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Yeah, I get what you mean. I guess it's more about mood for me. Sometimes I could just shave and get on with it and just wash/clean my face in the sink -- other times I'll feel more like, "Why not jump in the shower after this?"
Foggy mirror isn't that big of a deal though as I just wipe it to look at myself when getting out of the shower anyways.
Sounds like it makes sense to me, more or less.
I don't have any particular order for it honestly. I may sometimes shave before or just not worry about it and end up shaving afterwards at some later point. I don't think it really makes a big difference either way. One thing I always prefer showering after is cutting my hair, as that can be annoying/itchy/etc. When shaving your face it's easy to rinse in the sink/combine it with face washing.
Not sure I get what you mean, but think I sort of do.
Do you mean if we can have individualism and rights as a concept without involving religion/religious beliefs?
Rights are supposedly tied to the country and its laws/what it stands for/the constitution/humanity/etc. I don't think religion directly has anything to do with the idea of individual rights or freedom or etc. in modern societies exactly, but not sure how far in to this you'd have to look to find more of a bottom line.
So I wouldn't think that believing in God or not would really overlap with the idea of freedom or individuality -- at least not significantly.
The first thing I try and do is realize that one's appearance isn't tied to one's beliefs, personality, or etc. (male or female)
If you don't know or observe a person long enough, their looks alone will tell you nothing about them when it comes to their personality.
And while people judge on first impression/looks, it's best to stop yourself and re-evaluate the fact that appearance and personality are not 1:1. Appearance alone tells little & you might be too biased in the assumption of all character traits based only on looks.
If you want to get an air of someone or look more in to a person as a whole, you'd best spend time around/with them or read their works/literature/opinions/etc. and that can tell you more of them than their appearance alone would any time.
For example, here is a good place you can easily learn about people without knowing what they look like, whereas in most situations it seems to work more the other way around -- i.e., knowing what they look like without knowing much else (like with strangers).
Observe and learn > just look and learn is how I see it. You have to disentangle impression with a person's actions, interests, etc. in order to see a person and their personality as separate concepts -- not just a person with your impression of their personality preconceived.
Hey. I think I remember you from the IMDb boards.
Didn't you post occasionally on the Arielle Kebbel board there?
I remember this name (or something like it) from like 10 or so years ago.
Geico probably was the trendsetter for funny-ish insurance commercials -- at least from as far back as I can remember.
The others are most likely trying to capitalize with humor to make their mark like Geico has/still is doing, but I don't think I'd call that "ripping off Geico." For that we could say every commercial is ripping off another if they try and be funny in the same category/market/etc. as before them. If they used the very same material as Geico then I'd call it a rip-off (like a talking lizard or etc.).
And not really tired of them, but some just need to work on their material more/mix things up.
Tried it but didn't really like it. There are very few channels that I'd watch on there -- and I don't really like their on-demand/library because you can't search by keyword or etc.
I don't want to manually look through a giant library when searching is a common option in many services/similar apps/etc.
I just currently use Tubi sometimes, as it's probably one of the closest & free things you can get that's similar to Netflix.
The site does feature that info. As an example I checked American Pie: Band Camp (movie I've had for years) and saw all of the exact, matching bonus features/outtakes/etc. listed on the site as I have on the DVD.
Whether or not you can find the special features somewhere online in video form is a different story. Usually people don't upload special features of non-blockbuster stuff (except maybe outtakes or something really distinct) because the copyright owners might constantly want them taken down in some cases. I've seen some special feature stuff in video form uploaded, but mostly can't find the ones I've looked for myself. But you can definitely use the info as references for video searching.
I looked for some 80s and 90s titles and got results.
I don't think it's mostly only newer stuff.
The front page might just show newer movies since I think the site is supposedly about DVD comparisons and would likely show newer stuff by default/to be up to date.
This sites seems like it lists special DVD features of stuff, but not sure how comprehensive it is: http://dvdcompare.net/
I searched a few movies/DVDs I have and are familiar with the bonus features, and they had all of the info.
Yeah, I do write a lot, I know...
But it isn't about worrying but more so wondering.
We live in the information age, yet some people are exceedingly ignorant and willingly too sometimes, locked in their own "I am right" or "I don't care" mentalities, which aren't always bad but often are in my view when they become character qualities ingrained in people certain ways. It is like a refusal to wander outside of your known experiences and fear/dislike of any changes (how I see it in some people).
Again I don't post this to judge anyone here or stuff like that, but just to start a discussion about health and health consciousness/etc. It is more than just about being fat but also cynicism, recklessness, disregard for diet and nutrients, mental health and etc. A lot of these traits come in a one-size-fits-all package along with weight or obesity, bad health, etc.
Good addition. I was waiting for someone to step in and add more info than my post (mine was more of a rant) since I'm no expert on this but know some. All of the variations in deductibles and etc. is what confuses me, but I know the gist of it.
One thing to add is that even plastic surgeons offer payment plans, which can make costs affordable to many people. Certain companies even provide a sort of medical/credit system where you can apply/get a credit card or credit line and use that for elective stuff (forgot to mention this in my other post -- these options sometimes are better than private plans because you don't need to pay premiums and can pay bills off with typical credit card payment plans).
Also to add, lots of people do get stuck with bills even despite having insurance because sometimes they don't cover all procedures done. Some people have been to the emergency room for example (with insurance) and still get billed because the hospital/doctor ordered tests and such that the insurance will not cover. They will typically pay the rest, but can leave you with a big bill still.
The healthcare system is a mess in the U.S.A. From what I know most people get healthcare as part of their full-time jobs (employer provided benefits) and some others get private insurance, which is often pretty expensive and can be very limited. Last, people can also get government-provided healthcare through medicaid under some conditions, but all poor people don't even qualify which means that lots of people with low or no incomes cannot always get health insurance or the like and can only get emergency help.
Healthcare doesn't work with deductions of income directly as part of some nationwide policy or tax deduction, but on billing the person after the services (if they don't have insurance in an emergency) or validating insurance beforehand and then seeing what was covered after the fact (sometimes you get billed for procedures your insurance won't cover after it was determined/done/etc.). Not sure how it works exactly with full-time employees of certain company sizes, but usually a big company with a lot of workers offers health plans to them by law, but they still may have to pay for it (someone else could explain this better than me probably).
The problem is that not everything is covered with insurance plans in certain situations (like emergencies and depending on what services doctors choose) so you might get billed for certain services after anyways (charged on top of having insurance).
I think it isn't a good thing that many people depend on full-time jobs for health insurance and etc. Private insurance or insurance shopping in general requires a decent income and that would require a decent job/business of some sort, assuming you dont get insurance through your work/union. Lots of struggling people can't qualify for any free or even affordable insurance, despite sometimes really needing it. If you lose your job you can lose your health insurance along with it, leaving you with none or forced to find another job that provides it or paying for private plans usually.
Unless disabled (and even then not always) or in very particular circumstances, lots of people can't get insurance without a steady job/union/etc. with insurance provided or good enough money/income/etc. to just have the insurance regardless.
But basically you verify ahead or get billed afterwards if you have no insurance in emergencies. You can't do any routine medical checkups or doctor visits/etc. without a particular insurance policy that specifically covers it.
In any other case you pay out of pocket, and that is even more expensive usually.
The U.S. insurance market(s) need(s) improvement fast. Too much dissatisfaction and high costs with sometimes too limited coverage/etc.
My guess is its origin came from celebrities maybe or something like that (mass media, public figures, big political figures or etc.).
Someone big in the public eye being disingenuous or hypocritical is possibly what made the concept more widespread and evident across more people, but I'm just guessing here on that.
I haven't done my research on it really.
Saying something that's not true in order to pass it off as it is to the benefit of your image; or likely presenting yourself as liking/not liking something to look good in some way (often with some moral suggestion tied to it, like maybe identity politics/social issues/etc.).
It is just another way of saying, "Lying to look good by supporting/saying something/doing something that you really don't stand for/don't relate to/isn't true." This is the way I see it and have come to understand it.
Probably wouldn't have been much different than Will Smith.
Maybe the first episode or so.
The few I've seen had white guys.
This is something I don't see people mentioning much. For its time and platform, this was not only a pretty good RPG overall (though only 5 characters was a bit disappointing for easily over 10 hours of first-run, casual gameplay) but the gameplay/story/dynamics/etc. were pretty good too. I still find the game pretty enjoyable since when I was a little kid, despite it having its limitations in ways.
It probably is one of the best RPG game for its platform (standing right beside Final Fantasy 6), given that it is based in the Mario world and is the first attempt at making a role-playing game in that "universe." Until Final Fantasy 7 and so forth came along, it and FF6 were probably among the best 2-D RPGs you could find pre 1997. Not saying other good titles didn't exist, but these were pretty exceptional.
Well, not that I don't agree with you on the extreme left-associated ills (which exist on the right too), but I didn't find this funny exactly.....
This just seems like the same kind of comments/posts you'd find on Yahoo! articles/news that just poke fun and it makes no difference as this just creates resentment/fuels fire and solves nothing.
Some people won't look at some faults and others keep trying to make them. Is it worthwhile for either? Tells me something else should be done than mockery and fights/senseless arguments over things ideally.
These types of topics are just a waste of time usually since they're tongue-in-cheek and trollish.
But to add, I could also say something stupid (and possibly true of some people though): Non-voters of Andrew Yang are racist. Asians make up the smallest racial group in the entire country. If you don't vote for the only Asian presidential candidate for 2020, it's clear that you hate Asians. Also, if you only watch television with mostly white people in it, you're racist to every other race/ethnicity/etc. 100% (no questions asked).
But this is probably just as dumb because there really isn't any real, significant oppression in rap. I don't know if those numbers you posted are even true or only professional or something. I know most rappers are black, but not sure if it's 82%. Anyone is free to try and break in to the rapping world (all blacks who want to don't become mega-successful rappers or anything either). If you face some negative feedback for your race or whatnot, brush past it and keep going/doing your own thing (and yes, what I'm saying equally applies to all races/cultures/ethnicities). Not saying there are no problems, but I don't see what point you're trying to make exactly.
But I agree that I don't follow those extreme left views either of some on searching for new issues rather than making amends or fixing the ones already on the table first. But if this is just to mock it seems pitiful somewhat. What's gained from it? Just pointing fingers and laughing/crapping on/mocking each other? That'll get you resolution and improve things, sure.