WAITING FOR THE HINT OF A SPARK

I'll be offended if "How To Train Your Dragon 2" stays the offical title.

It’s not that hard to come up with related (but creative) sequel names. Here, I’ll help you.

• More Ways To Train Your Dragon
• How To Train Your Rider
• The Adventures Of Hiccup
• ZOMG DRAGONZ

I hope they go with the last one.

crookedindifference:

Celestial and terrestrial bodies such as satellites and projectiles obey the law of gravitation.

I think NASA should make this their loading… icon.

(via scishow)

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edwardspoonhands:

frezned:

overtheunderpass:

Idunno.

I reckon “idk” is the best for that. It’s not phonetically the same, but it represents the same proportion of less effort. You can’t be bothered saying all the letters of “I don’t know”; you can’t be bothered typing all the letters.

Fascinating question. I disagree wholeheartedly with Frezned’s suggestion of IDK. IDK doesn’t hit it at all…IDK is a difinitive declaration…where as I think what we’re looking for here is more of an “I don’t know and I don’t care that much” which is amazing that we can say that with absolutely no consonants. 

I personally type this as iono in this situation, which generally gets the point across 75% of the time. Phonetically though…any suggestions? Any linguists out there? 

I’d call that particular sound a vocal shrug, and I’d represent it with nnuunn.

politicalprof:

drinkthe-koolaid:

owsposters:

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They call Social Security a Ponzi Scheme. Well, this is the real rip off right here. Did you know that student loan debt is one of the very few types of debt you cannot claim bankruptcy on? And who is disproportionally affected by crushing student loan debt? You got it: the poor.

So, to recap: many poor people get student loans. One cannot claim bankruptcy on a student loan. The economy crashed, now they can’t afford the payments. Bad credit results, and all of the associated problems that go along with it, keeping them poor.

And why all this growth? Because when I went to college (1982-86), states invested in higher ed. Now, you pay for it. Welcome to the new world order.

Yeah, but twenty years ago, only a third of people sought higher education. Today,  it’s hovering around two thirds. More students = more debt. Maybe instead of demanding that student loans be lowered, we should ensure that people who get degrees actually benefit in the long run from them.

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Hmmm, let’s see…

01. Yeah, this is okay. I know some people who collect keys and make drinkers stay the night. And if you’re going to be the designated driver, be willing to take people home even if you don’t get reimbursed for it. Pay it forward.

02. Everything? Including Windex and hand sanitizer and prune juice? I didn’t think so. Also, only drink within your limits. Unbeknownst to you, parties aren’t fun if you don’t remember anything the next day/morning.

03. This statement has two logical errors: it assumes that everyone has an upstairs and that all parties should be about sex. This generation takes sex too lightly, too casually. I mean, why care about consequences when you can just party your days away? (PS, it’s pretty disgusting to think that you’re having sex where someone else just did, all sweaty and sticky and *shudder*.)

04. Some people are horrible dancers. Some people are shy. Some people don’t want to be there. Music acts as a buffer for all these people. It’s the gravity which holds them all together. So it’s cool that some people shouldn’t be afraid to dance and enjoy themselves, but don’t force anyone else to.

05. No, don’t puke! If you’re throwing up, then stop drinking. If you’re solely at this party for the alcohol, leave. Reassess your values. Please, for my sake. Y’all are gonna give me a headache.

06. Ahahahah. I’m sorry. In the event of the police arriving, your smart idea is to hide upstairs? You’re probably forgetting that the cops have the authority to enter your house if they suspect underage drinking, so all you’re doing is trapping people upstairs. (I’m italicizing it again because you’re assuming that this is a two+ story house.) So yeah, don’t do this.

07. Well, I dunno about you, but I know how alcohol works. Alcohol clouds your vision, so that you have a hard time determining what’s worth saying and what isn’t. You could even say that alcohol provokes drama more than it hinders it. So you can hardly demand that your party denizens keep drama away if you’re allowing alcohol.

08. My guess for this is that your house has a garage for storage, not cars. Plus you like hotboxing. Well, it’s your property, so I can’t really stop you from this, but it sounds like a serious fire hazard, and I’d hate to see you burn down your garage.

09. “I’m totally going to fuck Ben tonight.” “You know he has, like, warts and shit, right?” “I don’t care, I’m gonna fuck him.” [several days later] “Oh shit! I have herpes. How could this have happened!?”

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You’d be surprised how many times this scenario comes up in teenage conversations. It’s such an easily preventable problem, and I just wish today’s youth would take it seriously. (Say yes to cockblocking.)

10. What if it’s a boring bitch party? Never minding where guys fit into this equation, I previously stated that people are at this party for different reasons. Maybe instead of getting mad at girls for being boring, you can talk to them and help them out with what’s making them sad. I think that it’d be the ladylike thing to do. (Guys, respect the girls and don’t fight.)

11. The easiest way to do this is to not be such a self-centered asshole. That’s it. It’s the only thing you need to do. Good luck.

brb, throwing a boring bitch party.

(via mybroken-wonderland)

Tell me who’s on late night talk shows tonight. (And then all following nights.) Get to it, crew.

Good luck explaining that tab to your boss. (Protip: Stick with AP, it’s much less likely to be misconstrued. Unless you add an ‘f’ to it.)

I just wish that your writers would learn how to properly make links in HTML format (I’m speculating that you use HTML). I easily find at least two broken links per article, which is disappointing since your articles need links to be funny. Or, if you don’t want to make any changes on your side, I’d gladly go through and point out broken links I find, but only if you promise to fix them.

I feel like we as a society would be much better off if CAPTCHAs taught us proper grammar and punctuation usage. Anyone agree?

I was watching the Dark Knight earlier. (Go to 3:20.)

And there’s a point where Batman has the Joker in an interrogation room and *spoiler* rams his chair up against the door handle to block the door. Now, I’m no chair-making expert, but after the first several times this happens, wouldn’t you consider making a change to either the chair or the door handle so that this isn’t possible anymore?

The easiest way would be to make the chair’s back legs rounded at the bottom. Yes, this makes it extremely dangerous to lean back, but why are you doing that in an interrogation room anyway? Another completely viable option is to have the door open by pulling the handle down, with a diagonal handle. But either one would work every time.

Keep a sharp eye out, and try spot how many movies this scenario occurs in. (I’d put together a Supercut but I need more scenes.) I feel like this is Hollywood asking for us to make changes. And I for one support them.