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How the fuck do you meet new people?
  • Here are a few suggestions:
    Volunteer at a soup kitchen or a food pantry
    Sign up for a church email newsletter and go there when they are doing pot-luck meals (bring a dish to pass)
    If you are into sports, sign up to volunteer as a coach.
    Don't buy all of your groceries all at one time. Buy a few things each time and go more often. Even if you don't meet or talk to anyone but the workers, you will be around other people.

  • RFK Jr. is planning to drop out of the 2024 presidential race and endorse Trump [ Vaughn Hillyard, Dasha Burns, Katherine Koretski and Alec Hernández | Aug. 21, 2024 | NBC News]
  • RFK's campaign was never about any kind of message or policy issue or even actually trying to win.

    His goal in all of this was to exploit his family name to try to bleed off some of the votes from Biden to help Trump win. Now that Biden has dropped out and Harris has taken his place, Trump is getting worried that RFK might actually get more Trump votes than Harris votes. That's okay, I was never going to vote for either RFK or Trump.

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    Anyone know how to block Amazon Rufus on Firefox desktop?
  • Do you have any Amazon add-ons (extensions) installed in Firefox? Did you, or someone who uses your computer, install any software recently?

    If it is a Firefox add-on causing the issue and you have more than one that could be the culprit, start by disabling all of them. If that fixes the issue, then it is just a matter of enabling each add-on (one at a time) to discover which one is causing the issue. When you figure out which one it is, uninstall it.

  • As Trump fumes, Republicans wince at ‘public nervous breakdown’
  • Trump has always rambled incoherently. That isn't new. His base loves him because he represents selfishness and racism. That is who they are. They don't seem to care that he is a coward and a nutjob. Rich people love him because he will do just about anything for anyone who will publicly shine his shoes.

    He's a nitwit and he always has been.

  • The "Stop Killing Games" EU Petition is Live
  • I love the concept, but how would this play out? Servers cost money to operate and maintain. And publishers aren't interested in losing control of an IP or supporting them indefinitely.

    So what is the goal here? Single player mode? Old school LAN partys?

  • Black Lives Matter denounces Democrats for "anointing" Kamala Harris
  • The party nomination isn't official until the delegates vote at the convention. That isn't new. The nomination is never final until the convention.

    The people voted in the state party primary. Biden and Harris were the incumbents on the Democratic party ticket. Joe Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Vice President Harris as his replacement. If the party does not largely agree that Harris should be the new nominee, they will have an opportunity to vote for someone else at the convention.

    For me this doesn't change anything. My vote was always going to be for the Democrat. Not because I love Democrats. I really don't. But because any other vote is basically a vote for the moron in the stupid hat, and I really don't want that.

  • How can everything be captured in simple data like people's exact voice noise?
  • While I will be the first person to admit that I don't completely understand either, the concept is pretty simple.

    Think of a digital recording being something like sheet music. Sheet music is a set of instructions on how to play a song that anyone who knows how to read music can reproduce.

    Digital recordings work in a similar fashion. The playback device reads the instructions which include things like frequency and volume, and is able use that information to make a perfect playback of the digital recording.

    Could it be recreated by random chance? Sure. Would it? Probably not. At least not easily.

  • Democratic billboards stress Trump link to rightwing Project 2025 manifesto
  • No matter how much the orange man pretends to distance himself from it, one detail will always be true: Democrats and liberals will never support Project 25. So the only way Project 25 has any viability is with a conservative in the White House.

    So, Comb-over Donnie, tell me again how you have nothing to do with it? It won't happen without you!

  • Crocs (The shoe, not the animal) 🐊
  • I like my Crocs, but for me they are not a very good shoe for my feet.

    I have one pair of Crocs that I bought last year. First thing I noticed was the textured footbed. It's kinda spiky and not very comfortable to me. I have been amazed at all of the comfort claims due to this. You can and do get used to it, but the first couple of weeks is not comfortable at all.

    Also, I'm a big guy and Crocs don't offer much in the way of arch support. I have never had arch issues until I wore Crocs on a regular basis.

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    Can’t bring myself to continue doing something
  • I also lose interest in certain things when asked about them. I try to continue anyway, but I am not always successful at doing that. There is a project I am currently working on that I am struggling to complete because of this.

    For me it's the anxiety of disappointing the other person. I would rather they are disappointed right now rather than make an effort and have them still disappointed.

    As I have gotten older I have learned to mostly ignore the the anxious thoughts, because they are often not true, but they are always there and I am not always able to shake those feelings.

    Talk with your doctor. It's likely they can help you with this.

  • Android users, what's stopping you from switching to an iPhone?
  • The biggest issue is Apple and their closed ecosystem. I can modify, remove, or disable most of the apps and settings I don't like on an Android phone. I can even load a different OS if I want. With Apple most of that isn't even possible.

  • I am scared to flirt with girls.
  • Flirting is a cooperative effort. You can have great game and still fail if she isn't interested. You might also meet a girl that gives you a positive reaction, but you might miss it if you aren't looking at her that way. It takes two to make flirting work.

    If you want to get to know girls; tell a few jokes or funny stories. If you think a girl might actually like you, tell her a dumb joke. If she laughs, she probably likes you. If she doesn't laugh, she's not interested yet. Keep trying and you will learn what works and what doesn't.

    There are lots of women in this world so try talk to as many women as you can. Be persistent without being aggressive and you will do just fine. There is someone out there for everyone.

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