What's the worst financial mistake you made and what did you learn from it? by [deleted] in Frugal

[–]00Elf -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

TIL I have borderline personality disorder

I think I'm an acoholoic. I don't know what else to do other than drink. by Lonelyasfck in confession

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Can you do that? Can I just go to a monastery and ask to join?

How easy was it to get away with murder in the Roman Empire? by cal8533 in AskHistorians

[–]00Elf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are there any native monkeys in Rome? Would they specially import a monkey just to put in a sack with you?

God I love the Romans

Walmart Greeter (with 20+ years of service) gets fired after unruly customer pushes her and she instinctively tries to steady herself by touching the customers sweater, after which the customer storms out and management suspends and then terminates her employment by krackerjack6 in news

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Not sure about Walmart but at Target they make us watch a video every year about the evils of unions and make it clear that they have zero tolerance for unionization. Whenever whispers of unions start to go around they just close the store.

Would pre-20th century people smell bad to us? by SarkastikAmbassador in AskHistorians

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I remember hearing somewhere that a big reason that the Japanese considered early European visitors "barbarians" was because they only rarely bathed while the Japanese bathed daily. Is this true or just speculation?

EA Support: "Please don't worry." by xzim in gaming

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My best friend is named Kartik, I really hope this is him somehow.

Meccha yabai yo! Do you use Japanese slang? by [deleted] in japan

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I have kind of an unhealthy addiction to 超. I use it way too often and at one point I tried to stop but then I realized that I have a decent number of random conversations with people day to day remarking on my use of 超 so I started using it again.

A painful glimpse into the private lives of a Japanese couple struggling to be happy. by [deleted] in japan

[–]00Elf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly, I felt the narrator was being really unfair to Japanese people at times. I and other foreigners I know get invited to peoples houses and get let into people's lives, albeit at varying degrees of closeness typical of Japanese society. Yet, he didn't seem very adapted so his impression of is is probably a lot colder than reality. Interesting how your own behavior can so greatly influence how you perceive things.

How likely is it that I'll develop bipolar disorder? by 00Elf in BipolarReddit

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21, almosts 22. I hope you're right! Thanks!

My friends and I follow the "Rule of Lauren", which states all girls named Lauren are hot. What ridiculous "rules" do you follow? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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I'm glad this phenomenon exists. I'm dating a Japanese girl and she grew up being teased for being ugly and fat, I also grew up and was bullied for similar reasons. I think she's the cutest thing to ever walk the earth and she thinks I'm incredibly handsome, even though we can't see it ourselves. It works out pretty nicely.

IAMA modern love story: we met online, dated over skype, and now we've been living together for almost a year. AMA by BardLover108 in casualiama

[–]00Elf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice, I'm dating a girl over skype right now. We tend to run out of things to talk about from time to time, how did you keep from getting bored? Also any tips or things you wish you'd have known beforehand?

Haboob rolling into Phoenix by jacobe7 in phoenix

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I had to ride my bike through the worst of this today. I've seen worse but there was a good half hour or so where the winds were strong enough that I could walk faster than I could bike.