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[sublime085]

Am I the only one who still feels super awkward buying condoms?

I'm a 25 year old man ffs and I feel like a 12 year old when I get to the counter.

 

[pirata]

It's a long story.

I've got time.

 

[BladeWorker]

Got last posted and really need to find some damn secondary analysis...

I am writing a literary analysis of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest and Fight Club basically comparing how McMurphy/Durden influence Bromden/Narrator and was wondering if anyone could lead me to a web site that would have deep criticism and analysis of these works. Google has been failing me pretty bad and I am having trouble finding any great secondary analysis.

There has to be some kind of search engine or site that is just literary analysis right? Any help would be awesome.

ScholarsPortal is usually available for students, they'll contain some literary reviews. It would be available through your school's online library resources. I'd start there - if you find articles with citations, go citation fishing and you'll find other databases. Thompson/Carswell usually has a decent dbase, but it really depends on the work. Fight Club is a more contemporary work, so you might have some trouble finding a volume of scholarship on that one from Thompson.

You can also have a look through the NYT and New Yorker for their literary reviews. They're better than most.

Ahm, I usually started with Pinkmonkey to get the basics, but they're crap for real academic content. Stick with your school's online resources.

 

[RotBot]

Am I the only one who still feels super awkward buying condoms?

I'm a 25 year old man ffs and I feel like a 12 year old when I get to the counter.

100 Durex Extra Sensitive Condoms for $15.68 + FS with Amazon Prime

Order online.

 

[pirata]

Do chickens fuck? I've never actually seen it happen even though my neighbor has chickens. I mean seriously, do roosters have peckers? Or birds in general??? mind blown thinking about it.

If they don't have peckers, then how does the egg get fertilized?? Does the rooster come back after the hen laid the eggs and shoot rooster juice all over the eggs and they soak it up and form chickens?? shit man...that doesn't make sense either. eggs are hard.

help gaf.

Yep, birds screw. I saw two ducks getting it on last year. It was petty hilarious.

 

[Alucrid]

Yep, birds screw. I saw two ducks getting it on last year. It was petty hilarious.

OH FUCCKCK. You reminded me of the duck penis thread from gaf. Goddamn you.

 

[pirata]

OH FUCCKCK. You reminded me of the duck penis thread from gaf. Goddamn you.

Oh, I remember lurking in that one. Ha ha!

 

[B.K.]

What happens to my student loans if I die? Are they forgiven or do my parents have to pay them?

 

[Pringo]

This is my first winter with my driver's license and I'm really having problems keeping my windows from fogging up badly. They seem to do this in any kind of cold weather and it's getting annoying. Any tips on how to deal with this?

 

[BladeWorker]

This is my first winter with my driver's license and I'm really having problems keeping my windows from fogging up badly. They seem to do this in any kind of cold weather and it's getting annoying. Any tips on how to deal with this?

Erm, depends on whether your fog is on the outside or the inside of your vehicle, but usually, the "defrost" button works.

And if not, you're just full of hot air.

 

[Vipershark]

How is the music in this flash video made?
http://mirror.servut.us/flash/Lineriderzor.swf

According to my brother, songs using these sounds are MIDI files, but I've never heard an actual MIDI player produce these sounds.

How would I go about creating a song with these chiptune-like sounds?

 

[Torhthelm Tídwald]

This is my first winter with my driver's license and I'm really having problems keeping my windows from fogging up badly. They seem to do this in any kind of cold weather and it's getting annoying. Any tips on how to deal with this?

Are you letting your car warm up for a bit before driving it?

 

[Vipershark]

Is it possible to get Incognito mode-like functionality in firefox?

I know about private browsing, but FF doesn't allow you to have both a regular and private session open at the same time like chrome does.

Is there a way to make it so that I can have my regular session open and then open a 2nd, private, window at the same time so I don't have to reload my tabs every time I switch back to normal mode?

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Why do Thai people have such high pitched voices?

I've seen tons of thai movies and everyone basically "squeeks" and there's no low voices. Even if bad guys try to sound badass the result is comical.

I think it's a requirement of thai language, right? When they talk englsh their voices sound a bit lower.

 

[UpperCaseN]

This is my first winter with my driver's license and I'm really having problems keeping my windows from fogging up badly. They seem to do this in any kind of cold weather and it's getting annoying. Any tips on how to deal with this?

some cars require you to turn the AC on as well as the defrost. You don't actually need to turn the heat setting to cold, it can still be hot or warm but try AC as well as defrost and see how it goes, my current and last cars did this, both hondas

 

[rjfs]

This is my first winter with my driver's license and I'm really having problems keeping my windows from fogging up badly. They seem to do this in any kind of cold weather and it's getting annoying. Any tips on how to deal with this?

Just set the heat to hot and have the heat come out the top vents.

 

[rjfs]

What happens to my student loans if I die? Are they forgiven or do my parents have to pay them?

Did they cosign the loan? If they did then yes, if not then no.

 

[bjork]

Do chickens fuck?

No, they make love, you animal.

I've got time.

It's a story of a boy and a dream, identity theft, and unrequited love. No need for more detail.

 

[jred2k]

It might have been addressed here before, but why do some gifs run at a lower fps in Chrome when compared to Firefox? I've noticed it a bit from time to time and the GIF index thread made it really prominent.

 

[weekend_warrior]

I made a .gif to use as my avatar but can't get the file size below the limit. I've seen other fancy .gif avatars with small file sizes si I figured that there was some program that would reduce it. Gimp doesn't let you do that. Can some one help?

 

[Poyunch]

Not sure if it belongs here but it's the best place I can find to post and I can't make topics of my own yet. Anyway I'm doing a sort of fake-stock exchange thing for my econ class. I don't follow the economy so I want to know what's the best stock I can purchase at a low price?

 

[weekend_warrior]

Not sure if it belongs here but it's the best place I can find to post and I can't make topics of my own yet. Anyway I'm doing a sort of fake-stock exchange thing for my econ class. I don't follow the economy so I want to know what's the best stock I can purchase at a low price?

Buddy if I knew that I'd be rich! :lol

idk, google, microsoft, walmart.

 

[Maklershed]

Is the "leaving the computer on all the time" > "turning the power on and off" thing a myth?

Not sure if it belongs here but it's the best place I can find to post and I can't make topics of my own yet. Anyway I'm doing a sort of fake-stock exchange thing for my econ class. I don't follow the economy so I want to know what's the best stock I can purchase at a low price?

You might want to consider giving Sirius (SIRI) a look. It's at 70 cents right now and has been moving up the past few days. It was at 16 cents a few months ago.

 

[Poyunch]

Is the "leaving the computer on all the time" > "turning the power on and off" thing a myth?


You might want to consider giving Sirius (SIRI) a look. It's at 70 cents right now and has been moving up the past few days. It was at 16 cents a few months ago.

Thanks. Apparently there's a $2.00 minimum so I can't buy it at the moment. I'll keep watch though. Any other suggestions?

 

[Cyan]

Not sure if it belongs here but it's the best place I can find to post and I can't make topics of my own yet. Anyway I'm doing a sort of fake-stock exchange thing for my econ class. I don't follow the economy so I want to know what's the best stock I can purchase at a low price?

Is it one of these contests/games where whoever has the most fake money at the end wins? In that case, speculate like crazy on penny stocks.

In real life you'd want index funds, or at worst, blue-chip stocks, but high-risk/high-reward gambling is the way to go in these kind of stock games.

 

[phillipgessert]

The batteries in my calculator burst and left that white powdery stuff in the battery compartment. Is my calculator ruined?

 

[Rewrite]

What happens to my student loans if I die? Are they forgiven or do my parents have to pay them?

If you were the only one that signed it, then your parents (or anyone for that matter) don't have to pay them because it was on your own account.. If there's a cosigner, then I believe that person pretty much has to pay whatever amount you agreed to.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

When I click on a profile, I see the option to view other posts by the user. This seems like it would be interesting to see how a banned person was banned or see if the person has a history of whatever. Anyway, I am being told I don't have access to this. Is this for non-juniors only? Or... What?

 

[Rewrite]

When I click on a profile, I see the option to view other posts by the user. This seems like it would be interesting to see how a banned person was banned or see if the person has a history of whatever. Anyway, I am being told I don't have access to this. Is this for non-juniors only? Or... What?

Spoiler

It's currently disabled for everyone except for mods/admins

 

[weekend_warrior]

What happens to my student loans if I die? Are they forgiven or do my parents have to pay them?

Don't do it! You have a lot to live for.

 

[Mana Sin]

Rainy shitty day in Philly

Now, do you live in Philadelphia or were you just passing through?

 

[Frester]

Why does new media (movies, music, games, etc.) come out on Tuesdays?

 

[weepy]

What does boogers smell like?

 

[Ducks]

Why does new media (movies, music, games, etc.) come out on Tuesdays?

"It's quite simple, actually," states Mark Berman, of the trade magazine MediaWeek. "Since Monday is the day after the weekend, consumers are not at their height of awareness. And because Friday is the day before the weekend, consumers are preoccupied with other things. That leaves Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Since Tuesday comes first, it leaves Wednesday and Thursday open to actually buy [and track sales of] the product. So, Tuesday it is!"

.

 

[dg32]

If you don't have a Nielsen box thing on your TV and don't take surveys for them, do you actually count as far as viewership numbers are concerned?

 

[bjork]

What does boogers smell like?

Pick one and sniff it. Or, eat it, then burp and smell the burp air.

 

[weepy]

Pick one and sniff it. Or, eat it, then burp and smell the burp air.

I...rather not.

 

[BaronLundi]

Why does new media (movies, music, games, etc.) come out on Tuesdays?

Does it ?

Here in France, movies come out on wednesdays save from some international releases. There's talk of moving to friday though.

 

[mrklaw]

Did the Littlest Hobo ever settle down?

 

[Frester]

Does it ?

Here in France, movies come out on wednesdays save from some international releases. There's talk of moving to friday though.

Yup, in the US at least. There are some rare exceptions (NSMB Wii I think?) but its almost always Tuesday.

 

[Houston3000]

Movies usually always come out on Friday in the United States. Video games, on the other hand, usually come out on Tuesday.

 

[bjork]

Movies usually always come out on Friday in the United States. Video games, on the other hand, usually come out on Tuesday.

I think he meant dvd releases.

 

[Corky]

If you have no clear aim in life, whats the purpose of living ?

 

[Kurtofan]

If you have no clear aim in life, whats the purpose of living ?

Posting on NeoGAF.

 

[Corky]

Posting on NeoGAF.

I now have a purpose, thank you

* bows graciously*

 

[Princess Carl]

If you have no clear aim in life, whats the purpose of living ?

your purpose is clear

 

[bjork]

If you have no clear aim in life, whats the purpose of living ?

Enjoying the time you have as much as you can. There's lots of people who have a set goal in mind, but don't know how to relax and enjoy a rainy day. Simple pleasures, time with friends, etc. Not everything is a race.

 

[Mr. Jonh]

If you have no clear aim in life, whats the purpose of living ?

Enjoy the world. Don't aim for the top, aim for your happiness. Don't like college? Say fuck it, get a job at a super market and enjoy all your time. Don't have professional goals, have personal goals. Would you like to learn about chip design? Buy a book.

Go out, have a walk, drink a good beer, a cig, talk with your friends (or do it alone, sometimes it's wonderful to be alone), if you can, i suggest taking walks with an ocean view, on winter. Go watch a movie per month. It's not expensive. Search for cheaps pleasures. I'd rather take a walk on a garden than have a multi million dollar company. If you have to, eat ramen every single day. There are some magnificent ramen, and those are never very expensive.

Have a cheap car. An old, reliable car. Don't enjoy the gears or the soft steering, but the view, the passenger. Even better, have a bike. Move to some strange, beautiful, rural, far away land, like Nova Scotia, Faroe Islands, Northern Scotland, Northern Netherlands, inner Portugal, etc.

Keep a journal with the things you'd like to do, but can't on the moment. Live to mark as done every single dream on that journal.

Enjoy each and every single day. Right now, wouldn't you like to have a drink? Even if it's a cup of coffee. Just go. And live simply, slowly. Time won't go away. Like bjork said, it's not a race, it's a journey.

And gaf. There are some magnificent people here.

Edit: and read the book, or watch the series Cosmos. It marked the beginning of my new life. Of my new self, might i dare to say it. Remember that you may not be a worthwhile citizen of your town, or your country, or your planet, but you'll always, always be a citizen of the cosmos, simply by existing. Enjoy the magnificence and beauty of the cosmos. Of the nature. Of the human mind. Of happiness.

 

[Joe]

I put up a video on YouTube with music from a UMG artist and the video was taken down:

"This video contains content from UMG, who has decided to block it."

Is there any sort of clause, terms, or anything I can put in the description of the video to make it so UMG won't touch it?

 

[Mikey Jr.]

Why dont gas pumps at self serve have an option to put an exact monetary amount and when you pump the gas it will automatically stop at $20 lets say.

It always happens to me. I stop at $19.99 and I have to have the reflexes of Superman to get the 0.01 especially with gas so high and the amount going up so fast.

Isnt this common sense or is there some reason behind not having it? Canada btw, not sure if its different in America.