Right, but the problem is that people act on the basis of not reality itself, but rather the conceptions of reality that live in their minds. Those are universally spurious to varying degrees.

Well, this describes some details as to the specific mechanisms of action, but we've known for years "Why Weed Gives You The Munchies".

Somebody call Jeff VanderMeer, Area X has begun!

"The multipass is good. The penis is evil."

To the prescriptivists.

I think there may be a post about semantic drift at some point.

I saw this in a film class in college, and we were told going in that it was high-concept artsy claptrap done on a shoestring budget. And I'd agree. BUT. Our prof pointed out that the whole thing was supposed to be a satire of that type of thing (laid out in the prologue by the floating head of Arthur Frain(sp?)), and…

"...sick love child of Zardoz and the Fifth Element."

It's like the sick love-child of Zardoz and Fifth Element.

The surgery was performed by Emilio Gonzalez, an alleged medical school dropout..

I've reached a point in my life where I just roll my eyes and stay quiet if I ever overhear some asshole's racist, homophobic, bigoted, etc. rant. It's not worth wasting breath or energy to argue. People have stupid opinions all the time and blasting every last person who has one is an exercise in futility.

I met a guy today who's been crippled (I'm not sure what the proper term is) for 60 years because of polio. He can walk, but with great difficulty. Screw this doctor.

Yes, because if a person has one negative trait, it means they can never ever be recognized for any positive thing they ever did. Their entire existence must be treated as one total embarrassment to the human race. People are not complex individuals, with often contradictory views and behaviors; they are either Good…

You know who else wore pants? Hitler.

HOW DO IT WALK

Whatever people think about M. Night Shyamalan's directing skills in general, The Sixth Sense's twist ending was genuinely good. It surprised both the POV character and the audience, but all of the clues were present throughout the film. It was unexpected, but not unearned, and didn't depend on Bruce Willis being an…

Or he did and realized how ridiculous the book was considering it talks about how the government is getting in the way of railroad progress (I'd love to know how you're supposed to build a railroad without eminent domain) and relies on an invention which violates the laws of physics for its utopian paradise to…

"Pay a man enough, and he'll walk barefoot into hell."