January 2012
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How empathetic are you? →
eateroftrees:
metapianycist:
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I got 16. Woah.
7. Really didn’t think it would be that low, and now I feel strange. I need to retake that one later and see if the scores are similar.
It’s Simon Baron-Cohen’s test. He defines empathy in a ridiculous way that has nothing to do with popular ideas of what empathy means, and then...
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“When one side of the argument is ignored, then the other side is promoted. This...”
– ginmar: It doesn’t matter if every last person on earth does it, you’re still an asshole
“It starts at birth. Men, who benefit so much from their gender, are sometimes...”
– ginmar: It doesn’t matter if every last person on earth does it, you’re still an asshole
“This is why I hate it when dudes whine about OMG, how hard it is to be a dude in...”
– ginmar: It doesn’t matter if every last person on earth does it, you’re still an asshole
“Look you guys, it needed to be said! Obviously someone had to make it clear that...”
– Reddit Makes Me Hate Atheists - Skepchick
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“Now, it is canonical in Tolkien that powerful magical beings imprint their...”
– km_515: Oldest and Fatherless: The Terrible Secret of Tom Bombadil
O___O
Kate says this can’t possibly be true, but I think I would like Tom Bombadil way more if he were actually an evil spirit. That’d also be more in keeping with the dark themes of The Lord of the Rings, while...
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“Juliet’s impassioned speech to her mother in Romeo and Juliet, in which...”
– Get Thee to a Nunnery - Television Tropes & Idioms
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From: The Shire To: Mordor - Google Maps →
Love the cautionary note.
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“There’s a lot more walking, and some more singing, more walking, and suddenly a...”
– Mark Reads ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’: Chapter 3
WELCOME TO TOLKIEN FANDOM MARK
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“If there’s a bright center to the Universe, astronomers have found the planet...”
– Astronomers discover a wretched hive of scum and villainy | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine
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“Somehow, over the last fourteen years, I had not learned or internalized or even...”
– Mark Watches ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’: S01E07 – Angel
Mark’s unpreparedness for Angel being a vampire brings me great joy.
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“I can’t bear the thought of my animals getting out or being...”
– 62 Cats And Counting: Confessions Of A Serial Cat Killer: Gothamist
So your argument is: Life (as a cat) is suffering, and the solution is to end life, rather than working to alleviate suffering?
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Questions for the Republican Candidates →
When your oath of office is in direct conflict with the Ten Commandments, as when “Thou Shalt Not Kill” contradicts our current war policy, which commitment will you keep?
What Sharia laws do you support other than criminalizing homosexuality, shaming assault victims & legalizing theocracy?
When you order the mass execution of women who’ve had abortions, should the death trains be run by...
Reader Ratings and Book Reviews from Goodreads... →
Dude, this is Not Cool. The review authors should be getting paid for their work, not Ebsco.
“The picture is horrific. Aisha’s beautiful eyes stare hauntingly back at you...”
– Moments of Startling Clarity
This is a really interesting article. I’m linking to a buffer post with a warning on it, so that those who don’t want to see the photo can decide for themselves before clicking through to the full article.
“Turns out a lot of people—-especially men—-who think of themselves...”
– Who to blame for the Plan B debacle?
“That’s right! 10-year-old kids have $70 burning holes in their pockets, and...”
– The Crappy And Sad Obama Plan B Failure | HAY LADIES!
“You know who I trust with medical shit? The FDA. You know who I don’t?...”
– The Crappy And Sad Obama Plan B Failure | HAY LADIES!
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“As of about 1:00 a.m., the police had begun to push protesters out of the park...”
– VIDEO: OWS Occupies Movie-Set Replica Of Itself, for Real | Mother Jones
ahahaha
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sexartandpolitics asked: Maybe she will come back and not be dead and it was all a dream because living forever with annoying people is boring and she would be so bored forever and ever.
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I still can't believe Sean Astin never even got a...
bookling-stormborn:
That is some bullshit.
I even learned how to photoshop for that. (Light of Earendil -> Oscar statuette)
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“If we teach women that there are only certain ways they may acceptably behave,...”
– Harriet J on Another post about rape (via archenemies)
Oh my god, this. All of this.
(via one-bite-at-a-time)
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"Okay, so you don't like the one child policy. How...
stfusexists:
I’ve seen this question WAY more than I thought I would by saying that I oppose the one child policy in China, so allow me to put that question to rest.
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all of this.
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Brain scanner can recreate movie scenes you've... →
Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have figured out a way of recreating visual activity taking place in the brain and reconstructing it using YouTube clips.
The team used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and computational models to decode and reconstruct visual experiences in the minds of test subjects. So far, it’s only been used to reconstruct movie...
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hey vegans don't do this
panasonicyouth:
Trigger warning for a brief mention of eating disorder
Submitted in my ask by an anon; I’m pasting it here to include the full message and respond:
I wasn’t the last anon, but I have some vegan friends that can be really appalling. They refuse to acknowledge that being vegan is expensive and whenever I tell them that I couldn’t afford it they tell me I’m wrong and that meat is...