Every time I read something involving oh-so-hip internet culture I feel that times are weird. MLI(A-0.5*SD)

Case study: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/22/gop-placed-wanted-fliers_n_508557.html

Comment from someone at SSP: "Children have better manners."

"All governments are evil, GMH. We know this because they won't let us kill one another and they take our money."

~BobbyG, at the TV Tropes fora

Democracy: a form of government whose only defence against crazies is the silent majority agreeing to give nutjobs funny looks.

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bulby01: "My computer's free for your use now. As long as you don't look up things like child porn and nuclear secrets, of course ( Read more... )

"I have issues, but I'm not an issue monkey."

(context info that makes this non-funny: we were talking about my focusing on electoral politics rather than issue politics.)

1. Put together about six tenths' worth of a white population that votes about 6-to-1 Republican and about four tenths' worth of a black population that votes about 9-to-1 Democratic, and what do you get? A swing-red state called Mississippi ( Read more... )

"What are you doing to my electoral map?"
"I'm gluing LEDs to the Republican-leaning congressional districts."
"...why?"
"Because when I'm done, they'll be red light districts."

So this morning, while riding in the Tech Shuttle, I'm pretty sure I misheard some song lyrics:

"got my drink, and my p-set
got my drink, and my p-set
got my drink, and my p-set..."