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I had a crush on Dana, the blond oldest sister.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

Classix beef and chedder with curly fries and umsweet tea

Where my Rax bros at though? Wish they were still around

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

World Crime League when

I love the film

Lithgow is a treat as the villian. Yes, it is an homage to things like Flash Gordon.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

A pharaoh that is super scary

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

cuttin_in_farm posted...

I dont know what this is.

That $250k thing? Maybe savings are more useful for rich people.

Or if the stock market craters.

Not saying it is likely but they exist for a purpose. To protect your money and maybe earn some interest on the side. That is all. As noted, rates used to be better but they are still the place to park money you need on hand regardless of time or stock market situation.

Hence, their point.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

FDIC insurance

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

Yeah symbolizes lust

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

It will happen to you

Someday
Maybe on a random topic

Have some empathy

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

I tried to learn in high school, but I live where there's tons of hills. Stop signs and stoplights at the top of grades.

I could get the thing around just fine, but I was bad at coming off stops, and worst coming off stops at the top of hills. It seemed needlessly stressful so I stopped trying.

I wish I had the skill now. There are vehicles I want that are manual only. But I can't drive them

I should note, I have a 2018 WRX Limited with the CVT . I want to get a STI when the new designs roll out. But I need to learn to drive a manual before then.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

I thought Hobbits in Tolkien were a branch of humans. They moved from the ancestral lands of humans in the East to the West at some undisclosed time. They are a splinter sub-group of humans, and they have the gift of men. I just want to edit this. I was working from memory. I guess it's not definitive but heavily implied.

http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Hobbits#Origin

Hobbits were considered Men. Nearly all scholars agree that Men were closely related to Hobbits, far more closely than Men were to either Elves or Dwarves. It was thus commonly assumed that Hobbits were among the Younger Children of Ilvatar and were the result of the same act of creation as Men. This would imply that Hobbits had the Gift of Men to pass entirely beyond Arda.
It is supposed that Hobbits branched out from Men as a race in the Elder Days.[12] Their exact origin is unknown but in their early days they could have been primitive and "savage"[3] but they come into the records not earlier than the early Third Age where they were living in the Vales of Anduin in Wilderland, between Mirkwood and the Misty Mountains. They have lost the genealogical details of how they are related to the rest of mankind. While they stayed there, the Northmen knew them. Their descendants, the Rohirrim, had that memory of the holbytlan and they remained an object of lore until they contacted them during the War of the Ring. Many old words and names in "Hobbitish" are cognates of words in Rohirric, so much so that even someone without linguistic training could make out the relation (Meriadoc Brandybuck would later write an entire book devoted to the relationship, Old Words and Names in the Shire).

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

Likely Predator

Issue with Termantor I and II is he really doesn't have much by way of a character.

I still think he does the most with Conan the Barbarian. The script is light on talking, but the parts he does speak perfectly capture the vibe and character. He also emotes so well as Conan, brooding and defiant.


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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

But who bakes it

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

maternal died before I was born
fraternal died when I was 6

Maternal grandmother in my 30s
Fraternal grandmother died in my mid 20s


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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

I remember beating the first game in the Growlanser pack and was like halfway through the second. i loved the art for those games.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37mPoKQijj8

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

I never actually played the Arc the Lad games.

Last WD game I remember buying new was Growlanser Generations. I *can't* find it though. I think it got thrown away by accident when I moved out of a college apartment.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

I have a Silver Star Story Complete in my stacks around 5 yards away. Lunar 2 is sitting at my parents house somewhere in the PSX boxes.

The local cart store had a copy of Arc the Lad complete last week, and I almost pulled the trigger on it. I sort of want it right now.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

Trigg3rH4ppy posted...

If the USA faded away, that's a shit load of weapons and military vehicles people would be raiding. It would be messy with that alone.

Yeah I was actually talking about this with somebody at work.

The Soviet Union collapsed in the blink of the eye, in terms of historical events. There was a mad dash after to secure weapons of mass destruction and military equipment by the world to stop such things from getting into the wrong hands. Things turned out surprisingly well, but just imagine a collapsed federal government in the US. It would be a international disaster considering all the high end military equipment, who possessed it, and what they planned to do with it.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

Yeah I remember the pendant had nice colors and was pretty heavy. The paint didn't seem cheap or anything.


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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

I got a copy from walmart summer 01.

Still have it but I lost the pendant

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

No, it's better. I think it's undeniable the ingredients are better, and the menus are are too. The issue is preparation, it still varies wildly and can ruin even a good menu item.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

Reminds me of pros vs joes.

Of course a joe CAN win, but the odds are slim. The difference even between the worst pro at just about anything is miles beyond a random beer league brad, let alone random joe.

I like to put pros v joe arguements in these terms. Can random joe out brain surgery neuro surgeon in a brain surgery competition?

Guess we should be clear on terms.

Random Joe
Average Joe

Random joe has a better chance since a random joe could be a pro fighter too

Average Joe is just basic bro, had next to no chance to out do a pro

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

I was in undergrad 03 to 07. People used AIM when I started. Myspace started to take off though, but it was sort of considered for kids or emo people. My university got facebook in early 2005. At first, nobody used it, but in a year, it was basically a must for you to socialize.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

Facebook gave, at the time, a cleaner more credible option, with real names, limited to college kids and then adults only.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

Yeah like journal articles are for people in field basically.


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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

If Loaded Weapon qualifies

Pick any Naked Gun film

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

Commando


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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

Big Trouble in Little China

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

Seinfeld reference

Show made it a meme basically in the 90s

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

I had strawberry blonde until my mid 20s. Now it is has a sort of blonde red brown hue in my 30s. Def faded with age. Almost an ashy faded yellow brown now.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

One more. Mainly posting the books that helped me understand different forms of representation in democratic systems, and the whys and weaknesses of different approaches.

I highly recommend just reading the books, but still informative if not.

https://adambrown.info/p/notes/lijphart_patterns_of_democracy

I think this one is most relevant to the issues OP raises. Lijhpart argues for consensual democratic systems and less on the models you see in the US and UK.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

Representation in democratic system exists in many different ways. This is one of my favorites. Pitkin one of the best for approaching this topic. This article is a nice summary.

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/political-representation/

this is another good one

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/51992836_Democracy_Accountability_and_Representation

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

Like it or not, the framework of the US gov is a mix of democratic and indirect democratic features. The Federalist Papers makes this pretty obvious. The framers feared the vox populi and its ability to be influence by bad actors. Therefore, some systematic checks exist against purely democratic structures.

See the electoral college and the prior selection of senators through indirect elections. Also consider the US is a federation of states. It is not a unitary system at the foundational level. The senate on face is anti-democratic. But it exists as part of the Great Compromise which is inherently rooted in federalism and the rejection of the unitary state.

We can criticize the efficacy of these structures in modernity, but we have to address the whys of their existance.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

I was going to say No More Heroes

Skate or Die

Madworld


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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

Garfgab is the place to go for garf related issues. They did a review of garfield eats.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

The guy from Faith No More did his voice

Game deserves a sequal after the cliffhanger ending. I am pretty much an original Bionic Commando fanboy. Back in the early 2000s, I ran a faction on gamefaqs inspired by the NES game. It was the faction for the good guys btw.

I honestly loved the the next gen remake. It got unfairly bagged for not being open world, instead, it had actual levels that used the grappling hook knowing you had one. So, it made fro a lot of fun.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

maybe it's the vintage game mafia

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

have you heard of concept cars v. production models

your mind will be blown

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

I'm not a huge expert on their library but Aenima likely my favorite of what I know followed by 42 and 6. I think I like Aenima because the video is a favorite mainly.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

I do too.

I prefer to eat out, and do most days at least once. Whether it's take out or a drive through. I don't like dealing with dirty dishes. I also find it hard to cook the right amount of food for 1 without leaving a bunch go to waste. It's more expensive, but I like the convience. I also like driving, so going some place for food is relaxing to me and a fun way to drive around and see new things.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

Bears, what's up with them?

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

I understand the mentality of how people fall into believing these sorts of things.

The thing that I find bizzare is people that would otherwise shun everything on 4chan (see your grandma or a high school teacher) would believe something coming from it. Do these sorts of people even know its origin?

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

I've never read or seen any Harry Potter stuff.

I haven't watched any Disney cartoon movies from like the past 20 year or more.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

My sentimental favorite is And She Was. I was born in 84, and my mom stopped work after I was born. She stayed at home with me and we watched tons of MTV my first few years alive. She's super into music. The video for And She Was is like the first video I distinctly remember. I always associate it with my young childhood.

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

Nothing But Flowers
Wild Life
Radio Head

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane

I'm visiting my parents this week for the holidays. Here's a picture I took into our backyard, into the cow pasture, and then the ridge behind. There's a big creek in the bottoms at the end of the field and the ridge line.

https://imgur.com/a/AYj41gC

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You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains.
-Jane Lane