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imacmadman22 t1_j2fcopt wrote

We got an air fryer for Christmas from our kids, it’s still in the box. I’ve mentioned to my wife a few times we should open it and see how it goes and she just shrugged.

She then asked me when the bread machine was going to be fixed, the belt broke and I had to order a new belt for it. She’s a little crazy about my homemade bread, I think she’s more interested in that.

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thunderchungus1999 t1_j2fbhjj wrote

IIRC it this because in the northern hemisphere December usually tends to be at the height of winter (lack of production or active field plowing) and the longest night is the ideal setting dor a reunion in a holding protected from the elemental dangers of a harsh winter night, especially when you consider that before the development of advanced engineering then all resources would have to be pulled into one fortress since civilian homes couldnt hold that many people.

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Umpteenth_zebra t1_j2fbfh0 wrote

How do you know other humans aren't just advanced chatbots? It's easy to think that something is not conscious just because it seems less complex, but there really is no way to know. As Decartes put it 'cogito ergo sum', or 'I think therfore I am'. And that is the only thing you can truly know, that YOU can think. Not that anyone or anything else can.

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Wellfooled t1_j2fameg wrote

The Bible is a compilation of 66 different books. Some were written thousands of years before Jesus was on earth (the earliest were written by Moses about 1512 BCE)

The earliest book written after Jesus ( Matthew) was written circa 41 CE.

The last Bible books written were around 96-98 CE by John.

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