Gepetto robot fires paintballs, demands respect
7th March 2008
I’d want one with rapid-fire capability.
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7th March 2008
I’d want one with rapid-fire capability.
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6th March 2008
If it works, this will be huge.
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5th March 2008
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3rd March 2008
I want one of these so badly it makes my teeth hurt.
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3rd March 2008
Sign that kid up.
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28th February 2008
You know who you are.
Up until this point, white people were consuming most of their water in the form of expensive bottles like Fiji, Aquafina and Dasanai. To this day, many white people continue to get their water in this fashion, and it is important to be aware about how your choice of water can say a lot about who you are.
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22nd February 2008
In addition to accumulating sexual partners, binge drinking, drug use and learning, white people consider studying abroad to be one of the most important parts of a well rounded college education.
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20th February 2008
In most situations, white people are very comforted by seeing their own kind. However, when they are eating at a new ethnic restaurant or traveling to a foreign nation, nothing spoils their fun more than seeing another white person.
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17th February 2008
If you find yourself invited to a concert with a white person, do NOT expect to dance. Prepare yourself for three hours of standing reasonably still. It is also advised to get a beer or (if legal) a cigarette so you have something to do with your hands. Although it is acceptable to occasionally raise one hand and point just above the stage.
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15th February 2008
Read it. At last — a home for the People of the Crust.
Ever wonder what sort of stuff Mencius Moldbug would write for The Onion? Well, now you don’t have to.
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13th February 2008
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6th February 2008
It doesn’t get much better than this.
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1st February 2008
Read it. We Have The Technology.
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25th January 2008
Watch it. Hold ’em high at Eighth and I.
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23rd January 2008
This is amazing. I’m not sure, but I think it’s a commercial. If it is, it deserves some kind of award.
Oh, PCR stands for Polymerase Chain Reaction, but you don’t need to know that, really.
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18th January 2008
Read it. So videogames give us an entire generation of tank gunners, anti-aircraft missile operators, and — surgeons? *sigh*
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17th January 2008
Read it. Pretty in pink.
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16th January 2008
Read it. Imagine The Terminator in High School.
You know you want one.
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16th January 2008
Read it. And the hits just keep on comin’.
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16th January 2008
Watch it. This is really freaky.
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16th January 2008
Read it. For those who really truly long for a washing machine that costs as much as a small car.
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13th January 2008
Read it. Pluck is not completely extinguished. Ya gotta love Australians.
A band played Waltzing Matilda and Maoris performed a haka as they were each handed a beer.
Kiwis are pretty cool, too.
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10th January 2008
Read it. If I ever wind up in a wheelchair, this is the wheelchair I want to wind up in.
I still say it needs a 50-cal mount. (Or a Phalanx! Yeah, that’s the ticket.)
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10th January 2008
Read it. When you care enough to send the very best.
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7th January 2008
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4th January 2008
Read it. Keep your fingers crossed.
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2nd January 2008
Read it. And the hits just keep on comin’.
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2nd January 2008
Read it. Can heroin and other vegetable alkaloids be far behind?
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2nd January 2008
Read it. When I saw this my first thought was “Navy SEALs”.
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31st December 2007
Read it. A healthy trend.
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28th December 2007
Read it. One of those heartwarming stories that encapsulate the spirit of the season.
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26th December 2007
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26th December 2007
Read it. Not a bad trick.
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26th December 2007
Read it. And go have that double cheeseburger you’ve been thinking about. It’s for the children.
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24th December 2007
Read it. “You can make a mainframe/from the things you find at home….”
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20th December 2007
Andrew Ferguson is an excellent writer. Even if you don’t care about National Review or William F Buckley Jr, and many don’t, this review is worth reading just for the reading of it.
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19th December 2007
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18th December 2007
Read it. This is actually a very clever idea.
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18th December 2007
Tyler Cowan makes his pick.
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14th December 2007
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11th December 2007
Read it. Let’s all go push on a rope….
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8th December 2007
Read it. You, too, can participate in the modern movement to prolong dependence and fecklessness among the Underclass while at the same time providing employment for like-minded People of the Crust whose goal in life is feeling good about themselves instead of, you know, solving a problem.
Give until it feels good — remember, over 700 agencies across the Washingto region are trusting in your gullibility; do not let them be disappointed, or the angels (not that we believe in angels, necessarily, but angels serve as an excellent metaphor for the ebullient outpouring of human compassion and, hey, we’re all about metaphor) will weep for you.
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6th December 2007
Our boy Mencius Moldbug has a facility for sarcasm that I find somewhat inspiring. I find the concept of the “Social-Justice Badger” quite intriguing.
An intellectual crackhead is anyone who happens to be engaged in the generation, incubation, or dissemination of intellectual crack. Intellectual crack is any nonsense that is widely and confidently believed by a large population of full-grown adults.
And who could argue with that?
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5th December 2007
Read it. Cops are salivating.
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1st December 2007
Read it. In case you were curious. I know I was.
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1st December 2007
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28th November 2007
Read it. Go, Fred.
The interesting thing about the Thompson proposal is that it will actually introduce a market (i.e. democracy) into the American tax system – and people will be able to vote with their money (which is the only kind of vote that is truly honest). And, of course, the nominal “Democrats” will oppose it tooth and nail, thus revealing themselves (once again) as the Oxymoron Party. (They’re all for choice, when it’s a choice of which they approve.)
The really interesting part is how many RINOs show up to join the Idiocrats to oppose it. A good litmus test, I’m thinking.
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26th November 2007
Read it. Why not? If the people who hate him hated me, I’d feel pretty good about myself.
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26th November 2007
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25th November 2007
Read it. You know it had to happen.
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