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Off-Topic Discussion - National spelling bee#4

Both spelling bees and the piano concertos of young virtuosos serve to keep us humble. They share that function with chess.


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Off-Topic Discussion - Biden releases 1 million gallons gasoline from US strategic reserves to ease gas prices.#28

tl;dr Sorry, I know this is long, and I won't attempt to summarize. But if we only attend to brief talking points and slogans, what's the point of reading at all? @kyanite111 , with all due respect, I…


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Off-Topic Discussion - Biden releases 1 million gallons gasoline from US strategic reserves to ease gas prices.#23

Biden is better than Trump? In what ways? I'm genuinely curious. Perhaps my memory isn't what it used to be, for anything but, say, the sicilian.


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Off-Topic Discussion - Natural Gas (methane) Is Scamming America#10

I'd say you nailed it, @s2numbuq35i . You summarized the main points precisely. Thank you for your objectivity and effort to summarize. By the way, as I noted earlier I'm not a "climate denier." I und…


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Off-Topic Discussion - Why are u dumb#17

Sorry, friend. i'm not quite sure what you mean to say. But I don't write any Cliff Notes. If somebody brings a bottle of water, and perhaps a change of clothes, they can often get through one of my p…


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Off-Topic Discussion - Why are u dumb#15

I would not ordinarily leap to call myself, uh, slow. But an epiphany is available to each of us. Mental acuity is to be measured relatively but can't really be measured with absolute generality. In o…


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Off-Topic Discussion - Have you ever had any ( for lack of a better term) occult experiences#22

Opinions can differ, and we are not all obligated to agree about everything. But I can see nothing remotely offensive about #19 by @iris_mex. And I certainly didn't mean to offend anybody, either, wit…


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Off-Topic Discussion - Natural Gas (methane) Is Scamming America#7

@s2numbuq35i , the simple point is this: renewable energy MUST BE BACKED UP. Wanting that not to be true will not change things, no matter what we say or do. Cities cannot go without power. People suf…


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Off-Topic Discussion - Have you ever had any ( for lack of a better term) occult experiences#18

Thank you, @iris_mex, but in these times i realize that it may not be universally loved. However, it's always nice to encounter a clever person with a sense of humor. So, again, thank you.


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Off-Topic Discussion - International Criminal Court Arrest Warrants of Israeli and Hamas leaders#89

@Al-Ghoul , you reply, to my observation that you did not specify my supposed "absurd claims," this way: "Untrue? No, but you were only sharing one side of the coin,..." In other words, you still have…


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