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Bear's favorite games of the year so far (and a couple of dissapointments)
on 06.30.2012
As the year passes its midway mark, i share my very personal overview of the year in gaming.
Bright moments in gaming
Best port of a port:
Metal Gear HD Collection of a Vita. Something about playing Snakeeater so close to your face in High Def really adds to the spionage experience and the menu handles lovely through touch control.
Best browser mini game
Rambo Last Blood
, it packs quite a bunch of hilarity and cleverness on its brief stages.
Best game for the PS Vita
: Tales from Space: About a Blob, a fantastic platformer with a wild sense of humour. It makes great use of the vita control capabilities, both touch and otherwise, to travel stages with flawless design.
Best game for the PS3:
Mass Effect 3. Works as as third person shooter, works as a space opera; it never gets dull.
Best Downloadable game of the year (so far)
: Episode 1 of The Walking Dead. Picks the proud tradition of point and click adventures and uses it to tell an interactive story with interesting characters.
Game of the year (so far):
Abobo's Big Adventure
. A feverish mishmash of styles,gameplays and characters that completely works as the representation of the mind of a child of the 80s; if there is such a thing as auther videogames, this belongs right there.
Busts of the year
Worst DLC
: Harley Quinn's Revenge for Arkham City. A short and mediocre mission that would've felt as a low point in the original game. This is not how you make DLC relevant.
Most dissapointing game:
Journey. It makes an excellent case for the importance of difficulty and challenge in a game. A journey in which you've nothing lose is hardly a journey worth taking.
In retrospect, this year has not been nearly as bright as 2011. Gladly there are some potential gems ahead like Retro City Rampage, Sound Shapes & Sleeping Dogs which might make me remember 2012 fondly, videogame-wise.
Bear's Favorite Playstation Network games:
on 06.19.2011
10. Everyday shooter
What is it? : a classic shooter in which the enemy hits produce sounds that complete each levels soundtrack.
Why it rocks? : It's very hard, testing your reflexes and ability to shoot and avoid being touched. Your reward? destroying chains of enemies and creating beautiful music.
9. Shank
What is it?: An arcade brawler in which you go through waves of enemies with blades, machetes, shotguns, chainsaws and firearms. Everything is presented in very stylized manner taking cues from Tarantino / Rodriguez films.
Why it rocks?: Pure unadultered gore, made possible by firearm/blades combos. Also, very fluid and kickass animations for each of the characters.
8. Outland
What is it?: A beautiful looking game that uses a simplified model of what metroid and castlevania have done in the past in regards to platforming and exploration, but which introduce some very creative and challenging boss fights.
Why it rocks?: Because of the huge bosses that launch screen covering attacks that test your platforming ability.
7. Lara Croft and The Guardian of Light
What is it?: A twin stick shooter with enviromental puzzles that involve platforming, starred by Tomb Raider's Lara Croft.
Why it rocks?: Because every one of the gameplay mechanics that it introduces work and enhance each other, making you feel like the ultimate adventurer wether you're gunning down hellspawns or solving elaborate puzzles.
6. Super Stardust HD
What is it? : A twin stick shooter in which you circle a planet while avoiding falling asteroids and incoming enemies.
Why it rocks?: Best. Looking. Particles. Ever, which make blowing stuff very satisfying.The game also tests your reflexes and speed, because the levels can get very crowded.
5. Pixeljunk Shooter 2
What is it?: A game in which you control a rescue shift that sails through harsh enviroments in which knowing the elements (lava/gas/ice/water) and how to combine them is essential to survive and save the crew
Why it rocks?: it has some really nice fluids physics that you use to open new areas in the levels to save stranded scientists. The level design is fantastic, each world introduce new power-ups that keep the game fresh. The bosses are challenging. The soundtrack sets just the right tone.
4. Joe Danger
What is it?: The stellar Excitebike sequel that Nintendo never made. You race, do tricks, collect various elements and become a stunt superstar in the process.
Why it rocks?: It has that certain simple magic quality that you find in the great Nintendo titles (kudos to Hello Games for nailing that), every control works perfectly making racing and doing tricks a treat, most of the levels are creative and fun to play multiple times.
3. Flower
What is it? : An experimental game in which you control the wind, by moving the sixaxis control, and pick up petals. A sensorial experience that goes from pleasant to gripping and liberating through musical and visual means
Why it rocks?: Because it creates a whole, if simple, narrative, with the single gameplay idea of blowing petals with the wind, without resorting to clutches like cutscenes or voice overs or to other gameplay elements that would've been unnecessary. Because you've not seen anything like it.
2. Braid
What is it?: A perfectly realized time manipulation puzzle game that hints at some heavy themes of regret and memory.
Why it rocks?: Because the puzzles are that damn good, making you think in creative ways and giving you a big sense of accomplisment once you nail them. Also, because its twisted watercolor take on iconic Mario elements (goombas, carnivore plants, yoshi, Mario, Donkey Kong) is very expressive and reinforce and underlying theme of what happens to memories with the passage of time and how one deals with regret.
1. Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game
What is it?: The greatest brawling game from all time, picking every element that made games like Double Dragon, River City Ransom and others great.
Why it rocks?: Because it turns me into the same gamer i was as a kid, getting excited about beating thugs with my fists or various weapons (snowball! ninja sword!), in HUGE and beautiful 8 bit like graphics that are propelled by the greatest soundtrack from this generation (by Anamanaguchi). All to save the girl. This is gaming.[/i]


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ESPN has announced disciplinary action against the person responsible for the Asian slur on the network's mobile site and ESPNews anchor Max Bretos who used the same phrase earlier in the week.
ESPN won't name the headline writer, but needless to say that person has been fired. Bretos has been suspended for a month. ESPN says a person who used the same slur on its New York radio affiliate last week is not a company employee and will not be disciplined.
Here's the official statement from ESPN.
Follow-up Statement and Action
At ESPN we are aware of three offensive and inappropriate comments made on ESPN outlets during our coverage of Jeremy Lin.
Saturday we apologized for two references. We have since learned of a similar reference Friday on ESPN Radio New York.
The incidents were separate and different. We have engaged in a thorough review of all three and have taken the following action:
- The ESPN employee responsible for our Mobile headline has been dismissed.
- The ESPNEWS anchor has been suspended for 30 days.
- The radio commentator is not an ESPN employee.
We again apologize, especially to Mr. Lin. His accomplishments are a source of great pride to the Asian-American community, including the Asian-American employees at ESPN. Through self-examination, improved editorial practices and controls, and response to constructive criticism, we will be better in the future.
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Today I want to talk about how to determine the correct position size for options.
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As you know, you can get started in options with only a fraction of the amount of money you would normally need to invest in the stock itself.
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How Much Should You Invest in Each Option?
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For example, if you purchased two great options for $700 each, that means your total cost/investment is $1,400. If those options ever lose a combined total of $1,000 (loss of -$500 on each), you'd sell them. And by doing this you're account would never get into trouble.
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Memories are often short for NFL fans. The long offseason, with excitement of numerous roster subtractions and additions, can overshadow recent failure. It's an exciting time for fans, but it is important to remember that the ultimate goal is not to make noise in the offseason, but to make noise on the playing field when the games count.
Aside from a six-game stretch at the end of the 2011 season, the New York Giants defense has been putrid for the last two seasons. It was 27th in yards allowed in 2011 and 31st in yards allowed in 2012. It has had trouble stopping the run (25th in 2012) and the pass (28th in 2012). Indeed, if it were not for 35 takeaways (2nd in the NFL), the defensive stats, including scoring defense (12th in 2012), would surely have been much worse. Personally, I never think it is wise to count on being a league leader in takeaways. Too much luck is involved.
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Conversations about Mayan prophecies of doom have been all the rage this year, but for the U.S. cattle industry, dim feedlot prospects for the future have been a much more worrisome topic.
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Drought is another culprit that has contributed to feedlots' difficult circumstances. Two years of unplanned additional herd liquidation has pulled cattle supplies lower than market conditions appear to support.
"Without the 2012 drought, corn prices might be closer to $5 per bushel instead of near $8 per bushel," Peel said. "While these short-run factors would have changed the feedlot picture somewhat, they do not change the fact that the role of the feedlot sector is changing and must change fundamentally in the future compared to how it has operated in the past."
Since the 2006 crop year, season average corn prices have averaged $4.50 per bushel. From the 1965 through 2005 crop years, corn prices averaged $2.15 per bushel. In that time period, in only three years — 1980, 1983 and 1996 — did the season average corn price exceed $3 per bushel. Crop-year-average corn prices have exceeded $3 per bushel every year since 2006.
"It is likely that corn prices in the future will average at least twice the level under which the feedlot industry we know today evolved," Ander-son said. "The point is that even without the drought, feedlots face a significantly different business environment."
Forty years of cheap corn had many structural implications on the beef industry, most of which were manifest through the feedlot sector. Much of the changes in cattle genetics and preferences for animal size and type were largely a function of feedlot-driven demand, which was in turn based on inexpensive corn.
"More than anything else, feedlots have become a calf-feeding industry where an ever-higher percentage of the total cattle weight, and thus beef production, has been based on grains," Anderson said.
As cattle numbers peaked in the 1970s and then began to fall, feedlots maintained inventories by feeding lighter and younger animals for longer periods of time. In the decade of the 1970s, the average Jan. 1 feedlot inventory was 13 million head, with an average all-cattle inventory of 120.4 million head and an average estimated feeder supply of 42.1 million head.
"Feedlot inventories represented slightly less than 11 percent of total cattle numbers and 31 percent of feeder supply," Peel said. "This last figure means that there were approximately three feeder cattle available to replace every animal already on feed at the beginning of the year."
These proportions persisted into the 1980s but began to change late in the decade. The changes became more dramatic in the 1990s with feedlot inventory representing nearly 13 percent of total inventory and more than 40 percent of feeder supply. Thus, there were typically fewer than 2.5 replacement cattle available for every animal in the feedlot during the 1990s.
In the last 10 years, the situation has reached an extreme level. While total cattle inventories have fallen to an average of 94.6 million head for the 2003-2012 time period, and feeder supplies have fallen to an average of 27.4 million head, average feedlot inventories increased to 14 million head.
Feedlot inventories have represented almost 15 percent of total cattle inventories and 51.4 percent of feeder supplies for the last decade. The record-setting Jan. 1 cattle-on-feed inventory was 14.8 million head in 2008, an increase of 14 percent from the 1970s despite the fact total cattle inventories decreased 20 percent during the same time period.
"Slight decreases in feedlot inventories since 2008 have been more than offset by decreased cattle inventories and feeder supplies," Anderson said.
In 2012, the Jan. 1 feedlot total was 14.1 million head, which represented a record 15.6 percent of total cattle inventories and 54.9 percent of feeder supplies. This means there are 1.8 feeder animals available for every animal in feedlots.
"Obviously, the only possibility for this level of feeder cattle supplies to maintain feedlot inventories is with the very slow turnover rate that comes with feeding ever lighter and younger animals for long periods of time," Peel said.
High corn prices are a strong incentive for more yearling feeding rather than calf feeding.
Peel and Anderson said rebuilding of beef cattle inventories eventually will allow feedlots to respond appropriately to high corn prices by placing heavier cattle and reducing days on feed.
"Then and only then will the beef industry be able to respond to high grain prices to its fullest potential," Anderson said. "Un-fortunately, it will likely take until 2015 or 2016, and possibly later, before any appreciable increase in feeder supplies can occur. The manner of feedlot business that carried the sector through the herd declines of the 1980s through 2006 is not feasible now."
Anderson and Peel said feedlots are faced with the dilemma of feeding economically infeasible animals, not having enough animals to feed or both.
Information for this story was provided by Oklahoma State University Agricultural Communications Services.
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Terrelle Pryor, QB, Ohio State
The Buckeyes' show pony pulls ahead again this week, using the opportunity to put up showy numbers against paltry Eastern Michigan to great effect. Pryor's 224 aerial yards marks his lowest output of 2010, but his completion percentage is at its highest point, and he added a rushing and a receiving score to his four TD passes. You want style points, Heisman voters? Here they are.
Kellen Moore, QB, Boise State
The Broncos QB also made ample use of his high-profile matchup Saturday night, throwing for 288 yards and three touchdowns against a ranked Pac-10 team. Moore's pedigree is no longer in question. OBNUG says he "kept his cool when it was most important and showed the world - via ABC/ESPN 3D - why he is the captain of this ship." Building the Dam says he "demonstrated again that he's deadly as a quarterback, and it doesn't matter what the circumstances are." The only hurdle remaining (and it's a doozy) is sustaining this momentum through a forgettable WAC slate. Think he can somehow pass to himself against New Mexico State? We're about to find out.
Denard Robinson, QB, Michigan
A panicky few hands were wrung over Robinson's knee injury against Bowling Green, but it's by all accounts a minor one. He's slated to start against Indiana. And even before he left the game, Robinson managed 60 yards passing and 129 yards rushing. This shouldn't set him too far back in the Heisman race. And even if his coaches do the smart thing and give him a few breathers down the stretch, remember: He's just a sophomore. It's a long season to try and carry an entire team.
Mark Ingram, RB, Alabama
Think of Ingram's chances as more of an orangey-red at this point. After missing the first two games of the season, and with up-and-comer Trent Richardson on his heels, it's still very, very conceivable that he could crack another 1,000-yard year. Arkansas was Bama's first big test of 2010, and Ingram acquitted himself admirably with 157 yards rushing and 27 more receiving. And the next show-me game is just days away, with the Florida Gators coming to town Saturday night.
Andrew Luck, QB, Stanford
He won, all right, but it wasn't always pretty -- those 238 yards came with two interceptions and just one score. Having made his mark on the national stage in the Important Part of football writer country, Luck now stares down his and the Cardinal's most imposing football test of the year: a Saturday night road trip to Oregon with the GameDay crew in tow.
Ryan Mallett, QB, Arkansas
Mallett is guy up in these lofty environs who most neglected to take full advantage of a national audience, in the form of throwing a gamebreaking interception (his third of the afternoon) that overshadowed his 357 passing yards. As a very large and strong-looking quarterback in the SEC, he'll get more than his fair share of attention the rest of this fall, but this loss will be a tough one for voters to shake off.
Andy Dalton, QB, TCU
Week 4's other notable underachiever saw his completion percentage plummet to just 63.8 against SMU, where he threw for a season-low 174 yards and a season-high two interceptions. Like Kellen Moore, he simply can't afford missteps if he wants an invitation. Unlike Moore, he'll have one more big chance to prove himself, at Utah in November.
Cam Newton, QB, Auburn
His blowout game was a little longer in coming, but Newton's presence in the 2010 Heisman race is newly indelible thanks to him passing for 158 yards and running/lumbering for 176 more, accounting for five touchdowns on the day against a supposedly-stout South Carolina defense. (Also, why is he insisting upon going by "Cameron" now? It makes for such unappealing scansion.)
Colin Kaepernick, QB, Nevada.
When you're held to your second-lowest passing and rushing totals of the season and still come out with close to 300 yards of offense to your name against BYU ... yeah, it's good to be Colin Kaepernick.
LaMichael James, RB, Oregon
Accounted for 114 of the Ducks' 145 rushing yards against Arizona State, but those aren't the kind of numbers that will make Heisman voters swoon.
Jacory Harris, QB, Miami
Holding steady as the leader atop our high-risk, high-reward column, Harris threw for 248 yards, two touchdowns, and two picks in the Hurricanes' Thursday-night blowout of Pitt.
Taylor Martinez, QB, Nebraska
Martinez fell to earth a little this week, throwing two interceptions against South Dakota State while being held to his lowest rushing output of the season (75 yards). That said: Six completed passes for 140 yards? As a freshman? We're still paying attention.
Patrick Peterson, CB, LSU
A 60-yard punt return for a touchdown and a blocked field goal are just the sorts of moves a defender needs to get ahead in the Heisman race. Now Peterson's just got to keep this up for two more months. Cake!
Trent Richardson, RB, Alabama
With only eight carries to his name in arguably Alabama's toughest test of the season, it's safe to shelve Richardson at this point. Dust off his hopes again once Ingram goes to the draft.
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"What's the difference?"
This is a question that you may find yourself asking when you've first come across the Charlotte Mason method or someone who loves it (like me!). You may wonder what makes it different than any other homeschooling choice?
Characteristics of a Charlotte Mason Education:
1. Respect for the Child: Charlotte Mason believed that all children were equally capable of learning and deserving of respect, regardless of their social class, race or any other thing. In fact the proclamation that "Children are born persons." is the first statement on her list of principles2. Habits: Charlotte believed that developing good habits provided the foundation for their early education. It is for this purpose that delaying formal education until the age of 6 or 7 was advised. The early years should be dedicated to play and the development of good habits.
"The mother who takes pains to endow her children with good habits secures for herself smooth and easy days."3. Short Lessons: This goes hand-in-hand with respect for the child. The young child's attention span is short. Rather than force the child, against his nature, to sit for long lessons, we make the lessons short. This allows the child to pay full attention for as long as they are capable. By cutting the lesson off at the very point when the child's mind would start growing weary, we show a respect for their capabilities.
We should observe the child and if we find the child growing fidgety or bored before the lesson is over, we move on to something vastly different to re-awaken their minds. We can return to the original lesson later. Short lessons coupled with keen observation on our part will train the child in the habit of paying "full attention".
4. Living Books: Living books are usually written by one person who has a passion for the topic, writes in a narrative or conversational style and writes in an engaging literary style. The books "come alive", pulling you in and involving your emotions. These qualities in a book make it easy to remember the events and facts of the story.
Living books can be contrasted to books written by a committee (such as textbooks) which are very "dry" in their style such as what one would find in textbooks and encyclopedias. These involve no emotion; do not immerse one into a story and, in the case of textbooks, provide only summarized facts.
Books should also be "twaddle free" meaning they should not insult the child's intelligence by being "dumbed down".
Their lesson-books should offer matter for their reading, whether aloud or to themselves; therefore they should be written with literary power.5. Narration: A foundation of the Charlotte Mason approach, narration is simply having the child re-tell what has been read. This feature requires the child to focus, organize their thoughts and express them either verbally or in writing.
(Vol. 1 Part VIII--Reading for Older Children, p.229)
Direct questions on the subject-matter of what a child has read are always a mistake. Let him narrate what he has read, or some part of it. He enjoys this sort of consecutive reproduction, but abominates every question in the nature of a riddle.6. Copywork and Dictation: Dictation is the tool we use to teach proper spelling, grammar and punctuation. Copywork is how we introduce the younger children to grammar while teaching them handwriting skills.
(Vol. 1 Part VIII--Reading for Older Children, p.228)
7. The Arts: The most beautiful aspect of this method of education is that it does include the arts. The children learn about the lives and careers of artists and composers as well as studying their works.
8. Nature Study: My favorite part of this method is nature studies. There are two parts to a nature study. The first is the nature walk. The second is the documenting of what was observed. Exploring nature comes natural to children. We should encourage it and allow them to learn about all there is to discover from trees and flowers to bugs and animals. What easier way could we ensure their education in natural history and science other than "hands on" in the the real world?
9. Recitation: Recitation is also called "memory work" and is the memorizing of scriptures, poems or quotes and then performed for an audience (even if it's just mom).
I hope that my readers will train their children in the art of recitation; in the coming days, more even than in our own will it behove every educated man and woman to be able to speak effectively in public; and, in learning to recite you learn to speak.What is your favorite part of a Charlotte Mason education?
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Getting REALLY tired of walking through Sproul and having the word vagina screamed in my face a million times. (self.berkeley)
submitted 1 year ago by spartanbearsBioE '16
Seriously, what the hell. They wouldn't like it if I start yelling "Penis" at them.
[–]websurfer09CivE '16 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
Monday afternoon, the Aikido Club trains on Sproul Plaza for a good hour. Dude.
[–]tishtokPsych '13 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
Next time just join in. They're probably just playing the "vagina" game. If you yell the loudest, you'll win the game, and be declared Queen/King of the vagina.
[–]fhinewine -3 points-2 points-1 points 1 year ago
What's so wrong with the word "vagina" ... and what would you rather hear? The same stuff you get the other 15 weeks of the semester about business frats and charities and who only knows what else? At least this catches people's attention.
It may be a silly way to advertise, but it works. And it's for a good cause -- look up V-Day, Take Back the Night, Vagina Monologues etc if you didn't already know. This is only 1-2 weeks per YEAR (not just per semester) where you have to "deal with" a word you rarely even hear anyway. Just put some damn headphones on if it bothers you so much.
[–][deleted] 17 points18 points19 points 1 year ago
Nothing wrong with the word vagina, it's just obnoxious to yell it in the middle of Sproul. Imagine if someone yelled "penis" or "scrotum" over and over. It's a childish bid for attention.
[–]panis510 -6 points-5 points-4 points 1 year ago
lol spoken like a true liberal arts major
[–][deleted] -6 points-5 points-4 points 1 year ago
That was certainly a fine whine, fhinewine.
[–]fhinewine -1 points0 points1 point 1 year ago
Lol, coming from YOU? ok thx
[–][deleted] -5 points-4 points-3 points 1 year ago
Meow! Somebody needs some actual wine and a joint...
[–]desperatechaosBiology '14 -17 points-16 points-15 points 1 year ago
Uh, then don't walk through Sproul? Or maybe grow some skin and don't get bothered by such trivial stuff.
[–]spartanbearsBioE '16[S] 7 points8 points9 points 1 year ago
I kinda have to. And yea my bad, it bugs me.
[–]HagarTopeka1CivE '15 10 points11 points12 points 1 year ago
I support your desire to walk places without experiencing unpleasantness, but I'd like to highlight a few nearby yet alternate routes that mean you don't "have to" walk through Upper Sproul.
Sproul Hall has a central corridor which passes straight through, from Bancroft to Strawberry Creek. There's a stepping stone shortcut across the creek just east of Sather Gate, so you don't even have to pass through that gauntlet.
Lower Sproul Plaza is rarely occupied by student groups. You can pass through the tunnel under Cesar Chavez, hop across the creek, and be in Dwinelle faster than going through Upper Sproul.
If you're really feeling the need to discretely avoid proselytizers and flyerers of all types, there are a couple of top secret routes through that area which hardly require exposure to sunlight. 1. Once you cross Bancroft, drop down the stairs to the west and into the computer store area of the Cal Student Store. Pass out of the other end and through the tunnel under Chavez. 2. If your route is a little more westerly, you can enter the Lower Sproul parking garage through the car entrance, nearby Haas Pavilion. It leads past Zellerbach and out a tunnel near Alumni House. 3. These routes can be combined for travel from southeast to northwest, such as going from Units 1 and 2 to CNR. Head to the computer area of the Cal Student Store, and just inside to where the kitschy tourist stuff is. On your left, a staircase leads down to the stock areas. Double doors lead to the Lower Sproul parking garage, which, again, leads out by Alumni House.
Through careful scouting, no one's freedom of movement needs to be compromised by others' freedom of speech.
Just don't share this too widely. I don't want CalPIRG jumping out of the dark at me in that parking garage.
[–]bakaninoBioE '15 6 points7 points8 points 1 year ago
Most useful post ever on this subreddit
[–]desperatechaosBiology '14 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
Seriously. No one has to walk through Sproul. A simple detour takes less than an extra minute.
[–]nursejennyy 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
You know, I really don't think it's too much to ask to be able to walk through Sproul without having the word "vagina" being yelled at you. Maybe it's trivial but I'm with OP that it's something I'd rather not hear, and I shouldnt have to avoid Sproul Plaza (the entrance to the school ffs) to not be accosted by some misled females destroying the legitimacy of their own cause.
[–]fhinewine -2 points-1 points0 points 1 year ago
What do you feel is their cause? And how are they allegedly destroying its legitimacy?
[–]nursejennyy -1 points0 points1 point 1 year ago
I'm guessing their cause is raising awareness for victims of domestic abuse, while spreading a message of female empowerment and sex-positivity. But even if I'm not spot-on about their specific purposes, my ignorance is probably the precise example of where they fail - if raising awareness is even a fraction of their cause, it's likely theyll continue to turn away people with their ugly behavior they could have educated without it. And I don't think I'm unreasonable OR alone.
[–]spartanbearsBioE '16[S] -1 points0 points1 point 1 year ago
Exactly, it just makes them look trashy.
[–]redditsusernamelimitBusiness '13 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
But...they're being provocative.
[–]sunshinesmilepants'69 -4 points-3 points-2 points 1 year ago
suck it up you fucking pussy
[–]YogiWanKenobiResident 5 points6 points7 points 1 year ago
Who's yelling it? Maude Lebowski?
[–]FishmandogPoliSci/History '13 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
Do you like sex, Mr. Lebowski?
[–]shmittywerber -3 points-2 points-1 points 1 year ago
The Vagina Monologues condones statutory rape.
[–]that_pjEECS '09 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
My least favorite time of the semester is having to go through Sproul to get my class-pass. So annoying.
[–]artoonie -1 points0 points1 point 1 year ago
What is a class pass?
[–]adid21 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
bus pass
Oh, thanks! Derp.
I haven't gotten a new one since I first got my ID. They let me on the bus anyway.
yeah most drivers don't give enough of a shit to really check the color of the sticker
[–]jasonw56k 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
I had one driver ask for a closer look at the sticker though.
[–]that_pjEECS '09 -1 points0 points1 point 1 year ago
AC Transit, or campus? Campus will, AC Transit won't.
AC Transit has thus far. But I guess I've only ever used it at night (the 800), so maybe they care less at that hour. /meh
[–]artoonie -2 points-1 points0 points 1 year ago
What, the vagina monologues people just yell vagina? They don't say, "come see the vagina monologues" or anything?
[–]spartanbearsBioE '16[S] 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
It's a lot of girls having fun so I think they just enjoy yelling Vagina. At the top of their lungs. All the time.
[–]artoonie 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago
Well. That's no way to find the right crowd for an otherwise insightful show.
[–]cwlb -1 points0 points1 point 1 year ago
What's the right crowd, exactly? I feel like people who aren't amused by people shouting vagina in public aren't going to enjoy women talking about their vaginas at length.
[–]that_pjEECS '09 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago*
I walked through the other day and all I heard was VAGINA over and over again.
EDIT: Not sure why you'd downvote a description of what I heard without judging pro or con. But alright.
[–]AutVeniam 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago
I think they did a spell-out with "VAGINA" once. It kind of made me uncomfortable.
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Went on the fast boat, it was quite rough even though it was a clear sunny day. Didn't get to see any whales though so we were invited to go again another day for free. We just made it back from the Blue Lagoon on our last day in time to get on the new biggest boat. Was much calmer but still didn't see any whales :(
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great trip got to see some minky and dolphins,my expectations were to high thought i would see a whale like in the trip photo,use their warm gear its brill we were like toast all day
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Loved it! Our guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. We only saw a whale for a split second twice but dolphins played and swam by us for a good 15 minutes. Our guide was knowledgeable about the dolphins, sea birds, the area...all of it. She was great!
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Doing what: Puffin Express Cruise to Akurey from Reykjavik
I saw whales! Another life long dream realized. This was a great boat ride with a great guide and captain. The tour co provides warm gear so you are comfortable and can atch for whales and see exciting bird activity.
Doing what: Whale-Watching Tour from Reykjavik
Really good. We got pretty close to the island so it was easy to see the puffins. We also got really close to those in water. Apparently it helps if you go at high tide (so that the boat can get closer to the island), which is what we did.
Doing what: Puffin Express Cruise to Akurey from Reykjavik
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