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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Who’s getting off too easy?

In movies and books and vindictive post-breakup songs, uppances always seem to come; poetic justice isn’t just a good idea, it’s the law.
In reality, some people get more than they have coming to them, while others manage to get off easy.
So who’s dodged a bullet?  Lately?  Historically?  Personally?  And how did that happen?

6 Comments » - Posted in bigbig, sociology by Josh Millard

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Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Whodunnit?

What kind of person (or organization) would want to attack MetaFilter?

6 Comments » - Posted in bigbig, sociology by bru

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Monday, January 19th, 2009

Last Breath Aboard

If you had your choice, would you rather be trapped in a sinking ship and running out of air, or be in a drifting spaceship running out of air? And why? The chance that rescue will come in the time you have remaining is slim. Does it make a difference whether water is rushing in [...]

4 Comments » - Posted in bigbig, death by Eideteker

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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

How do you stay warm in the cold shadow of death?

An question shamelessly imported from Dorothy Gambrell’s always-fantastic Cat And Girl.

7 Comments » - Posted in bigbig, identity, metaphysics by Josh Millard

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Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Are you a Mulder or a Scully?

In my neverending quest to put the world into the terms of the X-Files (just kidding, I’m not really trying to do that) I ask this question: Are you a Mulder or a Scully?

7 Comments » - Posted in bigbig, culture, identity by Saffron

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