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  • Gingersnap
    Resident stylistic consultant
    • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
    • 24058
    #1

    Did your life change today (inauguration)?

    Mine did not.

    Dennis Prager used this question today as part of his routine Friday 'Happiness Hour'.

    The 'Happiness Hour' is never about cat pix or spa routines, it's about making a rational decision to act happy despite your transient emotional feelings. Today, he asked that question.

    I was happy today but I was also happy when Obama was sworn in twice. I wasn't happy about that but neither did those events destroy my piece of mind. This is because I am not irrational.

    Although the Obama administration materially screwed me over, this did not destroy my entire life. I still had fun, did things with friends, made positive changes in my life, enjoyed hobbies and dogs, has sex, went to parties (hosted parties), etc.

    So, did your life change today?
    "Alexa, slaughter the fatted calf."
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    • Djharkavy
      Senior Member
      • Saturday, October 31, 2015
      • 4286
      #2
      Yes!
      I discovered Dash buttons on Amazon. Now I can reorder stuff with two taps.
      Life-changing!

      Sent from my phone, using Tapatalk.
      All mistakes are caused by the phone.
      That's my story and I'm sticking to it...

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        • Novaheart
          Guardian of civilization
          • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
          • 6070
          #3
          Originally posted by Gingersnap View Post
          Mine did not.

          Dennis Prager used this question today as part of his routine Friday 'Happiness Hour'.

          The 'Happiness Hour' is never about cat pix or spa routines, it's about making a rational decision to act happy despite your transient emotional feelings. Today, he asked that question.

          I was happy today but I was also happy when Obama was sworn in twice. I wasn't happy about that but neither did those events destroy my piece of mind. This is because I am not irrational.

          Although the Obama administration materially screwed me over, this did not destroy my entire life. I still had fun, did things with friends, made positive changes in my life, enjoyed hobbies and dogs, has sex, went to parties (hosted parties), etc.

          So, did your life change today?

          WHAT?
          The year's at the spring
          And day's at the morn;
          Morning's at seven;
          The hill-side's dew-pearled;
          The lark's on the wing;
          The snail's on the thorn:
          God's in his heaven—
          All's right with the world!

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            • Tom Servo
              Area Man
              • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
              • 5898
              #4
              My life has not changed. Trump getting sworn in did not fix the ice maker, or the window in my car that came off its tracks, or improve the atmosphere enough for me to hear Thailand on shortwave. It did not fix my digestive system or buy me a new wireless mouse because the old one wore out.

              Life is pretty much the same.

              Originally posted by Djharkavy View Post
              Yes!
              I discovered Dash buttons on Amazon. Now I can reorder stuff with two taps.
              Life-changing!
              I really want one of those, but can't find anything that I can justify paying 3x what it costs at Target just to get the button. I'm of the understanding that, after your button arrives, you can actually take the product label off and alter the system to order literally anything available on Amazon, which is pretty cool.
              “Any sufficiently advanced capitalism is indistinguishable from rent seeking.” ~ =j

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                • Djharkavy
                  Senior Member
                  • Saturday, October 31, 2015
                  • 4286
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Tom Servo View Post
                  I really want one of those, but can't find anything that I can justify paying 3x what it costs at Target just to get the button. I'm of the understanding that, after your button arrives, you can actually take the product label off and alter the system to order literally anything available on Amazon, which is pretty cool.
                  These are virtual ones, in the app. For me, they are mostly for stuff that we can't get at Target.

                  I'd lose the real ones, between my son's disorganization, my tinkering and the curious cats.


                  Sent from my phone, using Tapatalk.
                  All mistakes are caused by the phone.
                  That's my story and I'm sticking to it...

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                    • scott
                      Go-to Guru
                      • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                      • 15799
                      #6
                      I pooped yesterday.
                      "Faith is nothing but a firm assent of the mind : which, if it be regulated, as is our duty, cannot be afforded to anything but upon good reason, and so cannot be opposite to it."
                      -John Locke

                      "It's all been melded together into one giant, authoritarian, leftist scream."
                      -Newman

                      "Grievance groups are playing King of the Hill."
                      -Newman

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                        • 80zephyr
                          Senior Member
                          • Saturday, January 3, 2015
                          • 19074
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Novaheart View Post
                          WHAT?
                          Lol. Thats what I thought.

                          Mark
                          Race Card: A tool of the intellectually weak and lazy when they cannot counter a logical argument or factual data.

                          "Liberals have to stop insisting that the world is what they want it to be instead of the way it is." - Bill Maher

                          Political correctness is ideological fascism. It’s the antithesis of freedom. Dr. Piper

                          Gender is not a "Social Construct", it is an outgrowth of biological reality.

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                            • 80zephyr
                              Senior Member
                              • Saturday, January 3, 2015
                              • 19074
                              #8
                              Originally posted by scott View Post
                              I pooped yesterday.
                              From the sound of it, your life is nowhere near as fulfilling as Snaps.

                              Lol.

                              Mark
                              Race Card: A tool of the intellectually weak and lazy when they cannot counter a logical argument or factual data.

                              "Liberals have to stop insisting that the world is what they want it to be instead of the way it is." - Bill Maher

                              Political correctness is ideological fascism. It’s the antithesis of freedom. Dr. Piper

                              Gender is not a "Social Construct", it is an outgrowth of biological reality.

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                                • scott
                                  Go-to Guru
                                  • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                                  • 15799
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by 80zephyr View Post
                                  From the sound of it, your life is nowhere near as fulfilling as Snaps.

                                  Lol.

                                  Mark
                                  It was a really good poop.
                                  "Faith is nothing but a firm assent of the mind : which, if it be regulated, as is our duty, cannot be afforded to anything but upon good reason, and so cannot be opposite to it."
                                  -John Locke

                                  "It's all been melded together into one giant, authoritarian, leftist scream."
                                  -Newman

                                  "Grievance groups are playing King of the Hill."
                                  -Newman

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                                    • Celeste Chalfonte
                                      apostate
                                      • Saturday, October 5, 2013
                                      • 27897
                                      #10
                                      I have to work a weekend day soon because I couldn't bill enough hours Friday. The noise under my window really messed up my voice-recognition software's performance.
                                      "Since the historic ruling, the Lovings have become icons for equality. Mildred released a statement on the 40th anniversary of the ruling in 2007: 'I am proud that Richard’s and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the love, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, Black or white, young or old, gay or straight, seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all. That’s what Loving, and loving, are all about.'." - Mildred Loving (Loving v. Virginia)

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                                        • Hondo
                                          Memento Homo
                                          • Sunday, October 6, 2013
                                          • 2473
                                          #11
                                          The Golden Scalpweasel didn't get me out of working this double shift as he promised.

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                                            • Billy Jingo
                                              I shave with Occam's Razor
                                              • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
                                              • 18663
                                              #12
                                              I am a white, affluent, heterosexual male so no ... my life didn't change.
                                              “One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”

                                              ~ Omar El Akkad
                                              ​

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                                                • Newman
                                                  Behind the Iron Curtain
                                                  • Friday, November 1, 2013
                                                  • 25814
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Billy Jingo View Post
                                                  I am a white, affluent, heterosexual male so no ... my life didn't change.
                                                  As am I. But I'm not a Democrat either.

                                                  I suspect the people whose lives most took a dramatic change on Jan. 20 are the now-unemployed Democrats, or those whose career expectations have been keenly altered by the election. For example, the many people who worked for the Clinton's Global Initiative racket, now unemployed.
                                                  • "I'm a hell of a lot smarter than most of you guys." — Joe Biden, at Jesse Jackson's funeral, March 2026.​
                                                  • "That's all I do in my life. I make deals. I'm really good at it." — President Donald Trump, Oct. 13, 2025.
                                                  • “Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out,” — David Horowitz.
                                                  • "We [Democrats] are all willing to work with anyone who is serious about doing the work of censoring the American people, and advancing progress."​ — Ayanna Pressley, explaining progressives.
                                                  • ​​"Florida is where Woke goes to die." — Ron DeSantis.
                                                  • "No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence." — Nancy Pelosi, explaining Lawfare.
                                                  • “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”​— Ben Franklin, who got it right.
                                                  • "The way I see it, there's always, c'mon, there's always money. It's there." — Elizabeth Warren, explaining socialism.
                                                  • "The interesting thing about the Green New Deal is it wasn't originally a climate thing at all.... We really think of it as a how-do-you-change-the-entire-economy thing." — Saikat Chakrabarti, then AOC's Chief of Staff.

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                                                    • Novaheart
                                                      Guardian of civilization
                                                      • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                                                      • 6070
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by Billy Jingo View Post
                                                      I am a white, affluent, heterosexual male so no ... my life didn't change.
                                                      Gimme $3.50
                                                      The year's at the spring
                                                      And day's at the morn;
                                                      Morning's at seven;
                                                      The hill-side's dew-pearled;
                                                      The lark's on the wing;
                                                      The snail's on the thorn:
                                                      God's in his heaven—
                                                      All's right with the world!

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                                                        • Lanie
                                                          Finally have my self respect.
                                                          • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
                                                          • 4829
                                                          #15
                                                          My life didn't change, but every time Trump has a good day, I have a bad one.

                                                          When he won, I got bronchitis for four or five days.

                                                          Yesterday, my stomach went nuts. This is all Trump's fault. I hope Trump doesn't prevent me from getting an oil change this weekend.

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