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Business Update

BAD NEWS: MANY OF OUR | HOW ARE OUR FINANCES? ASSETS WERE UQUIDATED THIS MMORNING DUE TO A HERMOSTAT GLITCH. | LASTLY ANY UCK GETİNG THE GIRL FROM THE RING STOP SHOWING UP IN QUARTERLY REPORTS ARE LOOKING GOOD OUR BIGGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE I5 OUR ONGOINGOUR VIDEO CONFERENCES? OUR OFFICE IS FULL OF CASH WERE PRODUCING STOCKS FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE, GOOD NEWS: THE SINK AND OUR CUSTOMERS AREIN THE KITCHEN HAS EXPERIENCING RAPID GROTHSTOPPED PRODUCING PROJECT TO TRANSMUTE LEAD INTO GOLD OUR BIGGEST EXPENSE IS OUR PROJECT TO TRANSMUTE IT BACK. NO BUT HONESTY SHES MADE SOME GOOD CONTRIBUTIONS. ORIGINAL CONTENT ANY UPDATES? YEAH, THINK WE SHOULD HIRE HER.
BAD NEWS: MANY OF OUR | HOW ARE OUR FINANCES? ASSETS WERE UQUIDATED THIS MMORNING DUE TO A HERMOSTAT GLITCH. | LASTLY ANY UCK GETİNG THE GIRL FROM THE RING STOP SHOWING UP IN QUARTERLY REPORTS ARE LOOKING GOOD OUR BIGGEST SOURCE OF REVENUE I5 OUR ONGOINGOUR VIDEO CONFERENCES? OUR OFFICE IS FULL OF CASH WERE PRODUCING STOCKS FASTER THAN EVER BEFORE, GOOD NEWS: THE SINK AND OUR CUSTOMERS AREIN THE KITCHEN HAS EXPERIENCING RAPID GROTHSTOPPED PRODUCING PROJECT TO TRANSMUTE LEAD INTO GOLD OUR BIGGEST EXPENSE IS OUR PROJECT TO TRANSMUTE IT BACK. NO BUT HONESTY SHES MADE SOME GOOD CONTRIBUTIONS. ORIGINAL CONTENT ANY UPDATES? YEAH, THINK WE SHOULD HIRE HER.

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MC Hammer Age

JANT TO FEEL OLD? MC HAMMER JUST TURNED 40 WoW I MEAN, I GUESS THATS NOT TOO SURPRISING RIGHT? ITS BEEN A LONG TIME. MY HOBBY DELIBERATELY LOUBALUING LANT TO FEEL OLD" FACTOIDS TO SET UP A BIGGER PAYOFF LATER WHEN THEY LEARN THE CORRECT NOMBER.
JANT TO FEEL OLD? MC HAMMER JUST TURNED 40 WoW I MEAN, I GUESS THATS NOT TOO SURPRISING RIGHT? ITS BEEN A LONG TIME. MY HOBBY DELIBERATELY LOUBALUING LANT TO FEEL OLD" FACTOIDS TO SET UP A BIGGER PAYOFF LATER WHEN THEY LEARN THE CORRECT NOMBER.

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Repairs

HoW WELL SOMETHING WORKS AFTER DECIDE TO FIX IT I START THAT WAS HEROIC AND I DESERVE /ANOBEL PRIZE UORKS GREAT TRYING'IT JUST FixED IT!" DELL, AT LEAST BROKEN THAN WHEN I STARTEDOF WORKS NOW! To Fix r''--NEEDED. ʼ CLEANING HASMINORVC PROBLEMS ITS NOT MORE WELL, IT SORT TAKE IT APART DOESNT WORK TAKE A DEEP BREATH , TAKE IT APART MORE AND CUT WIRESTURN TO OTHER - POS ESSIONS) "...AND LET THAT BE A LESSON To YOU. WILL NEVER WORK AGAIN WATCH YOUTUBE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO5 O HOURS 1 HOUR 2 HOURS 3 HOURS 4 HOURS 5 HOURS
HoW WELL SOMETHING WORKS AFTER DECIDE TO FIX IT I START THAT WAS HEROIC AND I DESERVE /ANOBEL PRIZE UORKS GREAT TRYING'IT JUST FixED IT!" DELL, AT LEAST BROKEN THAN WHEN I STARTEDOF WORKS NOW! To Fix r''--NEEDED. ʼ CLEANING HASMINORVC PROBLEMS ITS NOT MORE WELL, IT SORT TAKE IT APART DOESNT WORK TAKE A DEEP BREATH , TAKE IT APART MORE AND CUT WIRESTURN TO OTHER - POS ESSIONS) "...AND LET THAT BE A LESSON To YOU. WILL NEVER WORK AGAIN WATCH YOUTUBE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO5 O HOURS 1 HOUR 2 HOURS 3 HOURS 4 HOURS 5 HOURS

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Fatal Crash Rate

MY FATAL CAR OVERALL US FATAL CRASH PROBABILITYCRASH RATE PER BASED ON MY AGE MILE TRAVELED MY MILES TRAVELED BY CAR PER YEAR DEPENDS ON JOB, WHERE I LIVE, ETC NO GENERAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS 2000 2050 2000 2050 2000 2050 MY ESTİMATED UFETİME PROBABILITY OF BEING IN A FATAL CRASH POINT AT WHICH SELF-DRIVING CARS BECOME SAFE AND WIDELY ADOPTED, MAKING CRASHES RARE (ASSUMING THAT HAPPENS FATAL CRASHES AVOIDED 2020 20 0 2010 205 206 IT FEELS WEIRD TO LOOK AT CAR CRASH STATISTICS AND WONDER WHETHER WELL ALL BE ABLE TO STOP DRVING BEFORE IM INVOLVED IN A ATAL CRASH
MY FATAL CAR OVERALL US FATAL CRASH PROBABILITYCRASH RATE PER BASED ON MY AGE MILE TRAVELED MY MILES TRAVELED BY CAR PER YEAR DEPENDS ON JOB, WHERE I LIVE, ETC NO GENERAL SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS 2000 2050 2000 2050 2000 2050 MY ESTİMATED UFETİME PROBABILITY OF BEING IN A FATAL CRASH POINT AT WHICH SELF-DRIVING CARS BECOME SAFE AND WIDELY ADOPTED, MAKING CRASHES RARE (ASSUMING THAT HAPPENS FATAL CRASHES AVOIDED 2020 20 0 2010 205 206 IT FEELS WEIRD TO LOOK AT CAR CRASH STATISTICS AND WONDER WHETHER WELL ALL BE ABLE TO STOP DRVING BEFORE IM INVOLVED IN A ATAL CRASH

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SafetySat

RARE-EARTH BIC MINI SOFTWARE-DEFNED RADIO MAGNETSLIGHTER CODE EDITABLE VIA A PUBLIC LUIK) WET SAND DISPENSER LASER POINTERS (FIXED BIC BATTERIES (EBAY) SOLAR PANEL LASER POINTER (HUBBLE-SEEKING (FOUND SPARK PLUG AMERICUM CRUDE OIL OZONE-DEPLETING CFC SPRITZER CORNERS VOLATILE (ANCOTTON FOX SEAL FİREWORK FILLER MY CUBESAT PROPOSAL WAS THE FIRST TO BE REJECTED FOR VIOLATING EVERY DESIGN AND SAFETY REQUIREMENT SIMULTANEOUSLY.
RARE-EARTH BIC MINI SOFTWARE-DEFNED RADIO MAGNETSLIGHTER CODE EDITABLE VIA A PUBLIC LUIK) WET SAND DISPENSER LASER POINTERS (FIXED BIC BATTERIES (EBAY) SOLAR PANEL LASER POINTER (HUBBLE-SEEKING (FOUND SPARK PLUG AMERICUM CRUDE OIL OZONE-DEPLETING CFC SPRITZER CORNERS VOLATILE (ANCOTTON FOX SEAL FİREWORK FILLER MY CUBESAT PROPOSAL WAS THE FIRST TO BE REJECTED FOR VIOLATING EVERY DESIGN AND SAFETY REQUIREMENT SIMULTANEOUSLY.

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Research Areas by Size and Countedness

THAT THING YOU STUDY-HO WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD ESATE MANY OF THEM ARE THERE?" I PRESIDENTAし HISTORY SHAKESPEARE GEOLOGY DENTISTRY STUDIES RAILWAY ENGINEERING ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS MARINE MAMMOLOGY COSMOLOGY DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK ORNITHOLOGY SIZE OF THE ANCIENT LITERATURE THING YOU STUDY SMALL BIG BOTANY MYCOLOGY PALEONTOLOGY BLACK HOLE ASTRONOMY ENTYMOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY EXOBIOLOGY THEOLOGY WE HAVE NO IDEA
THAT THING YOU STUDY-HO WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD ESATE MANY OF THEM ARE THERE?" I PRESIDENTAし HISTORY SHAKESPEARE GEOLOGY DENTISTRY STUDIES RAILWAY ENGINEERING ELEMENTARY PARTICLE PHYSICS MARINE MAMMOLOGY COSMOLOGY DEPENDS WHO YOU ASK ORNITHOLOGY SIZE OF THE ANCIENT LITERATURE THING YOU STUDY SMALL BIG BOTANY MYCOLOGY PALEONTOLOGY BLACK HOLE ASTRONOMY ENTYMOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY PHARMACOLOGY EXOBIOLOGY THEOLOGY WE HAVE NO IDEA

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Driving Cars

TME TO ACCELERATE THIS GIANT MACHINE UP TO TERRIFYING SPEEDS AND STEER IT USING MY HANDS WHICH AM ALLOWED TO DO BECAUSE I TOOK A 20-MINUTE TEST IN HIGH SCHOOL! DRIVING FREAKS ME OUT
TME TO ACCELERATE THIS GIANT MACHINE UP TO TERRIFYING SPEEDS AND STEER IT USING MY HANDS WHICH AM ALLOWED TO DO BECAUSE I TOOK A 20-MINUTE TEST IN HIGH SCHOOL! DRIVING FREAKS ME OUT

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Containers

MAN, DOCKER I5 ONCE, LONG AGO I HAD AN APP AND A CALENDAR BEING U PR | | I WANTED TO USE | | WEBPAGE THAT I WANTED TO SHO EVERYTHING I DONT KNOU HOW I FEEL AGOUT IT AN OUD TABLET AS SIDE BY SIDE, BUT THE 0S DIDNT A WALL DISPLAY HAVE SPLIT-SCREEN SUPPORT. 50 I DECDED TO BUILD MYOUN APP STORY TIME! LIVE CAM I DOUNLOADED THE SDK ... AND THE IDE, REGSTEREDWOULD BE WAY EASIER AS A DEVELOPER, AND STARTED READING THE | PHONES ON EBAY AND | | NQT JuST LEARNED Hu LANGUAGE'S DOCS THEN I REAIZED ITUT YOU NEVER LEARNED TO GET TUWO SMALLER GLUE THEM TOGETHER.To GLUE TOGETHER STUFF THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND I...OK, FAIPR LIVE CAM 0N THAT DAY. ACHIEVED SOFTUARE ENLIGHTENMENT
MAN, DOCKER I5 ONCE, LONG AGO I HAD AN APP AND A CALENDAR BEING U PR | | I WANTED TO USE | | WEBPAGE THAT I WANTED TO SHO EVERYTHING I DONT KNOU HOW I FEEL AGOUT IT AN OUD TABLET AS SIDE BY SIDE, BUT THE 0S DIDNT A WALL DISPLAY HAVE SPLIT-SCREEN SUPPORT. 50 I DECDED TO BUILD MYOUN APP STORY TIME! LIVE CAM I DOUNLOADED THE SDK ... AND THE IDE, REGSTEREDWOULD BE WAY EASIER AS A DEVELOPER, AND STARTED READING THE | PHONES ON EBAY AND | | NQT JuST LEARNED Hu LANGUAGE'S DOCS THEN I REAIZED ITUT YOU NEVER LEARNED TO GET TUWO SMALLER GLUE THEM TOGETHER.To GLUE TOGETHER STUFF THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND I...OK, FAIPR LIVE CAM 0N THAT DAY. ACHIEVED SOFTUARE ENLIGHTENMENT

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River Border

BUT LHEN IT ABRUPILYWoU. CHANGES COURSE, THE BORDER STAYS BEHIND THIS I5 A COOL SPOT YOU EVEN THINK THAT? S0 THE MISSOURI-NEBRASKA STATE LINE FOLLOUS THIS RIVER. IFTHE RIVERS PATHTHIS IS A SPOT WHERE CHANGES GRADUALLY THE THAT HAPPENED WERE BORDER MOVES WITH IT ON THE MISSOURI SIDE, IM GOING TO CUT A PIZZA INTO A SPIRAL! WE CAN COMMIT ALL THE CRIMES WE WANT HERE AND THE COPS THATS NOT CANT DO A THING! EVEN ILLEGAL! BUT WERE IN NEBRASKA. CRIMES! RVER oLD RivERBED
BUT LHEN IT ABRUPILYWoU. CHANGES COURSE, THE BORDER STAYS BEHIND THIS I5 A COOL SPOT YOU EVEN THINK THAT? S0 THE MISSOURI-NEBRASKA STATE LINE FOLLOUS THIS RIVER. IFTHE RIVERS PATHTHIS IS A SPOT WHERE CHANGES GRADUALLY THE THAT HAPPENED WERE BORDER MOVES WITH IT ON THE MISSOURI SIDE, IM GOING TO CUT A PIZZA INTO A SPIRAL! WE CAN COMMIT ALL THE CRIMES WE WANT HERE AND THE COPS THATS NOT CANT DO A THING! EVEN ILLEGAL! BUT WERE IN NEBRASKA. CRIMES! RVER oLD RivERBED

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Meteorologist

OUR FORECAST SAS THERES A 20% CHANCE | | IT SAYS "SCATTERED SHOWERS 15M5 THE OF RAIN FOR EACH OF THE NEXT FİVE HOURS. | | CHANCE OF RAIN SAMEWERE IN YOUR AREA? HOU UKELY 1S IT TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON HOw BIG IS YOUR AREA? LHAT IFYOU HAVE IT'S A SIMPLE QUESTION BUT ÍDON'T KNOJ | | Tuo uodATİONS YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT? THE ANSWER. IS EACH HOUR INDEPENDENT? IVE ASKED MANAGEMENT, BUT THEYVE CORRELATED? OR IS RAIN GUARANTEED ANDSTOPPED ANSWERNG MY EMAILS, S0-HANG WERE JUST UNSURE OF THE TIMING? ON THE SECURITY GUY IS COMING OVER. 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 4 EAER SORRY ABOUT THAT HI,IM ITMIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. YOUR NEW METEOROLOGIST. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTES LE APOLOGIZE FOR HIRING PURE MATH BACKGROUND WELL BEBACKON BUT WHAT IS "IT" HERE? ISIT A TRUE DUMMY PRONOUN, AS MATHEMATICAN RIGHT?IN THE PHRASE ITS TOO BAD?* OR IS THE WEATHER AN ENTITY? AND YOURE NOT A № IDO HAVE A LINGUISTICS DEGREE. ALSO, LHAT IFISAY ITS HOT NG BIGGER?" THE AIR SHORTLX THATS FINE! I or AND GETTI SECURITY! NEWS
OUR FORECAST SAS THERES A 20% CHANCE | | IT SAYS "SCATTERED SHOWERS 15M5 THE OF RAIN FOR EACH OF THE NEXT FİVE HOURS. | | CHANCE OF RAIN SAMEWERE IN YOUR AREA? HOU UKELY 1S IT TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON HOw BIG IS YOUR AREA? LHAT IFYOU HAVE IT'S A SIMPLE QUESTION BUT ÍDON'T KNOJ | | Tuo uodATİONS YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT? THE ANSWER. IS EACH HOUR INDEPENDENT? IVE ASKED MANAGEMENT, BUT THEYVE CORRELATED? OR IS RAIN GUARANTEED ANDSTOPPED ANSWERNG MY EMAILS, S0-HANG WERE JUST UNSURE OF THE TIMING? ON THE SECURITY GUY IS COMING OVER. 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% 4 EAER SORRY ABOUT THAT HI,IM ITMIGHT RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. YOUR NEW METEOROLOGIST. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTES LE APOLOGIZE FOR HIRING PURE MATH BACKGROUND WELL BEBACKON BUT WHAT IS "IT" HERE? ISIT A TRUE DUMMY PRONOUN, AS MATHEMATICAN RIGHT?IN THE PHRASE ITS TOO BAD?* OR IS THE WEATHER AN ENTITY? AND YOURE NOT A № IDO HAVE A LINGUISTICS DEGREE. ALSO, LHAT IFISAY ITS HOT NG BIGGER?" THE AIR SHORTLX THATS FINE! I or AND GETTI SECURITY! NEWS

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Misinterpretation

UGH, PEOPLE ARE MAD AT ME AGAIN BECAUSE THEY DONT READ CAREFULLY. IM BEING PERFECTLY CLEAR. ITS NOT MY FAULT IF EVERYONE MISINTERPRETS WHAT ISAY. WOW, SOUNDS LIKE YOURE GREAT AT COMIMUNICATING AN ACTIVITY THAT FAMOUSLY INVOLVES JUST ONE PERSON.
UGH, PEOPLE ARE MAD AT ME AGAIN BECAUSE THEY DONT READ CAREFULLY. IM BEING PERFECTLY CLEAR. ITS NOT MY FAULT IF EVERYONE MISINTERPRETS WHAT ISAY. WOW, SOUNDS LIKE YOURE GREAT AT COMIMUNICATING AN ACTIVITY THAT FAMOUSLY INVOLVES JUST ONE PERSON.

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Clutter

IVE REALY LET JUNK BULD UP FEELS GOOD TO CLEAR IT OUT I NEED TO AMOUNTCLEAN UP AH, SPRING CLEANING!" OF STUFF IN MY HOUSE I HATE MOMNG BUT AT LEAST T'S A CHANCE TO FINALLY GET RID OF ALL THIS EXCESS STUFF“ TiME→ IM STARTING TO WORRY ABOUT MY STRATEGY FOR DEALING WITH CLUTTER.
IVE REALY LET JUNK BULD UP FEELS GOOD TO CLEAR IT OUT I NEED TO AMOUNTCLEAN UP AH, SPRING CLEANING!" OF STUFF IN MY HOUSE I HATE MOMNG BUT AT LEAST T'S A CHANCE TO FINALLY GET RID OF ALL THIS EXCESS STUFF“ TiME→ IM STARTING TO WORRY ABOUT MY STRATEGY FOR DEALING WITH CLUTTER.

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Evangelism

PEOPLE BY INTENSITY OF EVANGELISM MORE INTENSE RELIGIOUS PROSELYTİZERS PEOPLE WHO WANT THE USTO SWITCH TO METRIC PEOPLE WHO THREW AWAY THEIR SOCKS AND BOUGHT ALL ONE KIND PEOPLE WHO WANT THE USTOSWITCH TO METRIC BUT KEEP FAHRENHEIT PEOPLE OPEN BANANAS FROM THE OTHER END
PEOPLE BY INTENSITY OF EVANGELISM MORE INTENSE RELIGIOUS PROSELYTİZERS PEOPLE WHO WANT THE USTO SWITCH TO METRIC PEOPLE WHO THREW AWAY THEIR SOCKS AND BOUGHT ALL ONE KIND PEOPLE WHO WANT THE USTOSWITCH TO METRIC BUT KEEP FAHRENHEIT PEOPLE OPEN BANANAS FROM THE OTHER END

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Rickrolling Anniversary

THIS MONTH MARKSSERIOUSLY? TEN YEARS SINCE THE PEAK OF THE RICKROLLING PHENOMENONGUESS WEVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR S0 LONG. WE REALLY HAVE JOW HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
THIS MONTH MARKSSERIOUSLY? TEN YEARS SINCE THE PEAK OF THE RICKROLLING PHENOMENONGUESS WEVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR S0 LONG. WE REALLY HAVE JOW HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

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Turkish Delight

HAVE S0ME TURKISH DEIGHT. IF YOU BETRAY YOUR FAMILY THERES MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM Wow THIS IS NOT GREAT THE NARNIA BOOKS GAVE ME A REALLY UNREALISTC IMPRESSION OF HOW GOOD TURKISH DELIGHT TASTES
HAVE S0ME TURKISH DEIGHT. IF YOU BETRAY YOUR FAMILY THERES MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM Wow THIS IS NOT GREAT THE NARNIA BOOKS GAVE ME A REALLY UNREALISTC IMPRESSION OF HOW GOOD TURKISH DELIGHT TASTES

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History

I READ THIS ARTICLE INAN OLD NEUSPAPER, AND I CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT IT THE PUBLIC EVENTS OF THE LAST THREE MONTHS ARE OF THE CLASS WHICH WILL GO INTO ITS PERMANENT HISTORY WE HAVE BEEN LIVING IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF HISTORY WHICH WILL BE IMMORTALLY PRESERVED. EVEN THE BRIEF SERIES OF IMPORTANT DATES TO BE COLLATED FOR THE USE OF THE SCHOOLBOYS OF CENTURIES HENCE WILL CONTAIN THE DAY OF THE ASSASSINATION AND THE DAY OF THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD THE INTERMEDIATE EVENTS CO-RELATED LIKE THE DEFEAT OF ROSCOE CONKLING WILL BE OF GREAT INTEREST, BUT WILL SCARCELY BELKELY To STAND PROMINENTLY OUT FROM THE PAGE OF HISTORY WRITTEN IN 1881. TO US WHO HAVE BEEN THE WITNESSES SO TO SPEAK, OF THE TRAGIC INCIDENT5 OF THE TIMES IT SEEMS ENTİRELY PROBABLE FAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WIL ER ERLY SCAN EVERY FEATURE OF THE RECENT BEREAVEMENT WHICH THE NATION HAS SUFFERED HOW ACCURATELY WILL FUTURE GENERATIONS KNOU THE IMMENSE VOLUME OF GRIEF AND S0RROW WHICH HAS ROLLED OVER THE LAND? WILL THOSE WHO COME AFTER US EVER BE ABLE To UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF OUR LOS5? IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE FIRST CENTURY OF OUR HISTORY-EVEN THE DEATH OF THE GREAT LINCOLN-JHICH CAN BE USED AS A PARALLEL? PERHAPS A CAREFUL READING OF THE DAILY PAPERS OF THE PRESENT PERIOD MAY GIVE SOME FUTURE ANTIQUARIAN A FINE IDEA OF THE FEELINGS OF THE NATION DURING THE PAST SUMMER. BUT THESE JOURNALS ARE SO LARGE, S0 FULL OF DETAIL, THAT WE IMAGINE THE COMING AMERICAN WILL NEVER FIND TIME TO READ THE RECORD HE MUST DEPEND ON A BRIE STATEMENT MEAGERLY COMPILED BY SOME DRY AND TEDIOUS HISTORIAN. THE BLOOMINGTON DAILY PANTAGRAPH SEPTEMBER 30TH 188 MAN. THE PAST IS S0 BIG HOW DO HISTORIANS EVEN COPE? I HAVE NO IDEA. I HONESTLY HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE JUST WITH THE PRESENT
I READ THIS ARTICLE INAN OLD NEUSPAPER, AND I CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT IT THE PUBLIC EVENTS OF THE LAST THREE MONTHS ARE OF THE CLASS WHICH WILL GO INTO ITS PERMANENT HISTORY WE HAVE BEEN LIVING IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF HISTORY WHICH WILL BE IMMORTALLY PRESERVED. EVEN THE BRIEF SERIES OF IMPORTANT DATES TO BE COLLATED FOR THE USE OF THE SCHOOLBOYS OF CENTURIES HENCE WILL CONTAIN THE DAY OF THE ASSASSINATION AND THE DAY OF THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD THE INTERMEDIATE EVENTS CO-RELATED LIKE THE DEFEAT OF ROSCOE CONKLING WILL BE OF GREAT INTEREST, BUT WILL SCARCELY BELKELY To STAND PROMINENTLY OUT FROM THE PAGE OF HISTORY WRITTEN IN 1881. TO US WHO HAVE BEEN THE WITNESSES SO TO SPEAK, OF THE TRAGIC INCIDENT5 OF THE TIMES IT SEEMS ENTİRELY PROBABLE FAT FUTURE GENERATIONS WIL ER ERLY SCAN EVERY FEATURE OF THE RECENT BEREAVEMENT WHICH THE NATION HAS SUFFERED HOW ACCURATELY WILL FUTURE GENERATIONS KNOU THE IMMENSE VOLUME OF GRIEF AND S0RROW WHICH HAS ROLLED OVER THE LAND? WILL THOSE WHO COME AFTER US EVER BE ABLE To UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF OUR LOS5? IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE FIRST CENTURY OF OUR HISTORY-EVEN THE DEATH OF THE GREAT LINCOLN-JHICH CAN BE USED AS A PARALLEL? PERHAPS A CAREFUL READING OF THE DAILY PAPERS OF THE PRESENT PERIOD MAY GIVE SOME FUTURE ANTIQUARIAN A FINE IDEA OF THE FEELINGS OF THE NATION DURING THE PAST SUMMER. BUT THESE JOURNALS ARE SO LARGE, S0 FULL OF DETAIL, THAT WE IMAGINE THE COMING AMERICAN WILL NEVER FIND TIME TO READ THE RECORD HE MUST DEPEND ON A BRIE STATEMENT MEAGERLY COMPILED BY SOME DRY AND TEDIOUS HISTORIAN. THE BLOOMINGTON DAILY PANTAGRAPH SEPTEMBER 30TH 188 MAN. THE PAST IS S0 BIG HOW DO HISTORIANS EVEN COPE? I HAVE NO IDEA. I HONESTLY HAVE ENOUGH TROUBLE JUST WITH THE PRESENT

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Congressional Testimony

MARK ZUCKERBERG IS TESTİFYING BEFORE CONGRESS THIS VEEK SHOULD BE INTERESTING I RECENTLY RE-UATCHED TERMINATOR ITS WEIRD THAT THE THING THAT EVOLVED INTO SKYNET WASNT OUR NUCLEAR LAUNCH SYSTEMS OR OUR HUMANOID ROBOTS. IT LUAS THE PHONE B0OK WHERE VETHE TERMINATOR LOOKED UP YEAH? SARAH CONNOR'S ADDRESS FUNNY HOU THINGS TURN OUT
MARK ZUCKERBERG IS TESTİFYING BEFORE CONGRESS THIS VEEK SHOULD BE INTERESTING I RECENTLY RE-UATCHED TERMINATOR ITS WEIRD THAT THE THING THAT EVOLVED INTO SKYNET WASNT OUR NUCLEAR LAUNCH SYSTEMS OR OUR HUMANOID ROBOTS. IT LUAS THE PHONE B0OK WHERE VETHE TERMINATOR LOOKED UP YEAH? SARAH CONNOR'S ADDRESS FUNNY HOU THINGS TURN OUT

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Paperwork

UGH, CHECK OUT HOW MUCH TAX PAPERWORK I HAVE TO DO. CLICK CANCEL (POST IVE ACCIDENTALLY DISCOVERED THE WORLDS MOST EFFICIENT UAY TO LEAK PERSONAL INFORATION.
UGH, CHECK OUT HOW MUCH TAX PAPERWORK I HAVE TO DO. CLICK CANCEL (POST IVE ACCIDENTALLY DISCOVERED THE WORLDS MOST EFFICIENT UAY TO LEAK PERSONAL INFORATION.

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Friendly Questions

HOU MANY... APPLES... HAVE YOU EATEN? HEY! LIKE, IN MY LIFE? OH, HI! YES Normal human.ISHOULD GO. Conversation OK. 1. Ask them about themselves
HOU MANY... APPLES... HAVE YOU EATEN? HEY! LIKE, IN MY LIFE? OH, HI! YES Normal human.ISHOULD GO. Conversation OK. 1. Ask them about themselves

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Conversational Dynamics

CHECK IT OUT! MY NEW SYSTEM ALLOWS ANYONE ON EARTH To INJECT THEMSELVES INTO ANY CONVERSATION HAPPENING ANYWHERE AT ANY TİME. COOL! I BET THIS WON'T LEAD TO ANY UNHEALTHY DYNAMICS! THE CREATION OF THE MODERN WEB
CHECK IT OUT! MY NEW SYSTEM ALLOWS ANYONE ON EARTH To INJECT THEMSELVES INTO ANY CONVERSATION HAPPENING ANYWHERE AT ANY TİME. COOL! I BET THIS WON'T LEAD TO ANY UNHEALTHY DYNAMICS! THE CREATION OF THE MODERN WEB

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