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| Lesson #721 - Pleasing Others | Blackboard: You can please some people all the time, and all people some of the time, but you can't please all the people all the time. Unless by 'please' you mean 'offend.' In which case, you need a dictionary. / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, chalk in hand, other hand open and face up, neutral... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson721.html |
| Lesson #722 - Therapy | Blackboard: If you tell your therapist that you don't like to sleep because you think your hopes and fears prey upon you while you're asleep and you let your guard down, your therapist might say it is the effect of a weak subconscious that reflects self-esteem conerns. If this happens, counter this... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson722.html |
| Lesson #723 - Hazing | Blackboard: Some sports teams haze the rookies/freshmen. Some fraternities and sororities make pledges run the gauntlet of degrading tasks. Military groups sometimes try to break new recruits down to their emotional core. Everywhere else, the new hire is greeted with the worst and most uncomfortable... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson723.html |
| Lesson #724 - Terminology Etymology | Blackboard: "Booting" is a slang term for 'throwing up' or 'vomiting.' Thus, saying that a computer needs to reboot suddenly creates a much more interesting image. / Pose: Dante, left side of the board, chalk in hand, neutral look at the camera http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson724.html |
| Lesson #725 - Personal Biological Hazards | Blackboard: If a surgical procedure removes some part of your body from your body -- like your wisdom or appendix -- the removed part gets labeled as a biological hazard and thrown out. which seems a bit unfair -- after all, it was your body part. Who says you shouldn't be able to keep your appendix... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson725.html |
| Lesson #726 - Blogging | Blackboard; Even if someone was reporting, commenting, or analyzing from his/her mother's basement, that doesn't mean that the big name reporter isn't the bigger asshole. / Pose: Dante, left side of the cinderblock basement, chalk in hand, neutral look at the camera http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson726.html |
| Lesson #727 - Xenophobia | Blackboard: Xenophobia - the cult that unites and divides all of humanity at the same time. / Pose - Dante, right side of the brick wall, with a blindfold and a cigarette. http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson727.html |
| Lesson #728 - Little Known Facts | Blackboard: It's a little know fact, but the song "Pour Some Sugar On Me: is actually the international defense plan in case the planet is ever attacked by an intergalactic fleet of alient lemons. / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, chalk in hand, looking at the board http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson728.html |
| Lesson #729 - Censoring, Part II | Blackboard: [Flowchart] Quote contains expletives
/ Either the media prints quotes without censoring, or the media prints quote while censoring the expletive by printing the first letter with a dash after it for every other letter. Then the children see a game of hangman. Either way, children learn... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson729.html |
| Lesson #730 - Charm | Blackboard: If you're so sure that good looks and charm will allow you to get any sexual partner that you want, go get a job delivering pizzas. Then we'll see just how much like a porno your life really is. / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, chalk in hand, 'come hither' look at the camera http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson730.html |
| Lesson #731 - Batman | Blackboard: The "Batman" was used as a unit of mass used in central Asia and the Ottoman empire ranging between 2 and 14 pounds. Still, while your body size may make you the equivalent of more than 15 batmen, you're not the equivalent of 15 batmen. / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, chalk in hand,... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson731.html |
| Lesson #732 - Office Decor | Blackboard: It's always a good idea to keep something at your office to remind you of the outside world, like a picture of your family, or maybe something related to a hobby like a signed baseball or a mounted fish. Of course, if your hobby is creeping people out, there are still things you can bring... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson732.html |
| Lesson #733 - Break Up Lines | Blackboard: Is there a better line for a guy to use to dump a woman who has had far too much power in the relationship than "You make me feel like a natural woman"? / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, chalk in hand, contemplative look at the board http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson733.html |
| Lesson #734 - Human Reactions (Jumble) | Board:
/ The STW Jumble
/ (Line)
/ LAPAZ ( rectangle of five squares, last and center space circled)
/ DRARA (rectangle of five squares, second and second from last space circled)
/ TANTIA (rectangle of six squares, first and fourth spaces circled)
/ CHRONA (rectangle of six squares, first and fourth spaces... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson734.html |
| Lesson #735 - Drug Etymology | Board:
/ "Meth" is short for
/ "Methamphetamine", not
/ derived from the name
/ "Prometheus".
/ But hey, that would
/ really change your
/ perspective on mythology
/ the other way around, right? / Dante:
/ Left palm up in a "Hey, consider it!" gesture, right hand pointing with chalk to the board, right next... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson735.html |
| Lesson #736 - Sex Education | Frame One:
/ Board:
/ Not-so-extreme
/ portrayals of the
/ types of
/ sexual education
/ from the opposing
/ viewpoints / Dante:
/ Staring at the camera, pointing to the board, next to 'opposing.' / Frame Two:
/ Board:
/ Abstinence Education
/ (line)
/ "And someday when you're
/ old enough and married
/ and chaste... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson736.html |
| Lesson #737 - Micronations | Board:
/ There used to be
/ a micronation called
/ "The kingdom of humanity".
/ You've got to admit,
/ despite what they
/ lacked in population,
/ land, power, influence,
/ longevity and almost
/ everything else, they
/ were at least creative. / Dante:
/ Pointing at the board with chalk, beneath the end of 'h... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson737.html |
| Lesson #738 - History Lessons | Board:
/ With all of the lessons
/ we can possibly have
/ learned from WWII,
/ it's amazing how so
/ many people have
/ really only picked up on
/ the fact that you should
/ never open up a
/ second front with Russia. / Dante:
/ Raising eyebrows at camera, pointing with chalk at Russia. http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson738.html |
| Lesson #739 - Roundness | Board:
/ |IQ - IF| = HRS
/ IQ= Intelligence Quotient
/ (Greater the number,
/ greater the intelligence)
/ IF = Imagination Factor
/ (Greater the number,
/ greater the imagination)
/ HRS = Human Roundness Score
/ (Perfect roundness
/ when HRS = 0) http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson739.html |
| Lesson #740 - The Living Dead | Frame One:
/ Board:
/ The "Mritak Sangh" is an
/ association in India founded
/ by Lal Bihari that
/ translates to "Association
/ of dead people." The
/ members are all people
/ whose family members
/ have bribed government
/ officials to legally declare
/ the people dead as a way
/ of usurping their land.
/ Dante:
/ Pointing... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson740.html |
| Lesson #741 - Definitions, Part XII | Board:
/ Nipsters
/ (line)
/ Felines that
/ are a little
/ too cool for
/ the cat nip you
/ have to offer. / Dante:
/ Shrugging at the board, facing away from the camera and to the left. http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson741.html |
| Lesson #742 - Medicine On The Internet | Board:
/ There should be a simple
/ survey question that,
/ when answered a certain
/ way, will prevent certain
/ people from being able to
/ post in internet forums for
/ medical diagnosis sites.
/ (line)
/ What is the bump at the
/ end of your sternum called?
/ A) "The Xyphoid Process."
/ B) "I don't know."
/ C)... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson742.html |
| Lesson #743 - Fun With Lasers | Frame One:
/ Board:
/ Scientists recently used
/ lasers to create
/ light particles with
/ two completely opposite
/ properties at the
/ same time. With respect
/ to Schr?dinger's Cat,
/ these particles are said
/ to exist in a "Cat State,"
/ and the particles
/ themselves are said to form
/ a "Quantum Cat."
/ Dante:
/ Looking... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson743.html |
| Lesson #744 - Punditry, Part II | Board:
/ Political pundits on both
/ sides can actually
/ become bearable to
/ listen to if you
/ assume that every time
/ one of them uses the
/ word "radical," he/she
/ was very briefly possessed
/ by the ghost of a
/ dead surfer.
/ Dante:
/ Staring at the camera, lips pursed, doing a passable impression of the... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson744.html |
| Lesson #745 ? Meeting New People | Blackboard: Being in a crowd of people you know of but don?t know personally can make you feel one of two ways depending on your personality ? Awkward, like a high school senior at a sixth grade dance, or eager and salivating at all the unsuspecting figures you can assault with your perkiness. / File... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson745.html |
| Lesson #746 ? Estrogen | Blackboard: Studies have shown that natural and synthetic estrogen emitted into human waste water have caused sexual deformities in fish, such as all the male fish in an entire school changing gender. Since that excess of estrogen will have to someday work its way back into human consumption ? Ladies,... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson746.html |
| Lesson #747 ? All Things Considered | Blackboard: It could always be worse ? you could be addicted to saut?ed panda. / File under: That ?D? doesn?t seem so bad anymore, does it / Pose: Dante, right side of the board, hands up at shoulder level, ?so there you have it? look at camera. http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson747.html |
| Lesson #748 ? Love is? (Part II) | Blackboard: Love is a lot like a cat. It can provide you with a great companion. It can sink its claws into you. Depending on who is in control, all possibility of any sexual relations can be cut off possibly forever. It can leave you wounded and bleeding. And in some scenarios, it can leave you with... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson748.html |
| Lesson #749 - Inspiring Others | Blackboard: It can really change your opinion of the people from your childhood who inspirationally told you ?reach for the stars? when you consider that the stars would actually incinerate you if you got too close. / File under: Hallmark cards that wish a fiery galactic demise down on you / Pose:... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson749.html |
| Lesson #750 - Interpretations | Blackboard: Flow chart,
/ Outer tier "Politics", "Music", "Literature", "Religion", "Science", "Human Interaction"
/ Second tier, respectively "Given some situation", "Given some tune and lyrics", "Given some plot with non-overt themes", "Given some situation" (using same box as religion), "Given some... http://survivingtheworld.net/Lesson750.html |
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