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06-01-2006, 05:27 PM
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#9326
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
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My SAT is this Saturday. I'm death scared.
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"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world.
I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
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People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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06-01-2006, 05:43 PM
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#9327
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: In the darkest corner of the smallest, most boring town in the universe.
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Mine too! (Good thing you mentioned it, gah, I have to hunt down my admission slip).
Good luck, Jillian.
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Hell is where the heart is.
"Poetry is the deification of reality." -Edith Sitwell
"Whoso eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life . . . "
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06-01-2006, 05:47 PM
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#9328
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Australia. Finally back home.
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Good luck to both of you.
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"It's strange to see how much people have changed through the years. Just for fun, see if you can find the point where we all turned bitter."
-- Chris Isaak
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06-01-2006, 05:54 PM
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#9329
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: FGBWIERville, MKBJJKaryland, Unintelligent Shithole of America.
Posts: 156
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Fail! Fail and die!
My brother got 1460 out of the 1600 old version after dropping out at 16, so I figure if heredity plays any part in it I'm safe.
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06-01-2006, 06:18 PM
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#9330
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: London, UK
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What exactly is the point of the SAT? All my American friends have been doing them and I'm confused as their educational value.
Good luck to those who are taking them though.
I have my last AS Level exam on Monday. I'll be needing a hell of a lot of luck for that.
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06-01-2006, 06:24 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Australia. Finally back home.
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What's an AS Level exam? Sorry, but I don't know much about other countries educational systems...
Anyway, Good Luck Cicero!
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"It's strange to see how much people have changed through the years. Just for fun, see if you can find the point where we all turned bitter."
-- Chris Isaak
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06-01-2006, 06:47 PM
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#9332
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: In the darkest corner of the smallest, most boring town in the universe.
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Good luck, even though I don't know anything about it either. 
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Hell is where the heart is.
"Poetry is the deification of reality." -Edith Sitwell
"Whoso eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life . . . "
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06-01-2006, 06:50 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: London, UK
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Thanks 
AS Levels the first half of A Levels, which are the British advanced subjects in highschool. I think that's how you'd describe them...
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06-01-2006, 07:48 PM
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#9334
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
Posts: 9,203
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The SATs are standardized tests that grade your overall knowledge.
It's basically trivial stuff in that there's no calculus or Geography or anything you need to memorize, but the questions are made to be tricky.
The highest score is 2400.
The smartest senior last year (who did slightly better on the PSATs than I did) was 1900, so I'm aiming at that score. 1800 is the least I expect of myself, but my first expectations (2100 minimum) were maybe a little too unrealistic.
I'll still aim for the upper two thousand range; "If you aim at the moon, the arrow will at leat reach the mountains."
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"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world.
I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
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Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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06-01-2006, 08:07 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: London, UK
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Hmmm... They seem suspiciously pointless to me. Although I feel that way about most standardised "knowledge" tests. Knowledge and intelligence cannot be gauged numerically!
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06-01-2006, 08:15 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
Posts: 9,203
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They are pretty accurate, and it's not like an IQ test.
The important thing is that many of the most selective universities have an SAT minimum requirement, and the SAT is just another thing that colleges look in the transcript.
Anyone can cheat their way through high school, but cheating on the SAT is such a gamble that few would dare to do it.
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"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world.
I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
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Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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06-01-2006, 08:43 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dallas, TX.....Like you even give a damn.
Posts: 1,210
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Just want to let certain people know, I am still alive, I just don't get the chance to get on very often right now. I'll be much more able to soon.
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TwistedKitsune: I like broccoli too! Just not when it's thrown out a window at my back by an ornery 5 year old...
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06-01-2006, 09:06 PM
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#9338
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 411
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Time for bjork_freak's stupid question of the day!
What does it mean when people say "meh"? I had never heard it until I came to this thread.
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06-01-2006, 09:13 PM
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#9339
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 411
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Forum, not thread.
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06-01-2006, 09:22 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 411
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Oh, ok!
I think I might try it sometime.
Foolish human:
How are you doing today William?
William in a "meh" kind of mood:
Meh, can you please crawl back in your hole? Your kindness gives me severe stomach cramps.
Foolish human:
Ok, but remember, I love you!
William in a "meh" kind of mood:
Yeah, I get it grandma.
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06-01-2006, 09:25 PM
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#9341
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 411
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Foolish human:
How are you doing today William?
William in a "meh" kind of mood:
Meh.
Foolish human:
What's meh?
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06-01-2006, 10:30 PM
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#9342
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
Posts: 9,203
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Meh is a term with magical properties that etimologically evolved from the Zen term "mu"
The word Mu means literally "I'm saying yes, but at the same time I say no, but the correct answer is to unask the question." A fancy, ancient way of saying Fuck You.
Mu itself came from Ma, from the ancient Chinese language of the Gods which means "nothingness" incarnated. Ma is also the redneck term for Mother, which means that in the most ancient language, they're degrading a woman into literally nothing.
As for now, I've been speaking complete bullshit for three minutes. 
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"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world.
I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
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Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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06-01-2006, 10:36 PM
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#9343
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 411
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You know I actually believed you, right?
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06-01-2006, 10:39 PM
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#9344
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
Posts: 9,203
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Actually, the Mu translation was true. The "Fuck you" translation is my own interpretation.
The rest of it: pure bullshit.
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"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world.
I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
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Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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06-01-2006, 10:42 PM
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#9345
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 411
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Your bullshit is pretty funny.
I'm going to bed now. Goodnight to all.
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06-01-2006, 10:50 PM
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#9346
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Sanctropolis, Bitchland USA
Posts: 2,459
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I say Meh for two reasons...
I like meh new car.. (Somewhat Boston-ish in accent)
Or "How are you?" "Meh..." as Xng has explained...
Krovy... I miss you.
Mortalis!!! Come home more often!!! *pout*
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Your blatant disregard and lack of respect for the members here pisses me off. You think that just because Sanctus likes you for some reason(?) , that you can act like a bastard and get absolutely no comeuppance? Fuck you dickwad!
-Never mistake my tolerance for fucking approval.... never.
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06-01-2006, 10:56 PM
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#9347
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: El Paso, Texas/ Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
Posts: 9,203
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Woah, you live all the way up to Boston?
Can't you teleport Sanctropolis to Texas?
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"No theory, no ready-made system, no book that has ever been written will save the world.
I cleave to no system. I am a true seeker."
-Mikhail Bakunin
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Originally Posted by George Carlin
People who say they don’t care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don’t care what people think.
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06-01-2006, 11:04 PM
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#9348
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Sanctropolis, Bitchland USA
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No no.. I live in MN, the 'meh' word sounds Boston-ish.
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Your blatant disregard and lack of respect for the members here pisses me off. You think that just because Sanctus likes you for some reason(?) , that you can act like a bastard and get absolutely no comeuppance? Fuck you dickwad!
-Never mistake my tolerance for fucking approval.... never.
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06-02-2006, 01:11 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 3,421
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Yeah, but we say 'cah,' not your ugly 'CAR!!!" GOD! You people make me sick!
Now I'm gonna go style my wicked-pissah heyah (hair.) ^_^
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You ain't no punk, you punk; you wanna talk about the real junk?
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06-02-2006, 10:34 PM
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#9350
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Um, lower, oh yeah, uh, uh ... YES THERE!
Posts: 6,738
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"Weasels Ripped My Flesh!"
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My appearances here are becoming increasingly random as time goes by ...
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