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    I've done it a few times. I often find when hiking that my body burns fuel better and leaves less waste to dispose of. I usually have a small shovel about me (mostly for fires, partly for heeding nature's call), so it's never been a problem. It's actually nice to enjoy some scenery when doing the doo. Only problem is when there's skeeters...
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    What do I keep in my pockets for daily carry? Too damn much, that's what. Phone Wallet Severely overloaded keychain Folding knife (rotates between a Spyderco Mamba or Benchmade 940, plus I'll carry an ESEE Izula if I see myself needing something abusable) Flashlight ( Fenix RC09) Pen (plus sharpie at work) Leatherman Surge + Bit Kit Hatch gloves ( kevlar lined leather) Notebook Firestarter ( either a ferro rod, lighter, or matches) Bandaids for the occassional cuts and scratches A good belt to keep my pants up with all the stuff weighing down the pockets Some people call it excessive, but I can't remember the last time I found myself in a situation I wasn't prepared for.
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    I've always been fairly right-leaning, and being a brony has not correlated to or interferred with that. A while back the cringier, more extreme left flooded into the fandom diminishing the quality of interactions, and I joined the exodus choosing to disassociate from the fandom as a whole, but that was a seperate issue.
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    I used to drink a couple Monsters every day, on top of a pot of coffee and a few espressos. That was when I was running on 4-5 hours of sleep a night. Once I was working full time, normal hours, glow-in-the-dark piss and kidney pain weren't worth it. Now I just drink plenty of coffee and a Monster or two a week. Rockstar if there's a good sale. Tried Amp, but they just never did it for me. 5Hour Energy are mild at best.
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    I live in what is rated as one of the highest in Canada for murder rates, and I have, for financial reasons, always lived in high crime parts of town, and not once felt unsafe. My old neighborhood has a bad rep city wide for drugs, violence, prostitution, murder, and homelessness, but I walked around at all hours of the night and was perfectly safe. My current area is known for poverty and drug use, and once again, is perfectly safe. Only problems I've had were in "nicer" neighborhoods. There is a metric s**t-tonne of crime in my city, but you'll never find trouble unless you go looking for it. Oddly enough, the "ghettos" tend to actually feel safer. There's a mutual understanding that nobody has anything worth stealing, and the gangs are small fry (Hell's Angels have a monopoly on major and organized crime, and they're good about PR) so if you stay away from drugs and general "hoodrat stuff", nobody will look to cause you trouble.
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    My grade 8 math teacher had been railroaded by the school into teaching math. By all accounts he was a great teacher in his other classes (never had him for those classes, and I forget what they were). He was nervous and tense and had no idea how to teach the material. I ended up teaching a couple of my classmates the material because the way he explained made no sense. One time I corrected him on a formula (assuming the mistake was an honest slip of the tongue). Dude got all psyched up to make an example of me and prove why I was wrong by setting up a demomstration, but ended up embarrassed and angry after proving himself wrong. If dude chilled out a bit he would have been a solid teacher. In university I had a Markering teacher with side job at an Apple store. Dude was a lazy @$$hat with zero f**ks to give. How he got the job, I have no idea, but he clearly never took it seriously. In the professional sphere, I had a supervisor who, despite over 20 years at the company, had english so horrible he couldn't explain anything. I have no problem with broken English, or even with accents, but this dude somehow after decades of needing English for his job never managed to figure out how to make half of what came out of his mouth even vaguely resemble the language. Made learning anything a tedious and frustrating experience.
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    Few months back an older Japanese lady (presumably a tourist) was lost AF and asked me for directions in broken English. Fortunately I took Japanese years prior, and despite being rusty, by going back and forth between English and Japanese, I was able to give her a bus ticket and directions on how to get where she was going.
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    Averages are tricky things. Does the statement that women live longer than men take into account that men are more likely to die unnatural deaths? Males are more likely to join the military in active combat roles, males are more likely to have industrial/trades careers with higher risk of work related death. A common misconception is that lifespans in the middle ages were dramatically shorter, when in fact averages were significantly reduced due to infant mortality. In the same way men may have lower lifespans than women, not because we are genetically programmed to kick the bucket sooner, but because on average we face more mortal risk.
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    Just gonna go ahead and say it, people who dislike talking about themselves are inherently unlikely to reply. The exeption of course being people with issues to air and barriers preventing them from airing them in real life.
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    Where I used to live, not only were stars not visible, but even on streets without lights you could see clearly at any time of night. Now I live in a part of town where you can see some constellations and the aurora borealis when it happens. I have a friend who lives a short way out of town, and driving in at night, the city is visible as a glowing cloud in the distance.
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    I often have nightmares about being back in university and highschool where I have classes but have no idea where they are, and I'm confused why I'm there when I already graduated, tests but I haven't been there all semester, or I'm simply lost on some labyrinthian hybrid campus. I used to have nightmares where I'd commit vivid acts of violence to protect siblings I don't have, or where in an apocalypse scenario I would act with technical precision to defend myself/compatriots from monsters/zombies/attackers but the attacks would not have any effect.
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    Aside from a dozen or so victimless crimes (the Criminal Code is so petty and pedantic), the two worst things I've ever done were start an unhealthy relationship for the wrong reasons and end it in the most drawn out way possible. Never stick it in crazy, and if you do, end it quick and clean...
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    I rarely get bitten, and when I do the bites don't itch. I like to go out into the bush and hike and have fires, and the wee bastards will swarm and be annoying (at least until tbe flames get going), but I usually come out of the brush unbitten, even without repellant.
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    Level of speech should be, and generally is, dependent on context. In a professional environment, technical jargon is easier than describing thingamajigs and adds clarity when talking about similar similar doodads. It allows ease of communication by using a shared dialect and vocabulary relevant to the scenario and shared by the individuals communicating. Use of jargon with someone on the same page simplifies communication, but when communicating with those outside of the circle, technical jargon need to be simplified for the same reason it is being used in the first place. Additionally, eloquent diction possess potential to present more detailed, elaborate, and possibly specific ideas, or at the very least present drawn out concepts in a more brief manner. A synonyms can posses a more or less desirable connotation or implication adding further detail to the communication. That being said, just as with technical jargon, the type of language used needs to match the understanding of the individual being communicated to in order to be effective. Even if all parties have the same understanding, diction can also convey social context. An example of this is speaking roughly with friends and formally with superiors to convey either familiarity or respect (thought the options are far more diverse) or speaking in a more proper or technical manner with co-workers while on the job as opposed to while off the job. My opinion of the matter is that higher understanding of language is desirable as it allows for a greater diversity of types of communication and can convey more nuanced and/or specific meaning.The take away is that at the end of the day, it is optimal for all involved parties to communicate on the same level whatever that level may be. While being intimidated by eloquent speech is petty and displays insecurity, a standard requisite manner of speech for an environment does ensure unhindered communication.
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    ^ Too damn hot! > I miss having internet. And disposable income. v Live alone?
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    Judging by lore given in Twilight's Kingdom, I would bet her that she could not magically rid herself of all magic without transferring it into another living being or inanimate (magical or otherwise) object/repository.
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