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outofcontextdnd:

Barbarian: I’m just saying, if the game was more like the old dos games back in the day, we’d move a lot faster.

GM: Alright, we can do that. Roll a d20.

Barbarian: *rolls* 13.

Gm: Congrats! you have died of dysentery.

wormwoman:

Me at work.

marthajefferson:

^{kapwacollective:}

^{"While women in precolonial Philippines were often designated to the venerable position of the babaylan, it was not an uncommon occurrence for them to pick up arms and become warriors."  - from the article:}

^{The Filipina as Ritualist and Warrior By Perry Gil S. Mallari} 

^{Image: Filipina actor, Marian Rivera as the Visayan warrior, Amaya welding her sword for justice.  Watch free episodes of “Amaya”online}

tamorapierce:

absentlyabbie:

daisydaisyadair:

WHAT IS THIS MOVIE??? euroheart, I trust that you’ll know.

Daisy darling, this is from the Loses, and you absolutely ned to watch it.

Yes!  Yes!  Yes, you studs, flee from the little girl cooties!  Flee from the good uncle cooties!!!!!

rowlingandmoffat:

Question: What’s the weirdest thing a fan has ever given you

Peter/Sylvester: *mumbling* oh i dont know….

Audience member: “A GRANDDAUGHTER”

tvhousehusband:

This is the best—and only—way to avoid answering questions.

That ISIS is well funded and organized is obviously significant, but what makes the concept of its business savvy so fascinating, so unlikely, and so sticky? It's an odd narrative within which the media is contextualizing a massive, difficult geopolitical event — and one that, to the nearby and the sober, isn't shocking at all.

Here's what you should be doing if you'd like your house to appear as a blurry blob.

Dating Tip #240: Have a moral crisis. It will make you look deep. 

Am I a good man? 

New submitter outofluck70 (1734164) writes Got an email today from Microsoft, text is below. [Note: text here edited for formatting and brevity; see the full text at seclists.org.] They are no longer going to send out emails regarding patches, you have to use RSS or keep visiting their security sites. They blame "governmental policies" as the reason. What could the real reason be? Anybody in the know? From the email: "Notice to IT professionals: As of July 1, 2014, due to changing governmental policies concerning the issuance of automated electronic messaging, Microsoft is suspending the use of email notifications that announce the following: Security bulletin advance notifications; Security bulletin summaries; New security advisories and bulletins; Major and minor revisions to security advisories and bulletins. In lieu of email notifications, you can subscribe to one or more of the RSS feeds described on the Security TechCenter website." WindowsIT Pro blames Canada's new anti-spam law.

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First time accepted submitter themusicgod1 (241799) writes According to 2600, their distributor (Previously known as "Source Interlink", now recently renamed to "TEN: The Enthusiast Network") has decided to consolidate its resources and is keeping the money retailers paid for the last two issues of the quarterly magazine. 2600, in the meanwhile, is still busy trying to organize the upcoming HOPE X conference. However, according to the link: "In the worst case scenario, being ripped off at this level would make it almost impossible for us to continue publishing. We would have to make a lot of painful choices and cut back on things for no reason other than some outside company's mismanagement. Our readers have supported both our print and digital publications and we've been doing quite well overall." Note: As it says at the linked explanation, 2600 is not a charity, and they're not seeking donations -- but they would like you to buy the magazine (in print or Kindle form), and to attend the upcoming HOPE X conference. (I wish I could make this year's HOPE but can't; as conferences go, HOPE is a wildly good bargain.)

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Toronto Sun

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Internet users in China are rallying to retaliate against the United States Congress, which is threatening to rename part of the street in front of the Chinese embassy after the political dissident Liu Xiaobo. The most common Chinese counter-suggestion is to name the street where the US embassy in Beijing is located after the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, but there are many more.

Congress is considering an amendment to an appropriations bill that would place China’s embassy in Washington, D.C., at No. 1 Liu Xiaobo Plaza, after the Nobel-Peace-Prize-winning Chinese activist currently in a Chinese prison for “inciting subversion of state power.” Always ready to respond to breaches of national sovereignty and pride, users on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo responded with suggestions they thought would exact equal shame on the United States.

Here is one suggestion from Weibo, translated:

I strongly recommended renaming the street in front of the US embassy in China to “Snowden Street.” If you agree, share this post!

As that screenshot shows, the post was shared by over 500 other users. Snowden is a somewhat apt comparison to Liu—both men are seen as freedom fighters by some and have enraged their own governments—but other suggestions on Weibo reveal the deep-seated antagonism that many in China have toward the US in general. (Links in Chinese and translations of the users’ suggestions below.)

Osama bin Laden Road:

A country as powerful as America is resorting to such gimmicks? By this measure, what should the road here be called? Should we change the name outside the US embassy to No. 911 Osama bin Laden Road?

Ulterior Motive Road:

Rename the road near the US embassy to “Ulterior Motive Road”; the one to the left to “Fanning the Flame Road”; to the right would be “Distorting the Truth Road”; in front “Two-faced Road”; and behind “Throw Your Weight Around First Street.”

This person is just angry about a lot of things:

Change the name of the street outside the US embassy to: Ho Chi Minh Alley, Saddam Chemical Weapons Street, Lewinsky’s Miniskirt Road, Arab Monarchy Avenue, Agent Orange in North Vietnam Lane.

Phoenix News, a television and online news provider, conducted a poll (link in Chinese) of 100,000 Chinese internet users to see the broader level of support for a retaliatory name change. They focused on “Snowden Street.”

So most responders are advocates of “Snowden Street.” While those questions are highly suggestive, the fact is that fewer than one in five of those surveyed said that China should take the high road and not respond. Beijing has called the US move a “farce” and “absurd,” but there is no indication that an actual reciprocal renaming will actually happen anytime soon.

The indignation this has stirred up in China also reveals how little respect many in China have for dissidents. One commenter on Weibo stressed that Liu is a convicted criminal, and ignored his role as a political activist and cultural critic.

Still, Congress has gotten people in China to once again openly discuss Liu Xiaobo, even if it’s to dismiss him. The commenter mentioned above, who criticized Liu as a criminal, nevertheless had to type his name as “LiuXBo” to get around government censors.

And some seem to be taking Liu’s democratic message seriously. This user suggests a namesake that is perhaps apt: a civil rights activist whose imprisonment didn’t deter his ambitious project for greater freedom.

The best way for us to strike back against America is to name the street in front of their embassy “Martin Luther King Avenue.”

 

Fox News

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@petermorwood: Per our earlier discussion(s) re trigger discipline…

A 23-year-old gun enthusiast was, it turns, for some reason holstering a semi-automatic pistol while parked at a gas station, and managed to shoot himself. He drove to a friend’s house (!), took off his pants, and “saw that he had shot himself in the penis and that the bullet exited out his buttocks,” after which he was driven to the emergency room. Hospital police called the sheriff’s office, resulting in this wonderful narrative.

(via The Concourse)

Never underestimate Dolly. 

It used you be that if you wanted to round up some chums on a Google+ video hangout in Chrome to figure out how Sherlock really faked his death, you all had to download and install a plugin first. 'Twas hardly a dealbreaker for most, but the process...

deerhoof:

the future is here and it’s horrible

Anatomically correct Chocolate

ifc:

C’MON USA!!!!

findingyolo:

thats the entire show

the-goddamazon:

gamoradorable:

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