January 2012
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“In the hot countries the human being matures in all aspects earlier, but does...”
– -Immanuel Kant, Physical Geography 1802
Kant’s ethics, he said, did not fully apply to women and he maintained that animals should be used by whatever desired means to pursue whatever human ends and interests. Kant’s philosophies are brilliant until you get into just who they apply to.
Sita Sings The Blues
aitebar:
Has anyone seen it?
This is an awesome movie. Absolutely hilarious and so well done. And its all (I mean, all!) done by one person.
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“One of my proudest possessions is the flag that the SEAL Team took with them on...”
– Obama (via kateoplis)
That’s hella good speechwriting.
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“Ridiculously monstrous partnership this, just ridiculously monstrous, now the...”
– match report at Lunch on Day 2 of the fourth and final test match between Australia and India, in a series which Australia leads 3-0
(ESPNCricinfo)
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Listen
I don’t do this a lot. But I gotta say it. Vidya Balan is seriously fucking hot. Like, hot. Ok, I’m done.
“I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that’s...”
– Mitt Romney [source] (via thenoobyorker)
I think he now understands the multiplier effect.
“Scientists analyzed billions of words from Twitter, a half-century of music...”
– Scientists find English is an overwhelmingly positive language. Further reading: Steven Pinker’s The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature. (via curiositycounts)
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applesauce
they had some shit awesome slang in the 20s man
you know, two decades from now, we’re gonna have to define which 20s we’re referring to.. that’s fuct up
Met the woman of my dreams...
quelowat:
but she turned out to be a nightmare.
I lost everything because of her,
including myself.
Identity theft.
-QueLoWat
December 2011
14 posts
Science review of 2011: the year's 10 biggest... →
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Flirting is cheating
Someone told me that today. I was like, wtf is wrong with you?
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The Protestor
As 2011 ends, its time to take stock. Perhaps more is at stake today than ever before. Our world is changing monumentally. From the Kyoto Accord to the EU split, from the Arab Spring to austerity protests in Europe, the world seems topsy turvy.
Though I do not pay much heed to it, I have to also mention TIME magazine’s declaration today that their Person Of The Year is The Protestor.
I...
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“We journalists are probably too bleary-eyed after a sleepless night to...”
– In an effort to stabilise the euro zone, France, Germany and 21 other countries have decided to draft their own treaty to impose more central control over national budgets. Britain and three others have decided to stay out. But whether the agreement does anything to stabilise the euro is moot.
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Home is not always where the heart is
When I was growing up in Canada, I kept thinking of the Middle East. I remembered the long football games, the daily dinners out, the friends, the cricket games, the life I used to live. I wasn’t home sick, I just dreamed of the place like it was a lost eden- a place to go back to and live in again.
Then I got here. And then, I was homesick for Canada. A real sickening kind of homesick. I...
October 2011
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The world is your ashtray
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How to look like a philosopher: Don't give a shit
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