mjklin

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by mjklin 4d ago
The critic’s lament: describe the situation in mild terms, the public concludes it’s not a big deal and takes no action; describe it in stark terms, the public concludes there’s nothing to be done and takes no action
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by mjklin 27d ago
“Look at the happy moron, he doesn’t give a damn. I wish I was a moron - my God, perhaps I am!”
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by mjklin 3mo ago
It’s about what people notice. In town governments I’ve heard of cutting popular programs that will provoke an outcry only to get credit for reinstating them, while possibly smuggling through other actions that are necessary but unpopular.
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by mjklin 3mo ago
https://theonion.com/world-death-rate-holding-steady-at-100-...
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by mjklin 4mo ago
He used that line as an album title too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_Like_the_Sun_(album)
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by mjklin 4mo ago
“Everyone has a mass of bad work in him which he will have to work off and get rid of before he can do better– and indeed, the more lasting a man's ultimate good work is, the more sure he is to pass through a time, and perhaps a very l
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by mjklin 5mo ago
“One of the best descriptions of this political culture came from A.J. Liebling, who called Louisiana "the westernmost of the Arab states" and observed that its politics "is of an intensity and complexity that are matched, in
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by mjklin 5mo ago
Reading Lin as a teenager made me want to visit China, where I met my wife. Thanks Lin!
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by mjklin 6mo ago
Don’t forget Al Franken’s Supply Side Jesus! https://youtu.be/X8xU-gKK17A?si=bjUAQafNZmz0R7Zs
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by mjklin 6mo ago
“Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read” - Chinese proverb
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by mjklin 7mo ago
In his Essays, Michel de Montaigne had a neighbor whose doctor told him not to eat a certain dish. When Montaigne asked him why he ate it anyway, he said he needed something to curse at.
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by mjklin 7mo ago
If Books Could Kill did a podcast on “The Four-Hour Workweek” and pointed out he explains the scam he’s running on his own readers. I guess he figures the smart (?) ones can recreate it and the rest just follow the herd.
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by mjklin 7mo ago
It’s a joke inspired by Mr Bean: https://youtu.be/EiZoSuNej5U?si=wpOzf7C-X2NvhRDd . It would take care of any cameras but I doubt the owners would be too pleased!
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by mjklin 7mo ago
Explode a paint bomb in the center of the room that applies an even coat to everything. It’s the only way to be sure.
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by mjklin 9mo ago
The ones I’m talking about were only subtly different, like 22 oz vs 24 oz. To me it was obvious what they were doing, shoppers couldn’t compare same-size units and they could have more freedom with prices.
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by mjklin 9mo ago
The sizes were requested by the companies, the tour guide pointed this out in answer to questions.
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by mjklin 9mo ago
My local hummus factory puts the product destined for Costco into a different sized tub than the one destined for Walmart. Companies want to make it hard for the consumer to compare.
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by mjklin 10mo ago
Indeed. I wish I had been able to see this when I was taking high school Latin in the 90s, at least the school-friendly version (if it exists)
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by mjklin 10mo ago
As Ross and Carrie of ONRAC used to say, “cure-alls cure nothing.”
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by mjklin 10mo ago
“A tendency to superstition is of the very essence of humanity and, when we think we have completely extinguished it, we shall find it retreating into the strangest nooks and corners, that it may issue out thence on the first occasion it ca
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by mjklin 1y ago
“Lord Coke gravely informs us that corporations cannot be excommunicated, because they have no souls, and they appear to be as destitute of every feeling as if they had also no bowels.... There is in truth but one point through which they a
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by mjklin 1y ago
[The Empire Never Ended]( https://www.splicetoday.com/writing/the-empire-never-ended )
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by mjklin 1y ago
One theory for how wolves became domesticated is that certain of them had a condition like Williams that made them friendly to humans, who became the ancestors of modern dogs. It was mentioned on the Ologies podcast that covered canines I b
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by mjklin 1y ago
SNL had that idea: the “all drug Olympics” https://youtu.be/jAdG-iTilWU?si=25YzT63fNu_dCIq4
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by mjklin 1y ago
The only real giveaway to me that Trailer Park Boys is Canadian is how they pronounce the word “sorry”. Like SOW-ry rather than SOH-ry.
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by mjklin 1y ago
Save me some of those sweet empowered chicken things https://youtu.be/Jfq3c4Cf1Fs?si=pl5Q0Q1bJb8rP2br
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by mjklin 1y ago
Among magazine staff there’s a saying about “senior editors”: senior to whom, editor of what?
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by mjklin 1y ago
“The reason the gentleman is called worthy is not that he is able to do everything that the most skillful man can do. The reason the gentleman is called wise is not because he knows everything that the wise man knows. When he is called disc
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by mjklin 1y ago
Something I’ve noticed that I’ve never seen remarked on: English has weird pairs of opposite where only one is Germanic/Nordic and the other one is “made up” or otherwise unclear. Examples: German: man Unclear: woman (not frau or kvinn
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by mjklin 2y ago
“Indecision is the key to flexibility.” (Lt. T. F. Weiner, USN, from R. J. Montore, Henderson, Ку.)

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