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I read the 25 oddest interview questions of 2011 included: “What do you think of garden gnomes? Name five uses of a stapler without staples. How would you get an elephant into a refrigerator? If you were a Microsoft Office program, which one would you be?” Which would you rather answer, and why?

CactusDoug’s Profile PhotoDoug
Well if I were in Office I'd be Access.
No one in recorded history has ever understood Access or used it, but they don't delete it because they vaguely think it might be useful and something will go wrong if they don't.
So I'd have a long, peaceful life :)
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If you could relive part of your life, but only half an hour, which half hour would you like to relive?

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Apart from those that are too, erm, intimate to relate :)
The feeling of the first time I completed my long-distance walk.
http://www.leadenboot.org.uk
I was unemployed at the time and I needed that to prove I could do things, discipline, planning, determination and what have you.
I didn't enjoy it at the time, I've done it subsequently and it gets slightly easier but not much. Only the feeling of having done it is a satisfaction you can only get by pitting yourself against a big challenge, so I recommend something of that kind.
It's in May and being set amidst scenery of this kind eases the hardship a bit.
If you could relive part of your life but only half an hour which half hour
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If you were to invent a new Star sign that described you perfectly... ??What’s the name of the sign? ??What would its symbol be? ??3 key positive personality traits? ??3 key negative personality traits? ??What type of person is this sign compatible with? ??Your prediction for this week?

CactusDoug’s Profile PhotoDoug
I don't have any time for astrology, I think it's silly at best and can be harmful if taken seriously. People who are poor and feel they have little control over their lives are the most likely to fall for it, and the powerful prefer that to people actually trying to change their lives and those of others for the better.
That said, I'm all up for mocking astrology, homeopathy, etc. Like the mighty Douglas Adams did with his charachter The Great Zaganza, who would persistently troll Dirk Gently by writing negative horoscopes just for him. (Very few people knew why the newspaper he wrote for had lost one twelfth of its circulation!)
https://www.tor.com/2008/07/26/dirkgently/
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Tell me your fondest memory. :)

Most of my fondest memories involve my girlfriend, the best of all are probably best not retold :)
Once in October 2013, we were going through a bad patch and were sitting in this bookshop (which has since closed- lots of memories there too) and there was a lot of tension between us, but then someone came past, a random person we didn't speak to, and David Bowie (RIP) was his ringtone, this song, so some kind of unspoken agreement led us to go to her flat and listen to David Bowie, then make up.
Robert Smith, who is a legend in his own right, has a similar recollection.
"I was like utterly, my whole perception of sound was changed. Just how something could sound completely different, like ‘Breaking Glass’, everything on there in fact, ‘Sound And Vision’, everything on there, everything I heard was astonishing, really astonishing."
What a tragic loss but like millions of others he has helped me.
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I just read an article about a new pill that relays a message to your doctor after you've taken it. What are your thoughts on this?

shehitsback’s Profile PhotoAllison
I'd never heard of it.
http://mashable.com/2017/11/14/pill-tells-doctor-when-you-take-it-approved/?utm_cid=hp-h-3#1JwKouZMHPqz
I'm very suspicious of it, although it ostensibly needs the patient's consent it's a short step from there to "presumed consent" and relatively few will use the opt outs even if they exist.
This may be me getting old but I'm disturbed by the idea, I appreciate what it's trying to do but it crosses the line between being interested in people's well being and interfering unduly in their lives.
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What’s your favorite spot in the city where you live?

I love my city fam, I know we get a bad press but if the good stuff was more widely known about we'd be doing better.
http://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/tagged/stoke-on-trent
My favourite part is probably Stoke Minster, which I visited for Remembrance Sunday.
http://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/post/167413461274/farewell-to-a-name-and-a-number-recalled-again-to
http://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/tagged/stoke-on-trent
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Why do people dislike gays? I actually love them, I find the way the talk and move hilarious and they’re so camp and friendly, they’re fun to be around, lesbians on the other hand are fat and moody, whereas gays are easy going and bubbly, do you agree?

I like lesbians

I just saw someone post a question along these lines and I want honest people’s opinions and not arguments, the question I want to ask is if it is transphobic to only want to have sex with cis women?

Personally I don't think it is, it's just your orientation.
So long as you aren't bullying/discriminating against transpeople and you support their rights to form relations with other consenting adults, it's nobody's business who you like so long as you make sure you get consent from the people you want to shag.
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I think I've asked something similar to this somewhat recently, but here's a little twist (I think?) on it. What are some "silly/stupid" deal breakers for you when it comes to relationships? This can be for any type of relationship, it doesn't have to be romantic.

AmericanLass’s Profile PhotoC.
"Not being my girlfriend" rules out any contender for my heart :)
This is a good question but I've only had a relationship with one person and I've been seeing her for 5 years (barring a time when we split up at her request) so I can't help, I'm afraid.
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There’s going to be a civil war I. The U.K. and I can’t wait for it to kick off, on one side we’ll have an alliance of Ulster Loyalists, Brexiteers, Anti Feminists and British Nationalists on the other side we’ll have remoaners, feminists, irish republicans, marxists and muslim extremists.

And as I die in agony at the hands of the Scary Muslims, my last words will be "wish I'd listened to Ben".
See you there. I've got together with Jeremy Corbyn and planned the date fir the uprising, next Tuesday.
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Yeah that was spam, but I figured the music questions were you a while back (lately they're all metal bands and it's Ben)

shehitsback’s Profile PhotoAllison
Aye, I obviously have nothing to do with Ben.
Anonymity has its uses, for people who are for instance LGBT people, and live in closed communities so they can't tell anyone irl what they think, so I defend people's rights not to use their real identity.
But I do think such people should use pseudonyms rather than being purely anon, as it retains the degree of privacy from (for instance) parents, prying employers who are looking for an excuse to discriminate against people, etc, while it's still the case that the person at the other end knows who you are.
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Do you ever go anon to ask questions? Do you find anon bullies as cowardly as I do?

shehitsback’s Profile PhotoAllison
I've been known to go anon (I'm the asker of the anon music questions!) but I'll always put my own name to my comments f someone insists on it.
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Does it matter what others think of you?

Poem for Remembrance Day
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/16/housman-country-heart-of-england-peter-parker-review
As I gird on for fighting
My sword upon my thigh,
I think on old ill fortunes
Of better men than I.
Think I, the round world over,
What golden lads are low
With hurts not mine to mourn for
And shames I shall not know.
What evil luck soever
For me remains in store,
‘Tis sure much finer fellows
Have fared much worse before.
So here are things to think on
That ought to make me brave,
As I strap on for fighting
My sword that will not save.
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If you acquired a 3D printer for free, what would be the first thing you'd program it to make?

shehitsback’s Profile PhotoAllison
Some kind of painting or black and white picture of the places I photograph.
I always like to throw in a picture or an engraving by a famous artist or a black and white photo of my places because it provides a good contrast.
Here for instance
http://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/post/167201307364/clun-n-a-leg-which-has-gone-to-sleep-and-has
That works really well, and I feel the loss if it in shoots where I can't find any.
This one for instance
http://dry-valleys.tumblr.com/post/166681314144/therefore-said-he-unto-them-the-harvest-truly-is
It would be amazing if I could find an old engraving or something, but I couldn't locate it.
So I'd definitely get to work with black and white or thermography or psychedelic shite or something!
Like this picture of my granddad as an x ray which I took on my brother's ipad (I wish I had sonething like this!?)

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What fun things have you done for your “adult” birthdays (i.e., 18+ ages)? Scrounging for ideas ???

AmericanLass’s Profile PhotoC.
What about renting a house in the country, a few miles from a town to give the right balance of privacy and access to features, for the birthday person and certain friends/family?
The most fun I've ever had on a birthday was actually my 30th, I was recovering from an illness so I actually felt I was getting younger rather than older as I was strengthening each day. And I wasn't quite well enough to do anything big but a sense of survival & later, rejuvenation, was in the air.
In May I did the above, stayed in a cottage for my friend's birthday and it was outstanding.
Apart from that I'd need to know specifics of the birthday boy/girl before I could offer any more advice.
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Imagine you owned your favourite mode of transport (a car, plane, boat, bike, train carriage, copter, whatever), and you could decorate/customise it with whatever designs, logos or colour schemes you wanted. What would your custom job vehicle end up looking like? Describe it ?!

CactusDoug’s Profile PhotoDoug
I'd have a canal boat called the Rocinante, and just go round doing whatever the hell I wanted and never again going to the office.
The name comes from the horse in Don Quixote, the car in Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene and of course there's a Rush song about it!
http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/02/20/specials/greene-quixote.html
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This is hindered by my lack of knowledge of canal boats or any other vehichles (certainly spaceships!) but on a pure level of fantasy.
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In your knowledge, how to prevent dementia?

Unfortunately I'm struggling with this as my granddad has dementia, exacerbated (I believe) by the fact that he's never really had any interests or hobbies, so since retiring and being widowed he's had little to keep the old grey matter going.
What I do is take him to familiar places and discuss the times he's been there before, he may or may not remember but I'm told that even if there's no conscious memory, something positive is going on. So that's my advice.
If you're helping someone who has dementia get them into a support group of people in a similar situation from their generation, maybe play some old music from their day, hymns, or something.
For yourself, I recommend reading fiction about people who have suffered in the same way because it really helps give an insight into a senile person's way of operating; my understanding of my granddad was really helped by reading Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett, in which a similar thing happens to a once-dominant patriarch.
Sorry if this isn't helpful but the main thing is to repeatedly do things they remember, preferably from a long time ago, try and tie it in to the present.

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