Between the oppressed and the oppressor there is no neutrality, only cowardice and selfishness.
I wish my world were so binary. [
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17 hours ago
Certainly good advice philip-random but
whoops. didn't mean to link to the single comment but that thread as a whole. My overall point being that I've found the best way to engage with someone who I think of as WRONG is to start by... [
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2 days ago
But there's been so much weird pseudoscience and woo coming from my friends lately - many of it actively harmful, like anti-vaccination - that I've found myself turning into a skeptical asshole, listening to skeptic podcasts, etc.
Excuse... [
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2 days ago
according to my current iTunes :pop: playlist (which is only vaguely accurate -- I don't listen to iTunes that much), my top five songs are:
Hot Hot Heat - middle of nowhere
TV on the Radio - staring at the sun
Apparitions - God Monkey... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by holmesian
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2 days ago
I think 40% sounds about right. They contribute more to your well-being than any other single person, but even a spouse can't meet the majority of your relationship needs unassisted.
I like that. A nice metric for determining an aspect... [
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2 days ago
As an editor, I get all twitchy in the face of NVC because it is predicated on so. fucking. much. passive voice, which in turn literally makes me want to die.
as a human being, I'm right there with you because of ummm, passion.... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Charlemagne In Sweatpants, Miko, Hairy Lobster
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4 days ago
Eh, crowdsourcing at least makes their job easier but I do think there are plenty of speculators
So the best thing would be to speculate away then ...
For instance, I'm pretty sure that's not Hong Kong at all. In fact, it reminds me... [
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8 days ago
This is not the country I grew up in.
posted by bitmage at 1:16 PM on June 9 [126 favorites +]
Hate to break it to y'all, but it is. Doesn't matter when you were born, when you grew up. American has never been clean.... [
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9 days ago
'Hey Jude'. I win the Internet!
posted by sutt at 9:39 AM
... so why haven't you gone out and changed the god damned world, freed all slaves, set every child free, shuttered all the prisons, fed the hungry?!
Because like I said... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by BlueHorse, sweetkid, bfootdav
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9 days ago
This is just another way to gently tell the OP that she doesn't get to decide to what extent her actions annoy other people in crowded public spaces. The other people get to decide that.
This is pretty much rule #1 of Conflict Resolution... [
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favorited 5 times, recently by lokta, ColdChef, mule98J, SpacemanStix, Ideefixe
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10 days ago
I mean, you can't really think your way out of depression. But you damn well CAN think your way into depression.
too true. At least it was in my most notable struggle with the d-word. Not that I ever really realized what was going on... [
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10 days ago
"What I want to know is: why does Will Smith keep making so many science-fiction movies, [...]
When you're on board with a religion that's basically made the shittiest strains of SF canon, that might be a natural way to go.
posted by... [
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11 days ago
The Moment Where It Started Going Wrong for M. Night Shyamalan
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13 days ago
I'm a little divided on this matter - there doesn't appear to be much differentiation (in terms of diagnosis and treatment) between feeling depressed as a result of (or of a series of) external circumstances...and being depressed...the... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by IAmBroom
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13 days ago
The bit at around 32 minutes in yt where he pulls out the Soul Train article is the best.
"I'm not gonna cry." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by scunning
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13 days ago
I've known the guy for decades. In many respects, he's entirely relevant to this latest bit of viral bullshit (Jesse Eisenberg dismantles somebody or other) in that yeah, he's full of shtick ... but the depth of his research and preparation goes... [
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13 days ago
I've been avoiding this thread as I'm a bit behind, just about to watch Episode 6. And I've gotta say, I love it. Better than the earlier stuff? Maybe. The way a novel can be better than a collection of "related stories", because it can... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Dr-Baa, painquale
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14 days ago
RETHINKING DEPRESSION ... PART-1
Depression. It has been called the mean reds. The blue devils. The black dog. And through history, treatments for depression have varied wildly. In the Middle Ages, depressives were caged in asylums. In... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by namasaya, Divest_Abstraction, subdee
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14 days ago
Maybe I'm alone here, but I really don't care about the "fans" of things. I dislike Family Guy because it's not funny. I like bicycles because they are fun to ride and get me places quickly. I like coffee because I am chemically... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Strange Interlude
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14 days ago
okay, haven't read the whole thread ... but finally saw the interview.
Mr. Eisenberg destroys Ms. Whatzhername with complete impunity to my mind insofar as she started it, she chose to make "play" of the interview, he just happened to... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Sara C.
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14 days ago
FANTASTIC PLANET
answer that won me the most intense game of Trivial Pursuit I ever played. [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Artw
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2 weeks ago
well, this is all good, I guess. But I hope y'all are clear on the fact that superheroes aren't real. [
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favorited 1 time, recently by dhartung
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2 weeks ago
You say this and yet I encounter a lot of CERTAINTY from pro-science types. Mustn't have been paying attention in Grade 7. [
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favorited 1 time, recently by MoTLD
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2 weeks ago
Science adjusts its views based on what is observed. Faith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.
I know of many people who claim to have faith in a higher power (God, whatever), who have nevertheless adjusted... [
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2 weeks ago
Supreme
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2 weeks ago
(Also aren't you the real racist for assuming all non-whites can pronounce eachother's names? (note: sarcasm))
It's the kind of nonsense that makes people dismiss the whole concept of racism and ultimately ignore real examples of it. The... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Squid Voltaire
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2 weeks ago
The derail about Scott Pilgrim: the movie doesn't work for me for a single reason, the casting of the lead.
Yeah, Michael Cera has got a lot going for him as a comic actor (in particular, very good timing), but he can't carry a film the... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Mental Wimp
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2 weeks ago
when you are the only Voice of Opposition, you are most often doing something wrong
yeah, the better way of wording something like this is to address what the Only Voice Of Opposition is actually saying, and to present an argument as to... [
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favorited 6 times, recently by hydropsyche, 0, [insert clever name here], DU, SMPA, Jacqueline
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2 weeks ago
To be clear, 1972 is as much Disco as 2001 was Facebook. Different eras entirely.
And I don't see any logical path between Batman 1966 (the Adam West version) and this.
This is the seven year old kid who
believed in Adam... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by justsomebodythatyouusedtoknow
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2 weeks ago
I don't think science really needs to explain the fact that odd coincidences sometimes happen.
"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous."
(Albert Einstein)... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by jenfullmoon, jbenben
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2 weeks ago
For me, a bully is anyone who throws their weight around, because they can, not because there's any justification for it. Some of the worst bullies I've ever dealt with are bosses -- people who can fire you if you don't suck it up, do things their... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by jbenben, zarq
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2 weeks ago
That Elton John story reminds me of a friend (a serious classical music student at the time) who ended up talking with a polite, intelligent balding guy at an art show for a couple of hours ... who turned out to be Brian Eno.
Not that it made an... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hap_hazard
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2 weeks ago
speaking of U2 in Vancouver ...
1981 (their first visit). They played a 3 dollar show to a sold out Commodore Ballroom (1000 seater but everyone was standing); played all the songs from their first album plus one or two others; replayed two songs... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by hap_hazard
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2 weeks ago
Yeah. Part of me's thinking we don't have much to worry about from Jihad anymore now that it's been thoroughly colonised by
See the movie Carlos if you're looking for some historical precedent. The complex business of terror ... and ego.... [
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3 weeks ago
One of the big reasons I'm not a Baha'i is
I had a friend who tried to be Bahai way back when, as he really dug their inclusiveness, their seeing the light in all the world's religions. Except at some point it dawned on him that his new... [
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3 weeks ago
If you say that slavery was the only reason for the war you're factually and morally incorrect.
If someone says, "the cornerstone of my society is about slavery, and I'm seceding to protect slavery in my society," I tend to believe... [
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3 weeks ago
Huey Lewis And The News
I remember getting into an argument with a guy who was manager of one of the cooler (better) bands in town as to the musical value of Huey Lewis etc. He held them in high regard. I just couldn't see it.... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by coolxcool=rad
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3 weeks ago
The vast majority of religions cannot be inclusive, because the nature of having a sacred text implies exclusivity,
To be clear about Roman Catholicism (which is the only faith I have any active experience of), you're not fully RC until... [
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3 weeks ago
I think MetaFilter needs a new section for inspirational texts. We'll have the blue, the green, the grey... and the sunset.
I'd prefer white-on-white for inspirational texts, or black-on-black. Either would satisfy.... [
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3 weeks ago
I was an early Billy Joel adopter. 14 years old, on vacation in Maui, bored when the surf wasn't up. The local radio was playing the hell out of Piano Man, which was new at the time. So I bought the album when I got back to Vancouver which,... [
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