September 2010
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August 2010
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“i wonder how many hours it would take to explain it to my grandma. maybe that...”
– (via pitchforkreviewsreviews) (via lizcaradonna)
As a person who works for a company that maintains a 3D online virtual world with persistent user-generated content, I move that the “grandma-hour” be made the new standard unit of explanation measurement immediately.
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Literally the most unbelievable thing I have read... →
What I wouldn’t give to have been a fly on the wall for this. Things I can’t bring myself to believe, in no particular order:
That this dude thought this was even a remotely good idea
That he decided to actually go through with it
That the girl believed him for even one yoctosecond, let alone long enough to actually fuck him
What did he tell her? What the fuck could you possibly...
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My lexical gift to you
I’m going to start replacing the string “Google Calendar” with “Drunk Snoopy” from here on out.
This means that from now on I don’t check my Google Calendar, I check my Drunk Snoopy. I get reminder emails from Drunk Snoopy about the Fort Mason Farmer’s Market and my friend’s housewarming party. Drunk Snoopy lets me know that it’ll be Labor...
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I cannot decide if this is a good idea or a bad... →
Tempted to just type in “Murakami” and watch all the Mission girls I fall for on an hourly basis parade by; also tempted to simply end my life immediately
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I just want to know if I'm the only one
The past couple of times I’ve been to movie theaters, I’ve seen posters for this movie featuring CGI talking owls. I’m sorry, but I find this intensely creepy. The owls are creepy-looking. Is anyone else with me on this? I can’t decide if I’m encountering some owl version of the uncanny valley, or if the geometry of the owls’ faces has been subtly altered to...
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Am I fucking missing something here?
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Guys, is it just me, or does this Facebook Places thing only matter if you’re actually checking into places using the Facebook app for your smartphone? Here’s a bright idea: instead of having a fucking seizure about the loss of privacy in the terrible world of insidious Facebook evil huarghlbhglhgh, how about not checking into places using the Facebook app for your smartphone?...
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Am I fucking missing something here?
Guys, is it just me, or does this Facebook Places thing only matter if you’re actually checking into places using the Facebook app for your smartphone? Here’s a bright idea: instead of having a fucking seizure about the loss of privacy in the terrible world of insidious Facebook evil huarghlbhglhgh, how about not checking into places using the Facebook app for your smartphone? This is...
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I need a music historian on call
At what point did titles for songs on hip hop albums start becoming ridiculous parenthetical bullshit? Listen, rap people: I don’t give a fuck who’s “featured” on what song. Thank you, track titles on How I Got Over, for letting me know that it’s not just “The Day,” it’s “The Day (Feat. Blu, Phonte, Patty Crash).” There’s a thing...
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Curiosity about languages
It’s been a while since I took French of any sort, but “Laissez les bon temps roulez” does not strike me as grammatical so much as a transliteration of “let the good times roll.” How would actual French people (or French Canadians, I’m not picky) say this sentence? Anyone here who could enlighten me on this one?
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Symmetry. A song from our...
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Oh no, what
Guys, why is there a tag labeled #submission on my last post? It doesn’t appear in the editing interface, so I can’t get rid of it. Did that post somehow inherit a tag from one of the prior posts that it reblogged? Are all posts everywhere secretly tagged #submission? I mean, all posts on Tumblr are technically submitted to some sort of posting subroutine, right?* Is it just that...
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Unfair opinions
I’m just putting this out there: if you’re a vendor coming in for a sales pitch and your product is a web-based social app, and you do your demo using Microsoft Internet Explorer, I am going to have an opinion about you/your company/your product. I am sorry about this.
#thusendethmyveryimportantannouncement
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More journalistic failures →
The thing that I want to know more than anything else in the entire world about this story is: were the other passengers with him, or against him? It sounds like this contentious passenger was being a real asshole; did Steven Slater get cheers of support or nothing as he made his spectacular exit? Did the people on the plane agree with him or not? Why is that information not anywhere in the...
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This is how you know when to do something else
I just remembered this happened:
I was in a movie theatre, and they showed a trailer for an upcoming movie called Devil that was written — not directed, just written — by, well … let’s put it this way: when the words “from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan” appeared on the screen, there was an audible collective groan from the audience. Sorry, dude: when your...
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A question for the ladies
An idle thought brought up in conversation with some pals has now resulted in me questioning certain basic assumptions about my friends who are around my age and station in life. These assumptions are as follows:
I don’t know anybody who can tell the difference between a diamond and a fake one on casual inspection
I don’t know anybody who truly wants a diamond engagement ring, as...
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Interrogatives
I put a minor but deep-enough cut into the top of my left index finger yesterday with a knife, and I’ve been putting a succession of Band-Aids on it; this morning I put the third one on, and over the course of a few hours, it acquired a small soaked-in bloodstain about the size of this o.
The bloodstain is now gone. I did not change Band-Aids. I have no idea what the fuck is going on. ...
