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To expand, a garbage theory is indistinguishable from a narrative. Yes, traditionally humans have used oral narratives to pass on history. That’s how we have ended up forgetting so much actual history, because no one talks about the second-loudest guy, or, virtually ever, women or minorities. You can get a picture from that, but it’s not an accurate picture; it’s a story. Unfortunately, we’re getting to the point where there’s so much recorded data that it gets harder and harder to pull out the relevant. Let’s see what good indexing and AI do with it in the future will we start seeing more and more about how everything good comes from white men, with others contributing to “what white men started,” or will it be more and more that the complex machinery and systems of today evolved from a shitload of precedents and people. After all, even the wheel, the screw, and the inclined plane were once cutting-edge technology. Along with knives Wendy P.
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I’m just enjoying the request for help. I will say that, as a rule, someone’s perceived pain doesn’t determine the success of much of anything, since hurting is generally destructive. Like that old metaphor of saying you’ve grown because you’ve chopped off everyone else’s feet. Wendy P.
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She started as an illegally-employed immigrant. And her family are chain migration immigrants. Seems pretty high on the “it was OK when I did it but now it isn’t.” Wendy P.
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Do you think everything should be buyable with money, or mainly peace? How about integrity — can it be bought? Wendy P.
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Chaugogagogmanchaugagogchaubunagungamog (aka Lake Webster)
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I hope this doesn’t turn into a “Epstein didn’t kill himself” meme Wendy P.
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Barrel
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The real future should be figuring how to use less of it in the first place. Fewer and more efficient lights, appliances, smaller cars and more mass transit. Insulation. And that’s just individuals. There’s a reason the mantra starts with reduce Wendy P.
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What exactly does that have to do with the post you quoted? Wendy P.
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The reports say he seems to have suffered a mid-air medical episode. We live in a world where there isn’t always recourse when we suffer something like that. Wendy P.
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Welcome back. Forums aren’t cool anymore, I guess, except for old farts. I’m also on a woodworking one that is a little more lively, but woodworking hobbyists tend to be old, and they tend to be more utilitarian. That site is mostly woodworking, not mostly social. So we’re glad you’re here. The name change didn’t help much, either. I helped with my father as he waned, but when he got totally dependent my brothers and i were able to involve a nursing home then a care home; in part I feel your exhaustion, but for sure not like you did Wendy P.
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Bridge (king of card games)
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He’s changed with maturity. Wendy P.
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Gilbert & Sullivan
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Ah, but fruitcakes with beer instead of rum or brandy poured over them will mildew too fast… Wendy P.
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Huh? Of course I can’t. It’s ridiculous. Wendy P.
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Well, we moved a ton of manufacturing to Mexico. They’ll pick that up, too Wendy P.
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Mac and cheese was 5 for a dollar back then. Add a can of tuna and some frozen peas, it’s a casserole. Wendy P.
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Cooking for myself made my budget work. I put myself through the last two years of a public university. It was way cheaper in those days. Wendy P.
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Back to what. Men being able to call spades spades, and babes babes? McCarthyism only lasted a few years they forget. It’s unsustainable. Wendy P
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singing in the dead of night
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I agree their following isn’t the core, but their appeal should be studied, and middle issues worked in a similar way. One of the things I like about it is that it doesn’t purport to be the answer, just a thought approach to check for usefulness Wendy P.
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I think what he's saying is that Trump is a symptom of the sky falling, not the cause. While it doesn't necessarily have to fall, the forces that make people look up are real, and worth considering by the (as he called it) Democratic gerontocracy. Consider how popular Bernie was with a decent number of people who subsequently voted for Trump. Maybe we need to take a page from that book, and ask for his advice, maybe even tell him he'll be an official elder statesman with real advice power. The late 1890's to the 1930's were a serious populist era, and people are painting parallels with this one. That, too, might be worth thinking about. Wendy P.
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My son sent me this; a free link to an article in The Atlantic about uproars in the economy and the effect on the world order as well as the US Economy resets and epochal change Wendy P.
