December 2011
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What's up (Hey what's going on?) →
I realize this is ancient by internet standards but I only just saw it today and it made my day.
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“… behind every rational and irrational force in human society there is a...”
– - Karl Manheim, Man and Society in an Age of Reconstruction, 1935.
I could quote this guy all god damn day. The very next sentence goes on to instruct those looking to scientifically analyze rationality and society (as was the norm in those days, social scientists trying to emulate the scientific...
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r/notfunny
r/notfunny is infinitely funnier. If only for it’s lack of self-awareness. read those comments.
Was actually hoping it would be just screen caps of the Wonder Showzen bit “Funny/Not Funny”.
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a few words on r/funny
I was lamenting, moments ago, that I had taken this previously irreverent blog in a disastrously serious and depressing tone. I must rectify this, I thought to myself, with funny pictures. Of course! Everyone loves funny pictures, and where better to get them, I thought again (to myself), then reddit.com/r/funny. Yes! I will hit internet comedy gold.
Surely the top rated submission will be...
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“Thus here, too, we see that the social source of rationalization can be clearly...”
– - Karl Manheim, Man and Society in an Age of Reconstruction, 1935
Perhaps highlighting the parallels between the Great Depression and our Great Recession, this passage maintains it immediacy today. The so called rational leaders, those in government, finance and industry, and our collective...
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“It is clear that persons who are confronted more frequently with situations in...”
– Karl Manheim, Man and Society in an Age of Reconstruction, 1935
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Cats feeling good →
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