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      I do think our relationship to time changes as we age. Obviously as infant's a concept of time is minimal. You know how babies are surprised when you hide your face behind your hands then show your face and shout peekaboo? That's because they actually think you've disappeared and reappeared. Their comprehension of things is limited. So I think in terms of actual conceptualization of time, development is probably most significant when we are infants/toddlers/young children. Once that sense is developed (probably around I dunno 3-5 or so) I think there is no further physical development in terms of what our brain does.
      I think that memories, experiences, and maturity changes any perception of time that we have for the rest of our lives. As we start to understand our time is finite, I think it affects the way we live and think and even remember other things.
      Our bodies are always moving time at the same rate, but the way our mind understands that is developed with basic cognitive skills. Once we have those skills our conception isn't processed any differently by our brains (unless you get ahead injury), it's just how you interpret that perception.
      So, in general, I imagine the older you get the more you sort of value the time that you have.
      /long-winded theories

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      Fuck limes! Except as step three of a tequila shootski. Actually lime runts are alright. Still everything a lime does, a lemon does better.
      But in relation to "mistakes," some people use limes instead of morning after pills.

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      Yea, I dig this!
      The way I see it, the linear way that humans experience time is not really a mistake. The past, the ever-present, and the future is the easiest way our mind can conceive to mediate reality. I don't know for sure, but I would imagine this is extraordinarily different to the way that a fly or a rock would experience time.
      I don't think the human mind, which always exists within a single moment but is still able to maintain awareness of previous moments and anticipate coming ones, could understand time as it exists in a cosmic sense.
      It's like being really tiny and looking at a massively giant painting. Just because we don't see how all the composition and colors work together doesn't mean the parts that we do see are a mistake.
      Another interesting things to consider is time in altered states.
      In non-conscious times like dreaming or drug-use (or death presumably?) our perception of time acts in an entirely different way than conscious time.

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      Some time after climbing a strangers roof but before throwing up on a major world leader.

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      Burrito me timbers!
      Tacos aren't awful, but burritos give you so much more flavor per cubic inch of bite.

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      Eating pecans, walnuts, macadamias, pistachios, nutmeg, almonds, cashews, or any other kind of nut.

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      I'll start with a tough one I spose.
      Terrorism is one of those things that is pretty much always going to exist as long as people exist. It's not the kind of thing where you can just kill everyone who opposes you or negotiate terms where everyone will be happy.
      It's a pretty common consensus that terrorism is an ideology, which is something that can't be fought. But I think the use of fear or intimidation or violence isn't just an ideology, but a human response to a situation.
      So to make a short answer long, just like the '72 Dolphins, I think terrorism is undefeatable.

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