April 2012
64 posts
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"EPITHETS!" yelled the short, grumpy, red-eyed...
mercurialmalcontent:
jumpingjacktrash:
the lesson for today, class, is when to use epithets rather than names or pronouns — and when not to.
USE EPITHETS:
- when the character’s name is unknown, so there’s really no other way to refer to them:
Two goons in suits blocked my way. “You ain’t going nowhere,” said the ugly mook. The even-uglier mook just grinned.
- to draw attention to the role...
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Umineko stream is starting soon, no later than 12:50 PM EST, and the preshow’s going now! Come on in whenever you can :D
http://www.livestream.com/idran
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More Umineko EP6 stream today at 12:30 PM EST/5:30 PM GMT! Hope to see people there :D
March 2012
58 posts
“If by a “Liberal” they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who...”
– John F. Kennedy (via atomos)
generiatrics:
Well … a physical penny is a sunk cost. A government itself does not derive any further income from its manufacture. It doesn’t make any money from any currency denomination - given national debts, it loses standing as it prints and mints more money.
Also, as tumblr is rarely an original source -...
John Green's tumblr: What the Death of the... →
kingofdoma:
tiredandinspird:
“Canada is scrapping the penny, ending production of the country’s smallest unit of currency this spring.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, whose department described the penny as a “nuisance” in budget documents, said the coin is now more trouble than it’s worth.
…
Oh. Okay. That’ll do. Also, the States needs to get rid of their penny as well and put the...
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Privilege Discussion 101
I have become sort of well-known for my walls of text in conversations of privilege and marginalization, and one of the reasons I post them is because simply telling people to educate themselves doesn’t work. I mean, realistically, we are all grown adults who know how to use The Google. Given sufficient interest in not hurting each other’s feelings, a person so motivated could...
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generiatrics:
*writes a wall of text trying to describe bases better*
*only links to it*
Why Obama?
wigmund:
yarrrrr:
bistrowen:
To quote Bill Clinton: “If one candidate is trying to scare you and the other one is try get you to think, if one candidate is appealing to your fears and the other one is appealing to your hopes, you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope.”
A-fucking-men.
I kinda hope Obama lets Bill run loose this campaign season. No one can campaign...
“[TW: violence]
After we stripped the dead suspect and tested him for drug and...”
– Gretchen Carlson and Chief Bill Lee explaining their justifications for Zimmerman’s actions
I think I’m done with this case now. I’m washing my hands of it, because justice isn’t being served. Zimmerman wasn’t detained, he’s gone missing, Trayvon’s been completely dehumanized (stripped, tested for... 