otp

@otp@sh.itjust.works
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Thank you! It was a few steps removed and I didn't know it was there, but it was worth it!

Thank you. I tried to read the article, got two pop ups (for notifications and cookies requests, I think), then saw it ended in a paywall maybe a paragraph in. So, I was reminded why I don't usually read articles, lol

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You're right. At the same time, there are now alternatives that generally don't require being in places that are trying to get you to spend money just to interact with other people.

I remember hearing that big box stores killed malls. I thought they killed malls, and Amazon killed big box stores, but Amazon can also kill malls, so it was a bit of a double-whammy for malls

last year a murdered escaped from prison by pressing himself again two opposite walls and climbing up

Damn, must've sucked to get arrested for being murdered. No wonder he wanted to break out!

If you can get your hands on them, try the clinear things. They're shaped like cotton swabs, except instead of a wad of cotton on the end, it has a little scoop.

It's like using a spoon to eat cereal instead of a hammer. I don't understand why people use hammers.

Nope, those mean different things!

If I didn't like it, I wouldn't post it

Means (or implies)...

"I didn't like it, so I won't post it", but it's phrased as a conditional statement.

It also means that it's hypothetical -- nothing was posted!

But...

If I didn't like it, I wouldn't have posted it

Means (or implies)...

"I like it, so I posted it", again phrased as a conditional statement.

It also means that the thing actually happened (because the commenter liked it).

So they have similar, but different meanings. The key difference is whether the commenter is saying they have already posted something or not. One is hypothetical, and the other is more of a reflection of something that did happen.

Also, I think this part of your comment is incorrect.

Should not it be

This should be...

Shouldn't it be

(This is what people say probably 99% of the time)

Or

Should it not be

(This is less common and more formal)

And yes, I know that it looks like the "not" should be directly after the "should" because of "shouldn't", but it doesn't happen that way. I think this happens when forming a question with conditional verbs (should/would/could), but I have no idea why.

As I'm sure you know, English is crazy. Sorry about that. Hope this helps!

I hope that's not the only lens you see the world through. I don't think anybody else saw that comment the way you did.

I occasionally have/had dreams about writing tests. There's almost always a problem with both being able to read the question and being able to write the answer! Lol

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has ever done that! Haha

I used to use this maybe a decade ago. I'm glad to see it's still around!

I've unfortunately switched to Google Calendar when my workplace started using it informally, and it's just been the easiest to stick with.

I think it's because dreams are "run" by the part of the brain that evolved in nature, and doesn't access the parts of the brain we use to access much of anything we've invented.

Yeah, because it's stupid to use them for that.

https://clinere.com/

There are products that are designed to clean the ears. Q-tips are for makeup and cleaning electronics and stuff.

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They were making a reference to boot licking

EDIT: The comment above me originally implied that the other commenter was racist for using the word "marijuana". They edited their comment to have absolutely no relevance to what my comment was about, which is fine, but they also didn't mention that they did that, which is lame.

My original comment:

Marijuana is a commonly accepted and recognized name for cannabis. It's the first "also known as" on the Wikipedia page for Cannabis.

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What did people do when I was bored?

They were doing fun things that I didn't want to do. Maybe play sports, or experiment with drugs? Lol

What's the TL:DW of that? I'm just reading for now lol

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Probably won't help, but I find that headsets sound much worse when they're connected as a headset. My (completely different headphones/headset) sounds a lot better in headphone mode.

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I don't believe his claims without evidence, but having a legit cover for nefarious acts is pretty standard, no?

I lol'd

I think the true moral is that many "winners" tend to be assholes and/or scumbags.

Idiotic? Lol

Do you have a better strategy?

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Thank you for explaining that far better than I could!

As a Canadian, I remember when the prices were $60 for a new game...

Actually, I remember the prices going from $50 to $60.

Still seems pretty high for an HD version of a Wii game...

What do you mean? We need to get those numbers UP! It just means more and more criminals are getting away with their crimes.

Now is EXACTLY when we need to be tough on crime!

/s

I think as a "genre", it refers to being more than an aesthetic, but also a setting. It's probably bastardized by now from the original meaning, but I'd wager that looking into the etymology of steampunk might help you find what you're looking for.

From there, it was probably like..."Well, steampunk, but with X! Xpunk!"

Make the updated vaccine available in August maybe?

This is kind of like saying the police should shoot the criminal before it commits a crime, and before they know who the criminal is.

It's not idiotic to do the best alternative when the ideal thing to do is impossible.

Make the updated vaccine available in August maybe?

This is kind of like saying the police should shoot the criminal before it commits a crime, and before they know who the criminal is.

It's not idiotic to do the best alternative when the ideal thing to do is impossible.

The price of rented accommodation in the United States is up 26% since the early 2020s

The best part is that it's still the early 2020s...

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buy a new one.

Buy a new SSD and swap out the old one?

...buy a new SSD, right??

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Based on the rest of the comment, I think they were referring to how often members of the Israeli military defy orders.

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Why is this tagged NSFW?

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And terrorism must be defeated.

I agree. Israel must be stopped.

Arrogance and misplaced rage aren't anything to be proud of, either.

Your argument is pretty much a slippery slope argument, which is how we get things like people trying to ban gay marriage.

I feel like this deserves a diagram

Your Ticketmaster questions have been sufficiently answered, I think.

What did you want to know about beaches in general?

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Not exploitation? Addiction? Hatred?

As the other commenter mentioned, it was a joke based on the typo in the title, haha

If the Canadian Liberals thought it'd win them more elections, they would've done an election reform years ago.

...like they'd initially promised.

I think the phrasing isn't the best. I think he needs an "is what" before "hurts children" in the first paragraph.

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Sexual Aspects

See also: Yiff