“Once a person becomes a video gamer, he or she will remain a video gamer indefinitely, rendering the industry essentially turnover-proof,”
—Video Gamers Hooked for Life | LiveScience
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“The physicist Richard Feynman once said that science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. What he didn’t say was just how much fun fooling yourself can be.”
—Why dowsing makes perfect sense - New Scientist
“And if you look a little closer, you’ll see that if a person believes that life is terrible, they’ll constantly look for proof of this, to confirm their view of the world. They’ll find quotes and situations and events in their life and magnify them a hundred times. If a person believes that life is wonderful, they’ll look for the corresponding signage and behave in a similar manner to the previous person with their view of the world. Often, this is the same person on different days of the week.”
—Unknown (via creampuff)
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“The reason being drinking salt water would severely dehydrate them, resulting in certain death.”
—HYPERplasia The Magazine
As someone that's not anonymous on the internet, I'm curious how this all plays out.
Between this resignation due to totally off color comments via Facebook and the twitter lawsuit, I’m left wondering how “private” we can really allow ourselves to think the internet is. I mostly think of these venues as personal and private, despite their slightly public venue - kind of like a conversation in a park. I don’t feel these things are indicative of a professional or very public persona. I know the internet is blurring the lines between all of these areas, but it hardly seems logical to use someone’s Facebook profile as an indicator of their professional acumen. Same goes for suing someone with 20 followers on Facebook, as it seems like a poor use of resources.
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“All these tools of tech waste our time if we’re not careful.”
—Friends requests drive Bill Gates off Facebook | ajc.com
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the only amount you can carry is nothing more than two hand fulls.
i need a tow truck.
” —vantage point.: it’s when i fell into you.
“Swearing led to a greater reduction in pain perception and a bigger increase in heart rate in females.”
—Swearing increases pain tolerance : Neurophilosophy
“we are growing dependent on social media in many decisions that effect us on a personal level”
—Blackberry Storm Vs. iPhone 3G: Should Social Media Be the Judge? | Thoughtpick Blog
“Since people tend to put most trust in those who appear to share their values and understand their needs, it is crucial we widen the range of voices speaking on climate change - even if this means climate experts relinquishing some control and encouraging others who are better communicators to speak for them.”
—Comment: Why people don’t act on climate change - opinion - 23 July 2009 - New Scientist
“We all know that there’s no fucking way in the world we should have microwave ovens and refrigerators and TV sets and everything else at the prices we’re paying for them. There’s no way we get all this stuff and everything is done fair and square and everyone gets treated right. No way. And don’t be confused — what we’re talking about here is our way of life. Our standard of living. You want to “fix things in China,” well, it’s gonna cost you. Because everything you own, it’s all done on the backs of millions of poor people whose lives are so awful you can’t even begin to imagine them, people who will do anything to get a life that is a tiny bit better than the shitty one they were born into, people who get exploited and treated like shit and, in the worst of all cases, pay with their lives.”
—Fake Steve Jobs on cheap overseas manufacturing. (via John Gruber) (via marco) (via morningstar) (via poortaste)
Q: Do sedimentary rocks taste sweet?
A: They are much more likely to taste earthy or salty.
“When I lived with money, I was always lacking,” he writes. “Money represents lack. Money represents things in the past (debt) and things in the future (credit), but money never represents what is present.”
—COULD YOU SURVIVE WITHOUT MONEY?
“The government has imposed a tax on all messages. This means that until now President Zardari was getting abused for free. Now he’ll get paid every time someone abuses him!”
—Pakistan president Asif Zardari bans jokes ridiculing him - Telegraph
I wouldn't know how to sex a shark anyways.
- Connecting to server...
- You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
- Stranger: Heyy
- Stranger: M or F
- You: shark!
- Stranger: LOL
- You: sshhhh
- You: wait a min
- Stranger: K
- You: ... sorry, I HATE sharks What were you saying?
- Stranger: Uhh m or f?
- You: me or the shark?
- Your conversational partner has disconnected.
“I shook my head to clear the thought. Come on, this is clearly not a dollhouse. I chuckled softly to myself as I placed the miniature basket of butter-horns on one of the wooden tables. Dollhouses are for girls.”
—Penny Arcade
Star Wars: Uncut →
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Hello! You and 472 other people have the chance to recreate Star Wars: A New Hope. Below is the entire movie split up into 15 second clips. Click on one of the scenes to claim it, film it, and upload it. You can have up to three scenes! When we’re all done, we’ll stitch it all together and watch the magic happen.
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“BEIJING—The World Wide Web, a device used solely for the enrichment of the nation and the advancement of lasting social stability, gained another website for the convenience of its users Monday, bringing the current number of existing Internet destinations to 12.”
—Internet Adds 12th Website
“But it’s also exceedingly difficult to prove. The 1984 federal law that prohibits organ sales has apparently never been litigated.”
—Houston News - You Want a Piece of Me? - page 1
“I watched some of you get more engaged because you started to realize there’s a person (flaws and all) back there, and I watched some of you recoil in horror because I’m not what you projected on me.”
—Trent Reznor Ends Twitter Legacy By Deleting Account : Rolling Stone
“We will approach them and say that the bus is coming later today and invite them in to the home for a coffee,” said Mr Neureither. “Five minutes later they have completely forgotten they wanted to leave.”
—Wayward Alzheimer’s patients foiled by fake bus stop - Telegraph
