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I do hate giving people like this woman more attention, but this is pretty hilarious, even if this woman is insane. Found on reddit.
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This is everything you expect it to be and then some.
I rediscovered this fabulous Brecht poem on reddit (thanks, vorbote) in the comments about those brave Libyan airforce colonels who, upon being ordered to attack civilians, flew to Malta and defected.
General your tank is a powerful vehicle.
It smashes down forests and crushes a hundred men.
But it has one defect:
It needs a driver.
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General, your bomber is powerful.
It flies faster than a storm and carries more than an elephant.
But it has one defect:
It needs a mechanic.
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General, man is very useful.
He can fly and he can kill.
But he has one defect:
He can think.
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-- Bertold Brecht General, dein Tank ist ein starker Wagen.
Er bricht einen Wald nieder und zermalmt hundert Menschen.
Aber er hat einen Fehler:
Er braucht einen Fahrer.
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General, dein Bomberflugzeug ist stark.
Es fliegt schneller als ein Sturm und trägt mehr als ein Elefant.
Aber es hat einen Fehler:
Es braucht einen Monteur.
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General, der Mensch ist sehr brauchbar.
Er kann fliegen und er kann töten.
Aber er hat einen Fehler:
Er kann denken.
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-- Bertold Brecht
This is especially sad because teachers aren't allowed hugs anymore. Found on reddit.
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I miss my iPad...
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Awful reports of horrific violence coming out of Libya. I hope he's safe. Keep abreast of the updates on /r/worldnews, where I found this video.
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Go, Zach, go! The Internet is behind you. Zach masterfully handles this interview with Oprah and oh man is he on point with the one-liners.
Between 1978 and 1982, entertainment went interactive, and, for myself and many others, Choose Your Own Adventure books were the catalyst. Unlike Dungeons & Dragons, which required friends; or computer games, which required your parents to spend a lot of money; or arcade games, which required your sister to drive you to the mall, Choose Your Own Adventure books cost $1.75, and you could read them on your own.
The idea for interactive fiction was laid out by Jorge Luis Borges in 1941 in his short story "The Garden of Forking Paths": A Chinese spy for Germany living in Great Britain discusses his ancestor's ambition to write a vastly complex novel that is also a labyrinth wherein every branching path is determined by the reader's choices. A more prosaic early attempt at interactive texts were psychologist B.F. Skinner's "programmed learning" books that culminated with Doubleday's interactive TutorText series, which debuted in 1958 with the thrilling The Arithmetic of Computers. Basically an extended multiple-choice quiz, a correct answer sent you forward in the text while an incorrect answer sent you to a page explaining just how wrong you were. But all of these efforts were eclipsed by the bedtime story Edward Packard told his two daughters in 1969.
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Boy, I kinda wish breadpig published a Choose Your Own Adventure book...