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    Image of Mo MoDo Mo MoDo
    11/29/09

    In reply to How Much Weed Humor Can NYT Writers Roll Into a Cannibis College Profile?
    We need to stem this tide of pot humor or else this country will go to seed.
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    Image of RandomLunatic RandomLunatic
    11/28/09

    In reply to How Much Weed Humor Can NYT Writers Roll Into a Cannibis College Profile?
    As long as I'm gonna see orange spiders and am allowed to make up crazy songs about robots on the fly, this sounds awesome.

    [Insert "wait. wut?" here.]
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/28/09

    In reply to How Much Weed Humor Can NYT Writers Roll Into a Cannibis College Profile?
    This thread is making me hungry
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    Image of pureblarney pureblarney
    11/28/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: I'm glad I have a bag of Sabritones on hand.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/28/09

    @pureblarney: Oooooh, I just googled that. Want.
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    Image of pureblarney pureblarney
    11/29/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: They are indeed delicious. If I weren't an atheist, I'd probably be telling people they were God's gift to snack food.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/29/09

    @pureblarney: I've always thought atheists were closer to fundamentalists than either would care to consider -- so certain in their certainty. List me as agnostic -- did aliens plant a terrarium? -- and pass the chips
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    Image of pureblarney pureblarney
    11/29/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Oh lord, please don't bring that into it... I was just making a lol.

    I call myself an atheist only because I don't believe in any religious definition of an Earth-only god. I think a lot of atheists are very arrogant... But I think we're really only human, and by that fact that we're very inclined to trust mythology and imagination. I'm not sure what happened at the Big Bang, but I wouldn't rule out something that's so big that we wouldn't possibly be able to understand it... which might encompass something godlike, but I think it's self-limiting to try and think of it that way. I guess I'm more of an atheist-agnostic hybrid, but in general, I think religion is beautiful and important as a tool and as a mythology, and all the cosmological history I ever read makes me so excited and so overwhelmed. Anyways, here's the chips, and pass me a beer.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/29/09

    @pureblarney: Cheers.
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    Image of Glib and Bitchy Glib and Bitchy
    11/28/09

    In reply to How Much Weed Humor Can NYT Writers Roll Into a Cannibis College Profile?
    Medical marijuana is a budding field that resinates with many. Once you hash out the legalities and get your rolling papers in order, you can make a kushy living.
    Pot puns? You can say weed rather not, but we've got a sensimilla of them.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    11/28/09

    @Glib and Bitchy: HAHAHAHAHA "resinates".
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11/28/09

    @Glib and Bitchy: There we go. *snap, snap, snap*
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    Image of shadesofmediocrity shadesofmediocrity
    11/28/09

    @Glib and Bitchy: Is your profile pic Paul Lynde? Because I am imagining those puns in his voice, and it is cracking me up.
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    Glib and Bitchy promoted this comment Edited by shadesofmediocrity at 11/28/09 4:32 PM shadesofmediocrity was starred shadesofmediocrity was unstarred
    Image of Glib and Bitchy Glib and Bitchy
    11/28/09

    @Foster Kamer: Like they said on Romper Room: You can be a doobie or a don't be. In the Obama era, I say: Yes We Cannibis.
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    Edited by Glib and Bitchy at 11/28/09 4:37 PM Glib and Bitchy was starred Glib and Bitchy was unstarred
    Image of Lysergic Asset Lysergic Asset
    11/28/09

    @Glib and Bitchy: I hope I'm not just the tokin' female in this discussion, even though women do know better how to provide a little THC. Can't we all be buds?
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    11/28/09

    @Glib and Bitchy: I feel Humboldt to read such wit. Am stirred,damn.
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    Image of Glib and Bitchy Glib and Bitchy
    11/28/09

    @shadesofmediocrity: The one and only.
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    Image of Glib and Bitchy Glib and Bitchy
    11/28/09

    @Baroness: You're not just blowing smoke, now, are you?
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    11/28/09

    @Glib and Bitchy: To be blunt, I wouldn't puff up your skirts.
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    Image of atlasfugged atlasfugged
    11/28/09

    @Glib and Bitchy: @Baroness: I don't get it. WTF are you guys toking about?
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    Image of Glib and Bitchy Glib and Bitchy
    11/28/09

    @Baroness: I knew you wouldn't Bambu-zle an old friend.
    (btw, "Am stirred, damn"? HA! Tijuana try another?)
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    Edited by Glib and Bitchy at 11/28/09 5:14 PM Glib and Bitchy was starred Glib and Bitchy was unstarred
    Image of Glib and Bitchy Glib and Bitchy
    11/28/09

    @atlasfugged: Just another puff piece in the Times.
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    Image of Baroness Baroness
    11/28/09

    @Glib and Bitchy: I knew you wouldn't Bambu-zle an old friend.

    For twenty years now!
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    Image of ParahSalin ParahSalin
    11/28/09

    @Glib and Bitchy: Well, you've certainly planted a seed on how I can get into a higher tax bracket.
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    Image of Airvault Airvault
    11/28/09

    In reply to How Much Weed Humor Can NYT Writers Roll Into a Cannibis College Profile?
    Everytime I think of The Times and pot I can't help but consider the possibility of making a bong out of R.W. Apple.
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    Image of HaysiFantayzee HaysiFantayzee
    11/28/09

    @Airvault: I won't say anything about Jennifer 8-ball Lee.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    11/28/09

    In reply to How Much Weed Humor Can NYT Writers Roll Into a Cannibis College Profile?
    Ew, Michigan State.
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    Image of JohntheCraptist JohntheCraptist
    11/28/09

    @Matt Cherette: Hey! I went there--class of '01!--and it's a wonderful institution with a proud tradition of academic rigor and intellectual--oh who am I kidding. Abort mission.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    11/28/09

    @JohntheCraptist: I went to Michigan, so I have to hate State by default. Although, even if I hadn't, I probably still would.
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    Image of JohntheCraptist JohntheCraptist
    11/29/09

    @Matt Cherette: Same for me with Michigan. The fact that I went to State because I got wait-listed by Michigan is immaterial.
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    Image of Helio Helio
    11/28/09

    In reply to How Much Weed Humor Can NYT Writers Roll Into a Cannibis College Profile?
    The video should have been labeled "Higher Learning" DUH!

    Speaking of Hogwarts, you don't think Nevil Longbottom has the word "bong" in his name for nothing, do you? Horticulture ftw.
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    Image of leniribbons leniribbons
    11/28/09

    @Helio: I know of bongs named Lily POTter, Penelope Clearwater (cause bong water is anything but clear), Helga HufflePUFF.
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    Image of Helio Helio
    11/28/09

    @leniribbons: i need the Helga HufflPUFF now!
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    Image of shadesofmediocrity shadesofmediocrity
    11/28/09

    In reply to How Much Weed Humor Can NYT Writers Roll Into a Cannibis College Profile?
    Maybe they learned to tone down the canned wit a little after the terrible douchebag article?
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    Foster Kamer promoted this comment Edited by shadesofmediocrity at 11/28/09 3:37 PM shadesofmediocrity was starred shadesofmediocrity was unstarred
    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11/28/09

    @shadesofmediocrity: But that wasn't even funny. Remotely. Oy.
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    11/28/09

    @shadesofmediocrity: You mean they're trying to keep a lid on it?
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    Image of shadesofmediocrity shadesofmediocrity
    11/28/09

    @Foster Kamer: It was funny like a typical New Yorker cartoon is funny. You know someone out there is laughing, but they are likely a 75-year-old shut-in.
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    11/09/09

    In reply to Teacher Suspended For Implying Chuck Palahniuk Is Cool
    Actually, I think this story is now required reading in most Catholic boys' schools, given the epidemic rates of creative masturbation among repressed gay youths. Growing hair on your palms and making the baby Jesus cry doesn't scare you? Here, read this. #education
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/09/09

    In reply to Teacher Suspended For Implying Chuck Palahniuk Is Cool
    Ok, well, I'll preface this by indicating that I'm old, and not nearly progressive enough to handle such things. That being said, why not just mention the story in class offhandedly? Some brownnoser would have looked it up, read it, brought it to school, shared it in the cafeteria (all giggly and finding his moment of cool) and then ostensibly someone would bring it up in class. The teacher could have the discussion about it, answer questions in that "cool teacher with a corduroy blazer with suede arm patches and a ponytail" (lame!) way. Everybody wins. Kids read. Teacher guides and answers questions about meaning, symbolism, applying a carrot for non-intended use, and generally grossing out at least 50% of the class and making uncomfortable teenagers even more horrified, because literature should require therapy, which I guess is the point here?

    Also, that story sounds disgusting. #education
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/09/09

    @Spirit Fingers: One counterpoint to this fauxtrovery I can think of is that Arthur Rimbaud embedded much more explicit homosexual imagery than Palahniuk ever did, in immortal poems which he composed between the ages of 12 through 17. And his stuff is now considered literature with a capital "L." Isn't that enough of an argument to defeat this "teens are blessed innocent lambies that should be sheltered from the disgusting, humorous, poignant manifestations of human sexuality" stance? America, home of the prude.. Carry on, please.
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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    11/09/09

    @snugbug: Not trying to be a prude per se. Just stating that books about burgeoning sexuality are fine, whether straight or gay. But books about eating entrails and the like sound more worrisome than the usual literature. As a former teacher, I know that there is a line between educating, and putting forth some daring part of your own agenda. And this teacher seems to be doing the latter. Okay in college. Not so much in high school. What if some disturbed child decides to give some of these actions a try with harmful results? Who's the responsible party then?

    If you're going to do it, get approval from the school. Make sure your students are mature enough to handle the material, and be prepared to defend its importance in your classroom, more than just the "students can learn from it" line. 'Tis all I'm saying.
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    Image of quickqueenof quickqueenof
    11/09/09

    In reply to Teacher Suspended For Implying Chuck Palahniuk Is Cool
    I was a HS English teacher for many years, and trust me, teh keeds are already into Palahniuk. I allowed them to read him for a self-selected novel project. HOWEVER, I would NEVER be dumb enough to use him in the classroom. That is just a lawsuit or uncomfortable meeting waiting to happen. There are PLENTY of edgy, interesting works of literature without using "Guts," which traumatized me when I read it. #education
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    11/09/09

    @quickqueenof: Yup. Anyone who has read the story 'Guts' knows exactly why that was probably a step a two over the line.

    Not that they are particularly good examples of literature, but I don't think Fight Club or Survivor or the like would cause an uproar. 'Guts' actually IS very well written, but it made me ill reading it the first time, well out of high school. #education
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    11/09/09

    In reply to Teacher Suspended For Implying Chuck Palahniuk Is Cool
    "The story -- written for Playboy magazine -- discusses a teenage boy's use of a carrot in a sex act on himself and autoerotic asphyxiation."

    Uh... I think the part where the boy has to chew off his intestine after getting it sucked out of his anus by a pool filter is much more disturbing than those two acts. Priorities here, people. I didn't even remember those things happened, because all I can think about is the description of that veiny "snake" covered in shit and food. #education
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    11/09/09

    @nozer: Um, yes. I think I will be having nightmares about that for some time. All of it. Blech. #education
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    Image of Gawkchalk Gawkchalk
    11/09/09

    In reply to Teacher Suspended For Implying Chuck Palahniuk Is Cool
    What does this story entails? #education
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    11/09/09

    @Gawkchalk: Entrails #education
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    Image of senatormayer senatormayer
    11/09/09

    In reply to Teacher Suspended For Implying Chuck Palahniuk Is Cool
    I'm eighteen and I'm not sure I ever want to masturbate again after reading that story. It's easily the most horrifying thing I've read. It's even scarier than the time I dreamed George W. Bush won the presidency and the twin towers fell. (I haven't got a clue as to where that came from.) #education
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    Image of lukeoneil47 lukeoneil47
    11/09/09

    In reply to Teacher Suspended For Implying Chuck Palahniuk Is Cool
    Interesting story, but I wonder what the root case of it was. #education
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