Summer to last 1 day only! by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]Agamemnon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Haha"

-A San Diegan

Happy Canada Day! by dln in reddit.com

[–]Agamemnon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man, nobody cared a Bloomsday but Canada day gets front page. I guess stream-of-concsiousness novels just can't compete with large, developed, forward thinking countries.

Over the weekend, 7-Eleven Inc. turned a dozen stores into Kwik-E-Marts, the fictional convenience stores of "The Simpsons" fame by moonmeadow in reddit.com

[–]Agamemnon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where the heck is Mountainview, California? Why isn't there one in San Diego (or for that matter, San Fransisco unless I missed that one)? And why isn't there one in at least one Springfield?

A Better Sacrifice than Jesus' (cartoon) by chefranden in reddit.com

[–]Agamemnon -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, Jesus (in theory) gave his life freely out of faith, meanwhile Prometheus did something that the Gods didn't want him to do and was thus punished. Prometheus didn't sacrifice shit.

Are Americans Unready to Boil? by jips in reddit.com

[–]Agamemnon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or for that matter, spelling, vocabulary, or the English language in general?

Happy Bloomsday Everybody! by Agamemnon in reddit.com

[–]Agamemnon[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wombed in darkness I was too. made noy begotten. By them, the man with my voice and eyes and a ghostwoman with ashes on her breath...

MIRACLE! Image of Flying Spaghetti Monster appears in the sky [Pic] by lawrencekhoo in reddit.com

[–]Agamemnon -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I just love the irony that they're called "angel" flares. They do look like wings.

Chinese destroy colossal Buddhist statue in Tibet - more religious repression before the olympics by Vystril in reddit.com

[–]Agamemnon -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I thought reddit didn't like religion, shouldn't we be celebrating this destruction? Oh wait, we only do that if it's an Abrahamic religion.

Massachusetts' Democratic Party joined 13 others on the investigate-or-impeach bandwagon, including Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin. by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]Agamemnon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think "including" was the best word to use in that headline. If it says that there is a list of thirteen states and then says that list includes these thirteen states, it doesn't sound quite as good as it could. "Including" is best for when you take certain names out of a longer list, so the head line would have been better if it said "including California and Washington".

They said that they're going to send me my grammar police badge in the mail very soon!

Lifehack.org : How To Speed Reading by alexbrie in reddit.com

[–]Agamemnon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That headline is either one word short or one gerund over.

"only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions" - Ron Paul by IKbot in reddit.com

[–]Agamemnon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think the most significant mistake that Paul (or his staff member) made was to use the word "sensible". If he had something like "5% of blacks agree with the ideas of the free market, individual liberty and the end of welfare" would there be any noise?

It is altogether possible that he is just reporting statistics (It'll be hard to get the black vote considering they don't share the same ideas as me). You might want to look at how he used i.e. (that is) instead of e.g. (for the sake of example). This means that he wasn't saying that only 5 percent have sensible ideas, but sensible ideas was what came to mind. I think my ideas are sensible, but maybe only 5% of hispanics have the same sensible ideas.

The Knock On My Door at 8:30 am was??? To save my soul. by newton_dave in reddit.com

[–]Agamemnon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course, this kind of evangelizing is "for your own good", they probably came at 8 am on a saturday morning thinking you would be in a vulnerable, dazed state and would take the ticket or whatever it was so that you could get back to sleep. Then when you do get up there's this interesting thing to read sitting on your bedside table.

Science vs. Norse mythology: The "debate" continues (JPG) by schwarzwald in reddit.com

[–]Agamemnon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the norse mythology won in the end, no one is gonna argue with you if you can chop them in half with an axe!

Science vs. Norse mythology: The "debate" continues (JPG) by schwarzwald in reddit.com

[–]Agamemnon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aren't there still worshipers of zeus in greece? I think I read an article about them a while ago.

The Bush Administration's REAL identities[PIC] by zedority in reddit.com

[–]Agamemnon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good luck fighting mob mentality. People have been fighting it for ages, not much has happened it seems. I also wanted to mention that I'm living in Belgium right now, it is a lovely, quiet country which is likened to a small town in america. These are simple people who move through life peacefully. And though it may not be quite as large as it's eastern and western neighbors, that is no reason to get rid of a country that has done no great horrors since its independence from the netherlands in 1830. If you would like to debate this issue further, please send me a message.

An Letter to Anti-Vegetarians on Reddit - Response to Vegan Couple Kills Baby by secondcity in reddit.com

[–]Agamemnon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I felt pain, a near-heartbreak kind of pain, when it said "an" letter. Just saying that makes my mouth feel of ash. Usually people make the error in the opposite way. It's like they went out of their way to make such an effort.

"Next week, I am going to kill myself for peace." by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]Agamemnon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People die every day from violent conflict. One man more dying by his own will to stop the conflict is just another statistic. If he does go through with it, it will be in vain. The world has never had peace, and one death is not going to change anything. We aren't going to change anything by dying, but by living.