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Reasons why computer problems seem to mysteriously vanish as soon as a technician shows up:

You were spacing out and skipping a step somewhere without realising it, and you can’t reproduce it when you try to demonstrate it because now you’re paying attention to what you’re doing

It’s an intermittent electrical connection fault that’s being aggravated by movement/vibrations in your desk; you need to check your cables

The act of explaining the problem to someone caused you to figure out what you were doing wrong

The real cause of the problem was somewhere upstream of your terminal device – for example, at the network service provider – and it got fixed at the source while you were waiting

Your computer is in a location with poor airflow and is overheating; waiting for the technician to arrive gave it a chance to cool off

Despite all appearances to the contrary, modern computers actually have very good fault recovery, and most minor problems will sort themselves out on their own if you give it a minute

Magic

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internet politics and real-world politics have gotten so separated, and pretty soon all this internet weirdness is gonna come crashing into real life and politicians are gonna start throwing around words like “SJW” and “anime communist” and “dark enlightenment” and it’s just gonna be the most ridiculous fucking thing

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I saw a post that said "it is always worth it to pay a premium to live in an area you are in love with" because the place you're in will determine what kind of energy you can bring to the table every day... and I agree.

In fact, being "extra" about the commonplace, everyday things in your life is always worth it. If you're not rich and you have to choose, choosing to spend money on delicious food from ethical farmers, clothing that lasts, a home that you're genuinely pleased to wake up in, appliances and tools that help you have small joys like high-quality cookware and a coffeemaker, etc. is probably going to make you happier in the long run than saving all your money for the occasional impressive trip. It's better to be happy at baseline than to live most days in drudgery as you await the next exciting thing.

Of course, I agree with the caveat that if you can compromise on not living in a specific city or town you adore and save some money or inconvenience yourself a little less by living in a place that's similar, that's also something to consider. Identifying the features you like - seclusion and quiet, dark night sky, sunset viewpoints, forests, lakes, beach, mountains, artsy shops, farmland, bustling streets, historic character, cultural diversity, or whatever it is - is more important than the name of the town where you're going to live. Living in a place that gets you down in the dumps is no good, but getting fixated on a particular spot and then becoming frustrated when you can't find a home there is not a productive way to live, either.

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Okay you guys.

IF YOU PRIMARILY DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH reply with what you mentally call it, if you have a nickname for it or something

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I took my little brother (autistic, mostly non verbal) out and he was using his voice keyboard to tell me something, and this little boy (maybe 4 or 5?) heard him and asked me "Is he a robot??" I tried to explain to him that no, he isn't a robot, he just communicates differently, but my darling brother was in the background max volume "I am robot I am robot I am robot I am robot"

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everyone knows that space is very very cold, and the sun is very very hot. so i assume there's a bit of space kind of near the sun which is just right. balmy space

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Phone case. It's armor for a device I can use to send messages.

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got a text from my old boss that she got new kittens, which didn’t surprise me bc she’s infamous for having like 10+ cats at a time and is constantly taking in strays from neighboring farms. average thursday for her right. but then i go to actually open the image she sent and

unique markings indeed!

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As someone that's had 3 miscarriages that actually made me sick to my stomach. Surrogacy is honest to God so selfish. Like I might not be able to have kids but at no point have I been like "You know what? I should just make someone else do it for me".

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Ah, sorry. Excuse me. My cat needs to take a nap on your dash a moment. Just step over him.

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does the 69 button have a name or are we all calling it the 69 button.

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my therapist: “you need to unlearn the belief that failing to completely explain every statement you make will cause people to misinterpret and hate you. that’s generally not how people think, and it’s just your OCD talking.”

tumblr when you word a post slightly vaguely/poorly:

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I'd say the real problem is they do that then movie fans try and take over your Fandom all UwU the misrepresentation is just as valid. Let people enjoy things.

One of my pet peeves is when you say something to someone about they ruined a character and they've only seen the show/movie and they go "well I don't think they ruined them" like yeah because to you they're a brand new character and nothing is wrong with brand new character doing thing, but OG character would never.

The real problem with books-turned-movies isn’t “omg they didn’t include every single word in the book” it’s “omg they completely overlooked the main theme, threw out any significant allegories, took away all the emotional pull, an turned it into a boring action movie with a love triangle in it”

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Who makes the porn bots. Where do they come from. What do they hope to achieve.

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Government cuts programs people think are needed.

Me: Maybe you should think about this the next time you think something should be run by the Government. The side you don't like will someday get in and they will now have control of those things.

Idiots literally seeing this in real-time: We need the Government to provide healthcare.

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Send them all to prison. Reset for the government.

Hell Yeah

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Though honestly that might just be the pastor at the church my SOs family goes to. Today he preached on the turn the other cheek thing and said both that Joseph in the old testament did not get vengeance on his brothers(I mean he threw one in jail and scared the piss out of them) and that David was "just a little guy" (skillful in playing, a man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a man of good presence, and the Lord is with him. But yeah sure. Just a little guy.) Man speaks like a TV preacher.

The more I go to church the more it feels like the new testament was made to convince Jewish people to be easier victims.