January 2012
7 posts
“My definition of a devil is a god who has not been recognized. That is to say,...”
– Joseph Campbell, An Open Life, pages 28-29
NationStates • View topic - You are dying. Did you do good?
“Special Weather StatementAKZ017>029-140100-CAPE FAIRWEATHER TO CAPE SUCKLING...”
– Intellicast - Weather Alerts
December 2011
6 posts
“The sign of a truly totalitarian culture is that important truths simply lack...”
– Noam Chomsky, via NationStates • View topic - First Contact
(is the attribution accurate? anyway, cognitive polarization is a fact experienced in just about every context)
November 2011
2 posts
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been....”
– Issac Asimov /via Daring Fireball (via idly)
October 2011
9 posts
“The one thing everybody here is forgetting is that by calibrating the...”
– Why can’t you thunk between 32-bit and 64-bit Windows? - The Old New Thing - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
“discussion between the Knight and Alice in “Through the Looking...”
– Why can’t you thunk between 32-bit and 64-bit Windows? - The Old New Thing - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
“If you guys keep on backing up opinions with test cases and data, agreeing to...”
– New Billing: Absolutely make sure you set Max Idle Instances to a fixed value - Google Groups
“Suicide is a crime — the greatest crime, since it at once takes a life and...”
– NationStates • View topic - What is NS’s opinion on suicide?
September 2011
8 posts
Beverage manufacturer protects "Fuck" as a brand →
Patentstreit: Getränkehersteller schützt “Ficken” als Marke - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten - Wirtschaft
“Jesus Saves. Gretsky gets the rebound and SCOOOOOOORES!”
– NationStates • View topic - Bumper sticker philosophies
1 tag
Why the Breakfast Most Americans Will Eat Today Is... →
klaatu:
Not all of it. But nearly every breakfast staple — cold cereal, donuts, yogurt, bagels and cream cheese, orange juice, frappuccino — is a staple only because somebody somewhere wanted money. Wake up and smell the McCafé. … read more
agreed. but what would “breakfast” have looked like today without those influences? how well would it have matched the other lifestyle...
“According to Buddhists suffering is caused by attachments - so I stopped adding...”
– NationStates • View topic - Why Is Life So Unfair?
August 2011
18 posts
2 tags
“I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time—when...”
– Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World, page 25 (via Reddit)
“The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed,
But swoln with wind and the rank...”
– The Sheep Look Up - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“The overwhelming pressure of mechanization evident in the newspaper and the...”
– Harold Innis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [1940s]
“I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach you at school. They don’t...”
– Neil Gaiman (The Kindly Ones)
GLaDOS suggests you pick up your phone. - YouTube →
2 tags
Most Insane Demotivational Poster Ever
tristanx:
“Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make...”
– William Gibson (via bossa)
