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Trying to find alternative uses for the terms "supple," "pert," and "seminiferous" since 2004
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- On expected values and game strategies
- Dumb things said in tech in 2005
- "You'll be damned to burn in eternal hellfire if y...
- ...And you thought "You've got mail!" was bad
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- Two rants for the price of one!
- I do love me some beating up boy scouts
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- Richard Stallman is an idiot
- On Hoochie-mamas
- Shocking!
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- Penny Arcade on Wikipedia
- Best headline of the week
- I won! (or at least, he lost)
- Fun with Ebay!
- Triumph of American engineering
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- Republicans are lame
- R.I.P. Richard Pryor
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Hmm...not sure I understand exactly how this "study" works. Let me see, if I make $100K, give $1,000 in donations and invest $1,000, then my "generosity rating" is 100% but if I make the same 100K, donate the same $1,000 but invest $2,000, then my rating drops to 50%? And just to be clear, it doesn't matter how much of my money I blow on personal property like furniture, art, a really hot pad, a new car, $300 jeans, a grey market Xbox 360, or anything else rich under-35s might (hypothetically, of course) spend on?
Maybe the shocker here is that young people who make more money just might invest more of the money than those budding 28-year-old philanthropists making a paltry $50K a year.
Tangentially, I wonder why the "study" didn't use the NY-Times approved "tax cut appropriation" counting method to calculate charitable giving. That is, count up the total amount donated to charity and then calculate how much of the total is donated by the wealthiest 1%. Those bastards get all the breaks...
Also, wonder what happens when the rich people turn 35. Couldn't find the full study under the link to find out. However, all very interesting findings from a "philanthropic research organization that...has been encouraging the most prosperous Americans to give more." I'm sure they did their scientific best.
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