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Thats right picked up a half of some dankness from my personal caregiver. Never have I felt so proud about paying my taxes and happy I kind of hurt my ankle years ago.
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Computer 911 1 2
by Guest Frankie5fingers- 25 replies
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I know there are several knowledgeable computer people here so i figured we could have a thread where people could ask computer questions. so here's a problem ive recently been having. first off its not a virus (i think), ive performed 3 scans and found nothing, also im running Vista. when my computer is on for long periods of time it does this weird thing where i can no longer run programs. ill click them but they just dont load. no error messages or anything. ill get the little loading thing next to the cursor like it is loading then it just stops. strangely though i can sill open folders. also if i try to Ctrl+Alt+Delete the screen will go black for abou…
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Mr Men
by Guest chunky- 17 replies
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This books are still well worth a read! Mr Happy is really funny. Remind anyone of the acid house smiley happy face? Mr Tickle is a naughty little bugger, great sense of humour in him though. Got to admire his prankster attitude. All the episodes seem to be on youtube. The 1970s version is the best, with the gorgeous English accent and the tripped out music. Yes, I know they're for babies. So what!
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Twin planets found that may support life 1 2
by Guest Frankie5fingers- 38 replies
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Surprised no one else has posted anything yet, but NASA has just found twin planets that may support life. http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/kepler-telescope-spots-two-planets-in-life-friendly-orbit/2013/04/18/3702721a-a86c-11e2-a8e2-5b98cb59187f_story.html?wprss=rss_health-science Both are relatively similar to Earth dimensions, are perfectly distant from their sun, and may have water. Pretty cool stuff. cant wait to hear what NASA finds out about them.
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A very direct young man by the name of Zeffolia started a thread to address some interesting, less-discussed topics under the heading of "feminism". These were mainly: 1. The underreporting of female-initiated domestic violence 2. The idea that the male/female pay gap is down to the lifestyle choice of women 3. "Women have more legal rights than men do"/men's rights I think it's going to be really interesting to talk about these in an open-minded way. So, dear mods, I hope this won't offend as the original thread was (probably rightly) locked. But I have hopes for a more learned discourse in this one. For reference, here are some resources first introduce…
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what is the meaning of this "jazz" inside joke/thing on watmm? does it expand outside watmm?
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87 years old.
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Why do these things always happen when some other issue has flooded the media? http://rt.com/usa/congress-house-bill-cispa-031/ I don't know all the details of this bill yet. All I know is this means less freedom.
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child neglect? 1 2
by keltoi- 34 replies
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a mother parks her car and nips into a shop for a minute leaving her 2 small kids locked in the car outside, fast asleep. a traffic warden sees her doing this and calls police to the scene who arrive before she even leaves the shop. she is arrested for child neglect and taken (along with her kids) to the station for questioning. i imagine she probably won't get charged but is this treatment justified?
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Where can I learn about the first American civil war?
by Guest chunky- 16 replies
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Hello, was wondering where online is a good place to learn about the American civil war. Not really looking for Wikipedia. Are there biased kind of sites about? Like a good left wing account and a good right wing account? Got to admit to being very ignorant about this and am interested in learning more about what happened. Thanks.
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Insane.
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Discuss the implications. Is this the propaganda machine going full tilt? False Flag? A coordinated attack?
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BBC article - 1913: When Hitler, Trotsky, Tito, Freud and Stalin all lived in the same place
by Guest chunky- 19 replies
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21859771 Just saw this on the bbc's website. Quite an interesting article about all the troublesome people who lived in Vienna in 1913. Fate or what? Just an attractive city for revolutionary minded people? Funny to think of these people relaxing and drinking coffee with their friends, then years later they would be transformed into the world's biggest butchers and murderers? (except Freud who damaged specific institutions rather than murder people) Wonder what it would have been like to meet these people for coffee when they were still young, just before the horrors of WWI.
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sorry watmm, more heaviness... is this old news? anyway it's an interesting doc (and story) for anyone that hasn't seen it. [youtubehd]3bbDhETvKss[/youtubehd] http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/mar/15/muslim-convert-bbc-documentary-terrorism
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Basically a thread dealing with excess of one thing over the course of a day. Inspired to make this thread because i mapped it out and found that i walked about 9.5 miles today. Please enlighten us to your personal extremes over the course of a day
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Happy Birthday Gary C
by Guest Iain C- 16 replies
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Happy birthday to a true bro and the best friend a fella could hope for. Wish I could be with you today - sadly life has a shit way of keeping us apart. But my love is with you, man.
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So there's been a lot of political and social issue topics in General Banter lately, many of which have turned into heated debates... These arguments that end up taking up the front page tend to bury some of the some the more friendly and lighthearted topics and I feel this tends to bring down the overall mood of GenBan. However, I don't feel these topics are invalid at all. So perhaps a new subforum is needed for political and social issues and debates to be focused into? I'm sure im not the only one who feels this way... EDIT: Damnit, I typoed the title *"debates"
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simple question about peace
by Guest chunky- 10 replies
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how to achieve it? let's define peace as a lack of war here... is it possible to forgive terrorists if they prove that they won't commit any more terrorism? and if they refuse to stop, what do you do? die? kill? go to prison? put others in prison? is it possible to make peace with your opponent by talking? what if he's religious? what if his strict adherence to his religion is non-negotiable? then is there any leeway for negotiation? does that mean that peace would have to be forced on people? what beliefs do the opponents share with each other? is there a common ground they opponents can stand on? are the ambitions of one side too great? what …
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Another school shooting 1 2 3
by Guest fiznuthian- 69 replies
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Another school shooting just happened in my local town(s). I'm sure most people remember the Virginia Tech shooting.. this one happened at a New River Community College location in the local mall. The kid posted on 4chan before he did it apparently.. http://i.imgur.com/ExJzKjO.jpg The timing seems correct and local news stations are reporting both shotgun shots and the suspect getting out of a white vehicle. I think I am going to stay at home this weekend... :(
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Unexpected sexy jobs 1 2 3
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Policeman in Dubai: wtf...
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His Painting of Barney the Dog: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bush-family-hacked-589132
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Incredible!
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