Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

Fun fact: someone originally removed the "Animals - Dogs" tag on this question. I added it back. I'm glad it slipped through.

I feel like this has a lot of similarities to the "Brain in a Vat" thought experiment in implications of consciousness/etc.

Personally, I like to believe that we are all just dinosaur pee drinking dinosaur pee to stay alive.

Imogen wrote:Texas peeps will feel me:

The STAAR nightmare has begun.

Back in my day, it was TAAS. And then after that it was TAKS.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is the best comedy TV show right now

Okay, I don't want to create an entire thread devoted to this, but what on earth is Question 80895 about? What are "Hinckley's Banyans?" A reader previously mentioned his or her proclivity to placing small figurines in public places. That same reader decided to clue us in on one such loca...

I don't know if this counts as a rant but I expect many of my upcoming answers to be very mean-sounding because I've had very little patience as of late. #sorrynotsorry

This is slightly off-topic but one of my sister's friends received a deep fryer at her wedding reception and the couple decided that they wouldn't use it and so returned it.

WHO COULDN'T FIND A USE FOR A DEEP FRYER?

Also, I'll admit here that I had originally put prostitute for Rhode Island (since it was legal there up until about 5 years ago) but was told I couldn't say that.

Look for an answer in about 70 hours.

Fall premieres have begun. New seasons of TV shows. My free time is officially gone.

Dinosaurs is the greatest class that can possibly be taken.

M.O.D.A.Q.

I've been reading Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (I think someone recommended it on the Board a few years ago?). It is pretty awesome! Social psychology, genetics, logic, all under the guise of an excellent fanfic. Or in Acius's words, "What Harry Potter would have been like if Ha...

Whoops.

To be honest I was focusing more on the Pitbull part of this question when I answered it. I have strong feelings about Pitbull.

In further defense of Shakespeare, I'm pretty sure iambs and anapests are used more often in rap than trochees. Also, this.