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  • This person’s super sleuthing of your post history is weird and kind of creepy. I believe you, and the other dude’s insistence that you’re a secret 17 year old is bizarre. It’s usually best to leave people like that alone because they are unlikely to concede even if you provided proof.

    Also, Brad Pitt is pretty endearing on screen, for sure.

  • Not really since Truman would have no concept of what jail was other than what they tell him it is. They could make jail be a 24/7 infomercial that he has to perform and he would believe it because it is literally all he knows.

    You’re probably right about the viewership though since a large part of the appeal seemed to be the parasocial relationship with a man who was presented as a decent and relatable guy.

  • I have seen it, it has just been 15 years or so and I didn’t remember the line.

  • Thanks.

  • I see three butterflies. Am I missing a joke?

  • Oh shit, OP really didn’t quote the relevant part of the article in this post.

  • First mistake is using windows at all when you seem to have options.

  • I am forced to use edge at work. Pity me.

  • I just thought people might be spinning their wheels, and the Netherlands was their answer.

  • I loved lair of the white worm and hated the devils. Just my personal opinion, you may feel differently.

  • I’m confused, cruise ships usually have all their work permits and stuff handled ahead of time for the crew. How can you be an illegal immigrant if you’re just working on a boat for a day and not staying here?

  • Netherlands works if anybody is cycling through countries.

  • Ooh, I actually know this one!

    HIPAA applies to personally identifiable information that links the patient to the medical data. It can be shared if the patient has been obfuscated enough to not be personally identifiable, but the interpretation of that can be pretty broad.

    For instance, I can say something like in the Generic County area, there is a predominance of [Disease] among the [Race] community. This was found to be 10% higher in non-citizens of that race. Of patients surveyed, 40% were noncitizens. It was also noted that the Generic Neighborhood displayed a 15% higher rate than the average for this disease.

    No single person is identified, but I can narrow down a target audience to a specific neighborhood and ethnicity if I’m an advertiser. This same information can then be used maliciously to infer that the Generic Neighborhood likely has a population of illegal immigrants living there.

    When combined with the other data they collect on people, they can likely narrow it down to individual people and homes.

    What HIPPA says I can’t say is “Juan Lopez is an illegal Mexican immigrant with gastroparesis.” It was a law designed before the current AI data bullshit, and it needs to be updated to be a lot stronger to provide the protection it is supposed to provide.

  • Hi Chris.

  • Hi Chris.

  • Hi Chris.

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  • Which he?

  • This is interesting because I always feel like I adapt when I move and become a version of myself that does fit in.

    I grew up a city boy.

    Moved to the country and began wearing outdoor gear and rock climbing until I was indistinguishable from my neighbors.

    Moved to a hippy town and started smoking weed in tie dye until I was indistinguishable from my neighbors.

    Moved to NYC and started wearing a hat and an overcoat until I was indistinguishable from my neighbors.

    And now I’m on the border of Mexico and don’t look anything like my neighbors, but apparently I’ve picked up enough Spanglish that people have still started asking me what region of Mexico my family is from (none).

    I’ve retained little elements from each phase of my life and carried them over into the next, but every level also stands out as a distinct hybridized version of myself that I became for a time. In turn, it helped me discover new parts of myself that I would not have found if I hadn’t changed how I was living to fit my environment.

    So, if you feel like you don’t fit in, maybe try to adapt to your surroundings so it is a little easier for people to meet you in the middle culturally.