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Oh Heavens!
When I’m stuck with a prompt, I like to refer to a definition and a break can mean so many things.
So I’ll go with one of the verb meanings.
“separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow , shock or strain.”
I guess the answer is no I don’t need that. Sounds like it would hurt.
AI Generated Image
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Same as Last Year ,Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s Internet
Yes, I remember this prompt from last year and for me the answer will always be Sir Tim Berners- Lee who invented what we now know today as the Internet .He has continued to promote his original thought ,the Internet’s role is to improve communication of ideas.
Unfortunately , it also enabled the worse aspects of the human psyche to have access to an audience. This has had some tragic consequences and the Law has intervened in trying to control the Dantes Inferno of content. The lesson is perhaps that it is uncontrollable and that every individual has a responsibility to look and learn and be tolerant and respect each other. Only we can do that , outside forces cannot.
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Ideally ideal
As usual for such an expansive prompt, I resort to a definition of Ideal.
“Existing only in the imagination; desirable or perfect but not likely to become a reality .”
How hard is that? Your ideal day is about as likely as winning the lottery, but perhaps that is just as well. We: if lucky enough to have a choice ,have many days to fill and we aren’t always so self aware as to make good use of them or perhaps because of others’ demands we do things for either money or necessity.
That’s life and it’s not ideal, nevertheless it can be interesting or fun, so let’s not get too much in a tizz about it.
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Quite a lot or not at all
Daily writing prompt
How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life?
I’m sure everything has an impact on a person but depending on the situation and the personal qualities of that person , the effect can range from being barely noticed to totally life changing. I suppose it depends on their perspective at the time and whether other experiences over time have changed or developed. There are so many variables.
Looks remarkably like the current Mayor of Manchester but is actually an AI generated image
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I lost my to-do list. If anyone finds it let me have it back please.
I was reaching into my handbag while I was out shopping , which I know was definitely on my to do list when a gust of wind from one of our recent storms, might have been the French one, blew my “to do list” straight out of the little nesting place it had found in between my phone and my purse. Why, you may ask, did I have a handwritten note? Yes, guilty, sometimes I scribble things on pieces of paper.
Anyway the” to do’s” disappeared into the stratosphere and for the life of me I cannot remember any of the tasks I was supposed to do. I know we still don’t have a spare key for the lock up garage, so that must have been on it as the hardware man in town does keys. The rest I haven’t got a clue.
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Anything (Safely)
Just to be able to cook is an achievement.
Which recipe from which book should I use? Where is my favourite whisk? Why does the blender smells of sour cream? I need to google how to make my own mayonnaise and my phone is out of charge. I don’t have enough eggs or limes so will have to go back out to the shops again. No I am not pre-heating the oven, it’s gas and reaches it’s temperature in minutes and I won’t be ready for hours.The washing up is mounting up as I cannot use the same spoon or knife due to cross contamination of flavours. Where is my tupperware container with the couscous? Is it safe to reheat this? Is it mould or just a skin?
Oh really my favourite thing is just to be able to cook.(safely)
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My First Computer
I think it shows a lack of interest in technology, but I really can’t remember my first computer. To me it is a tool. I seem to remember a lot of IT departments whose support varied and were regarded as God Like if successful or as reliable as “Mystic Meg” if not.
Advice to turn it off and back on and check the printer is plugged in became second nature and listening to the bored support assistant at the end of the phone resetting your password for the fifth time in a week was to be avoided
.” Yes, perhaps I am stupid , but this is not what I want to be spending my whole day doing, you felt like saying but never would.”
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Algorithms
Daily writing prompt
What’s the thing you’re most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it?
I’m most scared to do algorithms, am I right? I don’t know. To be a computer programme generating all this stuff, sending out the same questions once a year , just to fill time. Not really caring what the answers are, but building a database of information to be regurgitated in a nano-second to help users with their website. What would it take me to do it , probably money, it wouldn’t be love that’s for sure. That’s not to say algorithms aren’t lovable. I suppose one day they will be.
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Expert Complainers
I like to complain about expert complainers, the ones who outdo everyone when it comes to life giving them a hard time. Move on , honestly , there is nothing you can do to make it better and I’m a tiny bit suspicious that they like to bathe in their misery and why waste time listening when it will always be the same conclusion. “No one can help me”.
You all know they exist and how you deal with them is up to you. Yes understand their situation and empathise with them then tell them you have an appointment you can’t miss ,tell them you’ll ring them later. Whether you do or don’t is irrelevant. The more times people don’t ring back the more likely they will get themselves out of their own self-made fug. There’s no guarantee, but then what in life is guaranteed, even doom and gloom.
This donkey is actually a very happy donkey, he has lots of grass to eat and an nice barn to sleep in. He just looks sad.
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