April 2012
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Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of...
– Jeremy Knowles, discussing the complete lack of recognition Cecilia Payne gets, even today, for her revolutionary discovery. (via alliterate)
From Wikipedia:
She correctly suggested that silicon, carbon, and other common metals seen in the Sun were found in about the same relative amounts as on...
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Is there a Monster.ca for creative people who want...
Sorry about changing from third- to first-person in that question, but let’s not kid ourselves.
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Trust Me—You Want To Be Under 21 →
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Down at the Deli
Deli Proprietor: Oh no, I've run out of sausages! My customers are going to be mad.
Proprietor's Friend: Hey, could be wurst.
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Proprietor's Friend: That's the wurst bit of news I've heard all day!
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Eliminating Words from the English Language →
We asked readers to propose a single English word that should be eliminated from the language. The nominations piled up, in the hundreds and then the thousands. People who like words, as it turns out, also hate words. Superfluous adverbs took a beating: people unloaded on “literally” and “actually.” One woman challenged anyone to think of a case in which a deleted “actually” changed the meaning...
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Ugh, Game of Thrones
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Can we see someone, faced with the temptation of some sexy times, say “No thanks”?
Male, female, I don’t care who.
This whole damn show (and book series, I assume) is about getting power and arching an eyebrow while someone you don’t like gets bound and beheaded or some shit.
So why is it that every mention or suggestion of sex turns an interesting character...
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AHAHAHA Stannis Baratheon just corrected "less" to...
Man, I hope he gets to be the king.
I mean, grammar, guys.
Grammar rules kingdoms. Fuck you if you say otherwise.
An anthropologist once asked a Hopi why so many of his people’s songs were about...
– From Gila:Life and Death of an American River by Gregory McNamee (via darkpupa)
(This is too “OH SNAP” to be real. I’m skeptical. Prove me wrong, Hopi bloggers.)
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So obviously you'll forgive me for not knowing /...
And you’ll obviously stop reading if you haven’t (illegally) accessed the latest Game of Thrones episode.
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But BAHAHA when some cousin of Tyrion shows up with some scroll requesting something (forgive me; I paused it as soon as this thought occurred to me)
I’ll be damned if that dude didn’t look exactly like the sister of that guy who used to rep for the Starks....
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I wonder how Joffrey Baratheon would fare against:
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slaneofthought replied to your photoset: HOCKEY
I agree with Alexei. BOOOOOOOO
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slaneofthought replied to your post: imbackintheussr replied to…
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Hi, Kevin Slane! Nice to hear from you. It’s been a while!
Buck the Fruins.
imbackintheussr replied to your photoset: HOCKEY
boooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. booo I say!
Yo, I’m not even invested in the playoffs this year. I’ve totally checked out. I’m all about baseball now. It’s just good to see things get shaken up a little, seeing some teams we haven’t seen in a few years or more.
I don’t say any of this to excuse your being a...
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TIM MINCHIN
TIM MINCHIN
TIM MINCHIN
Does ANYONE out there know what I’m talking about?
I’m exploding here.
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ghostsandonionskins:
Some write to be remembered. I write to be destroyed.
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Poll: Floridians Support George Zimmerman More... →
bestrooftalkever:
Q5 Are you a Miami Marlins fan, a Tampa Bay Rays fan, or are you not a fan of either team? Marlins …………………………………………………… 15% Rays ……………………………………………………… 19% Neither team…………………………………………… 67%
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Q8 Do you think that George Zimmerman is guilty of second-degree murder, or not? He is guilty ……………………………………………… 31% He is not…………………………………………………. 26% Not sure …………………………………………………. 43%
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When you think about it,
Okay, so “beware” came from “be aware”, or “be wary”, right?
But what if we straight reverse-engineer it into a different thing?
I’m thinking of the construction “shit be [adjective/present participle verb] right now”. You know, shit be crazy/cray, shit be exploding, shit be trillin’. Shit be trillin’? A badass boost to classical...
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Comically Variant.: invisiblebee: I Hate This... →
invisiblebee:
I Hate This Mess: So-called anti-racism
thelefthandedwifeinhiding:
whitedenial-ontrial:
veripeik:
whitedenial-ontrial:
So let’s go with this, then… What exactly is worth celebrating about being white? I mean, I’m white- but as far as I can tell,…
Is anyone else looking forward to the point in the distant future when we’re all the same colour? A nice,...
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Kris Straub's Thoughts on Memes →
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Reality Check: Yahoo! Avatar Edition
I thought it was sad that Yahoo! avatars have plus-sized outfit options.
Then I realized what was truly sad: I am choosing an outfit for my Yahoo! avatar.
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