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multigraincracker

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2. The world is random.

Reply to Dunc (Original post)

Sun Jul 12, 2026, 07:40 AM

4 hrs ago

Prayers, wishes and hopes have no effect. I think science has proved it.
The deck shuffle is random and there is nothing that can be done about it. The only control you have is how you handle the hand you were dealt.

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I am left just shaking my head when talking with some people . [View all] Dunc 5 hrs ago OP

Excellent thread gab13by13 4 hrs ago #1

The world is random. multigraincracker 4 hrs ago #2

Ekhart Tolle makes the statement gab13by13 4 hrs ago #3

Depression is thinking in the past. multigraincracker 3 hrs ago #4