Posts by Rowan Crawford
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Hard News: Cultures and violence, in reply to Russell Brown,
Apart from anything else, the young, white, male killers Danielle was talking about weren't generally aggressive, testosterone types.
What made the most impression to me in the data on school shootings pdf was how many times smart/picked-on/called-gay came up in various combinations.
I hesitate to point at US schools being toxic as a reason, but "it gets better" comes to mind.
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Oh! Honourable mention for the decade has to go to fuckeulogy as well.
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For the decade?
Mobile.
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Hard News: The Public Address 2012 Word…, in reply to Greg Wood,
I wondered if it was too much of a gimme!
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"100% Pure," quotation marks included.
And a nod to the Hekia Parata and the Gunning-Fog Index with "AAARRGGGGGH!"
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An OIA request has been made to follow up on fyi.org.nz: "Development and Testing of Kiosk Solution".
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At the time it happened I recall reading that European drivers are taught to open their door with the opposite hand, so their bodies are turned a bit to better see behind them: http://bikenewportbeach.org/look-before-opening-your-car-door/
Is that being done here? If not, let's get it done.
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OnPoint: Association of Community…, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
Whenever I come across something I know about, I tend to notice things that have been gotten wrong… e.g. only people who vote to change MMP get to vote in the second referendum question; or, three strikes means XYZ.
This has a name! It’s the Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect: http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show/65213
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CGT
#HipstersForGoldsmith
TROTIE
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"Ghost chips" seems a gimme.
"Show me the money" less so.
EDIT: Weepu's "I got this" has to be in there too, speaking of rugby.