March 2012
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nerdshares:
I hope Rick Santorum starts to watch Lost on DVD, gets to the second season and really invests in Mr. Eko’s character arc.
February 2012
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could be better
I like how when I do a mediocre job at something, such as engaging children during a series of hearing screenings, but get marginally better after each trial, my instructors rate my performance as demonstrating “emerging” proficiency. It’s a very nice word.
Justin Bieber's Birthday - When will Justin Bieber... →
Did not account for Leap Day.
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“Welcome to a new feature on Stereogum! Consider it an op-ed: In this space,...”
– Deconstructing: Grimes - Stereogum
“issue spot”?
“Yoga teachers and how-to books seldom mention that the discipline began as a sex...”
– “Yoga and Sex Scandals: No Surprise Here”
More like the No Yoga Times, you know?
(via bmichael)
i giggled at bmich’s comment
“In addition, in a manner analogous to that in which physical pain has evolved to...”
– Major depressive disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
yeah ok whatever
WHAT. IS. THIS.
annicka:
new icons. i like them.
o m g
wait: oh it’s an image over text so it’s probably more accessible that’s cool i’ll take it
“one of the neckbeardiest things I’ve done”
– The Star Wars Saga: Suggested Viewing Order » Absolutely No Machete Juggling
nesbittslimesoda asked: Are you aware that you ghost note? I'm not entirely sure why this is.
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clinical writing: datafication
i am used to reporting responses by summarizing them and providing relevant quotations. E.g.,
Tristan reported that he was “starving” today and that he “could eat an entire horse”.
that seems like it would be sufficient to convey tristan’s hunger in a straightforward objective kind of way, but it is “just okay”. this is better:
Tristan reported that...
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Watchamanda fighting a cat in a blanket
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Implicit goodness →
syntactician:
Consider the following exchange:
A: Morning. B: Glad you think so.
(I heard this said on TV; perhaps on Last of the summer wine.) There is so much pragmatic implicature in here it’s outrageous. B, by saying glad you think so (with stress on you), implies that he does not agree. But what is it that he does not agree with? Morning is not something you can agree or disagree with;...
If you try to say the alphabet without moving your...
slaneofthought:
morefunthanbeingsad:
I got to F and started laughing because I realised how ridiculous it was. Just me sitting by myself with my laptop, making this weird fucking noise over and over again trying to keep my lips and tongue perfectly still. It was like the internet got me with one of those ‘See if your hand is bigger than your face’ jokes.
Same here, except replace F with...
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katbeee:
THIS JUST IN: People on the Internet are mostly mean.
Proud to say I am not one of the mean ones.
“On Reddit, the entire universe is seen from the dementedly rational perspective...”
– Reddit Reluctantly Bans Child Porn
Tumblr Staff: A New Policy Against Self-Harm Blogs →
staff:
One of the great things about Tumblr is that people use it for just about every conceivable kind of expression. People being people, though, that means that Tumblr sometimes gets used for things that are just wrong. We are deeply committed to supporting and defending our users’ freedom of speech,…
well-meaninged intentions, but watch tumblr fuck this up. their support system is...
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“To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is...”
– Jane Austen, Social Media Guru (1775-1817)
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