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The discussion revolves around personal experiences and reflections on social interactions, particularly the act of reaching out to friends during emotional times. Participants share their thoughts on friendship, communication, and reactions to a political debate, blending personal anecdotes with commentary on social dynamics.

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  • Some participants suggest that reaching out to friends can improve one's mood, sharing personal anecdotes about the positive effects of such interactions.
  • One participant expresses a concern about the gender dynamics of their friendships, questioning whether their friends' gender influences their social interactions.
  • Several participants discuss a political debate, noting audience preferences and individual candidates' behaviors, such as blinking and speaking styles.
  • There is a humorous exchange about the originality of messages sent to friends, with one participant revealing they used the same message for multiple friends, prompting mixed reactions.
  • Another participant reflects on the nature of friendship and self-worth, suggesting that the desire for friendship is not diminished by the number of friends or their gender.

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Participants express varying degrees of humor and seriousness, with some comments reflecting personal insecurities and others focusing on social commentary. The nature of the debate and its impact on participants' perceptions is also explored, but no definitive conclusions are reached.

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Here's my suggestion to everyone here. If you are ever feeling down head to your friends list and just send a message to each of them. Doesn't matter what you say. I just said I was checking in and wondering if we were still friends. I wasn't feeling down when I did this, at least I don't think I was, but I feel SO MUCH BETTER now than I did before that I must have been. the people here (at least on my friends list) can somehow pick out the perfect words to say out of the infinite possibilities. I love my friends list's listed friends.
 
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tribdog said:
Here's my suggestion to everyone here. If you are ever feeling down head to your friends list and just send a message to each of them. Doesn't matter what you say. I just said I was checking in and wondering if we were still friends. I wasn't feeling down when I did this, at least I don't think I was, but I feel SO MUCH BETTER now than I did before that I must have been. the people here (at least on my friends list) can somehow pick out the perfect words to say out of the infinite possibilities. I love my friends list's listed friends.

Your friends are all girls. What are you, a misandryst?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_are_stupid,_throw_rocks_at_them!"

But I will take your advice and send a message to my friends. I may add a few tonight, whilst watching the first presidential debate of 2008. Much is going through their minds I'm sure, as is going through mine.
 
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About that debate...I was watching on CNN, looks like Obama always had about a 20 percent audience preference over McCain. McCain was blinking A LOT, must have been quite nervous.
 
binzing said:
About that debate...I was watching on CNN, looks like Obama always had about a 20 percent audience preference over McCain. McCain was blinking A LOT, must have been quite nervous.

Probably because he sounds like a preacher yelling about doomsday.
 
binzing said:
About that debate...I was watching on CNN, looks like Obama always had about a 20 percent audience preference over McCain. McCain was blinking A LOT, must have been quite nervous.

That debate? It's still going on here on the pacific coast.

Old people blink more. They are more dried up. As in old prunes. Not to say that old prunes aren't a whole lot wiser than you are you non-blinking little whippersnapper!

ps. I tried PM'ing all my friends, but I ran out of original one-liners. I have failed...
 
OmCheeto said:
ps. I tried PM'ing all my friends, but I ran out of original one-liners. I have failed...


Aww, but you got a new friend in the deal. :biggrin: tribdog could share my whining about filling out paperwork to get an exemption from filling out paperwork with you if you want. :rolleyes:
 
OmCheeto said:
That debate? It's still going on here on the pacific coast.

Old people blink more. They are more dried up. As in old prunes. Not to say that old prunes aren't a whole lot wiser than you are you non-blinking little whippersnapper!

ps. I tried PM'ing all my friends, but I ran out of original one-liners. I have failed...


here's a secret. don't worry about being original. I cut and pasted the exact same thing to every one of them. As long as they don't talk to each other they'll never know my message wasn't for them alone, and what's the odds of them talking to each other?

OmCheeto said:
Your friends are all girls. What are you, a misandryst?
Only girls want to be my friend for some reason. My mom says if someone doesn't want to be my friend it's their problem not mine because I'm special just the way I am.
 
tribdog said:
here's a secret. don't worry about being original. I cut and pasted the exact same thing to every one of them. As long as they don't talk to each other they'll never know my message wasn't for them alone, and what's the odds of them talking to each other?

You wrote the same thing to everyone?! I'm crushed. :cry: I thought I was special, and now I find I'm just a form letter! :frown:

:-p

I think I'm going to go look for that special pickle jar in the Tiki Bar and just stare at it for a while to make me feel better again. :biggrin:
 
It was still going when I left...
 

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