
Or "Watch where you're pointing that thing, it might go off."
Accomplished more in his first 20 years than you ever will.
Shut up - pipe down.
riiight. the part where he cheated on his wife? had a love child? got s#cked into the Hollywood cabal? totally his success.
Not to mention "screw your freedoms", the same freedoms he was afforded to make a successful career.
It's a mixed bag. On one hand you have the fact that most guys are not a threat, and that the internet stories like this have greatly amplified those that are. On the other, almost every man who would take such actions is an insurmountable risk to the woman he would target. Also add that modern society has encouraged a level of public passiveness that can (and has) overlook that behavior.
I think of it like firearms. I'm pro-2A & open carry, but if you are the only other person I see with a holster I will be cautious because you are the most obvious threat. If 60% of the people around us are carrying, I no longer care that you are. You are not a sole threat, and there are enough others to act as a potential control on you.