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  But why the hell does the NHS have separate cancer wards for men and women in the first place?? Do we have that here in the US? I'm pretty sure our hospitals are coed? It would make sense to segregate multi-person rooms, since you're walking to the bathroom with your but hanging out. Speaking of, why do we have gowns that are open in the back? I get why they need to open quickly for medical emergencies, but surely a gown can be designed so it opens fast but doesn't flap around. Hasn&...

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  Who decided to call it crypto and not laughing stocks?

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  Now THERE'S a Tao that can't be spoken!

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  Me: Yay my art supplies shipped! Art supplies: Label created.

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  If television is to be believed, the biggest problem women faced in the 1980s was ring around the collar.

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  impulse bye

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  I texted my mom today after a long period of no contact. Nothing dramatic, just polite logistics stuff. But now it feels like I've been crying all day. Or had a meltdown even. I haven't cried at all. I'm just so heavy.

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  I love a show that does a good job of depicting conflict as everyone's traumas bumping into each other.

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  gothic masculinity

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  They're called special effects because in older movies they were just normal effects.

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  One aspect of retail we've forgotten after generations of conglomerated big box stores and subsequent online conglomeration is that of curation of products. When you went into a family-owned hardware store in 1985, you got experts who chose products based on a balance of price and quality. Maybe they only had two kinds of hammers or one brand of bolts, but somebody selected those. There was some level of trust in what you were getting. Now that labor is on us to filter from dozens of types...

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  Just a reminder because I need to make money to live: I am currently seeking clients. I offer freelance services. Primarily ghostwriting, developmental editing, and copyediting, but I can also research, write book proposals, create outlines or synopses for an existing work, and coach. I'm a trauma-informed writer with 16 years of experience who finds purpose in helping people find their personal voice. Broadly, my specialties include religion, religious trauma, cult research, psychology,...

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  RE: https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/117349473500717138 I have an extrospective insight, if I may. A "self as a collection of tasks who should subcontract to a machine"... Stepping into a mind who would think such a thing is a positive... I thought, well that makes the human role just an executive functioner, or... An executive... And realized that's what management does... organize and assign tasks. And this is how they see laborers, knowledge workers, and creatives....

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  RE: https://defcon.social/@corbden/115192479725348539 Ugh, a year on and people are still misusing the term "cognitive dissonance." I guess psychology not being a "hard science" means well-meaning folk think they know what a term means just by hearing it once without looking into the actual mechanisms or theory. It's a really good theory though, and understanding the basics will help you understand both yourself and others. Because yes, it is in fact possible to hold...

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  Ok people are misusing the term "cognitive dissonance" again! I meant to do this rant years ago. So here goes. Phrases like, "Boy, MAGA must sure be feeling cognitive dissonance today!" are not only using big words with total ignorance about what they mean, but they're helping promote the kind of ignorance that helps cults retain followers. Manipulation of the natural mental balancing act between cognitive dissonance and consonance is the core of how people get trapped...

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  Lotsa Nazi punching in that movie, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

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  My son is reading Lord of the Rings for the first time and he just stuck his head out the door: "Who the fuck is Tom Bombadil??"

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  "I don't like babies" is pretty much my transmasc origin story.

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  You come across a creation that you don't understand. It makes no sense! Is this because the creator is more intelligent and knowledgeable than you? Or less? #poll #philosophy

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  fate femtale

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  Zeno: You can halve it all.

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  The star ship enterprise was struck with an alien disease and LaForge came down with a deadly brain illness. Crusher designed and replicated a cure in time, except for one problem: the medication couldn't be absorbed through the blood system or it would be neutralized. The pill had to be delivered directly into the brain of the patient. Impossible! as surgery to implant the medicine would cut through the alien organism's membrane surrounding his skull and the toxins could kill him in...

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  The airnow map doesn't show it, but it sure seems to me that fire is much closer than it was.

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  RE: https://infosec.exchange/@Linux_in_a_Bit/115981024856898565 This was the attitude Linux nerds had in the 90s, too. Tech nerds in general had a lot of insecurities that we took out on other people by being better-than-thou lords of our little domains. Some of us grew up. I can't understand why so many of you haven't. #Linux

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  Everybody's excited to get to the torture scenes in the film version of this wholesome religious story. (No shade on Mormon Land. They're just reporting, and their podcast is somewhat nuanced.) #exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical #ReligiousTrauma #DeathCult

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  I just had the first zucchini from my garden! I had it with salmon and mushrooms cooked in a frying pan with bacon fat. Everything turned out just perfectly. Super rich. I'm a terrible cook, but sometimes I make a Michelin star meal by accident.

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  I'm old enough to remember when a food poisoning outbreak at a restaurant chain would put them out of business.

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  Whenever I see Colin Farrell is going to be in something, I think it's going to be Colin Firth. And by Colin Firth, I mean I'm actually imagining Colin Mochrie.

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  I don't get triggered by one thing. It took 12 triggers today for me to panic attack. Also, why the hell would my car alarm go off because I used the key in the key hole of my car instead of pressing the button??? (That was the final trigger.)

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  God: No, I mean *I* get to rest on seventh day. YOU have to go to church!