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"That said, the 'high-end' American porn industry is very empowering to women. They make tons of money (a lot more then the men!) and gain real financial independence.
He means "empowering to women who fit a very narrow definition of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by numinous
11 months ago
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"it would be great if there was libraries with a more academic and learning focus
Oh, it certainly would. But public libraries nowadays are all about "the community." If the community wants crappy "street fiction" and movie..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by eixmi, box, bitter-girl.com, jason's_planet
11 months ago
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"Can't leave the night before b/c have a class until 9:30, don't like driving at night*, don't wanna spend $ on motel, etc. But thanks for suggesting the state park and the two hours of "insurance." Good ideas both.
*What's the only..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by theiconoclast31
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"The moon is right
The spirits up
We’re here tonight
And that’s enough
Simply having a wonderful christmastime
Simply having a wonderful christmastime
The party’s on
The feelin’s here
That only comes
This time of year
Simply having a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by stavrogin
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"99% of females look better with makeup on.
Actually the correct statistic is "99% of men are idiots."
I don't wear makeup anymore, but I started wearing it in the 9th grade because I thought that if I did, the cool girls would like..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ifjuly, Zosia Blue
Last year
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"What someone should really do is find a way to match up women who want breast reductions with women who want implants. Waste not, want not." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rossination
Last year
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"I'm not going to argue whether or not the professor is a "lamewad," but I will argue that the crude and nasty thug-worshipping faction of hip-hop subculture is only an extreme manifestation of the materialism, misogyny, and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Chinese Jet Pilot
Last year
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"actually talking to someone who's been raped really changes your perceptions.
Agreed. I always thought that people's enjoyment, if that's the right word, of ultra-ultraviolent movies increases in reverse relation to their exposure to real-life..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ifjuly
Last year
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"Oh, you can and should. For instance: embossed lettering = commercial fiction, usually a thriller or mystery. Part of a female body (illustration) + shopping bag = chick lit. Part of a female or male body (photo in soft focus) + brown/beige/black..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jlbartosa
Last year
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"No one goes around showing off that he is illiterate,
Maybe not, but we sure as hell go around bragging about our aliteracy, at least here in Amurca.
Reading, writing, playing the piano, and doing math are highly unnatural activities (unlike..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, nofundy
Last year
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"That ain't nothin'; one o' my kidses teachers sez that "Library" is pronounced "liberry". No lie. Straight jacket, dog.
I work in a liberry and I've concluded it's simply a dialect pronunciation.
Also, you misspelled..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Squid Voltaire
Last year
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"It's probably Homeboy, by Seth Morgan, and it's a wonderful, wonderful book. The dealer is Joe Speaker and the stripper is Bermuda Schwartze. Sadly out of print (I think) but easily findable, I would imagine...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by yohko
Last year
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"Remember that scene in the movie Ghost World where the girls set up a fake blind date with Seymour? "Diane Files" is kind of like that: funny until you realize real people are on the receiving end. It must be kinda lonely in prison, even if..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by blueberry, cazoo, snownoid, horsemuth, bhouston
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"(warning: logorrhea ahead)
Hey, I ride a late-model Sportster and I feel your pain, Tommy, re: the stereotype, but here's how I combat it: 1) No chrome, skulls, fringe, H-D branded apparel, and so on. 2) No loud exhaust! Bone stock, baby. 3) I..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Tommy Gnosis
Last year
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"this discussion seems about homeless mentally ill people that are no longer warehoused, supervised and medicated.
I think "warehousing" is too loaded a term. Some people are simply too ill not to be institutionalized. That is, they..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, grobstein
Last year
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"The circumference of pancakes?! Just goes to show the thin line between micromanagement and batshitinsanity." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by melorama
Last year
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"Love it. And the best part is, they would almost certainly be allowable under the Heaven's Gate pancake-circumference requirements." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
Last year
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"Mommy's all right
Daddy's all right
They just taste a little weird
Surender
Surender
Don't give yourself away" [
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favorited 2 times, recently by tehloki, newfers
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"Perhaps he'd like Bill Bryson's books. Bryson is best known for his hysterically funny travelogues, but he's also written The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way and A Short History of Nearly Everything, which isn't as funny but is..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by thebrokedown
Last year
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"Is that a rising bollard or are you just happy to see me?
(It took sixty-one posts for someone to say this?!)" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by zsazsa
Last year
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"Time for someone to speak up and reprazent those of us who have a Bad Attitude.
Fuck your boss, he sounds like a controlling jerk. Controlling micro-managers treat everyone like they're lazy and untrustworthy; therefore I wouldn't call it..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Giant luck
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"Absurdly easy garlic soup. Good for cold winter nights and if you have a cold. But everyone in the household must eat it, or there will be tears and recrmination due to halitosis. As rendered below, serves 2.
Smash and peel 6-8 cloves garlic. Heat..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by cryosis, inigo2, heatherann
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"Sometimes lazy feature writers will ask their friends, or friends of friends, etc. See the MediaBistro forum "Sources for Stories""for many examples...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by drezdn
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"I didn't read all the replies, so I pre-apologize if someone's offered this, from Easy Rider, an underrated movie:
Here's to old D.H. Lawrence." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by david1230
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"Mutts may be the most suitable. There's no real need to spend hundreds of dollars on a brand-name animal when a reputable and good shelter or rescue group can inform you in great detail about a dog they have. It might have come from a home with..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ceri richard
Last year
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"So I'm not the only one who thinks Lolita is a sad story about a creepy child molester?
No, you're probably not the only one. Unfortunately.
I apologize for sounding snarky, but that would seem a diminished perspective on one of the most..." [
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