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Just Chat! / Incels

« on: 05/07/2022 16:13:04 »

I actually hear a lot of pundits and amateurs talk about helping incels find sex. These people will not be placated so easily. When they do graduate from virginhood, I think they'll just find another issue to be angry and resentful about...

Below is a typical incel message:
I think being ugly and hated by God is why I am an incel. I went on a date last night with a girl named Lisa who I hoped would take my virginity away. But she turned out to be kind of a bitch, so I ditched her and flirted with this other girl at the restaurant, who spurned my advances. I then recalled seeing a construction crew outside the restaurant. So to impress her with my manliness I laid in a vat of cement which dried fast, and am now at a hospital fighting for my life.

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Physiology & Medicine / What is the best way to treat hypochondriasis?

« on: 02/07/2022 08:49:02 »

Various medical literature seems to agree on consoling the sufferer, reassuring them they're not dying, and encouraging a full medical research stoppage. I feel like accepting death should be part of the therapy. We're all going to die, and someday that person will have to legitimately deal with it. If we can demystify death we can help them tackle their problem head-on, instead of just putting a blanket over it.

I'm not suggesting putting religion into it, reassuring that they'll go to heaven and be reunited with their dead pets and family members. Just try to have them understand that death is a very natural thing. If there is indeed a Hell and they fearing going to it, let them know that the good news is that they'll not be alone.

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Just Chat! / Best oil for frying "fish n chips"?

« on: 29/06/2022 23:42:36 »

I prefer my fish grilled and especially on tacos, but what do the best "fish n chip" chefs in the UK fry them in? Are they typically fried in the same type of oil? Fried fish is popular in Upstate New York where I grew up, because Haddock is plentiful in our lakes, especially Oneida, where the family camp has been located since the 1920s. During the war, my great-grandfather managed to include preserved haddock in the care packages he sent to my grandfather and his brothers overseas.
Anyways, our fried fish and french fries (chips to you guys) are usually cooked deep in canola oil.

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Just Chat! / Occam's razor, what most likely happened to Amelia Earhart?

« on: 24/06/2022 14:10:36 »

Is what caused her twin-engine Lockheed Electra to crash most likely bad navigation when negotiating the unpredictable ocean waters? Aviation was still in its infancy in 1937.

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Just Chat! / Should a person be allowed to bring their own vending machine to a hotel?

« on: 20/06/2022 23:32:09 »

I worked at a hotel during college and I recall a guest asking if they could bring their own soda machine with them. Our reply was to the effect of "we have vending machines at the hotel already (candy, soda, detergent, etc.) and it is really unnecessary to drag your 1300-pound machine onto our premises." Apparently one of the reasons our founding fathers fought the American Revolution was so people could have the right to bring their vending machines wherever they go. At least that was his understanding, so he sued.

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Just Chat! / What can be done to improve the dire conditions in Nepal?

« on: 18/06/2022 12:01:59 »

It seems like money comes to the average Nepalese in two forms: RAF pensions and when foreigners request their services when pilgrimaging K-2 and Mount Everest. When the topic is brought up with government officials in interviews for example, it gets shut down and they leave the room.

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Just Chat! / Re: how can intelligent people be trump supporters?

« on: 16/06/2022 04:27:42 »

There just are, that's whats scary.

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Just Chat! / What is your favorite silent film?

« on: 14/06/2022 07:10:23 »

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Just Chat! / Re: To answer a question from Pseudoscience-is-malarkey

« on: 13/06/2022 14:09:42 »

Are you a family man, Colin?

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Just Chat! / Re: "Let's talk"

« on: 07/06/2022 13:50:09 »

It's an unusual use of the first person plural. When a politician says "we" he means "you", because as every Tory knows, politicians are above the law. But when a female significant other says "we need to talk" she means "I need to talk and you need to grovel."

Still, it's a useful cinematic cliche, along with "he has a right to know", "I must take this call", and "we mustn't involve the police", without which the plot would resemble the emperor's new clothes after a moth attack.

Alancalv, when your wife says those four words, what goes through your mind?

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Just Chat! / "Let's talk"

« on: 06/06/2022 22:56:53 »

When your boss, wife or girlfriend says "we need to talk", is there ever anything positive for yourself to come of it? It seems like whenever a "talk" is requested, it's because the requestee is doing something the requester is unhappy with.

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Just Chat! / Re: Why do we equate oversized glasses with artistic genius?

« on: 03/06/2022 07:03:05 »

Also why is "artistic genius" so exclusive? I have seen many works of art by artists that are cheap yet people pay gazillions for a Jackson pollock?

Two dead, overhyped American artists worshiped in the UK: Buckminster Fuller and Jackson Pollock.

There's a rumor that the Brits loved Fuller so much, that he was hired to create the design for the modern British toilet. If true, I can imagine some were offended by this, believing the British toilet should be designed by a proper, Queen-fearing Brit.

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Just Chat! / Why do we equate oversized glasses with artistic genius?

« on: 02/06/2022 13:43:30 »

Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, along with the now-dead Charles Nelson Reilly, Peter Bogdanovich, Barry Cryer, etc., were/are artists that sport/sported oversized glasses. We will look at them and will determine them to be geniuses of the arts because of their oversized glasses. We don't even have to examine their content because we feel their oversized glasses tell us enough.

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Physiology & Medicine / How effective was deer skin for preventative sex?

« on: 27/05/2022 13:36:11 »

And how did people during the days of a sex-hating society go to their pharmacist and ask for them?

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Just Chat! / Re: Should there be term limits for all elected officials in government?

« on: 26/05/2022 15:54:25 »

Being that the UK still has a monarchy, a brit can hardly pass judgment on the failings of our democracy.
What do you think the Queen actually does?

Waves.

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Just Chat! / Re: Should there be term limits for all elected officials in government?

« on: 26/05/2022 15:52:25 »

You Brits elected a man named BJ...

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Just Chat! / Why are cigarette smokers so brand loyal?

« on: 24/05/2022 18:08:45 »

It seems to be the one thing people are 100% consistent on. Always has been this way. My grandmother was Camel, both my grandfathers were Lucky Strikes, getting hooked on them during the war.

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Just Chat! / Should we report all people to the police if we find them with child porn?

« on: 17/05/2022 21:16:26 »

Obviously, we should first hear

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Just Chat! / Re: Initials grammar...

« on: 16/05/2022 06:24:16 »

Almost every time I ask a question on this forum you brits find a way to turn it into a penis joke.

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Just Chat! / Initials grammar...

« on: 15/05/2022 13:56:41 »

There is a passionate, poignant debate in English-speaking countries as to the correct way to write/space someone's initials. For example, should William Claude Fields's first and middle initials be "W. C. Fields", "W.C. Fields", "WC Fields" or "W C Fields"?