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Words are just sounds. A combination of letters and sounds are completely and I mean completely meaningless by themselves. Tetyutretuck <- To you, this word holds absolutely no meaning whatsoever. It can't be good or bad. It can't be offensive. To me, it's a profound vulgarity that I wouldn't...

I'm one of those weird kids that actually doesn't like using a phone for everything. I have a flip phone that I use maaaaaybe once a week for emergency calls. Most of my long-distance communication is done through my PC. In highschool I wore a watch because I was a nut about keeping track of...

I believe that people should be allowed to die on their own terms. This doesn't just apply to terminal patients, either. In a world where we often have so little control over the way we live, I believe we're at least due the courtesy of choosing how and when we die.

If your goal is losing weight, gyms honestly seem to be a huge waste of money. I probably wouldn't go to one unless I needed to build up a specific set of muscles that I couldn't conveniently do at home. Admittedly, gyms are a more fun way of working out. I think the environment makes it...

It's your opinion. A fact is something that is irrefutably true no matter your personal feelings on the matter. Two plus two is four. Horses have hooves. The sun is roughly 94 million miles away from the Earth. An opinion is a point of view or belief that is likely to change from person to...

This may not be the most helpful advice, but I've never been able to overcome pet peeves. The only thing I've ever been able to do is gradually increase my level of tolerance for them. Do little things still get to me? Sure. I've just found some amount of discipline that I didn't have growing up...

Considering what PETA's done in the past, I don't know that this is too far-fetched, even if it really is a fake. Hypocrisy would be pretty mild on their list of insane nonsense.

My computer and phone decided to reset themselves on the 27th. Very frustrating.

Sure. I mean, if we were to hypothetically go back to a certain point in our lives, it goes unsaid that we would retain the knowledge of how our lives progress up to the present time. The lessons of any mistakes I'd made will have stuck with me. (If we didn't retain that information, then we'd...

The actual world: Amazing graphics, disappointing AI/content.

Clearly you're not looking in the right places. :upsidedow

Yeah, I think this whole pit bull think is self-fulfilling prophecy on our parts. I've seen absolutely terrifying pit bulls, but I've also seen very sweet and gentle ones. The difference always seems to be how they were raised. I personally think they look rather intimidating as far as dogs go...

I've been here a fairly long time, and if I've learned anything since I've been here, it's that Myriads is very smart. Glad things are working out for you.

I don't really see it as whining. Everyone needs help every now and then. It's a shame about your folks. My mom was really supportive when I moved across the country. But then, she still has my sister to deal with, too. Anyways, I hope you get your situation sorted out. I don't really known...

In an idealist's world, honesty is the best policy. In the real world, honesty usually gets you slapped.

Back when I was into the idea of losing weight, I just went the simplest route I could think of. Every night I'd leave at around 9 PM ish, and I'd walk around town for about an hour and a half. Sometimes I'd do this two or three times a night. After three months I'd lost nearly 40 pounds, and...

I've been watching Game of Thrones recently, and I've been wanting to read the A Song of Ice and Fire series because of it. I figured if Game of Thrones is good enough to be on HBO, the books must be outstanding.

I think the key difference between us and the government workers is that we're genuinely motivated to improve the welfare of the nation educationally instead of improve the contents of our bank accounts. And yeah, I agree that Japan is pretty serious about their education. Working kids do...

Okay, that's fair enough. If we want to leave those courses in as optional, that's okay. It would give students going into fields of studies that include those courses a head start over other students in college, at any rate. Personally, I think that all knowledge is good knowledge. In a...

I don't think you're getting what I'm saying. I'm saying that they SHOULD have an education in the basics of all of those subjects. To get that, we need to cut out the advanced portions of other subjects, such as calculus. You do not need calculus in your repertoire of skills to be a complete...