• Zachariah

    From Lane W@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, September 23, 2026 08:23:27
    This article doesn't say why, as far as I can tell, but I'll take a stab
    at it. most likely it's an actual real self-fulfilling prophecy, all
    these doomsayers that tell you you're gonna die from eating alone and
    that it will cause you to go crazy. It tends to make you look around
    every corner and a car runs over you from behind. That's what's most
    likely causing it.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/food-and-drink/general/domino-s-has-a-new-pizza-it-s-a-symbol-of-everything-wrong-with-modern-life/ar-AA2cORM7

    Solo meals are bad for your mental health and your career

    No one who is familiar with the research on the importance of social connection will be surprised to hear our retreat into solitary scarfing
    is bad for our mental and even physical health. Global data collected
    for the World Happiness Report shows how often you eat with others is
    just as influential in predicting how happy you are as your income.

    Since at least the publication of Keith Ferrazzi?s 2014 bestseller,
    Never Eat Alone, business thinkers have also warned that dining solo can shrink your network and relationship capital. Eating together with
    colleagues builds trust and understanding that you can draw upon outside
    of your lunch break. A Cornell study of firefighters confirmed this
    common business wisdom. Those that ate together more often, also
    performed better as a team.

    ?The act of coordinating itself makes people have trust and connection,? Kaitlin Woolley, a professor of management at Cornell University, tells Stewart. ?Sometimes, this little bit of friction or this little
    challenge, it does help us to come together.?
    --
    Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
    Norway's Favorite Son
    They can still see his headless body stalkin' through the night
    And the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun

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  • From Eli the Bearded@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, September 23, 2026 22:32:32
    In comp.misc, Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> wrote:
    This article doesn't say why, as far as I can tell, but I'll take a stab
    at it. most likely it's an actual real self-fulfilling prophecy, all
    these doomsayers that tell you you're gonna die from eating alone and
    that it will cause you to go crazy. It tends to make you look around
    every corner and a car runs over you from behind. That's what's most
    likely causing it.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/food-and-drink/general/domino-s-has-a-new-pizza-it-s-a-symbol-of-everything-wrong-with-modern-life/ar-AA2cORM7

    I cannot for the life of me figure out why this is in comp.misc instead
    of misc.news.internet.discuss nor why the subject is "Zachariah".

    Elijah
    ------
    read the msn article and didn't see any Zachs

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  • From Scott Dorsey@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 24, 2026 08:51:55
    Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
    In comp.misc, Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> wrote:
    This article doesn't say why, as far as I can tell, but I'll take a stab
    at it. most likely it's an actual real self-fulfilling prophecy, all
    these doomsayers that tell you you're gonna die from eating alone and
    that it will cause you to go crazy. It tends to make you look around
    every corner and a car runs over you from behind. That's what's most
    likely causing it.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/food-and-drink/general/domino-s-has-a-new-pizza-it-s-a-symbol-of-everything-wrong-with-modern-life/ar-AA2cORM7

    I cannot for the life of me figure out why this is in comp.misc instead
    of misc.news.internet.discuss nor why the subject is "Zachariah".

    "Lane W" has been posting a lot of rather random and somewhat incoherent
    stuff to comp.misc recently. It's possible someone is setting reply-to
    in order to deliberately deflect his replies here.

    As for me, I don't like eating alone, but I like eating bad student-grade
    pizza much less. I don't think you are likely to die from eating alone,
    but you're likely to die from eating too much crap pizza.

    Now, eating with a loud group in a mafia-owned steakhouse, that's much
    more dangerous than eating alone.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From The True Melissa@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 24, 2026 10:53:34
    Lane W wrote in article <1190nd1$1qpta$1@dont-email.me>:
    Since at least the publication of Keith Ferrazzi?s 2014 bestseller,
    Never Eat Alone, business thinkers have also warned that dining solo can shrink your network and relationship capital. Eating together with colleagues builds trust and understanding that you can draw upon outside
    of your lunch break. A Cornell study of firefighters confirmed this
    common business wisdom. Those that ate together more often, also
    performed better as a team.


    Seems like the direction of causality could be an issue here.
    Maybe teams which already get along better are more likely to eat
    together. That wouldn't surprise me.

    --
    The True Melissa - Canal Winchester - Ohio
    United States of America - North America - Earth
    Solar System - Milky Way - Local Group
    Virgo Cluster - Laniakea Supercluster - Cosmos

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  • From jojo@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 24, 2026 16:27:08
    Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
    In comp.misc, Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> wrote:
    This article doesn't say why, as far as I can tell, but I'll take a stab >>> at it. most likely it's an actual real self-fulfilling prophecy, all
    these doomsayers that tell you you're gonna die from eating alone and
    that it will cause you to go crazy. It tends to make you look around
    every corner and a car runs over you from behind. That's what's most
    likely causing it.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/food-and-drink/general/domino-s-has-a-new-pizza-it-s-a-symbol-of-everything-wrong-with-modern-life/ar-AA2cORM7

    I cannot for the life of me figure out why this is in comp.misc instead
    of misc.news.internet.discuss nor why the subject is "Zachariah".

    "Lane W" has been posting a lot of rather random and somewhat incoherent stuff to comp.misc recently. It's possible someone is setting reply-to
    in order to deliberately deflect his replies here.

    As for me, I don't like eating alone, but I like eating bad student-grade pizza much less. I don't think you are likely to die from eating alone,
    but you're likely to die from eating too much crap pizza.

    Now, eating with a loud group in a mafia-owned steakhouse, that's much
    more dangerous than eating alone.
    --scott


    lane w's real name is lanus.


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  • From Eli the Bearded@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 24, 2026 16:43:37
    In comp.misc, Scott Dorsey <kludge@panix.com> wrote:
    "Lane W" has been posting a lot of rather random and somewhat incoherent stuff to comp.misc recently. It's possible someone is setting reply-to
    in order to deliberately deflect his replies here.

    Well, I was replying to the first post in the thread, so follow-up
    tricks probably are not what's going on.

    I've updated the killfile for this group to include:

    /alt.slack/HXref:j

    So I won't see any future crossposts to alt.slack, and probably that
    will be the end of "Lane W".

    Now, eating with a loud group in a mafia-owned steakhouse, that's much
    more dangerous than eating alone.

    Depends, I suppose, on how friendly those loud people are with the
    owners.

    Anyway, follow-ups set.

    Elijah
    ------
    will look there to read replies

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  • From Eric Pozharski@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 24, 2026 16:05:37
    with <eli$2609231832@qaz.wtf> Eli the Bearded wrote:
    In comp.misc, Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> wrote:
    *SKIP* [ 6 lines 2 levels deep]
    [skipped] domino-s-has-a-new-pizza-it-s-a-symbol-of-everything-wrong-with-modern-life [skipped]
    ^^^^^^^^
    I cannot for the life of me figure out why this is in comp.misc
    instead of misc.news.internet.discuss nor why the subject is
    "Zachariah".

    It's an ad.

    --
    Torvalds' goal for Linux is very simple: World Domination
    Stallman's goal for GNU is even simpler: Freedom

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  • From Scott Dorsey@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, September 24, 2026 16:31:02
    In article <slrn11baiih.1nk.apple.universe@freight.zombinet>,
    Eric Pozharski <apple.universe@posteo.net> wrote:
    with <eli$2609231832@qaz.wtf> Eli the Bearded wrote:
    In comp.misc, Lane W <cactus_DAC@yahoo.com> wrote:
    *SKIP* [ 6 lines 2 levels deep]
    [skipped] domino-s-has-a-new-pizza-it-s-a-symbol-of-everything-wrong-with-modern-life [skipped]
    ^^^^^^^^
    I cannot for the life of me figure out why this is in comp.misc
    instead of misc.news.internet.discuss nor why the subject is
    "Zachariah".

    It's an ad.

    Not even Domino's is desperate enough to advertise on comp.misc and alt.slack. Now, soc.college I can see.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Lane W@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, September 27, 2026 09:42:18
    Scott Dorsey wrote:

    As for me, I don't like eating alone, but I like eating bad student-grade pizza much less. I don't think you are likely to die from eating alone,
    but you're likely to die from eating too much crap pizza.

    Krems said. She cited studies suggesting that friends and social
    connections among older adults reduce the risk of dementia by a third
    and the risk of stroke by half.

    ?If friendship were a drug,? Krems said, ?it would be the most
    prescribed medication in history.?
    --
    I hate it when you breach my space
    And I hate it when you preach your case
    And you should go down, down
    Save someone else

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  • From jojo@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, September 27, 2026 18:01:10
    Lane W wrote:
    Scott Dorsey wrote:

    As for me, I don't like eating alone, but I like eating bad
    student-grade
    pizza much less.ÿ I don't think you are likely to die from
    eating alone,
    but you're likely to die from eating too much crap pizza.

    Krems said. She cited studies suggesting that friends and social
    connections among older adults reduce the risk of dementia by a
    third and the risk of stroke by half.

    ?If friendship were a drug,? Krems said, ?it would be the most
    prescribed medication in history.?

    that explains why you have dementia.


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  • From Lane W@3:633/10 to All on Sunday, September 27, 2026 14:33:11
    jojo wrote:
    Lane W wrote:
    Scott Dorsey wrote:

    As for me, I don't like eating alone, but I like eating bad
    student-grade
    pizza much less.ÿ I don't think you are likely to die from eating alone, >>> but you're likely to die from eating too much crap pizza.

    Krems said. She cited studies suggesting that friends and social
    connections among older adults reduce the risk of dementia by a third
    and the risk of stroke by half.

    ?If friendship were a drug,? Krems said, ?it would be the most
    prescribed medication in history.?

    that explains why you have dementia.

    Why do you hailed the fascist advance as ?a ?great hope for Germany and Europe??

    Why do you talking down the criminal role of Hitler?s SS paramilitary
    group in World War II as well as the emergence of a secret plan by jojo
    to expel people of foreign origin en masse?

    Why you has made no effort to purge yourself of your extremist factions despite now also appealing to a wide range of voters?

    However, at least you did, as I have noticed, rejected accusations of right-wing extremism, with jojo?s co-leaders previously describing
    Germany?s domestic intelligence agency?s classification of it as
    ?extremist? as an attempt to ?distort democratic competition.?

    yeah but still, are also comfortable talking about the Nazi era as
    though not everything from that period of history should be ?thrown in
    the garbage,? another aspect which makes jojo unpalatable to most of his comp.misc peers.

    Finally, you advocates against sending weapons to Ukraine and wants to
    lift sanctions on Russia.

    Now finally, let me have the last word, and because here in comp.misc,
    they don't have enough bandwidth, they will soon be complaining loudly
    about you misusing it. Their resources are very limited. Evidently they
    are scraping the bottom when it comes to available bandwidth & have to
    share it with comp.language,c, where also loud complaints of not enough bandwidth can be heard. Let us take pity on them and go back to our
    daily debauchery in the same bat-place.
    --
    I hate it when you breach my space
    And I hate it when you preach your case
    And you should go down, down
    Save someone else

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.19
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From jojo@3:633/10 to All on Monday, September 28, 2026 16:57:06
    Lane W wrote:
    jojo wrote:
    Lane W wrote:
    Scott Dorsey wrote:

    As for me, I don't like eating alone, but I like eating bad
    student-grade
    pizza much less.ÿ I don't think you are likely to die from
    eating alone,
    but you're likely to die from eating too much crap pizza.

    Krems said. She cited studies suggesting that friends and
    social connections among older adults reduce the risk of
    dementia by a third and the risk of stroke by half.

    ?If friendship were a drug,? Krems said, ?it would be the most
    prescribed medication in history.?

    that explains why you have dementia.

    Why do you hailed the fascist advance as ?a ?great hope for
    Germany and Europe??

    Why do you talking down the criminal role of Hitler?s SS
    paramilitary group in World War II as well as the emergence of a
    secret plan by jojo to expel people of foreign origin en masse?

    Why you has made no effort to purge yourself of your extremist
    factions despite now also appealing to a wide range of voters?

    However, at least you did, as I have noticed, rejected
    accusations of right-wing extremism, with jojo?s co-leaders
    previously describing Germany?s domestic intelligence agency?s classification of it as ?extremist? as an attempt to ?distort
    democratic competition.?

    yeah but still, are also comfortable talking about the Nazi era
    as though not everything from that period of history should be
    ?thrown in the garbage,? another aspect which makes jojo
    unpalatable to most of his comp.misc peers.

    Finally, you advocates against sending weapons to Ukraine and
    wants to lift sanctions on Russia.

    Now finally, let me have the last word, and because here in
    comp.misc, they don't have enough bandwidth, they will soon be
    complaining loudly about you misusing it. Their resources are
    very limited. Evidently they are scraping the bottom when it
    comes to available bandwidth & have to share it with
    comp.language,c, where also loud complaints of not enough
    bandwidth can be heard. Let us take pity on them and go back to
    our daily debauchery in the same bat-place.


    WTF are you talking about LANUS!! i think the only thing i have
    said about ww2 is hitler's mustache.

    but i know everything about ww2, you can ask me anything.


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