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I went to three counselors back in the 80's, all of whom said "You need to socialize more, join some clubs and meet people" and I said "You're not listening to me .... I'm here because I want to understand why I can't stand being around people."

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I like this idea.

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I was making a lame joke too. "Jan and Dean" just the names together sound like "the malt shop" or "Blue Denim" to me, so-- you know what I mean, it's just funny to hear anything similar. And people were always saying "and it happened at Deadman's Curve!" IRL it isn't very funny.

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It's all copasetic!

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Thanks man.

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Haven't you heard?We're going to get chopan kabab and aushak trucks now, in all the states that welcome the refugees from Afghanistan.

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I am just burned out on '60's music in general. Of course this is not Joan Jett's problem, it is mine. Believe me, I like 95% of her music. She's a very talented guitarist and vocalist. I have all her albums and a couple of bootlegs, also. I just think that song itself is not that great, and that was the reason it didn't get a higher score.

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I'm amazed. I listened to the other one and it was good but he wasn't such a powerful singer. I think I love all music except Barbershop Quartets. I watched a long historical show about Motown about one month ago. It's new. I almost perished-- those songs bewitched me. It was pretty exciting. Barry Gordy was not the menacing hard ass I'd though he was, for some reason. He was just schmoozing with Smokey Robinson the entire time. I mean, that's how it seemed-- that they were equals and relaxed through and through. It amazes me how kids of the same age all are made berserk by the same songs. I don't quite understand it. Sorry you've gotten tired of them now-- have you been listening to them over the years?

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Pay? I think you are missing the point.If you meant to ask 'how would things get upgraded?' By getting the word out that certain machines need an upgrade. Then assuming you've trained enough people, and enough of those trained people are motivated enough (by having social connections with people who would suffer from these machines not being upgraded), then they would volunteer to upgrade the machinery.

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You don't need everyone to produce something, just enough volunteers to keep everybody fed and housed, and maintain everything. All luxuries are optional, if people don't want gold plated toilets, then they won't make them.

Any system can and will carry a couple percent of parasites. The abillity to carry parasites is actually a measure of the effectiveness of a system.

That is why capitalism requires about 5% of the population to be out of work, it is needed to keep wages and expectations low while having enough desperate labour available to do any unpleasant jobs for very low pay.

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Thanks for the reading tip, adding it to my list.

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Scientists work with large populations, individuals can deviate from the norm without affecting the statistics. Outliers are real.

That said, the main reason why you need to see people to reduce the effects of Alzheimers is because it activates many different parts of your brain. So basically as long as you are living a varied life full of new experiences and adventures, then you can do so alone.

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Afghanistan would be better off, and so would the rest of the world, if everyone just accepted that you can't fix Afghanistan using violence.

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Yep. Getting the likes of Putin, Xi, Kim and various other strongmen and warlords to sign on is ... unlikely. Someone will always sense weakness as an opportunity.

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He did not demand donations until people ask that he visit graves of people who were not white men.

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You know Loomis defended Bernie past the convention and trashed HRC?

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