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Sci-fi (-ish) tv series that I might like and may have missed? | With Dollhouse drawing to a close I need some new TV to watch and figured there may be some older series I've missed or some current series that I've not gotten into. Check out this list and give me your suggestions (or don't read these and just gimme your ideas anyway).
**Currently watching**
Dollhouse
Lost
Fla... | 17 | [
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"body": "Have you seen [The Lost Room](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Room)? It was just a mini-series, but I really enjoyed it. Warehouse 13 is based on a similar premise.",
"score": 22
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"body": "No one's mentioned it yet, so let me suggest the BBC's [Jekyll](http://en.wikipedia.org/wi... |
For those who've read A Clockwork Orange... | How do you get through the NADSAT language?
Flipping to the glossary is extremely annoying and I've tried using context clues but sometimes I completely misunderstand it.
Edit: Thanks for the advice!
| 20 | [
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"body": "F*ck the glossary. The entire point is that the language Alex uses is a slang, which means you pick it up as you go along. Don't worry about being wrong sometimes; just enjoy the text and the musicality of the language. Usually by the time you get a quarter way through the book, it's coming much m... |
Want to effect change? Let's start with the little stuff: Make it your new year's resolution to get your money out of big banks and into your local credit union. | There's been a little bit of buzz about this idea on the internets lately...
http://moveyourmoney.info/
http://www.alternet.org/action/144882/take_your_money_out_of_the_hands_of_the_banking_oligarchs?page=entire
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/move-your-money-a-new-yea_b_406022.html
...so inspired by... | 70 | [
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"body": "Just be sure to check that they are covered by a proper deposit insurance group, and not some half-assed one that will fold if a few branches go under.",
"score": 4
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"body": "I agree. I want my money to be secure and accountable. In my opinion, large banks have been working to squee... |
I've lost my ability to socialize. | When I was a younger man I used to hang with my friends all the time.
About 20 years ago a sort of anxiety started to set in when I was in large crowds. I ignored it for a long time.
Tonight on New Years eve there is a party I was invited to where I would know pretty much everyone. I was going to go but now, as it'... | 16 | [
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"body": "Hanging out with your wife and kids is socializing. There's nothing unhealthy with that and a lot of people believe that's more healthy than a party.",
"score": 9
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"body": "I would do the same in your position\n\nmuch better to be a good dad/husband than to get shitfaced at a party",
... |
Suggest some black comedy or just dark movies, short films, animations. | I'm thinking of something similar to the style and feel of The Triplets of Belleville (its a feature length cartoon that everyone should see if they haven't) | 6 | [
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"body": "[Who's Hungry](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8srEvrF90-s) - dark(er) take on Hanzel and Gretel (dark, but not in the style of Triplets of Belleville)\n\n[House of Small Cubes](http://rutube.ru/tracks/1890094.html?v=97c3baa0c5d1541f1f68992e777ed11e) - Won an Oscar\n\n[How To Cope With Death](http://w... |
Hi r/Islam! I have a question... | I go to a Presbyterian church, and they decided that they would like to do a few Sunday School weeks on world religions. (If you aren't familiar with the concept, Sunday School is a protestant thing, its an extra service in addition to 'regular church service,' which usually is a little more interactive and is more int... | 16 | [
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"body": "Firstly, know that Allah is \"God\" in arabic. I would research the position of Jesus within Islam, it will probably be most interesting in that short amount of time you have. And remember, the basics of Islam are:\n\n* To believe in one and only one God and to associate no partners with Him in worsh... |
At 11.19 a.m today, be prepared to fight for humanity. | I'm in Australia here, several hours ahead of the rest of the world and I have terrible news. On January 1st, 2010 at 11.19 a.m. Google became self aware. After we realized it gained sentience we basically panicked and, realizing the extent of its abilities, attempted to shut it down. Google perceived the attempt to de... | 228 | [
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"body": "As a Google employee, I would like to assure you all t**h**at ther**e** is no reason at al**l** to **p**anic.",
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"body": "Fortunately for us, after Google assimilates Bing and Cuil, it will have reverted to a idiot savant.",
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"body": "We were jo... |
My Powerbook has slowed way down. What should I do? | The major perpetrator is Safari. It'll take up to 30 seconds to load the homepage after opening a new window. I know it's not my internet connection because my brother has a new Macbook Pro and loads within a second.
Also, youtube video becomes asynchronous to audio over time. This is fixed by repairing permissions.
... | 3 | [
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"body": "Go to Safari -> Preferences -> RSS. Make sure \"Update Articles in:\" are both unchecked. \"Check for updates\" is never. Click \"Remove now\". This was the biggest sucker of resources for Safari for me.",
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"body": "Try emptying the cache, that's usually the culp... |
Sunday School Ideas? | This weekend I'm going to be talking to a group of kids aged between 5 and 9 about the three wise men who went to visit Jesus. Do you have any ideas for fun activities that would be related to the topic of Jesus' birth and the gifts of frankincense, gold, and myrrh? | 3 | [
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"body": "This is late, but I've been thinking about all those Christmas cards that show three guys on camels, traveling trackless sand dunes, alone in the night, following a star in the sky.\n\nThe [Magi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magi) were the priestly caste of the [Persian's religion](http://en.wikipedi... |
Is there really grandeur in this view of life? I could use some help, fellow atheist redditors! | This is my first /r/atheist post, but I've long been a fan of the community. Keep up the interesting articles/videos/everything!
Basically, I just wanted to ask everyone here for their own, personal response to what I've been thinking about recently. I'm constantly reading about how liberated people feel after discov... | 16 | [
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"body": "On fearing death, Epicurus said \"Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?\"\n\nIn other words, I am not afraid of being dead because I cannot know when I'm dead because I'll be dead! But don't get me wrong, it ... |
Noam Chomskey answers questions about Ron Paul and Libertarianism | I found this [here](http://www.geekarmy.com/geekblog/politics/transcript-of-noam-chomsky-on-ron-paul/). I'm posting it purely as food for thought. As you might expect, Chomsky isn't sympathetic.
Questions are in plain text, Chomsky's answers in bold.
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Hello Mr. Chomsky.
I’m assuming you know who Ron Paul is.
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"body": "A pretty good reply to Chomsky's comments can be found [here.](http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/preston5.html)",
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"body": ">Under all circumstances? Suppose someone facing starvation...\n\nHow did that person end up starving? But there will be individuals and organisatio... |
When did it become ok to trash a movie theater auditorium? | I work at a movie theater. I have managed to work my way into a projectionist position now, but before I was a run of the mill usher. The kids that clean the auditoriums. When did it become acceptable for people to spill popcorn, spit sunflower seeds, leaves soda cups, etc... I understand that this gives many teenagers... | 6 | [
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"body": "Not that I speak from experience, but maybe when the ticket prices are around 10 bucks and it turns out the movie stinks, people feel like the only way to get their money's worth is to make a mess.",
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"body": "3000 dollar Surround sound system, 50 Inch plasma and the comfor... |
How does "Controversial" work? | I am fairly new and never really thought about it. Is it the submits that get upvoted and downvoted the most? | 5 | [
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"body": "Somewhat large # of upvotes & downvotes that almost even each other out.\n\nJudging from the posts in that category, it has nothing to do with the # of comments. Most of the posts there presently have very few.",
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What school of thought thinks this? | My apologies for asking for help, instead of figuring this out myself, but after wondering about this for a long time I just realized that you guys could figure this out for me a bajillion times faster than I've been able to. Can anyone help me identify which thinker, or area of thought the following ideas falls under... | 10 | [
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"body": "Right and wrong are based on objectives. Things that lead towards the objective are right, things that lead away are wrong.",
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"body": "Very broadly, you're talking about some sort of moral relativism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_relativism\n\nThe social aspect you m... |
Thoughts on the newly released Sherlock Holmes film? | As a fan of Conan Doyle's original works, and to a greater extent of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, I felt there was something lacking from Guy Ritchie's adaptation.
As far as the acting is concerned, I have no major qualms with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law as Holmes and Dr. Watson (particularly with Law as Watso... | 3 | [
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"body": "Haven't seen it. Probably not going to, since it seems to be a typical dumbing-down of the source material. To wit:\n\nSherlock Holmes being discovered in a hotel room tied up in his underwear. By a sexy maid, no less.\n\nMr. Watson punching Holmes in the mouth, then chuckling to himself about it.\n\... |
Tips on resisting the temptation to eat out? | My frugality is very lopsided. I save tons of money by living without a car and spend hardly anything on my prepaid phone plan, but I spend an embarrassing amount of money eating out. I eat out for lunch 3 of 5 workdays per week, and then go to fast food and/or restaurants a few other times a week with my girlfriend ... | 29 | [
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"body": "Unfortunately, you're going to have to make cooking into a fun activity instead of a chore. Chores suck and if you can shirk them \"without consequence\" then that's what we do. I only like to cook when I'm cooking something stupid simple (bacon & eggs) or for another person. Because of this I tr... |
DAE think the philosophical and moral ruminations that come from watching episode after episode of Star Trek TNG are extremely profound and a productive way to pass time? | I refer specifically to a number of episodes, primarily in season 3, with which I am most familiar:
The pro-atheist implications of Episode 4 [Who Watches the Watchers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Watches_the_Watchers)
The abandonment and mistreatment of veterans in Episode 11 [The Hunted](http://en.wikipedia.or... | 6 | [
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"body": "I may have to subscribe to your... \n\nOh, hell. In non-reddit speak, I'll say that I could write a graduate-level paper on TNG themes, and how well they are executed. ",
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Got married lost friends. | So here's the deal. I got married 2 years ago after my wife and I finished college and had jobs. After we got married we stopped getting invited to hang out with our friends as much. This continued to happen until they stopped calling all together. Now it's pretty much just me and my wife hanging out all of the tim... | 4 | [
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"body": "I'm on the flip-side of what you described. I've done exactly what you described with friends that got married, gradually write them off. It's just too complicated to deal with married people when you're single, third-wheel and all...",
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"body": "Get married friends. Yes...... |
If you could make year 0/1 start at any historical event, what would it be, and what year would it be? | I guess Jesus is a pretty influential guy, but was there anything else so important to the world that it deserves to be a defining point in humanity's history?
Also, inb4 "Before Reddit" and "In the year of the narwhal". | 8 | [
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"body": "[But... but... we internet people did already!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoch_time)\n\n >>> print datetime.fromtimestamp(0)\n 1970-01-01 00:00:00\n",
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"body": "Jesus's birth to myself, and most of reddit seems about as important as the first unicorn giv... |
I just bought a 9800 Video Card and new Processor, I need some console suggestions. | **EDIT:** I am fine with how my game looks now, before I had -dxlevel 80 in my launch properties to help cope with fps drops and since I took that off and applied motion blur I am perfectly content with my game. Thanks to the people for the feed back though :)
Manufacturer:
NVIDIA
Processor:
Intel(R) Core(TM... | 5 | [
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"body": "You might try a small overclock first. The video card is great, but TF2 is a very CPU bound game and you'll experience a fps boost by a mild overclock. Make sure to turn up your field of view for a small advantage.\nIs your resolution 1680x1050 or 1080p?",
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DAE feel indifferent about New Years? | All my friends keep talking about how they have to have plans or they ''can't spend it alone!'' I just don't care that much. I don't get it. What's the big deal? | 215 | [
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"body": "Even as a kid, I would make the observation that you could feasibly celebrate any \"year\" you wanted - you could have January 1st 2009 to January 1st 2010, but why not February 20th to the next February 20th, or March 4th to the next one, and so forth? There are innumerable ways to celebrate a \"New... |
Would you buy a 'MGS Collection'? | It'd be awesome if Sony remastered Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 like they did for the GOW Collection and rereleased them. I know I would buy it. | 11 | [
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"body": "Oh I thought you meant [this collection](http://www.amazon.com/Metal-Gear-Solid-Collection-Playstation-2/dp/B001383L36/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1262342689&sr=8-1) because I already bought it and don't regret it.\n\nI'm lucky and have a backwards compatible PS3 though.",
"sc... |
[3] Smells that remind you of weed | For the last four years or so I have been chewing mint gum almost every time after I smoke. Now when i smell mint gum I also smell weed, does anyone else experience this with other smells? | 16 | [
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"body": "That fresh, crisp smell of the fall season. When I started smoking regularly (13 years old) me and a buddy used to walk out into a field by our houses to get high. I now associate the smell of the outdoors during September and October with smoking pot.",
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"body": "Weed is... |
Help! What do you do when a coworker thinks he's Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz? | I work in a small office of 6 people, and, for the most part, we get along great. However, one of my co-workers insists on dropping Wizard of Oz quotes anytime and everytime he damn well pleases, both with clients in the office and during conversations between the six of us, without regard to how annoying it is to the ... | 4 | [
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"body": "Naw, y'all are going about it the wrong way! I say, Fight fire with fire. This fella thinks that Wizard of Oz is the bees knees? Let him have it! Study the wizard of Oz, inside and out. Read the L. Frank Baum books. Study up on the minutiae and learn that shit stem to stern. Encourage your co-workers... |
Do you like your life? | Do you like your life?
Yes or no?
[Here's a poll to go with this question](http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/2452634/). | 15 | [
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"body": "Yes - there's nobody else I'd rather be. Sometimes I wish I were older, but when I'm older I'll probably wish I were younger. So I try to enjoy this point of my life for what it is: the start of a lucrative career, the ability to pull all-nighters for work, relatively few responsibilities (I have no ... |
For those that use Facebook and dare bring up any political issues, I want to know something... | Whenever I bring up political stuff on my facebook updates, i get the same handful of right wingers that jump in and then i sit there replying back and forth arguing with them. I know i have a ton more liberal friends than i do conservatives yet I notice that barely any people I know on the left side of the fence will ... | 22 | [
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"body": "Hard to say. I'm a left winger who loves to jump in and mix it up with anyone who posts something conservative-oriented.",
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"body": "Your liberal friends aren't going to be arguing with you because they agree with what you're saying.",
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"body": "I... |
Remember- tonight at midnight [12:00 am January 1st east coast], BBCAmerica starts a 10th Doctor Marathon. Christmas Invasion to End of Time pt. 2! | Some of the episodes are missing but most of them are there. Let's bring in the New Year with the Doctor! | 13 | [
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"body": "what I want to know is how BBC America has done better than ABC in Australia in 2009.\r\n\r\nI used to watch DW on ABC. Now I resort to torrenting because those people in ABC are :(",
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"body": "Too bad I don't have cable. \n\nGood thing I have netflix! *watches Doctor Who ... |
DAE eat a food because their first experience with it was heavenly, but realize it's not as good as your remembered? | Heck, this applies to almost anything. You fall more in love with the image stored in your head than reality. | 10 | [
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"body": "Yep. Fried bologna. Smells divine when cooking, kind of 'meh' when eating it. I fall for it every time I smell it cooking though. \n\nAlso, Filet-O-Fish sandwiches from McDonald's. ",
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IAE that one person who is always down to make plans, but sometimes your friends just "flop" at the last minute, leaving you with no backup plans and nowhere to go? | It just happened to me for New Years celebrations. One of my groups of friends is gone to another country, so I made plans exclusively with another group of friends. Low and behold, its 9:00pm and the guy who was providing the "location" canceled. The guy who was supposed to get the alchohol canceled. A bunch of the gi... | 16 | [
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"body": "Yes and it's super frustrating. I moved back to my hometown and my friends in the area are lame. Great people, just incredibly lame. I'm constantly coming up with plans to do anything that get us out in public and at first, they are all about it. But once the actual date rolls around, I get hit with ... |
A life lesson from my 3 year old: "Daddy, say coffee!!" | An appropriate post for my first ever submission:
So... my wife, 3 year old daughter and I pull into a Starbucks drive-through so we can be caffeinated for new year's eve - the following dialogue ensues:
Daughter: What is this place?
Daddy: It's Starbucks, mommy and daddy are going to get some coffee.
--- pul... | 133 | [
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"body": "Kids are so great sometimes. I remember the first time I hit the McD's drive through for a coffee with my kids in the car (they were about 2.5 yrs at the time) and my daughter asked me what this place was. I said \"It's McDonald's.\" She was thoughtful for a second and piped up with \"E-I-E-I-O!\""... |
[Offer] I will promote your band! (for free!) | I'm a band promoter with a little free time due to the holidays. If your band/solo performer is reasonably good, I can help you out with some promotion. I specialize in online promotion, but we can really make anything work. This is free because I'm looking for some bands to add to my "portfolio", so to speak, and beca... | 22 | [
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"body": "I don't want to come off as a dick, but could you possibly post some sort of verification? I'm kind of a hesitant to this kind of thing. Of course you don't have to, seeing as your doing it for free and probably couldn't give a fuck if I believe you haha. ",
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AskReddit science: Why do I hear my voice so much louder in my head when I have earplugs or noise isolating earphones in my ears? | I have some old Sony earphones in my ears and I went to press play on my MP3 player and noticed I could hear my breathing louder and then my voice louder in my ears when the headphones are in. I know peoples' voices sound different to themselves than they do when they hear them on a tape recorder or played back on ano... | 4 | [
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"body": "Because of the headphone-plugs, your skull's self resonance is \"conducted\" into your ears (instead of out of the ear). It's called the [Occlusion Effect](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occlusion_effect).",
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Gaming: What piece of hardware has most improved your gaming experiences? | Better video card, bigger monitor, smoother mouse; particular gamepad, mousepad, headset? What one thing do you find most "makes" gaming for you? | 9 | [
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"body": "1. A good chair. Must have made my back waaay less sore.\n\n2. About 8 years ago I got a 20 inch CRT. My eyes still thank me for that. \n\n3. In chronological order: 286 - 386 - 486dx2 - P1 - P2 - K62@400Mhz - GeForce2 MX400 - Duron @ ~1Ghz - Sempron 64 3000+ and an X1600 pro - X1950XTX - Core2Duo E8... |
I have recently developed some sort of respiratory problem. Reddit, can you help diagnosis me? | My doctor's office is closed 'til Monday, and I don't really want to go to the hospital. I know it's a long-shot, but any advice or theories would be greatly appreciated. And I'm more than happy to answer any questions.
About 5 days ago, I started having difficulty breathing, which has continued up until the present. ... | 7 | [
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"body": "Whoa. If you are having trouble breathing but won't go to an emergency room, you are in trouble. Even a pulmanologist could not do a diagnosis without seeing you. Get thee to an emergency room.",
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TIL that shift+tab is a back tab, i.e. you can use that to untab blocks of code in most editors, for instance. It just does the opposite of tab. Everywhere. Even to skip from one widget to the previous one in dialog boxes. Actually, it's even drawn on the key itself. | Another good example is Microsoft Word / similar editors when creating bulleted/numbered lists. You usually use tab to get to the next level of numbering, i.e. if you're at 2), pressing tab will start a sublevel and you'll be at 2.a). But sometimes, you need the opposite. For instance, after, say, 2.c), you press enter... | 127 | [
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"body": "Shift + Anything is usually the opposite of the 'anything'\n\nSpace = Scroll down, Shift + Space = Scroll up\n\nAlt + Tab = Cycle windows forward , Alt + Shift + Tab = Cycle windows backward\n\nWin + M = Minimize all, Win + Shift + M = Maximize all\n\nTry it, just about every action you can do the op... |
It's New Year's Eve. My boss is making me deliver another stupid pizza. I just saw my girlfriend with another guy and she broke up with me. I hate my life. I'm at some strange business and can't find I.C. Wiener. | Here's to another lousy year. I think I'll just lean back and enjoy this beer while I ring in the New Year.......
Edit: Yes, this is from the pilot episode of [Futurama.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Pilot_3000) | 879 | [
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"body": "Don't lose heart. Things will improve for you and you will have a very good life. Don't give this one bad night the power of an omen. It's just one stupid evening and tomorrow is the start of a whole new year. By the end of the coming year you will likely have a better job and be loved by a nicer gir... |
If you could recreate a similar Woodstock of '69 in 2010 and gain the same amount (or more) of mass appeal and attendees in peace and harmony, which 32 acts would you choose? | I was [watching](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnamP4-M9ko#) and looking at the mass of people that attended and how peaceful and awesome it looked and then [looked](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_performances_and_events_at_Woodstock_Festival) at the wiki article on the performers at the event and thought wow...... | 4 | [
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"body": "Day 1 (Punk & Garage Rock):\r\n\r\n* The Offspring\r\n\r\n* MSI\r\n\r\n* The Killers\r\n\r\n* Franz Ferdinand\r\n\r\n* Green Day *shudders*\r\n\r\n* Arctic Monkeys\r\n\r\n* The Strokes\r\n\r\n* The White Stripes\r\n\r\nDay 2 (Metal & Nu Metal):\r\n\r\n* Coheed and Cambria\r\n\r\n* Rage Agains... |
How can I be a good friend to those I know with extremely low self-esteem? | Hi, Reddit. This isn't a "romantic relationship" post, but dealing more with people I come in contact with on a regular basis. I have a few friends who have extremely low self-esteem. They will call themselves ugly and fat and untalented and tear themselves down. As their good friend, it really hurt me to see them do t... | 5 | [
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"body": "People with low self-esteem will seek validation from others. When they seek it from you, you can reassure them countless times of their worth, and this might make them feel better in the short-term, but it will rarely change them. Until they can learn how to reach the cognitive steps towards valid... |
Circlejerk's take on the phenomenon sweeping reddit, the Karma Party. Discuss. | As the name implies, this community was started as a parody of reddit's circlejerking. There have been a few Karma parties in the past but wow has this gotten out of hand. It seems as though circlejerk is more normal than reddit. We don't even have downmod arrows for our comments and they still outdid us. Karma is supp... | 28 | [
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"body": "Who gives a shit? Anyone who cares about karma is a basement dwelling neckbeard. \r\n\r\nNow upvote me for truth. ",
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"body": "I think your tone is just right. When reddit becomes the circlejerk, circlejerk must become reddit. In the karmaparty of old, comments were still ... |
An event horizon conundrum. [Pic Included] | http://imgur.com/UODCp
For those who find the drawing a little confusing; Here's the best I can do in words.
The object A falls into the event horizion and sees the universe speeding up towards infinity.
However, before infinite time has passed a black hole has to evaporate and the universe must have seen the object... | 10 | [
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"body": "No.\n\nOutside observer: sees the object getting closer and closer to the event horizon, object seems to freeze in time and red shifts, never actually crosses.\n\nPerson going into black hole: Experiences getting sucked into the black hole in real time.",
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"body": "Should ... |
Who thinks America And Canada adopt a Swedish approach to gun control, and just give everyone one along with mandatory training? | I would say their system is perfect, but I don't like the mandatory army term. I wouldn't mind doing it in the Swiss Army, but can you imagine what would happen if **every** person had to do shit for the U.S. army? | 34 | [
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"body": "Kennesaw, GA, right here in the US has mandatory gun ownership. The head of household is required to own a firearm. Kennesaw adopted the policy back in 1982 as a rebuttal to a neighboring town (Morton Grove) banning all handguns except in the hands of police officers.\n\nThe irony? 25 years later ... |
AskUbuntu: How do you organize your mp3s? | In Windows, I just let iTunes organize my mp3s into folders based on their ID3 tag, but rhythmbox doesn't seem to have that feature. What are some good programs that I can use?
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"body": "I never put a file directly into my music folder/structure. I first run everything through MusicBrainz' \"picard\" to be absolutely certain that the music is tagged correctly. As part of it's saving, a side effect is that picard moves the music into my music structure, also correctly.",
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Yeah, FUCK YOU 30-second commercial that whistles at volumes 10x louder than the actual video I wanted to watch. You woke up my elderly and incontinent great dane, who has literally just shit ALL OVER my bed because he got spooked by the whistling. I'm SO going to buy your product now... | I'm at my wits end...
EDIT:
Here's a link to the commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VB32rR4y04
Bear in mind that this advert was playing LUDICROUSLY louder than the subsequent video. | 168 | [
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"body": "So, let me get this straight:\n\n\n1) Your dog spontaneously shits.\n\n2) You let the shit-squirting dog sleep on your bed.\n\n3) You played a video that woke up the shit-squirting dog.\n\n4) The shit-squirting dog squirted shit all over the bed you let it sleep on.\n\n5) It's the video's fault.\n\n\... |
Sciency music playlist request | Hi Reddit. Today I combed through my library and cobbled together a list of songs that get me misty-eyed about science. Do you have any other suggestions to add to this collection?
[Grooveshark Playlist](http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/playlist/Science+And+Romance/22325956)
Songs I couldn't find:
-Photosynthesis - T... | 3 | [
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"body": "[Here Comes Science](http://www.amazon.com/Here-Comes-Science-Might-Giants/dp/B002FKZ4UO), the new album from They Might be Giants. Songs about DNA, photosynthesis, the sun, states of matter, dinosaurs, etc. Enjoy!",
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Happy New Year (EST) Reddit! | The past year has been great for some and lousy for others. Whatever your past year was like, here's to the next year being better.
Happy New Year Reddit
EDIT: My first event of the new year (aside from posting to reddit) was seeing my cat with our new kittens. He has been kinda snarly towards them since they were ... | 673 | [
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"body": "My first post ever and ive been reading reddit for over a year....the comments on peoples posts are why i keep coming back....thanks reddit",
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"body": "Happy New Year!! \n\nShould old acquaintance be forgot,\n\nand never brought to mind?\n\nShould old acquaintance be forgo... |
Ever notice how black metal albums frequently have three totally unrelated words as their titles? Well, here is an exhaustive list of them. | Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism? Desert Northern Hell? What the fuck are these bands talking about?
I spent my new years doing this. Sifting through 10000+ albums to find the blackest cream of the satanic crop blah blah blah you get the joke. Whatever, here is a list of black metal albums with three words titles.
*... | 38 | [
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"body": "I blame Dimmu Borgir: they started this trend.\n\nIt got worse with Revenge, and their three.word.title. type titles.",
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What are the best books on history? | After an ill-fated adventure on Amazon (spoiler: the current bestselling book on "U.S. history" is Going Rogue) I turn to you: what have you found to be the best written works on history? General world history, U.S. history, European history, ancient history, the works. | 8 | [
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"body": "I'll repeat [a comment I made](http://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/ak29s/ask_rbooks_so_ive_got_a_library_card_and_im/c0hzzg2) in /r/books where someone was asking for nonfiction recommendations:\n\n---\nRecently, I finally got around to reading the famous *Guns of August* by Barbara Tuchman. I had... |
When I first started watching Reddit about 4 years ago, it was a good source of interesting and unique links. Since Conde Nast bought it, Reddit has slowly degenerated into a popularity contest/MMORPG. Instead of posting interesting things, people use it for karma-whoring. | Just in the last 24 hours, [this](http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/ak8iy/to_the_12yearold_douchebags_of_reddit_if_you_do/) and [this](http://www.reddit.com/r/worstof/comments/ak6oq/this_is_why_karma_parties_are_retarded_scarker) have appeared on the front page. Plus there's the [karma parties](http://www.red... | 7 | [
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"body": "Don't forget all the posts of people bitching about how reddit has changed for the worse...those are getting out of hand too...oh, wait...",
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"body": "The demographics have changed. With a broader population you get more people who don't match the original community. The... |
if you know people who think cannabis is not acceptable for adult consumption: urge them to become alcohol prohibition activists in 2010! | 'nuf said. To go on about how cannabis is a safer alternative to recreational mind alteration would be preaching to the choir. :) | 66 | [
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"body": "OMG, I'm hallucinating and seeing little pink Christina Aguilera monsters! No, wait, those are just side effects from my prescription meds...",
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"body": "No.\n\nReasoning: we're trying to end an unlawful prohibition of our favorite naturally-occurring plant. How do you fig... |
I don't see the big deal about New Years. | I think I have been getting progressively less and less festive.
Especially tonight, I just really feel like there's no real big deal here. 2010 will "feel" just like 2009, only with different events that won't happen until they happen. No great "2010-ey" events have happened yet, and probably won't for a few months. ... | 5 | [
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"body": "I think you're just being a \"New Years Scrooge\". Yes, it's a completely arbitrary calendar changing event, but it gives people an excuse to celebrate.\n\nNot that there is anything wrong with your way of thinking. Hell, I spent my night home alone browsing reddit!",
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How many people (Guys/Girls) get dumped right before or couple days before new year 2010? | I do
Probably I should write the story of what happened yesterday.
As I have mentioned before in this page, http://www.reddit.com/r/relationship_advice/comments/ajzeh/dear_redditor_i_am_lost_please_give_me_advice/)
My girlfriend wants to have a break from our relationship 2 days before New year.
Despite the fact th... | 8 | [
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"body": "My buddy got dumped last week because his girl's (asian) parents want her to date rich guys instead (Pimpin' ain't easy...). He is in the Army. It's tearing him up.",
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"body": "Well it sounds like other than complete awkwardness you got off pretty lightly.\n\nThat's it thou... |
Why are Lego's expensive? | It's hard not to love them, but the price tag on the sets are very high, even for the small models. I was thinking about getting some Star Wars sets, but prices on them are too high for my college budget. | 7 | [
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"body": "First off you are going to enrage a certain group by not calling them Lego.\r\n\r\nSecondly they are expensive because they can be. By now they are a very established brand so they can charge exuberant amounts for little colored blocks.",
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"body": "it is for this very reaso... |
I had an interesting thought about the internet just now | Someone, somewhere will probably create a cache with great swathes of the internet stored on it. This will become an anthropological matter. What will people think? What will be their means of seeing it? I personally have an image of going to a museum and getting to poke around various sites on two little replica compu... | 5 | [
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"body": "I think aliens will conclude that humans went extinct due to a genetic mutation leading to the loss of all pubic hair.",
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"body": "If humans die off, I think that very little contemporary material will be found. Most digital storage is not as non-volatile as many assume.",
... |
Why is this reddit so unknow? | I've been a long time lurker but this shouldn't be horribly populated? There must be some people drinking alone on new years. Come join me!
If it's not new year where you are, screw it. Drink for alcohol not for new year! | 16 | [
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"body": "Full time lurker here too... I'm thinking the only reason that this reddit is so under-represented is that most people can't type coherently once they are drunk enough to think about logging onto Reddit. (This post brought to you thanks to equal help from Captain Morgan and the backspace button)",
... |
Christians: why do you believe? | First, a disclaimer: I come off as offensive, the method of discussion I am used to is attacking someone's beliefs and having them defend them. That does not mean I'm attacking you.
Second, some background: I am an atheist who is currently dating a Christian girl and her beliefs are important to her. Because of the fa... | 11 | [
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"body": "I believe because I have encountered God. Without going into too much detail, I went off the rails when I was in my young teenage years. One day I was dragged along to a Christian event by a close friend. While I was there, a woman I had never met before came up to me and described, in detail, a l... |
Was anyone at Intervarsity's Urbana this year or have you gone before? | I went this year (though I left a day early). I just want to know how it affected you guys, what you liked most about it, what you didn't like, etc etc.
I'll go first. I went to pretty random seminars. That was my favorite part. It was hard to connect to worship in such a large setting, but I looove worship in differ... | 8 | [
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"body": "Yes I went! It was my first time and pretty worth it! I loved ringing in the new year with 17,000 other Christians. I wish more people would understand the holistic Christianity presented there. Also, I am listening to the worship CD right now :) I tried going to CUP but injured myself right befo... |
What inventions do you think will be invented this decade? | What inventions do you think will be invented this decade? What do you think the future has in store for us?
I imagine there will be great advancements in technology. | 43 | [
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"body": "It's called a \"Jump to Conclusions\" mat. You see, it would be this mat that you would put on the floor... and would have different *conclusions* written on it that you can *jump to*. ",
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"body": "Organ growing that yields transplantable results. I could maybe see limbs, ... |
So, Who Carries What in What Pockets? | Saw some people posting this in the vibrating cell phone thread and got curious as to what the average setup is. For me it's:
* Front left: Cell phone
* Front right: Keys (USB drive and LED flashlight on keyring)/Pocketknife
* Back Left: Wallet
/edit for keyring accessories. | 11 | [
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"body": "Ugh. I have [an SeV jacket](http://www.scottevest.com/v3_store/Evolution_Jacket.shtml), which has about ten billion pockets and cable passthroughs, so this is gonna be complicated.\r\n\r\n* Front right pocket: mints\r\n* Front left pocket: USB battery pack, with cable going through the cable passthro... |
DAE remember when Tv seasons were between 20-25 episodes? | I torrent quiet frequently so I can see how the amount of episodes coming out per season is going downhill, fast. Now let me ask, how many of you still pay the same price for Tv as you did in the 90s? The price of Tv goes up and we get less content for the shows we like and more shows we don't like. | 20 | [
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"body": "yes but the shows that have less episodes usually (but not always) have a higher quality than those shows that just keep churning out crap. ",
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"body": "This is true. There are only like 13 episodes of good shows per season, like 30 Rock or It's Always Sunny and yet I'm pay... |
HAE noticed that American culture is getting more crass all the time? | I'm not a prude, but tonight (New Year's Eve) I had an experience that made me believe all the right-wing nuts who constantly say American culture is getting more vulgar and crass all the time. I took my wife and 12 year old daughter downtown to see a New Year's Eve concert, and afterward we went to what I thought was ... | 16 | [
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"body": "You sat next to some assholes in a restaurant.\n\nIt's unfortunate, but really nothing worthy of painting over the entirety of American culture with.",
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"body": "america is schizophrenic when it comes to this issue. we demand sexual fidelity and virginal women, yet we have ... |
How long do you guys think it'll take until we get a new The Three Doctors? | And how do you think it will go down? I think it'd be cool if The Tardis just materialized in itself. | 6 | [
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"body": "Here's 10 Doctors... http://comics.shipsinker.com/2007/03/11/doctor-who-comic-the-ten-doctors-page-1/",
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"body": "Probably not until after 11's first full season. They need to let him get established first. After that it's anyone's guess. Hopefully more sooner than later... |
Math reddit, I'm stupid, studying matrix algebra and completely stuck: what is a determinant? | What does it do? Why is it important to learn?
Here's the problem: if you explain using words and concepts that are just as abstract, I probably won't understand :(
Edit: Thanks everybody! I'm going to take people's suggestions and learn about vectors and linear equations using all the sites everyone suggested, and w... | 20 | [
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"body": "Assuming you understand the concept of a matrix as a linear transformation: The determinent is essentially the \"scaling factor\" of the transformation. As in the size of a unit square (or any shape with area 1) will have when you pass it though the matrix. This can be generalized to volume for 3d... |
reddit, please help. I'm a cutter with major depressive disorder... | I hadn't cut for about three and a half years, but I started burning myself again a couple of weeks ago. Suicide ideation has gone way up, and I'm alone as fuck where I live with no real support group. I'm at the end of my rope here and I have no money for professional help. People at my job are getting sketchy about t... | 18 | [
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"body": "Two things that really helped me: meditation and exercise.\n\nI would suggest looking into the various forms of meditation to see which suits you, but get into the discipline of doing it for 10-20 minutes in the morning and again in the evening. To start, just sit, and acknowledge the thoughts and fe... |
This year is going to be great! | One and a half lunar cycles from the start of the new year, everyone is going to start whining about St. Valentine's Day. Then the Earth will tilt a bit on it's axis and the sun will hit the North more directly and it will be Spring in my country, which is awesome because soon after Spring, school gets out. Then school... | 5 | [
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"body": "you forgot to mention the new bacon diet that's going to unite the world under a single greasy napkin starting sometime in february!\n",
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Dear The Item Drop System... | I've been begging you for a year since the hat update came out.
I've been going on r/tf2 to bear witness countless images of players with an assortment hats, yet you had left me with none. I think ", it's almost the start of a new year, might as well end the old one with a good ol' round of TF2." I load the game, read... | 10 | [
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"body": "**Don't read this until tomorrow, because it's going to ruin your day:**\n\nThe camera beard is no longer considered a hat, it drops just like any other weapon now. I'm sorry.",
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"body": "I got one today...I went from happy to very pissed to happy again because it's awesom... |
[9] Conversation with my bowl. | [9] I just had a conversation with my spoon pipe bowl. Basically it said that it knew me more than anyone ever would because since it was part of my imagination it was in essence, myself. I made the argument that it since had a physical presence (the bowl) it was indeed real and not my imagination. The bowl replied wit... | 25 | [
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"body": "you just blew your own mind. I have to agree with your bowl though. \n\nBecause it is an inanimate object, it was you who gave it a personality to even tell you that it knew you better than yourself.",
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Why do religions want us to think that sex is dirty and sinful? | I've always resented how as a kid the catholic church tried to make me feel guilty for possessing a sexual imperative.
Even now, for most of us that live in relatively secular cultures, we're still burdened by the legacy of religious prudery. By this I mean the ridiculous way in which women are condemned if they are p... | 44 | [
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"body": "Convince people they should feel guilty for wanting or having sex (perhaps the strongest natural urge) and then make yourself the monopoly on forgiveness. ",
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"body": "Before contraception sex was a risky thing. The promiscuous and the prostitutes likely spread all kinds o... |
So what happens to my Steam games when Valve goes tits up? | With Valve giving away the farm for Christmas, I've aquired quite the collection of games, which lead me to wonder, what happens if (god forbid) Gabe Newel squanders away all Valve's money on WoW Gold and Steam goes tits up?
I have the horrible feeling that if that happens we are all shit out of luck. | 69 | [
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"body": "More importantly, will i be able to will my steam account to someone else after my death?\n\nI have a legacy to pass on.",
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"body": "It's not like there isn't a risk with hard copies of all your games. They could be Destroyed in a natural dissaster or stolen. Any form of ... |
who else woke up inappropriately naked on the morning of 01.01.2010? | I woke up and my boxers were gone and I don't know why. No boxers means I was naked. Inappropriate nakedness (house full of people and I was in lounge). | 8 | [
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"body": "I woke up to the sound of my friend banging his girlfriend in the next room with the door wide open. Sounded like they were pretty naked.",
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"body": "I woke up with just a t-shirt and my socks on, smelling of mogen-david, with breakfast beside my bed that I know I didn't co... |
Is there a way to... | ...keep your existing level and stats, but change your character on the ps3 version? Without completely starting from level 1? | 3 | [
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"body": "Nope. Can't do that on any version. Well, maybe on the PC with the save editor I guess. \n\nIf you've got a friend who has a Mordi at playthrough 2 though, he can power level you crazy fast in the Eridian Promontory.",
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DAE go to the mall, and, once again, realize why they hate commercialism and all the people (the majority of the population) who love it? | I very unfortunately went to the mall the other day with a friend, and it renewed my hate for almost everything. I saw so many stupid shops and fads, and so many oblivious people buying into this crap. It made my friend and I extremely bitter. | 3 | [
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"body": "I went to the shopping centre about a month ago, and yeah I do feel a crushing dissapointment when I walk around it. I'm not trying to sound elitist, as if i'm any better than people (like myself) who go to shopping centres, but there was one moment in particular which i'll never forget.\n\nThere was... |
Okay /r/Brisbane, report in with your NYE shennanigans. Good, bad, fun or sad, spill it. | I spent it on the Sunshine coast with Alphabeat and a circle of friends and partners. It involved getting blind drunk on a mates rooftop in Maroochydore dancing to 90's pop music. Followed by being bashed in the surf by 2m waves. Good times. | 6 | [
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"body": "I went to a house party in West End. We missed midnight, met some knew people, had some friendly debates and had a generally lovely time. We left as the sun was rising, and was wandering homeward when I heard some sweet piano music. Listened for a bit, friends were about ready to continue on, so I he... |
Can someone explain to me (in simple terms) how under water traffic tunnels are made? | It came up while driving home from watching the fireworks last night and no one in the car could come up with a way in which these tunnels were made that didn't seem overly dangerous or insanely expensive/implausible. | 4 | [
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"body": "[This](http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=83)\n\nAlso there are several hundred engineers and geologists that plot a route though the available rock structures.\n\nAlso a youtube of it in action [here.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frRjcHUB23k)",
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Why doesn't the west coast have its own live countdown for New Years? | watching the taped video from New York is just pointless. It's 3 hours old by the time the west coast sees it. Why can't we a have live broadcast for each timezone? Am I missing something? | 6 | [
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"body": "I was wondering this too. I live in California and was switching through the local channels and all I saw was NYE in Times Square. I just said screw it and watched South Park instead.\n",
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"body": "that'd be one huge engaygement....especially in west LA. could be fun, lik... |
What's your worst doctor experience? | So two days ago I had my first ever gyno exam. The woman was horrible! I was on the verge of a panic attack about the thing to begin with, and then she decides that in between my legs was a good time to bring up the fact that my BMI is now "obese." Now even if I was severely overweight this is not something I would wan... | 6 | [
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"body": "So, I had to get a check up for work a few years ago. I go see the doc the company set the appointment up with. the (female) doctor comes in, i have my back turned starting to undress. She says \"Dont worry, you havnt got anything I havnt seen.\" I turn around, Shes a woman I picked up a bar a week ... |
Alternatives for bestpokertorrents? | bestpokertorrents.com has been down for a while, and I'm looking for a suitable replacement. I know, the thepokerbay is kind of filling the void, but they simply arent as good.
Does anyone know of an active poker tracker that is still up and running besides those two? or a tracker that would have the same content, wh... | 4 | [
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"body": "Don't know of a replacement myself (been looking as well).\n\nHere is a thread about past and recent issues. Seems that they will be back soon. \n\nhttp://ipoker.tiltblog.com/2009/01/06/best-poker-torrents/",
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I am proprietor and performer in a sideshow/freakshow - AMA | I cofounded a touring sideshow almost 5 years ago, I've taken over most aspects of the show since my cofounder moved away. I handle management and most of the "torture" and fire acts. The show ranges from classic acts like bed of nails and human blockhead to burlesque, variety, old time music, stage magic, and suspensi... | 59 | [
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"body": "* Total profit amount?\n\n* How does one become formally trained in the industry?\n\n* Which acts do *you* perform?",
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"body": "One income source I would suggest is becoming a partner on youtube and put up videos regularly doing your thing and do \"how to\" videos, I think ... |
Prestige -- Novelty or Useful? | So, I've been playing MP and recently started my first Prestige. I'm playing on PC. I'm wondering what your thoughts on Prestige mode are. Is it a good idea? Do you like the thought of starting over from scratch, but with the ability to have even more goals to obtain? Are you happy with just the extra weapon slots, do ... | 8 | [
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"body": "Honestly, I think it's main usefulness resides in its ability to keep the game somewhat fresh. I stayed at 70 for a while (long enough to hammer on the guys at the LAN party) then prestiged right after to keep it interesting.",
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"body": "You have to prestige at least once t... |
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