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    Poll: Were you here before Zero Punctuation came out?

    Yes I was reading it when it was distributed as a PDF, and no, I don't like ZP ... or more accurately, I think its jumped the shark.
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    The Biggest Hoax Of All Time?

    Human activities create FAR more CO2 than volcanic eruptions. Volcanoes contribute about 1% the contribution of all human activities. http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/2007/07_02_15.html And while water vapor is a potent greenhouse gas, we aren't increasing the amount of water in the...
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    Your favorite area in Fallout 3

    ME TOO. Somebody should write a mod. Somebody who isn't me.
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    Your favorite area in Fallout 3

    No, there's no time portal. You can't even get over the crater rim. But let me know if anybody succeeds in doing it. I also have to second evergreen mills. I had to play it twice before I realized you could shoot the generators and release the behemoth.
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    Your favorite area in Fallout 3

    Post-nuked megaton. Once you get over the crater rim in your radiation suit, the time-portal to pre-apocalyptic Georgetown was really cool. ... ... Ok, seriously, I like the sewers.
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    Our Current Economic Recession: Where the Hell did It come From?

    All of the defaulted housing loans could have been bought by the government for under 300 Billion dollars. They aren't the problem thats resulting in trillions of damages. The problem was the insurance on those loans; so called credit default swaps. These didn't insure the value of the mortgage...
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    Clarification needed: Why do women LOVE Twilight?

    But his skin sparkles like diamonds in the sunlight and he smells like a cross between hyacinth's and lilacs! He's just sooooo dreaaammyyy... /swoons No, in the end you get the plain drama-queen with the uninteresting personality and no desires of her own who will be a source of constant...
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    Clarification needed: Why do women LOVE Twilight?

    Not by a frickin long shot. Bella is the ultimate submissive character in her own drama. She requires not one, but two immortal protectors, and a whole host of other minor-protectors, just to be safe from the enemies she makes because she's just so unique and special (but plain). Not to mention...
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    Clarification needed: Why do women LOVE Twilight?

    I think he was addressing me. I said they sucked. They do. Suck, that is. He's agreeing with you.
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    Clarification needed: Why do women LOVE Twilight?

    They just don't want to be mean and tell people what they really think of the pablum that they read. Because then they'd be anti-fans as opposed to afanists. You know, insulting the book is insulting everyone who liked it by proxy. ;)
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    Clarification needed: Why do women LOVE Twilight?

    Hell, I read the whole series. They are great books. Standards by which all future teen vampire novels will be judged. Just kidding. They sucked. I read them because they are fast and I wanted to know what everybody saw in them. I kept hoping there would be something interesting in the plot...
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    Clarification needed: Why do women LOVE Twilight?

    I think Roger Ebert ALMOST said it best: "Come on now, what is "Twilight" really about? It's about a 108 year old teenage boy trying to practice abstinence, and how, in the heat of the moment, it's really, really hard. And about a plain girl with lots of romantic choices, because she's so...
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    Clarification needed: Why do women LOVE Twilight?

    Its cool, I just don't think one needs to be an author to talk about literature. It sort of sucks not being the one the marketing is aimed at, and not able to appreciate it, but those are the breaks.
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    Clarification needed: Why do women LOVE Twilight?

    Hey there, take it easy. Just because someone's not an author doesn't mean that they can't criticize a book for being poorly written. Harry Potter and Twilight are not "great literature." They're basically cliches. I wouldn't be surprised if said poster took a year off, and wrote a hackneyed...