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You can always major in Memeology. Maybe you can add that as a specialization.

https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~wang/memeology.html

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More commercials:
https://youtu.be/NZF2HA0KaNU
https://youtu.be/9W51Pm81mmU

One with a guy:
https://youtu.be/1QAL5m9IwrE


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https://r29.co/2SInLOw

A new series of "phone-sex hotline" (note the quotes) ads from L.A. comedian, writer, actor, and director Amber Schaefer aims to educate the public about Bernie Sanders policies such as Medicare for All and the Green New Deal in the soothing, raspy, sexy voice of a 1990s phone-sex operator. Yes, it's an actual number you can call: 1-833-NOT-ME-US.

Here is an example of one of them.

https://youtu.be/ple2RuCfaYk


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Doom_Art posted...

I'm genuinely curious to see to what degree Bloomberg's stuff will transfer into votes.

I'll whip it out and play with it if he bombs hard on Super Tuesday

I wonder that, too. Like, how much of Bloomberg's early polling data is people just saying "yeah, I'd vote for him" but don't actually plan to go vote that day. American apathy to voting is very prevalent. It usually takes at least some degree of enthusiasm (or disgust) to motivate someone to get out of their house to vote. I'm curious to see if Bloomberg's ads and canvassing initiatives are enough to motivate people to actually vote.

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I've set an automatic withdrawal to donate to Bernie every week until the end of the primary. Basically, I skip a lunch out once a week so the net cost is negligible.

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My office phone is also my cell phone so yeah. Granted, if I do get a call, it's cause hell has broken loose and I am needed to put out a fire. It rarely happens, but it is expected I am available to deal with it when it comes up.

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Tagging for when I get out of work.

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I enjoyed the movie. The humor was great and the story was quirky. Its just not something you see in movies.

With that said, there was just too much plot to cover in one movie. It would have definitely benefited by being a TV show to give the characters more development (most notably the exes). The seven exes already give the show an episodic formula to work with.

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Tropicalwood posted...

You're missing the bigger picture here.

Vanessa is supposed to be the "daughter" of Austin's old partner, which means that his old partner was also a Fembot. Meaning Dr. Evil made a passable fembot in the 60's.

You could always go with the much darker explanation that the real Vanessa was captured and killed between the first and second movie and replaced with the fembot that we see at the beginning of the second movie.


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-l___________l- posted...

I thought this was supposed to be joking about 5'9 guys being seen as short and 5'9 girls being seen as tall

Same here.

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It does seem that after the dust has settled, regardless of the tie, Bernie had a lot more to gain from the Iowa caucus than Pete.

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inloveanddeath0 posted...

Idk there was a first one but I never watched. I got HBO free trial so I'm seeing what's on it

It's hard to fully appreciate the second one without watching the first one. The plot continues pretty directly from it and even ties up some loose ends.

With that being said, the first one was a completely different type of movie than this one. The first one is a much more of a horror comedy. This one goes way more sci-fi comedy.

I love both of them equally for different reasons, though. I look forward to the inevitable third one. Looks like it might change genres again. I'm thinking conspiracy thriller comedy.

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ThyCorndog posted...

Agreed. I just hope no one's stupid enough to fall for such a blatant lie

I saw the original facebook post. Even Pete's own fans are calling him out on the Bernie attack in the comments. They're telling him he should be keeping it more positive.

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Skye Reynolds posted...

Wait, was this just a TV showing to reward the students?

I could understand a fine if this were an auditorium showing on a large projector screen. But if this was just a teacher showing a legal copy of The Lion King on a classroom TV, that shouldn't even warrant a $2.50 fine. There should be a "rewards and education" clause in copyright law to allow classroom showings of movies.

It was for a fundraising event.

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Update: Disney has apologized and will be donating to the fundraiser:
https://wsvn.com/news/us-world/disney-apologizes-to-school-charged-for-showing-lion-king/

But on Thursday, Disney CEO Bob Iger tweeted an apology to the school on behalf of the company.
I will personally donate to their fundraising initiative, Iger said.

Movie Licensing USA, which manages licensing for Disney and other major studios, didnt respond to KPIXs request for comment.

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DeadBankerDream posted...

How does 538 predict Sanders to basically sweep the primary while also having polling up that suggests that Biden is more popular than Sanders by 5 percent points?

I imagine it's the breakdown of where the votes are distributed. Biden may have more overall votes, Sanders may have them distributed where they most matter.

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PokemonYoutube posted...

What I hate most is the inability to be social without having consumed copious amounts of alcohol.

Came in to say this.

My job requires me to attend social gatherings for business development opportunities. These events are always centered around alcohol. If the event does not have alcohol, no one will come (unless it's like a family event like a children's carnival).

Adult entertainment focuses entirely too much on alcohol as a crutch. As someone who doesn't drink, it's really annoying.

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I used to work for a university department that showed movies at events. It is ridiculous the copyright laws involved and permissions and fees to show any movie.

Honestly, $250 is super cheap for a showing of a newer Disney movie. It would have likely cost our university closer to $850 to show a movie like that, maybe $500 if it was already available on DVD/Bluray.

There are a few grey areas in universities when showing it in a classroom. While you can't show it for "entertainment" purposes, teachers can usually justify showing a movie in class and won't be bothered too much. Same with dormitories in colleges. If they show a movie in a common dorm living area, it's still considered a "private" viewing space even if you are showing it to everyone who lives in that building. But the waters can get murky.

Outside of that, whether you are charging money for it or not, you have to pay the fees through the licensing company. The fee amount varies depending on how many times you plan to show it, whether or not you are charging for it, how many people you expect to attend, how new the movie is, and whether or not it is only available in theaters or if it is available for home viewing.

Disney in particular are very strict on this. Not only will their licensing companies take down movie showings, but even posters that use Disney properties. A partner school of ours were sent a cease and desist for using Pixar characters in a poster advertising some event. Even the images are closely protected.

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I could have sworn I've seen these in shelves for like the last 5 years. You just couldn't buy them individually anymore, only the 6 packs.

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It's interesting to me how news articles nowadays can simply consist of quoting random twitter users.

Using that logic, you can make a news story about anything, since someone will have likely made a twitter post about it somewhere in the world.

It just feels lazy.

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pegusus123456 posted...

He is in the Bad Place. The plan was to make the Bad Place work like Michael's original neighborhood. The four mains improved by being "reset" and running through it hundreds of times.

Oh, I guess I misunderstood how it worked. I had assumed that they'd keep Michael's experiment as a "middle place" or "purgatory" of sorts where they would be tested before being sent to either the good place or bad place. But what you said makes a lot more sense in turning the bad place into a training camp of sorts. It would also make sense why all the demons were repurposed for this task.

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pegusus123456 posted...

That screen actually showed how many times he'd been through it. It was something like 13,000+.

So wouldn't at that point he just end up at the Bad Place? I thought the test was supposed to give them a second chance to make it to the Good Place, but if they failed, they still had to go to the Bad Place. If they get unlimited tries, then the Bad Place becomes pointless, no? Or did they just go ahead and dissolve the Bad Place?

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Captain America movies


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQhexuEguks

To think that Liberty Insurance likely paid some advertising company an exorbitant amount of money to create their marketing campaign and this is what they come up with.

"How about we just say the title of their company four times?"
"Brilliant!"


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saspa posted...

So... that's how the show ends.

Man I always get so sad at finales, even with happy endings!

Why didn't we see more of Simone, she was my favorite new addition and I wanted to see more of what she was doing or going through.

Honestly, I'm glad they showed as many cameos as they did. I wasn't expecting them to bring back Jason's dad or Tahani's parents, for example. So many minor and recurring characters got closure in this finale. And I'm glad to see that Simone was at least acknowledged as having made it to the good place.

Also, did anyone else notice that the one rich executive guy (I forget his name) was still being tested after so many years? They showed him on a screen being told not to tell women to smile.

I noticed that they couldn't get the actress back that played Eleanor's mother, cause I see that they mentioned her but did not actually bring her onscreen when they did bring back all the other family members of characters introduced during the show.

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I loved this. Top 3 finale for me.

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SuperExcitebike posted...

Of course this show has never been predictable and I'm ready for some real tear-jerking moments. It's been a great ride

This is what I love so much about this show. The show always manages to keep me guessing.

In the latest episode, when they kept telling Michael to sign that paperwork to be turned into a Good Place Architect, I for sure thought it was a trap to basically send him back down to the Bad Place or otherwise get rid of him due to all the trouble he had caused, and the episode would end with the group choosing to go down with him or something. Of course, it was a trap, but instead, they made him the boss of the Good Place, which I found to be hilarious. Great swerve.

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Holy crap I didn't know there was another episode. I legit thought last week was the series finale. I mean, it felt like one, despite feeling a little rushed.

Glad to know there's one more!

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Abiz_ posted...

He was only a actor for days of our lives for like a season. Also Chandler payed for almost everything when it came to him. Not sure how he kept the place when Chandler moved out.

Veggeta_MAX posted...

Phoebe was a massage therapist and they can earn a lot including tips. I mean it's no Chandler or Ross money but it was enough to get by.

IIRC there was an episode that specifically dealt with the socioeconomic divide between the friends. The three richer friends kept suggesting they go out to fancy places to eat whereas the three poorer friends kept confiding in themselves that they couldn't afford to spend so much money hanging out.

The episode eventually created a rift when the richer friends found out about their struggles and tried to help them, but it only made things more awkward as they felt they were getting handouts. But the whole thing was pretty much waived away when Monica lost her job at the end of the episode.

I can't remember which were the "rich" friends and which were the poor friends that episode, though. I think Monica, Ross, and Chandler were the ones with the money to spend while Rachel, Joey, and Phoebe were struggling to get by.

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Darmik posted...

Even the fresh faced young person wanting to get their big break in their career start off in a Manhattan apartment with a great view.

This. Big Bang Theory is guilty of this with Penny. Also the poorer friends from Friends loved in really mice places considering.

garan posted...

This. My Name is Earl was one of the only times where the poor people actually lived fairly meager lives.

Another good one was Everybody Hates Chris.

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Lisa Trevor from Resident Evil.

Not only did she live a messed up life after being abducted and experimented on for years, but even death didn't end her suffering as she continued on as a deformed monster.

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Noumas posted...

When you say dark is it anything like Titan AE or is it much better?

Hmm, now that you mention Titan AE I think I may be mixing those two movies up lol. I may have to go see some clips to jog my memory.

I do remember that I liked both movies. I just saw them around the same time so I get them mixed up sometimes.

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I thought it was pretty dark for a Disney movie. Lots if mature themes, too.

But I liked it.

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My undergrad was in meteorology, so yes.

Doing an MBA right now. Specifically finance. Not sure if financial engineering is considered STEM or not.

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Balrog0 posted...

i mean he's also raising the most money

Well sure, that's what I mean by grassroots. His base is growing organically, which helps him raise money easier. My guess is that the other candidates spend much more money per new supporter gain than Sanders does.

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Really is interesting how Sander's support is surging on the 11th hour. There's something about grassroots activism that can't be replicated with TV ads or Super Pacs.

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Oh right, I forgot the new season is out. I liked Season 1. I guess I should check out season 2. Sucks that is sounds like it ends in another cliffhanger, though.

Why isn't is as good as Season 1?

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This argument is flawed from both sides.

You don't need a college degree to be successful and you but you also won't necessarily be more successful without a college degree.

The fact is, statistically speaking, that you will make more money (a lot more money) in you lifetime with a college degree than without. This is largely due to the promotion cap you would experience without a degree. More management jobs require a degree than not, so even if you find a decent paying job without a degree, at some point you are likely to hit a ceiling in management until you get at least a Bachelor's.

The problem is that people attribute this fact as a blanket fact that college = more money and uninformed college students use college as a "win" button. Then they become distressed when their college degree alone did not get them a good job.

College is just a tool to help you reach your career goals. Just like trade school can be, or a certificate program, or even a mentor helping you start a business.

Even as a college administrator I am careful telling students that college is their best choice. For many, it isn't.

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What I find the most interesting about this study is that this is a global study, not just the US. I came in thinking this was US-specific.

I have definitely seen first-hand how families are losing motivation and morale to keep trying. For the working class, it has always been hard, but now it's getting harder because of the fears mentioned in the article. As if it isn't bad enough that they struggle to put food on the table or pay a bill, now they have to worry about their job being eliminated to a machine or to a contract employee working a gig job. I already saw that happen to my dad who was a taxi driver for 30 years before he had to quit.

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averagejoel posted...

it seems like the show is part of the DC Universe and is completely unrelated. the movie, though, is based on the book by Jerry Spinelli.

admittedly I read it a long time ago, but I don't remember rape being a part of the story. it also isn't mentioned in the plot summary on wikipedia

Oh, I guess I didn't fully read the synopsis of the show.

Regarding the book, I just looked up the summary as well. Strange that it's not mentioned. It could be that I'm completely mixing up that story arc with one from another book I read around that time. I remember reading like 5 books that summer, lol.

The story I'm remembering is a girl that goes to a party and gets raped while drunk by one of the guys at the party, but people think she willingly slept with him so they either start to hate her or just simply ignore her. She then develops a quirky, noncomformist personality as a coping mechanism and in turn, starts to teach others about forgiveness and moving on. I guess I just remembered it as that being Stargirl. But it's entirely possible this was one of the other tween coming-of-age stories that were popular around that time.

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I remember reading the Stargirl novel in high school. Interesting coming-of-age story about noncomformity. I wonder if the show will touch on the darker themes of the book (i.e. rape)

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EverDownward posted...

it's wild to me that there are people on CE that are regularly submitting written works. i wouldn't know where to start, and i've been writing as a hobby since middle school.

If you want to get started, you may want to consider online magazines or periodicals in an area that interests you. The barrier to entry there is usually lower and lets you publish with a more surface-level analysis of your topic (think Forbes, Medium, or some of the smaller sites).

Academic publishing in peer-reviewed journal really just requires that you find a journal publishing articles in your field or interest, looking at their aims and scopes of what type of material they are looking for, editing your manuscript to fit their formatting requirements, and then you submit. It's much easier to start with a paper you wrote in school, as typically your instructor will have you format the paper similar to how a journal would want it. That's how I got my start in publishing. I edited some grad school papers to make it more journal appropriate and started submitting.

By the time I started submitting my own, independent research, I already had the hang of it.

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COVxy posted...

Are you just finishing up manuscripts from your doctoral work, or is there also a research component to your current position (I believe you're primarily administrative, right?).

A little bit of both. I broke up my dissertation into three manuscripts that I'm trying to get published. One is a literature review, one is a methods analysis, and the last is the actual results section of the study.

But my current job just added a faculty portion to it where I get to teach an undergraduate statistics class as part of a new retention program where administrators get into the classroom to teach. I'm basing some of my newer research on that process. I'm also hoping to see if I can get my stats students to join me in a class project that we can all publish together as co-authors. Still figuring that one out.

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You're much more organized than me in keeping up with your rejections/acceptances.

I've had mixed success with publication. I had a book chapter accepted the first time I submitted. I had another manuscript that took submission to 7 journals before it got accepted.

Currently, I have one book chapter in the editing phase and two journal manuscripts in the reviewer phase (i.e. they both passed the editor stage).

I also have one manuscript in waiting that I just haven't gotten around to edit cause of life and all that. I really need to submit this one, though. It's an actual empirical, data-collection study.

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All this tells me is that people are finally seeing Bernie for the threat he really is. I'm actually surprised it took this long for people to realize how well Bernie is doing in the primaries.

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kirbymuncher posted...

I don't know a ton about how US politics / voting are arranged so I'm probably missing something but I don't really see the problem here? Is there something more about being first to vote other than just having your voting happen first? it's not like the other places skip their vote entirely, they just vote later

Early voting states can influence an election by showing candidates who win as the "winners" all over media. It can make people think that these candidates are the national favorites and more likely to vote for them.

But this can be misleading because those two states are not representative of the larger voting body. So winning those states makes for a good media push for the candidates who win.

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The most recent episode of Superstore addressed this issue. Granted, it was in their usual "let's exaggerate the issue for comedic effect" kinda way, but it did drive the point home that men are feeling attacked and just want a space where they could vent their insecurities without being judged.

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saspa posted...

I'm really into girls wearing skirts with leggings. There's just something so sexy about it

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/58_AZbDg-s4/maxresdefault.jpg

Kind of like these but sexier, the kind the girl I'm into wears.

Lol, I came into this topic to post something like this.

I just love girls that wear layers. They look so good. Skirt and leggings are the easiest layers to pull off imo, but any types of layers work for me as well (i.e. cardigans).

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saspa posted...

Loool. You know that she was in a movie that was based on a news story? No joke

Ahh yes, I remember that film. Based on the fast food prank phone call controversy, right? She spent half the film naked following instructions from a guy on the phone pretending to be a police officer. Funnily enough, I never made the connection that she was the same actress from this show.

But I loved this show. People are right in that the premise and overall plotline was bizarre, but it worked for it. It didn't follow your typical sitcom beats. And Dawson's Creek guy was hilarious. By far my favorite "actor playing as himself" trope in any TV show.

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