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"You need to be hardcore awesome to pull this off, but if you could:
I'm Too Sexy by Right Said Fred." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nooneyouknow
more than 12 hours ago
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"Happy Birthday!
With the help of this mustache, you will look old enough to buy alcohol!
[P.S. You can thank me with beer]" [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Lotto, sperose
3 days ago
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"Thus, insanity is a label hung on individual beliefs and actions and based strictly on the environmental and social norms of a given society and not inherent within the person in any way.
No, in all human societies - and even humans raised by..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chrchr
5 days ago
MeFi comment:
"Standing up for yourself even when it's "irrational" at that particular moment may be rational in the long run.
The prison example - when someone who can beat you to a pulp, takes your shit, you have to fight for it, even though you..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rusty
7 days ago
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"More effort and time, but... bury a treasure somewhere, and make the note a treasure map. Who knows if the treasure will still be there (or still obtainable) ten years from now...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Mephisto, marsha56
10 days ago
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"I kind of like how it comes down to context - if the process is happening inside us, we call it "digesting", and we think it's great, and if the process is happening outside of us, we call it "rotting", and we think it's horrible...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Rock Steady
12 days ago
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"Something seems a bit wrong with one of the few details they give about its performance: "The equivalent of 150 horsepower," in a car with a good low-drag aerodynamic shape should not add up to a top speed of 100mph. I had a car that was..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Llama-Lime
2 weeks ago
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"I established early on in my life that I can't draw.
This is a red flag (seconding Prepara), it is not possible to establish early on in your life that you can't draw. That you say this suggests you think creative skills like drawing are an innate..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by lucyleaf, Flying Squirrel
2 weeks ago
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"Forgot to explicitly link my points together:
Since it takes practice and work to learn how to (for example) draw, the natural advantage you see in others is whether you enjoy it. If you don't enjoy doing it, then you will never put in the time..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lucyleaf
2 weeks ago
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"how can I stop being completely embarrassed by them?
People take a lot of cues from each other. If you are embarrassed by your coldsore, you will be non-vocally telling the person "This thing I have is something to be ashamed of", and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hot soup girl
2 weeks ago
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"Summarizing so far, at least three different functions:
"So... I'm going to the store, do you want to come with me?" - where "So" is used like a throat-clearing to announce that you're about to speak. This usage seems most..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by sondrialiac, arianell, jesirose, limeonaire
2 weeks ago
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"Yes, I had a traumatic experience in elementary school when I wore shorts one day and a classmate made fun of me and my legs.
For the record, that is Standard Operating Procedure. Everyone gets the haha-legs treatment, it wasn't really even about..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by BaxterG4
3 weeks ago
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"What else does one do in this situation?
I haven't been in your situation, but it might pay to let it continue to sit largely beyond your comprehension. Reflect that while costly, his systematic betrayal didn't cost you anything that you're not..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by elisynn, conrad53, Jurate
3 weeks ago
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"I'd suggest Cinderella's fairy godmother, simply because it works with her existing relationship with the kids - she's the senior, she empowers them, but also makes the rules. So being the fairy godmother may allow her to do her teacherly duties..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mismatched
3 weeks ago
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"Ignoring specific industries and locations, in general, I'd say many years.
Housing prices are years from getting back to historical norms. The credit meltdown is still unfolding, and the moment that things pick up and money starts to flow again,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by goethean
3 weeks ago
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"From 45 up, the number of women rapidly begins to outpace the number of men. When you get to 60 through 65, the number of single women really dominates.
Man, do I love getting older. Hello, ladies.
I'd claim that I don't have the heart to tell..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Lesser Shrew
3 weeks ago
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"It would weird any woman out to have her man still in a relationship even if platonic with his ex. It's just weird and inappropriate. Ultimatum time.
Completely disagree. Bad advice. Some people expect an ex to become persona non grata, some don't...." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by SeanCier, peacheater, aeschenkarnos, UbuRoivas
4 weeks ago
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"The US has made it crystal clear over the past few decades that it will never be subject to a UN trial. Even if officials fired up death-camps tomorrow, the US would still undermine the UN before acknowledging any jurisdiction to prosecute US actions...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mike3k
4 weeks ago
MeFi comment:
"Wow, that one-star campaign is pretty organized - not only 500+ 1-star reviews, but "1,431 of 1,568 people found the following review helpful".
I like the idea of having onerous DRM hurt sales, and it's bugged me that it's normally so..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by SpacemanStix, uxo, JHarris, rainygrl716
4 weeks ago
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"I live comfortably, work in my chosen profession, come and go as I please, buy what I want, associate with who I like, and so on.
Only so long as you only like the people that you're allowed to like. If on the other hand, you were to like..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by skoosh, Goofyy, regicide is good for you, troy
Last month
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"Indirectly, if at all. Eg:
Son, you've been at highschool, where you don't even need to make friends because you're stuck with the same people for so long each day that friends just happen.
Now, you're at college. You're not stuck with the same..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by yohko, Capri, Mike1024, Large Marge
Last month
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"You can't get a wine bottle through security (I couldn't even get water through), but once on the other side of the security check, you are free to buy wine and carry it on with you...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by kidsleepy
Last month
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"Times were good, easy, and prosperous, and so to a large extent it didn't seem to matter who you voted for, but plain-spoken Bush was a refreshing change from both the usual presidential types, and a bit of a change from the Dems, who had been..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by milarepa, frenetic, lunasol
Last month
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"Depending on how much credence you give admissions of vote-tampering software and the like, you might want to take into account which states have outlawed black-box electronic voting systems since 2004, and which are still using them...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Room 641-A
Last month
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"which amendment is it that guarantees my safety while choosing to do unsafe things?
You're getting ahead of yourself. Amendments (such as the 1st and 4th) are not intended to keep you safe if you choose to do unsafe things that invite government..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lupus_yonderboy
Last month
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"The girls I like, don't like me back.
Is your behaviour changing for the worse when you're keen on a girl? (Changing for the worse most importantly includes counter-intuitive things like: if she does something that normally you'd suggest she stop,..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by oceanview, themaskedwonder, chicainthecity
Last month
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"I had similar concerns. But I discovered that the main difference between being a student and being employed, is that as a student, I paid $$$ to do my work, whereas when I became employed, I got paid $$$ to do my work!
I enjoyed being a student,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by elisynn, oceanview
Last month
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"He can't separate, and he can't accept your beliefs, and he can't change his, so the only option remaining to him is for you to change yours. This is not an option either, but he's latched onto it despite this because it's the only scenario that..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by SeanCier, kattyann, XMLicious
Last month
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"Honestly, I don't know why *any* one would let the pharmaceutical reps in their office.
To get product samples that can be given to those who otherwise could not afford treatment due to the abysmal healthcare system?
But other than that... I'm..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by wildcrdj, sondrialiac, merelyglib, marble, jtron
Last month
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"Crying kids should be charged based on decibels produced.
This is just wrong.
Decibels is a logarithmic scale, so a kid that was screaming ten times as loudly than another would only incur a slightly higher fee. An inverse logarithmic scale..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by oozy rat in a sanitary zoo, The Card Cheat, enn
Last month
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"I can't help thinking that some of that money was taken away from research.
You go to market with the products you have, not the products you want...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by XMLicious
Last month
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"Let's change the scenario so she's single, and instead of opportunities being your friend being away, they are times when she is in town.
And now let's say that despite this change, exactly the same things happens! WTF?! What happened?
It could..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by oneirodynia
Last month
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"Level designer in the video games industry.
You draw maps of areas on paper during the concept-art phase, populate it with inhabitants and puzzles, you then work to make the area into a 3D game space for the player to navigate through, and work..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by FlyingMonkey
Last month
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"Ask for a copy of your last physical. That's pages of interesting stats about you.
Can run a mile in ....
Energy output per day (av) ....
%bodyweight fat ...
etc
Give your eye colour and skin tone as averaged RGB values or pantone colours..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mjao
Last month
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"Start dating.
She doesn't get to dump you and still keep you on the line in case she wants you back. And if she finds that she CAN keep you on the line like that, she'll never respect you - she can then dump you for other guys because it costs..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by np312
Last month
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"I wish I lived in a world where autonomy over my own body was not considered an appropriate issue for debate.
You do live in just such a world. You're just living in the wrong area of it...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Mitheral
Last month
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"1. If you actually start looking, you'll notice that heartbreak forges people into better people, who lead better lives. It's a dark chrysalis from which the butterfly emerges. Perhaps this is overlooked, but the difference it makes in people seems..." [
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favorited 8 times, recently by umlaut, graytona, Wilder, philosophistry, vytae, chicainthecity, ifjuly, dosterm
Last month
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""Heya, I'm so close to my work right now that I could use an outside viewpoint in case I lose the big picture in the details. Can I set up a time with you tomorrow to hear your thoughts on my work/progess so far? I'm especially interested in any..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by shelbaroo, peacheater
Last month
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"I like to buy books with this sort of hard-won knowledge, doubly so when powerful people are trying to suppress it, triply so when it contains things so powerful that if you open the cover, you could never forget what is inside.
But I don't want to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Reverend John
2 months ago
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"Since no-one has said it yet, in the eyes of some of these guys, the biggest threat to national security is energy security. Once upon a time, oil was about money. Those days are on the way out.
Currently, the market has handled the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Student of Man
2 months ago
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"It's hard for nature to compete for kids' attention when they have the option of playing video games in front of the air conditioner while scarfing down Ding Dongs and chugging soda by the liter.
Nature can easily compete - playing a video game in..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by RedEmma, climalene, Hactar, litlnemo, small_ruminant
2 months ago
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"now even the RAND Corporation has announced that the War-on-Terror is a strategic failure.
From their press release "the RAND study found that most terrorist groups end either because they join the political process, or because local police..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Dillonlikescookies, AsYouKnow Bob, ornate insect
2 months ago
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""I really offended someone (person A) by telling another person (B) that they should apply to person A's college because it's less selective.
...what meant was person A's college had reasonable admission standards and affordable tuition...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Forktine, nooneyouknow
2 months ago
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"Do I need a voltage converter, or just plug adapter, for my laptop, ipod, and digital camera?
uh, we can't answer that (and several other questions) if we don't know where you're coming from.
Your profile has an American-looking zip, so I'll..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Asbestos McPinto
2 months ago
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"First, an observation, then a suggestion.
My observation is that non-trivial conversation has become much more difficult in the USA than in many other places, as a direct result of how bitterly divided the country has became over partisan issues...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by bpt
2 months ago
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"I’m confused about this behavior, if you don’t fear eternal punishment for drinking and fucking or whatever, what motivates them to avoid activities that many people deem as pleasurable?
Young children, and people who have never tasted it before,..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by idiomatika, twiki, rokusan, frobozz
2 months ago
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"To many athiests and agnostics, while sin might be ascribed to divine origins about purity of soul, it walks and talks like a social mechanism that serves to build and maintain a society by minimising behaviour that is potentially harmful to that..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by rintj
2 months ago
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"I've also used realia in some libraries (filling up empty shelves that are too high for use as bookshelves but perfect for a visible display) to indicate subject matter (a castle above 940 to indicate medaeval times, a model of the solar system above..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ryanshepard
2 months ago
