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Internet Rundown: August 3, 2011

By Kafka, Esq.

In this Internet Rundown, we tackle tired dogs, adulthood, and porcupettes. Read on!

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Kafkaesque: characteristic or reminiscent of the nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or oppressive qualities of Franz Kafka's writings.

Internet Rundown: June 3, 2011

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This Internet Rundown is teeming with awesome videos and covers such topics as dating, lying, threats, and freak babies.

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Kafkaesque: characteristic or reminiscent of the nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or oppressive qualities of Franz Kafka's writings.

Internet Rundown: May 9, 2011 (The Language Issue)

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In this Internet Rundown, we offer several great stories about the use and abuse of our lovely language. Read on to learn more about the n-word, various s-words, and how not to speak on a blind date.

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Kafkaesque: characteristic or reminiscent of the nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or oppressive qualities of Franz Kafka's writings.

Ummm, I’m NOT Feeling Lucky

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Google says the darndest things.

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Kafkaesque: characteristic or reminiscent of the nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or oppressive qualities of Franz Kafka's writings.

“North” Is Not the Equivalent of “Up”

By Kafka, Esq.

You’ve seen this before. You may have even done this before. Someone mentions the cardinal direction “north” and points straight up in the air, as if north is up in the sky and south is down in the earth.

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Kafkaesque: characteristic or reminiscent of the nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or oppressive qualities of Franz Kafka's writings.

It’s Official: “Boom, Roasted!” Is the Best Thing to Say After Insulting Someone

By Kafka, Esq.

In Abuse of Discretion’s latest audience poll, we asked our readers what the best thing is to say after insulting someone. Surely, anyone who visits this site is a frequent insulter of others, so the answers to this poll are particularly reliable.

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Kafkaesque: characteristic or reminiscent of the nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or oppressive qualities of Franz Kafka's writings.

How to Bypass Site-Blocking Software

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Ever since our post about website-blocking software, readers have been sending in great screenshots of Abuse of Discretion content being blocked. I particularly enjoyed the one below, which in light of the blocked post’s message, seems ironic. Yep, feminism is…

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Kafkaesque: characteristic or reminiscent of the nightmarishly complex, bizarre, or oppressive qualities of Franz Kafka's writings.

In Defence of the Serial Comma

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Letter from England: In Defence of the Oxford Comma The debate regarding use of the serial comma (aka: the terminal comma) is so clearly one-sided that it hardly needs me to spill ink on the subject. But I can’t resist: To…

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What About Wagon Trucks?

By Madeline Serchre

You know wagon trucks? Probably Not. No one does…at first. “What trucks?” people ask. So I remind them: wagon truck -noun 1. a compound vehicle composed of two independent parts: truck and wagon. The front is a pick-up truck, undersized…

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Sucks to be a Chick: Gender and Insults

By Global Sponge

Insults might be one of the most chauvinistic areas of language. Think about it. Sure, not all of them are, but a good amount of them are pro dude and anti chick. When someone is being pushy and overly insistent…