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02 Dec 2009 10:41

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02 Dec 2009 09:56

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Offbeat: Men who don’t watch porn, raise your hand. *crickets*

  • A study falsely assumed that some men don’t watch porn. boy, were they wrong. University of Montreal Professor Simon Louis Lajeunesse had a great idea for a study – let’s look at the views of men who don’t watch porn. He found it impossible, due to the fact that he couldn’t find any. Instead, his study focused on the viewing habits of men who watch it (which are fairly normal). Nice save, bro. source

01 Dec 2009 10:30

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Offbeat: All hail Zombie Reagan! All hail Zombie Reagan!


  • Personally, if we had Zombie Reagan as president, we’d vote for him. Well, after we, ourselves, turned into a zombie, of course.

01 Dec 2009 09:54

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Offbeat: NPR covers the biggest issue ever: The cut of our sandwich

They seem to be very much in favor of the triangle over the square. We personally favor ripping the sandwich to shreds so it’s not an issue. source

01 Dec 2009 09:29

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Offbeat: * LAKE_MICHIGAN just slapped you around a bit with a large carp!

The asian carp has no predators, is worth little as a commercial fish, and jumps in the air. Which is why wildlife officials plan to kill it. (The headline? IRC reference.) source

29 Nov 2009 22:08

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29 Nov 2009 10:57

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Offbeat: We’re all gonna die: Meteorite in South Africa will kill us all

  • It’s kind of like “District 9,” except without the spaceship. Last week, a giant meteor exploded in Gauteng, South Africa. Many in the country saw the meteor go off, and well, we’re scared of the aliens that are about to come out and kill us all. source
 

28 Nov 2009 08:42

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Offbeat: Yesterday not a nice day for a Black Friday wedding

  • Everybody said you are getting married at Best Buy, in line? For real? Yup, that fits you.
  • Edward Burbo • Describing the decision to get married to his new wife, Jennifer, outside of a Best Buy yesterday. They’re apparently big bargain hunters with four kids to shop for between the two of them. We want to throw something at them with a little more shape to it than rice. source

26 Nov 2009 22:08

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Offbeat: We’re thankful for the opportunity to buy the Pabst company

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  • Pabst Blue Ribbon‘s maker is on the market. Their asking price is $300 million. We’re thankful for PBR. Anyone want to help crowdsource ownership of the cheapest, crappiest/best beer ever? Just think – $5 could help make the dream of many hipsters come true. And us. We want to own the company and make rivers of Schlitz. source

26 Nov 2009 16:09

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Offbeat: We’re thankful for this really intriguing Time Magazine article on pie

This article, which ran last year, tells us more about pie in a few hundred words than most books about pie could tell us in tens of thousands. source