MeFi comment:
"the academic chicness of a philosopher is often in inverse proportion to his or her lasting philosophical merit
You're hurting Zombie Sartre's feelings...." [
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favorited by nasreddin on
October 12, 2008 9:15 PM
MeFi comment:
"In 1610, thinking he had discovered two moons orbiting Saturn, Galileo composed a message: ALTISSIMUM PLANETAM TERGEMINUM OBSERVAVI ("I have observed the most distant planet to have a triple form") … and sent it to Kepler as an anagram:..." [
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favorited by daisyk on
September 16, 2008 3:58 PM
MeFi comment:
"There's a weirdly extratextual declarative sentence in one of Kathy Acker's smuttier novels that goes something like: "I want to fuck one of The Gang of Four or The Fall." I didn't know much about music when I read that, and somehow became..." [
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favorited by mippy on
September 9, 2008 9:51 AM
MeFi comment:
"In 1610, thinking he had discovered two moons orbiting Saturn, Galileo composed a message: ALTISSIMUM PLANETAM TERGEMINUM OBSERVAVI ("I have observed the most distant planet to have a triple form") … and sent it to Kepler as an anagram:..." [
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favorited by generalist on
August 24, 2008 2:57 PM
MeFi comment:
"In 1610, thinking he had discovered two moons orbiting Saturn, Galileo composed a message: ALTISSIMUM PLANETAM TERGEMINUM OBSERVAVI ("I have observed the most distant planet to have a triple form") … and sent it to Kepler as an anagram:..." [
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favorited by RussHy on
August 23, 2008 2:52 PM
MeFi comment:
"In 1610, thinking he had discovered two moons orbiting Saturn, Galileo composed a message: ALTISSIMUM PLANETAM TERGEMINUM OBSERVAVI ("I have observed the most distant planet to have a triple form") … and sent it to Kepler as an anagram:..." [
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favorited by crysflame on
August 19, 2008 12:10 PM
MeFi comment:
"In 1610, thinking he had discovered two moons orbiting Saturn, Galileo composed a message: ALTISSIMUM PLANETAM TERGEMINUM OBSERVAVI ("I have observed the most distant planet to have a triple form") … and sent it to Kepler as an anagram:..." [
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favorited by Challahtronix on
August 18, 2008 2:25 PM
MeFi comment:
"In 1610, thinking he had discovered two moons orbiting Saturn, Galileo composed a message: ALTISSIMUM PLANETAM TERGEMINUM OBSERVAVI ("I have observed the most distant planet to have a triple form") … and sent it to Kepler as an anagram:..." [
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favorited by aparrish on
August 18, 2008 7:48 AM
MeFi comment:
"In 1610, thinking he had discovered two moons orbiting Saturn, Galileo composed a message: ALTISSIMUM PLANETAM TERGEMINUM OBSERVAVI ("I have observed the most distant planet to have a triple form") … and sent it to Kepler as an anagram:..." [
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favorited by scrump on
August 17, 2008 9:15 PM
MeFi comment:
"In 1610, thinking he had discovered two moons orbiting Saturn, Galileo composed a message: ALTISSIMUM PLANETAM TERGEMINUM OBSERVAVI ("I have observed the most distant planet to have a triple form") … and sent it to Kepler as an anagram:..." [
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favorited by the_bone on
August 17, 2008 8:05 PM
MeFi comment:
"In 1610, thinking he had discovered two moons orbiting Saturn, Galileo composed a message: ALTISSIMUM PLANETAM TERGEMINUM OBSERVAVI ("I have observed the most distant planet to have a triple form") … and sent it to Kepler as an anagram:..." [
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favorited by schyler523 on
August 17, 2008 3:41 PM
MeFi comment:
"In 1610, thinking he had discovered two moons orbiting Saturn, Galileo composed a message: ALTISSIMUM PLANETAM TERGEMINUM OBSERVAVI ("I have observed the most distant planet to have a triple form") … and sent it to Kepler as an anagram:..." [
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favorited by sveskemus on
August 17, 2008 2:25 PM
MeFi comment:
"Note to Orthogonality: Do not poke the post-structuralist debaters. They are full of wasps.
They are also full of cruelty, microwaved dinners, and oleaginous globules of pure death: having elected George W. Bush and wrecked the American economy,..." [
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favorited by grandsham on
August 14, 2008 6:54 PM
MeFi comment:
"Note to Orthogonality: Do not poke the post-structuralist debaters. They are full of wasps.
They are also full of cruelty, microwaved dinners, and oleaginous globules of pure death: having elected George W. Bush and wrecked the American economy,..." [
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favorited by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing on
August 14, 2008 6:50 PM
MeFi comment:
"Note to Orthogonality: Do not poke the post-structuralist debaters. They are full of wasps.
They are also full of cruelty, microwaved dinners, and oleaginous globules of pure death: having elected George W. Bush and wrecked the American economy,..." [
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favorited by Wolof on
August 14, 2008 6:42 PM
MeFi comment:
"Note to Orthogonality: Do not poke the post-structuralist debaters. They are full of wasps.
They are also full of cruelty, microwaved dinners, and oleaginous globules of pure death: having elected George W. Bush and wrecked the American economy,..." [
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favorited by spiderwire on
August 14, 2008 6:41 PM
MeFi comment:
"Note to Orthogonality: Do not poke the post-structuralist debaters. They are full of wasps.
They are also full of cruelty, microwaved dinners, and oleaginous globules of pure death: having elected George W. Bush and wrecked the American economy,..." [
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favorited by nasreddin on
August 14, 2008 6:40 PM
MeFi comment:
"Scholars have avoided the difficult task of linking any blacks to the Southern war effort. One of the main reasons they choose not to attempt this is because they are afraid of confronting the great paradox that exists. Why would any slaves or free..." [
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favorited by etaoin on
August 7, 2008 7:04 PM
MeFi comment:
""Once, when I proposed to teach a junior seminar entitled 'Anarchist cultural criticism in America', I was instructed to go ahead only if I first changed the title to 'America and its critics'. Here was the same method of cultural hygiene that..." [
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favorited by Scram on
August 7, 2008 12:04 AM
MeFi comment:
""Once, when I proposed to teach a junior seminar entitled 'Anarchist cultural criticism in America', I was instructed to go ahead only if I first changed the title to 'America and its critics'. Here was the same method of cultural hygiene that..." [
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favorited by eustatic on
August 5, 2008 9:46 PM
MeFi comment:
""Once, when I proposed to teach a junior seminar entitled 'Anarchist cultural criticism in America', I was instructed to go ahead only if I first changed the title to 'America and its critics'. Here was the same method of cultural hygiene that..." [
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favorited by Solon and Thanks on
August 5, 2008 4:15 PM
MeFi comment:
""Once, when I proposed to teach a junior seminar entitled 'Anarchist cultural criticism in America', I was instructed to go ahead only if I first changed the title to 'America and its critics'. Here was the same method of cultural hygiene that..." [
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favorited by bookish on
August 5, 2008 12:06 PM
MeFi comment:
"Muddler typed "...but I have to say I'm with the crowd of people that doesn't find the meaning of life in a toilet on a pedastal in the middle of an installation."
"Must you people take over every discussion on MetaFilter?..." [
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favorited by nasreddin on
August 5, 2008 11:22 AM
MeFi comment:
""Once, when I proposed to teach a junior seminar entitled 'Anarchist cultural criticism in America', I was instructed to go ahead only if I first changed the title to 'America and its critics'. Here was the same method of cultural hygiene that..." [
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favorited by bitter-girl.com on
August 5, 2008 11:02 AM
MeFi comment:
""Once, when I proposed to teach a junior seminar entitled 'Anarchist cultural criticism in America', I was instructed to go ahead only if I first changed the title to 'America and its critics'. Here was the same method of cultural hygiene that..." [
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favorited by nasreddin on
August 5, 2008 11:00 AM
MeTa comment:
"And so yet another call-out thread peters out with the called-out earnestly and informatively discussing Revolutionary-era American history with himself...." [
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favorited by Roach on
August 4, 2008 4:25 PM
MeTa comment:
"And so yet another call-out thread peters out with the called-out earnestly and informatively discussing Revolutionary-era American history with himself...." [
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favorited by The Bellman on
August 2, 2008 4:28 PM
MeFi comment:
"and that she doesn't just reprint press release copy but researches and describes everything in fresh prose
This is just plain not true. This listing is cut and pasted from here. This listing is cut and pasted from here. This listing is cut and..." [
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favorited by zpousman on
July 22, 2008 9:05 AM
MeFi comment:
"The Melville caricature is actually George John Whyte-Melville. Calling poor Herman Melville "The novelist of Society" in 1871 would be like calling John Travolta "The King of Hollywood" in 1987...." [
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favorited by bukharin on
July 21, 2008 11:14 AM
Ask comment:
"You will, by allowing yourself to be annoyed by passing aromas, tasteless ring tones, loud phone voices, talk radio, ugly sweaters, cretinous political opinions, weird and reverberating laughs, ill-timed sneezing, enthusiastic sports fandom, the..." [
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favorited by airplain on
July 20, 2008 1:15 AM
MeFi comment:
"In 1610, thinking he had discovered two moons orbiting Saturn, Galileo composed a message: ALTISSIMUM PLANETAM TERGEMINUM OBSERVAVI ("I have observed the most distant planet to have a triple form") … and sent it to Kepler as an anagram:..." [
more]
favorited by nasreddin on
July 16, 2008 9:48 PM
MeFi comment:
"In 1610, thinking he had discovered two moons orbiting Saturn, Galileo composed a message: ALTISSIMUM PLANETAM TERGEMINUM OBSERVAVI ("I have observed the most distant planet to have a triple form") … and sent it to Kepler as an anagram:..." [
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favorited by empath on
July 16, 2008 8:36 PM
MeFi comment:
"In 1610, thinking he had discovered two moons orbiting Saturn, Galileo composed a message: ALTISSIMUM PLANETAM TERGEMINUM OBSERVAVI ("I have observed the most distant planet to have a triple form") … and sent it to Kepler as an anagram:..." [
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favorited by lukemeister on
July 16, 2008 8:11 PM
MeTa comment:
"I slept right through it; thanks, alcohol!
notsnot's account pretty pithily shows how, at least in my experience, People Who Know It's An Earthquake have wildly different reactions from People Who Don't. I left the geologically underachieving..." [
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favorited by scrump on
June 27, 2008 11:32 AM
MeTa comment:
"I slept right through it; thanks, alcohol!
notsnot's account pretty pithily shows how, at least in my experience, People Who Know It's An Earthquake have wildly different reactions from People Who Don't. I left the geologically underachieving..." [
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favorited by blender on
June 26, 2008 11:37 PM
MeTa comment:
"I slept right through it; thanks, alcohol!
notsnot's account pretty pithily shows how, at least in my experience, People Who Know It's An Earthquake have wildly different reactions from People Who Don't. I left the geologically underachieving..." [
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favorited by sebastienbailard on
June 26, 2008 11:07 PM
MeFi comment:
"davejay: You're putting words into Breyer's mouth. He didn't say "unimpressive" (as if the melody wasn't *beautiful* or *complex* enough to deserve copyright protection), he simply said "unoriginal".
I just read the opinion,..." [
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favorited by litlnemo on
June 20, 2008 5:42 PM
MeFi comment:
"davejay: You're putting words into Breyer's mouth. He didn't say "unimpressive" (as if the melody wasn't *beautiful* or *complex* enough to deserve copyright protection), he simply said "unoriginal".
I just read the opinion,..." [
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favorited by nasreddin on
June 20, 2008 6:17 AM
MeFi comment:
"...Natter on to each other you old hens and leave us alone...
...the women quoted in the article, who are quite obviously insufferable hens...
...Which is a pretty fitting epithet for this cow...
...I tried to read that, but it was all like..." [
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favorited by insipidia on
June 20, 2008 5:10 AM
MeFi comment:
"davejay: You're putting words into Breyer's mouth. He didn't say "unimpressive" (as if the melody wasn't *beautiful* or *complex* enough to deserve copyright protection), he simply said "unoriginal".
I just read the opinion,..." [
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favorited by flapjax at midnite on
June 19, 2008 7:06 PM
MeFi comment:
"Tucker Carlson says Obama... "seems like kind of a wuss"...
Tucker's complete lack of self-awareness is downright endearing. I imagine him standing in front of the mirror, straightening his bow tie, running a hand through his hair,..." [
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favorited by supercrayon on
June 16, 2008 9:20 PM
MeFi comment:
"Tucker Carlson says Obama... "seems like kind of a wuss"...
Tucker's complete lack of self-awareness is downright endearing. I imagine him standing in front of the mirror, straightening his bow tie, running a hand through his hair,..." [
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favorited by Sys Rq on
June 16, 2008 2:44 PM
MeFi comment:
"Muddler typed "...but I have to say I'm with the crowd of people that doesn't find the meaning of life in a toilet on a pedastal in the middle of an installation."
"Must you people take over every discussion on MetaFilter?..." [
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favorited by tehloki on
June 16, 2008 2:24 PM
MeFi comment:
"Tucker Carlson says Obama... "seems like kind of a wuss"...
Tucker's complete lack of self-awareness is downright endearing. I imagine him standing in front of the mirror, straightening his bow tie, running a hand through his hair,..." [
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favorited by tehloki on
June 16, 2008 1:36 PM
MeFi comment:
"Is there a snappy Dutch phrase for "initial impulses of mockery and pity for another person's exorbitantly artificial fashion choices giving way to reflection that one's own conventional fashion choices are simply normalized artificialities,..." [
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favorited by twins named Lugubrious and Salubrious on
June 16, 2008 11:54 AM
MeFi comment:
"Tucker Carlson says Obama... "seems like kind of a wuss"...
Tucker's complete lack of self-awareness is downright endearing. I imagine him standing in front of the mirror, straightening his bow tie, running a hand through his hair,..." [
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favorited by Twicketface on
June 16, 2008 10:25 AM
MeFi comment:
"I was just talking to a co-worker of mine about this. "Joe," I said, "Do you not agree that the placement of commercial products in such culturally essential British television programmes as '8 Out of 10 Cats', which airs on Channel 4..." [
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favorited by Wilder on
June 16, 2008 5:21 AM
MeFi comment:
"Tucker Carlson says Obama... "seems like kind of a wuss"...
Tucker's complete lack of self-awareness is downright endearing. I imagine him standing in front of the mirror, straightening his bow tie, running a hand through his hair,..." [
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favorited by Dreama on
June 15, 2008 10:05 PM
MeFi comment:
"Tucker Carlson says Obama... "seems like kind of a wuss"...
Tucker's complete lack of self-awareness is downright endearing. I imagine him standing in front of the mirror, straightening his bow tie, running a hand through his hair,..." [
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favorited by blender on
June 15, 2008 8:55 PM
MeFi comment:
"Muddler typed "...but I have to say I'm with the crowd of people that doesn't find the meaning of life in a toilet on a pedastal in the middle of an installation."
"Must you people take over every discussion on MetaFilter?..." [
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favorited by suedehead on
June 15, 2008 3:56 PM
