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"Don't tell the professor that you're not looking for an extension, even if you aren't. Just don't mention it. That way, you'll leave the decision up to him to give it to you or not...." [
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11 days ago
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"Your school should have a department to help students deal with this sort of thing. If you haven't let anyone at your school know about your diagnosis you probably should. There will be people who can help you talk to your professors about extensions..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fructose
11 days ago
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""could you wipe that smug superior smile off your face long enough to talk seriously about how you can claim today that you had no idea why you were being grabbed by security after, by your own account, the LED-festooned circuit board on your..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by ClaudiaCenter, Dreama, Crabby Appleton
2 weeks ago
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"Buy generic brands when you can. Avoid prepackaged stuff. Pay attention to unit prices when you're comparing products. Buy produce that's in season." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by pete0r, Jacqulyn
3 weeks ago
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"Check out Open Courseware. Also, many of the Wikipedia math articles don't actually make sense. A better goal might be to learn enough to fix them." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by fantabulous timewaster
3 weeks ago
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"My neighbor is a hardcore Republican. Is it safe to eat him, or not?
So long as he has been declawed and circumcised." [
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3 weeks ago
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"Take basic preventative health measures: eat well, brush your teeth, get enough sleep, exercise, wear a helmet/seatbelt, don't smoke, wash your hands etc. All these are a lot cheaper than health care...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by phrontist, you're a kitty!
Last month
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"Pizza is pretty standard party food for a reason: it's cheap, easy and pretty universally liked. I still remember the birthday party where my friend's mom made individual pizza crusts for everyone and we got to top them ourselves. It was fun and..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by arcticwoman, DulcineaX
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"Everyone in the video was male. What about all the unloved female developers out there? I could use a hug too." [
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"In elementary school, we played a variation of kickball known as "workups" which was cool because it worked with anywhere from five to a billion players. There were 3 kickers and everyone else was in the field. The play was mostly like..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Joey Michaels
3 months ago
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"This seems like it would make for some really great excuses:
"I'm sorry I'm late for work today, but I accidentally opened my ghost bottle and now my keys and tv remote keep going..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by bayliss, treepour
4 months ago
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A triangle needs a point
favorited 11 times, recently by skyper, mrg, snowsuit, kyleg, hot soup girl, roombythelake, jack_mo, sleepy pete, miss-lapin, goodnewsfortheinsane, bunnytricks
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"How I envy professors in other disciplines! How appealing seems the straightforwardness of their task! These are the properties of a cell membrane, kid. Memorize ’em, and be ready to spit ’em back at me. The biology teacher also enjoys the psychic..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by phrontist
4 months ago
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"I will eat nothing but yogurt for a year if they make one last commercial where a tiger breaks into a dayspa or something and eats those bitches.
I will eat nothing but yogurt for a year if they make one last commercial where all the "it's..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Asymptote, danb
4 months ago
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"If you really want to mess with the Republicans, vote for Ron Paul. Sure he'll never win, but his campaign makes the entire Republican party look ridiculous...." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by phrontist, muddgirl
8 months ago
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"I'm pretty sure every large city is known for its bad drivers. I've seen a list called "you know you're from northern Virginia when:" with all the same driving things as on roomwithaview's list. I'm sorry New England, but your bad drivers..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by GaelFC
9 months ago
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"It's not really a hippie sport anymore. What's great though, is that even at a competitive level, the sort where people spend all year training and are in great shape and totally obsessed, there's still this huge culture of sportsmanship and fair..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by lunit
9 months ago
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"The New York Times on YouTube comments:
He uploaded his commercial to YouTube, where it received four stars out of a possible five and comments that ranged from "That's awesome," followed by 16 exclamation points, to "Makes me want to..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chlorus
11 months ago
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"A physics professor and his lab assistant were trying to liberate negatively charged hydroxyl ions. The assistant turned to the professor and says "but professor, what if the salicylic acid won't accept the hydroxyl ion?" and the professor..." [
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Last year
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"Is this summer job relevant to your majors? If not, it might be even more valuable to you in the long run to take a pay cut and find a lower paying, resume building internship for next summer. That way, even if you do take on some debt, you'll have a..." [
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Last year
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"High schoolers are about the same as adults when it comes to their knowledge of politics. I know kids who read the whole newspaper every day, and are extremely aware of current events. On the other hand, a girl in my history class the other day..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by theiconoclast31
Last year
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"Don't make him sit down. Let him read standing up if he wants, and maybe spend some time acting out the story. Basically find a way for him to move while he's studying without detracting too much...." [
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Last year
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"factor out p^6w so you have p^6w(16p^2w-49) then you can factor the second part so you have p^6w(4p^w-7)(4p^w+7)" [
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