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    Are teachers allowed to kick you out of the classroom for looking at your phone?

    This is unfortunatly what happens when you have tenure. But no, she is within her right to do so, shut your phone off before class starts or drop her class. You can report her to her superiors but they will do nothing except maybe talk to her about it.
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    Leland Yee Decries Supreme Court Decision

    This is just unacceptable. Yee lost on the highest possible level, not to mention every level below it, show some humility. When I described this whole situation to my father what he said echoed pretty strongly, my father doesn't play video games at all or really care about them, but when I...
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    Best time if your life.....is in highschool?

    I have to admit that now that I'm done with doing neverending schoolwork and have my college degree, I'm quite enjoying myself not having to do homework and getting paid for the jobs I do. I would say that now, my after college life is the best time ever. You know, when I can finally do...
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    Autistic Xbox Player's Mother Admits He Cheated

    I kind of figured this was likely the case. Not because the boy was autistic, but because MS is usually pretty good about banning people who actually do abuse the system, and have a sytem of checks in place to prevent themselves from banning people who obviously did not cheat or hack their...
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    Truly Failed Advertising

    I read the worst was likely the earthbound "smells" campaign done by nintendo, which had ads equating the game (with a definate mid-90s look) to things that smell bad, like gym shoes and saying "this game stinks bad". Earthbound was of course one of the best games for the SNES, and a lot of...
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    New Starbucks Size Larger Than Average Capacity of Human Stomach

    A couple years ago a guy sued starbucks for 4 million dollars because he was unfortunate enough to have glass in his coffee. When they asked him why he was suing for 4 million (opposed to another amount) he responded, "Hey, I just wanted my money back."
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    Should we get rid of high school?

    "I had to unlearn everything I learned in highschool to get through college, luckily highschool doesn't teach much in the first place." You know, I truely believe what you just said (having experienced it) and yet when I say something like that people write me off as an egotistical jerk...
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    The Escapist Presents: Yes We Am: Behind the Silliness

    This guy is a freaking genius. This documentary is one of the best videos the escapist has ever done. Where is Mike Wilson now? GameCock is gone! I want to interview this guy.
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    Should we get rid of high school?

    Dude, you should check out a lot of Paul Graham's essays. He really tells it like it is. http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html For a lot of people, this is what a high school experience is for american children. For me, this better described my middle school experience opposed to HS, but...
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    What has been your Proudest moment in Gaming?

    The day I was awarded Recon Armor for getting the last VidMaster achievement, which for me was Endure.
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    Zombies Rally for Australian Gamer Rights

    L Many of the banned games involve zombies. L4D being one of them forced to be either censored or banned because of their stupid policies.
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    Zombies Rally for Australian Gamer Rights

    This is awesome when the people rise up to demand rights from their elected leaders. Go australian zombies! Hopefully you will make your country a better place for adults.
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    Is the Superbowl worth the hype?

    No. If you want an example of real super bowl without hype, watch the film of the first one. The place was freaking empty. (update) I say film becuase I'm about 99 percent sure the first superbowl was shot on film. It's quality is actually pretty good for a film from that time, sure beats...
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    Chinese News Claims 80% of Violent Prisoners Were Gamers

    Bet they all drink milk too. It's the milk drinkers you gotta watch out for.
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    There Will Be Brawl: There Will Be Brawl: On Set

    More Becky please!