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Dan
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I once saw this Tumblr post where it starts off with a guy dying in a car accident, possibly in present time. He meets "god" and asks if his family is safe. God likes that he is worried more about his family than himself. Then God tells the man that he has been several people in past lives in different time periods and he is about to be a new person. Before he is able to ask more questions, he is reborn. Basically, the point of the story is that the man who died is going to live through every human being's lives and gain more understanding of the world each time.
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Dan
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Well, there wouldn't be a way to tell which life you're on.
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So... is the world heavier now than, say, 1 million years ago? I'm presuming that debris from the solar system (meteorites, dust particles, crashed alien spacecraft, etc) has either impacted on the surface or been burnt up in the atmosphere and therefore slowly adding to the mass, meaning that the planet is the heaviest it's ever been - if you could weigh it, that is.
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What's the point of the butter knife?
You use this to spread butter, mayonaise, jelly, peanutbutter, mustard, pesto, nutella, and other things that are spreadable. It also has a serrated edge that doesn't actually cut anything effectively - except something that might be cuttable with just a dull thin edge - like a banana. You can hold food with it while you use some other utensil, like peas getting scooped onto a fork or spoon.
So the primary functions of a butter knife are:
- spreading (fail, too thin)
- cutting (fail, serrated portion not sharp enough)
- food barricade (pass, but this is not exactly difficult)
Others have pointed out to me that they're good for kids, but I'm wondering why these are on every table set for adults.
For cutting, we have steak knives. Steak knives also work as a food barricade. For spreading, we have sandwich spreaders, which also have superior cutting features and work as food barricades.
So what is the butter knife for? It doesn't replace the steak knife, and it doesn't effectively replace the sandwich spreader. So why is this fail of a utensil so ubiquitous?
You use this to spread butter, mayonaise, jelly, peanutbutter, mustard, pesto, nutella, and other things that are spreadable. It also has a serrated edge that doesn't actually cut anything effectively - except something that might be cuttable with just a dull thin edge - like a banana. You can hold food with it while you use some other utensil, like peas getting scooped onto a fork or spoon.
So the primary functions of a butter knife are:
- spreading (fail, too thin)
- cutting (fail, serrated portion not sharp enough)
- food barricade (pass, but this is not exactly difficult)
Others have pointed out to me that they're good for kids, but I'm wondering why these are on every table set for adults.
For cutting, we have steak knives. Steak knives also work as a food barricade. For spreading, we have sandwich spreaders, which also have superior cutting features and work as food barricades.
So what is the butter knife for? It doesn't replace the steak knife, and it doesn't effectively replace the sandwich spreader. So why is this fail of a utensil so ubiquitous?
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I often get thoughts that, I am just a below-basic guy with no skills whatsoever. This usually happens when I see people learning way faster than me or use skills they picked up before and use it on something new. I feel like I have no natural talent in anything and the only reason why I am decent in somethings is because I did it for a long time, Yet if someone else did it for the same amount of time, I won't stand a chance 
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School doesn't help either, when I try my hardest, yet in every subject except Maths (which really shouldn't count because my disability is likely to give me a Mathematical boost), I always end up short. Out of all my friends, the 3 best performers at School don't even give any effort into studying.
Physically, I am a joke who can only catch whatever is thrown.
Makes me think hard about what I'm supposed to do at the end of School. Am I meant to just have a simple life?
.School doesn't help either, when I try my hardest, yet in every subject except Maths (which really shouldn't count because my disability is likely to give me a Mathematical boost), I always end up short. Out of all my friends, the 3 best performers at School don't even give any effort into studying.
Physically, I am a joke who can only catch whatever is thrown.
Makes me think hard about what I'm supposed to do at the end of School. Am I meant to just have a simple life?
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Often it is the people who don't learn to work hard who refuse to learn it later and end up doing nothing. Life is about being able to make yourself work hard (and intelligently). You can have all the brainpower in the world but if you don't learn to knuckle down and work it'll count for nothing. I know some very bright people who have squandered their mental gifts. On the otherhand, I know some people with barely 2 braincells to rub together who through sheer force of will alone have made themselves very comfortable.
Take the time to think about what's the best course of action, and then throw yourself into that course of action with every ounce of energy. Do that for about 20 years and I'd wager money that you'll be satisfied with the result.
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I'm thinking about digging a hole.
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I had a bit of thought on whether or not the Mona Lisa got famous by luck. Leonardo Di Vinci just wanted to make portrait and everybody just took it out of context and made it complicated.
We had a huge conversation about it with my friends and we eventually discussed if all the "elements" in a book or movie that were discussed in English were intentionally made for complex reasons, or were just little things the Author/Director added for no real reason.
We had a huge conversation about it with my friends and we eventually discussed if all the "elements" in a book or movie that were discussed in English were intentionally made for complex reasons, or were just little things the Author/Director added for no real reason.
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We also lose some mass by parts of the outer atmosphere being blown away by the solar winds that are strong enough to not be completely deflected by the magnetosphere. I think.
Although I guess particles from the sun could also be deposited in the atmosphere maybe, and we also soak up a lot of energy from the sun and energy is supposedly the same thing as matter.
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In a way though, isn't that what happens with all art? The artist creates something that speaks to them and then hopes that it speaks to others. Sometimes it takes on a life of its own, and when it does, it becomes a cornerstone of art. Many times the artist doesn't know how their art will speak to others, but just hopes that it will.
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Da Vinci would still be remembered today, either way. He was a true Reinaissance man, into mechanical invention, sculpture, architecture, design, civil works... beyond his many commissions for paintings. Just the fact that he painted the "Last Supper" would have put him into the history books.
Personally, though, I have always liked "Lady with an Ermine" better.
Personally, though, I have always liked "Lady with an Ermine" better.
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Something that I think about: We see tons people everyday, how many of these people do we meet, but really we've seen them before, we just don't remember.
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I like to think that when we're dreaming, we actually switch our POV to an alternate version of yourself in another parallel universe.
which means, when you stumble upon the POV of an alternate version of yourself doing 'it', you must be a really lucky b:censored:rd. 
Danoff
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I'm not a big fan of the Road Runner / Wiley E. Coyote message. Innate genetic gifts overcome hard work every time? I don't think so. Poor message for kids. Hey kids, don't bother making plans or thinking to achieve your goals, you're either born with talent or you're not.
Danoff
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I might have said the same thing when I was 17. Innate ability does a lot for you when you're young. By the time you're 30 you'll notice that the people who come out on top are the ones who bust their rear every time all the time. It's as true in the workplace as it is in professional sports or entertainment. The people who work hard ultimately well outpace those with crazy talent. The best is a combination of both. Tom Brady (cheater) and Peyton Manning work hard, Terrell Owens has talent.
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