Re:My Many Girlfriends
by usgroup on Thursday January 06, 2022 @07:42AM
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I think that not normal mostly doesn’t imply eccentric.
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Re:My Many Girlfriends
by bencollier49 on Thursday January 06, 2022 @07:59AM
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antonyms for eccentric
common.
conventional.
familiar.
normal.Having cancer is the opposite of being healthy, but the opposite of healthy is being sick rather than just having cancer.
Aka, someone that’s homicidal is abnormal but not necessarily eccentric.
Re:My Many Girlfriends
by teitoklien on Thursday January 06, 2022 @11:29AM
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having cancer is not the opposite of healthy, several aquatic creatures live just fine / "healthy" with cancer
BS. Cancer is different than a simple tumor. It is by definition unhealthy.
Re:My Many Girlfriends
by teitoklien on Thursday January 06, 2022 @10:04PM
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Ok you’re right after further researching, I had mixed up a part which led to the incorrect notion.
Having cancer is being sick...
But being sick doesn’t always mean having cancer.
Re:My Many Girlfriends
by zxcvbn4038 on Thursday January 06, 2022 @11:55AM
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"When I was young, I was called a rugged individualist. When I was in my 50s I was considered eccentric. Here I am, doing and saying the same thing that I did then, and I'm labeled senile."