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Dr. Bob

@ DrBob @lemmy.ca

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Recovering academic now in public safety. You'll find me kibitzing on brains (my academic expertise) to critical infrastructure and resilience (current worklife). Also hockey, games, music just because.

  • If it fits...

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  • Years ago I dated a woman who owned an Innocenti, an import that made the Mini look like a monster truck. Having that thing moved onto a sidewalk or spun sideways, backwards etc was a regular feature of our weekends.

    Edited for two separate autocorrect fails.

  • save water.

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  • Grey water system.

  • Satire rule

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  • I don't think it's because he doesn't think Bateman is capable of committing those crimes - far from it. Almost everyone in the film is a psychopath in their way (the sex workers are notable exceptions).

    Nobody wants to deal with the consequences because it would upset the gravy train they're on. The lawyer doesn't want to hear a confession, the real estate agent doesn't want to acknowledge that crimes took place there etc. The world is built on ignoring things that distract from money. Everyone will lie to keep things rolling.

    Eta: that's the joke in the book and movie title - Bateman is the psycho because he feels some remorse. Everyone just wants to carry on with their lives.

  • Hippie fashion, London, UK, 1967

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  • Satire rule

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  • Not satirizing metrosexual at all. He is the counterpoint to Gordon Gecko.

  • Satire rule

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  • Is this a review of Marty Supreme?

  • Is ice heavier than water?

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  • Density is mass by volume. The volume changes because of the crystalline lattice. The mass doesn't change. I'm trying to decide if you're trolling or not.

  • Cuntry music

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  • Look son, it's great that you want to participate in the conversation, but maybe get some experience with the basics and come on back. We'll still be here and ready to talk.

  • Cuntry music

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  • It ruins it. With stockings you can reach the prize. Pantyhose blocks access.

  • Cuntry music

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  • Kris Kristofferson said that about Toby Keith.

    Kris was a veteran who was anti-war. Keith was a loudmouth piece of shit "patriot" who never did shit for anyone. The occasion was a concert for Willie Nelson's birthday and Keith was needling Kristofferson about not singing any of that pansy peace stuff.

  • What song should be the national anthem of your country?

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  • What song should be the national anthem of your country?

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  • Baby's first Netflix movie 😍

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  • There is a known phenomena among the wealthy where they vastly over rate their classes accomplishments relative to others. So rich kid paints a picture and it should be in a gallery. Poor kid wins an art scholarship and it's due to affirmative action.

  • The new science of alcohol: why recent guidance says more than 2 drinks per week is risky

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  • This is another of a long line of these studies. The effects they get from this type of epidemiology is entirely an artifact of the inclusion/exclusion criteria.

    In this case they say they controlled for formerly heavy drinkers who now abstain. Without reading the paper in detail we don't know if they controlled for socio-economic status etc. For example that group may include a group of former polydrug users who were insecurely housed. Assigning that group to "heavy drinkers now abstaining" will tilt the results. There are chronic health conditions that arise from that lifestyle independent of alcohol use.

    Epidemiology needs to be treated with kid gloves and I find this kind of advocacy unhelpful.

  • Baby's first Netflix movie 😍

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  • I think there is a point to be made here - talent is the easiest part of success. You can drop by bars in any major city and hear musicians who have the talent to be a top 40 star. What is difficult is to get your "break" and toehold in the industry. I think that's what the core issue is. Their parents are right in that their kids have the talent to be mid-tier in the industry. What's infuriating is that they are not more talented than anyone else. They have an escalator into the industry whe everyone else has to fight their way up the back stairs.

  • How many minutes in travel until you are no longer close to a place

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  • I feel like the speed of the conveyance matters a lot. One minute of travel at walking speed is still a 3 wood away. You could converse by shouting with someone at the origin. One minute by train puts you out of earshot and golf ball range.

  • enclose.horse

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  • 68!

  • Sid, NO!

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  • Not a joke. I get it now though.

  • enclose.horse

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  • 63

  • I’m performing at a private party tomorrow and this is the setlist I’ve been given

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  • Coloratura. Dems some high notes.