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matte

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  • What are some girl names named after flowers in your country?

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  • Trump threatens tariffs on countries that disagree with Greenland takeover plans

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  • The time when when you could trust the US to honour alliances and agreements is obviously over anyway. Better to find other trading partners!

  • What did you stupidly believe as a child?

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  • That hamburgers were called "handburgers" because you hold them with your hand when you eat.

  • If libertarian socialists are on the left and anarcho-capitalists are on the right what ideology is in the middle?

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  • Ideologies such as social liberalism and democratic socialism are often regarded as in between extreme left and extreme right positions. There are many other positions of course such as centre-right and various "green" and religiously motivated positions. They could also often fit somewhere in between on a conventional right-left spectrum. This of course varies a lot between countries and political systems.

  • How do you'all structure your workouts?

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  • Very minimalistic routine 2-4 days a week. Alternating between A: squats + chins, and B: deadlift + dumbbell overhead press. 3 sets for everything except deadlift which is 1 set. When I hit 10 reps per set I add weight.

  • Pistachio Fraisier Cake

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  • Looks like something I would absolutely love! Beautiful!

  • What is your favourite video game quote?

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  • Go for the eyes Boo, go for the eyes!

  • Would we be able to use the measles virus to reset the immune systems of people with autoimmune disorders like MS or rheumatoid arthritis?

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  • I think this is a great question. Even if there is a misunderstanding hidden in there somewhere it looks like the kind of question that could produce very informative and interesting answers from someone with knowledge in the field.

  • Chokladbollar

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  • Looking good! They are best with coconut flakes like that.

  • What book(s) are you reading right now and recommend for others?

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  • I read them as an adult. What I loved about the second book was the very original setting and perspective that was still completely captivating and felt believable. I don't think I have ever read anything that is quite comparable. Anyway, maybe I should give the third one another go, I'm on vacation now so maybe a little bit more relaxed and patient!

  • What book(s) are you reading right now and recommend for others?

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  • My experience was that the first book was fine, say 6,5/10. Just enough to move on to the the second, which I absolutely loved 9,5/10. Started reading the third with high expectations but it just didn't engage me at all. Didn't get through more than perhaps 25% of it.

  • Does the creator or the audience determine the meaning of a work of art?

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  • Meaning only exists as experienced by someone particular in a specific situation in time and space. The meaning-making processes in these situations assume a configuration of previous experiences, and probably conventions, languages, agreements on symbols and metaphors, technologies and so on. "The work" doesn't have any meaning outside of these situations (maybe it doesn't even exist, depending on how you define it). The author normally has no control over these situations and thus cannot, practically speaking, determine any meaning. But probably there is neither a "the audience" that can "determine" anything. The audience likely consists of several elements that create meanings in different ways across space and time.

    Related issues: The author/creator/performer had an intention that they themselves get to decide. But this intention is not universally and necessarily the same as "the meaning of the work".

    Practically speaking, the purpose of the audience is often to understand the intention of the author/creator.

    Discussions of authorial intent may be useful and interesting: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorial_intent

  • You got through Monday well done!

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  • Haha wow, an entire sheet! Thank you so much!

  • You got through Monday well done!

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  • Thank you, can I have Peppa Pig please?

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  • Russia seeks successful completion of special military operation — Putin

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  • Sounds great considering that they also denied any aggressive plans with regard to Ukraine.

  • NATO chief calls Trump ‘Daddy’

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  • Very sadly, Rutte is not anywhere near a position to ignore Trump. And pushing back currently comes with a much higher risk than sucking up. I think Rutte is playing a short term game because in the long term Trump is too unpredictable anyway. I think Rutte just wants to make sure that Trump leaves this meeting feeling that “NATO likes Donald, NATO good” so that he doesn't do anything drastic. Tomorrow he will probably focus on something different anyway. Golf, tariffs, Canada, Biden - who knows?

  • NATO chief calls Trump ‘Daddy’

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  • It's just a strategy for dealing with an ego in need of constant external reinforcement and validation. Absolutely embarrassing but it probably works.

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  • Thank you, those are some interesting perspectives!

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  • Thanks for another great answer. I realise now that the comparison with Soviet wasn't very thoughtful of me. I just wanted to imagine something that would have broken up the Nazi German hegemony from the inside.

    Another thought is that American products and culture probably are popular partly because they were winners in World War 2.