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Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
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FtttG
Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
3hr ago
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
FtttG
Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
4hr ago
Frankly, at this point I'd be all in favour of only allowing bail for defendants charged with non-violent offenses.
This is, sadly, the rule rather than the exception for songs played at weddings. Sting was inspired by 1984 when he wrote "Every Breath You Take" and has repeatedly emphasised that it's an ugly, sinister song about possession and control: when people tell him that it was their first dance at their weddings, his response is "well, good luck". Similarly, "One" by U2 was written during The Edge's messy separation from his first wife: when people tell him it was their first dance at their weddings, he's horrified.
FtttG
Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
4hr ago
Noted, if I ever do one of these surveys again.
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Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
5hr ago
It's a bit annoying that a person who has been in zero romances can't just skip all the pages past the first one.
That's a valid point, I should have branched it accordingly. Let me see if I can change it without messing up the existing responses.
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Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
6hr ago
That said, "What kinds of romantic relationships have you had?" could probably use a 'mix of above' answer
I considered it, but I thought having like nine or ten possible answers ("mostly mono but sometimes poly", "mostly poly but sometimes mono" etc.) would be too granular for an introductory demographic question, especially as I'm fairly sure the majority of respondents are going to answer "monogamous". So far the latter prediction has proved correct.
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Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
6hr ago
(eg, what does "without your knowledge or consent" mean in an open relationship, where I might well consent to broad ground rules without needing or wanting to know about every ERP partner?
I thought of that, which is why I included this subtitle below every question:
If you were in a polyamorous or open relationship, you can include instances in which your romantic partner had penetrative sex with someone in specific contravention of your "ground rules" (e.g. no sleeping with close friends or family members). Please provide details under "Other".
If you're in an open relationship with ground rules like "don't have sex with my friends or family members", then I wouldn't say you've been cheated on unless your partner had sex with one of your friends or family members.
I think the talent floor to do a half-decent rendition of "Space Oddity" is significantly higher than to do a half-decent rendition of "Mr. Brightside". The former has a much more complex vocal melody, structure and arrangement.
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Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
6hr ago
Isn't it against the rules?
If it is, mods feel free to delete.
Btw, your sample is likely to be even more volunteer biased than Aella's
I have no intention of using this as hard data, it's just a bit of fun.
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Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
7hr ago
IIRC correctly
Personal PIN number. ATM machine.
FtttG
Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
7hr ago
Baffling choice of song for a national anthem. The entire point of them is that they're meant to be sung by masses of people, many of whom have no musical training.
It’s not explicitly gendered
Huh?
Now I'm falling asleep and she's calling a cab
While he's having a smoke and she's taking a drag
Now they're goin' to bed and my stomach is sick
And it's all in my head, but she's touching his
Chest now
He takes off her dress now
Do you mean the viewpoint character isn't explicitly gendered? I suppose that would mean that the song appeals just as much to straight men as to lesbians whose bisexual girlfriends cheated on them with men, but surely the latter demographic is too small for it to have any meaningful impact on the song's cultural staying power.
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Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
10hr ago
a loser being mopey and suffering and then dying without ever making anyone's life any better, including their own, is a really boring story.
So you've read my first novel, then?
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Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
11hr ago
It involves State coercion to remove people from the gene pool
Personally, I get the impression that the culture war in the Anglosphere is becoming hot enough that quite a lot of people would support forced sterilisation of the (Red)/(Blue) Tribe (delete as necessary). I likewise think certain categories of criminal are so stigmatised (e.g. child rapists) that forcibly sterilising them would enjoy broad bi-partisan support.
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Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
13hr ago
The experience of infidelity (to some degree) is common to many (most? idk) people.
I think I'll do a poll.
The detailed Wikipedia entry on it has quotes from The Killers that say as much. The song itself was a "yeah, I guess this one isn't that bad" level of initial excitement. It was certainly not a "we knew this one was special" kind of track.
IIRC The Killers had an entire batch of songs ready to go for their first album, but when they heard the debut album by The Strokes they thought "oh shit, we've got to up our game here", threw all of their songs out and started from scratch. The only song they kept was "Mr. Brightside".
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Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
14hr ago
Many Canadians are being proactively offered euthanasia for conditions which could not in any way be considered life-threatening (like "PTSD" or "being homeless").
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Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
14hr ago
I don't think most people consider it "good" that veterans suffering from PTSD or homeless people are being offered euthanasia rather than mental health assistance or accomodation respectively, nor that their organs are being harvested for the benefit of wealthier Canadians.
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Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
14hr ago
Louise Perry thinks we already have.
FYI you put text in italics by putting an * on either each side.
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Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
14hr ago
When I was in primary school, there was a boy in my class with Down's syndrome, and he had a dedicated special needs assistant. Even at the time I didn't quite understand why he was there. No one had any real expectation of him being able to learn the material, and if the goal was for him to get socialised or feel included, I'm sceptical of whether it's even possible for a person with Down's syndrome to have any kind of meaningful friendship with a person without.
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Gheobhaidh mé bás ar an gcnoc seo.
21hr ago
About a quarter of the way through Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, the third book in the Neapolitan quartet. So far this book seems much more fast-paced than the first two, which could be painfully lethargic at times.
A major reason for its enduring popularity is that it's a song almost perfectly optimised for karaoke and drunken sing-alongs. The vocal range spans one octave, with most of the melody consisting of alternating between the tonic and the subtonic, which are only a semitone apart. At no point in the song is the singer called upon to do anything remotely complex, melodically or rhythmically. I've often noted the strange fact that the only song people are called upon to publicly sing multiple times a year ("Happy Birthday to You") features an octave jump, which most untrained singers simply can't reliably pull off, especially when singing a capella. By contrast, "Mr. Brightside" is a song that anyone can sing, no matter their level of musical training or state of inebriation. The simplicity of the vocal melody is such that even a literally tone-deaf person could probably make a decent fist of it. Helping the fact that it's so easy to sing is that the lyrics for both verses are identical, so one has significantly fewer lyrics to memorise than one would expect.
Nominating for AAQC solely on the strength of this line.
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