May 2013
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I think I started having more success when I stopped feeling like there was a...
– Justin McElroy in the little documentary The Verge made about Paul Miller’s year without the internet (via christinefriar)
Hey, that’s my managing editor! I can confirm that Justin is an awesome dude — if his guest appearance in ‘Finding Paul Miller’ didn’t confirm...
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April 2013
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Max Scoville's Wet Burlap Sack of Unbridled... →
maxscoville:
Anonymous asked you: I finished high school last year thinking that everything would start to get better once it was over. However, being outside of a comfortable school environment has highlighted how fucked I am at talking to people and making friends, and as a result I’m pretty consistently…
Salient point here: “…if you sit around feeling like a depressed...
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Vote for Polygon for General Website /... →
Hello, friends. Today’s the last day to vote for the People’s Voice Webby Awards, and if you could take a minute (literally… it won’t take any longer) out of your day to vote for Polygon, we’d really appreciate the support.
We only launched officially in October 2012, so even being recognized is a huge honor for us. But it’d be even better to win!
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The senators who voted against background checks for online and gun-show sales,...
– Gabrielle Giffords in a scathing New York Times op-ed piece today, after the Senate failed to meet the 60-vote threshold to pass legislation for universal background checks
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thewolfsinyourbed:
When i find someone who likes Game Of Thrones
When I find someone who has never watched Game of Thrones
Wait, holy shit, Mayor Tommy Carcetti is on Game of Thrones? OK, now I need to start watching this show.
March 2013
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Clifford Unchained: Anonymous Internet Boy Taliban... →
dudehugespeaks:
Disclaimer: I was a key creative in what is often considered one of the more “dudebro” franchises out there, Gears of War. I’d also like to remind everyone out there that I went out of my way in working with our team, the writers, and Epic’s artists to make sure that female characters are…
Bravo, sir.
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There have been more people to walk on the moon...
sbnation:
There have been more people to walk on the moon (12) than score an earned run against Mariano Rivera in the postseason (11)!!!
ht USA Today, via Reddit
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Laptop buying advice?
I think I’ve finally decided on a new laptop… which I’ve been needing to buy for forever, as my co-workers at Polygon will attest. But I need your help to decide on one! (Sorry if you get annoyed when people use social networks to crowdsource buying advice.)
I need an ultrabook for work, and honestly, I don’t really care if it plays games. (I figure that some time after I...
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It turns out procrastination is not typically a function of laziness, apathy or...
– David Cain, “Procrastination Is Not Laziness” (via pawneeparksdepartment)
This totally justifies every excuse I’ve been giving myself from not doing that thing I’m supposed to do.
(via aaronmoles)
Well, shit.
February 2013