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emma wrote

I had the losing teeth one a few years back, and a few days or weeks after, a thing happened where all the teeth in my mouth felt like they had rotted, and i was in incredible pain to the point i couldn't sleep. i attributed this to my being negligent and not having gone to the dentist's in like 10 years.

i got an emergency dentist's appointment, for which i took a whole day off work for, and they did the x-ray, and my teeth were just completely fine. they did a bunch of 'does this hurt?' tests, and none of them did. while this was going on, the pain subsided, and the dentist became frustrated as she couldn't locate the source of the problem. i was booked another appointment and told to cancel it if the problem didn't reappear before then. which it hasn't ever.

one of the strangest things to ever happen to me, and so fucking bizarre it would happen right after that awful nightmare. but at least i got to know the teeth in the left side of my mouth are ok.

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Dogmantra wrote

this was much more fun than I expected it to be, not sure why I didn't think I'd enjoy it because this sort of thing is my youtube bread and butter, thanks for the devtesla seal of approval cos I don't think I'd have watched it without a trusted recommendation!

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twovests OP wrote

Update: I am just playing "Sonic Adventure 2 Battle" again.

This style of Sonic game translates really well, and I think it's because the levels are navigable at-speed. I think having small segments to explore, interspersed with "hold forward here" sections, is a really smart idea.

And that opening level really holds up as one of the best of all time. Sorry Doom E1M1, there's a reason you aren't an opening level so beloved that it's casually and consistently remade like Mario 1-1 or Green Hills.

The casual absurdity and destruction is fun. The game is so janky but so charming.

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twovests wrote

Within context, this sounds like they're talking specifically about those inside the Executive branch of the United States:

But the further down the ranks you go, the more pervasive the anger at the US’s complicity in mass slaughter becomes. An entire contingent of junior White House staffers, for instance, made up a “staffer bloc” in pro-ceasefire demonstrations in Washington, DC. As a former US diplomat, I know that many people have resigned quietly and anonymously over Gaza. Many want to quit but literally don’t know what other work they’d be qualified for. These administrators—the ones who make up most of the foreign policy bureaucracy that the Obama administration derided as “the Blob”—are the ones angriest about American policy in Gaza. They are also the ones who can do the least about it, and they know it.

(That said, I have only read part of this article so far)

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neku wrote

i'm not hostile to the overall thesis but

These administrators—the ones who make up most of the foreign policy bureaucracy that the Obama administration derided as “the Blob”—are the ones angriest about American policy in Gaza.

ooooh i wouldn't say that around a palestinian lol

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