MeFi comment:
"If your parents are rich, it makes sense to allow them to pay your expenses while you invest your time in to building up your money making ability. Whether that's by networking, or education, or whatever.
Hang out with a bunch of rich people your..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by TheophileEscargot
7 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"Hmm, just looking at the front page of GNXP, one of the articles is about how blacks are more susceptible to HIV, two are about the interplay between race, intelegence, and economic outcomes. One is titled "Colder climates favor civilization..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BrotherCaine
11 hours ago
MeFi comment:
"Diet perhaps is one influence? I wonder if corn (maize) consumption has anything to do with it. High fructise corn syrup seems to have some correlation with making Americans fatter and less motivated; I wonder if the prevalence of corn in the Latino..." [
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favorited 13 times, recently by booksandlibretti, jokeefe, shrabster, Floach, sugarfish, cashman, Meagan, longdaysjourney, Symeon, cj_, rossination, Forktine, fleacircus
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"Wired blows. It's essentially porno for gadget nerds now.
I liked it better when it was porno for techno-Utopians living in the inflating tech bubble...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Monochrome, Who_Am_I, phrontist
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"Where's the big brouhaha over diaries? And books? An entire industry exists built around nothing more than books, talking about reading to other readers! And another industry built around nothing more than eating! OMGTHEINSANITYMUSTBESTOPPED!!!!
I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Monochrome
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"Of interest from William Saletin. (NB: note a defense--just relevant and readable.)
It's interesting that you would link to that article, and not his apology for writing that article based on the work of racist crackpots.
Many of you have..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Forktine, anansi
Yesterday
MeFi comment:
"This is the reason why the families of those kids encourage them to go into things like medicine: the amount of shmoozing required to attain relatively high pay and status is much less, and the financial and professional rewards come more from brute..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by Forktine, flamk, BrotherCaine, peppito
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"A useful link that may be good reading for everyone here is wikipedia's race and intelligence page.
Yeah, because what could be a better way to learn about race and intelligence then a page written by random people on the internet obsessed with..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by BrotherCaine, yort
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Because they're curious about the universe they live in?
There is a nearly infinite number of possible correlations between different data sets. Why would the correlation between race and inborn intelligence be more curiosity piquing then the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by flamk
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Well, IMO their search results have really gone downhill in the past few years, especially when it comes to searching for programming information. A lot of times you get these obnoxious websites that are obviously just collections of scraped Usenet..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Tlogmer, JHarris, subaruwrx
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Well, I always found it insulting when black people on TV only dated other black people, in those teen drama/comedy shows like "saved by the bell", especially since there would usually only be two black characters, so I would prefer they do..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by TheOnlyCoolTim, the other side, padraigin
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"What is the possible basis for laws which allow party X to take property away from party Y, and then put the burden of proof on party Y as to why the transaction shouldn't have happened?
They're not claiming ownership, they are claiming copyright...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Reverend John, Smart Dalek, Artw
2 days ago
MeFi comment:
"That doesn't even sound like that much fun, I mean you get to watch a rug being made swim in the dead sea, and you get a free shotgun? None of that stuff even sounds all that expensive...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Smart Dalek
4 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Unfortunately courtroom 'science' != actual science. Where this is the worst is probably courtroom psychology where bullshit like drawing analysis and whatnot can be used as evidence...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
5 days ago
Ask comment:
"Well, that's just it. That's the only thing I feel confident in doing. Describing my damn problems in long, drawn-out paragraphs.
Why don't you become a novelist? Lots of people like reading books about hopeless depressed characters...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Chrishartley
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"When the US comes up with something as mature as the Kyoto Treaty, get back to me, borkingchikapa.
What the hell? Japan didn't "come up" with the Kyoto Treaty, it just happened to be signed there. The US was involved in it's negotiation..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Your Time Machine Sucks
7 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Bleh. This whole story just pisses me off. Clearly some pimps are bad for their girls, but does anyone believe that the guy who ran this operation was really exploiting women? Where's the harm?
And of course they froze all his bank accounts so..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by johannahdeschanel
8 days ago
MeFi comment:
"If by "confound" you mean "laugh at". Obviously those, erm, legal techniques don't work. The judge even writes "Perhaps they would even be humorous ... were the stakes not so..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kingbenny
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"We all have those powers. It is the lack of trust in those powers which is the greatest obstacle to recovery from emotional trauma and taking further risks in one's life.
Well shit, if that "lack of trust in my own emotional recuperation..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nooneyouknow
9 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Wow, Larry Johnson is totally crazy. For those of you who don't know he was the main driver behind the "Michell Obama 'Whitey Tape'" bullshit that floated up a while ago. Now he's criticizing Obama for taking money from Seth MacFarlane..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by subaruwrx
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Wow, does that site have the worst cartoons on it, or what?
"The pig says 'my wife is a slut'?"" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by grubi
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Ornate, you're misunderstanding me. None of my points are specifically about censorship, and I don't even use the word "censorship." Illiberal behavior can stop far short of actual censorship. "Dixie Chicking" is not censorship...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Yeah, she was really screwed by this country. Went to Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, Princeton University, Harvard Law, was on the staff of Mayor Daley, and now works for the University of Chicago making over a quarter-million dollars a year...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by cirocco, mer2113
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Must be some obnoxious in-joke, since this seems to have been posted before
notice a pattern?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"here's what a commentator on andrew sullivans blog had to say
Here's what's going to happen. Fox News is going to have a whole day where they talk about nothing but this and repeatedly show the image just like they did with Wright. Then Limbaugh..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by JHarris
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"She went 43 years without once being really proud of her country. She may have misspoke, or her remarks may have been nuanced, but allegations of her being unpatriotic aren't "preposterous."
Not to derail, but aren't you Canadian? Or is..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"My theory is that as you see more and more robots, CG, etc, the uncanny valley starts to flatten out." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ekstasis23
11 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm a bit torn over this. This guy did us no favors, that's for sure. At the same time, he had ulcerative colitis, so what choice did have but to be a republican?
Yeah because if he was poor, with the lack of universal healthcare, he probably..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by perilous, Blazecock Pileon
13 days ago
Ask comment:
"Maybe. But hue is definitely Y in that it runs perpendicular to BRIGHTNESS.
Hue, saturation, and brightness relate to the way electromagnetic waves interact with your eyes. They don't exist in the sense that space exists as a dimension.
I mean,..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Ookseer, Monochrome, phrontist
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Also, I suppose you could say that if you mean "breaking into the country" means crossing the border illegally, then it could be a crime. whereas simply overstaying a visa or something like that wouldn't actually make you a criminal. Since..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jammy
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"While there is no doubt that this is an unpleasant situation, aren't these people criminals? Aren't they 'breaking into the country?"
Um, no and no.
Look, people break laws all the time. Speeding, parking tickets, etc. That doesn't make..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Senor Cardgage
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"My take, as a long-time westerner, is that this article is late to the party -- the new fire reality is old news, and people have been starting to adjust for some years now. The toughest choices will be in places where houses have been built deep..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by salvia
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"and "refines" his stance against Iraq to consider indefinite, undefined or vaguely defined occupation.
What the hell is this bullshit? Obama's plan has always been to withdraw most of the troupes within 16 months, and "be as careful..." [
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favorited 32 times, recently by JHarris, jlbartosa, fatehunter, sondrialiac, Big_B, subaruwrx, The Bellman, Dark Messiah, tehloki, Dormant Gorilla, pyrex, ukdanae, huffa, Dreama, showbiz_liz, mer2113, MythMaker, noway, Orb, funkiwan, The Great Big Mulp, Pope Guilty, Navelgazer, ericthegardener, skammer, phrontist, diogenes, oneirodynia, doctor_negative, grabbingsand, naju, aspo
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Retroactive immunity for the telecoms is unconstitutional, and the posturing about national security is absurd.
I don't think it's unconstitutional. It would be unconstitutional to retroactively make them liable (although I wonder, is it..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by LanTao
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Had these all been NAY votes, the final tally would have been 47-50-3. More realistically, assuming that Lieberman's vote could not be swayed, it appears the bill could still have been stopped by a concerted effort of Democrats alone.
It only..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by BrotherCaine, orthogonality
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"If Obama had voted for this, and there was a terrorist attack on this country, he would be utterly destroyed. That's the nature of our democracy.
I doubt it. I mean, one could argue that the terrorist attack occurred because of the presidents..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MikeKD
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"I don't really think you can "rip off" an idea like that. I wouldn't worry about that too much. I do think you should spend some more time on your design, though. Just glancing at it earlier, I didn't even notice the responses...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cjorgensen
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"WTF has happened? Why is society driving itself/being driven to the bottom of the barrel, instead of aspiring to be better?
I wrote a long post about this a while ago, I think it's simply related to an ever increasing access to information media..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Meatbomb
2 weeks ago
Ask comment:
"Email influential bloggers and ask for a link. Popular bloggers need content too, and if you write something good they'll be happy to link to you. You might want to start with lower-traffic bloggers who won't be getting deluged with link requests,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by cjorgensen
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm not quite sure how simply moving poor people around counts as an 'anti-poverty' program, although it would certainly increase the quality of life for those moved. The problem, though, is that those people are still poor.
But, as long as the..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by afu, aeschenkarnos, regicide is good for you, andraste, jamjam
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"I'd like to know WTF was going through Reiser's mind when he decided to murder her. He's obviously a smart man and you would assume that smart people aren't quite so ... stupid.
He thought he was smarter then everyone else, that was the problem...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by phrontist
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Huh? Didn't Jezebel.com used to be the blog of one of the Heathers or something? I thought it was a personal site for some female web trailblazer. When did Gawker get its filthy hands on it?
I thought it was started by Denton and his hired..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Normally yes, but actually when your on SSRI's, it's sort of like holding down the piano key and not letting up, it permanently suppresses dopamine and increases serotonin.
Oh, the joys of argument by metaphor!
Neurotransmitters are not..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by merelyglib
2 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"But the hue and cry being raised on the left over Obama's failure to live up to what strike me as unrealistic expectations, as well as the histrionics over manufactured flaps (Iraq withdrawal, abortion, campaign finance, etc.) is incredible...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chunking express
2 weeks ago
