Walsingham Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 That's very similar to what I tell a ton of my students every year. They like to read an article, and then sentence by sentence try and reword it so that it isn't plagiarism. It's a mess. The problem is that we teach children that writing happens in a single draft, like the pouring out of some pure fluid. Writing changes our understanding. You cannot write anything novel in a single draft. Only once you have written several times will it stabilise. Most important single lesson I ever learned. Unless you count the thing about big hands or feet. 2 "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 6 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woldan Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 The same thing happened with my cat, countless times, but it wasn't a bed, unfortunately it was the cat toilet. Not so funny. 1 I gazed at the dead, and for one dark moment I saw a banquet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 The same thing happened with my cat, countless times, but it wasn't a bed, unfortunately it was the cat toilet. Not so funny. I disagree! XD Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woldan Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Thats why I love my toilet, no restrictions! Edited January 3, 2015 by Woldan I gazed at the dead, and for one dark moment I saw a banquet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Whats even going on in that bottom right panel? 1 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woldan Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 I think its about being drunk and partying hard in the toilet? I gazed at the dead, and for one dark moment I saw a banquet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Fishing in the toilet? I hope anyone doing that is doing catch n release, cause you sure don't want to be eating anything from there. 2 “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Seems reasonable. RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrath of Dagon Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Year in review : http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/style/2014/12/28/davebarry-yearinreview-2014/ "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serrano Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agiel Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 2 Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 http://youtu.be/W3bp59Eci_0 2 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woldan Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I guess the funny part is the guy in the red shirt not doing a single real push-up? I gazed at the dead, and for one dark moment I saw a banquet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 I guess the funny part is the guy in the red shirt not doing a single real push-up? Oh geez, way to miss the humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManifestedISO Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcniyQYFU6M 2 All Stop. On Screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woldan Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 ^ I need to do that arm twirling whenever I'm excited. It sure as hell looks cool on those bottles. 1 I gazed at the dead, and for one dark moment I saw a banquet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azdeus Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 8 Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary. - H.L. Mencken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met. --Rodney Dangerfield 3 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woldan Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Reverse GIF. 2 I gazed at the dead, and for one dark moment I saw a banquet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) Not sure why, but I found Neil deGrasse Tyson's list of 8 books all intelligent people should read somewhat amusing.. The Bible (public library; free ebook), to learn that it’s easier to be told by others what to think and believe than it is to think for yourself The System of the World (public library; free ebook) by Isaac Newton, to learn that the universe is a knowable place On the Origin of Species (public library; free ebook) by Charles Darwin, to learn of our kinship with all other life on Earth Gulliver’s Travels (public library; free ebook) by Jonathan Swift, to learn, among other satirical lessons, that most of the time humans are Yahoos The Age of Reason (public library; free ebook) by Thomas Paine, to learn how the power of rational thought is the primary source of freedom in the world The Wealth of Nations (public library; free ebook) by Adam Smith, to learn that capitalism is an economy of greed, a force of nature unto itself The Art of War (public library; free ebook) by Sun Tzu, to learn that the act of killing fellow humans can be raised to an art The Prince (public library; free ebook) by Machiavelli, to learn that people not in power will do all they can to acquire it, and people in power will do all they can to keep it Edited January 5, 2015 by Raithe 2 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 2 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManifestedISO Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 https://vine.co/v/OwTOez0W6wg I tried, sorta, to stick a Vine here, but I don't know if I can. It's worth it. 1 All Stop. On Screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agiel Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 If you're watching this at work, plug in the headphone jack and listen. I feel like I could cook eggs and fight terrorism, at the same time, after listening to this. 1 Quote “Political philosophers have often pointed out that in wartime, the citizen, the male citizen at least, loses one of his most basic rights, his right to life; and this has been true ever since the French Revolution and the invention of conscription, now an almost universally accepted principle. But these same philosophers have rarely noted that the citizen in question simultaneously loses another right, one just as basic and perhaps even more vital for his conception of himself as a civilized human being: the right not to kill.” -Jonathan Littell <<Les Bienveillantes>> Quote "The chancellor, the late chancellor, was only partly correct. He was obsolete. But so is the State, the entity he worshipped. Any state, entity, or ideology becomes obsolete when it stockpiles the wrong weapons: when it captures territories, but not minds; when it enslaves millions, but convinces nobody. When it is naked, yet puts on armor and calls it faith, while in the Eyes of God it has no faith at all. Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete." -Rod Serling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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