December 2010
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In which my nitpicking simultaneously perturbs and...
Me: I just realised that that effing cheryl cole parachute song makes no sense
"i don't need a parachute / baby if i got you / you're gonna catch me if i fall"
parachutes don't catch you if you fall, technically
they just kind of make you fall slower
with a smidgen more control where you land
so her lyrics really should have said "i don't need a parachute / baby if i got you / you're gonna slow my descent and help me land in relative safety"
except that she's useless
and it doesn't scan.
/end rant
James: You are a crazy bitch.
Me: :D
but you love me anyway, right?
James: Most days.
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“But at their most lethally perky, the politics of enthusiasm are the Black Flag...”
– From “Hate is All Around: The Politics of Enthusiasm (and its Discontents)”. Read the whole (long, but completely worth it) article here.
Dear Tommy,
Look, you need to trust Mrs. Klepperman’s academic timeline. If she has promised that you will get to dinosaurs before the year is out, you should believe her. Whereas I agree that the Cretaceous period is one of the more interesting eras—clearly any geologic system in which the Tyrannosaurus Rex flourished offers a sexier academic endeavor than, say, a time when ...
How to rank the best albums of 2010 without... →
17. So-and-so’s debut solo outing, which sounds precisely like the band so-and-so is famous for.
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All the single digits →
Spencer Tweedy (Yes, Jeff Tweedy’s son) was given an assignment for math class which involved picking a song, rewriting it into something math-related, and recording it. He chose Beyoncé, and recorded a little ditty called “Single Digits (Put a Line on It).”
Also, note the comment from Tavi.
“Lust is the hard sell. Love is the soft sell. The profit margin is exactly the...”
– David Mitchell, taken from Ghostwritten.
"Would You Hit That?": WikiLeaks Edition
Julian Assange’s alleged OKCupid profile claims he “seeks siren for love affair, children and occasional criminal conspiracy.” His bio is a believable blend of Assange’s arrogance and odd humour, with the occasional pop culture reference thrown in. Screenshots and more info here.
Why Nerds are Unpopular →
Kids are sent off to spend six years memorizing meaningless facts in a world ruled by a caste of giants who run after an oblong brown ball, as if this were the most natural thing in the world. And if they balk at this surreal cocktail, they’re called misfits.
I don't understand the internet.
Usually, my modest number of followers translates into two, three, maybe five responses to a post; occasionally something in the twenties if it gets reblogged by someone.
Currently, this post has over 120 reblogs and likes. I noticed that someone had reblogged it about a week ago — a little odd, I thought, given that it was over two months after posting, but nothing vastly out of the...
This is your life, and it's ending one bizarre...
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In Soviet Russia, 2018 FIFA World Cup hosts you.
A horse walks into a bar. The bartender asks, "Why...
The horse does not respond because it is a horse. It can neither speak nor understand English. It is confused by its surroundings and gallops out of the bar, knocking over a few tables.