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jfz9580m

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19. I wish some DUer would start an
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:40 AM
Mar 24

Is she dead yet thread?
I keep trying to shut up, but: 1) I am on Modafinil which works for me but at the cost of making one chattier (my least favorite side effect of a class of drugs I find useful that aside); 2) I am poking at this unwieldy mess of information (I suppose that is the best term) as a solitary human who is too asocial to take cues from people and now follows DU/Coleman Spillde/Yasha Levine/Chris Ketcham/Marina Bolotnikova etc for behavioral cues…

How are people social? I don’t quite get it?
I am sociable to necessary extents in routine contexts. But this is such a hairball..the internet plus ai and agents and yeesh..it is never very clear who is at what level of knowledge of tech and what they are doing with it and what is straightforward. And people have the realities they want to see implemented and I..I am okay with team work in routine ways. But a bunch of ott stuff has totally screwed me over and ..

I feel ostriches are misunderstood..Maybe they just.. identity issues!

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Is he dead yet? [View all] Orrex Mar 24 OP
Had an unfortunate mixup... MiHale Mar 24 #1
Can't ahem...😀 malaise Mar 24 #2
👍... MiHale Mar 24 #4
;-{) Windbag Goonch Mar 24 #3
Alas, my bottle of bubbly remains unopened. niyad Mar 24 #5
I have a dream... surfered Mar 24 #6
Excellent. Today would be good. niyad Mar 24 #7
We have an opening at 10:45. Bring a shovel. twodogsbarking Mar 24 #9
😁 surfered Mar 24 #15
Soon... SheltieLover Mar 24 #20
How will we know? Will he shut up? Will there be no brain activity? Odd color? Stinky? Sweaty? Inactive? twodogsbarking Mar 24 #8
A most excellent question. niyad Mar 24 #10
Dear God: anything that rids this world of him will work for me. Thank you for your attention to this matter LymphocyteLover Mar 24 #11
God is on the phone. She is calling from Iran. Ruh roh. twodogsbarking Mar 24 #12
She is, indeed! niyad Mar 24 #29
Smothered by avalanche of proposals from companies offering not to build wind farms offshore surfered Mar 24 #13
"Is he Dead Yet? I smell... decaying carcass!" hlthe2b Mar 24 #14
OMG MustLoveBeagles Mar 24 #16
I wish bdamomma Mar 24 #17
Fatal fall from slipping on ICE? SheltieLover Mar 24 #18
I wish some DUer would start an jfz9580m Mar 24 #19
Will no one stand up to this crazy man? Farmer-Rick Mar 24 #21
Not yet, but close. A lot of folks are wishin & hopin. Joinfortmill Mar 24 #22
Perhaps he really IS dead ... Wicked Blue Mar 24 #23
The way things are going right now, we will die before he will. Aristus Mar 24 #24
Celebration! Marcuse Mar 24 #25
Charging admission is a concept LetMyPeopleVote Mar 24 #26
I want the liquid refreshments concession stand! niyad Mar 24 #30
I commend your timely anecdotal analogies on a daily basis, Orrex. yellow dahlia Mar 24 #27
Infection from a drunken ear ring punch attempt Torchlight Mar 24 #28
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