John Farrier's Comments

I loathe this trend, although I do understand why content creators do what they must for revenue. What is confusing is why people butcher words when there is no algorithm at play.

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I want to try a French 75 sometime.

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Richard Adams wrote about this moment in his memoir as his para unit was getting ready to drop into Japanese-occupied Malaya:

The war was over. We weren't going to have to fight the Japanese now. How could any reasonable person in our position not feel glad and thankful for the bomb?

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I remember Rubik, The Amazing Cube when it came out. Saturday mornings in the 80s were a time of wonder.

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Pee-Wee's Big Adventure is a good movie and the Alamo gag by the fortune teller is funny. But the Alamo is sacred ground consecrated with the blood of martyrs who died for Texas liberty--including one of my wife's ancestors. The site should be treated with more reverence than the current caretakers of the Alamo have done so with this change.

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Oh, I like it!

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One day, back in high school, a girl mockingly asked me, "Is that a calculator in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?" I promptly pulled a calculator out of my pocket.

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Different kind of snake.

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Precision is important in communication.

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I love it! And, yes, the YouTube comments are worth reading.

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I great idea for the show that I saw on X: Peggy should return from Saudi Arabia speaking perfect Arabic, but is still comically bad at speaking Spanish.

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