Naked Mole Rat

Yeah, computers are the worst grammar Nazis there are. I'm missing a semi-colon? Jesus Christ, just get on with it. No need to point out every single one of my mistakes and trample my self-esteem.

Wow, fuck this shit. I spent half an hour trying to find a mysterious bug in my program. It turns out I was missing a '/' somewhere. Well, a little glimpse at the story of my life for the next 50+ years.

LOL I clicked on a random one, and it was YouPorn.

Alex Jones is awesome. The funniest redneck ever. Well, funniest one I've seen.

No worries, that will never happen unless Benitez fields only second stringers.

Gaming's really popular, and that makes sense, too, because there isn't a whole lot else you can do in your free time. Kids barely have time for sports, and gyms and grass fields are scarce, so you basically have no play buddies if you ever want to play football. In terms of ideologies, Korea is at least half a century behind Canada and other more developed countries. People know racism is bad, so obviously, they overreact like retards when other Koreans are mistreated by someone of different ethnic background, but I can assure you at least 98% of Koreans are racist by modern standards. Obviously, this isn't a big issue there because Korea is almost completely homogeneous ethnically, and of course, nobody does anything about it even though many kids suffer in school because of it, and ethnic minorities are increasing in size. Similarly, there is close to no awareness regarding gay issues. The first time I learned about homosexuality I was 11, I think, and I had had no idea about it whatsoever before then, and I didn't learn it in school or anything, just happened to stumble across it on the newspapers. Some clashes between young and old generations are inevitable in any society, but the cultural structure in Korea prevents many clashes. Young people are automatically subordinate to older people, and pretty much everyone accepts that because that means they get to boss around kids born after them. Unconditional respect for the old and the ridiculous dogma that old people are wise and therefore their ideas are more important I think not only prevent clashes but also help values get transferred from one generation the the next easily. My dad, for example, has been telling me I should listen to older people because they know more, implying I don't know jack, but I don't say anything because I don't want to give him the impression that I disagree with him because that's criminal. I probably would agree pretty much entirely with him on politics if I still lived in Korea, but I've grown too individualistic to do that although I can't say I haven't been affected at all. In fact, my political views are significantly modified from, yet in many aspects similar to his. Anyways, in addition to the cultural structure, arrogance has also allowed Korea keep its conservative ways over the years. You know, Korea >> rest of the world, so we don't have to listen to other inferior people. I think the age hierarchy will remain for a very long time although I see people are getting more and more exposed to the western culture so hopefully that will help them rid of some of their batshit ideas, which is a bit ironic because this is a direct consequence of the extreme demand for Koreans to become more "global", which is something that's added to the burden of students. I can't give you an answer on your comparison of Korea to Japan because I know nothing about Japan, but I'd assume they're similar culturally probably much more so than either of them with China or other countries.

Nah, this makes sense. South Korea is a miserable place to live in. Everyone's essentially a slave starting some time in elementary school, or if they're unlucky, starting even before elementary school. Nobody enjoys hours of classes after hours of school, not to mention that school days are pretty long there, and lots of high schools mandate students to come to school in evenings as well during exams. Not to mention that the learning environment isn't all that fun, either, with clear hierarchies between students and teachers and among students maintained by physical violence. Then, once you're out of school, you have to deal with some retarded things at work, some of which have nothing to do with work. For example, if you're unlucky, you could get a job that involves drinking every fortnight to maintain good "professional" relationships with other people. Spike might be aroused by now if he's reading this, but it's probably not that fun if you're in your 40's and have a family to take care of, and of course, your "day job" at the office. And you don't get paid for extra hours if you ever have to work overtime. Like I mean, if you usually work 8 hours and have to work 10 one day, you get paid for the first 8 only.

17 choices?! Almost too much religious freedom, don't you think?

Two and a half hours into 2013 and my parents are bickering over some dumbass shit I can't possibly comprehend why anyone would give a damn about. What a great start to the year. And speaking of great starts, school starts tomorrow. Yes, the day after New Year's. Dick Move of the Year?

I love 90's music. Some songs I recognize I would very easily categorize under "shit" if they weren't from the 90's yet I like them very much just because they're from the 90's.

Aren't Taarabt and Diakite leaving for ACON as well?

I just found out that Liverpool hasn't won a single game against a team standing above them in the league table this season.

The R's are so entertaining to watch. Those shirts flying from the stands were pretty hilarious.

Cech doing his part in this wonderful passing display.

That was outrageous from Hazard. That wasn't the first time I've seen him give the ball away so cheaply either.

My biological clock is completely broken thanks to the four 8:30 a.m. exams I had a while ago. Now I can't sleep past 8 a.m, and it's very difficult to stay up past 10:30 p.m.

At least when you're standing in a wall waiting for a free kick to be taken you fully expect to get hit. Van Persie was completely unaware and vulnerable, and that can sometimes be crucial. For example, when Drogba collided with Ruddy during the Norwich game, he was struck by some force in the air, but I don't think that would have been nearly enough to knock him out had he been fully expecting to be hit. Of course, there's also the issue of how he was hit, because Drogba was turning his head toward Ruddy as he was hit, but similarly, van Persie could have turned back as Williams booted the ball and could have been hit in a much more dangerous manner. And like Ramzi was saying, Williams could have missed his kick and booted the back of van Persie's head or maybe even his neck. Anything could have happened in that situation and things could have turned out much worse for van Persie. Would he have died? Not very likely, but he certainly could have been hurt very badly on a different day. Having said that, I'm not very happy with Ferguson, either. That man is overenthusiastic when bad things happen to his players or his team, but he's very often been disgustingly apathetic about the wrongdoings of his players to other players.

I heard photos of people taken when they're not aware reveal their true character.

Christmasm.

It's funny how everyone other than Saldanha herself is being blamed for her death. The fact that she was a "mother-of-two" shouldn't be a reason to sympathize with her. Call me rude, but it was an irresponsible, stupid and selfish decision by her, the mother-of-two, to end her life over something like that when she had a family to take care of. No one other than the nurse herself should be blamed for her unpredictable action, and people should stop giving this story and people involved in it any more attention because that will only scar those who are involved, especially the two DJ's, even further. I can totally understand Kate Middleton's decision to not further engage herself in the issue. Had she made any remark on Saldanha's death, it would have been one for the sake of formality, one devoid of any meaning, but it would have inevitably brought her and others further unnecessary attention.

This guy.

If this is at least partially because of what he did to van Persie, I have to say this thread is a complete disgrace.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

The rules are what make Spanish structured and easy to learn. Subjunctives are an overkill, but at least Spanish has consistent grammar. Some languages don't.