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Comment on Merry Christmas (2011-12-20 05:54:09)
I think you mean Christmas related sales events. The idea of giving gifts goes back waaaay before modern Christmas, when standards of gifts related more to tiny woodcrafts for kids and food for adults to share with friends and family.
Comment on camping (2011-12-20 05:40:11)
Sniping from a set position, covering a main avenue of travel? Totally legit. Hell, real world snipers do it (of course, they have the good sense to move around once an enemy hones in on their location). Spawn point camping? Different story.
Comment on Dark Knight Rises (2011-12-20 05:25:58)
Liking Tom Hardy's Bane more and more (at one point, I was questioning if it was Neeson in the Bane getup, because the eyes and dubbed voice looked similar). The football moment was kinda narm, but it does raise the stakes even more than the Joker. Hathaway's Selina seemed just the right amount of morally ambiguous/anti-villain. Getting very psyched. This and Avengers look tiiiiight.
Comment on School Life (2011-12-12 20:13:56)
You've never met an A-type strung out on Adderall, have you? (not that it's a good state to be in, I'm just saying I've "seen the impossible")
Comment on dubstep grannie (2011-12-12 04:23:30)
It's actually just a nostalgically-shaped entertainment unit, producing as well as storing the music. You just lay it down and it plays.
Comment on question by a student (2011-12-10 02:01:39)
And yes, those are typos ;)
Comment on question by a student (2011-12-10 01:56:25)
Likewise above, it was what I chose over other "hard science" courses to complete a rather broad "college of arts and sciences" core curriculum. Had to have three course credits, two astronomy units were done back to back, so two thirds of your requirement could be knocked in a year. My third was Physical Anthropology, which was largely structure of the human skeleton and evolutionary development. I'd already taken a Cultural Anthropology class, so that seemed to fit, and honestly, if I ever go back to school, it'll be to get a doctorate in Anthro (possibly sociology as well). I only took Astronomy because I'm a sci-fi geek. My liberal arts education had little to no impact on my degree or career training in Radio/TV/Film. In fact, given how computer driven my career is, I often complained to faculty about how many gaping holes there were in students' Comp Sci/Programming training. Plus, I'm a screenwriter with a minor in English, but if your degree doesn't say, "Journalism" or "Communications," most employers don't want to hire you for writing/copy-editing jobs. And yes, I'm Generation Y. Highly well-read, modern and classic works, competent with technology, able to pick up new systems, but every adult 50+ seems to think their "experience" makes them streets ahead of the youth. Really, all I can see is that they have social connections to other boomers in power positions, and they're used to the business/management models already in place at their companies, without carrying about greater efficiency in communication or production. Really, it's rare to find open-minded boomers to work with, and I find more in media fields because they HAVE to stay keyed in to current things. Yeah, I feel like genius too, but then they act all "your book smarts are nice, but not what you need to get ahead." Then why do you want all of us to go to college and get these bullshit degrees!? (Here's a tip for those in high school or middle right now: find out the industry that looks cool/interesting, and investigate what programs or tools they use. Find out how to learn this stuff ASAP. This helps you more than your resume saying "took lectures and read books at college")
Comment on Trailer for an ‘Angry Birds’ Film (2011-12-09 20:58:14)
Red, Blue and Green (dat ass), please.
Comment on this is an outrage (2011-12-08 21:45:30)
THIS IS NOT AN OUTRIGGER, IT'S A KAYAK!
Comment on question by a student (2011-12-08 21:44:35)
I barely passed back-to-back Astronomy classes in college, and yet knowing the difference between a planetoid and a goddamned star makes me an "expert" to Baby Boomers. ("So, Pluto's not a planet anymore?" "Yes, that's right." "So what is it? A star?" "...Yes, Pluto is a star. We now live in a two-star system with twice the heat and light as before.")
Comment on sexy black widow cosplayer (2011-12-07 09:40:23)
Riddle1, deviantart.
Comment on bitches can't touch (2011-12-04 07:51:33)
"But mom, we love each other!" "No child of mine is dating one of his kind!" "This is because of the age difference, isn't it?!"
Comment on Seven Samurai Poster (2011-12-02 08:02:08)
"What's that symbol?" "... That is you, Kikuchiyo!" *all samurai trololololo*
Comment on God Bless Egypt!... er... America (2011-11-22 19:35:12)
This was actually the catalyst to explaining "internet memes" to my father last night. And when he saw the video of the cop spraying, he was livid. (This is a life-long Republican who went to volunteer Citizen's Police Academy.) Having lived through the 60s, he was amazed that the students didn't rush and murder the peace officer, and still is certain anything could start severe riots at any of these protests.
Comment on window BSOD (2011-11-22 19:32:08)
Clearly you've never worked your Mac to a grey screen. Macs can fail, just like any other computer; most of the clientele using them just aren't pushing the hardware or software capabilities.