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Truffle

@ Truffle @lemmy.ml

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  • Were you "popular" in school?

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  • Not really during gradeschool or highschool. We moved around a lot so being the New kid every time was not easy. That changed when I entered college, I had a blast and was super popular: Got invited to parties all the time, karaoke contests, barbecues, summer outings, etc.but kind of an anomally at the same time because of the fact I was a scholarship student in a private university surrounded by rich kids. I graduated top of my class and elected valedictorian. With time most of those relationships fizzled down and while I still keep in touch with some of my classmates who were closer to me, I only keep one good friend from that time. Me and him are tight as thieves and have been through many many things together over the years. Now in my mid forties I have been able to make new true friends through shared interests or some who started as clients or neighbors or other roles, that have now become friends and I feel happy and content about it.

  • Were you "popular" in school?

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  • Exactly! You said it. Just because you stick a bunch of kids together for hours on end does not mean they will become friends. Some do but many of these relationships would not happen outside of a school setting, same as friends from work enviroments I guess. Some friendships can be formed IMO if the school/work setting bond can be translated/migrate to other settings. For example, I now have friends who started as clients of teachers or whatever and our relationship has many different layers and tendrils. I like that.

    I have one friend with whom I just celebrated 25 years of friendship with and we have been through ot all: Family deaths, marriages, having kids, getting jobs, losing jobs, moving countries, etc. And we could not be more different from each other if we tried lol. What I am trying to say is that making friends is not for the weak and I applaud you for putting yourself out there as scary or stupid it can feel sometimes.

  • Hypothetical-- you can only choose two cuisines to eat for the rest of your life. What might they be?

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  • Same for me.

  • Are there any songs or albums for which you prefer the live version?

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  • Oooohhh Layne had such a beautiful haunting voice. I still remember the first time I listened to Jar of flies, I just stood still taking in this new sound and the lyrics were so depressing and obscure and... man! I feel 16 again just typing this up. I brcame an instant fan and would have loved to see them live.

  • Are there any songs or albums for which you prefer the live version?

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  • Counting Crows Across a wire concert album was great! I loved everything about it even though I already loved the original songs and rhe original albums. Yes I am a hardcore fan, but that album was perfection!

  • Non-single people, how long have you been with your S/O?

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  • 20 years together, fourteen of them married.

  • What language courses did they have in your country’s schools?

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  • XC Running: Does anyone else's parents do this?

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  • This is what I did when a situation like this popped up lol.

  • Recommend me some good sci-fi short story collections and anthologies.

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  • Anytime!

  • Recommend me some good sci-fi short story collections and anthologies.

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  • Patricia Highsmith has a delicious short story book. I wouldn't call it horror even though some pieces are a bit gory, more like a thriller, jut it was great and flawlessly written IMO. I also enjoy her more lengthy works.

  • Make it fucking stop

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  • I come from a culture where multigenerational homes are a thing and me and my partner have done the unthinkable to break free from it. We have been shunned and ostricized for not following on the traditional way and as painful as it can be I will not subject my child to the burden of it. I know that te dream of having a solo home is that for many, just a dream, but multigenerational homes are a different kind of hell.

  • How afraid are you of talking to strangers in real life on a scale 1-10?

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  • Spot on.

  • What made you join a losing cause?

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  • There are no lost causes, just struggles you don't face.

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  • What are some assets that depreciate considerably once you purchase/obtain them?

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  • This is my logic too. I own my house but have been leasing a new car every year for over ten years now.

    I was kind of skeptical at first but for now I think it works out for us.

  • Do you name your cars, if so what have you named them?

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  • I don't but I have a dear friend who named his cars with things like "Captain stingray" for a Blue chevrolet he had, "Annoyed mother" for his mom's van, "Stinky Pete" for his dad's Cadillac (he was a heavy smoker) He named my first car "lil' bit" since it was an old vw bug.

    Now he drives an electric Mustang called "The beast". Oh! He also owns a boat now named "Pretty Betty"

  • Useless twisting of our new technology

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  • I see you have good taste.

  • How do you lose alot of fat quickly with no exercise?

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  • Story time! Many years ago I read a Maria Callas biography and I have no idea if this fact is true or not, but here it goes:

    Maria was self conscious about her body image and she wanted, moren than anything, to look as thin as her idol: Audrey Hepburn. So in order to do that, she went to a famous doctor who would give his patients a pill thay contained tape worm eggs so they would hatch and live inside them making them lose weight and then this same doctor would deworm them but plot twist! María loved being thin so much that she decided to keep her tapeworm so she would not gain back any weight. This book said that when she took long baths, the worm would kind of wiggle out a bit due to the warm water and then coil back up inside her when she existed the tub. This piece of info was very disturbing for me.

  • My son got Nikes so he doesn't get teased.

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  • I agree. Maybe I wasn't getting my point across as good as I thought I was. Language barrier and what not.

    What I mean, is that I absolutely think kids should learn how budgets work and how not getting your way does too, what I am saying is that some shoes is not the hill I am willing to die on. Nor is what some petty kid is trying to bully someone about. Want the sneakers? Good, go get them. I don't care and it makes kid happy.

    I think it comes down to what is important to someone. I don't care about making my kid's path more difficult on purpose to exert some kind of power, what is the point? To teach what lesson exactly? Yes on principle we shouldn't act out of peer pressure and try and be the bigger person all the time. I get that, but we have to live in reality and that is a fact of life. Who acts flawless all the time? Who is a perfect parent/person? Who makes stupid decisions that are not life threatening? We all do so maybe buy the shoes if it is witjin your possibilities and discuss how to make different/ better decisions in the future. There. No one had to suffer because of it. Move on.

    And to toughen kid up I think horses do that just fine lol. There is nothing like watching them take care of a 1000 pound animal that is so delicate and so dangerous at the same time and fall off the saddle to get back on right away because they love it so much. Having an animal like that will teach you about boundaries, respect, hard work and humble behavior like no other thing.