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"Yes, it's possible to take courses in between undergraduate and graduate programs. I took a graduate level course in psychology between my B.A. and M.A. Different universities will have different protocols regarding how to do this. However, I..." [
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"The Literary Saloon blog at The Complete Review is a great resource for news about foreign-language fiction. I'm always surprised at how many of the authors they discuss, apparently huge figures in a whole bunch of different countries and translated..." [
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2 days ago
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"I say I'm a grad student studying philosophy. I get three questions all the time:
(1) "So, what's your philosophy?"
(ugh)
(2) "What are you going to do then, teach?"
Answer: "I'm more interested in the research,..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by punchdrunkhistory, milestogo, mothershock, flatluigi, penduluum, olya, exceptinsects, LobsterMitten
6 days ago
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"Get outta here, Google. I thought I had buried those posts I made in high school to TMBG and Duke Nukem message boards forever." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Twicketface
9 days ago
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"The Strongbad games aren't Sam & Max quality, but they're really strong and not at all bad. Telltale Games is the new Lucasarts. I could be inclined to argue that they're the best video game developer out there...." [
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2 weeks ago
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"That was actually kind of interesting. I like seeing media being used in new ways like this. It's more like a short film than a video game. A short film with a little bit of interactivity to make you feel how old she is.
On the way to the..." [
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4 weeks ago
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"After reading the first few responses, I was planning on providing an analytic philosophy counterpoint to the continental philosophy answers, but it seems I've been scooped by a number of people. From your clarification comment, it sounds like..." [
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4 weeks ago
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"I want to echo solipsophistocracy's claim that Haidt is awesome, and I want to link to an excellent, excellent paper of his: The Emotional Dog and its Rational Tail [pdf]. If you want to see where Haidt is coming from, it's all in this review..." [
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Last month
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"a geriatric Nazi boning a meat zombie
Quincannon wasn't a Nazi. That was his lawyer, Miss Oatlash." [
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"ZachsMind, I don't think you're arguing against the premise of the blog post. Telf had it right when he wrote, "The post wasn't about who is your favorite Batman villain; it was about why the Joker is the iconic batman villain. I don't think..." [
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Last month
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"Where is Ra's Al Ghul mentioned in the FPP link? I didn't see it.
Fourth paragraph after the first picture. The author doesn't provide an argument against Ra's being Batman's archenemy, but this piece isn't really arguing for the conclusion that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by the other side
Last month
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"The Joker is more iconic than all the other villains because clowns scare children.
That's not a terrible interpretation, really.
It's time to go on the offensive. Ra's al-Ghul is a good villain, but he is not a great villain, and he will..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by manguero, tehloki, Naberius, Telf, Bookhouse
Last month
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Why is the Joker Batman's archenemy?
favorited 17 times, recently by manguero, Zeker, bigdamnnerd, Cassilda, pandaharma, longdaysjourney, MilkWithTabasco, agregoli, unsupervised, sluglicker, rzklkng, regicide is good for you, Ms. Saint, ErWenn, Donnie VandenBos, inconsequentialist, Artw
Last month
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"The B:TAS version of the Joker it praises never really gelled for me though.
Agreed; he wasn't chaotic enough. But the series did introduce his relationship with Harley Quinn, which is a big plus.
The Penguin totally underscores the paradox of..." [
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"The movie was almost a perfect translation of the book. Pretty much word for word, actually. A lot of the things that you might think are Coen bros. injections of humor ("You still got your damn shirt!") are taken verbatim from the text...." [
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Last month
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"As an analogy: this is like asking what the most similar distinct colors are. Vermillion and crimson are pretty similar, but do they count as different colors, or are they just different shades of the same color?..." [
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Last month
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"Aha! I knew that this would make its way to Metafilter sooner or later. Didn't think it would happen until Fodor's book on evolution came out, though. Get ready for a long post.
Disclaimer first. I took a seminar with Jerry Fodor on this topic..." [
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2 months ago
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"I'm a crossword fanatic. As Pinto says, a huge part of the game is knowing the threes and fours that are likely to spring up. After a while, you'll learn that if you see the word 'Georgia' in a clue, you need to immediately fill in SSR; if you see..." [
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favorited 21 times, recently by punchdrunkhistory
2 months ago
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"Ahhh, here's a question I can get into.
I love David Byrne's new material, but it's really not similar to his Talking Heads work at all. He's expressed in interviews that, when he looks back at his old work, he doesn't know what he was thinking..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by christonabike, dog food sugar
2 months ago
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"Kwine: it's a very interesting point that is partially obscured by the name references and intellectualization
That's often the case with critical theory analyses, but I didn't get that at all from this particular comment of nasreddin's. Actually,..." [
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2 months ago
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"Oh, and Dave Eggers's What is the What is partly fictionalized (it's based on interviews and mostly non-fiction), but it is easily one of the best books in the "survivor" genre I have ever read. It totally redeemed Eggers for me...." [
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2 months ago
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"Man, what's with the sudden influx of people who think that discussion about hipsters is useless and boring and empty and "too gaseous to generate much light" and all sorts of other mixed metaphors? It's a social phenomenon, so there is..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by nasreddin, languagehat
2 months ago
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"I hate that stupid "plate of beans" meme. If ever there was a slogan for anti-intellectualism, it's that." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Caduceus
2 months ago
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"Film critics pull a twofold duty. On one hand, they need to recommend movies for others to see; on the other hand, they need to write essays that are interesting in their own right.
I've never particularly cared about the first duty, and I used..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by hot soup girl, kittyprecious, Tbola, pxe2000, mrgrimm, abulafa
2 months ago
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"I came up with a little theory about the Joker a while ago.
Along with Animal Man and Psycho-Pirate, the Joker is one of the few characters in the DC Universe who is aware that he lives in a comic book. He knows that we are watching him. Given..." [
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2 months ago
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"Pavement recorded a similarly abusive version—full of forgotten words, dropped notes, and disdainful chuckles—during a late-'90s BBC appearance.
To be fair, they do that to their own songs too...." [
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2 months ago
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"Damn, I was going to point out that the wikipedia page for Swarm had an error in it that described the coolest supervillain ever. Unfortunately, someone fixed it. It now reads, "A former Nazi sympathizer, His most notable feature is that his..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by sachinag
2 months ago
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"These superhero threads always devolve into Batman vs. Superman fights, don't they?
This page has an interesting run-down of Batman's relation with kryptonite in various canons. Here's my favorite:
The Batman/Superman comic combines the..." [
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2 months ago
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"This is very specific to the couple. Some couples need their space, some are clingy, and everyone has their own needs and problems.
My one piece of advice is to somehow set it up so that you will be able to live somewhat independent lives if..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ifjuly
2 months ago
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"Quibbling about exclusions and rankings is dumb if you take it seriously, but it's fun to remember other cool characters when commenters bring them up.
So in that spirit (and stealing some choices other people have mentioned): this list needs more..." [
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2 months ago
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"There are a number of philosophers that Steven C. Den Beste might be referring to. Anyone who harbors behaviorist tendencies and who focuses on the social aspects of language is a candidate. My guess is that Steven's thinking of Donald Davidson or..." [
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3 months ago
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"Yay, it's time to grill various meats, drink Negro Modelo in the pool, and blast David Byrne's Miss America on loop for 10 hours. Happy 4th, Metafilter! I'll be your teenage fanclub, although at times it might seem awkward...." [
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3 months ago
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"That's kind of scary. I think she just collected all of our garmonbozia." [
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3 months ago
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"I just read the Making Light thread and want to praise Cortex and Languagehat for being such well-spoken emissaries." [
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3 months ago
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"I wasn't at all religious in high school, nor am I now, but Borges's essay on Judas as the true son of God was one of my favorite pieces of literature at the time. Maybe it's not the most historically accurate read (in whatever sense the Bible..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by overglow
3 months ago
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"a random location in Europe (say for instance current France/Benelux/Germany) in the year 1000 AD (plus or minus 200 years).
That's a huge stretch of time and a huge region of space, so any general advice is impossible. One thing's pretty likely:..." [
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3 months ago
