Arthur D. Hlavaty

Civilized

2018-09-16T09:01:48Z

Alameda schools have sane dress rules.

Thanx to Body Impolitic

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Lesnerizing

2017-06-30T11:17:41Z

The protagonist of Robert Sheckley’s great story “Protection” is told that he is safe as long as he doesn’t lesnerize, but is given no hints as to what he must be careful to not to do. I always felt like that—at any moment likely to get caught violating the Rule Everyone Knows But Me—until I found fandom, where that abnormality is practically the norm. And maybe there are no hidden rules

Thanx to andrewducker

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Think Geek

2014-12-20T10:45:23Z

Code of conduct as a User Interface

Thanx to Geek Feminism.

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Metasoccer

2014-06-26T10:25:12Z

Scott Alexander on the complexities of the World Cup. I can relate to someone who says:

I’ve been following the World Cup lately. Not watching it, of course. I wouldn’t enjoy that at all. But following it has just the right combination of overly complicated procedures and total lack of physical action to appeal to the sort of person who has read like half a dozen LARP rulebooks but never gotten around to actually LARPing.

Thanx to Slate Star Codex

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But hurt

2014-04-24T10:13:33Z

Lingua Franca looks at the tabu against beginning a sentence with "but" or "and." I do it myself, and I defend it with an argument from near-divine authority: The Authorized Version of the Bible does it all the time. Good enough for the King James Gang, good enough for me.

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Not a feather in your cap

2013-06-04T17:24:31Z

Stupid reason for denying a graduate her diploma.

Thanx to Jezebel

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Sliding scale

2012-12-07T13:55:50Z

It is possible to believe that a 12-year-old who kills should be tried as an adult and that someone who has sex with a 16-year-old is a child molester.

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Rules are rules

2012-07-05T16:21:42Z

Lifeguard fired for saving drowning man outside his official area.

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Ancestral pride

2012-06-03T12:52:05Z

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You vill play ze jazz correctly

2012-03-12T12:36:38Z

Amazingly precise Nazi list of rules for proper music. I assume one can find a comparably detailed one from a People's Republic.

Thanx to andrewducker

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