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    SciFi Makes You A Better Person - Possibly

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    12/24/08

    In reply to SciFi Makes You A Better Person - Possibly
    i'd say that the ladies of sc-fi are generally hotter...
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    Image of marvinthefirst marvinthefirst
    12/22/08

    In reply to SciFi Makes You A Better Person - Possibly
    Now it's all movies and stuff, but I grew up READING this wonderful genre, and I think the best is still the written word.


    Maybe that's just me. I'm old. :)

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    12/22/08

    @marvinthefirst: Pull your rocker next to mine, and we'll tell the kids to get off our lawn.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    12/22/08

    In reply to SciFi Makes You A Better Person - Possibly
    So without Science Fiction I'd be even more of an obnoxious jerk than I already am? Wow.
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    Image of Sproing Sproing
    12/22/08

    In reply to SciFi Makes You A Better Person - Possibly
    Who's to say that consuming SF or reality-based fantasy doesn't CLOSE your mind in some respects? I'm thinking of the "CSI effect," where juries in criminal cases just can't believe that forensic science yields indeterminate results. Gil Grissom always pins the real killer, so why can't you, Mr. Fancy Pants DNA Expert?
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    Image of GreyHammer GreyHammer
    12/22/08

    In reply to SciFi Makes You A Better Person - Possibly
    Sci-fi gave me VD
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    12/22/08

    @GreyHammer:

    But the real question is, was it an improvement?
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    12/22/08

    @Belabras: Well, he'll definitely leave an impact on everyone he meets...
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    12/22/08

    In reply to SciFi Makes You A Better Person - Possibly
    All this talk of how sci-fi shapes us leads me to quote Young Frankenstien-


    Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: For the experiment to be a success, all of the body parts must be enlarged.

    Inga: His veins, his feet, his hands, his organs vould all have to be increased in size.

    Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Exactly.

    Inga: He vould have an enormous schwanzstucker.

    Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: That goes without saying.

    Inga: Voof.

    Igor: He's going to be very popular.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    12/22/08

    @Belabras: So, just to confirm, you're saying that reading sci-fi leads us to have moose knuckles? Which is true, but I just wanted to make sure that's what you're saying.
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    12/22/08

    @crashedpc:

    Like a rorschach test, what you take away from the quote may say more about you than about the quote itself.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    12/22/08

    @Belabras: Uh... uh... *runs away*
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    12/22/08

    In reply to SciFi Makes You A Better Person - Possibly
    Whoo, I've been reading sci-fi since I could read, so... I think it's definitely molded my brain. I think that's the reason why sometimes I have different perspective than some of my friends; I just look at things differently. Either that, or I'm insane. I can't really tell anymore.
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    Image of Sproing Sproing
    12/22/08

    @crashedpc: That's my experience too, and I think having broken out of the shared reality of my childhood -- i.e. whatever was on TV last night ... definitely helped me become a different (not to say better) person than my peers.
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    12/22/08

    @Sproing: I vastly prefer being different than better. Simply cuz the world is so much more interesting when tinged with a hint of weird. Being better makes the world kinda boring sometimes when you have to deal with, ehm, lesser beings.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    12/22/08

    In reply to SciFi Makes You A Better Person - Possibly
    It made me handsome, charming, and an incomparable lover.


    So, there's that for evidence.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    12/22/08

    @braak: Hah! AHahaha! Ha... you're not kidding are you
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    12/22/08

    @crashedpc: It's true. ASK AROUND.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    12/22/08

    @braak: If I recall correctly you've managed to infiltrate Jezebel, so you've got the charming aspect down. I'm not gonna ask around re: your love life simply because there are things that Man Was Not Meant To Know.
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    Image of resonanteye resonanteye
    12/22/08

    @braak: same here, and I'm female. It works for everyone, seriously, just try it.
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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    11/28/08

    In reply to 5 Cheaper Ways To Spend Black Friday
    Wow - that photo made me think of Left 4 Dead for some reason...
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    Image of Alizarin Alizarin
    11/28/08

    @phoenix: I just worked Black Friday at a certain place that wears khaki and red. Believe me, it FELT like Left 4 Dead at times. That being said unlike a certain place that wears blue not read, no one died at my store.
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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    11/28/08

    @Alizarin: ::raises a glass:: Here's to you, solider. Another Black Friday survived!
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    Image of NotChoinski NotChoinski
    11/28/08

    In reply to 5 Cheaper Ways To Spend Black Friday
    Stay home, enjoy your day off, shop online, and avoid insane crowds that can get out of hand and literally get someone killed.


    'nuff said.

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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    11/28/08

    In reply to 5 Cheaper Ways To Spend Black Friday
    I'm at work. AND I'm online.


    Of course, that's never stopped me from buying anything...

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