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What are your favorite hand games?

How about eye games? Because Laser Eyes!

Stand in a circle with a group and have one person call out the actions EYES DOWN and then EYES UP. When your eyes are down, choose a person to look at when you raise your eyes. If they also choose to look at you, you both scream in fake pain and die a dramatic death on the ground. You're out, but you got to be silly for a moment there, so that was kinda fun

Play continues until one or two people remain. I forget if there's an in-game way to break ties. Maybe you both win? Sure! Kids love it, though the screams can be ear-splitting

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How is your language learning going this week? - Weekly discussion

I don't normally participate here because I'm still new, but I just found out that a guy I've been playing volleyball with almost every week for a year is from the country where my target language is spoken! I'm so stoked! I had no idea because his accent doesn't sound like he's from there. I had a very basic conversation with him, and he was awesome about it, speaking slowly and using basic vocabulary. But still, we were able to go back and forth in conversation! I figured you all would understand how lucky I feel, especially since we're in somewhat of a rural town. I'm so excited to ask him more things

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I always see you around being a good steward of this place, especially when welcoming new folks. Thank you for doing that

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[Trigger Warning: Suicide]... Parents, how would you feel if your child died by suicide?

I see you around here a lot. I feel a great draw to try to soothe your torment but I never know how. I always wish the best for you

I've known a few people who lost their battle, and their families are never the same. It stays with you. On holidays, birthdays, life events. It's been over ten years for me and it's still there nearly every day. I know they have thoughts like

  • "I wish you were here Travis, you would have been my best man"
  • "I wish you could see the view on this hike, Katie. Happy birthday"
  • "I wish you could see me graduate, dad. I hope you'd be proud of me"

One of these people inspired her mother to her own thankfully unsuccessful attempt. It ripples out in ways these people didn't consider

BUT I also have friends, one very close, who survived their attempts, and are grateful they did. Two of them just got married to incredible people. It's still there for them, but it's gotten much smaller, and they're living legitimately very happy lives. They went back to school, graduated, married, and have plans to travel the world

Each of them who lived got help. Big people in coats put them in a place and gave them magic socks. You say it makes it harder to emigrate, but to not mince words, so does being dead. I'm guilty of the same thing - letting a big consequence prevent me from acting on an even bigger consequence. But every day I'm sad about the people who died, I'm so incredibly grateful to the people who asked for help. I would be lost without the one, especially

I wish the best for you on your journey, and I hope to continue seeing you around here

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Hey again, I recognize you! Hey, I met a gal recently who shared a lot of her life story with me, and it was eerie how much it rhymed with what I've seen you say about yourself. Her parents were from Hong Kong, she went through a lot growing up, had a really rough relationship with her parents, especially her mom.

I don't think I have a cogent point to make here, but I wanted to say I thought of you while she was telling me about it. It was a story I think you would have liked to be there for. I think you two would have related on a lot of stuff

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[Inglese] Domanda sull'acquisizione della nazionalità

Hey just so you know, a change to this law was approved just a couple of days ago. I don't think it has passed yet but it is fully expected to. I'm not totally familiar with all of the consequences, and there may be an exception for you, but this excerpt seems relevant to you:

"The decree-law approved today states that Italian descendants born abroad will automatically be citizens for only two generations: only those with at least one parent or grandparent born in Italy will be citizens from birth."

I'm really sorry

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