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@billy

Do you believe in life after love?
Yes. Love is the best thing in general. We need more love in the world. But, relationships can come and go and you can thrive afterwards.

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  • @HisVirusness: Yes. Mostly because the last 10 years of my life has been exactly that. I've d…

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It's almost Halloween. Don't be scared. Ghosts are your friend. jWW `""9Wf _#WWW IW jWWWWW IW __,yyyyyWWWWW IWyyyy___ _jyWWP"^``"`.C"9*,J _.mqD:^^"WWWWWWQg__ jgW"^.C/"…

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What was your first web experience?
My parents got an AOL (America Online) CD in the mail. They signed up, and dialed into the Internet. Once connected, we saw a menu. You could chat, read an encyclopedia or something, or click web. One of the first websites I remember going to was mtv.com. It took several minutes, sometimes up to 20 …

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  • @brennan: Playing Flash games on pbskids.org when my mom took me to the local public libra…
  • @mary: Club Penguin, flash games, and the 3D Tamagotchi game thing.
  • @detritus: Signing up for a hotmail account, getting chain mails, playing games on miniclip…

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“Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that is so very harmful as this mind that is not tamed. An untamed mind is very harmful.” Aṅguttara Nikāya, Book of Ones, Chapter 4, discourse 31

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Would you rather die young and famous or old and obscure?
Old and obscure. Fame is nothing but a temporary ego boost.

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  • @brennan: young and obscure
  • @HisVirusness: I mean, I'm living through the second option right now, whereas I was always und…

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What's your earliest memory?
I vaguely remember, as a 3 year old, having a crush on another 3 year old. Crush may be the wrong word. I just liked her. I think it was my family trying to be funny/cute that put "crush" in my head. Then, I remember glimpses of being 4. My strongest earliest memory would be starting elementary sch…

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  • @detritus: Standing on the edge of my crib, crying because the music of the ice cream truck…
  • @bruno: My earliest memory is looking in the mirror and thinking, that's me one saturday…
  • @mammoth: I remember my first day at primary school, and I remember the smell of it. It's …

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If I ever win the lottery, multi-millions, I’ll add a shop here. You’ll use your bits to buy things. You won’t spend any money. Just bits that you rightfully earned. But, I won’t win multi-millions so…

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Do you have something you collect? If yes, tell us about your collection.
Nothing on a serious level. I accumulate things. Sometimes multiple of the same type of thing. But, I don't yet consider anything I have to be a "collection." I have vinyl records. But, only about 50 and I don't consider them a collection because I'm not into organizing them, cleaning them, etc. I…

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  • @Y2three1y: I kind of collect magnets and I also have a key collection
  • @candycanearter07: i HAD a huge collection of pencils from forgetting to give them back to the teac…
  • @detritus: I collect dust.

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At this point my overall plan seriously is to NOT add more features for a while. But, this felt natural/good, and helpful. You can now highlight text in a post (on the permalink page) and then quote or remind. Remind? Yes. Have you ever been in a hurry, saw a post but didn’t have time to read it? Hi…

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Privacy policy updated. Although they may not all respect it, we now ask AI bots to not crawl this place. And I've emailed archive.org asking them to exclude us from the Wayback Machine. The idea is to try and keep content here, for your privacy. Although, it's not…

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Have you ever had an experience you can't explain?
I've hallucinated before. But come to think of it, that's explainable. I'm pretty sure everything I've experienced can be explained.

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  • @mammoth: At the library I was shelving books and repeating the dewey decimal number I was…
  • @caligo: when i was younger, much much younger, there was this flash of light, like a ray…
  • @candycanearter07: i dont understand relationships at all i kinda just coast on praying people care…

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What holiday are you looking forward to?
Christmas/New Years. Hopefully, fingers crossed, work slows down a bit, I spend time with family, and refresh.

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  • @mammoth: , ((Δ_Δ)) , . (((Ӧ))) ( ՙԾ՚))
  • @detritus: Dia de Muertos!
  • @caligo: christmas. i've given up on halloween.. ,,really wish i didnt. i love dressing u…

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[ Community News ] 1. Check remember me when logging in. So far it seems to be working great. If you like that sort of thing. There are privacy considerations. Never use remember me on a public computer. But, for your personal computer, remember me does all it can to keep you logged in for an extre…

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