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^God I hope so. But then we'll have to play as Desmond, and I will not pay money for that, no sir.
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What's funny about anything with Kirkman is seeing him alternately love and hate Tony Moore.
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So, Kirkman's Super Dinosaur > Walking Dead?
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Bah. Battle Pope 4eva
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So there's this guy who has all ten of the fully colored Marvel/Epic Akira trades, but he's in the UK, and doesn't offer international shipping. Dammit, there aren't many things I'd pay 250 bucks for, but that is probably one of them, because those colored versions are a) gorgeous and b) incredibly rare.
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Apparently the entire East Coast is being destroyed by tornadoes. Nice knowing you guys. (but in all seriousness please don't get killed by the weather)
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I'm always sad when I see AC and get excited because my mind goes straight to Armored Core, then realize it's just another Assassin's Creed.
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Spoiler:
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And Rick Santorum woke up in a cold sweat.
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With an inexplicable boner.
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English political ads sure are different.
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But the fetus CAN'T be gay! The uterus is safe from the homosexual agenda's propaganda!
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Don't taze me bro.
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xenomouse said:
A a couple acquaintances of mine have - at various game conventions - been playtesting rules for a wargame using Lego robots. They've had good reception and will be kickstarting it next Monday:
Mobile Frame Zero: Rapid Attack
Follow up:
The kickstarter campaign has launched, and they're over halfway funded.
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Gelada monkeys.
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Do not mess with them.
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Imagine waking up next to that after a frat party.
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Garfunkel and Oates strikes me as a duo Dave would really like, for some reason. -
I was always partial to this one.
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http://www.nme.com/news/bruce-springsteen/62463
I don't know how to respond to this... -
This is why I listen to techno.
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I read that while listening to the new Springsteen album. I guess I'm rascist?
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I think that proves that statistics are often total bs. I'm probably a little racist, but I live in a major metropolitan area so I have a lot of direct, negative experience with white people.
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That is most "Correlation is Causation" statement I have seen in a while. Studies like that are why I don't respect studies.
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So, the fact some studies are bad means you don't respect any studies about anything?
Exactly how the fuck do you go about life discriminating between what you should and should not believe, then? -
"After listening to the background music, with no phones or reading material as a distraction, the participants were asked how their tuition money should be distributed amongst the Centres of African American Studies, Latino American Studies, Arab American Studies, and Rural and Agricultural Studies."
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Ethnically diverse like Gwen Stefani? Wut?
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Milkshake said:
Exactly how the fuck do you go about life discriminating between what you should and should not believe, then?
I think "don't trust everything you read just because the guy's got letters after his name and works for an official-sounding organization" is probably a good start. -
Read Katsuhiro Otomo's Domu while waiting for volume 1 of Akira to arrive at my library for attempt number 3 at actually finishing that in its entirety. It's very good, and reminded me very strongly of the kind of book Stephen King would write, for some reason: the tight-knit community, psychic powers, magic retarded kid, build-up to explosive climax, etc. I actually feel like it could have benefited from the kind of sprawling detail and slow burn that King brings to some his novels; while it never felt fractured or incoherent, I couldn't help but feel like I was reading the beginning and end of a story that could have been more fleshed out, as none of the cast gets all that developed and things kind of snowball a little too quickly. Still, a great read, and relatively short, so I'd recommend it.
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^^Or maybe "wait for confirmation (e.g. - peer review, follow-up study, etc)".
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RobotBastard said:
I think "don't trust everything you read just because the guy's got letters after his name and works for an official-sounding organization" is probably a good start.
He said he didn't respect studies, at all, as in any sort of scientific research-acquisition, which includes experimentation. If you don't respect studies, you're sort of throwing away everything we have in terms of gathering evidence for science. -
Milkshake said:
He said he didn't respect studies, at all, as in any sort of scientific research-acquisition, which includes experimentation. If you don't respect studies, you're sort of throwing away everything we have in terms of gathering evidence for science.
Hi, Slippery slope, I've missed you. I'm glad you called me on the arbitrary semantics phone.
I'd like to see the breakdown of how that study was done, especially how they determined the willingness to apply tuition money to non-white groups. "You just listened to Bruce Springsteen. Now, how do you feel about us applying tuition money to non-white groups?" -
I would like to point out that I did not defend the study, and even directly implied that it was bad. My entire problem was allowing one poor study to ruin the importance of studies as a thing. Seriously, he said, verbatim, "Studies like that are why I don't respect studies." Either you don't understand the context of the post, or you don't understand what a slippery slope is.
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I didn't say you defended the study at all. You assumed from his statement that he means, "all forms of scientific research-acquisition" by studies as opposed to, oh for instance, the only kind of study that we were just talking abut. You know, what would make more sense based on context.
Edit: I will admit your point on vagueness. You could say I'm just as bad for assuming something based on my assumed context. -
The state of science reporting is such that I am probably not interested in the results of any study that could have a sensationalist blog post headline written around it.
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Oh OnePixelJumpMan, may you never stop making me LAWL in your future endeavors and pursuits.
But seriously, when I think of this Springsteen study, I'm totally comparatively reminded of scientific research studies which ultimately produce preventive measures for the onset of heart disease as well as new innovative surgical procedures that prove to be more efficient in saving lives. They're pretty much on the SAME level. -
Huh. I just realized that I typed "abut" instead of "about" up there. I choose to leave this for posterity.
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I caught it but figured you did it on purpose for some minor lulz but now you've shattered that illusion and pulled the wool away from my eyes. THANKS
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I'm sorry to break the awful truth, but sometimes lulz leak out of me on accident. I don't have full control.
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OnePixelJumpMan said:
I didn't say you defended the study at all. You assumed from his statement that he means, "all forms of scientific research-acquisition" by studies as opposed to, oh for instance, the only kind of study that we were just talking abut. You know, what would make more sense based on context.
Edit: I will admit your point on vagueness. You could say I'm just as bad for assuming something based on my assumed context.
He said "studies" not "these kinds of studies." There is no other way for me to interpret that. If he had said the latter, there would be no argument.
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Can't somebody make a hyperbolic statement without it turning into some endless, useless argument? Of course he doesn't believe all studies are lies! This is the internet.
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Whatever!
I can now rest easily knowing that my racist thoughts & tendencies are completely governed by the amount Springsteen I listen to (which is none). -
OnePixelJumpMan said:
Huh. I just realized that I typed "abut" instead of "about" up there. I choose to leave this for posterity.
I just assumed that you had some Canadian in you.
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The Joel said:
Can't somebody make a hyperbolic statement without it turning into some endless, useless argument? Of course he doesn't believe all studies are lies! This is the internet.
I think you just answered your own question.
Also, I do like to drown myself in maple syrup on all possible occasions.
