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Sorry to hear that. People say things on line they would never say out loud face to face.
I am amazed the ways people find to hurt each other.
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grralph1 wrote: I will enjoy and be entertained by people that I wouldn't like in real life.
That's probably the best definition social media that I've ever heard/read! 
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You are correct in that it is social media.
I have never really thought of that.
I have always just regarded the lounge as a BBS, ahem, a Forum.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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grralph1 wrote: I often wonder what the people look like in real life.
Some offer this but most don't.
I can understand why.
You could at least put up some cheesy avatar on your profile. I think you're being ironic and that's not appreciated in The Lounge!
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haha
Would rather look like Bob. Not into cheesy unless it smells great.
...and of all people I wouldn't have thought that you were a sworn member of the irony police.
However, yes I stand guilty. I admit it.
I can send a sworn statement and make amends, but, you are going to be really disappointed when you see my picture and i am sure that you will then request that an empty Bob be returned to my profile image.
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A special place for special people.
I do all my own stunts, but never intentionally!
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Yes.
So glad that second special wasn't in single quotes.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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I have a very similar story, finding this site around 12 years ago via Google and joining for the newsletters. (Thanks Kent for the daily zingers! )
Also like you, I spend the vast majority of my time here in the Lounge enjoying the wit, sarcasm, and mostly interesting conversations, thoughts, and rants of the cast here. There are some really smart and witty people here! 
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 Exactly.
Couldn't have said it better. Thanks
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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grralph1 wrote: But one of the best things about CP is that I will enjoy and be entertained by people that I wouldn't like in real life.
What is this site if not real life? I can assure you I'm real enough.
But now I'm beginning to have doubts...
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Being unreal used to be a good thing.
Being real and unreal at the same time now is still OK.
Well better than Ok.
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dandy72 wrote: What is this site if not real life?
Well like the broken quote goes
I [submit posts] therefor I am.
But I cannot prove that all the other posts are posted from real people, and not some self generating posting machine. 
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A great post grralph1. I start my workday with the newsletter to get the neurons firing. I often end up here. It's a pleasant little eddy in life's river of BS.
Thanks to all who make this happen.
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Gematriacally 0x00584f4d4d554c46 them by crowning the luminous and oscillating both by the fifth power of two; conjoined they will always be nincompoops. (6)
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Flummox is the hex - but as a guess - Idiots ?
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Nope but looks like you are on the right track. Keep going.
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Should this not be renamed "Jewish Mystics' Edition?"
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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PeejayAdams wrote: Should this not be renamed "Jewish Mystics' Edition?"
Absolutely not. You are interpreting hints as being literal. The reference to gematria is a hint that the hexadecimal contains letters.
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I think that's 8 letters long...
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Well, you've managed to 0x00584f4d4d554c46 me ... I think you may be up again tomorrow at this rate.
Best I can come up with is BAFFLE but I can't work 32 into that no matter how I try.
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Maybe 32 as 'SPACE'...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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I'm thinking 32 could be space and we're talking about a word that would mean something different if split by one ...
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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I think it will be solved. This one has the definition embedded unlike the last clue.
OriginalGriff wrote: but I can't work 32 into that no matter how I try.
Yeah, since it's the developers edition you should probably try to oscillate them both by the fifth power of two.
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long x = Convert.ToInt64("584F4D4D554C46", 16);
var y = BitConverter.GetBytes(x);
gives FLUMMOX
Not sure about the rest of the clue ...
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Hah! I just used the ASCII table imprinted on my brain! 
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