March 2012
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in which my girlfriend witnesses first-hand the...
me: i was considering the risotto.
dad: what's risotto?
me: it's made from rice.
dad: why don't they just call it rice?
me: because that's the name of the dish.
dad: oh, the dish. (holds up bread plate)
me: no, the ... *sigh* it's the dish. like spaghetti & meatballs. ... arborio is the type of rice, the dish is risotto.
dad: ...
me: ...
dad: ...
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THE MADE SHOP: Vanitas →
themadeshop:
In one experiment, the psychologists asked a group of Christian students to give their impressions of the personalities of two people. In all relevant respects, these two people were very similar – except one was a fellow Christian and the other Jewish. Under normal circumstances, participants…
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“The celebrity-industrial complex is a real phenomenon, and a big part of the...”
– Cord Jefferson, Good. We Were Offered 10 Minutes with Bono—Why We Didn’t Care. (via futurejournalismproject)
i can tolerate a little journalistic hubris, but what’s pretty unforgivable is the undercutting and pot-shotting nature of off-hand remarks in the two articles this post cites. people...
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probably
Rick S.: “I’m sure there were times in areas of this country when people said blacks were less than human.”
Ron P.: "HEY, i told you that in confidence!"
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i try not to be sexist against men...
but i cannot accurately count the number of times i have seen something asinine, reprehensible, idiotic, cruel, murderous, violent, assfaced, shit-for-brained, torturous, bigoted, hateful, arrogant, or just plain stupid and asked myself would a woman do this? the answer — in nearly every instance — is no.
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