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"Korokke! They make winter in Japan bearable!
You make yourself some mashed potatoes (preferably real, but in a pinch the more realistic the instant stuff the better), season them with some salt and pepper, maybe some corn, until they're delicious..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Meagan
Last month
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"Absolute top priority as far as I'm concerned is confidence. If losing weight or dressing up helps you get there, then so be it. But if you want guys to think you're sexy, you have to be comfortable in your own skin and let them know that you know..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Space Kitty, ifjuly
Last month
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"1. How many months ago was it that this ad ran on American TV?
2. Why is the robot Asian?" [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jrockway
Last month
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"BMI doesn't "mean nothing," but it is broken. It works better if you use the CUBE of the height, rather than the square, because we are three-dimensional.
Also, why is it okay for policymakers and doctors to say that children are obese,..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by marble, bigmusic
2 months ago
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"Consider the Honda Fit? It's roughly $15,000 base brand new and features more airbags than you can count on one hand, just as a standard feature. Bonus features include all the interior space of a Civic and being fun to drive.
Also it gets..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Capri
2 months ago
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"I for one am made profoundly and mysteriously uncomfortable by the word "newshole."
SHUT YOUR NEWSHOLE OR I AM TURNING THIS PAPER AROUND I..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Nattie, liza, xbonesgt
2 months ago
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"How odd. The government is making laws that line up with how the citizens, by and large, approach the issue.
As an American, I must ask: what's that like?..." [
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favorited 9 times, recently by aeschenkarnos, dejah420, Pope Guilty, ao4047, cowbellemoo, pyrex, fleetmouse, tybeet, DU
2 months ago
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"If there were reincarnation, wouldn't the fact that you don't remember any past lives make it fundamentally the same as if there weren't reincarnation? Recycling a beer bottle doesn't mean you get another drink for free...." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by lalochezia, nicepersonality, Salamandrous
2 months ago
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"My girlfriend has a very close male friend, who has been her close male friend for well over a decade by now. She views him basically as a brother.
She simply is not at all romantically interested in him, and the fact that every three to six..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by thomas144, dirtynumbangelboy, aielen, blueberry
3 months ago
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"Don't have the time to check it out right now, but is the "tilted room" sketch in there? ("Have you been drinking?")
Also, I will argue that UCB had several sketches superior to "Ass Pennies." Part of the problem,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by ifjuly
3 months ago
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"Between this and the recent payout to the brain-damaged woman, I'm reminded of words to live by:
"Never attribute to malice what is adequately explained by incompetence...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jsavimbi
3 months ago
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"Because it's MeFi, and every nerd gets diagnosed with Asperger's here." [
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favorited 11 times, recently by scrump, waxbanks, blasdelf, limeonaire, lumensimus, MythMaker, malpractice, Senor Cardgage, Drastic, Afroblanco, VicNebulous
3 months ago
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"This can't happen. McCain's a Republican. If anything, within two weeks the media will be talking about what a patriot he was in doing so." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Blazecock Pileon
3 months ago
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"$85/day of disposable income will make Japan awesome for you. If you want even MORE, grab some cheap jeans at the local used-clothing shop (Salvation Army or Goodwill or whatever) in smallish sizes and find used-clothing stores in Japan, and then..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by santojulieta
4 months ago
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""Easy solution" is "just cut things off now before they get worse."
I've been on the receiving end of polyamory. There is a reason I phrase it like I was a victim of something -- it simply doesn't work when only one person is..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by marble, srrh, Miko, nicepersonality
4 months ago
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"Have you considered taking pictures of your sentimental items and storing them in iPhoto or Picasa or something? If seeing it is what reminds you of a good memory, like a ticket stub or something, then presumably a photo would work just as well...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by almostmanda
4 months ago
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"LobsterMitten: I cannot highly enough recommend visiting Otagi Nenbutsu-Ji. Absolutely my single favorite place I visited when I lived in Japan." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by LobsterMitten
5 months ago
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"Three players? Might I recommend koi-koi/go-stop? Addictive card game ideally for three, played with Japanese hanafuda cards. You can get cheap plastic cards for like two bucks at a decent-sized Korean grocer, or you can go full-on and pay like $30..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by that girl
5 months ago
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""Retards"? "Tards"? How old are you, twelve? Knock it off.
I speak Jive. "LURK MOAR OR GTFO"" [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Jilder, JHarris
5 months ago
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"As I looked at the website, just for a moment I rejoiced in the death of Mallard Fillmore. But, it was not to be and I am now quite sad.
I've found that the entertainment value of Mallard Fillmore comes from the hope that maybe, just maybe, this..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by infinitywaltz, interrobang
5 months ago
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"Speaking as an atheist, telling someone to cram their religion is often akin to telling them to ignore some other element of their life that they consider central to their identity. Not very useful.
This was a fantastic speech. I'm not generally..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by abbazabba
5 months ago
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"Aside from the "Halo over the cloud" effect (because "Hey! That's where God Lives!") the "People:Faith:Obama" one stands apart due to the most vibrant flag colors.
Because we all know Christian=Patriotic.
Sounds..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by iamkimiam
6 months ago
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"It's actually pretty easy to beat a saint. I mean, that's what most of them got "saint" status for, innit?
(FUN FACT: growing up Catholic entails a lot of learning how saints died, not what they did that was of any value during their..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Ziggy Zaga, eustatic
6 months ago
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"(The way to do that would be to do the exchange in a store, have them swipe the card and mark the bill with a counterfeit pen.)
Just wanted to point out that the only thing those pens check for is the presence of starch in the paper -- the only..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by lhall, oaf, yohko, SlyBevel
7 months ago
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"I was raised Catholic despite never really having had any faith in it. The only things I learned from weekly church were the ability to daydream, the hypocrisy of the Catholic church in general, and guilt-guilt-guilt.
When I finally left for..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by punchdrunkhistory
8 months ago
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"Flunkie, Clark is now a partisan hack. He knows such things are contingency plans, but he also knows that others don't know that, and knows that talking about it is effective rabble rousing.
You are disgusting, or you have a deep, rich bed of..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Henry C. Mabuse
9 months ago
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"I'm the "significant relationship" in a very similar story. She's got a very good friend who's basically been her shadow for quite a while, and has even joked (regularly, apparently) about how he was "next in line" if her previous..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Wilder
9 months ago
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"http://hu.ge.co.ck
I just think it's hilarious how the Cook Islands let you have .co.ck, really." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by furtive
9 months ago
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"My one ex gave me Play-Doh and a Monkees CD for my birthday right before breaking up with me.
Needless to say, I've never liked the Monkees, before or after...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by melorama
9 months ago
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"Mr. Den Beste, you disappoint me after years of insightful advice. Anything with "anime" in the title is unlikely to be a worthwhile serious reference. : P
My recommendation for an online J-E dictionary is dictionary.goo.ne.jp -- it's..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by mezamashii, spec80, m3thod4
10 months ago
