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Scandic123

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Absolutely_Sweet_Marie said:
What's going on?
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Ukraine is experiencing a war-like situation between the government and the opposition. There is heavy fighting in Kiev and 26 are dead. The government has sent in the military now, while the opposition and protesters have overtaken several cities and are gathering real weapons. It's chaos.

More information can be found on various news sites. I'm mainly reading stories on CNN, BBC, USAToday and RussiaToday.
 
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Ithior

Ithior

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Scandic123 said:
Ukraine is experiencing a war-like situation between the government and the opposition. There is heavy fighting in Kiev and 26 are dead. The government has sent in the military now, while the opposition and protesters have overtaken several cities and are gathering real weapons. It's chaos.

More information can be found on various news sites. I'm mainly reading stories on CNN, BBC, USAToday and RussiaToday.
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I heard they had an assembly line for molotov cocktails.
 
Graeme1988

Graeme1988

Hie yer hence from me heath!
Kiwong said:
One of the least liked humans in the world.
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Hi! That's ma title, ya cun..! :sarcastic: Yer no' one of the least liked humans in the world - though ah can kinda relate tae whit yer sayin'...

Kiwong said:
More people liked Osama Bin Laden than me.
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:giggle: Nae offense intended here, but that made me chuckle, ah no' gonnae lie. Weird how yer sense uh humour comes oot when yer feelin' like shite, doesn't it? Ah know, am just typin' in ma native tongue, just coz ah cannae be bothered tae type in Anglais.
 
Graeme1988

Graeme1988

Hie yer hence from me heath!
Ah've never hud ma first name and ma surname misspelt afore - that's a first. Thank f**k ma middle name starts wi' the first 2 letter uh alphabet. :bigsmile:
 
Kiwong

Kiwong

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Graeme1988 said:
Hi! That's ma title, ya cun..! :sarcastic: Yer no' one of the least liked humans in the world - though ah can kinda relate tae whit yer sayin'...



:giggle: Nae offense intended here, but that made me chuckle, ah no' gonnae lie. Weird how yer sense uh humour comes oot when yer feelin' like shite, doesn't it? Ah know, am just typin' in ma native tongue, just coz ah cannae be bothered tae type in Anglais.
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:sarcastic: :bigsmile: That's my favourite emoticon, too, GraemeSometimes the world can seem against us, eh?

Yeah, my humour seem to become blacker at those times. A good source of comedic material. Thanks, mate
 
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Opaline

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One thing that I really hate about being human is that it's nearly impossible to care as much about others as you do yourself. Life wants to look after itself, to ensure its own survival. We can't really help this. True altruism is either rare or nonexistent. This makes me feel really alone in suffering/pain, and it also makes me feel somewhat like a phony when I try to help others or say I empathize. Am I doing it out of real concern, or is it guilt or something else? Can I really care that much about a virtual stranger? (a close friend or family member is different, although you can still only care up to a certain point).

It's easy to feel sorry for yourself and think others should, too, but if you saw another human going through what you are, would you really feel as bad? The whole empathy/reaching out thing confuses me. I do feel moved to compassion for people, but I often wonder if that is only because I am imagining myself in their situation.

Just something I've been pondering.
 
Graeme1988

Graeme1988

Hie yer hence from me heath!
Kiwong said:
:sarcastic: :bigsmile: That's my favourite emoticon, too, GraemeSometimes the world can seem against us, eh?

Yeah, my humour seem to become blacker at those times. A good source of comedic material. Thanks, mate
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Nae bother, mate. :thumbup: Though, ma humour's always been a bit dark - kinda like maself, really. Mixed race! Sorry, couldnae resist, there. :eek:mg:
 
Ithior

Ithior

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My left arm has been reattached to my body. I can tell this because there's a mark on my skin at the front where the skin folds when move your arm forward. If I move my arm back, there's a fold of skin (between my back and arm) that looks like a scar that can only be visible in that position. If I put my arm down, it completely disappears. My right arm doesn't have any of that. I never dislocated my shoulder or anything like that.

I also found out why my long term memory is so bad even though my short and medium term memory are pretty good. The reason is that every time I die, I choose a memory to forget and go back a few seconds in time and avoid death, or maybe I move to an alternative timeline where what would've killed me isn't there any more. This also explains why I was never hit by a bus when I crossed a street without looking to my left (it was a special lane for buses and ambulances only, and all the other cars could only go in the opposite direction), which happened twice, but at the third and fourth time I did look to my left and a bus passed right as I did that. If I hadn't looked those times, I would've been ran over.

These are 100% logical conclusions from my observations.
 
Odo

Odo

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Opaline said:
One thing that I really hate about being human is that it's nearly impossible to care as much about others as you do yourself. Life wants to look after itself, to ensure its own survival. We can't really help this. True altruism is either rare or nonexistent. This makes me feel really alone in suffering/pain, and it also makes me feel somewhat like a phony when I try to help others or say I empathize. Am I doing it out of real concern, or is it guilt or something else? Can I really care that much about a virtual stranger? (a close friend or family member is different, although you can still only care up to a certain point).

It's easy to feel sorry for yourself and think others should, too, but if you saw another human going through what you are, would you really feel as bad? The whole empathy/reaching out thing confuses me. I do feel moved to compassion for people, but I often wonder if that is only because I am imagining myself in their situation.

Just something I've been pondering.
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I think this is only really true for depressed people/loners... mostly because people who are depressed or alone have a really hard time getting over themselves.

One thing I learned about working with children is that it becomes a lot easier to put the welfare of others before your own once you've been put in a position of responsibility. With some things, your nurturing/protective instincts are just automatically triggered. I remember reading that part of what kept the Jews strong during the holocaust was the fact that they wanted to protect the children... otherwise they would have just given into the despair and lost all hope/will to live.

It really is a matter of being put in a situation where the 'caring' switch automatically flips itself... eventually you just do it and you don't have time to let the anxiety or exhaustion or whatever set it. And that makes you stronger.
 
Opaline

Opaline

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Light cream seems to be good with just about anything except coffee. I hate cream in my coffee. I like skim milk because it takes away the bitterness of the coffee without making it too heavy or ruining the taste.

That said, I tried oatmeal with light cream last week and WHOA. And then I tried it with Life cereal, which I normally find odd-tasting and somewhat unappetizing. With light cream, Life cereal was more like a dessert. Really. It was crazy good. It adds a crap ton of calories, but the added taste is worth it whenever I can afford to do it :D (it is kind of rich, though, so it made my stomach hurt a few times I did it. I try not to add too much, or I mix it with low fat milk)
 
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