George McGowan @GjMcGowan
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This will make a great copypasta
It’s okay, I know there is no real curiosity, these are responses we say as a reflex as if they are prayers, they’re to keep the bad thoughts away and I understand that the mind must go to great lengths to protect itself
This was a controversial one, but it seems like most of you do agree with me that people who go before work are hotter. I claim that this is true EMPIRICALLY (just look at the gym) and my theory for why is that more driven people are hotter and they tend to get up earlier
This was a controversial one, but it seems like most of you do agree with me that people who go before work are hotter. I claim that this is true EMPIRICALLY (just look at the gym) and my theory for why is that more driven people are hotter and they tend to get up earlier
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Which group is hotter on average, people who go to the gym before work, or after work
Wow, this move will really put Carnegie on the map!
Wow, this move will really put Carnegie on the map!
3.6 Roentgen? Not great, not terrible
Nice report. My main comment is the colour scheme always reminds me of this
Apparently some of you are innocent, ht to @AndrewCurran_
Apparently some of you are innocent, ht to @AndrewCurran_
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@jasoncrawford What do you think should be done about AI risk instead?
@mattyglesias Share of world GDP seems more a measure of economic power than of living standards, meaning it makes more sense to use nominal than PPP-adjusted GDP imo
Yes yes yes yes this is much more muted if you use PPPs instead of market exchange rates but still 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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@GjMcGowan Happy birthday George! You always make my day better with your unhinged lunacy! Hope it's a great one!
@GjMcGowan Happy birthday!
@GjMcGowan And happy birthday! :)
@GjMcGowan Marmalade!
TFW you realize that, today of all days, you forgot to bring your pillow to the office.
People who prefer the grey bleakness of winter need to be studied in a lab. How can you not prefer the air being a comfortable temperate and smelling of flowers? How do you not like little bees and birdsong? Why do you hate leaves?