Oh noes, kitteh haz major angriez!โ I said. I turned around to share a laugh with my companions and found them glaring at me. โWhat?โ I asked. Leif shook a finger and said in a low, menacing tone, โIf you tell me I have to talk like an illiterate halfwit to fit into this society, I will punch you.โ โAnd Iโll pull out your goatee,โ Gunnar added. โLolcat iz new happeh wai 2 talk,โ I explained to them. โU doan haz 2 be kitteh 2 speek it.
Kevin HearneThere is always a price to pay for badassery. Neo was a badass in the Matrix and the Matrix Reloaded, but the price he had to pay was The Matrix Revolutions.
Kevin HearneBefore he (Francis Bacon) came along, people conducted all their arguments through a series of logical fallacies or simply shouting louder than the other guy, or, if they did use facts, they only selected ones that reinforced their prejudices and advanced their ideas.โ Oberon replies โdonโt they still do that?
Kevin HearneTell her I am Peace Dawg but I think her cats are closely allied with The Man. I'm going to stick it to them.
Kevin HearneHere is how you know someone has had a good idea: Other people freely admit to their friends that said idea has changed their lives. Most people today will grant that fire and the wheel are the big two. After that, any attempts to rank the greatest ideas of all time are going to draw lots of argument. Youโll have zealots pimping this god or that on the one hand, scientists pimping Darwin on the other, and then practical people pointing at written language and saying, look, fellas, the reason those ideas have gone viral is because someone figured out how to write them down.
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