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Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.

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But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!

Sal, everything you said was sound. I don't have the energy to reply to specifics, but yeah, appreciated. Not like I was posting her for advice ... but still, it's good to get other people's perspective. I'm thinking I might talk to another couple of friends who didn't completely pick sides in the falling out and ask them if my friend could stay on their couch if it gets to the point where it's too much for me. These two friends both know her and although they find her a bit strange and understand the friend she fell out with more, they still like her and I'm sure putting her up on their couch would be much less of an issue for them than for me ... since they actually have a loungeroom with a nice big couch and no one would have to share a tiny bedroom. Like, even if they wouldn't do it for her (which they probably would), they might do it for me, at least to lessen the burden. Like, I don't think anybody would let her be homeless, but I'm just a bit worried if everyone else is harder than me and her path to independence is longer than expected ... it could drag on.

Also, KathTheDragon and Sal, I just want to be clear that I wasn't intending to be like "Duh, how could you miss that it was a joke? Hur hur hur, I'm so smart!" it was just more that I was cringing at the idea of anyone thinking Jal would actually be the kind of person who would obtusely correct a native speaker on preposition use ... although I guess that's my issue because that was the risk he decided to take in making that joke and obviously he'd be fine with people thinking that of him.

Man I wish I could stop thinking sometimes.

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Been feeling out of control with my life lately. For the past month, honestly.

I've had to deal with a bunch of extra expenses (a VERY unexpected tax bill because the government wasn't withholding enough, lots of expenses with adopting a cat, repairs to my car, renting another car while my car's in the shop), plus general stress (I've got a cold or something, I'm a first-time cat owner so I keep worrying if he's eating/drinking/entertained enough, I'm traveling to my cousin's wedding this weekend), plus just... not managing my life very well (I've got a pile of laundry to wash and another to put away, a dishwasher to unload and reload, a bunch of stuff I need to donate, a bunch of stuff I need to haul down to the dumpster...)

On top of all that, I'm trying to exercise more and was going to run after work today, but it's raining and I know I'm just going to be like, "oh I guess I'll just sit in bed with the cat" instead of even trying to do some form of exercise.

AND I have this constant low-grade feeling of "there's something you should be doing that you aren't doing", which at least at work is probably due to the fact that we've moved from a highly structured part of our project (actually getting all the pieces implemented and tested) to a more freeform one (regression testing, migrating data, random bug fixes), and I'm terrible at managing my time.

I just wanna curl up in a blanket and sleep for six years and play videogames and not have to do things.

I dunno. I'm sure it'll all clear up in a week or so once my car's fixed and I'm feeling less crappy, but right now it's annoying.

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I generally forget to say, so if it's relevant and I don't mention it--I'm from Southern Michigan and speak Inland North American English. Yes, I have the Northern Cities Vowel Shift; no, I don't have the cot-caught merger; and it is called pop.

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ìtsanso, God In The Mountain, may our names inspire the deepest feelings of fear in urkos and all his ilk, for we have saved another man from his lies! I welcome back to the feast hall kal, who will never gamble again! May the eleven gods bless him!

I'm so angry and sad about all the violence in my home country. Hamas uses children as human shields; the terrorists throw rocks and bombs at the Israeli troops while in a crowd of more peaceful protestors. Then Israel is blamed and the whole protest is claimed to be peaceful by the international community. Also, if Bibi and Trump weren't such arrogant arseholes and moved the embassy to Jerusalem, this wouldn't have happened. There's almost no room these days to support Israel and be leftist.

More than 50 Palestinians died. May Hamas, Bibi and Trump all rot in hell.

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ìtsanso, God In The Mountain, may our names inspire the deepest feelings of fear in urkos and all his ilk, for we have saved another man from his lies! I welcome back to the feast hall kal, who will never gamble again! May the eleven gods bless him!

You speak as if it were the Palestinians' and not the IDF's fault that so many were massacred by the IDF, that somehow throwing rocks is equivalent with firing bullets...

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Dibotahamdn duthma jallni agaynni ra hgitn lakrhmi.
Amuhawr jalla vowa vta hlakrhi hdm duthmi xaja.
Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro. Irdro.

In fairness, they were supposedly also throwing firebombs. The protest definitely doesn't seem so peaceful.

But yeah, I also found mèþru's post a bit ridiculous. Bibi, Trump and Hamas are the only things wrong with Israel? They're solely responsible for unarmed civilians and medics getting shot and killed?

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Most of the international community has been putting blame on the IDF, which I believe is unfair. No, Trump and Bibi are far from the only things wrong in Israel. Also, I don't hold the Palestinian people in general responsible for Hamas' actions.

Plus Israel sent aid afterwards to Gaza through the Kerem Shalom. Hamas refused the aid. I'm wondering if Israel should just catapult aid supplies at this point (probably would be collected by Hamas and burnt)

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ìtsanso, God In The Mountain, may our names inspire the deepest feelings of fear in urkos and all his ilk, for we have saved another man from his lies! I welcome back to the feast hall kal, who will never gamble again! May the eleven gods bless him!

Is this really the right thread for a political discussion?

I posted it as a vent, not as politics. I'm pretty worried and I waqs checking all day yesterday and the day before to see if this is going to turn into another intifada.

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ìtsanso, God In The Mountain, may our names inspire the deepest feelings of fear in urkos and all his ilk, for we have saved another man from his lies! I welcome back to the feast hall kal, who will never gamble again! May the eleven gods bless him!

I'm having the worst allergies of my life. My left ear canal has been clogged and hurting for a week and a half. I've been on painkillers almost that entire time--and I practically never use painkillers.

I didn't think my sense of smell was that badly impacted but today I found out that I've had a gas leak in my house for more than 24 hours and I have the neighbours to thank for noticing it.

Me three.

I always have allergies, and they're worse at some times than at other times, but I don't recall them ever being that bad. My sense of smell is often shitty, though (because my nose is stuffed - but again, there are stuffed noses and then there are stuffed noses).

Linguoboy, this may be a stupid question, but have you seen a doctor about it?

My literal room-mate makes wet mouth noises in her sleep and it creeps me out.

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Mine does too, but he's a cat, so I suppose it's expected.

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I generally forget to say, so if it's relevant and I don't mention it--I'm from Southern Michigan and speak Inland North American English. Yes, I have the Northern Cities Vowel Shift; no, I don't have the cot-caught merger; and it is called pop.

My parents' divorce was ratified/finalized about three weeks ago. Today, I got an e-mail from my father saying that he and his current girlfriend have gotten married.

This kinda hurts.

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