My most important update ever:
I did some walking around lately, ate some food, looked at things with my eyes, brushed my teeth here and there (mainly with live poisonous snakes), pondered my existence, questioned things, received mail, typed some things, paid taxes, paid bills, drove my car, rode my bike, paddled my kayak, listened, watched, read and spoke.
Why do we all think so alike? Clearly we should not. Should we even think so much? Perhaps we don’t think enough.
Back to utilising my VPN...
Re: PM’s French Re-entry into the Matrix - Phase 1: 500 Hours Extensive Reading
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Re: PM’s Full Throttle Face Off vs Flat-out, Flat-stick, Fully sick French Till Mid Nov 2018 Exam(s)
I wonder why we all think alike. Is it a learned thing? I feel so ordinary. There's nothing wrong in being ordinary - in fact I prize it, because to me it's a sign that I'm doing well, because I'm not noticed, I'm just me, and there's nothing wrong. At least on the surface, and maybe deeper. Hmm.
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Re: PM’s Full Throttle Face Off vs Flat-out, Flat-stick, Fully sick French Till Mid Nov 2018 Exam(s)
Do we all think alike? I've literally never met anyone who I felt thought like me... Unless you mean in the senses that make us human.. then I think the answer is genetic hard wiring due to evolution...
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But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.
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Re: PM’s Full Throttle Face Off vs Flat-out, Flat-stick, Fully sick French Till Mid Nov 2018 Exam(s)
PeterMollenburg wrote:
Why do we all think so alike? Clearly we should not. Should we even think so much? Perhaps we don’t think enough.
We should think more, we don't think enough, but we also don't act enough. There should be a balance between the two and we should do more of both (at least that's how I feel). I'd like both to be part of a "tribe" (Ani's expression), and a bit special. But not too much
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Assimil German with ease:
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Re: PM’s Full Throttle Face Off vs Flat-out, Flat-stick, Fully sick French Till Mid Nov 2018 Exam(s)
PeterMollenburg wrote:
Why do we all think so alike?
What do you mean?! I think heaps better than you do!
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Re: PM’s Full Throttle Face Off vs Flat-out, Flat-stick, Fully sick French Till Mid Nov 2018 Exam(s)
eido wrote:I wonder why we all think alike. Is it a learned thing? I feel so ordinary. There's nothing wrong in being ordinary - in fact I prize it, because to me it's a sign that I'm doing well, because I'm not noticed, I'm just me, and there's nothing wrong. At least on the surface, and maybe deeper. Hmm.
"We" means you and some aliens, right?
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Re: PM’s Full Throttle Face Off vs Flat-out, Flat-stick, Fully sick French Till Mid Nov 2018 Exam(s)
smallwhite wrote:PeterMollenburg wrote:
Why do we all think so alike?
What do you mean?! I think heaps better than you do!
Dammit, you beat me to it! I was just about to ask PM the same question!
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Re: PM’s Full Throttle Face Off vs Flat-out, Flat-stick, Fully sick French Till Mid Nov 2018 Exam(s)
PeterMollenburg wrote:smallwhite wrote:PeterMollenburg wrote:
Why do we all think so alike?
What do you mean?! I think heaps better than you do!
Dammit, you beat me to it! I was just about to ask PM the same question!
Who is this PM person anyway? I hope he PMs me, I'm trying to build up a fan base of crazy people.
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(They say in the months leading up to a C1 or C2 exam, one goes a little crazy, I don't think it's true though)
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Re: PM’s Full Throttle Face Off vs Flat-out, Flat-stick, Fully sick French Till Mid Nov 2018 Exam(s)
BalancingAct wrote:"We" means you and some aliens, right?
I think people think similarly. I'll stop there.
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Re: PM’s Full Throttle Face Off vs Flat-out, Flat-stick, Fully sick French Till Mid Nov 2018 Exam(s)
PeterMollenburg wrote:(They say in the months leading up to a C1 or C2 exam, one goes a little crazy, I don't think it's true though)
Who said that?
There is a simple way to prevent the preC1/C2 exam craziness: have some worse problems and challenges at the same time
For example, preparation for the microbiology and pathology exams plus some unpleasant depressive symptoms worked just fine. Sure, I was a little crazy during those times but the etiology was different! Don't blame the DALF!
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