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"The Book of the SubGenius is, I believe, the only holy text in existence whose church not only sanctions but COMMANDS its use as bathroom reading. It's full of incredible ranting and 80's clipart collage, excellent for consumption in small chunks...." [
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4 days ago
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"TimeCube is its own successor. Only a one-day-thinking Educated Stupid Cubic Time Denier could fail to understand that!" [
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2 weeks ago
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"I know through back channels that Ambrosia Voyeur has already heard this one, but for posterity: "Dreams From My Father" by Barack Obama is a great dramatic reading by the author, from before he was candidate for the Presidency. I wouldn't..." [
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2 weeks ago
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Tracking, and now mapping, the entire world.
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3 weeks ago
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"I used to have 831-IM LOUSY which I really treasured.
WOW, me too! What a crazy coinci - oh, it's you." [
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4 weeks ago
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"Cut the top third off a red onion, put a generous pat of butter on it, and wrap the whole thing tightly in foil. Set it upright in the coals while you prepare dinner and forget about it for the next 4 hours or so. Eat the resulting carmelized onion..." [
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Last month
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"This one works especially well, probably because the original was creepy to begin with. That manbaby is contemplating something unwholesome, and his babydad is none the wiser...." [
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2 months ago
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"That tomato game is nightmarish. "Fear"...."Dry"...."Stab"..."Father" voiced over a fireball-spewing anthropomorphic tomato destroying labeled boxes as an enormous sliced orange looms over the horizon like a..." [
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3 months ago
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"Once on a freeway in LA I saw a truck loaded with milk that had collided with a truck loaded with toilet paper. It would've been more hilarious if the wreck had looked more survivable...." [
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3 months ago
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"If you end up driving south through Big Sur, this turnout area is a must. I've been there four times in the last 2 years, and every time I've seen California condors, usually within 15 minutes of stopping. Once we saw 8 confirmed condors and..." [
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3 months ago
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"Screw all these Yosemite/Tahoe naysayers, that sounds like a great trip, if a bit rushed. I'm not sure about Tioga Pass, though. You don't mention any dates for your trip, but this pass is the only way through Yosemite to points east and is closed..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Ambrosia Voyeur
3 months ago
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"Man, I so didn't need to read this thread. My crush on Ambrosia Voyeur just got worse.
Just keep it in check, loquacious, and I might let her out of the dungeon to meet you someday...." [
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4 months ago
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"She is going to be my Cock Professor, studying my dick. She' going to get her Master's Degree in fucking me.
please don't ban me she put me up to it" [
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5 months ago
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"I've used Thinkpads and Fujitsu Lifebooks daily on construction sites for years, where I treat them pretty roughly (prop them up on boxes, set them on concrete floors with the screen open as far as it goes, hold them precariously in one hand while..." [
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5 months ago
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"Reading this post has inspired me to create a new French/American fusion dish: turduckenolan! To be eaten while hiding under a blue tarp to avoid the all-seeing eye of Santa Claus...." [
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5 months ago
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"Ambrosia Voyeur has told me she's taking a break from Metafilter for a few days. She's chosen to set this thread aside, and while I know she's perfectly capable of fighting her own battles, this pile-on has gotten so personal and mean that I'd feel..." [
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5 months ago
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"Dear Hive Mind: I want to buy a big prosthetic forehead, to wear on my real head. Is anyone aware of etsy sellers offering such an item? (budget is $7)..." [
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7 months ago
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"Use cast iron, real butter, and high heat. Let them sit for a while between stirrings. I like seasoning mine with garlic and fresh rosemary, and plenty of salt and black pepper...." [
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7 months ago
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"My cat has symptoms similar to yours and was diagnosed with feline asthma, which can be treated effectively with cortisone pills or cute little kitty inhalers...." [
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7 months ago
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"If you act now, you can still get Brasco the Bear T-shirts featuring the rifle-toting cartoon bear with the all-caps legend "SOME LAWS ARE BAD." Ash grey "golf" shirt, Adult small only. I just ordered 5...." [
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7 months ago
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"Wonder Showzen stands alone at the apex of quality television. It is so beautiful that just thinking about it is making me cry, here at my desk. Alas, poor Clarence! This world just wasn't cruel enough for you.
The Wikipedia article linked by..." [
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7 months ago
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"False Mustaches! I've given these as gifts to two different people, actually, and they never fail to impress." [
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8 months ago
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"So, the ingredients have been sealed or refrigerated except for the time it took you to combine and cook them? I wouldn't think twice about bacteria, that seems a bit paranoid frankly. Just make sure you keep it cold up until sticking it in the..." [
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8 months ago
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"All I then had to do was wait until I came across a dead body, and the rest is history.
It's amazing how many beautiful stories start this way." [
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9 months ago
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"If you know his musical taste well enough, you could stack alternating layers of bread and filling to create all kinds of freaky, spindly quadrapeds. Think exoskeleton...." [
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10 months ago
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"The energy consumed to ask and answer this question here probably outweighs the impact of either choice.
Not if you factor in the likelihood that it's distracting a number of US workers from their jobs, presumably causing less stuff to be produced,..." [
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10 months ago
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"I also vote for the Ticonderogas (side question: why do these pencils have such a cult following?) but would also like to add that in the overall scheme of things, your choice of pencil has a pretty negligible impact on your overall environmental..." [
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10 months ago
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"I've been together with a girl for about a year or so.
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I'm too old to find someone new, so giving this up is probably going to be the last opportunity I have.
I missed the "too old" bit on first reading. This really must've been a..." [
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10 months ago
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"This sounds like a large and difficult task, and it's hard to say how you should start without knowing what you're doing it for. The US Tax Code might be helpful, but it won't include many black market or non-US jobs like rickshaw driver, mercenary,..." [
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11 months ago
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"This American Life 330: My Reputation contains a segment that addresses some of these issues. It's self-produced story by an abrasive, teasing guy who thinks all his friends see the abrasiveness as his "thing" in the group. It starts..." [
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11 months ago
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"On a mixer all sources are active simultaneously, with each one's level being independently adjustable with a slider. If you wanted to you could simply leave both both sources ramped up, which would in effect give you a "safe" splitter,..." [
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11 months ago
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"A splitter could damage one or both sources. You can split an output, but never combine an input with a simple wire splitter.
While this is technically correct and may have been more of an issue in the before digital electronics and ICs made..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tehloki
11 months ago
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"Prussian Blue fascinates me because they seem so similar to the Olsen Twins. Both are pawns of forces more powerful than themselves, indoctrinated from birth to push a belief system they didn't choose and probably don't understand. The specific..." [
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11 months ago
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"what does twitter actually 'do' ? other than let you post little messages like ' spilled some latte on my iphone ' ?
That's it. But soon people you know will begin to use it as their only means of communication, and you'll have to choose between..." [
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11 months ago
