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medchem posted:Close the thread. Nothing can top last night. Your AV just made this the best post.
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medchem posted:Close the thread. Nothing can top last night. We still have the best part of two months left in this godawful year. Don't tempt fate.
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Nov 9, 2016 19:46
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2016 started with David Bowie dying. In hindsight we should've realized this is the Absolute Fuckyear of Shitmonths.
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davidspackage posted:2016 started with David Bowie dying. In hindsight we should've realized this is the Absolute Fuckyear of Shitmonths. Most people did, this has been a famously awful year both for celebrity deaths and just everyone's personal life and state of mind. My granma died this year. I know a few other people who have lost family too. 2016 is a reaping for sure.
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Nov 9, 2016 22:09
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Gato posted:reminder that America elected a born-again Christian idiot who pissed away billions of dollars and thousands of lives invading Iraq because ... he thought he would fulfill an End Times prophecy by doing so His party was on board with the invasion anyway because it was their chance to remake Iraq into a corporate friendly small government utopia
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purple death ray posted:Most people did, this has been a famously awful year both for celebrity deaths and just everyone's personal life and state of mind. My granma died this year. I know a few other people who have lost family too. 2016 is a reaping for sure. Reminder: People died in 2016.
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Nov 9, 2016 23:18
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My grandma died, my dog died, my cat ran away, and trump was elected. 2016 in a nutshell
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Nov 9, 2016 23:32
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I developed an undiagnosed illness this year that cause pain in almost every part of my body, severe fatigue, and problems with my nerves and muscles. I've been sick since April with a 2 month reprieve in late summer.
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Nov 10, 2016 01:01
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Man, what a poo poo year.
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Nov 10, 2016 01:49
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One of my friends I most admired committed suicide earlier this year, and I'm thinking, hey. She would have been broken-hearted over all this. Maybe she nailed the timing, she was practically perfect in every other way.
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Nov 10, 2016 01:51
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Pick posted:One of my friends I most admired committed suicide earlier this year, and I'm thinking, hey. She would have been broken-hearted over all this. Maybe she nailed the timing, she was practically perfect in every other way. drat. Really sorry for your loss.
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Nov 10, 2016 01:57
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I came to New York just after the New Year to start a new job in research. Coming from Ohio was a slap in the face though, in terms of cost of living, so even though my income has doubled, I'm still only as well off as I was as a grad student. My wife and I have a young daughter and we can't afford to send her to preschool or day care, so we have to be a single-income family. Coming here has been the worst decision I have ever made, where I thought advancing my career has ultimately brought me to the brink of ruin. I nearly lost my wife over this, both through a rocky marriage and a cancer scare. I know that I've lost a few years from my life span over all of this and the end of it will likely be plagued with illness. And now I worry even more because the GOP will gut funding for scientific research, making it even harder for me to find work that will sustain us. I've been feeling suicidal since about August, it's taking everything I have now to beat it back. I can't afford the medication that keeps me functioning. 2016 is, hands down, the worst year of my life, and mine's been full of unhappiness since early childhood.
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Nov 10, 2016 02:15
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Pick posted:One of my friends I most admired committed suicide earlier this year, and I'm thinking, hey. She would have been broken-hearted over all this. Maybe she nailed the timing, she was practically perfect in every other way. I've had a couple of friends die in the last couple of years and the prevailing thought in my circle has been "they wouldn't believe this poo poo!"
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Titus Sardonicus posted:I came to New York just after the New Year to start a new job in research. Coming from Ohio was a slap in the face though, in terms of cost of living, so even though my income has doubled, I'm still only as well off as I was as a grad student. My wife and I have a young daughter and we can't afford to send her to preschool or day care, so we have to be a single-income family. Coming here has been the worst decision I have ever made, where I thought advancing my career has ultimately brought me to the brink of ruin. I nearly lost my wife over this, both through a rocky marriage and a cancer scare. I know that I've lost a few years from my life span over all of this and the end of it will likely be plagued with illness. And now I worry even more because the GOP will gut funding for scientific research, making it even harder for me to find work that will sustain us. Holy moly. Hang in there dude.
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Nov 10, 2016 02:31
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i had a pretty good year
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Titus Sardonicus posted:I came to New York just after the New Year to start a new job in research. Coming from Ohio was a slap in the face though, in terms of cost of living, so even though my income has doubled, I'm still only as well off as I was as a grad student. My wife and I have a young daughter and we can't afford to send her to preschool or day care, so we have to be a single-income family. Coming here has been the worst decision I have ever made, where I thought advancing my career has ultimately brought me to the brink of ruin. I nearly lost my wife over this, both through a rocky marriage and a cancer scare. I know that I've lost a few years from my life span over all of this and the end of it will likely be plagued with illness. And now I worry even more because the GOP will gut funding for scientific research, making it even harder for me to find work that will sustain us. Sorry man  I also work in research and I am worried for my foreign coworkers.
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Nov 10, 2016 03:03
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I voted for trump and I hated bowie
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Bogan Krkic posted:I voted for trump and I hated bowie 
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Nov 10, 2016 03:28
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Henchman of Santa posted:I've had a couple of friends die in the last couple of years and the prevailing thought in my circle has been "they wouldn't believe this poo poo!" My dad died a year ago yesterday. If the COPD didn't get him the GOP would have.
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Nov 10, 2016 03:38
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Bogan Krkic posted:I voted for trump and I hated bowie  One of my oldest and best friends died this year, after I spent so much time trying to save him from his demons. Bound to happen, but 2016, folks. The Aristocrats! Pvt.Scott has a new favorite as of 19:40 on Nov 11, 2016 |
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Nov 11, 2016 19:37
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Mr. F! posted:Holy moly. Hang in there dude. TotalLossBrain posted:Sorry man I'm going back to Ohio at the year's end. I have a part-time teaching gig lined up, but I will only be as well off as I was as a grad student; I keep telling myself that it's only temporary, that I will have an easier time of finding more gainful employment once I've come back and have some resources to help find something. My wife has an interview on Tuesday, so we at least have that to make the outlook a little better as well. I mean, things between the two of us have improved, significantly, once I came to realize and to admit that I made a huge mistake in dragging us out here and that it's taken a heavy toll on her emotionally, and she herself came to realize that she was hurting me by pushing me away out of resentment, and knowing that I did this thinking it would help. Now we have to strive to improve our lot, and that starts with going back home, where we at least have friends and some family willing to help us out. I also have a prospective postdoc position at the med school out where we will be, so that will give me more of the experience I need to find something permanent in future. It just sucks that, right now, I'm overqualified for the majority of what is available, but I don't feel confident that I'm qualified enough for what little else is out there. But if things work as I hope they will, then we'll be okay in the long run. It's been a remarkably dark year, but it can't be like this forever. Right?
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Nov 11, 2016 20:38
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Hey, at least it was a cancer scare, right? I had a nice diagnosis of skin cancer earlier this year in Feb! Yay!
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Nov 11, 2016 20:50
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Aw man, I'm sorry  How serious is it? Christ this year just needs to end. Also: my wife just found out her last living grandparent died, couple of weeks ago. Her relationship with her family has been pretty much nonexistent, so nobody told her. She's a little bummed about it, but there's no point in really being upset because "family" doesn't really carry the same meaning for us as it does with everyone else. root beer has a new favorite as of 22:33 on Nov 11, 2016 |
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Nov 11, 2016 22:30
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Titus Sardonicus posted:Aw man, I'm sorry I'll be ok for now, but it was pretty crazy and uncertain for a bit there. Hang in there buddy
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Nov 11, 2016 22:35
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Jesus Christ close the thread
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Nov 12, 2016 01:35
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I can't handle this either. I mean I'm honestly glad that some of you have beaten cancer but I just wanted to read about incredible things that actually happened in the world.
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Nov 12, 2016 01:47
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Okay, since I kinda started the derail (though in my defense, it was inevitable), I offer "Satan's Storm," a bizarre weather phenomenon that happened in a tiny town near Waco, Texas:quote:Shortly after midnight on June 15, 1960, a freak meteorological phenomenon struck the community when a dying thunderstorm collapsed over Kopperl. The storm had rained itself out, and with little to no precipitation to cool the resulting downdrafts, superheated air was expended upon the community in the form of extremely hot wind gusts of up to 75 MPH. The temperature increased rapidly, peaking near 140° Fahrenheit (60° Celsius); twenty degrees above the official all-time high for the state of Texas. The storm, known as "Satan's Storm" by locals, soon became part of local folklore. More info. I learned about this a long time ago in a book by Cleveland's beloved -- and recently retired after 55 years -- meteorologist, Dick Goddard.
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Nov 12, 2016 02:09
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Titus Sardonicus posted:Okay, since I kinda started the derail (though in my defense, it was inevitable), I offer "Satan's Storm," a bizarre weather phenomenon that happened in a tiny town near Waco, Texas: We had one of these a couple years ago: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/06/11/stunning-late-night-heat-burst-in-nebraska-99-degrees-at-5-am/ Temp went from low 70s to 99 in about 15 minutes (that report says a couple hours, but if you look at temperature readings, it all happened at once). Unfortunately I was asleep at the time. Nothing so crazy that it burned crops like that story, but I had never seen anything like it before then.
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Nov 12, 2016 02:23
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Jesus! You always hear about the wind and the water and -but never weird satan storms! It's intense how powerful nature can be. Couple years ago we had Cyclone "Bodil" that did this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho4U_J01FV8 Checking the meteorological institute, the water was at least 5 meters above normal. For reference, last time we had a real storm was in 1999 where some houses fell over but nothing else happened, & then I think in 1870 there was a flood. So yeah, we're newbies in the world of climate change.
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Nov 12, 2016 03:29
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wa27 posted:We had one of these a couple years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_burst quote:Extreme cases[edit]
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Nov 12, 2016 12:55
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A reminder that four years ago yesterday, a professional NFL player ran straight into his teammate's rear end to fumble the ball that was then returned for a TD: http://deadspin.com/5962839/the-jetsiest-jets-play-ever-mark-sanchez-fumbles-after-getting-floored-by-his-linemans-rear end
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Nov 23, 2016 20:44
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DrBouvenstein posted:A reminder that four years ago yesterday, a professional NFL player ran straight into his teammate's rear end to fumble the ball that was then returned for a TD: Never forget  
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Nov 24, 2016 15:23
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As a huge Star Wars fan, I never knew this happened. I'm still in a bit of disbelief https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3a5j8PgQxg
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Dec 1, 2016 03:04
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I saw it when it first aired and spent 20 years thinking I had dreamed it all somehow. Bea Arthur is Star Wars canon.
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Dec 1, 2016 05:53
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Nostalgia4Dicks posted:As a huge Star Wars fan, I never knew this happened. I'm still in a bit of disbelief Bryant Lake Bowl (& Theater) in Minneapolis is doing their 10th annual screening on the 14th. Apparently people in Minneapolis like to remind themselves that it exists, yearly. "So terrible that tickets near the exits cost extra."
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Dec 1, 2016 08:51
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Gorilla Salad posted:I saw it when it first aired and spent 20 years thinking I had dreamed it all somehow. But it's not canon though. 
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Dec 1, 2016 13:59
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Titus Sardonicus posted:But it's not canon though. It used to be rated 'S-canon' under the wacky official Star Wars canon system which meant that authors/creators making Expanded Universe content could ignore it or include it if they wanted but since 2014 all the old sources (except the original 6 movies and the Clone Wars TV series + film) have been declared non-canon. So the Holiday Special used to be canon-ish but it's not any more. Buuuuuuuuuut quote:The Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith art department used the Holiday Special to aid in designing the look of the planet Kashyyyk for the film.
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Dec 1, 2016 14:52
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I remember as a kid my local library had "The Wookiee Storybook", which was a kids book that spun off of the Holiday Special. It had Lumpy go on some forest hijinks, and had Han and Chewie stop some Lizard Aliens from enslaving Chewie's family and neighbors. The lizards looked close enough to Trandoshans that I'll assume that's where the idea that Boskk and other Trando hunters like himself hunt Wookiees on the reg.
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Are the Ewok movies no longer canon? The second one fukkin rocked. It had a force witch and a little girl's family is murdered on screen in the first ten minutes. E: also, Wilford Brimley murked some motherfuckers hardcore
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The Ewok movies are real?! I legit thought I had dreamt watching then when I was young because my adult mind could not cope with their existence.
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