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Originality
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Regression to the Mean
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It’s time for the return of the Demotivational Devotional. (made with the Despair.com Do-It-Yourself De-Motivator)
This is Not a Psychotic Episode
about 1 year ago - 8 comments
(A reminder… this is a reposting from the mcarp archives… the prophetic genius and brilliance are his, the ones/zeros and pixels are mine. And the pictures. Oh, and the subheads. I added those, just to help break up the page.) “This is a cleansing moment of clarity.†— Howard Beale, “Network!†(1976) Network!, in case
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“Never underestimate the ability of shallow people to fill a void in their lives with something equally as vacuous.”
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about 3 years ago - 3 comments
I need help, and this is one of those occasions when both my memory and my search-engine gymnastics have failed me. There was a movie that was shown in schools when I was growing up in the 1970s. I remember it being shown in the gymnateria at Sawtooth Elementary, in Twin Falls, Idaho. (The gymnateria
Global Dominance
about 3 years ago - 26 comments
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about 3 years ago - 6 comments
Motrin screwed up with an ad that didn’t resonate well with mothers. I’m not going to get into that kerfuffle which is documented elsewhere with more detail than I care to ponder. Here’s the ad: Within a couple of days, here is the response: Funny, but instructive. The tools of quality mockery and parody are
The Sub-Prime Primer
about 3 years ago - 14 comments
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about 3 years ago - 7 comments
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about 3 years ago - 7 comments
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about 3 years ago - 5 comments
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Good to see those reader stats are going up to 100! You’re almost there!