Long day today....with a cold ending

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Me me me!

I will not express my opinion in any harsh terms. I think the kids today refer to my overall impression as being "blackpilled" :) But I'm not really. I was born and lived my early life under a tyrannical regime with all the speech limitations you could imagine. I learned about it from my grandpa who lived through its instauration, was sent to an actual gulag for (quoting the actual sentencing) "incorrect political speech and the spreading of mysticism". Most people were snitches, collaborators, enforcers... you need to expect that most of your friends, people you admire, people you rely on will turn on you. But that only increased the value and love among the trustworthy resisters. Oh, well.

I can see this happening right now and, although saddening, it is neither surprising nor terribly distressful. OK, it is a little surprising that Americans of all people would choose this path...

And, on the other hand, God blessed us with a great crop of martyrs and surviving saints of great theological depth as a result of those times. He - God - does his best work under these conditions, far closer to those who stay close to Him than in times of freedom and relaxation. Whetstone, winnowing - you pick your metaphor.
 
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Is it dead? I mean, after you whacked it with a shoe? Glad it didn’t get you!
It is dead but it did get me. This is the fourth. This one got me twice
 
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I'm sure iTunes is scrambling to change it... a few days ago the top 5 songs were ███ ██ ███████ but now only 2 / 5... Still it's unbelievably cool :)

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What words?
The words I can no longer type in CF without getting into trouble with CF. If you don't know which words you are in a kind of double secret probation. If you use them by accident or deliberately.
 
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Google says Adelle or post #4 here.
Speaking of Adelle, she is having a concert on the 14th CBS. I am excited. Do you think she is on drugs with all the weight she lost? I am excited to see her, I love her music.
 
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Google says Adelle or post #4 here.
Speaking of Adelle, she is having a concert on the 14th CBS. I am excited. Do you think she is on drugs with all the weight she lost? I am excited to see her, I love her music.
I think she looks great. I think she lost weight the healthy way. She might have employed other options but I’d like to think there were no drugs involved.
 
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I think she looks great. I think she lost weight the healthy way. She might have employed other options but I’d like to think there were no drugs involved.
Me too but her loss seemed almost instant.
 
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