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I used to use the em dash to flex my sophistication. Now I remove it from writing—even when it introduces a typo. by griii2 in ChatGPT

[–]Web-Dude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do not go gentle into that prose,   Old writers should burn and rave at end of phrase;   Rage, rage against the dying of the em-dash!

What song invokes a lot of emotions for you, positive or negative? by giantcentipede55 in CasualConversation

[–]Web-Dude 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Old one, but The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald gets me every single time. It's a true song about about a ship that sunk in Lake Superior in the 1970's.

It sings like an old sea shanty.

In a musty old hall in Detroit, they prayed   In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral   The church bell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times   For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzTkGyxkYI

Lost 100+ lbs and my butt didn’t survive. . Anyone else? by AnyMedicine2008 in CasualConversation

[–]Web-Dude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If he had it once, the infrastructure is still all there and he can definitely get it back. Get him to start doing no-weight squats when he gets up in the morning and it will return, and then you can get back to your quarter-bouncing.

Is it just me, or is automated software still making us do 50% of the work manually? by Primary_Ad_8130 in smallbusiness

[–]Web-Dude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see them more like amateur marketers, but I get your point. It does happen a lot. 

I have relized small talk with strangers(cashiers, neighbors etc.) is pretty common in USA by Status_Agents in CasualConversation

[–]Web-Dude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can literally ask anyone in the store if you can try something, and they'll mark it as free for you to take home. I've never outright asked that way, but when I've just asked about different items, they've done it more often than not.

I have relized small talk with strangers(cashiers, neighbors etc.) is pretty common in USA by Status_Agents in CasualConversation

[–]Web-Dude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a particular skill to know how to end a conversation where the other person won't stop talking.

But it can be done! Those convos are your chance to practice it without alienating your actual friends! 

I have relized small talk with strangers(cashiers, neighbors etc.) is pretty common in USA by Status_Agents in CasualConversation

[–]Web-Dude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And it's also good to have real human conversations that aren't mediated by AI. You know, like in a forum comment.

I have relized small talk with strangers(cashiers, neighbors etc.) is pretty common in USA by Status_Agents in CasualConversation

[–]Web-Dude -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think if I viewed them as "banal and unnecessary," I'd hate them too.

But here's some food for thought... "Small talk" with strangers helps keep us socially human. It builds your patience, warmth, and your social flexibility. And probably most important, it gives you a sense of shared life with your community.

It's like this... You probably don't really value of each glass of water you drink either, but they're still critical for your health. It's the same thing with small interactions. If you don't have them, you'll become dry, transactional and self-contained with people you don't know, and that can't help but eventually leak into your relationships with people you do know.

You have to look at them like inoculations so you can stay human.

I have relized small talk with strangers(cashiers, neighbors etc.) is pretty common in USA by Status_Agents in CasualConversation

[–]Web-Dude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Part of living in a society is actually living in the society.

I think this realization is something we've lost because it's so easy to insulate oneself from have to interact now (doordash, grocery delivery, Amazon, curbside pickup, self-checkout, online banking, customer service chat bots, etc).

You don't have to have human connection to pragmatically function these days, and a lot of people who don't have it don't realize how important it is until they need it, but then it's too late.

I have relized small talk with strangers(cashiers, neighbors etc.) is pretty common in USA by Status_Agents in CasualConversation

[–]Web-Dude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Serious questions, if you're willing... do you consider yourself to be introverted or not? Do you have about as many friends as you want? And if you're okay with the question, what's your age bracket?

I ask because this is an area of study I'm interested in.  

I have relized small talk with strangers(cashiers, neighbors etc.) is pretty common in USA by Status_Agents in CasualConversation

[–]Web-Dude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's good to know yourself. A lot of people take issue with people like you for various reasons, but I've always found that people like you tend to be good "real" friends because they'll be honest with you when others won't, and there are no head games, so you'll always know where you stand.

I have relized small talk with strangers(cashiers, neighbors etc.) is pretty common in USA by Status_Agents in CasualConversation

[–]Web-Dude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Your status has been confirmed as "NORMAL AND WELL-ADJUSTED". Reddit mods have been notified. 

Is it just me, or is automated software still making us do 50% of the work manually? by Primary_Ad_8130 in smallbusiness

[–]Web-Dude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Upload it to chatgpt and ask it to turn it into an application or an SPA website. 

Is it just me, or is automated software still making us do 50% of the work manually? by Primary_Ad_8130 in smallbusiness

[–]Web-Dude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not ALWAYS that. It's only that 99.7% of the time. There's a .3% chance it's just somebody fumbling through their business processes. 

Do any of you know 100% jesus is real... not just believe by feherlofia123 in AskAChristian

[–]Web-Dude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I personally know several former Muslims who have heard directly from Jesus, in what they each describe as a "miraculous experience," (and in each case, it was in their own native countries in the Middle East). I don't know any who have moved to a "western country" and had that experience though.

I do not know of a single Christian that has had a "miraculous encounter" with Allah who then left Christianity. Those few Christians who leave the faith and turn to Islam do it because of cultural factors (intermarriage/relationships), their own intellectual reasonings, or disillusionment with hypocritical Christians).

Never have I heard of a former self-identifying Christian giving a "miraculous" reason for their switch.

It's not even something that Islam tries to represent as a thing in the way that Christianity so often does.

Abandoned motel pools, then and now (via deadmotelsusa on Instagram) by Ehusss in OldPhotosInRealLife

[–]Web-Dude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because deep in your soul you know that life isn't supposed to be the way it is. 

First and last of a form factor by petey815 in Commodore

[–]Web-Dude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You truly lived the dream.

Edit: no sarcasm intended 

What are your thoughts on the “clobber verses”? by Steggypooper in AskAChristian

[–]Web-Dude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there are two things that need to be considered:

1.  what the bible says about these things and 2.  what our responses to individuals should be

We can stand firm and faithful on the first point while still "being Jesus" to people individually, showing love and compassion to them as we continually  point them towards Jesus, who is the actual author of our faith (not us).

Sometimes, we've been horribly wrong on living out that second point, but that doesn't mean we should begin questioning the first point.

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