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hankr is 100% sold to a law firm for the low starting price of $160k/year, his soul, and his free time annex ghost
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:09 pm Post subject: ROFLCon |
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Quote: | Mix up a bunch of super famous internet memes, some brainy academics, a big audience, dump them in Cambridge, MA and you've got ROFLCon.
The conference is slated for April 25th and 26th of 2008.
It's a group dissection of internet culture. What makes it work, why it works, how it works. We'll talk about where internet culture has been and where we think it's going.
Then, there'll be parties. A music show, with memes performing their work live. And then a big blowout party at the end, with everyone dancing and rocking out.
Needless to say, this might be the most important gathering since the fall of the tower of Babel. |
www.roflcon.org
$30 for students before March 1st, $40 afterward. |
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lugo is unable to remember his password. Such an Aries
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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So it's like Random, except you have to pay money to see it.
Actually, sounds like it could be cool depending on how much srious discussion there is. |
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jaster is back in black Mod Emperor of Dune
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:33 am Post subject: |
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In principle I can't support this kind of thing.
Quote: | It's a group dissection of internet culture. What makes it work, why it works, how it works. We'll talk about where internet culture has been and where we think it's going. |
I also believe this is based on the false premises that anonymous scrubs on the internet constitute a 'culture' and that said culture' works'. I reject both of these claims. _________________ When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.
-Children of Dune, attributed to Louis Veuillot |
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xavid is surprised at continuity. ≠√3
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:46 am Post subject: |
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Real mongeese go to Boskone. |
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hankr is 100% sold to a law firm for the low starting price of $160k/year, his soul, and his free time annex ghost
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Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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So this is now entirely at MIT, instead of being at Harvard. |
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hankr is 100% sold to a law firm for the low starting price of $160k/year, his soul, and his free time annex ghost
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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I just had lunch with Leeroy Jenkins.
Yes, it was chicken.
No, it was not fried. |
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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hankr wrote: | I just had lunch with Leeroy Jenkins.
Yes, it was chicken.
No, it was not fried. |
What the fuck? |
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hankr is 100% sold to a law firm for the low starting price of $160k/year, his soul, and his free time annex ghost
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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mchicken wrote: | hankr wrote: | I just had lunch with Leeroy Jenkins.
Yes, it was chicken.
No, it was not fried. |
What the fuck? |
He's a person. Name's Ben Schultz. |
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah I looked at the website.
But...how do you know what a Leeroy Jenkins is. |
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hankr is 100% sold to a law firm for the low starting price of $160k/year, his soul, and his free time annex ghost
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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Who doesn't know what a Leeroy Jenkins is? Hasn't everybody and their mother seen that video? |
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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But why? I don't get the internet or watching YouTube. I know why I've seen it..but I don't see how you could fully appreciate it without playing or even having done UBRS when it was hard.
Is it fun to watch YouTube videos? |
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hankr is 100% sold to a law firm for the low starting price of $160k/year, his soul, and his free time annex ghost
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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If you've played any MMORPG of any sort where they have a section such as that, you can relate. As for fully relating, I guess not, but do you really have to fully relate to appreciate it? |
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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hankr wrote: | If you've played any MMORPG of any sort where they have a section such as that, you can relate. As for fully relating, I guess not, but do you really have to fully relate to appreciate it? |
Did you read that jewish joke? Based on that one piece of evidence I would say the answer is yes. |
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hankr is 100% sold to a law firm for the low starting price of $160k/year, his soul, and his free time annex ghost
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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mchicken wrote: | hankr wrote: | If you've played any MMORPG of any sort where they have a section such as that, you can relate. As for fully relating, I guess not, but do you really have to fully relate to appreciate it? |
Did you read that jewish joke? Based on that one piece of evidence I would say the answer is yes. |
Jews are a totally different matter. |
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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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I'll accept that. |
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