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"*sigh, pulls out soapbox*
I haven't seen a public "this is our headquarters" building in I-don't-know-how-long where stairs weren't used to create some sort of Grand Sweeping Entrance effect, and the ramp was put off in an inconvenient..." [
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September 3, 2008 4:34 AM
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"My current plans include trying to get all of the irreligious freshmen in the Corps to attend these meetings with me, pending cooperation with the Corps-wide Chaplain on just who those freshmen are.
No. I'm an irreligious college student (well,..." [
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September 1, 2008 12:15 PM
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"Depends on where you live and what you like to do, but every now and then, take a day for yourself (or yourself and a friend) and go do something that's out of your routine. Example: I'm a college student living in a sort-of-suburb of a big city. I..." [
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August 24, 2008 10:56 PM
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"MADD also is pushing the idea that all cars should be equipped with those devices that you have to blow in to to see if you're sober. Not just people convicted of DWI. Everyone. What a bunch of assholes.
Have they addressed the issue of people..." [
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favorited by schyler523 on
August 19, 2008 6:06 PM
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"MADD also is pushing the idea that all cars should be equipped with those devices that you have to blow in to to see if you're sober. Not just people convicted of DWI. Everyone. What a bunch of assholes.
Have they addressed the issue of people..." [
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favorited by rough ashlar on
August 19, 2008 11:46 AM
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"This sounds suspiciously familiar...are there any well maintained mass transit systems?
DC's was excellent, when I was there. Admittedly, it was only for a few months in the summer, but my experience (and what I've been told by others) was that..." [
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favorited by Suparnova on
August 12, 2008 9:10 AM
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"Someone up above mentioned meditation; I want to elaborate on that a bit. When you're meditating - with whatever goal, and not necessarily an 'empty mind' - it's natural to have distractions, especially at first. You'll notice there are sounds..." [
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favorited by Korou on
July 31, 2008 4:07 PM
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"roll truck roll: The sentiment I've heard from most fans of Card's - and my own: "gee, I loved Ender's Game, and a bunch of the sequels were decent, as was [some other book by Card] but the man is fucking nuts!" So, no, not news...." [
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July 30, 2008 1:03 PM
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"roll truck roll: The sentiment I've heard from most fans of Card's - and my own: "gee, I loved Ender's Game, and a bunch of the sequels were decent, as was [some other book by Card] but the man is fucking nuts!" So, no, not news...." [
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July 30, 2008 1:00 PM
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"roll truck roll: The sentiment I've heard from most fans of Card's - and my own: "gee, I loved Ender's Game, and a bunch of the sequels were decent, as was [some other book by Card] but the man is fucking nuts!" So, no, not news...." [
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favorited by ericales on
July 30, 2008 11:05 AM
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"roll truck roll: The sentiment I've heard from most fans of Card's - and my own: "gee, I loved Ender's Game, and a bunch of the sequels were decent, as was [some other book by Card] but the man is fucking nuts!" So, no, not news...." [
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favorited by Goblindegook on
July 30, 2008 8:20 AM
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"roll truck roll: The sentiment I've heard from most fans of Card's - and my own: "gee, I loved Ender's Game, and a bunch of the sequels were decent, as was [some other book by Card] but the man is fucking nuts!" So, no, not news...." [
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favorited by oxford blue on
July 30, 2008 6:51 AM
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"ZachsMind: Now, if you're bedridden and in constant pain and you've talked with your loved ones and the doctors are no longer trying to cure you they're just mollifying you, that's a completely different thing (I was with Kevorkian on that score) -..." [
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favorited by iminurmefi on
July 28, 2008 1:33 PM
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"Frogbrass the [steam]vent core!" [
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favorited by loquacious on
July 23, 2008 5:12 PM
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"This FPP is not complete without a link to Erowid. Seriously, man!" [
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favorited by d-programmers on
July 22, 2008 6:21 PM
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"Like him enjoying resting his balls on your forehead while he chokes you unconscious with his legs some how makes the exercise less dignified.
Metafilter: Like [it] somehow makes the internet less dignified...." [
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favorited by Monochrome on
July 21, 2008 11:19 AM
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"ZachsMind: Now, if you're bedridden and in constant pain and you've talked with your loved ones and the doctors are no longer trying to cure you they're just mollifying you, that's a completely different thing (I was with Kevorkian on that score) -..." [
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favorited by pinothefrog on
July 21, 2008 7:31 AM
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"ZachsMind: Now, if you're bedridden and in constant pain and you've talked with your loved ones and the doctors are no longer trying to cure you they're just mollifying you, that's a completely different thing (I was with Kevorkian on that score) -..." [
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favorited by borborygmi on
July 21, 2008 5:43 AM
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"What Miko said. My name is short enough - and more importantly, easy enough to fingerspell - that I don't have one yet, despite being deaf and having been part of the community for a few years. Maybe someday I will be given one.
But yeah, it's..." [
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favorited by Lou Stuells on
July 8, 2008 2:23 PM
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"When the video participants were signing their given names, I didn't recognize the letters as the ASL alphabet that I learned as a (non deaf) child. Does anyone know what/how they were signing in the video? Is there a more up-to-date ASL alphabet?..." [
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favorited by Miko on
July 8, 2008 7:09 AM
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"Anyway, to add a bit more: some sign names are initialized. Like Waffle in the video; his name is the sign for waffle, but with a J in there as well (I think - I don't know BSL, really). And often there are sort of generic-ish sign names; in ASL,..." [
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favorited by rongorongo on
July 8, 2008 2:35 AM
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"Anyway, to add a bit more: some sign names are initialized. Like Waffle in the video; his name is the sign for waffle, but with a J in there as well (I think - I don't know BSL, really). And often there are sort of generic-ish sign names; in ASL,..." [
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favorited by rossination on
July 8, 2008 12:13 AM
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"What Miko said. My name is short enough - and more importantly, easy enough to fingerspell - that I don't have one yet, despite being deaf and having been part of the community for a few years. Maybe someday I will be given one.
But yeah, it's..." [
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favorited by rossination on
July 8, 2008 12:13 AM
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"Anyway, to add a bit more: some sign names are initialized. Like Waffle in the video; his name is the sign for waffle, but with a J in there as well (I think - I don't know BSL, really). And often there are sort of generic-ish sign names; in ASL,..." [
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favorited by Rock Steady on
July 7, 2008 8:24 PM
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"What Miko said. My name is short enough - and more importantly, easy enough to fingerspell - that I don't have one yet, despite being deaf and having been part of the community for a few years. Maybe someday I will be given one.
But yeah, it's..." [
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favorited by furtive on
July 7, 2008 7:37 PM
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"If you are against medical intervention then please don't fight Cancer when it happens upon you, or get help if you have a heart attack or any of the other millions way we choose to "accept" medical intervention without judgment.
You're..." [
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favorited by BrotherCaine on
June 9, 2008 12:23 AM
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"I've used hearing aids or a cochlear implant all my life, and the reason they haven't been adopted willy-nilly is that they're not equivalent to standard biological hearing. The sound quality is inferior, for instance; they are failure-prone (not..." [
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favorited by Roach on
June 5, 2008 2:17 PM
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"I've used hearing aids or a cochlear implant all my life, and the reason they haven't been adopted willy-nilly is that they're not equivalent to standard biological hearing. The sound quality is inferior, for instance; they are failure-prone (not..." [
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favorited by NikitaNikita on
June 5, 2008 10:33 AM
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"TheOnlyCoolTim: quite a bit. A good portion of my control is because I can route audio in from a number of different sources as described above. As far as the device itself ... it depends. Bare minimum with a cochlear implant or hearing aid, you..." [
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favorited by NikitaNikita on
June 5, 2008 10:33 AM
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"TheOnlyCoolTim: quite a bit. A good portion of my control is because I can route audio in from a number of different sources as described above. As far as the device itself ... it depends. Bare minimum with a cochlear implant or hearing aid, you..." [
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favorited by yarrow on
June 5, 2008 9:57 AM
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"I've used hearing aids or a cochlear implant all my life, and the reason they haven't been adopted willy-nilly is that they're not equivalent to standard biological hearing. The sound quality is inferior, for instance; they are failure-prone (not..." [
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favorited by lalochezia on
June 5, 2008 8:20 AM
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"TheOnlyCoolTim: quite a bit. A good portion of my control is because I can route audio in from a number of different sources as described above. As far as the device itself ... it depends. Bare minimum with a cochlear implant or hearing aid, you..." [
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favorited by desjardins on
June 5, 2008 7:39 AM
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"TheOnlyCoolTim: quite a bit. A good portion of my control is because I can route audio in from a number of different sources as described above. As far as the device itself ... it depends. Bare minimum with a cochlear implant or hearing aid, you..." [
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favorited by TheOnlyCoolTim on
June 5, 2008 6:20 AM
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"I've used hearing aids or a cochlear implant all my life, and the reason they haven't been adopted willy-nilly is that they're not equivalent to standard biological hearing. The sound quality is inferior, for instance; they are failure-prone (not..." [
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favorited by TheOnlyCoolTim on
June 5, 2008 1:06 AM
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"I've used hearing aids or a cochlear implant all my life, and the reason they haven't been adopted willy-nilly is that they're not equivalent to standard biological hearing. The sound quality is inferior, for instance; they are failure-prone (not..." [
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favorited by Fiasco da Gama on
June 5, 2008 12:05 AM
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"I've used hearing aids or a cochlear implant all my life, and the reason they haven't been adopted willy-nilly is that they're not equivalent to standard biological hearing. The sound quality is inferior, for instance; they are failure-prone (not..." [
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favorited by crabintheocean on
June 4, 2008 11:57 PM
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"I've used hearing aids or a cochlear implant all my life, and the reason they haven't been adopted willy-nilly is that they're not equivalent to standard biological hearing. The sound quality is inferior, for instance; they are failure-prone (not..." [
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favorited by kurtroehl on
June 4, 2008 11:46 PM
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"Therapy. I know everyone says this, but there's two parts to my answer. It might be overkill for your current upsetness, but there's a chance that you could discuss it with a therapist. More importantly, a therapist could work on what seems to be..." [
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favorited by hulahulagirl on
May 27, 2008 2:54 PM
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"At the very least, it's unethical. If they'd left a house key in their desk, would you be justified in stopping by their home and taking a look around? IANAL,..." [
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favorited by missmagenta on
May 19, 2008 8:32 AM
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"Meditate. Not religiously, either, if that's not your thing. Feels good short term; feels good long term. And has demonstrable long-term implications for mental health and all of the physical things that tie in to stress - blood pressure and heart..." [
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favorited by Korou on
May 12, 2008 2:08 PM
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"Meditate. Not religiously, either, if that's not your thing. Feels good short term; feels good long term. And has demonstrable long-term implications for mental health and all of the physical things that tie in to stress - blood pressure and heart..." [
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favorited by chicainthecity on
May 10, 2008 8:34 AM
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"I don't know about the temperature thing, but the others seem to match my experience. My wild-ass guess is that the need to pee keeps you awake because there's pressure on your bladder, but urine isn't really involved in metabolism, so it's just..." [
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favorited by konolia on
May 1, 2008 5:34 AM
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"I don't know about the temperature thing, but the others seem to match my experience. My wild-ass guess is that the need to pee keeps you awake because there's pressure on your bladder, but urine isn't really involved in metabolism, so it's just..." [
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favorited by hjo3 on
May 1, 2008 1:18 AM
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"I read the first two links; both are complete crap. And I say that as an atheist (albeit an implicit one)." [
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favorited by Henry C. Mabuse on
April 23, 2008 12:53 AM
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"Schools need committed students and families and not just people who come for 4 years and leave.
And yet there are schools where students remain committed for years - decades, even - after they graduate, that have no legacy policy. I wonder how..." [
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favorited by grouse on
April 7, 2008 9:53 PM
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"I thought scientific progress went "boink"?" [
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favorited by Jpfed on
March 24, 2008 6:26 PM
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"Dear Metafilter: How can I/we vanquish the CoS?
Thanks,
Anonthe next day:
Dear Metafilter: How can I/we vanquish Anon?
Thanks,..." [
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favorited by spiderwire on
March 14, 2008 6:51 PM
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"Cannons were not very accurate - the usual method was to rely on (a) superior weaponry, and (b) better trained crews (see: "Master & Commander" for an example of drilling to increase firing rate) and take whatever damage your opponent..." [
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February 27, 2008 7:41 AM
