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  • Joe Public
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    Originally posted by I.J. Reilly View Post
    US etiquette also forbids lamenting the troubles of life, or sharing your problems with others. Sharing in this country can only be positive emotions—sorrows and frustrations are impermissible. In the US you only complain to acquaintances in the most extreme cases. Serious problems are for close friends and relatives only.
    I had a business call with a woman this week; she is in NYC. This was the first time we spoke, and I said hello and asked her how she was. In her thick Russian accent, she said, "I am good. Well, actually, not good. Not good at all. But anyway." My initial instinct was to ask what was wrong, etc., but then I remembered the Russian accent and figured she was just making conversation.

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  • Bo Diddley
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    Originally posted by I.J. Reilly View Post
    Tips for visiting America:

    From the Japanese - http://mentalfloss.com/article/55140...siting-america

    From the Russians - http://mentalfloss.com/article/54461...siting-america

    From the French - http://mentalfloss.com/article/55306...siting-america

    Timeless tips from foreigners for making your way in the U.S. of A. such as "You cannot abandon ugly children" or "If you are not acquainted with a woman, do not look at her legs" and "Nobody is impressed by how much you drink".

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  • I.J. Reilly
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    Tips for visiting America:

    From the Japanese - http://mentalfloss.com/article/55140...siting-america

    From the Russians - http://mentalfloss.com/article/54461...siting-america

    From the French - http://mentalfloss.com/article/55306...siting-america

    Timeless tips from foreigners for making your way in the U.S. of A. such as "You cannot abandon ugly children" or "If you are not acquainted with a woman, do not look at her legs" and "Nobody is impressed by how much you drink".

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  • creekster
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    Originally posted by Art Vandelay View Post
    The human body is amazing. Even more amazing is how little we know about how it all works. The brain has a whole interconnected system of vessels, no one realized existed.

    https://news.virginia.edu/illimitabl...rite-textbooks
    Ha. I read about that article in March and was going to post about it but didn't want to seem too lymphatically creepy

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  • Art Vandelay
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    The human body is amazing. Even more amazing is how little we know about how it all works. The brain has a whole interconnected system of vessels, no one realized existed.

    https://news.virginia.edu/illimitabl...rite-textbooks

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  • Art Vandelay
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    I AM F***ING SPECIAL.

    Deal with it guys.

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  • Flystripper
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    what the hell am I doing here?

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  • creekster
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    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
    You're so very special, Art. I wish I was special.
    You don't belong here,.

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  • Art Vandelay
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    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
    You're so very special, Art. I wish I was special.

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  • Jeff Lebowski
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    Originally posted by Art Vandelay View Post
    Ha. I read heard about that article yesterday, and was going to post but didn't want to seem too creepy. Jeff on the other hand has no problem being creepy. I bet he has a marauders map of this place.
    You're so very special, Art. I wish I was special.

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  • Art Vandelay
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    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
    Some guy in Denver bought a hotel and rigged up some vents so he could peek on this guests (with his wife's help). He observed guests for fifty years and kept a detailed journal. Yowza.

    http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...OTAwNTQyMDg0S0
    Ha. I read heard about that article yesterday, and was going to post but didn't want to seem too creepy. Jeff on the other hand has no problem being creepy. I bet he has a marauders map of this place.

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  • falafel
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    Originally posted by creekster View Post
    Does reading that article make me a voyeur of a voyeur?
    I think it makes you a voyeur of a sex addict.

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  • creekster
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    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
    Some guy in Denver bought a hotel and rigged up some vents so he could peek on this guests (with his wife's help). He observed guests for fifty years and kept a detailed journal. Yowza.

    http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...OTAwNTQyMDg0S0
    Does reading that article make me a voyeur of a voyeur?

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  • Applejack
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    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
    Some guy in Denver bought a hotel and rigged up some vents so he could peek on this guests (with his wife's help). He observed guests for fifty years and kept a detailed journal. Yowza.

    http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...OTAwNTQyMDg0S0
    Unreal. People are the worst.

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  • I.J. Reilly
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    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
    Some guy in Denver bought a hotel and rigged up some vents so he could peek on this guests (with his wife's help). He observed guests for fifty years and kept a detailed journal. Yowza.

    http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...OTAwNTQyMDg0S0
    He was helped in his act by two wives. I'll go out on a limb and say that the guy isn't going to have the outcome he'd hoped for with the publication of this article and subsequent publication of the book.

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