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Babies are jerks, am I right?
Uh, I made a joke about punching a baby yesterday, and I've never read Penny Arcade but for the few times it's been linked here. And my friend responded, "yeah well that baby was an asshole." And THEN I watched the Daily Show this morning and was like, yeah I guess it's not that creative after all. Baby punching jokes are nothing new. Penny Arcade still sucks.
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at 10:15 AM on June 20, 2008
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Willie Mae's grab-you-in-the-gut blues
When she needed money, allegedly, she was known to strut in the record company and demand, "Motherf**kers, where is my money?"
I officially have a new hero. Thank you.
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at 8:30 AM on June 20, 2008
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I wonder if Sumo Wrestlers have to lose weight also?
As long as there is a billion-dollar diet industry, there will be an obesity "epidemic" and all kinds of government plans to "cure" it. Meanwhile, countries with major food shortages would kill for a population nourished so well.
There have always been fat people. They just used to be the rich ones. Since we're all rich in the West (on a global scale), we are fat. If you're not fat, maybe you're doing it wrong? Let me help you with your thinness epidemic, ok?
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at 1:20 AM on June 15, 2008
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Phony airline ads and website almost too close to reality
It's too close for comfort with Southwest and some other carriers arbitrarily deciding that some fat people have to buy an extra seat on the plane (this decision does not seem to go by body weight/volume/any other clearly defined metric, either).
I will gladly pay by pound for my fat ass if others will be billed for the amount of crap they bring on board (purses, shopping bags, comforters, strollers, golf bags, gym bags, hockey bags, guitars, illicit booze,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by SassHat
at 6:57 PM on June 11, 2008
Right, because being tall is genetic, while 99.9% of the time, if you're fat, it's your fault
Oh great, I'd love to see some data on that. Oh wait, I can do that too:
Studies show that tall people use 99% more oxygen than short people! The Height Epidemic must be stopped! Our precious resources are being drained by the evil giants! When will the menace end? *
* Study sponsored by Small... [more]
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at 7:44 PM on June 11, 2008
If weight = fuel, then I guess tall bodybuilders are so getting screwed. Males across the board will pay more, as will those of Anglo Saxon descent in general. And short models will be able to fly practically for free. Stack them in there like a box of matches!
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at 8:12 PM on June 11, 2008
FFF - they do charge more for bigger clothes ...the exact same items in plus sizes will generally run 10-50% more, occasionally even higher. Big and tall shops for men also seem to be pricier.
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at 8:59 PM on June 11, 2008
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The English Disease
Well who cares if her spine is like an 80-year-old's? She's probably deliciously slender and got the build and bones of any number of our collective heroes, the fashion models.
It's possible that while the parents made enough food options available to meet her nutrition needs, the girl was simply not eating enough. Maybe she is a picky eater and doesn't like the supplements/flax seed oil/hemp butter stuff her parents eat. Maybe she doesn't like going outside, maybe... [more]
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at 4:39 PM on June 10, 2008
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Think you can do better than Congress? Prove it.
Two words: pork barrel. I guess I did remember some of high school economics. Yeah, what for libruls supposing to be big gov't, I sure slashed the budget and reduced debt...yet the kids still got art classes. Funny, that.
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at 10:55 PM on June 9, 2008
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Bill Moyers Vs. Fox News
I will paypal someone a dollar if they write up a transcript because I just can't hear over the background noise.
Seriously. A dollar.
That's what Mechanical Turk is for, homey.
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at 8:27 PM on June 8, 2008
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Associative Musical Visual Intelligence
I don't get it. I every question wrong before I quit. I must find a test that determines one's ability to relate celebrity body parts to the faces of friends ("hey you have John Leguizamo's nose!").
posted to MetaFilter by SassHat
at 6:29 PM on June 1, 2008
er...got every question wrong.
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at 6:29 PM on June 1, 2008
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Chinese democracy
When Xiaofei cried, it made me really sad and misty. Still not going to vote for her though.
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at 12:34 PM on June 1, 2008
Cheng Cheng is an evil mastermind.
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at 12:53 PM on June 1, 2008
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Tights Are Not Pants
I think that there's no way tights are more obscene than bare skin, and that in the majority of pictures I see of offending parties they are wearing either a long t-shirt or short-shorts over said tights. That being said, who the fuck cares?
I've heard the fashion police railing against anyone over a size "00" wearing tights UNDER dresses/skirts. And you know what? Fashion people can kiss my grits - their only function is to continue the red alert policing... [more]
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at 12:57 PM on May 31, 2008
FFF, you can get into the tabloids far more easily by wearing a bad outfit than a nice one. That's why you see people like Bai Ling in Us Weekly, People, etc whereas she never really seems to have done all that much to get the attention other than, say, wearing a rubber coated badger as a hat with the rest of her body completely unclothed.
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at 6:38 PM on May 31, 2008
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Vintage Girly Magazines
Other than showing less genitalia and penetration, I'm not convinced that these images are any more "wholesome" or "healthy" than modern pornography. The body requirements are still strict, and throughout all the text and images remains the constant reinforcement that women are for looking at, women aren't creatures of intellect or independence. So, yeah.
I still think that it's interesting to look at how deeply socialized our sexual responses are.... [more]
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at 6:27 PM on May 31, 2008
MeFi post:
10th July 2003
The interesting question is, why does everyone assume the person who made the note and laminated it was a woman? Did I miss a pronoun somewhere along the way?
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at 4:44 PM on May 31, 2008
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“Can I give you a tour? It’s non-binding.”
"ZOMG PROSTITUTES ARE HUMAN BEINGS - FILM AT 11"
Uhh I didn't find this all that touching or sweet. I mean, a column is a column (damn it made me want to bust out my red editing pen though) and you can't fault him for trying to keep it light. But come on now - if the kid is going to go to a brothel and write about it, you might think he could do a little background research into the state of prostitution in Nevada. It could have been a really interesting... [more]
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at 9:20 AM on May 24, 2008
MeFi post:
Not Pixies After All
Why does Northern Ontario have so many more forest rings than anywhere else? Answer: what the fuck else is there to do in Northern Ontario?
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at 9:26 PM on May 22, 2008
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New Yorkers and their quirks
Some places, polite equals phony. Some places, polite equals behaving properly. There are funny places like South Florida where Southern-style "polite" mashes up against thousands of transplanted New Yorkers. The result is an odd sort of controlled bipolar chaos.
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at 11:04 AM on May 20, 2008
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3 to 10 classroom hours
I graduated high school in 2000, in the US. I remember distinctly that in several science classes, the teachers mentioned they were required to "teach the controversy" although they did not to put creationism forward as anything resembling a reasonable theory and would leave it to the students to mock it so that they wouldn't get in trouble for doing so. Then again, my health/sex ed teacher also had to spend one class talking about how "abstinence was the only true safe... [more]
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at 10:40 PM on May 19, 2008
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Dial M for murky
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/film theory nerd joke
posted to MetaFilter by SassHat
at 4:31 PM on April 24, 2008
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Modelling human memory, predicting forgetting
You want a summary? Apropos to the article, let's see what I can remember of the 7 pages:
So this old German scientist wanted to remember stuff. Decides that the best way is to space out your studying to right before you forget it. As you do this, each time you study it again you will remember it for longer, so eventually it will be fully remembered. Everyone thought this dude knew what was up but now no one uses this way of learning. That's because modern learning... [more]
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at 6:15 PM on April 22, 2008
Going back and looking at the checklist, I wasn't too far off base (still a little embarrassing though):
I find myself thinking of a checklist Wozniak wrote a few years ago describing how to become a genius. His advice was straightforward yet strangely terrible: You must clarify your goals, gain knowledge through spaced repetition, preserve health, work steadily, minimize stress, refuse interruption, and never resist sleep when tired.
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at 6:18 PM on April 22, 2008
MeFi post:
Mental Illness Might Be Caused By Microbes
In 1896 Scientific American published an editorial entitled “Is Insanity Due to a Microbe?”
At first glance, I thought this was a typo. Then I learned - hey, SciAm is pretty damned old.
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at 11:37 PM on April 19, 2008
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Bridging the Green Divide
Despite the hype he is no ML King, but he is worth listening to.
1. An article does not hype make.
2. In that video he is clearly speaking informally to a group of young people, which is certainly going to sound a lot different than "I Have a Dream."
3. I agree with you that the MLK comparison seems a little far-flung. It seems like journalists use that comparison whenever describing any passionate Black American... [more]
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at 6:22 PM on April 14, 2008
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The World's Smallest Cell Phone!
Heh, I went through the first four saying, "there'd goddamn better be a Zoolander reference after looking at all these stupid phones!"
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at 5:33 PM on April 14, 2008
MeFi post:
A West Wing Writer Imagines a Deadlocked Democratic Convention
Hillary has never seen this kind of ruthlessness outside of her family. For the first time ever, the thought flashes through her mind that this guy could maybe turn out to be a good president, maybe he could stare down the Putins of the world.
That bit was good. For some reason though I can't picture Bill Clinton saying "fuck you" to anyone. It's like trying to imagine a big ol' honeybear telling someone off.
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at 8:44 AM on April 13, 2008
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Jordan Morris Burns MTV
Screw you for making me watch that. No more or less fake than any. other. piece. of. reality. garbage. And not even funny and/or clever, even as a prank on the prank. If anything, they made some schmuck story editor's job easier and saved viacom some money. WTG dudes! Stick it to mtv!
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at 10:59 PM on April 10, 2008
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Guaranteed laughs
For UCB, I think Ass Pennies is the best sketch that can be pulled out on its own, although there will always be a special place in my heart for the Unabomber (you silly billy!).
For SNL, I wish they had managed to put in one of Tina Fey's fake ads, either Kotex Classic or Mom Jeans.
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at 10:28 PM on April 10, 2008
