Forum: The Lounge
12-15-2022, 12:43 PM
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Forum: The Lounge
12-14-2022, 03:36 PM
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Yeah this sounds rough. From what I hear about...
Yeah this sounds rough. From what I hear about the Russian education system I can maybe imagine what you had to deal with.
If you want a corrective experience, however, you're at the right place....
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Forum: The Lounge
12-11-2022, 02:11 PM
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Mucha, that's not a quirk but something pretty...
Mucha, that's not a quirk but something pretty common among bright guys your age: it's called being a pedant. You'll grow out of it (nothing like a 50 year old professor who you know is much smarter...
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Forum: The Lounge
12-11-2022, 02:02 PM
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Forum: The Lounge
12-11-2022, 08:45 AM
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I’ve heard some not so good things about this...
I’ve heard some not so good things about this novel but the Jamesian sentence can be one of life’s great pleasures (esp in The Portrait of a Lady and The Wings of the Dove, my two faves).
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Forum: The Lounge
11-21-2022, 09:13 AM
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Today it's this one
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Today it's this one
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/01/14/06/8492466-6588665-image-a-32_1547447887849.jpg
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Forum: The Lounge
11-20-2022, 02:52 PM
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Forum: The Lounge
11-20-2022, 09:42 AM
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Forum: The Lounge
11-20-2022, 09:27 AM
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1. The moment (a song, a video, an event) you...
1. The moment (a song, a video, an event) you knew you were out of touch with pop culture cause you've grown old. Like what The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show would be to you if you were a Sinatra...
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Forum: The Lounge
11-19-2022, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 11,687
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1. The moment (a song, a video, an event) you...
1. The moment (a song, a video, an event) you knew you were out of touch with pop culture cause you've grown old. Like what The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show would be to you if you were a Sinatra...
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Forum: The Lounge
10-23-2022, 07:49 AM
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Replies: 11,687
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1. What's the most stupid and/or dangerous dare...
1. What's the most stupid and/or dangerous dare you've ever accepted?
Not really a dare but a friend insisted we bike someplace in the middle of the night when we were very drunk. Only broke an arm,...
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Forum: The Lounge
10-23-2022, 07:35 AM
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Another piece of unsolicited advice: if you're...
Another piece of unsolicited advice: if you're gonna read one super-long history book, IMHO the best investment of your time (esp as you're interested in Marxism) would be EP Thompson's The Making of...
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Forum: The Lounge
10-18-2022, 07:56 AM
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Replies: 11,687
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This...
This (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallen_(1998_film)) sounds great, my favorite genre of films is "dark, tWisTed 90s thrillers I would watch on TV late at night as a kid"
This one from 2000 is...
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Forum: The Lounge
10-17-2022, 01:26 PM
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It's very long, my edition is upward of 900...
It's very long, my edition is upward of 900 pages. And it's more than "dense," it's genuinely challenging even to literature professors. I took a year-long course where we did one chapter a week and...
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Forum: The Lounge
10-16-2022, 06:20 PM
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Yes lol
Is it more of a west coast thing...
Yes lol
Is it more of a west coast thing btw? I spent a month in Portland just now and it's popular there (mostly for entertainment but my girlfriend's mom takes it very seriously)
That's...
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Forum: The Lounge
10-16-2022, 04:54 PM
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Noted, thanks
1. What’s the best/most...
Noted, thanks
1. What’s the best/most fun/fondly remembered movie you’ve seen on a flight
Marie, maybe you'll get something good on your flight to the US! Air Canada has a good selection on...
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Forum: The Lounge
10-15-2022, 03:00 PM
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Replies: 11,687
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As long as it's appeared as a single it's fine,...
As long as it's appeared as a single it's fine, whether it's a standalone single or an album track released as a single. I don't want to be pedantic about it, just to have some kind of restriction so...
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Forum: The Lounge
10-15-2022, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 11,687
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Let's play a game...
1. What’s the...
Let's play a game...
1. What’s the best/most fun/fondly remembered movie you’ve seen on a flight
2. Favorite social media platform and what’s your relationship to it (eg FB to keep in touch...
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Forum: The Lounge
07-12-2022, 09:08 AM
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Forum: The Lounge
07-09-2022, 05:01 PM
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Forum: The Lounge
05-28-2022, 11:03 AM
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Forum: The Lounge
05-27-2022, 04:39 AM
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Forum: The Lounge
05-22-2022, 08:42 AM
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Forum: The Lounge
05-17-2022, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 11,687
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Amen to that.
That's very...
Amen to that.
That's very interesting. I know that Michel Foucault had a different take* (for him, hard drugs were one of the means of undoing or at least freeing up the fixed nature of one's...
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Forum: The Lounge
05-16-2022, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 11,687
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One of my worst ever moments was when someone...
One of my worst ever moments was when someone offered me a shot of Mezcal (my favorite spirit back then) after I smoked a shisha pipe for a couple of hours. It hurt like hell, I spit it out like a...
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