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My first Omegle attempts. Continue? Y/N

First sets the bar: Second, nice and neat: Third, short and sweet: If you like them, I will make more. If not, tonight my pillow will be soaked with tears of disappointment and self-loathing.

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Okay AskReddit, what are some good free things to do this Valentines Day?

Apparently, If I take my Girlfriend to Cici's pizza, she's going to leave me. So I'm going to one up my cheapness, what can we do for free (Or fairly inexpensive)?

AskReddit

What's your favorite album with which to chill, Trees?

I'm sure this has been done before at one time or another, but it's always a good topic of conversation. What do you Ents love to put on after a good smoke sesh? I'm partial to some Animal Collective or some of the more psychedelic Beatles tracks. The Arcade Fire also have some great tracks, as well as Jaco Pastorious. The list goes on, obviously. The Sound of Animals Fighting are always interesting to explore aurally, too. Lol explore aurally. EDIT: I realize I asked your favorite album and then listed a bunch of artists...yeah.

trees

I'm looking for a creative and sophisticated event name for a cocktail party I am throwing; any ideas?

Hey everyone! So I am throwing a fun mini cocktail party for a small group of friends and I am looking for a creative, non prophane, cool name for the facebook event! Any ideas?

AskReddit

I'm 9 months pregnant and I'm giving my kid up for adoption AMA

I'm 20 years old living with my boyfriend and we have decided to place our baby for adoption...she is due next week. I saw someone requested a prego!

IAmA

Ask Linguistics: What is the potential effect of modern communication methods on regional dialects?

My buddy's kid was playing x-box and talking with his online friends. My buddy asked where they all were, and his kid rattled off a list of places all across the US. My buddy was wondering if this kind of diverse interaction might hasten the end of local dialects, and I thought I'd run it by you guys in r/linguistics.

linguistics

Reddit, what music do you like to listen to while you study/work?

I'm studying for a Psychology exam right now and my personal favorites are Miles Davis and Chopin's Nocturnes.

AskReddit

What's the greatest mistake you've ever made?

Now that I look back, I should have taken school a little more seriously. What mistake do you now realize in hindsight?

AskReddit

[5] Here is something that I find genuinely mind-blowing

Imagine if all the dogs in the world suddenly gained a sense of consciousness, a greater sense of self-being, and a sense of **appearance**. And then we, as humans, set up some kind of machines that allowed dogs to cut their own hair. When the dogs could think about their own haircuts, imagine all the kinds of haircuts they would give themselves! They would probably cut it in like the weirdest places.

trees

"I apologise for this long letter. I did not have enough time to shorten it." - Pliny The Elder

Just a side note - if you're reading this, prepare to be disappointed. Also, if you **sort by "Old"** the list will be in the order you're used to seeing it. I think.

kleinbl00

Opening first credit card (US) with no credit whatsoever - which one?

Hey guys, I am 20, live in NYC, have no credit history whatsoever and want to start one (to build up the scorez). Does anyone have advice on which to choose, etc? Edit: I am a student, yes. I am not looking to get a loan.

AskReddit

Is there anybody here with experience with Osteosarcoma? I need help for my best friend, please.

My friend has been fighting this diagnosis for just over 2 years now. Today he told me that he is preparing to "leave," which means he is going back to China and that he is giving up on chemo and preparing to die. I visited him this weekend and I think I saw him at his worst. As my roommate in college, I knew him as a very active PhD candidate. Not only was he very involved in his research (herpes virus - layman's understanding), but also played soccer, tennis, and exercised everyday. He was misdiagnosed at a very large and well known cancer center, and one year later the cancer had metastasized throughout his body, especially his lungs. He has since gone through many surgeries and chemo treatments. Now the pain has really weakened him. Initially he used to refuse as much pain medication as possible. He then let Percocet in and now has settled into Oxycodone. I'm hoping that there may be some responses here for any unconventional (non FDA approved) treatments. My friend and I are grateful for any suggestions that you may have. He is 29 yrs old and needs to regain some hope for a future. I would really like for him to be around for a long time as my best friend. I will try to answer any questions to the best of my ability. Responses may be very slow as my friend has a hard time speaking on the phone and sleeps about 18 hrs a day. Thank you for any assistance or support you may have to offer.

AskReddit

Does the type of weed you're smoking influence your choice of smoking method?

I have a feeling certain methods would work better with sativas, and others for indicas, but I can't decide which.

trees

Going insane. What do these chips TASTE like??????

i got these new limited edition Zapp's Voodoo Gumbo chips. They're good, but there's one solidly familiar flavor that sticks out, and I can't tell what it is. Anyone have any Zapp's experience?

AskReddit

I hope hell holds a special place for programmers who install games under the Corporate Brand Owner's/Game Developers/Trademark holders name in Windows instead of the damn name of the damn game.

So let's open All programs and look for Lego Batman... Not under Batman. Not under Lego. *&^%$ where the hell is it. Right. Warner Brothers. How about Lego Star Wars I? Not under Star Wars. Not under Lego? WTF Giant? And where's Lego Star Wars II? Oh, THAT's under Lucasarts. People, I don't give a fffffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu about your trademark, I just want to find the freaking game.

technology

I'm four days late on my rent and don't have any money. What should I do??

I signed a lease for a really nice apartment that I can't afford because I like the marble-work in the bathroom but now I have to give some guy a check just because I sleep here. I was hoping all of this single-barrel scotch would help me forget about it but he won't stop calling me.

shittyadvice

What are these bumps on my boyfriend's head?

Pictures: one]( These bumps on his head have been bugging me for the two and a half years we've been dating. Are they normal? What the hell is wrong with his head? I don't think they've gotten any bigger at all. Sometimes they're a darkish pinkish color. There's probably 4 or 5 of them. I've already ruled out lupus.

AskReddit

opinions about the word 'pussy'

do you find it derogatory or disrespectfull, or playfull and appropriate?

TwoXChromosomes

Reddit, my sister's boyfriend started watching "faux news". What is the best news station to push him toward (and away from fox news)?

She has been dating him for awhile and he's a great guy. I don't want him to become corrupted by fox. I have already sent her an e-mail asking her to stop him and telling her how much I dislike fox news. I also said how everyone that I know that watches fox news is a crazy person. Please help.

AskReddit

What is the proper length of time before you can discuss spoilers without warning first? I mean, by now everyone should know it was a sled, right?

Are there modifiers for popularity and staying power? I wouldn't want to spoil a Sherlock Holmes novel for someone reading it for the first time, but when I jokingly told my pal "the butler did it" without even seeing WHICH book he was reading, I got a solid yelling-at.

AskReddit

Nexus One upgrade on family plan. Any advice?

Can't get it on my family plan for a subsidized price, not planning on leaving T-Mobile for next 2 years anyways. Has anyone gotten this to work for $179?

Android

So apparently I didn't know how to use mdadm

Don't worry, my data is safe, but my 4TB raid5 isn't. I'm not worried about recovering the data on the array, just about learning what exactly I did wrong. I'm pretty sure when I made the raid, I didn't make it a raid of partitions, but rather a raid of drives. The array worked just fine for a few months, but following a system update/reboot, everything went to crap (can't mount the array, no filesystem recognized). I'm guessing when assembling an array, you're supposed to use partitions (/dev/sda1) rather than drives (/dev/sda). I didn't do this. Could someone here shed some light on exactly why using hard drives in an array like this would cause the behavior I experienced?

linux

Groovy or Ruby? Which one is worth learning?

Currently, I do most of my web development using PHP, but I would like to try Ruby on Rails or Groovy on Grails. I don't know which language/technology is better or is considered to have a better future? Could you advise? P.S. I have only very small experience with Java, but I read it is not needed to use Groovy. Thanks!

programming

I have tons of time, access to a full gym, and tons of motivation. I'm already in pretty good shape (except for lingering shin splints, but not bad). I need help designing a workout.

I'm currently applying to become an officer in the Marine Corps and started working out a few weeks ago. I learned that if/when I get selected, I won't be able to ship out until October because of all of the slots before then are already reserved. I'm out of school and minimally employed. I've been working out pretty hard, but get kinda bored and take a few days off sometimes. I don't mind doing the same workout every day, but I really don't know if I'm working out everything I could be working. I've got tons of energy and can do a 2 hour workout (including resting time) without much trouble. What I need is either a routine I can do every day with a couple rest days, or an alternating routine. Either way, I need to work out everything and get in ridiculous shape. I need to be able to max the USMC PT test (20 pull-ups, 100 crunches in 2 minutes, and 18-minute 3 mile) in a couple of months. I know how to get in shape for that, I just want to increase my strength and stamina everywhere else and generally get beastly. Thanks!

Fitness

Boston Meetup, where the fuck was juan_solo?

Dude, we made you a cake. We waited for 2 hours. "He'll be here soon" people said. Eventually, we just started giving the cake to people who had heard of 4chan. I mean, wtf man?!

boston

Don't Worry Ma'am, your bank information is safe with me. (why i'm deleting the Bank Of America app from my iPhone)

So I was heading to bestbuy with a friend of mine today, and decided to check my account balance. I signed in with my username (which I guess is autosaved) and my password, which is pretty unique. The next thing I know, I'm in someone else's account, linked to about 6 others (there were 4 savings accounts, labeled by name, I'm assuming kids), a savings account with about $2000 in it and one with a label about a house, I'm assuming again it's a savings, with about $4600 in it. I went to transfer, and, lo and behold, I had access to their accounts. I don't think I could've done anything besides transfer funds between the accounts, but as I went to refresh after checking each account's history, it popped up with my (much poorer) accounts. I took a few screenshots, not that it would help, but I could upload those. Does anyone know how this could happen? Either way, it makes me feel very insecure about my banking information. edit: here are the screenshots... i blurred out the amounts per account, but these are some shots Link One Link Two Link Three

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How/should I approach this girl in my lecture?

It was my group's turn to do a presentation for this course and I we went up and presented for 15 minutes. Nothing exceptional but it was passable. However after class finished, a friend from across the room mentioned that this girl was smiling and seemed interested in the presentation. In fact he mentioned that as I passed her to return to my seat, she checked me out thoroughly twice. Should I investigate further to see if she continues checking me out? How would I go about eventually speaking to her? BTW I am a shy person and this class has less than 30 people in it

AskReddit

When people ask why you are pro-choice/pro-life, what do you tell them?

I am a young woman myself and I always tell people the main reason I am pro-choice is because the government shouldn't have complete control over what happens to my body, especially dealing with rape/incest/fetal deformities. Also because my great-grandmother was found dead at the age of 28 holding a bloody coat-hanger. Very sad but I'm sure she felt like she had no choice at the time because she had no rights. Edit: I'm not asking which side you are on, I'm wondering how you defend your stance. WHY do you believe what you believe?

AskReddit

ITAP of a fibonacci succulent. Can anyone tell me its real name?

A recent East Coast transplant to the West Coast, I'm just floored by the diversity of weird, Dr. Seuss-meets-Timothy-Leary-esque plant-life that flourishes down in the South Bay. I walk the Strand in Manhattan Beach expect to see Ridley Scott and some hot blue chicks running through the vegetation... Oh, yeah: the link

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[5] So if legalized, what's the age limit?

I haven't read all too much on legalization/taxation/regulation to date, but a thought just occurred to me: Set the legal smoking age to 19. My reasoning being when I think of all my friends who smoked marijuana before they had ever drank alcohol (pre-college), none of them are much drinkers these days even while legal for them. None of them have behavioral or motivational issues and are all relatively successful and HAPPY. If you give a 19 year old the right to smoke marijuana, he/she is going to get exposed to weed before alcohol. They will have 2 years of going out to weed bars or friends' houses smoking up, but I am so certain that after those two years of glorious weed, they would rather opt out of drinking heavily and instead light up come their 21st birthday.

trees

I have the original GW... what else do I need?

I have the original GW but nothing else. Do I need anything else to play? It's been forever since I even launched the game and I never got past like level 7. Thanks!

redditgw

I need help to try and get into the local music scene

Hey guys, I'm a guitarist and I was raised in a small town. You can see the problem already, no? :) Now I'm going to a large university and I really want to play with other people, but the problem is that I have no idea where to start looking for people to play with. The only place that I could think of was the university music department, but there seems to be a lack of support there for anything other then strict classical. Could any of the more experienced guys out there give me some tips? It would be very much appreciated.

Music

Reddit, I need help choosing a song to play in music next week.

I've been playing guitar for about 4 months and can play most of the chords and change from one another properly (takes a little longer for bar though). Anyways, I'm in high school and next week I have a performance due for music which basically tells the teacher my skill level etc. I'm hoping for songs around the level of Audbrey by Bread (but i cant play this since i played this to audition into the class) I can't find any other good songs to play on guitar, any suggestions? EDIT: I can also sing, but my timing needs working on

Guitar

DAE think they were born in the wrong century?

I personally love science fiction, which leads me to think that I was born in the wrong century. I would have liked it if I were to be born maybe 500 years in the future. So reddit, do you think you were born in the wrong century?

DoesAnybodyElse

Jehovah's Witness Girl, part deux. Do I tell her to back off, or cross my fingers she'll continue to disassociate with her parents' beliefs?

Hey guys, I've posted about this before, but in a TL;DR fashion: Met girl, flirted heavily, she seemed interested, brought it up with her. She confirmed she was interested, but also a Jehovah's Witness (JW), and only wanted to date other JWs. I got shot down, but sort of in the best way possible. This happened last week. She asked me if she had given me the wrong idea, I replied "definitely" and she promised she would try really hard to not give me the wrong idea. Going back to class with her next class time, there was more joking and flirting, and she came over to my dorm. We hung out, whatever, there was more flirting, but I played it off as friendly. Cut to this last Monday. We had class together, and sat (as always) together. During class (it's a particularly dry, mundane and boring 2 hour class in the evening) we like to joke around with each other. One of the jokes *I* find funny is to put my elbow on top of her elbow, acting like I'm taking up too much desk space. It's stupid, but she finds it funny every time, and gives me this very flirtatious smile. After I did this on Monday, she does the same thing back to me, and then starts to have like a "forearm-fight" with me. This ends in her and I holding hands. Now, I know, as a joke people hold hands. I am not over-exaggerating by saying that this hand-holding lasted for at least a minute and a half, at which point I had to ask for my hand back to do some work. Needless to say, this kind of blew me away. Also, whenever I mentioned other girls, she was keen to either talk them down or ask if they have boyfriends, which to me seemed very interesting. We went back to my dorm to hang out until she had to go. She seemed really interested in everything in my room, asking about movies and books that I had on my shelves, as well as looking at my dirty clothes, "what kind of boxers do you wear?" She also seemed interested in learning to ride my longboard some more (she had expressed interest last time she was over.) We went into my dorm hallway, and I had her stand on it. She's a natural at balancing on it (way better than I was), yet she still requested for me to hold her hips and help her longboard. There was one point when I was trying to teach her to turn (you lean) when she had gone way against a wall, and I had her lean into me (so I was supporting all of her weight) to teach her the effect of leaning. Another time, she fell off (possibly on purpose, possibly not) into my arms, I (thankfully) caught her, and the longboard shot off towards the wall. She seemed VERY apologetic, and then I walked her to her car. All this time, she's making subtle comments about her parents, things like "they're helicopter parents" and "I was supposed to be home, but I'll just tell them I'm studying, let's go to your place." I understand she is a pretty avid JW, but she states that choosing to only date other JWs is a personal choice, not a religious specification. I am quite confused about what to do. Clearly, she seems to be becoming more flirtatious. I'm tempted to try holding her hands one day after class, any tips for that? Should I ask her to be my valentine? Should I assume this is a lost cause, and tell her to back off? Thanks for the tips Reddit! This is a rare community to find online, and it never ceases to amaze me. Especially /r/relationship_advice, talk about friendly people!

relationship_advice

The life and ti[m]es of a fap (uncut)

First time poster. Sorry for the shitty quality, camera phones are a harsh mistress.

gonewild

Chase just hiked my credit card interest rate up to 29.99% in anticipation of the CARD Act kicking in (which will prevent exactly this type of behavior). Thanks Congress for giving the banks a one year window to raise rates astronomically and defeat the purpose of the bill in the first place.

My Chase Platinum Mastercard interest rate just got raised to 29.99% from the already insanely high rate I had before of 21.24%. This was my first credit card, which I got at the beginning of college, almost 7 years ago. I have never missed a payment, and have been a loyal customer for all those years. This rate change is downright predatory, and precisely what the CARD Act is supposed to prevent! Unfortunately, Congress gave credit card companies a year window before the law kicks in, essentially giving companies an incentive to hike up their rates through the roof so that they'll be high when the new rules take effect. Despicable. Anyone else experience this?

politics

Benefits, grants, loans, etc that you can get as a graphic or web designer?

Curious to know if you guys have some insider tips on how to cash in on your trade. This could be a really useful guide for the rest of us.

web_design

DAE ever watch horror flicks before going to bed?

I normally need something mildly stimulating (music/film) to fall asleep to if I'm by myself, and I find that I lean more towards the horror genre late at night. From teen slashers to morbid gorefests, you name it, I'll probably watch it around 1-3am and sleep relatively soundly (with the exception of my insomnia). Am I alone in this strange routine? On a side note, any recommendations on some must-see thrillers would be an excellent bonus. ;)

DoesAnybodyElse

What is the worst movie you have ever seen?

I have several but off the top of my head? The movie Knowing. I felt like a terrible person for just watching the movie.

AskReddit

Hello Starcraft Subreddit - I was just watching the winners league Diggity uploaded and was drooling at how cool CJ entus' jackets are...I would love to buy one! Anyone know a good place to but SC gear?

Little more info: I went to the cjentus.com website and noticed they have an English version but it is seriously underdeveloped right now and I cannot seem to buy anything. Let's face it, the jackets are awesome and so are many others teams misc gear, I would love to own one, the more accurate (i.e. including sponsors) the better, money really isn't an object, can you help me out?

starcraft

Check your name on Urban Dictionary, you probably won't be dissapointed.

Mine goes from "considered gorgeous by everyone, guys love these girls and are jealous of them. smile alot and know how to make other people smile around them. generous and kind." to "an individual who partakes in intercourse with bald men... preferrably irish." Urban Dictionary

self

Dear WATMM: I need to find the sound of a large slab of meat being slapped, hard. Can anyone please help?

Like with a belt or a hand or another piece of meat. I don't want to buy the meat and record it myself because I would have no other use for it - it's not bbq season yet, and meat is kind of expensive. Also, I doubt my beat up sm58 could capture it in the proper way - the sound should be nicely rich and wet. Anyway, links to sfx libraries or movies I could yank it from would be a great start. *** EDIT: Thanks for your help, everyone. It starts around 1:57

WeAreTheMusicMakers

Hey Reddit, Can you tell me what I am doing wrong here, what I am missing?

I met a classmate(female) in my CS program today and just before I left for the day we exchanged irc names. I decided to make it appoint to be friendly and chat with her later. To break the silence I sent her a link to my blog I’ve recently been trying to write in and post my homework solutions. She read one of my entries ( )and I guess obviously took offense. I am very confused as to why. Am I in the wrong here? I since made some edits to hopefully clarify things and hopefully, I didn’t dig myself into a deeper hole. >(9:31:00 PM) other: nice site. typical superficial comment about the women though :| I could say the same thing about the guys in the CS program, and answer is: because we're nerds. We're not attractive, we're smart. >(9:31:45 PM) other: none of my business though. >(9:34:35 PM) me: heh yeah... i caught myself on that though if you see I think... I backed up and said well none of them are unattractive, I'm just amazed at the ratio... last I heard basically 6 women to 4 men[at our college], just wondering why that doesn't transpose directly into the CS program >(9:39:52 PM) me: don't get me wrong, I wasn't saying that you or the other women are unattractive, I'm sorry if it seemed to come off that way >(9:46:50 PM) other: pretty weak. and superficial. any chick would be offended. I'm busy now, so I'm outta here. __tl;dr:__ a classmate I am trying to befriend is taking offense to something I said in my blog and I am bewildered by how I offended her. __edit1:__ The reason this bothers me is I hate making bad impressions on people when I can avoid it, I try to be a friend and amiable to everyone I meet. If I did something utterly wrong I would like to fix it.

reddit.com

What documentation generator do you recommend?

Recently I started writing my univerisity as professional applications. That means I learned autoconf and automake for easy compiling, git for convenient version control, and now I'm choosing a documentation generator. I used Doxygen once but perhaps there's something better. What do you recommend?

programming

What is mouse-based typing called? (stream of letters across screen, you move the cursor to 'type')

I remember seeing a flash based 'game' or a video about typing with the mouse (by moving the cursor to the next letter you want, as it streams across the screen, predictively guessing which one you likely want next), and not the keyboard, but I am having trouble finding it with google. Does anyone know what this was called, or where I can find it? UPDATE: it was Dasher

web_design

Reddit, do you have any stories about being in shock?

Heya Reddit, With the recent frontpage of this I figured now is as good a time as any to post this. I remember my brothers friend's wife was cooking and she managed to cut off the tip of her finger in the process. She then proceeded to look at her finger, exit the house, and run on to the road where she got hit by a car (mildly). She said she didn't even remember cutting off the finger, and is now fine. Does anyone have stories like these?

AskReddit

Reddit I have given up a dream

I wanted to leave, but I can't. Money is tight and there just is no place for freshly graduated college students in Oregon. I currently reside in Oklahoma life is stagnate here, depression presses upon its inhabitants so hard its palpable. i wanted to leave and find a better life, but unfortunately I don't think I can. Is this what being an adult is supposed to be like? Reddit I don't have anything any more how does one deal with these sorts of realizations?

self

Hi Freelance Redditors. How do you stop potential clients wasting your time? I need some tips.

Basically, I seem to waste ~4 hours per week on inquiries from potential clients. This includes phonecalls, emails and free consults. I can deal with emails and phonecalls, but the consults are my main concern. Take yesterday for example. I get an email, a phonecall and request to meet up from a client that seems interested. Great. Now I meet them, give them a free hour of advice on SEO, domain acquisition and so on only for them to tell me at the end "Oh we are meeting three other fellas just like yerself so we'll get back to you... [Problem?]". There's a lot of untalented competition who undercut me and basically make me look expensive so ultimately I'll probably loose that client. So end result: one and half hours wasted in all. I can't see those same people going into a lawyer's office and expecting an hour of free advice. Somethings not right here. So what I'm basically asking - Is this just something that goes with the territory? If there are ways of limiting the time spent on free consults can you give me some tips? It wrecks my productivity because I need large blocks of uninterrupted time to design and develop efficiently. Thanks in advance. EDIT: I work mainly for small businesses. EDIT: Just got a call from the guys I met yesterday and they want me to do the job. Strange, I was convinced that I'd lost that one. Maybe I should lighten up a small bit. While I'm here I would like to thank everyone for their advice. It's now obvious that selling is a big part of the job so it'll join the long long list of things I need to learn for this profession. Cheerio!

web_design

High Experiment: High while watching "Jersey Shore"

I dont know if it is a universal thing, or an isolated incident, but I really love this show as a result of watching it stoned. I need to know if anyone else is feeling this. I never imagined I would even watch this show, let alone like it. Please help me answer a few of these questions. Participation is voluntary. If you were gonna smoke anyway, just try this and answer these questions. Please be honest. Only answer if you never watched the show before, and you are stoned. Please pick any two episodes, preferably the first two. * What are your general feelings for the show ? * Do you feel the show is addicting or has inclined you to watch more ? * Do you feel the characters on the show have are acting reasonably ? If not, why ? Are they justified in their behavior ? * Do you have a favorite cast member ? Why are they your favorite ? * Do you have a least favorite cast member ? Why did you pick them and to what degree are they unfavorable ? * Did anyone on the show leave a bad initial impression and grow on you or display characteristics that contradicted prior prejudice or stereotypes ? Even if one person participated it would help me in understanding why it is I have grown to love this show that I otherwise would never watch or like. I personally do not like d-bag culture. Thanks!

Marijuana

Found something really helpful; the appendix in the book "36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction"

She breaks down the most popular 36 arguments and disproves them logically and philosophically. You could print it out and hand it out to people! So great.

atheism

So I was rewatching every single season of Lost to prepare...

In season 2 when they are in the hatch they have the huge tape readers in the background. It made me realize that every media and storage in the last few decades has spun, tapes, records, cds, hard drives, etc. Spinning and having a single point on the thing that is being read, whether it be magnetic tape, a vinyl record, or whatever cd's are made of, has been going on for more than a century. Nowadays with flash drives and now even full computers coming with solid state drives, spinning is something that is falling out of fashion. Not sure what point I'm trying to make. Spinning and reading a point is something a layman can wrap their head around. It is getting so abstract now that unless you are in the field it is hard to process this to the point of understanding-ness. PS. Can't wait until SSDs overtake HDDs as the norm. 2016 at the latest IMHO.

technology

Is it just me, or is there no link to the community (free) MySQL server on the MySQL homepage anymore?

Am I totally blind and am not seeing the download link, or is it really gone? You can still Google search for the download page, though. MySQL is dead? Edit: I'm using mysql.com. I did not realize that mysql.org would be different. Regardless, why wouldn't they keep the community server portal link on the .com site?

programming

What can I do if HR acted on a false tip from coworkers?

My HR department followed a hint from my coworkers and interrogated me about something that I had not done. They did not have any evidence and acted on a heresay, but did not want to back off even after I strongly objected and denied any wrongdoing. They could not prove the original accusation, but reprimanded me on something else anyway. I feel that it was completely unfair action on their side, possibly as an act of retaliation for the lack of proof on their side. What can I do now?

AskReddit

In class now, anyone wanna help me with these questions?

Anyone that bored at work/home/college you feel like doing my work instead? * How does Requirements Engineering for Web application differ from Requirements Engineering for traditional Software application? * Briefly describe the main principles of a projectspecific R.E approach for Web applications. * How shall requirements for Web applications be described and documented? What are useful degrees of details and formality? What are the main categories of stakeholders in developing a web application from the point of view of requirements engineering? * Describe a key problem in web requirements engineering and an approach to solving it. P.S IN BEFORE LET ME GOOGLE THAT FOR YOU... >_>

programming

IAMA student of B.A.S.E jumping AMA

I've jumped B, E, S not A, I'll get there. I have 30 Jumps and 200 Jumps from planes. I'm lucky I've never had a Mal. I've only broken a finger jumping. I started my BASE career late, at 40 and the young guys speak a language I can't understand, but these young guys and girls are some of the focused, safest, caring cats I've ever met. I've met Jumpers from all over the world, we are not 'crazy' like the media makes us out to be. I really want to try a Bat suit. AMA

IAmA

Ladies, what's the most romantic thing your guy has ever done for you?

Bonus points awarded to things that the rest of us poor schmucks on Reddit can actually put to use without buying plane tickets to Paris or something.

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Reddit, I sleep with my eyes half open. They are always red and worsening. Help.

I went to a doctor, and they told me to try eye ointment at night, but that didn't help. They said to try taping my eyes shut, but I would wake up and the tape would be on the floor. I have tried rewetting drops to no avail, I think they may have actually made it worse. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Reddit, 3 months of vacation... where should I go?

Hey, I hear a lot of you say how we should take every opportunity to travel when we're young so I figured I would ask your advice on where to go! Preferably it would be from July to mid August or in September. I'm 20, speak English/French/Dutch/some german and I'm quite fit. I love nature and walking/running/cycling/.. preferably in locations where there are hardly any houses or industry. I wouldn't mind working or doing some volunteer work (preferably with animals or nature though). A budget of around 2000 euro. No allergies and I'll eat everything except for turtles. So tell me what would you have done and or perhaps some places where I can volunteer for that kind of work? Thanks in advance! Edit: I'm from Belgium, it's fair to say that I would find most of central Europe boring. It doesn't have to be 3 months perse, 1 month or a month and a half are fine too, just to say that I have a lot of free time.

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What is an atheist's view of good vs evil?

I'm not religious myself but I wanted to know how atheists perceived good vs evil. "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."

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Complete Control | Black Sun Gazette

We’re going on two years of the global economic crisis that has rocked our society to its foundations. All the conventional wisdom of the post-war era about the eradication of social inequality and class conflict under the auspices of continual capitalist development has been exposed as a propagandist deception. Any illusions that people had in the ability of capitalism to solve the world’s problems has rapidly evaporated. Even as conditions worsen, the contradictions of our system are laid bare.

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Hey guys, has anyone had any troublewith Coles delivery of their groceries? :)

I just got mine dropped off and half are missing.. Is this common? 'cause if it is I won't do it again. I can't believe they stuffed up this much. Any experiences or advice with them would be great :)

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Has anyone else destroyed a piece of their own art out of frustration and regret it for the rest of their lives?

I'm 21 now, but in grade school I put an entire year into making a head dress made out of paper and then painted over it. The design was inspired by the Diablo 2 game from the Barbarian helmet with the eagle feathers and etc... Anyways, the nose was a little bit crooked on the design, and out of frustration and anger from something else in my life I destroyed it. Thinking back, I would of even have liked it if I kept a picture, but all I have is a memory of that beautiful piece of art that everyone praised me for. For some reason after that day I have stopped painting, making designs etc... It obviously stems for other problems in my life too which I won't waste time unless asked about, but **has anyone else felt this way? Has anyone else destroyed a piece of art which has changed their life? Or anything close to this idea?** NOTE: I had a Chinese art teacher (Canadian school), who inspired us in grade 6 to make pieces that I think back now are worthy of University type work. I've thought about the significance of this class on my life, and the idea of destroying this piece of art always comes to mind.

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You ever write ridiculous things down when high? I just found a note I scribbled out a while back about what the Reddit Alien's name is...

"Tonight, I'm calling him Henry. Last week it was Entalope - a sort of mix between Ent and Jackalope...So, he'd be an extremely fast-moving creature that had an antennae instead of antlers and a complete pothead." I kinda remembered writing it when I saw a post in AskReddit about what the alien's name was or something and had to post it here too. Also, I really had to edit for spelling and guessed at a few words they were so hard to decipher. ps: found this in r/pics and totally had to share this: when stoners make flying machines... pps: I'm a nice and giggly 8 right now

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Ever get strangely nostalgic for the hardest periods of your life?

Part of this past summer was very, very hard for me, yet I just heard a song on Pandora that reminded me of that time, and became weirdly wistful. Don't know why. I was miserable. Anyone else have this?

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Anyone serious about PvP or GvG?

I played a couple of years ago, and I was really into it. I attained rank 4. Playing Hall of Heroes with some of the big name guilds was stressful/fun, but I enjoy it fondly. Unfortunately, I haven't been part of the game in years, so I don't understand any of the new classes. If anyone is willing to fill me in, and let a hasbeen join them. I'd be very excited to join in this reddit guild!

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DAE see someone being a dick in traffic and wish bad things upon them? (today I finally wished hard enough)

Ever since I started driving I'd watch people being dicks in traffic and I'd wish bad things upon them, I'd visualise them crashing suddenly, not injuring themselves, just their pride and their car. Today my wish finally came true, I was sitting at the lights on a three lane road, the lane to my left ended with traffic forced to merged into my lane about 50 metres through the lights (in Australia). Sure enough, a guy pulled into this lane and I could hear him revving his engine, in my younger days I would've attempted to rev the shit out of my car as soon as the lights went green in the hope of beating him and jamming him in his lane as he is forced to merge. These days I try to make the guy think I'm up for a race, slowly creeping forward as the lights sit on red, then when green hits I casually take off as they hit the pedal as hard as they can and wasting a tonne of fuel (did I just say that? Get off my lawn!). Today was no different, I baited the guy next to me, he was up for a race, as soon as the lights went green he floored it, shot straight out in front of all of the traffic, mis-judged the time it'd take to merge, over-corrected, spun a full 360° before slamming into the rail on the side of the road. The driver was fine, his car was not, it was awesome, I waved as I drove past. tl;dr - i hope bad things happen to shit drivers, today I saw a guy crash in front of heavy traffic with no one to blame but himself.

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I too got judged hardcore two nights ago for a similar reason to jskeetjr, only I got fired from my job.

I am a waiter. I served a table of seven last night. Everyone was ordering water, soda, everything but alcohol. So - for some fucked up reason - I decide to crack a joke. 'What is this? An AA meeting?!" Silence ensued till one of the patrons at the table said, "Well, yes, we have come from a meeting. Can we have a word with your manager please?" I was subsequently fired from my job for insulting my patrons. I feel terrible and probably deserved it for my naivety.

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HAE totally misunderstood what an acronym means and consequently thought that people said some strange things?

Mine was 'OH'; OH is used to describe something that somebody has overheard, it's used regularly on twitter. e.g.. "OH: Those three years on crystal meth were a minor setback. I'm a good mother." I went for a year thinking that OH meant 'Other Half'; I thought people had some crazy girlfriends/wives!

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Hey archiredditors, how many of you are involved in Haiti rebuilding projects?

For example, there are meetings starting up at our local architects without borders office. It's still in the beginning stages. While it's a bit early in the rebuilding process, it would be interesting to see what other redditors are working on.

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I read Reddit at home and at work. I often end up opening the same links twice. Is there a way for my account to remember which ones I've read?

Since I'm surfing Reddit on two computers, I can't rely on my History to indicate which links I've clicked. Can that information be part of my account, like my upvotes are?

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Reddit USA, would you like to receive a tl;dr of all federal, state and local laws every year?

I know they can be researched but that's a lot of work and we've all got shit to do. If the IRS can get tax forms to all of us, I don't think it would that difficult to fire off a tl;dr book of laws. **EDIT** I am aware of the internet. The problem is that just because we have it, doesn't mean everybody does. Furthermore, for most of us, it is an expense and can be considered "luxury" item. The point I'm trying to make is that these laws should be provided at no "cost" to the people expected to follow them. I know things can get complex and the wording can get difficult but laws governing individuals actions, things that will get you put in jail, fined, sent to prison or cost them in any way, should at least be provided to the citizens. For instance, I drink a lot of whiskey. If I drove those bone dry bottles, completely sober, to a recycling center but on the way there was pulled over because my stereo could be heard within a certain amount of feet or my tint was a little bit darker than allowed, am I going to get charged with a DUI and having open containers too? I don't know and I don't have the time to search the internet to find out. It should not even be assumed I had enough money to afford a computer and the internet. However, if I was given a copy of the laws against such behavior, then it would be my fault. I don't need to know the specifics on all the angles, just a basic idea of what it's going to cost me and if I'm going to go to jail.

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Reddit, it's 4am and I'm cramming for a midterm. What are you doing awake at this hour?

All I've had in the last twelve hours are two cups of coffee and a 30mg adderall. I'm not sure if I'm about to fall asleep or have a heart attack. Apart from that, studying is going well. How are you?

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hey reddit, do you crumple or fold?

after you go poopie, do you crumple or fold? i do a little of both.

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Should've - A contraction meaning "should have," not "should of." Thank you, come again.

Maybe the Reddit crew could even implement a filter to fix common grammar errors that have no ambiguity. I can't think of any ambiguous case for this one.

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what do you call a tertrahedron with a flat top?

(im trying to find the origami instructions. but cant remember the name of the shape) [edit: wow]

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Dear Reddit, I was close to landing a job today, that I just heard about on Tuesday afternoon...

With a very exciting company that's doing exciting things. It would have been a big deal. I blew my chance by breaking the first rule of salary negotiations: The first person to give a number loses. When I sent my salary requirement, I padded it a little because I thought they'd be ok with the number. They politely thanked me for my interest but let me know that the best they can do would be 85% of what I had asked. Always remember, the correct answer on minimum salary requirement is "I will consider any serious offer." I priced myself out of a job, when in fact I would have probably taken the offer they might have made. You can't win them all. I found this yesterday, and it's a consolation.

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What is the best worst movie you've ever seen?

I'm talking movies along the likes plan 9 from outer space, or the robot virsus the aztec mummy. Dragonball evolution for me. All that movie did was steal from other movies. Oh look twilight, and now we're in fucking mordor!??! *edit*: Movies so bad that they are good.

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Does anyone know of any legit jobs I can do from home?

I'm currently a student in France. The only type of job I can seem to find is as a cashier or fast food employee, which I did last year in 2 different locations, but both bosses were very inflexible vis-a-vis my class schedule, so this is not an option. I live far from the closest city, so waitstaff jobs are not possible. Does anyone know of any jobs I can do from my computer? I'm not looking for great pay, minimum wage or even less would be fine. Thanks!

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Askreddit: What are some good books about religion?

Which books about religion in general and Christianity/Islam/Hinduism/Buddhism/Judaism in particular can you recommend? I'm especially interested in a thorough (and neutral?!?) presentation that covers its 'religious believes' and traditions as well as historic events and their influence on our culture. Maybe there's also some 'meta'-book that covers several religions, their entangled history and their influences on culture... Edit: There already are some pretty good suggestions regarding Christianity/Islam/Judaism and religion as a whole (thanks for your efforts!). But whats still missing are recommendations on the major asian religions like Buddhism and Hinduism :> (but anyway, thats for Bhagavad Gita, I'll read it asap)

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Freelance programmers, how do you organize your time to cope with many projects at the same time, and still have a life?

I recently became a freelance programmer, and I've been quite lucky. Too lucky, maybe. My 'problem' is that I've been offered many projects, and I would really like to take them all. Not because of money, but because they are all quite interesting and may open many doors in a future. Some of them are short (spanning a few months) and some of them are long lasting projects (two or three years). None of them allows me to hire someone myself. I would like to know how you organize your time among many projects, and how many projects you have successfully handled at the same time... without losing your friends and wife!

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AskGaming: Are there any worthwhile games out there with a Lovecraftian plot/setting/art direction?

Basically, is anything whose artwork is reminiscent of this: and/or having tasteful Lovecraftian inspired themed plots (Characters pursuing forbidden secrets, going mad). Half-Life 2 is the best example I can think of in terms of the art direction of the Combine.

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[TOMT] Quote about languages

I remember there's a quote that's something like "English is the language of children, french is the language of love, and german is the language of scientists" or something like that. when I heard it, it was attributed to napolean. anyone know?

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Calling all Sydney smokers

Greetings all. I am in need of some help. I have just moved to sydney and have been unable to get my hands on some smoke... Back home i was smoking on a daily basis so after not smoking for the month since i arrived i am having major cravings... Any help would be appreciated :) Peace

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My Mom is a world-class adventurer whose friends and acquaintances range from merely interesting to total badasses. ATAA

Tonight she is directly involved in a dinner honoring Neil Armstrong. Her personal guests include Sully]( [Bob Gilliland]( [Louis Zamperini]( (talk about badass), and [Dick Rutan. I've briefly explained Reddit and IAMA to her. She's agreed to pick a couple of top questions from the community and bring them up. I realize this is unusual in that it it's third party and won't be interactive with the intended target of Reddit. So, I understand there's a possibility that it turns out a bit weak. However, my hope is that it goes well and I can convince her and people she knows to do IAMAs/interviews. PS. I've sent PMs to a couple of mods over the last couple days trying to get more info on validation. If a mod responds I can easily prove it up. I won't be able to do that for several hours and I'll be mostly unavailable during the day but I will do my best. EDIT: Sorry I've been out all day and trying to respond inbetween stuff on my google phone. Now at a laptop for a bit so it should go easier. EDIT: Just sent pics to mods for validation so may have a gold star at some point. EDIT: Added links for the names to background info. EDIT: (Sunday, 1:00 a.m.) Sorry I haven't provided the updates. Mom was very tired the day after the event (Friday) and we didn't talk. The only time I've had to talk to her today she had 22 viruses so I was doing remote tech support. Only had time to small-talk a bit about the palace intrigue :-). Will update ASAP with actual feedback.

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Reddit, can I hook my turtlebeach x31 headphones to my laptop instead of my xbox?

I want to listen to youtube videos using the headphones. Not very good at tech stuff at all, so if this is at all possible, might need an ''idiots'' step by step. I tried simply plugging in the usb transmitter into the laptop but that didn't work. Not really sure what to try next as the cables plugged into the tv don't seem to have any corresponding openings on the laptop.

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Anyone have any cool food garnishes?

I work at this restaurant 4 star, 4 diamond kinda place. The kitchen staff is kinda bored of some of our garnishes and we've started to try and think of some new ones to add to the collection. Right now we have a bunch of fried stuff; thin waffle cut potatoes, thin spicy onion rings, fried pasnip shavings (which are delicious), a hand full of relishes and salsa sort of things, a few colored oils, oh and sometimes some fried leeks. They all taste and look good, but it tends to get boring only using the same garnishes, moreso for the kitchen than the customers. Does anyone have any neat garnishes ideas? I can elaborate on any of the ones we have if something sounded interesting.

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Dear r/writing: I got my first MFA rejection letter today so I'm not feeling pretty. What are peoples' MFA application experiences here?

Anyone chronically rejected here? (from MFA programs; everyone in print is chronically rejected from publishing) Anyone go to their dream MFA program and regretted it? Anyone get stuck with their "safety" and got more from it than they ever expected?

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What's the most emotional experience you've ever had?

I'm interested in the extent of human emotions. I'm a very emotionally driven person, and I have lots of experiences I've drawn from, but I often have difficulty describing them or precisely how they've affected me.

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What do people think the most "fun" class is in Mass Effect 2?

I usually play the soldier the first go around and I find myself not using my "skills" nearly as much as I did in the first game. That may be because there aren't as many, true, but things like adrenaline rush, I don't use at all. I was thinking of playing as an adept next go around as it seems like it would offer a more engaging experience. What are your thoughts?

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I'm a stupid loser and I think I'll kill myself soon

I thought uni and living in a big city will be better, but it's not. I just don't know how to make friends. I talk to people, I do everything I'm supposed to but no one likes me. It's like they can smell that I'm a loser. I'm depressed because of this and my schoolwork is suffering. I envy other people for being better than me. I don't think I can go on much farther. If things don't get better by May, I'll off myself a few days before my birthday.

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MS Paint Adventures - Amazing and hilarious storylines in game-like universes. Updates constantly!

As a regular lurker in /r/comics/, I'm really surprised not to see more about MSPA. For new readers, I'd suggest trying out Problem Sleuth ( before reading Homestuck ( if only to catch all the random references.

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Reddit, you're smart, noodle this one: How can you be happy when there is so much suffering in the world?

My lady friend and I were talking about life and happiness. I say I am happy, even quote Louie C.K. and make a joke. She says how could I be happy when people are starving and dieing all over the world. She was really depressed about how horrible of a world we live in. There was noting I could say to cheer her up. It got pretty annoying after awhile - just this depressed sad sack sitting across from me deflecting all my positive statements with the most depressing viewpoints. So I pose this question to you Reddit. How can you be happy when there is so much suffering in the world? P.S. Throw away account because I want to surprise her with some of your answers.

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DAE take their wallet out of their pocket on a long drive?

On trips longer than 30 minutes I generally take out my wallet because my leg starts going numb.

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Dear Reddit, How can I cure my anxiety?

Basically: At school, when called upon to answer a question, my mind will freeze. If I manage to come up with an answer, I get very nervous (shaky knees, sweaty palms, quiver in voice). Occasionally, I am asked to read from the textbook and things get worse. Instead of a few words answer, I now have to read whole pages. I have a class speech coming up, and I would love to cure this, or at least progress a little. Additional info: Not sure why I get nervous, I am definitely in the top 5 of the year and very often come first in exams. I doubt I am insecure about my answers as even reading from a book, gets to me (I suppose I'm afraid of being judged). Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated as I don't want to continue school/life like this. Thanks

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Knives. Open. Pets. True enough.

Unintentionally amusing storefront photographed in Hawaii several years ago. I have no idea if the owner was aware of the humor. Link:

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I saw AKIRA for the first time last night, would someone please explain WTF happened at the ending?

So then he goes all crazy and tries to find akira, then there is a giant baby thing, and then they "left" where to is not really explained. And then after that the "create the universe" then neotokyo(or the entire world) is all fucked up and they decide to ride off on their bikes. I am a little confused. Please pardon the run-on sentences. Edit: Thanks for the great explanations, this was really helpful and will be for future AKIRA first time watchers. I think the moral of the story is, always read the damn book first. Especially with anime, because shit can get weird. I think I'll now take up Neon Genesis: Evangelion............................

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Is anyone else here really excited about Dante's Inferno?

I pretty much get all of my gaming news from here, and haven't seen much about it. I know it's basically a God of War clone, but for me, God of War set in a Gustave Dore etching instead of greek mythology sounds pretty badass. I'm just wondering what the general consensus is about it...

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When introducing experienced gamers to entirely new RPGs, what are your favorite tricks and tips for setting up the new campaign?

I have a group of four hardcore D&D players I'm introducing to Earthdawn for the first time, and I'm wondering how best to do it. I need to make sure their ignorance of the game and setting is reflected in the setup I create for their characters. This got me wondering what tricks other GMs have for introducing players to a new game and setting for the first time.

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What big, highly-rated game did you not care much for?

As an offshoot from a similar thread about movies yesterday, what game do you think is just not as great as everyone else thinks, and why? For me, it was the Halo series. I don't like the way the weapons "feel", the story was sub-par at best, and the main character is a mute, generic "space marine". No thanks, I'll pass.

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