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This otherwise good essay about racism is almost ruined by this jarring moment of probable STDH in the middle.quote:A minute later and the five of us are outside: myself, my date–who just wants to go home and is cowering behind me–Burly, and two of his friends. “Okay you stupid loving friend of the family” he shouts, “what are you going to do now? There are three of us, and one of you.”
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On the bingo card, I believe we already have "martial arts," but we should have a bonus square for the phrase, "My martial arts training kicks in."
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Jul 13, 2013 18:37
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In Tumblr world, everyone knows every line in every musical ever made.
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Jul 13, 2013 20:30
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I honestly think tumblr is like 94% comprised of high school theater kids. You know the type.
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Jul 13, 2013 20:37
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Oh I know the type. I was a theater kid so I know it well. I was never this bad, but the type were my friends.
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Jul 13, 2013 20:43
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So he hates Les Mis, yet can identify a song from it given only 2 lines?
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Jul 13, 2013 20:53
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"This is entirely plausible" -STDH thread
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Jul 13, 2013 22:30
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How do you accidentally sing something? Is it caused by some kind of musical movie tourettes?
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Jul 13, 2013 23:02
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CJacobs posted:How do you accidentally sing something? Is it caused by some kind of musical movie tourettes? I don't know but like someone else said, loving theater kids. I went to a school that focused heavily on performing arts and half the students had that kind of tourettes. Freshman year was the loving worst. The Rent movie came out and it was La Vie Boheme in the hallways for MONTHS. Some kid in math would start singing under their breath and you'd stare at them and they'd be all "OH I am SO sorry, I just can't help myself! By the way, that was from Repo. (Have you ever seen Repo?)" 
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Jul 13, 2013 23:32
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Silly Hippie posted:I don't know but like someone else said, loving theater kids. I went to a school that focused heavily on performing arts and half the students had that kind of tourettes. Freshman year was the loving worst. The Rent movie came out and it was La Vie Boheme in the hallways for MONTHS. Some kid in math would start singing under their breath and you'd stare at them and they'd be all "OH I am SO sorry, I just can't help myself! By the way, that was from Repo. (Have you ever seen Repo?)" What's up, arts high school buddy? Mine had visual arts, English, dance, music, theater, culinary, and cosmetology "majors". We all pretty much mingled, except for the theater kids. They kept to themselves in a weird little inbred nest, drawing things from musicals on their jeans and talking about how our school was JUST like the school in "Fame".
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Jul 13, 2013 23:45
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article posted:"One scene from a plane, as recalled by Ami Fitzgerald: When Tesca was not yet 2, she and her mother took a flight, each with her own laptop, unusual for a toddler in the 1990s. While Ami worked, Tesca played a simple interactive game, appearing to deftly use the computer as she sucked on her pacifier. Other passengers gaped. http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2013/06/in_college_at_12_off_to_start.html Maybe STDH? Maybe not? What's the verdict?
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Jul 13, 2013 23:58
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DrHerpington posted:http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2013/06/in_college_at_12_off_to_start.html Absolutely STDH. Laptops in the 90s were HUGE and mind-bogglingly expensive as I recall. I really doubt a family had 2 unless they were super rich. And the thing that makes this really STDH is that ripping out the battery absolutely will turn off your computer (and possibly break it). It's just the same as pulling the plug out of your big boxy desktop computer. Plus, how did she know how to remove a battery but not know how to press the power button, which she used to turn the computer on? Oh yeah, and any story that ends with "and everyone clapped!" is proof that it didn't happen.
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Jul 14, 2013 00:05
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If anyone's read Old Man's War, there's an early scene where the main character shuts down the racist rantings of an old, farting Freeper-type by turning his bible knowledge against him until he angrily storms off. I immediately thought of this thread.
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Jul 14, 2013 00:08
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DrHerpington posted:http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2013/06/in_college_at_12_off_to_start.html
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Jul 14, 2013 01:32
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JoeyJoJoJr Shabadoo posted:Absolutely STDH. Laptops in the 90s were HUGE and mind-bogglingly expensive as I recall. They were kind of expensive but a middle class family could have easily afforded two, and they weren't really that much bigger than what we have now, not counting ultrabooks.
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Jul 14, 2013 01:36
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From the above super smart kid thing:quote:One scene from a plane, as recalled by Ami Fitzgerald: When Tesca was not yet 2, she and her mother took a flight, each with her own laptop, unusual for a toddler in the 1990s. While Ami worked, Tesca played a simple interactive game, appearing to deftly use the computer as she sucked on her pacifier. Other passengers gaped. This part, specifically, pretty much definitely did not happen. This part pretty much screams "THIS is how much smarter our child was than normal people even at a young age!! Look at this prime example!!"
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Jul 14, 2013 01:41
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CJacobs posted:This part, specifically, pretty much definitely did not happen. This part pretty much screams "THIS is how much smarter our child was than normal people even at a young age!! Look at this prime example!!" I work with not-quite 2-year-olds. Not-quite two-year-old children, let's say 20 or 22-month-olds, don't generally have the physical capability to press keys and click mice/touchpads with the precision required to shut down a laptop. Even if their fingers could move that way, they don't give a poo poo! They want to play! They want mommy's attention! They aren't in the slightest going to listen to a set of instructions to press buttons in a certain order. We expect that from children aged 3+ at best. Children old enough to understand simple instructions. That is even after the plain "shut down" button has failed and the battery has been removed. That person's child may be smart, but she is not that smart. The person who wrote this doesn't know what a two-year-old is like.
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Jul 14, 2013 02:30
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According to The Oregonian newspaper, Tesca is starting her Ph.D. at the age of 16. http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2013/06/in_college_at_12_off_to_start.html
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Jul 14, 2013 02:34
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"But super-bright Tayt was being bullied at school. Ultra-bright Tesca was so far off the charts no regular classroom would fit." Goddamn that's some annoying writing.
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Jul 14, 2013 02:41
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You name your kid "Tayt" and you're surprised when he gets picked on?
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Jul 14, 2013 02:48
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Tesca sounds like a gas station. Like they were driving by a Texaco and had sex, so she was conceived, and in memory of the conception they shortened it and added an a at the end. True story. Edit: and everyone in the gas station, as well as the hospital, stood up and cheered. Edit 2: or it could sound like Testicle. Maybe Tes(ticular)Ca(ncer)? Oh my god guys I've just discovered it. And all the goons stood up and cheered. Thin Privilege has a new favorite as of 03:00 on Jul 14, 2013 |
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Jul 14, 2013 02:57
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JoeyJoJoJr Shabadoo posted:Tesca sounds like a gas station. Like they were driving by a Texaco and had sex, so she was conceived, and in memory of the conception they shortened it and added an a at the end. Well, and there's also a chain store (sort of like less successful Walmart) in the UK called Tesco, which is what immediately popped into my head. "Oh honey you're so bright and special and wonderful that we named you after a supermarket chain where you can buy both baked beans and blank DVDs at the same time!"
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Jul 14, 2013 03:13
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Palisader posted:Well, and there's also a chain store (sort of like less successful Walmart) in the UK called Tesco, which is what immediately popped into my head. "Oh honey you're so bright and special and wonderful that we named you after a supermarket chain where you can buy both baked beans and blank DVDs at the same time!" Poor Asda never could compete with his sister.
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Jul 14, 2013 03:27
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Bad Roy posted:Poor Asda never could compete with his sister. That's probably why he's being picked on in school. And don't even ask about their half-brother, Sainsbury.
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Jul 14, 2013 03:34
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Do "not-quite-2" year olds still suck on pacifiers, I genuinely have no idea
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Jul 14, 2013 04:10
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Christopher Robin posted:Do "not-quite-2" year olds still suck on pacifiers, I genuinely have no idea I think I voluntarily gave up my pacifier at about two and a half. My sister held onto hers at least about the same, perhaps as late as three. And it'd actually be a good thing to give a kid on a plane because it would help keep their ears adjusted to the pressure changes as the plane ascends and descends. We might have been an abnormal sample though.
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Jul 14, 2013 04:41
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My little guy turns two tomorrow and he still likes to have his "mimi" on car rides and when he's sleeping. And while he does do good working the see n say app on my iPhone, he's not really got the coordination to work my laptop. I doubt young Tesca did either.
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Jul 14, 2013 04:51
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Marley Wants More posted:According to The Oregonian newspaper, Tesca is starting her Ph.D. at the age of 16. I've seen this happen two times IRL, both times because the parents worked for our state college system, which has a reduced fee program for tuition for either the worker or a relative, for about 2/3 off the normal price. My mom used them to pay for "summer school" one summer at the local college, where I took an intro drawing class through their extension school, with senior citizens. Asking around is how she found out about the first story, where 2 kids were allowed to take discounted courses through their parent's benefits. They started at 12 but they were taking really easy stuff and I have no idea if they graduated. I don't think they did. The other time, a guy I knew had a dad who was a math professor or something. Long story short, they gamed the system. Starting in 6th grade, he effectively took 2 classes a year in math by utilizing private summer schools in the area. He bragged about being able to get a BS before finishing high school but wasn't able to because he didn't realize they were credits equivalent to those for a "non-degree seeing student", no backsies. Also, he didn't have GE credits. He ended up needing to retract the claim from his applications but still got into an Ivy. He's pretty weird now though, because all he did was live and breathe math for basically half his life. Or maybe less, I'm not the math major. In the article's case, maybe Portland State has an option for non-degree students to be admitted if they get certain grades but I can't find info on it. It might be the mom exaggerating the way my old classmate did, and if so, that'll suck for the kid. Finishing the required courses for a major =/= automatic degree.
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Jul 14, 2013 05:10
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From reddit:quote:One time I went to a stripclub with a couple of friends, as we got into the club and were standing at the bar one friend noticed one of the girls and said to me, 'gently caress, look at her! She's incredible! I don't want a dance from her, I want to loving marry her!' we all laughed and thought nothing of it. Later on in the evening he called her over to get a private dance but once they got to the back room he just started chatting to her, she was a local student, we had all just graduated from the same university, the song ended, no stripping took place and he left with her number.
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Jul 14, 2013 06:43
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Bold Robot posted:From reddit: Ah yes, the private room of a strip club, where you can have a long and engaged conversation with someone. Have these people ever been in a club of any kind?
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Jul 14, 2013 07:04
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I ask 2 girls to leave private property, I end up hand cuffed in the back of a police car. (self.MensRights)quote:Right now I am so loving pissed off I can barely post this post. I live on the property of a private boat club, the property is gated, fenced, and has no trespassing signs all over. I live here to keep non-members out of the property as we are located on the water in a large park.
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Jul 14, 2013 09:41
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...of SCIENCE! posted:I ask 2 girls to leave private property, I end up hand cuffed in the back of a police car. (self.MensRights) I'm a dumbass young adult woman with friends that are, shocker, also dumbass young adult women. If we ever accidentally do something and end up where we shouldn't be (like a store that's about to close or the wrong section of a restaurant if there's a reserved section) we just say sorry and move. I'm sure that dock was not some magical tanning spot. DrHerpington has a new favorite as of 11:00 on Jul 14, 2013 |
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Jul 14, 2013 10:47
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Sorry to bring out an older story again, but about that "woman does not take kidney because it's from an atheist", aren't organ donations anonymous ? And according to lists and poo poo. It just does not work like that. There are rules and it's not possible and not legal to do stuff like that. Partly because that would lead to people selling their organs or getting their organs sold which is not something anyone wants. Some content quote:Yesterday my father and I were about an hour and a half in to a drive when we decided to pull over to stretch our legs. We park, I sit in the car for a minute checking my phone, and when I look up I see my dad laying flat on his back on the concrete, his entire body flailing around violently. I ran over to him to see him turn blue, foam start coming out of his mouth. I happen to be currently taking a course for emergency medical response, so I dial 911 while trying my best to use the little training I have to help my father. I have one hand on the phone with dispatch, the other underneath his head attempting to cushion it from the hard ground. At this point a truck driver pulls up (we were in a pretty isolated area so I was relieved to see another person). My dad stops seizing after a few minutes, so I try my best to turn him on to his side in to the recovery position and allow the foam and any vomit to drain so he doesn't choke. It's important to note that I am a petite woman and my dad is a rather large guy. I yell to the truck driver to help me turn my dad over, but instead he stands over my father and begins to pray, "Oh heavenly father...". So even though I have this fully capable guy right next to me and am begging him to help me, he just stands there continuing with his drat prayer. Thanks to adrenaline I managed to get my dad on to his side myself and scooped as much of that crap out of his mouth as I could. Not very original but well 
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Jul 14, 2013 14:57
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...of SCIENCE! posted:I ask 2 girls to leave private property, I end up hand cuffed in the back of a police car. (self.MensRights) Yes, because the appropriate thing to do is not to call the police and report those two officers, but to rant about it to /r/mensrights. And he has a job but lives in a boat dock?  I'm imagine a creepy old guy with a long beard and dented hat, and a huge coat with holes in it.What actually happened: girls sunbathing after having a party on a boat of a friend, who said it was ok to stay (because if it's locked and fenced, how else would they get in?) Crazy looking man comes over ranting and raving "you stupid women! I hate all women! Raaargh!" so they try to pack up as quickly as possible. He keeps yelling while checking them out sexually, so they call the police. Police show up, probably not two female officers, likely a dude and a woman or 2 dudes. They see the guy that looks like a crazy hobo ranting and raving about "loving women! They're in my house!" After asking where he's from, they think 'he lives in a boat dock? Yeah right!'. Guy keeps yelling "mah rights! Women are whores and evil!" so they put him in the squad car. Girls either don't actually take photos, or maybe take one bacause the situation is so ridiculous and he's still muffedly yelling from inside the car, which would make them laugh. Cops release the guy because they can't charge him with anything. Guy posts to /r/mensrights from his shack at the boat dock. That, or he is an actual hobo who was unable to rape some girls at the loca pier, and is posting from the library.
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Jul 14, 2013 15:34
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Fathis Munk posted:Sorry to bring out an older story again, but about that "woman does not take kidney because it's from an atheist", aren't organ donations anonymous ? And according to lists and poo poo. You can do direct donations. Kidney donations can be made to family, friends or someone on a donor list. You're not allowed to profit from the sale of organs or tissue. http://organdonor.gov/faqs.html
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Jul 14, 2013 16:11
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I was at a friend's going away party last night and she invited some of her pub trivia team members. One told the most amazing STDH stories the entire night. The highlight being the story where he was in Florida for his brother's high school graduation and was staying at a hotel with his mom and sister and went to the ice machine for them. He heard some girls talking and "They sounded sexy so I stayed around for a while, hoping they would walk by". They came by, started chatting, and the two of them invited him back to their room. This led to them blowing him "Because we didn't have any condoms" and he was invited back the next night. He bought a big box of condoms and when he came back to their room they showed him they also bought some, just for him. Then their "dancer teammates" showed up (did I forget to mention they were all super sexy beautiful fit dancers, every last one of them). You see, they were in Florida for a competition and decided "Yeah, let's all gangbang some random dude someone meets at the ice machine". So he said there were maybe "6 chicks" in bed with him and the rest of them watched. He also told some stories of middle school sex in hot tubs with two girls and all the sports stars he's "close personal friends with". I, of course, pretending I believed every word of it because they keep telling you stories if you act like they're not so full of poo poo it's leaking out their ears.
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Jul 14, 2013 16:36
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Fathis Munk posted:Sorry to bring out an older story again, but about that "woman does not take kidney because it's from an atheist", aren't organ donations anonymous ? And according to lists and poo poo. I like how this person is an atheist but doesn't bother to figure out where the adrenaline came from that allowed her to save her father. God
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Jul 14, 2013 16:58
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oldpainless posted:I like how this person is an atheist but doesn't bother to figure out where the adrenaline came from that allowed her to save her father. I know it's just bad writing, but this is my favorite line: quote:I happen to be currently taking a course for emergency medical response, so I dial 911 That emergency medical response (Not first aid I guess?) is money well spent; it took me multiple lessons before I remembered that "Unconscious blue flailing dude on the ground" = 911.
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Jul 14, 2013 17:01
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Is it just me, or does it seem like the iPhone text chat conversations never actually happen: http://imgur.com/gallery/7jIHmRD
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Jul 14, 2013 17:31
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Plan Z posted:Is it just me, or does it seem like the iPhone text chat conversations never actually happen: Of course they do, I have at least one of these a day. More seriously even the guys on imgur call them out on it !
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