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  1. Comment on Nostalgia -- what programs do you miss? in ~tech

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    It took me to explodingdog.com and hit me with a double dose of nostalgia

    It took me to explodingdog.com and hit me with a double dose of nostalgia

  2. Comment on Twitter blocks links to rival Threads, while CEO downplays reports of traffic decline in ~tech

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    There was a study that actually came to the conclusion that wealth actually impacts your mental processes in a similar way to actual brain damage.

    There was a study that actually came to the conclusion that wealth actually impacts your mental processes in a similar way to actual brain damage.

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  3. Comment on An open letter to Johnson & Johnson regarding its strategy to extend its patent on bedaquiline leading to a predicted six million lives lost over four years in ~health

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    If it weren't for this open letter, I wouldn't have known about this issue at all.

    If it weren't for this open letter, I wouldn't have known about this issue at all.

    51 votes

  4. Comment on Disney’s harsh new reality: Costly film flops, creative struggles and a shrinking global box office in ~movies

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    I'm just turned of movies that have no pacing. Nothing to allow you a moment to actually absorb the experience. It's most prominent in the Marvel franchise but it's so prevalent to have that...

    I'm just turned of movies that have no pacing. Nothing to allow you a moment to actually absorb the experience. It's most prominent in the Marvel franchise but it's so prevalent to have that typical "serious-quip-serious-quip" that nothing matters.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Are there any good mushroom (or veg) alternatives to cured meats? in ~food

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    Microwaving a honey mushroom (I think that's the variety... I knew them as "popinkies" /(opienki?) in my broken Polish) will make them taste like bacon. Use care though as mushrooms easily catch...

    Microwaving a honey mushroom (I think that's the variety... I knew them as "popinkies" /(opienki?) in my broken Polish) will make them taste like bacon. Use care though as mushrooms easily catch fire/smoke if heated too much.

    We accidentally burned some trying to quick/dry/cook them and honest to God they tasted like cured bacon.

    2 votes