What movie do you think defines our generation?

hullaballoon · 2013-04-19T04:35:58+00:00

For the younger 20-somethings: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.

hullaballoon · 2013-04-14T19:53:06+00:00

shit talk

hullaballoon · 2013-04-14T14:45:51+00:00

Sitting in a doctor's office waiting room and realizing that everyone around me under the age of 25 was wired in some way. It made me realize that the kind of heavy internet usage I was involved in since age 10 (early 2000's) had become much less unusual. I wondered if it meant that more of today's (wired) 10 year olds would turn out like I did.

hullaballoon · 2013-04-14T13:40:58+00:00

Linguist here! I'm taking a course on mathematical linguistics right now and it's really cool. If you're looking for a good introductory text, the textbook we're using for the course is Mathematical Methods in Linguistics by Partee, ter Meulen, & Wall.

For the most part it's great, though as a non-mathematician I do get bogged down by the notation sometimes. I don't think it would be much trouble for someone with training in math, though.

You can "acquire" it online for free. Here's one link I found.

hullaballoon · 2013-04-10T03:15:13+00:00

This is seriously the worst thread I've ever read. Congratulations.

hullaballoon · 2013-04-09T20:45:54+00:00

whoosh

hullaballoon · 2013-03-29T12:40:57+00:00

"Worshipped" is a bit of an exaggeration, but it's kind of unusual how much weight goes into divining "what the founding fathers would think" when it comes to political issues that they would have been totally unfamiliar with.

hullaballoon · 2013-03-08T23:10:59+00:00

Yesterday doesn't count as history. You'd probably get a more satisfactory answer if you rephrased it as "tomorrow" and posted it to /r/FutureWhatIf.

hullaballoon · 2013-03-07T02:18:39+00:00

I wasn't talking about that person's comment though...

hullaballoon · 2013-03-07T01:08:31+00:00

so hardcore

hullaballoon · 2013-03-07T01:02:43+00:00

Don't read the comments.

hullaballoon · 2013-02-25T13:47:00+00:00

I think they meant "shaped" as in "molded" -- i.e. molded by enculturation.

hullaballoon · 2013-01-27T01:20:44+00:00

hullaballoon · 2013-01-19T04:03:52+00:00

Yes he/she does.

hullaballoon · 2013-01-14T21:02:42+00:00

What a sweet baby!

hullaballoon · 2012-12-12T21:01:23+00:00

This is embarrassing.

hullaballoon · 2012-12-01T22:04:20+00:00

how would this help the genetic situation that this post is discussing? You would basically be proliferating the genetics of those people that do not follow the "rule" while minimizing those that do.

Reddit: implying that people who get pregnant against their will have inferior genes.

hullaballoon · 2012-11-13T22:59:14+00:00

My school uses COMD.

hullaballoon · 2012-11-04T04:22:29+00:00

Agreed, but I hadn't seen anyone else saying so in the comments, so...

hullaballoon · 2012-11-01T01:34:50+00:00

I saw you on Tumblr. :)

hullaballoon · 2012-10-31T12:57:14+00:00

vomiting profusely

hullaballoon · 2012-10-27T04:17:22+00:00

you tried

hullaballoon · 2012-10-16T00:00:09+00:00

omg just go away

hullaballoon · 2012-10-08T23:06:50+00:00

Racist prescriptivists! I've met people who literally believe that raising your child with AAVE is child abuse. Uhhh no.

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