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Old 08-12-2020, 02:38 PM
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Old 08-14-2020, 10:07 PM
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If I find out who leaked this, I will destroy them.

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Old 08-14-2020, 10:09 PM
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Haha I just saw that news item and thought of you immediately!

Meanwhile, this post aged well eh?

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Old 08-15-2020, 08:45 AM
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Old 08-16-2020, 05:32 AM
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I now feel obligated to show you my tea towels/kitchen towels. Also this Swedish dish cloth that I am using instead of a sponge or other things to wash dishes by hand.
I remember this recommendation every now and again because I immediately ordered some of those Swedish dish cloths based on this, and they are the best.

We use them to wash the pots and pans and clean the counters and the whole danged kitchen, and then just throw them in the dishwasher or the washing machine and use them again. We don't use sponges anymore, and cut way down on paper towels, too. They last a really, really long time.

Listen to Qingdai about Swedish dish cloths.

Probably some other stuff, too.

Could be.
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Old 08-16-2020, 10:23 AM
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Inspiring post Kam, thank you :cheerful:
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Inspiring post Kam, thank you :cheerful:
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Inspiring post Kam, thank you :cheerful:
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Old 08-17-2020, 06:07 AM
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Old 08-17-2020, 10:55 PM
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Old 08-20-2020, 07:53 PM
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Potatoes.

We've been getting big bunches of potatoes from our CSA, and I am pretty surprised at how much better they are fresh out of the ground, as opposed to the ones you get from the grocery store. The farmer told us some guy asked her if there was something wrong with them, because they had dirt on them.

Once, a long time ago, a very cool old man named Solomon Fender said to me, "You know where potatoes come from?" I said no, and he said, "Old dog Rover flew up to Heaven and fetched 'em down here."

This concludes my post about potatoes.
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Old 08-20-2020, 08:04 PM
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Kanye West.

I realized today that I have not issued an official statement on this yet.

For many years, I have been a staunch Kanye apologist. I do not understand or condone the sort of free-floating hatred many people have for Kanye, and I have come out against this sort of thing in real life, and possibly here as well. Kanye is a smart and talented man, but he is clearly troubled and very likely struggling with mental illness of some sort. I do not think that this merits the types of criticisms he's received in the past. George W. Bush may well personally care about black people, but George W. Bush's actions following Katrina were cruel and uncaring and had strong racist undertones, and Kanye was justified in pointing this out. I stand by that.

What I do not stand by is Kanye's current actions. I understand that he is struggling with something. I cannot understand or excuse what he is doing now, comporting and colluding with the Trumps to try to steal the election.

I am not completely abandoning my stance as a Kanye apologist, and I may even be still in very narrow domains. But I am pausing my general-purpose Kanye defenses, and I offer no apologies on this particular topic. What Kanye is doing right now is wrong.

This concludes my post about Kanye West.
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Old 08-20-2020, 08:14 PM
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Did you read Kim Kardashian's open letter about his being bi-polar and therefore "complicated"? It's literally the first time I've paid any attention to her at all, but I found it to be a very impressive plea for sympathy I otherwise had a hard time offering.
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I hadn't, but I just looked it up. Bipolar would have been my guess, yeah. He really seems to be having an extended manic episode right now. And honestly, although I'm not a fan of her whole thing in general, I've seen a couple stories about Kim Kardashian that made me think she's a pretty decent person and not as stupid as people seem to think.

Apparently, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner just visited them at the ranch they've been renting in Telluride, so I'm hoping she is keeping an eye on those 'festivities' so she can provide witness testimony if needed.
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In the past Kanye has said he believes his mental illness (Bipolar as mentioned, and narcissism) are his super powers and where all his creativity comes from. He’s convinced getting healthy will be the end of his talent.

My sympathy only goes so far for someone with the resources to get the best help and the best medicine but refuses, however I do feel bad for him because the people around him are pushing this super power idea, and are riding the Kanye cash train till he kills himself (which is frankly coming without help).

There’s asking people for compassion while he and his people try to get him better, and then there’s using and illness an excuse for not changing bad behavior, and so far Kanye has been the latter.

(I also don’t understand the genre and don’t understand what his talent is.)
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Help me!

I am trying to remember a documentary series that I am almost positive is on YouTube, but I don't remember enough details about it to even find it by searching.

It's a critique/overview type of thing about media/culture in general, and it reminds me of Charlie Brooker, but I don't think it's him. I'm pretty sure it talks about things like the history of reality TV, and media fearmongering, and has a general theme of social manipulation and control.

I am also pretty sure it's about a ten-part series, and I've watched at least parts of it multiple times, so there's a good chance I've even recommended it here.

It's not new-new, but not old-old. Maybe Bush era or thereabout. It's in English.

I'm not 100% on any of the details. I've been racking my brain for hours now, and the most I get is little flashes and snippets, but not much concrete.
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Check the history on your Chumby.
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I remembered one more thing, that there's a part about some social experiment or maybe reality TV show where there are a bunch of people living in this panopticon type of situation where they're filmed 24/7 before that was anywhere near common, and some skinny hippyish guy was really flipping out. (Edit: And I am pretty sure this was in an episode about surveillance culture. Also that they were living in little pods and didn't have privacy even in the toilets.)

Doesn't narrow it down TOO much, I know, but it's something. I was halfway to gaslighting myself into thinking I imagined it, but I keep remembering these bits.

And as for YOU, Cmurb:


I'm up while the dawn is breaking
Even though my heart is aching
I should be drinking a toast to absent friends
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Right out of liv's nightmares.
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Is she dwarphobic also? :chin:
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