February 2012
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Why is it socially frowned upon to like a TV show...
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“You know, I remember in high school, already I was pretty old. I suddenly asked...”
– Noam Chomsky (via sanctimonioussilentagony)
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“Girls are complex human beings, and they can be brave, strong, kind and...”
– Lauren Faust
January 2012
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“The meaning of life is to give life meaning.”
– Arjen Anthony Lucassen
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If you weren’t there, I called in to...
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Wanna hinder a future SOPA-like law?
Don’t call your senator. Don’t call your governor. Do I even have to tell you why? Those people don’t give a crap about you. Even if you do manage to speak to an actual human being when calling their office (which is far from certain), you won’t make a difference no matter how angry you sound. And you know what? Not only do these people not care about you, but they...
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█████ don't ██████ you ███ █████ worry ████.
████ ██ █ ████ everything ███ █████ is █████ ████ ████ fine. ████ ███ █ ██████ love █████ ██████ ███ your █████ ████ government.
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“Cartoons for girls don’t have to be a puddle of smooshy, cutesy-wootsy,...”
– Lauren Faust, on creating My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
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“You’re dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up,...”
– Walt Disney
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Up and down we go.: Dear Customer who stuck up for... →
Gender stereotypes make me sad. Close, supporting siblings make me happy.
sweetupndown:
You thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you.
Yesterday I had a pair of brothers in my store. One was maybe between 15 and 17. He was a wrestler at the local high school. Kind of tall, stocky and handsome. He had a younger brother, who was maybe about 10 to 12 years old....
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“The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
Today and tomorrow are yet to be...”
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
December 2011
4 posts
“To destroy competition is to kill intelligence.”
– Frédéric Bastiat
Today's Thought
I find it quite telling that most people, when criticizing their family, must absolutely start with “I love my mom/dad/aunt/grandma, BUT…” - sometimes at the beginning or end of each sentence.
I can’t help but think back “Um, lady, I don’t think it’s me you’re trying to convince there..”
(No, this is not aimed at anybody in particular, I just...
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November 2011
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CD REVIEW: Lou Reed & Metallica - Lulu
Track listing:
Disc 1
1. “Brandenburg Gate” 4:19
2.”The View” 5:17
3. “Pumping Blood” 7:24
4. “Mistress Dread” 6:51
5. “Iced Honey” 4:36
6. “Cheat on Me” 11:26
Disc 2
1.”Frustration” 8:34
2.”Little Dog” 8:01
3.”Dragon” 11:08
4.”Junior Dad” 19:29
All over the...
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“The meaning of our very existence is created though stories, tales and...”
– Tuomas Holopaien, Nightwish keyboardist about his song “Storytime”
October 2011
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CD REVIEW: Opeth - Heritage
Track listing
1. “Heritage” 2:05
2. “The Devil’s Orchard” 6:40
3. “I Feel the Dark” 6:40
4. “Slither” 4:03
5. “Nepenthe” 5:40
6. “Häxprocess” 6:57
7. “Famine” 8:32
8. “The Lines in My Hand” 3:49
9. “Folklore” 8:19
10. “Marrow of the Earth” 4:19
OPETH...
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September 2011
5 posts
“[The enlightened person] conceives of a world where people do not need to...”
– Daniel Mackler
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Contract? →
This is the kind of horrible, circular sh*t arguments that keep us enslaved.
mckaskle:
I didn’t sign jack shit, but this lady thinks I did.
From: The Social Contract, by Elizabeth Warren
There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a factory out there—good for you.
But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for. ...
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“I will not glow in the light until I pass through the darkest caverns of my...”
– Dream Theater, Bridges In The Sky
August 2011
7 posts
Today is my father’s birthday, turning 50. By sheer coincidence I’ll be working 4PM to midnight today, the same shift he used to work when I was a little kid and the reason why I almost never saw him for a few years (I went to school and he was already gone for work when I arrived home). Now I’ll be working that shift on his 50th birthday - even if I did want to be there for him,...
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”
– Thomas Jefferson
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Just so you know...
I have a new little project.
http://frenchsongsinenglish.tumblr.com/
”Translating meaningful French songs for English-speaking audiences. My goal is not to make the best rhymes or to make an English version of the song, but rather to be as faithful as possible to the original lyrics.”
I’d appreciate if you follow/comment/like. :-)
Greenspan Gives Up →
gregmintyfresh:
CNBC:
“The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default” said Greenspan on NBC’s Meet the Press.
Well, that settles it.
Alan Greenspan has now joined the Zimbabwean school of economics.
July 2011
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“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.”
– Gandhi
I think those telling us to ignore evil are really saying ”please, PLEASE stop forcing me to acknowledge stuff!”
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How NOT to deal with bullies, abusers, evil, etc.
I just love when people say to ‘just ignore them’, with the implication that it works, and then argue with a completely straight face that ‘they’ve been doing it forever’.
“I have never understood why it is ‘greed’ to want to keep the money you have...”
– Thomas Sowell
Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
I took my love and I...
June 2011
9 posts
The Eternal Shame of Your First Online Handle →
ceasaigh:
This is a fun and somewhat cringe-inducing piece.
A friend recently reminded me of my first AOL screen name: beachebumm85. Cheeseball for sure, but when I was 14, I thought it was so clever. Because I lived at the Jersey Shore and loved the beach and all.
What was yours?
Metal M@rio. I was seriously into videogames back then. And, you know, replacing the ‘a’ in your...
Mr. Bill Goes to Court →
This is disgusting beyond words. You shouldn’t hit your child for ANY reason, but still… Slapping a 4-year old for licking your hand ??? What the fuck is wrong with you?
lifeofjames:
Fuck you, “Mr. Bill.”
Fuck.
You.
You slap your 4-year old daughter in the face so hard you cut her lip and you have the audacity to play the victim?
You, a fully-grown adult male, assault your...
“If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.”
– Exact origin unknown, sometimes attributed to Malcolm X, Peter Marshall or Rosa Parks. Used to great effect in one of my new favorite movies, Sucker Punch.
Feeling Other People's Emotions
(Yes, this is another follow-up to The Day I Hurt a Child)
Reflecting back on the shame and guilt I felt towards this incident, I concluded that it almost certainly didn’t come all from me. For a relatively minor fault like this one, I felt like I was the worst bastard in the world. Then it hit me. Those emotions aren’t mine.
I’m the oldest child in my family. It was with me...
The Day I Hurt a Child follow up - Shame hiding...
If you weren’t there, I called-in today on Stefan Molyneux’s Sunday show regarding the post I made on Friday. He advised me to try experiencing the emotions without judging or trying to ‘calculate’ them (am I being too hard on myself? Too soft?). And he also told me that shame and guilt usually hide something else. So I tried to go deep and find out how I truly feel about...
The Day I Hurt a Child
It was in the summer of 2005, I was working at a day camp. Before I go on, I would like to mention that this is perhaps the only regret I have from my pre-philosophy life. I won’t mince my words: I did a very bad job. I didn’t know how to take care of kids, the only thing I knew about it was my family and the other people working at the day camp urging me to have...