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Cephlin

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Does this person write their n's and m's upside down? I can barely read their handwriting, it's really odd...

Does it say freud? I assume it's meant to say friend...

Does it say watters? I'm assuming it's trying to say matters?

It took me about a minute or two to deduce these meanings though...

Me too, they were being aired as I was at university and our lecturer showed them to us.

One of the best things I learnt at university was the existance of Adam Curtis and his documentaries!

I love how he creates an amazing montage of footage taken from the BBC archives to help narrate his documentaries. He never creates new footage.

I would probably at least have added an id tag to the div with something like "rip-chuck". That was the first thing I checked until I asked a colleague.

In English and in France we use a bunch of different words that kind of quantify levels of friendship. This means that the word friendship is already subjective within a particular language.

Here a some of the words:

My friend, my palm, my buddy, my chum, my bff, my mate

Mon ami, mon pot, mon copain, mon camarade, mon familier

Here are some references to show how they relate to each other: http://www.wordreference.com/enfr/reverse/friend http://www.wordreference.com/fren/reverse/pote

Also there is a difference between a female friendship and male friendship usually. Men friends with other men barely talk about their problem, they're usually hanging out to escape their problems. I can't speak for women categorically but I feel they're more likely to discuss their issues with their female friends than men.

There are far more factors in play too, such as culture, friends in the Australia for example may call each other cunts but in the USA that would probably not be a friendly thing to do even with your pals.

My overarching point being that friendship means many things to many different people, regardless of even leaving a country, language or culture. So given the context of the world, it clearly has varying meanings.

I also would like to know your setup! I'd be very interested!

I was looking into whether I should purchase Windows or buy a Mac to run a DAW, but if you're saying that Ardour is good enough, then I can just install that this weekend!

You start by saying:

I think you took a negative tone to my post when it was not meant that way.

Then go onto say:

I think you're deluding yourself. No offense, but

Sounds like the negative tone is continuing.

On another note:

I'm sure your country is very nice as well, but there is not enough freedom.

What exactly are Americans free to do which we cannot in the UK?

The American dream seems to be more viable in Europe where the difference in pay between the top and the bottom is less severe and social mobility is higher.

I think it's worth reading the "Declaration of Conflicting Interests" as that gives you a good insight into the angle this article is coming from and the message of which they want to purvey/push. Based on the abstract, the key points, the conclusion and the Declaration of Conflicting Interests, I feel I have read enough to discard this as some kind of propaganda.

They seem to think that gaming is pervasive without going into hardly any detail about why they feel it is pervasive. I mean I'm from Britain and I don't feel video gaming is pervasive in any considerable degree. Maybe the US has a different take on this...

Not only that, they just voted us out of the common market, if the old people get their way, I'll have to get a bloody visa to go to on holiday to France or some nonsense. At least it kinda looks like Brexit isn't going to happen and the EU will collapse before we leave, so who knows... This all just looks like a world war is on its way.

I think after 10 years of being an adult and having relatively little money, it's not a question of whether I want a new car or not, it's just the simple matter of not being able to afford one. I can't afford to buy my own home even though I'd be saving money on the mortgage compared to the rent. I can't afford nice holidays even though it suggests I'm more inclined to do that.

I think a better title would be "Millennials aren't cheap, they're just poor..."