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  • We don’t memorize phone numbers anymore, we rely on GPS to tell us where to go and Facebook reminds us of birthdays. What else will we stop remembering once AI remembers everything for us?

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  • Wait, people copied birthdays over each year? We just had one normal yearly calendar and one special birthday calendar that could be used for multiple years. I still use the birthday calendar which has accumulated more names of people I don't speak to anymore or have died than actual living friends and relatives.

  • Selective rage

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  • Both from marvel, the wise one from dr. Strange and the scarlet witch.

  • Half finished graffiti

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  • Weren't they just writing anna (the girl's name) and someone else finished it? Anarchy is one N right?

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    what's your take on employers banning the use of languages other than English between coworkers at the workplace?

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  • I have recently moved to france and have been learning french for the last few years (long before moving). I still have difficulty with lunch conversation and after speaking to everyone outside of work in french I appreciate it so much that I work at an international place where everyone speaks english, even though that is also a second language for me. Imagine how tired your colleagues are at lunch after not speaking their own language anywhere but at home and appreciate that you are capable of helping them a little bit by speaking english.

  • Shh

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  • In the three countries I worked in (netherlands, belgium and usa) all level 2 lab waste was collected in biohazard boxes and taken to special lab waste management. I assume they get the same treatment as hospital waste. We did have the non-biohazard labs in which pipettes just went in the normal trash. I assume you can't get a biohazard lab approved without organizing special waste pickup.

  • There's always a British tourist

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  • Edd Pratt actually did that!

  • Shh

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  • And we don't throw pipette tips in the ocean, we throw them in the biohazard box. While not better for the environment, at least we don't choke baby turtles.

  • "Veni Vidi Veni" would be a great name for a strip club or brothel.

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  • I came, i saw, i came.

  • Awooga

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  • I don't think that that many women want bigger boobs. I have more friends who dislike having big boobs vs small boobs.

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  • 5 and then make stuff where the switches are all miniature toasters.

  • New love

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  • I somehow reached the end of this thinking it was a dog she fell in love with, not a human baby.

  • Ozempic Is Shrinking Appetites. Restaurants Are Shrinking the Food.

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  • Actually weird that it has taken so long. As a smaller person I was unable to finish any plate when I visited the states and wished there was an option for me to order a "child's" portion. This also makes it easier for people to lose weight while not on glp1.

  • TNL vraagt: Wat is uw grootste sportprestatie?

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  • Bedankt!

  • TNL vraagt: Wat is uw grootste sportprestatie?

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  • Ik werd ook altijd als laatste gekozen bij gym. Maar ik heb dit jaar mijn eerste triatlon gedaan! 1,5 km zwemmen, 40 km fietsen en 9 km hardlopen.

  • What in your country/area is totally normal but visitors get excited for?

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  • I had a similar experience with an exchange student who visited in february. She very worriedly asked why our trees didn't have any leaves and was amazed when I said that just happens in winter and they come back.

  • Why don't they have simpler names for brain disorders, where perhaps even the person suffering the disorder might be able to remember the term themself?

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  • I am very familiar with medical terms and even I ask the doctor to write down the specifics of my diagnosis when I want to seek a second opinion.

  • Why don't they have simpler names for brain disorders, where perhaps even the person suffering the disorder might be able to remember the term themself?

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  • But FTD is used by people to talk about frontotemporal dementia.

    However, it isn't an acronym, but an abbreviation. Abbreviations are generally not much easier to remember and even more meaningless to normal people. The reason they wouldn't use the abbreviation in the documentary is because abbreviations are generally considered even more complex to both remember and understand than 'long' words. Only when a loooot of people know and talk about a disease does an abbreviation or other name become mainstream enough (thinking about flu for influenza etc) that it actually becomes useful to have the shorter name. Even at a conference about brain diseases you would only use FTD after giving the full term first so people know what you are talking about.

    But yes, if Bruce goes to a clinic and says he has FTD they will know what's up (or google the abbreviation).

  • Why don't they have simpler names for brain disorders, where perhaps even the person suffering the disorder might be able to remember the term themself?

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  • Isn't teflon a brand name? Not standardized, just capitalized.

  • Why don't they have simpler names for brain disorders, where perhaps even the person suffering the disorder might be able to remember the term themself?

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  • But who does the patient need to communicate it to other than health professionals? Other people should be satisfied with a phrase like "dementia that causes me to behave different and/or have difficulty speaking" otherwise they are just going to have to look up the disease anyway.

    FTD is a rare disease (meaning less than 65/100000 people get it in their lifetime) and there are thousands of rare diseases. Who do you propose should come up with simple names for all of these, teach these to all medical professionals and make sure all info online gets both the descriptive and simple name attached?? There are enough issues with terminology in the medical world as is, trust me.