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Prak
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Post by Prak » Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:50 am

@Sabs: www.barnesandnoble.com
Cuz apparently I gotta break this down for you dense motherfuckers- I'm trans feminine nonbinary. My pronouns are they/them.

> Winnah wrote:No, No. 'Prak' is actually a Thri Kreen impersonating a human and roleplaying himself as a D&D character. All hail our hidden insect overlords.

> FrankTrollman wrote:In Soviet Russia, cosmic horror is the default state.
> You should gain sanity for finding out that the problems of a region are because there are fucking monsters there.

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Post by K » Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:04 am

> sabs wrote:Considering what Borders did to my favorite bookstores in the 80's and 90's I fail to feel really bad. Except that I hate amazon more than Borders, and Borders had become my defacto place for buying books.

Yeh, Borders use to do the thing that Starbucks does which was to set up next to successful stores that do the exact same thing and try to steal their business.
This worked for Starbucks because they offer a generally better product than most indie coffee shops, but didn't seem to work for the book industry where the product is identical.
The fact that Barnes and Noble is also integrated with coffee shops is a reason why they have survived the eBook revolution and bad economy and Borders did not. Coffee is enormously profitable.
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Post by Maj » Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:45 am

It's so weird to me that Starbucks put coffee places out of business: around here, there's tons of non-Starbucks coffee (as well as tons of Starbucks). It's like Starbucks wasn't enough - we had to have MOAR!!!!!111!
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Post by sabs » Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:54 am

you must live in Seattle, the home of pretentious hipsters
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Post by DSMatticus » Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:02 am

Pretty much any major city has enough hipsters to support non-Starbucks coffees ("Starbucks is so mainstream"). There's some little 'not-Starbucks' coffee places next to my college campus.
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Post by Koumei » Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:42 am

Weird. Over here, Borders is the one with a cafe and comfy seats.
And over here, Starbucks is considered to be shit.

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Post by tzor » Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:01 am

In New York, the only real coffee place only has a scant presence. Of course it was the rage long before there was a Starbucks. It was called "Chock Full of Nuts."
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Post by Maj » Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:28 am

> sabs wrote:you must live in Seattle, the home of pretentious hipsters

Just south, yeah (Oly). There are at least six non-Starbucks coffee roasters in this city. And espresso places are everywhere - the phone book lists more than 50.
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Post by Jilocasin » Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:17 am

> sabs wrote:you must live in Seattle, the home of pretentious hipsters

Our hipsters can't even hold a candle to east coast hipsters.
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Post by sabs » Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:45 pm

Eat Coast Hipsters drink pretentious wines and say stuping things like, "je ne sais quois."
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Post by Count Arioch the 28th » Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:55 pm

There's a mini-chain of not-starbucks coffee places around here (no more than 4 or 5 locations total). They have some really tasty chai smoothies.
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Post by tzor » Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:05 pm

Long Island hipsters rent out limos, tour the North Fork vineyards and say "That's great (hic) What's next?"
Unless they are all female and the person behind the tasting bar is female then (and only then) they start talking about labor problems. It's not easy to be a single guy ...
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Post by Maj » Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:59 pm

Debatably non-political, but the other thread is busy...
Triangles = Christianity = No, Bad, Wrong!
In short, a three-cornered hot pocket called a sambusa is being banned by al-Shabaab in Somalia because the three points [apparently] symbolize the Christian Trinity. They're traditional and frequently the first food people eat to break their fast in the evenings during Ramadan (which starts Monday).
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Post by sabs » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:45 am

it's not like they were going to have food to make the samosas with anyways
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Post by Psychic Robot » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:47 am

> sabs wrote:it's not like they were going to have food to make the samosas with anyways

ahahaha see you are capable of making good posts

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> You do not seem to do anything.

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Post by tzor » Wed Jul 27, 2011 4:58 pm

Samosas? I love samosas! (Of course I get them from the Indian resturant, but that's a minor nit pick.)
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Post by Josh_Kablack » Wed Aug 03, 2011 11:50 pm

Survival Students get a harsh lesson
"But transportation issues are social-justice issues. The toll of bad transit policies and worse infrastructure—trains and buses that don’t run well and badly serve low-income neighborhoods, vehicular traffic that pollutes the environment and endangers the lives of cyclists and pedestrians—is borne disproportionately by black and brown communities."
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Post by Ravengm » Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:06 pm

> sabs wrote:you must live in Seattle, the home of pretentious hipsters

Seattle has nothing on Portland.

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Post by Koumei » Thu Aug 04, 2011 9:37 pm

> Josh_Kablack wrote:Survival Students get a harsh lesson

Still, no deaths, so you can't say they failed at surviving.

> Count Arioch the 28th wrote:There is NOTHING better than lesbians. Lesbians make everything better.

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Post by RobbyPants » Fri Aug 05, 2011 1:12 pm

> Koumei wrote:

> > Josh_Kablack wrote:Survival Students get a harsh lesson

> Still, no deaths, so you can't say they failed at surviving.

They didn't fail, they just got a harsh lesson.
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Post by tzor » Fri Aug 05, 2011 2:08 pm

Orange substance washes up on Alaskan village

> An orange-colored substance that washed up on the shores of the village of Kivalina is not man made.
> Coast Guard Petty Officer David Mosely tells KTUU that it's not a petroleum substance.
> More tests are being conducted, but the substance might be a type of algae.

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Post by tzor » Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:38 pm

Now, don't get me wrong. It's not like I was surfing the Huff Po - I actually saw an article on Field and Stream ...
Solar-Powered Bikini Charges Electronics (PHOTOS)

> While it may look like some kind of new cyber geek fetish wear, this panel-clad bikini is actually a way for beachgoers to charge up their electronics using the sun's rays. The brainchild of Brooklyn-based designer Andrew Schneider, the Solar Bikini can juice up iPhones and other small electronics, but remains completely safe to wear in the water. And this isn't just some pie-in-the-sky concept - Schneider is currently accepting custom orders.

The folks at field and stream were not just admiring the models ...

> Off the top of my head, I'm thinking of a few solar panels on your wader straps that power a small digital thermometer sewn into the chest panel. Run the thermometer lead down the leg to the ankle, and you've got instant water temperature readings (I get 50% if you steal that, Simms).
> Having solar panels on hunting and fishing jackets could let you keep a trickle-charge on handheld GPS units. Panels on life jackets could help small LEDs stay lit if you're floating on the lake or ocean in the dark. And maybe down there road, solar power could translate into pocket hand warmers that don't fizzle out midway through a day of winter steelhead fishing.

Got to love those fishermen. Now what's the best pick up line for the lady with the solar powered bicini?
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Post by violence in the media » Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:14 pm

> tzor wrote:Now what's the best pick up line for the lady with the solar powered bicini?

Do you have a spare slot for me to plug something in?
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Post by Darth Rabbitt » Fri Aug 05, 2011 6:06 pm

> violence in the media wrote:

> > tzor wrote:Now what's the best pick up line for the lady with the solar powered bicini?

> Do you have a spare slot for me to plug something in?

> Pseudo Stupidity wrote:This Applebees fucking sucks, much like all Applebees. I wanted to go to Femboy Hooters (communism).

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Post by Josh_Kablack » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:13 pm

Furrys reschedule in hopes of landing hockey draft
"But transportation issues are social-justice issues. The toll of bad transit policies and worse infrastructure—trains and buses that don’t run well and badly serve low-income neighborhoods, vehicular traffic that pollutes the environment and endangers the lives of cyclists and pedestrians—is borne disproportionately by black and brown communities."
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