Recent content by manatee

being just friends definitionally precludes sex?

I really don't understand why it's assumed that that particular remark was "honest" and that everything else Romney says is designed to appease the crowd. (By the way, judging by your third comment [posted12:36 ET, if I've converted correctly] it's quite obvious that you didn't watch since...

It's probably about the comfort of shared cultural assumptions. Or an extended version of affection for your hometown.

"Called the president a terrorist Corporate sponsors like, how the fuck you gon’ embarrass us? Ain’t my fault, I was just repeatin’ this Professor Emeritus from America But my tone was like an Afghani kid without a home Blew that bitch up with a drone An Iraqi with no daddy, Palestinian throwing...

rusting, sad, fool

http://flowingdata.com/2012/07/04/higgs-boson-explained-by-phd-comics/ This video at least somewhat elucidated the concept for me, although I doubt an even remotely thorough understanding is pretty much unattainable for a layman.

Right!

Well duh, obviously it was a politically motivated move, and the same will be true for everything he does during the rest of this term (if not everything he's ever done). Still, it's in the right direction, but doesn't reach far enough.

The objectively most appealing GNP, thon (which I'm still repping by the way), is a contraction of 'that one'. The Swedish hen isn't really new, but yes, a debate sprang up about it recently, but it's horrifyingly ignorant on both sides, where one thinks using it will make a big change toward...

well, actually five percent of them are and that number won't change, because BMI for children is defined relatively

Arrested Development - Stellar acting; great use of callbacks, foreshadowing, reality subtexts; very high joke-density; rewarding even after multiple viewings etc Community - Unconditional love needs no motivation. It's good, okay? Bored to Death (questionable if the term sitcom applies) - The...

Community is special.

I'm not sure I trust this OP... aren't you American? anyway... Well, in Sweden there's just Metro (free ad-funded paper accessible at large public transit stations, available in many other countries including some American cities), which is the most sensationalist garbage around apart from...

I meant this:

don't you think bringing the issue up might motivate (votivate) people who would otherwise not vote? prescriptivism is odd. :p