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- 16 Dec 2009, 15:08
- Forum: News and Current Affairs
- Topic: ISP filtering gets the green light
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9862
Re: ISP filtering gets the green light
That brings up an interesting Question -- what is generation X? Depending on some definitions (those born from 1961 - 1981), I fall under generation X. (By that definition, so does my mother o.O) Some people put me in generation Y (1974-1989) or the MTW generation (1980s). I am definitely not a mill...
- 16 Dec 2009, 12:01
- Forum: News and Current Affairs
- Topic: "Bizarre" Octupuses carry coconuts for use as shelter.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3434
"Bizarre" Octupuses carry coconuts for use as shelter.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/12/091214-octopus-carries-coconuts-coconut-carrying.html You totally can't make this stuff up -- this species of octopus found off the coast of Indonesia has been found carrying coconut shells to uses as makeshift shelter and protection. Scientists say th...
- 14 Dec 2009, 16:07
- Forum: Videos/Pics
- Topic: Why men shouldn't write advice columns
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4342
- 14 Dec 2009, 15:24
- Forum: News and Current Affairs
- Topic: Gender Roles and Behaviors Among Online Gamers
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10132
Gender Roles and Behaviors Among Online Gamers
This is somewhat dense in terms of social anthropology, but it's a very, very interesting read. It's an academic paper about male and female differences in the way the approach playing online games. http://dmitriwilliams.com/LFGpaperfinal.pdf Brief Summary thanks to Terra Nova: * Men are more driven...
- 10 Dec 2009, 18:56
- Forum: The Rantarium
- Topic: [LANGRAGE] Articles are hard
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10457
Re: [LANGRAGE] Articles are hard
Cartollomew wrote:Problem: There was white crack in the bottom of the bowl.
Resolution: Smoked that shit up.
Assertion: Issue with faded lustre disappeared.
- 10 Dec 2009, 18:17
- Forum: The Rantarium
- Topic: [LANGRAGE] Articles are hard
- Replies: 2
- Views: 10457
[LANGRAGE] Articles are hard
There are some English language quirks that your average Japanese person has trouble with -- even people with a firm grasp of the language. One of these is the difference between definite and indefinite articles (the, a). Japanese has no equivalent of "a" or "the", so using them properly is very tri...
- 10 Dec 2009, 17:40
- Forum: News and Current Affairs
- Topic: Exploding gum kill chemistry student
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6574
Exploding gum kill chemistry student
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/981756/exploding-gum-kills-chemistry-student Wow. The chemistry student from the Kiev Polytechnic Institute reportedly had a bizarre habit of dipping his gum into citric acid before chewing it. Packets of the acid as well as a unidentified explosive material were fou...
- 08 Dec 2009, 16:59
- Forum: General
- Topic: Sustainable tips for being eco-friendly (funny)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3054
Sustainable tips for being eco-friendly (funny)
http://twitter.com/SustainableTips Here's a selection: Before throwing your used batteries into a lake, put them in a ziplock bag to prevent the battery acid from leaking Don't binge and purge; it wastes food and you get just as good a result with anorexia as you do with bulimia Life-support machine...
- 26 Nov 2009, 17:55
- Forum: News and Current Affairs
- Topic: Turkey Pardoning Tradition Lives On
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3424
Re: Turkey Pardoning Tradition Lives On
You must have missed the Sarah Palin turkey pardon fiasco last year (governors do it too -- not just presidents.) She gave an interview after she pardoned the turkey, and it was very easy to see that she, uh, didn't have someone tightly controlling her image. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i2QWh2CIxk
- 25 Nov 2009, 14:25
- Forum: News and Current Affairs
- Topic: Man arrested for failing to tweet
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7111
- 24 Nov 2009, 18:32
- Forum: The Rantarium
- Topic: The Bad Day Thread
- Replies: 7
- Views: 14956
The Bad Day Thread
I am havign a bad day. None of these are that bad individually, but taken together are pretty sucky. * I overslept by 20 minutes, causing me to get dressed 10 minutes later than usual. * I got dressed and couldn't find my wallet. Turns out it was in my pants pocket -- the same pair of pants that I p...
- 20 Nov 2009, 11:17
- Forum: General
- Topic: Fan Fiction Friday: Goku and Anne Frank
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5173
- 16 Nov 2009, 16:11
- Forum: News and Current Affairs
- Topic: The Golden Girls turned everyone gay!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5661
Re: The Golden Girls turned everyone gay!
Honestly, I have no idea anymore. I was 100% convinced it was a parody/satire/trolling until I read the comments section, as the way the author defends what he writes made me think that he's just a complete nutcase. Our horny, lonely boys sought out intimate comforts with likeminded Golden Girls add...
- 16 Nov 2009, 15:28
- Forum: News and Current Affairs
- Topic: The Golden Girls turned everyone gay!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5661
The Golden Girls turned everyone gay!
http://christwire.org/2009/10/the-golden-girls-how-one-tv-show-turned-a-generation-of-american-boys-into-homosexuals/ This is probably only really funny for Lel -- it's (evidently) a completely serious article written by some very right-wing person about how The Golden Girls turned an entire generat...
- 13 Nov 2009, 13:47
- Forum: The Rantarium
- Topic: How to Write Badly Well
- Replies: 12
- Views: 19030
Re: How to Write Badly Well
Would you settle for a nice pair of tits?Mews wrote:You're dead to me Phil.