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Discussions are like a game of telephone; you're converting idea into language and expecting the recipient to flawlessly translate it back into an idea.
  • I disagree, though. I, for one, know that I "feel" or "visualize" a concept in my head and the words to define that idea comes after. I often talk really fast because my thoughts are going faster than words can form and I feel like I'm trying to catch up to them.

    Your statement also suggests that animals that don't have a "language" can't think, which is an odd thing to believe imo..

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    Why People Arent Buying Sony Xperia Phones
  • Yes. I loved the compact! Small size is still a major criteria when I look at phones, but they're unfortunately just getting bigger and bigger.. Plus, yeah they were sorta expensive, but super solid. Would buy again anytime.

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    People who gave up on "the dream", do you regret it? How are you?
  • I always wanted to be a biologist. I love nature, I find it beautiful and fascinating. I'm passionate about environmental protection, have been since I was a child. Studied, got my Master's.

    Finding work is so hard. What jobs you can get, are unstable, pay is ridiculously bad, and your values are constantly being ridiculed. The state of the environment is so depressing, and the future isn't looking any brighter.

    I don't work in that field anymore (couldn't afford to anymore...). The whole thing breaks my heart. I wish I didn't care as much...

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    What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on?
  • If you go to France and order a taco, you're in for an unpleasant surprise.

    Those abominations are not tacos and as a native Texan that's my hill to die on.

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    US beach volleyball shut out of medals for first time in Olympic history
  • I feel you. Sometimes titles can be really misleading just to get that effect though, too. Last week there was an article talking about "the highest score in the history of Olympic surfing". Sure, it was true, but. Surfing was added to the Olympics in 2020. That's 1 Olympics ago. Stop implying so much more.

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    Dakota Johnson on ‘Madame Web’ Blowback: “I’ll Never Do Anything Like It Again”
  • Yes and that too bad, I'm not sure if it was the novelty or just the naive rose-tinted glasses of youth but trailers seemed Awesome when I was a teenager.

    Now? Eh.

    I feel like I've seen too many trailers with shit exploding and the one and only funny scene of the movie, that they don't really attract me anymore.

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    Stupid German Dinosaurs
  • Yeah, we have chickens running around where I live, and those mfers can really sound creepy as fuck. That sort of muted muffled gutteral shriek thing they do? That's never mentioned in children's farm animals books...

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    What is your weirdest comfort habit?
  • When I'm falling asleep or whatnot, I place my hand between my thighs or on my crotch (under all clothes). It's not a sexual thing. It just feels comforting, for some reason..

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    What was the piece of media so emotionally overwhelming you just stopped it?
  • Don't Look Up. As an environmental biologist, I feel they really nailed the constant feeling of crisis that everyone either chooses to ignore or use for greed. There came a point where I couldn't stomach it anymore, I watch TV to escape reality not be reminded of it lol.

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    What is it, that you currently imagine is stopping you from being content with your life?
  • My unwillingness to knowingly hurt people. I think I would be happier doing my own thing, but would hurt or disappoint do many people by leaving them (my boyfriend, family, colleagues, friends....). So I'm just wasting my own life instead...

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    As Someone Learning German, I Know This Pain
  • I'm semi-fluent in German and Spanish, and my strategy is guesstimate. I figure that I've probably read/heard the word before, so I just test out the genders on it and whichever one "feels more natural" or "sounds less weird", it's probably because I've heard it that way before, so I go with that.

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    As Someone Learning German, I Know This Pain
  • Sometimes it changes. For example, Covid in French, everyone was using "le covid" (i guess cos it's a virus, and virus is a masculin word), but then I believe the French academy weighed in that it should be "la covid" because it's not the virus but the disease (la maladie) we're talking about. Anyway. Yeah other than the official sources, many of us peasants all still say Le covid because by the time they weighed in we were all saying Le and so now saying La sounds weird.

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