I loved David Lynch's work as much as I hated listening to him talk about art. The whole "Do what you love, do it well, just be yourself" thing sounds great but is actually horrendous advice unless you're already successful or independently wealthy. If you actually have to pay rent and stuff do not approach any creative field like that! ...
Is there a word for when you take your conclusion and state it as a fact that serves as the premise of your argument ...
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This experiment with letting a small handful of people amass most of the wealth in a society and then inflict something devastating on the world when they reach middle age and realize no one likes them seems to have run its 5000-year course. We might not need to run additional trials. ...
The National Weather Service has issued a Bisexuality Warning for the Louisville and Cincinnati metropolitan areas. Bisexual conditions are expected to prevail until 10pm CDT. Take appropriate precautions. ...
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jon says:
I work in a prison and heard this heartwarming tale from an inmate:
During a volleyball game on the rec field, a group of white inmates were playing against some Mexican inmates (the divides in prison are usually like this.) Anyway, the ball was called out. How far out was it? The paisano held his hands a bit apart and said, "Five dollar."
ben says:
isn't this a perfect example of that most republican of all ideas: the free market?
J. Dryden says:
In my more cynical/realistic moments, I've argued to my gay friends that they will be truly accepted not when they're allowed marriage, but when two guys kiss on a nationally televised ad for Coke. Because once corporate America–which controls *way* more of our cultural values than we care to admit–collectively decides "you're in," *that's* the point at which you've passed your hazing and are part of the gang.
MarilynJean says:
J. Dryden is so right. Since the Obama family entered the White House, the amount of advertising featuring non-white people of various brown shades has skyrocketed. I get my lady-centric commericals AND my "urban" themed commericals!
jazzbumpa says:
Ben –
Free market is a Libertarian idea.
Republicans just want to kill people.