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Comment on Have you ever witnessed the Butterfly Effect? in ~life
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Comment on Have you ever witnessed the Butterfly Effect? in ~life
chocobean Link ParentThis is so much more satisfying than how I met your mother. Good job uncle Roy! Do you still play the euphonium? I've secretly admired that instrument since band but always felt inadequate to try...This is so much more satisfying than how I met your mother. Good job uncle Roy! Do you still play the euphonium? I've secretly admired that instrument since band but always felt inadequate to try .....
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Comment on Eleven spouses on what it’s like to live with someone on Ozempic in ~life
chocobean Link ParentDoesn't that encourage people to stash their dosages and or false report their weight so they can keep a maintenance dose?Doesn't that encourage people to stash their dosages and or false report their weight so they can keep a maintenance dose?
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Comment on USA asks Sweden for help in the egg crisis in ~food
chocobean Link Parent???? So eggs boat into the country, get separated, and then the yolks ride back to Europe?!?!! What a crazy world we live in???? So eggs boat into the country, get separated, and then the yolks ride back to Europe?!?!! What a crazy world we live in
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Comment on USA asks Sweden for help in the egg crisis in ~food
chocobean Link ParentI'd personally still ship American people in need all the good things. But I am also going to boo loudly at Canadian businesses shipping anything like useful to your states. Sorry. May many angry...I'd personally still ship American people in need all the good things. But I am also going to boo loudly at Canadian businesses shipping anything like useful to your states. Sorry. May many angry geese with rumbly tummies fly over the heads of your worst politicians.
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Comment on USA asks Sweden for help in the egg crisis in ~food
chocobean Link ParentIIRC not all Japanese eggs are rated safe for raw consumption, that they do a heck of a lot of prevention checks and sanitization to make them safe....IIRC not all Japanese eggs are rated safe for raw consumption, that they do a heck of a lot of prevention checks and sanitization to make them safe.
https://www.sg.emb-japan.go.jp/JCC/E-Magazine-Jun-2023-Egg.html embassy: safe period is two weeks.
Probably a challenge to fly em over within two weeks and still be decently priced.
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Comment on Dollar General warns low-income Americans' finances are getting worse in ~finance
chocobean Link ParentI'm the very lazy type as well, and my returns horizon is still long enough that I can benefit from @fefellama's time in the market. I take small comfort in knowing that regular contributions is...I'm the very lazy type as well, and my returns horizon is still long enough that I can benefit from @fefellama's time in the market. I take small comfort in knowing that regular contributions is the only way I will be able to "buy the dip".
See if your portfolios have an option to switch from high risk to something lower risk maybe. Assuming you have some kind of fund instead of individual company stock.
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Comment on What's a feeling you sometimes experience that you don't have a name for? in ~talk
chocobean Link Parent@RoyalHenOil , I remember you talked about using the power of self taught lucid dreaming to overcome a nightmare, I think? Is that something you could possibly try, lou? What if you pause the...@RoyalHenOil , I remember you talked about using the power of self taught lucid dreaming to overcome a nightmare, I think? Is that something you could possibly try, lou?
What if you pause the shrinking so you're merely "fun" sized, like small enough to ride a plane for free inside your friend's carryon. Or small enough to enjoy mini meals for nearly free? The bed at home is now a trampoline park! Ride cute pets! Oh boy epic mounts! Doll fashion!
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Comment on What's a feeling you sometimes experience that you don't have a name for? in ~talk
chocobean Link ParentCould I request a short blurb on the joys of un-extincting beloved species and healing certain biomes? I could really use some hope for the future given current attitudes about conservation.......Could I request a short blurb on the joys of un-extincting beloved species and healing certain biomes? I could really use some hope for the future given current attitudes about conservation.... Christopher Tin (composer for Civ series) wrote an album of orchestral songs, The Lost Birds: An Extinction Elegy, which ive only listened to once because I couldn't stop crying. Even thinking about one of the tracks, Flocks A Mile Wide, make me tear up.
I was greatly inspired by your mini story :) been thinking about it for a couple days. Thank you.
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Comment on What's a feeling you sometimes experience that you don't have a name for? in ~talk
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Comment on What's a feeling you sometimes experience that you don't have a name for? in ~talk
chocobean Link ParentSame same....I love looking at towns, fields, lakes, roads, nothing. I love looking at an atlas or map to try to put names to the scenery. Even at night i love watching dinky town lights or a...Same same....I love looking at towns, fields, lakes, roads, nothing. I love looking at an atlas or map to try to put names to the scenery. Even at night i love watching dinky town lights or a solitary farm house. Just once, we flew over an area with the Northern Lights visibly dancing along the plane for a good 10 minutes, it was magical.
I've always dreamed of being FA. I would never want to be in charge of this many lives, and I don't mind being essentially a server. But yeah given my age :/ a secondary dream is to somehow come into enough money to buy an unlimited flight pass, but I shudder to think of the environmental cost I would personally be responsible for, so it's just as well that it's an occasional thing. I also found out recently that being in a small plane where we fly low and we can see a whole bunch more stuff is even better!
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Comment on US Department of Government Efficiency set to cancel lease on weather 'nerve center' as tornado season begins in ~society
chocobean Link ParentOh no that sounds super scary! Are these kinds of nights common for hurricane/tornado season? Maybe like, once a year or more than a handful a year?Oh no that sounds super scary! Are these kinds of nights common for hurricane/tornado season? Maybe like, once a year or more than a handful a year?
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Comment on Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? (trial giveaway: round #2) in ~tech
chocobean Link ParentDid not know that was a thing!! Will try thank youDid not know that was a thing!! Will try thank you
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Comment on What do you like about your job? in ~talk
chocobean (edited )Link ParentIt has to be a lot of dollaroos, to be honest. -..- the quality of life improvements from never having to be in a commute, no snow removal days, no road rage idiots break checking, no extra...It has to be a lot of dollaroos, to be honest. -..- the quality of life improvements from never having to be in a commute, no snow removal days, no road rage idiots break checking, no extra detours due to accidents. Just....day ends at 5 and by 5:01 I'm enjoying time with my family. Lunch breaks always with my best friend and flirting with the office cutie (same person) is always great. I don't work with jerks in the office because there aren't any.
Without doxxing myself yes lol look for industry companies and apply through their job listings not job boards. Industries like....the kind your government would hire as contractors for capital projects, or who those contractors then sub contract.
Edit: cheaper car insurance, no gas/electric bills, can eat cheaper groceries because I have more time to cook, cheaper lunches --> factor those into costs as well
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Comment on What's a feeling you sometimes experience that you don't have a name for? in ~talk
chocobean Link ParentLMAO "no I can't be neurodiverse, I'm just a little weird, like my whole family is like this" -- yeah, that's the problem lolLMAO "no I can't be neurodiverse, I'm just a little weird, like my whole family is like this" -- yeah, that's the problem lol
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Comment on Can I carry a Turquoise gemstone on my Air Canada flight? Any documents needed? in ~travel
chocobean Link ParentOh man, I've always been scared about the farm one - would we get detained? Are there extra screening? Why do they need to know? Very interesting perspectiveOh man, I've always been scared about the farm one - would we get detained? Are there extra screening? Why do they need to know?
Very interesting perspective
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Comment on An unexpected Donald Trump bump for the world's centrists in ~society
chocobean Link ParentHe could have made a real difference and earned a permanent place among the greatest Canadian contributions to our democracy. Wasn't the only scandal of his government, but I could have forgiven...Trudeau (FPTP election promise breaking a-hole)
He could have made a real difference and earned a permanent place among the greatest Canadian contributions to our democracy. Wasn't the only scandal of his government, but I could have forgiven far worse if we'd have gotten rid of FPTP.
Ford: NS conservatives recently won a supermajority and is doing all kinds of anti freedom anti democracy nonsense. We're rallying around a flag pole for now but we're far from being out of the woods
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Comment on An appeal to the community for non-algorithmic recommendations in ~talk
chocobean Link Parentmy favourite haiku from Mizuta Masahide 水田 正秀 (1700s) (blogpost) 蔵焼けて 障るものなき 月見哉 Barn, having burned down, Nothing remains to obstruct My view of the moonmy favourite haiku from Mizuta Masahide 水田 正秀 (1700s) (blogpost)
蔵焼けて
障るものなき
月見哉Barn, having burned down,
Nothing remains to obstruct
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Comment on What's a feeling you sometimes experience that you don't have a name for? in ~talk
chocobean Link ParentOh maybe that's a very young person thing. Did they not ask for response from a teacher or counsellor or long time doctor either?Oh maybe that's a very young person thing. Did they not ask for response from a teacher or counsellor or long time doctor either?
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Comment on Can I carry a Turquoise gemstone on my Air Canada flight? Any documents needed? in ~travel
chocobean Link ParentWhat, sense of humour with border customs agents!?What, sense of humour with border customs agents!?
!!! Bookmarked !!!
You wouldn't also happen to know how I can get a cheap rock tumbler do you?