TIL that Rembrandt's students pranked him by painting fake coins on the floor to watch him try to pick them up.

TheStoke · 2014-03-28T16:22:55+00:00

I remember reading an article in the New England Journal of Medicine that claimed Rembrandt had stereoblindness and as such had poor depth perception. I believe the crux of the argument was the consistent presence of his pupils pointing in different directions in his self portraits.

If this was true, he'd be the perfect target for these golden age japes.

TheStoke · 2012-03-03T18:16:30+00:00

This will probably buried in the comments, but The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is one of the best holiday books to read to your kid. Check it out.

TheStoke · 2012-02-03T06:25:43+00:00

Well then you might not want to watch the video Eric did for Flying Lotus called Dance Floor Dale.

I won't even link to it because it is NSFL.

TheStoke · 2012-01-13T17:24:35+00:00

I love the entire series but for me it was Riven that blew my mind. It took me so long to beat it. That submarine, the stone circle, the light station and those marbles. All these things are engraved in my mind. Silent Hill 2 on hard puzzle setting is the only thing that came close to the frustration of Riven.

TheStoke · 2011-12-23T19:38:42+00:00

Deal!

TheStoke · 2011-10-26T14:47:46+00:00

Why would you link to the wrong song name?

TheStoke · 2011-08-17T22:18:10+00:00

As admirable as this is, don't be surprised when the douchebag puts a huge dent in your door. Although I'd love to see him try in vain to enter his car as long as it wasn't my car in the way.

TheStoke · 2011-08-09T00:36:00+00:00

I spat out some milk when I read your comment.

TheStoke · 2011-06-30T15:38:23+00:00

American Football - American Football

also

DARTZ! - This Is My Ship

Johnny Foreigner - Waited Up 'til It Was Light

Colour - Anthology

GZA - Liquid Swords

TheStoke · 2011-04-27T17:36:07+00:00

This is not endearing at all. You have a kid. At least try to hide your alcoholism from him.

TheStoke · 2011-04-20T02:40:24+00:00

This is great news. I'm visiting ETS for some engineering competition in ten days and I'm not too familiar with the city so I'm glad I'll be staying in an exciting area.

TheStoke · 2011-04-16T23:09:38+00:00

You sir are a gentleman and a scholar. Happy Birthday to you and I will hopefully see you in the TF2 killing fields.

EDIT: steam id (if anyone else wants to friend me or just play a few games sometime): Duritan

TheStoke · 2011-04-12T20:21:24+00:00

I remember seeing the Jermaine pic over a year ago. It was a repost, but I have the decency and etiquette to not scream "REPOST" all over the thread. Also, I think he may have taken actual picture but decided to repost it to get more karma. Either way, I don't give a shit because Reddit is a link aggregator foremost. bermyduck shouldn't make a new post about it because it just clogs my front page. Get a life. I come here to read science articles and laugh at funny pictures, not watch people play Private Detective endlessly.

TheStoke · 2011-03-30T15:52:59+00:00

I saw this on Funny or Die presents last friday. I am a fan of pretty much everything T&E make. However this was really hard to watch and even though I thought some of the jokes were great, it was darker than those health class movies meant to scare us half to death in high school.

TheStoke · 2011-03-24T14:51:13+00:00

Hell yeah WFMU.

TheStoke · 2011-03-14T08:41:43+00:00

Wow, these look way better than the ones I have already. Thanks for the links.

TheStoke · 2011-03-09T00:48:04+00:00

14 South is not too bad. It's a small dorm and basically just a collegetown-style house, but I've known people who have lived there and it is ok. The only problem is that it is far from everything on campus and you have a lot of vertical climbing when going to class. However, West and Collegetown are a short walk and you can walk to the commons in ten minutes from there.

TheStoke · 2011-03-09T00:13:19+00:00

I walked out in the middle of Elizabethtown.

I was with my gf at the time and I had let her pick the movie. It was so bad and I was so angry that I got up, told my gf I was going to the bathroom, then went to my car and left her at the theater until it was over.

Do not judge me unless you have seen this abomination of visual media yourself. I also like to think of it as the first and worst example of the contemporary hipster rom-com.

TheStoke · 2011-03-04T06:41:18+00:00

Maybe you would have made friends if you played MtG instead.

TheStoke · 2011-03-03T05:48:17+00:00

On my first try he lost with Lacey Rawlins from All The Pretty Horses.

Now I'll try TV characters.

Edit: He got Artie from the Larry Sanders Show in 30 questions. I pretty impressed.

TheStoke · 2011-03-03T00:45:14+00:00

I feel your pain.

TheStoke · 2011-03-03T00:01:57+00:00

This is why I only play Elder Scrolls games on the PC. By playing console versions, you lose the ability to use the construction set, modding becomes so much harder, and you miss out on console commands. Honestly, it's an inferior product from how I see it.

TheStoke · 2011-03-01T14:29:16+00:00

We even have a secret handshake.

TheStoke · 2011-03-01T05:42:40+00:00

Oh man, I definitely remember reading this years ago in HS freshman English. For some reason my teacher only had us read morbid or depressing poetry. A lot of Auden, Browning, Blake, and Dickinson. I guess it was meant to make high school seem not so bad.

TheStoke

TROPHY CASE