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11 hours ago
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friendlyatheist
"If I were to announce that I had suddenly converted to Catholicism, I know that Larry Taunton and Douglas Wilson would feel I had fallen into grievous error. On the other hand, if I were to join either of their Protestant evangelical groups, the followers of Rome would not think my soul was much safer than it is now, while a late-in-life decision to adhere to Judaism or Islam would inevitably lose me many prayers from both factions. I sympathize afresh with the mighty Voltaire, who, when badgered on his deathbed and urged to renounce the devil, murmured that this was no time to be making enemies."
Unanswerable Prayers | Christopher Hitchens, writing in Vanity Fair (Oct 2010) (via danielholter) (via friendlyatheist)
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12 hours ago
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Our new office is in a much higher traffic area of the building.

This vuvuzela is worth its volume in gold.

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12 hours ago
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toldorknown
"There is apparently no social or ethical force that will cause people to bypass a chance to shovel money into their own pockets, without regard for catastrophic costs to their fellow-humans no matter how predictable. This needs to be an axiom in the thinking of all future regulatory planners."
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17 hours ago
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friendlyatheist
Afghanistan's dirty little secret

friendlyatheist:

For centuries, Afghan men have taken boys, roughly 9 to 15 years old, as lovers. Some research suggests that half the Pashtun tribal members in Kandahar and other southern towns are bacha baz, the term for an older man with a boy lover. Literally it means “boy player.” The men like to boast about it.

Sociologists and anthropologists say the problem results from perverse interpretation of Islamic law. Women are simply unapproachable. Afghan men cannot talk to an unrelated woman until after proposing marriage. Before then, they can’t even look at a woman, except perhaps her feet. Otherwise she is covered, head to ankle.

“How can you fall in love if you can’t see her face,” 29-year-old Mohammed Daud told reporters. “We can see the boys, so we can tell which are beautiful.”

“Having a boy has become a custom for us,” Enayatullah, a 42-year-old in Baghlan province, told a Reuters reporter. “Whoever wants to show off should have a boy.”

This is so similar to what happens in the catholic church with priests molesting boys. I find it funny how the article states such conduct is a “perverse interpretation of Islamic law”. I think that “unavoidable consequence” would a more accurate description.

-FA

Sometimes I learn things I didn’t want to learn.

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piratekitten
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I lol’d

piratekitten:

(via fuckyeahdementia)

I lol’d

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gordonshumway
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Well played.

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Well played.

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smartasshat
"We don’t say “No”
We say “How"

Principal of my daughter’s new school during orientation.

Having survived a decade and a half of public education (2 kids worth thru middle school), I had no idea how welcome these words would sound before I heard them uttered.

(via debbiestier)

(via merlin)

No way, no how.

(via smartasshat)

This is a recipe for disaster. What happens when she’s at college and some guy’s trying to fuck her and she’s screaming “How!”

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snafubar
snafubar:

meatsoftheworld:

libraryvixen:

places
source needed



Yes, I need the source’s name. And address.

snafubar:

meatsoftheworld:

libraryvixen:

places

source needed

Yes, I need the source’s name. And address.

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bestrooftalkever
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Is that Vigo, the Carpathian?

bestrooftalkever:

(via hewhocannotbenamed)

Is that Vigo, the Carpathian?

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mayafish
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marcovhv:

somethingintellectual:

This too, kay?

The zombie apocalypse is upon us.

NEED THIS ON A SHIRT

I want this on my back window!

mayafish:

marcovhv:

somethingintellectual:

This too, kay?

The zombie apocalypse is upon us.

NEED THIS ON A SHIRT

I want this on my back window!

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1 day ago
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beefranck
zoom beefranck:

sblaufuss:

Moved into our new digs. Gonna see how long I get away with my decorations.

Holy crap! My very first original piece, back where it belongs. 
Look, if they tell you it’s inappropriate, you tell them to… well. You know.

I’m very honored to have this piece, and I love displaying it. Oh, and the cross-stitch, too.

beefranck:

sblaufuss:

Moved into our new digs. Gonna see how long I get away with my decorations.

Holy crap! My very first original piece, back where it belongs. 

Look, if they tell you it’s inappropriate, you tell them to… well. You know.

I’m very honored to have this piece, and I love displaying it. Oh, and the cross-stitch, too.

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1 day ago
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zoom Moved into our new digs. Gonna see how long I get away with my decorations.

Moved into our new digs. Gonna see how long I get away with my decorations.

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1 day ago
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lindstifa

No Green Day.

lindstifa:

Earth, Wind & Fire here.

Thank the baby jesus!

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1 day ago
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shawnashawna
zoom shawnashawna:

Anyone else remember Clearly Canadian? This’ll hafta do. GPOYW

I loved Clearly Canadian!

shawnashawna:

Anyone else remember Clearly Canadian? This’ll hafta do. GPOYW

I loved Clearly Canadian!

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2 days ago
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incorrigiblerobot
incorrigiblerobot:

Karma.

incorrigiblerobot:

Karma.