The Dude
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I always thought it was funny how they tried to rhyme dance and hands. I thought a better line would be: You can dance/You can dance/Everybody take off your pants
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@ Imagine That person is just horrible! Attacking people who have lost and are loosing loved ones is just the lowest of the low. She is scum and deserves to be sacked from her job. If she is disliked by a large number at work, you should start up lots of rumors about her and fight fire with fire!
That'll probably cause more problems than answers.
Imagine, you should file an official grievance if your work allows it. Otherwise going up the chain of command might be helpful (but that also depends on how proactive leadership is at your work). But I would stick to proper ways of seeking her ouster rather than starting a war with her.
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Hahaha. There's an iPhone app where you set it to take a picture by implementing a timer. You put it in your pocket/on your desk and it rings once the timer runs out. When you answer it, the app discretely takes pictures automatically using the iPhone's camera. It looks, however, like you're on the phone. It's probably a bit to late to try, and I don't even know if you have an iPhone, but next time you should try it (if you have the device, that is)!
That's pretty cool actually. But, alas, I'm a poor boy and don't have an iPhone. Really it's the cost of service that prevents me having one more than anything.
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Wish I could discretely take a picture of this woman and upload it because you guys would laugh. She looks and dresses just like Miranda Richardson as Rita Skeeter.
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Like ive already said, i just do. gut instinct.
i could be flipping the switch and asking you how you know your right, but i am not.
Yeah, you could. But the thing is, you made the bold statement that you KNOW who is right. I just wanted to know how you knew. Now it seems that you are back-peddling and trying to bog the conversation down in semantics. It reminds me of when Bill Clinton was being questioned by the grand jury and his defense was "It depends on what your definition of 'is' is."
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I was not attempting to twist your words. You said this:
I read what you had to say and i take you opinion on what you believe.But at the end of the day, were alone in this world. There is no higher power acting and doing stuff to people. But if you get comfort in believing there is i won't go on anymore.
But i know who is right, and i take comfort in that.
I just asked how do you know. I didn't feel that there was any twisting going on.
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how do you not know?
exactly, no one knows.
You said you knew who was right. I asked you how you know. I didn't ask who was right or wrong. I just wanted to know how you knew this since you said you did know.
Now you're telling me no one knows. Which is it?
If you do know, I'd like to know how you know.
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But i know who is right, and i take comfort in that.
How do you know?
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NYC
Seychelles
Prince Edward Island
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The Dude: it is now proven that immunizations do not cause autism. There is no evidence it does. A lot of time kids are diagnosed around two or so, the same time signs of autism erupt in the first place. Thus those parents blame the immunizations for the cause but there is no proof that is the case.
Dunno if you were saying it was or was not the cause for autism, I just had to say that
Bugs me when people blame immunizations for autism in their children.Yes, that was exactly my point. Science can get it wrong and does get it wrong quite a bit of the time. But many look at science as infallible.
And if there was a god how could he allow all these natural disasters happen? how good people are taken from this earth when really nasty people are still going on living. And don't give me the "he is testing us all" rubbish, just a excuse for someone to justify why these things happen.You asked the question. I don't know if you really wanted an answer but here goes.
God gave us a perfect world. Then he gave us free will. When we exercised that free will to disobey God sin came into the world. The perfect world ceased to exist. The Bible states that satan has power over this world and will do whatever it takes to turn us away or against God including disasters.
Whenever something bad happens like a natural disaster it's always God's fault (an act of God). But when something good happens we pat ourselves on the back and tell ourselves it was all us. So God get's all the blame and none of the credit.
Now, I'm just trying to answer what I consider a legitimate question. I certainly hope you don't consider me one of those religious people whom you spoke about. I have no interest in being religious. And I hope that you don't take offense to my answer, I wasn't trying to poke holes in anything you said.
To me, it's not about me being right and you being wrong or vice versa. To me it's about you as a person and I try to care about people. I'm not always good at that but I do try.
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That 'Friday' song by that girl.
"Partyin' partyin'/fun fun fun"
Songwriting just doesn't get any better than that.
My favorite part is where she starts naming the days of the week.
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I see your point, and maybe it was an unfair judgement. But that being said, I think the people who consider it payback for Pearl Harbor are still completely wrong - I understand the hostility, especially because the attack was undeserved and fairly unprovoked - but I think <i>after</i> they saw the damage the atomic bombs had on Japan, they wouldn't want that type of damage done ever again. I mean, for very old people, I can see where the prejudice would come from - my gram is particularly racist, but she is 94 and was well into her 30's during WW2. I think some racism and prejudice is totally undeserved though, especially because Japan is such a prosperous nation and fairly peaceful as of now. But yeah, I see where you're coming from and it was unfair of me to pass judgement so quickly on the previous generation, but I think that it is not fair that some people, like the man I work with, to pass such quick judgement and hate onto Japan because that is the last thing they need right now.
I didn't live back then so I can't say if I'd still carry that prejudice if I'd lived through it or not. I'd like to think I'd forgiven by now. But maybe if I lost somebody really close at Pearl Harbor I wouldn't. But yeah, I think calling this payback for Pearl Harbor is a little strange and out there.
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I agree.
You can compare the public's mind set when Pearl Harbour was bombed to our mind set on 9/11/01, or the London bomings of World War 2, or whatever disaster happened in your area. I don't know about you, but once I understood 9/11 (the event the happened near me), I wanted revenge.
Agree.
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I'm pretty sure we "got them" good enough the first time with the TWO nuclear bombs we dropped on them, which I think were completely undeserved. NO ONE should resort to nuclear weaponry and NO ONE deserves to have a nuclear bomb dropped, ever.
Not to get too far off topic here but I think you're being too harsh on that generation. You're looking at it through the eyes of someone in 2011, nearly 60 years after the Pearl Harbor bombing and about 55 years after the bombing of Japan.
I'm not condoning the use of nuclear weaponry and I'm surely not saying this is payback for Pearl Harbor - my heart goes out to those who've suffered from this terrible earth quake and tsunami. But, for lack of a better analogy, it's easy to be a Monday morning quarterback. At the time Pearl Harbor was fresh in their minds not to mention the U.S. had been fighting the Japanese for the past 3 1/2 or so years. There was much hurt and animosity. At the time U.S. citizens as well as the military felt the bombing of Pearl Harbor was uncalled for and an unfair, below-the-belt blow. Mind you we were not involved in WWII at the time. We were staying out of it. And they bombed us on a Sunday morning when many were at church services etc. You've got to put yourself in the mindset of someone at that time before you pass such easy judgment.
As for us dropping atomic bombs on Japan, this kind of weaponry had never been used before. We really didn't understand the impact that this would have on the world, on politics, on the future until it was already too late. We, the U.S., didn't know exactly what kind of destruction we were unleashing. And still didn't even after we bombed Japan. During the 1950s we were teaching school kids to duck and cover in the event of nuclear war. We now know that duck and cover wouldn't do any good but at the time we were still unsure of the power of nuclear weaponry.
Again, sorry to get so far off subject but I just feel that this was an unfair judgment on our ancestors.
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I guess I'm one of those who believe in science and nature.
But be careful, science has been leading people astray for centuries. You have to be discerning with science as well. I'm not saying that all science is fake or wrong and you should only believe in God - He gives us brains and the ability to think for a reason. But science also told us that childhood immunizations caused autism <--that science is the 'new' evolution.
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I hate it when people do things like this. If you have something to say you should just come out and say it instead of pretty much saying "I know something that you don't and i am not going to tell you".
I don't think he knows anything. He's just having some fun. Now he may be implying something but that doesn't necessarily mean he knows something that the rest of us don't.
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Pittsburgh
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These are pics I took over New Year's, don't steal them! lol. I spend most of my time here, when I can:
I believe these two are the Empire State Building, don't quote me on it
. I walk around all the time, but I should really get to know what I look at. 
^ The Chrysler Building
(I always get the two buildings confused ALL THE TIME) In case ya didn't know, these pictures are of Manhattan, NYC (New York City).
Tyvm. -bows-
You are correct, the first two are the Empire State Building and the last one is the Chrysler Building. They do look alike but you can tell the Chrysler Building because of the Art Deco ornamentation on the top. I think the Chrysler Building is the prettier of the two.
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I'm not part of any :/ It would be nice to.
This is not true. We all have culture. Your culture is different than mine. Mine is different than others who even live in the U.S. You don't have to leave your country to experience a different culture. Sometimes cultural differences are different religions or different races. It doesn't have to be what you might consider exotic to be culture. Give yourself some credit. You have culture.
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I know they told residents to stay indoors, but if it were me, I think I'd just get the heck out of Dodge.
Bullying
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Here's a little lesson - bullying doesn't stop just because we're adults. It still goes on, in the workplace, in social circles etc. It's sometimes more subversive than it was in childhood but it still exist. If you're still in high school and can't wait to get out so maybe the bullying will stop or you can be around adults, don't bet on it. It happens in all walks of life. Sorry to say, but this is the truth. Bullies don't grow up...they just get older.
You still might go to your boss or supervisor about it. Just explain to him what's going on and that it's creating unnecessary stress in the workplace for you and others as well. Explain that this girl is nice to your face but other people keep telling you about things she says behind your back and that there is obviously a problem, either with the girl or with the people who tell you what she says. Maybe then your manager will keep a closer eye on what's being said by whom.
This is just a suggestion though. Obviously you know your workplace better than us and you know whether this would actually help or hurt.