2012-08-19, 12:37 | Link #8141 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 66
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It just so happen in the US, I'm inundated by faux hyper-individualism. Basically inverted freeloading of people who benefit from community and infrastructure but don't want to pay for it. They pretend they're islands of rugged individualists, when actually they could not have made it without the community and even more psychotically, they want everyone to culturally lockstep with them
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2012-08-19, 12:58 | Link #8142 | |
NYAAAAHAAANNNNN~
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 35
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At least they named themselves with the right word : optimists. Do the minimum and hope for the best.
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2012-08-19, 19:54 | Link #8143 | |
Love Yourself
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Northeast USA
Age: 38
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By comparison, private industry is incredibly closed. They keep much of their work secret (publications are not the goal), and go so far as to keep their employees under non-disclosure agreements. The end goal is to create a product that can be marketed and sold (or at the very least, for patents to be generated). Cooperation is still involved (industry does provide grants to academia), but it takes a very different form. My opinion is that scientific progress would be stunted if we didn't have academia. Industry doesn't exit for the greater good, it exists for itself. Many Americans downplay the good and necessity of public projects, naively believing that industry alone will lead to a perfect society.
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2012-08-20, 13:55 | Link #8144 |
books-eater youkai
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Betweem wisdom and insanity
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Augusta National OKs 1st female members, including Condoleezza Rice
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sports...tory?track=rss
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2012-08-21, 11:29 | Link #8145 | |
Megane girl fan
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Diagonally parked in a parallel universe.
Age: 55
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Facekini craze hits China beach as swimmers try to avoid a tan
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Endless"..." Soul
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2012-08-21, 11:53 | Link #8146 | |
He Without a Title
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The land of tempura
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2012-08-21, 13:07 | Link #8147 | |
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Age: 30
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Well, this is the other extreme. Not too long ago girls were crazy about tan, now this? It's just too funny either way. I feel sad for the poor things. (Un)Fortunately for me, nature took care of this problem by making me a blond with white white skin (no melanin for meee~), making it almost impossibe to tan unless I want to get severe sunburns or even (worst case scenario) cancer. It's about as fun as it sounds. Honesty, I don't see what the big deal with white skin is. I'm not saying it's unatractive, but, if I had a chance, I'd like to have skin that gets a nice bronze tan in the summer, mmmmm.... |
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2012-08-21, 13:11 | Link #8148 | ||
Not Enough Sleep
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: R'lyeh
Age: 48
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2012-08-21, 13:24 | Link #8149 |
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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^ Yeah, I read that part, but I still don't see it. Tan was fine until a while ago and now it isn't? Come onnnnn... White skin, since long ago, has been a sign of high class, of royalty. Wimen would walk with umbrellas as to not get tanned. But those times are long gone. And bringing it up as a culture status symbol? It's just a silly excuse to wear Facekini's for the next big thing(?) — white skin. And honesty, even if that were the case, I'd rather get a tan than be seen in THAT
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2012-08-21, 13:36 | Link #8150 |
Megane girl fan
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Diagonally parked in a parallel universe.
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Whenever I see the ladies (usually Asian) going around town with the forearm sleeves and the full face shields, I always though it was the fact that they are protecting themselves from the sun so they don't appear to age as much. ~shrugs~
This Facekini things seems to be a bit over the top though. Also, as a white guy, I actually tan very easily. I guess I can attribute that to a very small portion of Cherokee ancestry. Endless "Boys of Summer" Soul
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2012-08-21, 13:53 | Link #8152 |
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^ Luckyyyyyyy... I live in eastern-northern Europe, my parents are both Russian so no luck with genetics Funny enough, my brother gets the nice bronze tan I've always dreamt of, my dad turns red and then gets the tan, my mom is like my brother and I'm the only one in the family not allowed to tan. Tried before, wasn't fun. Skin turned red and then began peeling off, uhhh... Anyway, I think we've established that the Facekini is a no-no, no matter how much you want white skin. Anyone care to disagree? ^ Lol, you're probably right. |
2012-08-21, 14:08 | Link #8154 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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2012-08-22, 08:43 | Link #8158 |
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What is the anti-incest law in most countries anyways? 2 degrees of separation?
Is incest illegal even for non-genetically related relatives like adopted kids? Time to create a new fantasy world in my head where I have a step sister a year older than me. |
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Age: 35
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But I think that the community will go up in an uproar if siblings intermarry within their family. Quote:
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2012-08-22, 09:08 | Link #8160 | |
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The sad reality is I haven't even met most of my relatives. The ones I do know are all male with one morbidly obese female cousin with cardiac problems. No I think you'll do fine with a maniac who is the same age as you. |
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