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by herbig 13y ago
"most-respected grammar authorities" Super awkward there.
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Our unrealistic views of death, through a thunderstorm
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by herbig 13y ago
The Guardian is rehashing Buzzfeed's Reddit thread summaries now? I can come up with at least 21 Ways This Makes Me Dissappointed.
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by herbig 13y ago
After having used adblock plus for like the last 2 years, I disabled it the other day and have been amazed at how terrible the Internet is without it.
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by herbig 13y ago
Unless you read Nabokov.
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no
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Being open source and having faith in the soundness of the cryptography is about as good as it can get.
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Add nerd sports, like Magic: the Gathering and Warhammer..
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by herbig 13y ago
From the linked page: "Foreign Affairs, November-December 2013 The End of Hypocrisy" Published: http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/140155/henry-farrell-...
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Not only can you not master some things from a course online, but a college education is as much if not more about status and a paper degree as it is about the education you receive.
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It's a magical time to have been born in a western country, but then that's been true for a while now. By "every individual wields great power" you probably mean those with access to technology, relative peace, and educa
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The problem is in the perception it gives to those reading your post. Infowars is not a legitimate journalistic effort. It is SEO optimized linkbait garbage created with the intent of selling videos, speaking engagements, and other assorte
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by herbig 13y ago
If I were trying to champion a legitimate cause, I would steer way clear of acknowledging Infowars by name or calling them "journalists." You could just say that a third party discovered it or something, but you definitely don&#x2
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Being in a bubble away from fast food and television is not a problem with education, it's a product of it, and being "snobby" in this sense is the perception of those who make poor decisions despite evidence. This guy wrote
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by herbig 13y ago
"Have you ever participated in a parade not involving global warming, a war protest, or gay rights?" You could just ask the reverse and find people living in a conservative bubble. Yeah, this is a joke.
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by herbig 13y ago
How many times do I eat at Denny's? Have I ever bought a pickup truck? Is this a joke?
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by herbig 13y ago
So if I've deleted the Google plus service from my Google account, I have nothing to worry about?
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by herbig 13y ago
How soon before The Oatmeal does a comic about what a dick the space pen was to the pencil?
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by herbig 13y ago
If we're talking personal anecdotes, I live in Brooklyn and know three people who have been mugged in Brooklyn or Manhattan within the last five years. I've never personally felt unsafe anywhere I go in Brooklyn at any time of the
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by herbig 13y ago
"I didn't sell out son. I bought in."
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I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic, but I thought the closing line was terrible. It's a very complicated issue, and not something you can just say to avoid.
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by herbig 13y ago
Why not just pull all your teeth and eat baby food? Chewing takes forever.
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Reminds me of Chex Quest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chex_Quest
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I've been playing around with one and was amused to see that CTRL-ALT-DEL still works as expected, right after I read the article about Bill Gates saying it was a mistake.
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The obvious flaw in all of their assumptions about what women do differently in pedestrian travel compared to men is what they mention right in the first paragraph: men didn't bother writing much in the surveys. Just because men report
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The point is that this ranking factors in the number of copies of a card played, but that use as a metric can be misleading. Would Vendilion Clique rank higher on the list if it weren't legendary? Probably. It's not that it&#x27
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by herbig 13y ago
Also, this type of ranking can be somewhat misleading. Ad Nauseum doesn't appear anywhere on the list, however all of the cards that support it do (Infernal Tutor, Lion's Eye Diamond, Lotus Petal). This is because any deck playing
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Brainstorm is no surprise. That card is the reason so many people enjoy the format still.
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These things are everywhere in NYC, and in my opinion really dangerous. They're mostly used by food delivery guys who are always going the wrong way in the bike lanes, and even if they are going the right way you often don't hear
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There's no roof either, so they're probably not actually living on these things. I'd imagine they debark and go buy a sandwich.

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