July 2012
18 posts
Fox News banned from broadcasting in Canada →
Fox News will not be moving into Canada after all! The reason: Canadian regulators announced last week they would reject efforts by Canada’s right-wing Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, to repeal a law that forbids lying on broadcast news.
Canada’s Radio Act requires that “a licenser may not broadcast … any false or misleading news.”
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I would press “like” a million times...
Being Poor →
questionall:
Being Poor
SEPTEMBER 3, 2005 BY JOHN SCALZI
Being poor is knowing exactly how much everything costs.
Being poor is getting angry at your kids for asking for all the crap they see on TV.
Being poor is having to keep buying $800 cars because they’re what you can afford, and then having the cars break down on you, because there’s not an $800 car in America that’s worth a damn.
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How do you guys function by being so angry all of...
machistado:
If your toaster burns your toast, do you rip it out of the wall, throw it to the ground, and scream, “GOD DAMN FUCKING TOASTER YOU FUCKING SUCK DIE TOASTER SCUM I HATE YOU”?
Do you tear up your paper and whip your pen across the room when it runs out of ink while cursing it?
If a waitress accidentally screws up your order at a restaurant, do you stab her with your fork and scream...
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soycrates:
When someone sees a statistic or a statement about male privilege over your shoulder (in specific, one about how women are usually policed about which tone they use, are accused of being hysterical or overemotional while men are usually taken seriously) and then tries to justify or correct it by saying “Well, I’ve never done that to a woman!”
I find this to be a little off. Not...
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There are very few things funnier to me than...
Both of those countries are like Orwell and Huxley had an existential love child all over the fucking place, and no-one bothered to clean up after them.
My girlfriend likes to dig little holes in herself...
aspiringdictionary:
wordsmithapprentice:
I find that so stressful and irritating…
Is it a compulsion, or just something she enjoys?
I don’t really know. I think she enjoys it to a certain extent.
Mind you, she used to cut herself at times of very high stress, and that makes me wonder if it is not compulsive in some way.
Either way, it’s not my business to tell her to stop,...
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Tragically, yes.
vinchlane replied to your post: My girlfriend likes to dig little holes in herself with random sharp objects she finds around the house.
…really?
She would call it taking out an ingrown hair or whatever, but I see right through that.
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My girlfriend likes to dig little holes in herself...
I find that so stressful and irritating…
Men's Rights, Women's Rights...
byker:
mashkwi:
People saying people who stand up for men’s rights are somehow impeding on women’s rights…
Women’s shelters will not disappear if men also have shelters. Resources for female victims of abuse will not disappear if males are also given resources if they face abuse.
Women’s rights = Old El Paso Soft Taco Shells
Men’s Rights = Old El Paso Hard Taco Shells
They come in...
