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Oh, this danish political parti got the right attitude! NFP (Nihilistisk Folkeparti)*. :))
(Directly translated to "Nihilistic People's Party")*
Politicians, talk show hosts and humanistic researchers attempts with college songs, talent shows and collection schemes to convince you that there are still values ​​and visions to fight for. They preach like Bono, Obama, Stalin and Hitler, that politics can make a difference and change the world for the better. But it is a lie!

Politics is completely irrelevant. It is only empty promises, cleavages and emotional manipulation. The entire political reality is a media created illusion that politicians maintain to hide the fact that awareness project ended in total chaos. Civilisation as such has failed!
Sorry if i screwed up in the translation somewhere. Mainly used google translator for it, so any errors i blame on Google. :p
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“It’s not an adventure if you don’t lose your shorts” - Hunter Gruntman (Klaus Besser)

No! That would be absurd! My whims are titanic in scope!

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My window is open. :|

Actually, I have many windows open. :P
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Tumblr ships planets.

It starts out with an innocent little tidbit:

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Jupiter may have just saved Earth from a devastating impact event

Something just went down on Jupiter. Monday morning, at 11:35:30 UT, amateur astronomers glimpsed a brief but blazing flash of light in the upper reaches of the planet’s cloudy atmosphere. If past observations are any indication, Jupiter may have just sustained a major impact event. If that’s the case, the gas giant may have just saved Earth from a devastating cosmic collision.
Then someone said Earth/Jupiter OTP!

And then there was fic.

And then there was fanart.

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I'm looking forward to see Project Eternity. Looks to be the next epic rpg game.
Obsidian Entertainment and our legendary game designers Chris Avellone, Tim Cain, and Josh Sawyer are excited to bring you a new role-playing game for the PC. Project Eternity (working title) pays homage to the great Infinity Engine games of years past: Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, and Planescape: Torment.

Project Eternity aims to recapture the magic, imagination, depth, and nostalgia of classic RPGs that we enjoyed making - and playing. At Obsidian, we have the people responsible for many of those classic games and we want to bring those games back… and that’s why we’re here - we need your help to make it a reality!

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Project Eternity will take the central hero, memorable companions and the epic exploration of Baldur’s Gate, add in the fun, intense combat and dungeon diving of Icewind Dale, and tie it all together with the emotional writing and mature thematic exploration of Planescape: Torment.

Combat uses a tactical real-time with pause system - positioning your party and coordinating attacks and abilities is one of the keys to success. The world map is dotted with unique locations and wilderness ripe for exploration and questing. You’ll create your own character and collect companions along the way – taking him or her not just through this story, but, with your continued support, through future adventures. You will engage in dialogues that are deep, and offer many choices to determine the fate of you and your party. …and you'll experience a story that explores mature themes and presents you with complex, difficult choices to shape how your story plays out.

We are excited at this chance to create something new, yet reminiscent of those great games and we want you to be a part of it as well.
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The skin stretched and tanned, the striped suit sown into the flesh itself, the killer donned a new body, giggling to no one, "Wears Waldo."
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Awesome bit of game news there! thanks for sharing.


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Artificial does not mean obtuse! ~Uno from Paperinik's New Adventures.
It is important to draw wisdom from different places. If you take it from only one place it become rigid and stale. ~Iroh
You can't make an omelette without ruthlessly crushing dozens of eggs beneath your steel boot and then publicly disemboweling the chickens that laid them as a warning to others. ~Tarquin
The skin stretched and tanned, the striped suit sown into the flesh itself, the killer donned a new body, giggling to no one, "Wears Waldo."
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For you americans that's going to vote; vote for Mike the Headless Chicken as president. :p
Artificial does not mean obtuse! ~Uno from Paperinik's New Adventures.
It is important to draw wisdom from different places. If you take it from only one place it become rigid and stale. ~Iroh
You can't make an omelette without ruthlessly crushing dozens of eggs beneath your steel boot and then publicly disemboweling the chickens that laid them as a warning to others. ~Tarquin
The skin stretched and tanned, the striped suit sown into the flesh itself, the killer donned a new body, giggling to no one, "Wears Waldo."
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“It’s not an adventure if you don’t lose your shorts” - Hunter Gruntman (Klaus Besser)

No! That would be absurd! My whims are titanic in scope!

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24... WTF. /:)
Artificial does not mean obtuse! ~Uno from Paperinik's New Adventures.
It is important to draw wisdom from different places. If you take it from only one place it become rigid and stale. ~Iroh
You can't make an omelette without ruthlessly crushing dozens of eggs beneath your steel boot and then publicly disemboweling the chickens that laid them as a warning to others. ~Tarquin
The skin stretched and tanned, the striped suit sown into the flesh itself, the killer donned a new body, giggling to no one, "Wears Waldo."
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#5 YES I DO! It was at my grandmother's with my cousin's kids. I stumbled and nearly fell into the fence.

Doing number 8 is part of the reason #6 is true

...So is #9. I hiss at veggies.

#13 Nope.

#14 Nope.

#20 Nope

22 Yes I do

24 is probably about the loss of childhood dreams of happiness and heaven. It's like when you stop believing in the Easter bunny, etc. I'm betting that's the logic anyway and no I'm not.
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1. No
2. True
3. True
4. Been there
5. If Capture the Flag counts then: Yesterday
6. True
7. No
8. False
9. I eat them, but I refuse to like them
10. Hell no
11. Talked to him last year
12. True
13. I wish
14. Nope
15. Rarely
16. Don't like Popsicles anyway and never have
17. Actually I do
18. True
19. Only tonight. And last night. And...well you get the picture
20. Fuck no
21. True
22. Wrong-o
23. Yeah, but so what
24. Um...no
25. And again: Hell no
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“It’s not an adventure if you don’t lose your shorts” - Hunter Gruntman (Klaus Besser)

No! That would be absurd! My whims are titanic in scope!

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It's a nice sentiment. Of course, to me, it'd be nicer if they just did this as an awareness thing since it's Breast Cancer month and all that. They actually do have events where people participating can shave their heads and donate the hair for cancer. I had a friend in Las Cruces who did it a year or two back. Looked like it was a yearly thing. So, there's that.

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Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory’s Paranal Observatory in Chile have released a breathtaking new photograph showing the central area of our Milky Way galaxy. The photograph shows a whopping 84 million stars in an image measuring 108500×81500, which contains nearly 9 billion pixels.
Would that be where you usually work, Don?
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If by "usually" you mean "that place in Chile where I have gone to observe several times", then, no. Paranal is where the Very Large Telescope(s) stand, it's kind of the European elite observatory. I just go to La Silla, which is old and run-down and being neglected more and more. :(

If by "usually" you mean "usually", then HELL NO. I live and work in Germany...
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