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- Giovanni Schwartz
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I can call a Jew almost every time.
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I have seen how easy a platform like Facebook makes it to cheat. As someone whose dopamine-addicted brain likes instant gratification, I wouldn't be surprised if the Internet facilitated cheating (which of course could and would have happened in an earlier generation through more traditional means).Katya wrote:I've heard of Mormon leaders saying similar things about fb (i.e., that it causes divorces).Digit wrote:Rabbi strikes against iPhone 5 (and smart phones in general)He then gave an account of a man who had purchased an iPhone, which “ruined his life” and on account of which he got divorced from his wife.Rabbi Lior Glazer, on the iPhone 5 wrote:A religious person who owns this impure device is an abomination and a disgusting, vile villain,
Gee, it was the phone's fault?
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Diamond planet (extra sparkly!)
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Amateur astronomers discover planet with four suns.
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- yayfulness
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Science has confirmed what many people have intuitively expected: there is a correlation between creativity and mental illness.
I can't speak for others, but I tend to be more creative when I'm depressed. Poetry, particularly, I'm only capable of writing when I feel miserable. For me, art is a way to express deep internal struggles that are too much for mere words. Without conflict, there is no art.
I can't speak for others, but I tend to be more creative when I'm depressed. Poetry, particularly, I'm only capable of writing when I feel miserable. For me, art is a way to express deep internal struggles that are too much for mere words. Without conflict, there is no art.
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yayfulness wrote:Science has confirmed what many people have intuitively expected: there is a correlation between creativity and mental illness.
I can't speak for others, but I tend to be more creative when I'm depressed. Poetry, particularly, I'm only capable of writing when I feel miserable. For me, art is a way to express deep internal struggles that are too much for mere words. Without conflict, there is no art.
Reminds me of Crowley's answer to board question 69208.
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Pregnant woman statue. I'm liking it.
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I never heard of Damien Hirst before, but that reminded me of another artist Marc Quinn. One sculpture he made is of a person named Chelsea Charms, whose body proportions in real life are extremely extreme. You might not want to Google her name on a work computer .Yarjka wrote:Pregnant woman statue. I'm liking it.
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That's not even sexy, just unappealing.Digit wrote:I never heard of Damien Hirst before, but that reminded me of another artist Marc Quinn. One sculpture he made is of a person named Chelsea Charms, whose body proportions in real life are extremely extreme. You might not want to Google her name on a work computer .Yarjka wrote:Pregnant woman statue. I'm liking it.
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You have to know Damien Hirst to appreciate the brilliance of Fake Mitt Romney! (The only Pinterest I've ever liked.)Yarjka wrote:Pregnant woman statue. I'm liking it.
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Headline: Clark Kent to quit job at Daily Planet. Comic book's writer says he's likely to become a blogger.
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http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca ... und-usage/
A contest to come up with the best (worst?) fake prescriptivist language rule
A contest to come up with the best (worst?) fake prescriptivist language rule
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I'm surprised by how hard it is to come up with one. Everything I can think of has already been taken by an actual style manual at some point. I guess I have a new sort of respect for those prescriptivist originators.Katya wrote:http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca ... und-usage/
A contest to come up with the best (worst?) fake prescriptivist language rule
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- Giovanni Schwartz
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I see Canadian news is all about the important things.
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Thou shalt not use "werf" sans antecedent, any more than one would start off a sentence with "he" or "she" without previously specifying a referent. One can view correct and incorrect usage of the genderless third-person singular pronoun on today's postings. Offenders shall be thrown in the Tower.Katya wrote:http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca ... und-usage/
A contest to come up with the best (worst?) fake prescriptivist language rule
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72-year-old grandfather models women's clothes, becomes internet sensation
http://shanghaiist.com/2012/11/16/72-ye ... s_wome.php
http://shanghaiist.com/2012/11/16/72-ye ... s_wome.php
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oh man, I saw that. I love how women who buy from the site were jealous of his "slender legs."