A Poorly Guarded Coin Fountain

This is where things will be posted with the intention of challenging you mentally, emotionally and bandwidth-ly.

[scientificphilosopher]

When you find that perfect book.

[raynedumb]

The taste of books is only as flat as the vocabulary.

[raynedumb]

Qtπ

U2 bb

[neil-gaiman]

Do you have a special place where you go to write?

Yes. It’s inside my head.

[raynedumb]

And then in extended temporary stasis in my drafts folder. I'll be active soon, I've found myself in a creative spree lately.

[comedycentral]

Farewell, Samantha Bee.

[raynedumb]

One of the many memorable correspondents. Much respect for her blunt approach to the world's BS.

[staticdreads]

i am my own law

[ohcorny]

god literally the other day in class we were talking about how monsanto and those shits are gonna be the next big villain and here they are

[comedycentralstandup]

Your Joke of the Day from Andy Haynes. Watch the full clip here. 

[raynedumb]

Most people are guilty and I dare not name myself. I'm lucky to have stable work right now and saving money is a pain in the keester. Capitalist society bombards us with "earn more, spend more" and it is really easy to justify many small purchases between each pay cycle. Adulthood is learning how to prioritize expenses. My financial situation isn't currently sinking, but out of the black I can not budge. It sucks. It's sad that I consider myself quite well off to only have student loans for debt.

[shitmystudentswrite]

The power of words

Verbal communication is limiting because you can only use one word at a time.

[sxmholla]

[callmeyadi]

This is some deep shit.

[wilwheaton]

[sagansense]

The correct scientific response to something that is not understood must always be to look harder for the explanation, not give up and assume a supernatural cause.

David Attenborough (via science-junkie)

[septembriseur-deactivated202502]

No headline will ever bring me as much joy as this.

[shitmystudentswrite]

Can't win 'em all

The colonial era was a great time for some people. 

[pelikinesis]

…trolling used to be pretty funny and almost entirely harmless. Trolling, despite the modern usage, does not mean “the act of pissing somebody off and laughing about their anger.” It is “the act of pissing somebody off BASED ON SOMETHING COMPLETELY MEANINGLESS and laughing about their MISPLACED anger.” It isn’t considered trolling to leave a comment full of racial epithets and laugh when people “don’t get it.” It is trolling if you leave a comment insisting on the wrong information about something irrelevant – how many runes are on a Stargate, for example (everybody knows its 12) – and wait for the ONE guy that just can’t let the transgression pass. If you start a fake fight with Prof. Stargate, dragging him deeper and deeper until hopefully, finally, even he has to stop and think “wait a minute, this is ridiculous,” that is trolling. That’s the difference: No actual harm is caused, and even the victim can eventually get in on the joke. “Trolling” isn’t referring to hiding behind a fortification and trying to hurt people like the mythical creature. It’s referring to the style of fishing – you drag bait across the bottom hoping to get a rare bite. It’s not ‘bait’ if you’re earnestly spouting your misogynistic beliefs and somebody gets upset. There’s nothing funny about entirely justified anger.

Robert Brockway, http://www.robertbrockway.net/2013/07/18/its-not-a-game-if-you-cant-lose/ (via pelikinesis)

[sandandglass]

[comedycentral]

Click here to watch The Daily Show cover the latest mass shooting.

[raynedumb]

American media rides the 2nd Amendment bus right through distraction town.

[comedycentral]

Click here to watch Jon Stewart and Jason Jones discuss the influence of billionaires on politics on The Daily Show.

[comedycentral]

Click here to watch Stephen Colbert react to the news that climate change has become inevitable and irreversible on last night’s episode of The Report.