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• http://omnova.net/files/docs/fakeresume.doc Credit goes to action roommate. : omnova
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  Mine's in InDesign. =( : zakazi
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    export as pdf : Morgin
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      Wasn't sure if you wanted *usable* templates. =) : zakazi
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        http://empirverts.com/shackage/Resume5.pdf Most of my crap is still in there... Just stripped the mos... : zakazi
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          jesus christ dude, that's beautiful. A+ : jasonepowell
          • Why thank you! That was spring break for me. (and then I applied with a typo in the email address) =P ... : zakazi
        • That's nice, I may have to borrow that format. : yosemiteclimber
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          What font is that? : The Key
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            Document Header: Courier New Section Headers, Job information, dates, etc: Bembo Std Body: Optima (may ... : zakazi
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              That's pretty ballsy going with a Courier font. I salute you! : The Key
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                Haha, thank you. The original concept was to try and combine swiss typographic style with IBM manuals fro... : zakazi
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                  The other reason I bring this up is that sometimes when a document gets PDF'd, if it can't find the origi... : The Key
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                    Hmm, hadn't thought of that. I think I may drop to outlines before exporting to prevent such errors. Fun ... : zakazi
                    • Yeah, that was one thing my design prof mentioned, so I thought I'd pass it along! :) : The Key
        • So totally stealing this design. Awesome : riptyde
        • That is a god-damned pretty resume my good man. : trevis
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  http://www.pixelmedius.com/shack/template.doc This is mine. It looks great printed out. If I was to ... : jasonepowell
  • Also, I didn't include education, as I didn't graduate from college. I'd recommend fixing that if you ha... : jasonepowell
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    i'd eliminate the objective part but i like this one objective statements are very mid 90's : Morgin
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      I've heard conflicting things on that - if you're going to have one, make it short, or try and tailor it ... : jasonepowell
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        I ditched the "objective" thing in favor of an "overview" section that is a brief statement of my qualifi... : riptyde
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          Same here. It was getting strange trying to find ways to say certain things using only lists. Also I ... : zakazi
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            I prefer no objectives. Also, try and get the damn thing down to a single page. Any more than that is pad... : thaperfectdrug
            • *glances at own resume above* haha Sometimes there can be good use of whitespace (mine may be excessiv... : zakazi
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  hope i dont get your resume, i dont have word installed :b : not work safe
  • (Seriously, I hate opening word on the mac... Need a universal version bad) : zakazi
• http://ride-my-rocket.shackspace.com/RMR-Resume.pdf That resume is a bit stale -- it's over a year old... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  http://vectorbug.com/resume.html awards ftw : not work safe
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    I hope Pup is getting royalties ;) : Yanks
    • I stole the general layout from haiku, but also told pup. however I think mine looks the best out of the ... : not work safe
  • Hahah, brilliant : zakazi
• http://www.lmnopc.com/resume/ It's like five templates in one! : ThomW
• Nice, there's some good stuff in this thread! : AlexXdude
• they make me sad :( : doomed
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  Here is mine: : Bean
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    Here is mine: http://lemurpants.com/images/BeanResume.pdf Fucking paste bug : Bean
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      * B E I J I N G B R I C K C O C K T A I L ' D * : Ride-My-Rocket
      • I'm a firm believer in being succinct and efficient on resumes. : Bean
    • hahahaha...perfect - I should make this my cover letter by adding "resume is attached" to the end. : zakazi

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  actually I'm looking at your open browser tabs : boring gegtik
  • o_O : crummynz
  • lol, definitely quite the selection. : ant_hillbilly
  • there's pretty much no way he can talk his way out of this : genjuro
  • It hurts to laugh this hard, it really does : TastyWheat
  • Oatmela, I am shocked! : Orange Pylon
  • ha! : thief
  • ahhahahaha : jaga
  • He did it on purpose. lol ghey : felicia
  • Scandalous! : Liquid
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    Tabs are fine, search box not so much. : thaperfectdrug
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      he was researching stuff on Saddam. : ghost hacker
      • nice. : boring gegtik
    • oh oatmela you poor bastard. : abrasion
  • still lolling at this : AlexXdude
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    Maybe he's looking for pictures of lynchings...HAHAHAHAHA. : freshyk
    • naw, William Hung! : thaperfectdrug
  • lol : dmason
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    That was excellent... kudos! : SeaLlama
    • Yeah, nicely done. : Amadan
  • the tabs and the search bar are classic lol : prime8
  • serious lols : eeeealmo
  • oh my god. : hobbespanache
  • fuckin' lols : stump
  • hahah oh man : derelict515
  • hahaha : lightly inclined
  • hah. omg. wowww : proclone1
  • oh my.... : takio
  • Legendary. : grandmasterlee
  • Wow. ROFLF : stuka
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  Get thee to the Mercury! : thaperfectdrug
  • I have it, but it wouldn't let me register my name for some reason so i use oatmela1. :( : oatmela
• i see Google ads advertising more Google ads : robbomc
• hahah @ 'hung men' in google toolbar : papaskot
• Best "I love the Cock" post I've seen yet. You get a golden star imho : PlanetPerfecto
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  http://www.icanhascheezburger.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/i-is-not-a-mallow.jpg : graceofdragons
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    screw you guys, I'm going....to bed :D : oatmela
    • dont you mean :::::::::D : grandmasterlee

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  Guitar Hero, Onimusha, Grand Theft Auto, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, The Getaway, Final Fantasy, etc. : drbriefs
  • Don't recommend GH to a PS3 owner, pointless. : abrasion
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  ico, shadow of the colossus, rez, katamari damacy, we love katamari, frequency, amplitude, guitar hero 1,... : pupismyname
  • Unfortunatly I can't play the Guitar Hero games on my PS3, but I am going to be getting GHII on the Xbox ... : angrytaxman
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  If you like GTA style games you should check out Bully. It's much more refined. : mechanicalgrape
  • Ahh yeah I forgot about that one. I've played all of the GTA games before and never had the stamina to fi... : angrytaxman
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    Bully is *amazing*. Hooked me on buying a PS2 slim, actually. Amazing sense of humor. : cdbeckman
    • I played a bit at my friends' place. Now I have to temper myself to not run over there and play it consta... : woddemandred
    • are there any good deals around on it? : derelict515
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  I really can't enjoy that game. Too stupid, mindless, and button mashy. And when it does get tricky, it's : cdbeckman
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    if you actually play on a hard difficulty you'd have to learn the combat system and stop button mashing : derelict515
    • Even Normal requires you to measure your attacks. If you don't use your attacks properly you're going to ... : h0rus
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    i could never get into it because it pretty much just felt like a very shallow version of devil may cry o... : Modica Sol Solis
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      It's way more "epic" feeling to me. I enjoyed all the games, but in no way did GoW feel shallow in compar... : Simulacrum
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        i guess my problem is in devil may cry, i would switch between weapons all the time cause each one kicked : Modica Sol Solis
        • The secondary weapon in God of War was pretty worthless imo, but the alternate weapons in God of War 2 ar... : basketofkittens
    • It's not really shallow, it's just easier on the normal difficulty. The combat might be a little simpler... : JINKY
  • GOW is mindless, yet you get stuck on puzzles? Haha, I guess you must not be the sharpest tool in the she... : h0rus
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  Please to be playing God Hand, that is all. : Simulacrum
  • i second this recommendation : Break
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    Is this a joke? IGN gave it a 3.0 I know they're normally a pretty bad gauge of how good a game is, but a... : angrytaxman
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      if you like old school beat em ups like double dragon, streets of rage then you'll like this mindless k... : Break
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        Oh shit that does sound kind of fun. : angrytaxman
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          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laSZukIwfgs The end shows you a few seconds of in game footage. : Simulacrum
          • HAHAH. I'd never seen that TV spot, how hilarious. : crummynz
    • Gamespot gave it an 8.0 though. It really is fun but challenging, and it's realtively cheap I believe. : mechanicalgrape
    • It shows how retarded they are. It's a fucking great game and it's cheap. Some awesome humor as well. : Simulacrum
    • God Hand is fun but lacks the polish that they want - it's also hard and has a wonky camera/control syst... : genjuro
    • God Hand is now one of my favourite ever games. I loved it so much. : crummynz
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  Just play Devil May Cry 3. Two is horrible, and one is pretty much like a Beta for three. : Boxelder
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    Wow, thanks for the info. : angrytaxman
    • Should be noted that DMC is definitely worth playing. DMC3 is more robust, in terms of combat, but DMC do : Modica Sol Solis
  • I bought the trilogy for $30 a few months ago. Haven't played any of them yet. : Jumperus
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    Skip MGS 2 and just play MGS 3. MGS 3 is probably the best one yet, and 2 is an awful game. : fry975
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      MGS > MGS2 > MGS3 There. I said it. : Modica Sol Solis
      • This is the biggest blow to black unity in 20 years : genjuro
      • what the fuck : JINKY
      • no u : Daggoth
      • this is the dumbest shit that i've ever heard. go fuck yourself in the eye with knife : Foxhawk
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      That's what a friend of mine is telling me. : angrytaxman
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        The storyline in MGS2 is completely fucked, I'll be the first to admit it, but in terms of gameplay, MGS2... : basketofkittens
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          The storyline is bad and the gameplay is even worse. The levels are fucking copy and pasted and generall... : JINKY
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            JINKY, why are you so angry? :[ : basketofkittens
            • because mgs2 was made. but it's ok because mgs3 was made after : JINKY
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  I beat it like two days ago and loved every minute. I'm now 12 hours into II and it's just as awesome, th... : Halen
  • If you want epic and lavish, I'd say check out Onimusha 3- it's hard to top God of War for sheer epic qua... : Borzoi
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  I just realized something. I now essentially have a $600 PS2 that lacks rumble and proper wide screen sup... : angrytaxman
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    Rumble is coming and widescreen huh? : abrasion
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      Yeah I have it hooked up using an HDMI cable and if I select widescreen on GoW it just cuts off the sides... : angrytaxman
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        Rumble will require a new controller - who knows when it'll be made but I reckon you'll see it in under 6... : abrasion
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          P.S you virtually got it for free you son of a! STFU, we can't do that shit here >:( : abrasion
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            True true, but I was almost tempted to sell it and get a PS2 instead and pocket the cash. : angrytaxman
            • If you can get over 400$ US for it, do it if not - hold on to it, eventually they will be quite good but ... : abrasion
        • yeah, some TVs have issues with a 480p signal over HDMI. If you're getting a 16x9 image that's squished ... : Prozium
      • MGS4 is a PS3 exclusive. Doesn't mean that couldn't change a few years down the road, though. : Magus
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    Don't forget it plays Blu Ray, if it makes you feel better. Resistance and Motorstorm are fun. : Simulacrum
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      Oh yeah I forgot about the Blu-Ray part. I really need to go out and buy Fifth Element on Blu-Ray to show... : angrytaxman
      • the motorstorm demo sucks you gotta go rent the full game it's way fun online and the situations they p... : Break
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        I'd wait on Fifth Element. It is a notoriously bad transfer/encoding. Many of the initial run Blu Ray fil... : Serpico74
        • Wow, that's so depressing to read. I have it in HD already, but it's a TS rip from my Tivo box, and while... : angrytaxman
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      does the PS3 have an HDMI 1.2 or HDMI 1.3 port? Also, does the blu-ray player take the Dolby True-HD or ... : Prozium
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        ps3 has 1.3 thats why the elite was getting alot of flak for going with 1.2 : Break
        • awesome. So I'd assume the blu-ray player can then pass an untouched TrueHD track straight from the disc... : Prozium
    • Motorstorm is highly recommended. : Magus
  • Lair http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex1F6vRasNU Heavenly Sword http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS-IbT... : Break
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  Don't buy Okami, rent it. : Magus
  • It was on sale on Amazon.com for $10 awhile back. : Kentor
  • I rented it and now I want to buy it because you can hardly get anywhere in a couple of days. : marmite

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• Chairman Meow : genjuro
• Mister Sniffy. : dognose
• GIANT FAGGOT : boring gegtik
• Virginia Woof : genjuro
• Dusty? (as in Dust Bunny) : RomSteady
• Woof Blitzer : genjuro
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  Dahanese : graceofdragons
  • my first thought as well hides : Dalant
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  Just name him genjuro : genjuro
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    Please. I'm begging you : genjuro
    • How can you say no to this? : thief
• need pics to decide : virus
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  Hero of Kvatch : TastyWheat
  • Beat me to it : Drewus
• Professor Hershell McFunkstein : cam3lt0sis
• shit factory. : baronzemo78
• Biggles! : AlexXdude
• Dargo : HeXoN
• need pics to name it : oatmela
• Spud : abrasion
• Legend : thaperfectdrug
• Poo-dart : ant_hillbilly
• Doctor Guntram Shatterhand : K1Bond007
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  I dare you to name it Nappy. : LeapingFool
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    beaten by genjuro : boring gegtik
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      I'm afraid I just don't get this. Another thread, maybe? : LeapingFool
      • im sad that you didnt comprehend my insult to genjuro : boring gegtik
• Ravenous Cockblaster McGay : SockMonkeh
• Jebediah K. Barkfark : stgulik
• Bolt Vanderhuge : DonkeyPopsicle
• Corporal Wagsalot : fletch_
• Seymour after Fry's dog. : dmason
• Slobber : GodZilly
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  Degenerate : pres589
  • It's already a fucking dog, what more do you want?! : Amadan
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  Massive Damage : warcrow
  • this obsession has to stop. "Double Dribble" is way funnier :) : thaperfectdrug
• call him an ugly cat so the kids who are afraid of dogs won't be scared of him. : Nali4Freedom
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  Kilgore Trout R.I.P. Kurt : Tommy Toolbag
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    Billy Pilgrim :( : trOmblyj
    • That would be a great name too. : Tommy Toolbag
• Stunt cat Mike! : Don Vito Corleone
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  Best dog name ever: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13845446 : thaperfectdrug
  • Reginald Ponsinbee : PlanetPerfecto
• name him Rick Hunter or just Hunter would do. : cpt_gloval
• Emperor Snugglesmith : cam3lt0sis
• The Desert Palooka : zakazi
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  Indiana : Haku-Jin
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    God, this is such a fantastic name. : orgcaptainnemo
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      I'm naming my next dog, 'Indy' (Indiana) : red2lucas
      • My airedale is named Indy (Indiana) : Haku-Jin
• Chicken Bones. : stygian_whisper
• Magical Fireman : dael
• Puffenstuff : baron calamity

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• I used long words where diminuitive ones would do. : RomSteady
• Reduce page size about half a centimeter each side. Top and bottom, too. : crummynz
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  I had VERY few tricks - I wrote on a typewriter! : LeapingFool
  • That's a trick in itself... monospace FTW! : guido anchovy
• Making sure that anytime a paragraph ends it's with only one or two words on the new line. : lord cecil
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  research and additional content. I hate better than you comments as much as the next guy but I couldn' : boomstickah
  • Problem is this is only a draft and I had a test on monday, yesterday and one on friday as well as this 1... : fry975
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  Stopped using Times New Roman and started using Courier New till my English Lit professor told me to stop... : lightly inclined
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    i did that and never got caught...worked every time : grabbie
    • We have to write in arial wtf is up with that. : fry975
  • My English prof, brandishing a paper he was returning, pointed at one particular work and told us. "Look : davantalus
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  Silly Putty! :D : dognose
  • Um..so what you...err..what are you like the ne...I got nothing. : lightly inclined
• that was on break.com : oatmela
• section headings, footnotes, blank line between paragraphs, 1.1 line spacing : skanky08
• thank god teachers never notice any of these oh so clever tricks : derelict515
• ohshit i gotta start doing that : maulla
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  add more bullshit : SockMonkeh
  • this is what i do : papaskot
• Increasing the double spacing to something like 2.1 or 2.2. You'd be amazed at how much it adds. : mechanicalgrape
• I can't recall me ever reaching the recommended page count. Even college students can't be concise to sav... : sgtsanity
• I heard changing double spacing to 2.2-2.3 spacing works and is barely noticeable. : FPSDavid
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  Padding papers using technological tricks only does you a disservice in the long run. The purpose of coll... : Goncyn
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    nobody read this post : boomstickah
    • I read it. : Sexpansion Pack
  • for some reason you just don't seem like the kind of person who would need to pad a paper : Flying h4x0r
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    English major explains it, this is a research paper. Unfortunately I cannot ramble on about the possible... : fry975
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      I was mostly just being silly. And no, you can't really just make shit up when writing a research paper, : Goncyn
      • You're right I do have some creative freedom at the end of my paper where I'm supposed to give my jive ab... : fry975
  • l o ... : rosewood
  • TLDR F- : abrasion
  • I'm eerily laconic. : RomSteady
  • lol English major lol : lord cecil
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    hate to tell ya, but I didnt read it. Sometimes less is better, as long as its quality stuff. : ant_hillbilly
    • I agree with you. : Goncyn
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      True, but the assignment is x words. It's not difficult to write 1000 words on pretty much any topic.... : Ebu
      • It is when you have to write 15+ pages when you know you can basically say the same damn thing in 7, but ... : fry975
    • lol I only read half : datoo
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    Padding papers is a necessary act. Which does you a great service in the long run, because some arbitrary... : graceofdragons
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      I agree I could realistically point to about 3 studies prove my point in about 5 pages but I have to writ... : fry975
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        You haven't done a thorough enough lit search then. 15 in terms of research papers is not that daunting.... : cam3lt0sis
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          You're 100% correct, I normally don't have problems with these types of papers, but for some reason this ... : fry975
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            It can happen when the topic is uninspiring =\ : cam3lt0sis
            • I agree repressed and false memories is interesting but there just doesn't seem to be much variety out th... : fry975
  • after reading the first sentence, i quit. what a poop. : virus
  • ^^Full of shit. Just keep padding. : Jumperus
  • cliffs note version please : El Tigre
  • You know whats sad? Not only do I not (usually) pad papers, I often times have to shorten them. I dunno w... : InfoBiter
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  whenever making a major point, say it in triplicate with different words : jaga
  • Do this with minor points too. And then do it again on the triplicates. It's only a rough draft, right? : spiderfill
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  use the german term for things whenever possible : Foxhawk
  • hahahhah I like it. : fry975
• 2.2 line spacing : NFXFSX
• I just start writing in the style I post on the Shack. I hit the page limit quickly every time. : Bean
• Bumping the line spacing is for noobs, it's all about 0.4 expanded kerning!!! : Majuju
• Pictures! Duh! Or Appendices! : The Key
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  who is this motherfucking fake-ass fry. what the fuck : boring gegtik
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    God dammit just because I have fucking numbers after fry instead of fucking brackets doesn't mean I'm fuc... : fry975
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      "are you bracket-fry-bracket?" : moe6
      • no I'm fry with nine seven five following it. : fry975
• Funny thing is this shit is so obvious when it's done. You get a stack of papers where the vast majority... : cam3lt0sis
• Yea, try doing that when it's a clear requirement to use 11 point font : shred.
• Helvetica font has increased spacing between character, which make a difference when you have to write a ... : jbt11
• Pfft. For every single paper I have written for the past couple of years, I've been a page short of what ... : Rice-Rocketeer
• How hard is it to write another sentence? Is it just the thrill of bucking the system or something? Bei... : Boxelder
• I always did a wording pass to make 5 word sentences into 10 word sentences, and one sentence into two wh... : Krypt_
• Use Comic Sans.... with dingbats. : DingoStoleMyBaby
• I usually have to reduce the length of my papers, not increase it :( : melt_core

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• IT's a crocodile that's what it does. : Haku-Jin
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  cant wait to see the video : mXENO
  • I'm pretty sure that "Thai guy getting his arm in that croc's death roll" would be a good indication of h... : LeapingFool
• NOT EYE SAFE ^^^ SEVERERD ARM IN A CROCS MOUTH : proclone1
• holy shit. : cam3lt0sis
• hey that's a crocodile with a severed human arm in its mouth! : SockMonkeh
• I had to do a double take on the pic. I was like oh file photo crocid..., OMG WTF ARM BBQ! : zanzaban
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  wow, what a pic CRIKEY : Holesinswiss
  • Too soon!! : zanzaban
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  I found it very alarming! : abrasion
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    you have a knack for puns, i gotta hand it to ya : SockMonkeh
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      I should give you the finger for that. : yosemiteclimber
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        I hate you to the x-tremity : stuka
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          You were really going out on a limb with that one. : cam3lt0sis
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            does anyone want a peanut? : steelsamurai
            • how you gonna do that steelsamurai =[ : cam3lt0sis
    • Something's not right here but I can't put my finger on it. : stuka
• I know. The article repeats the same paragraph twice! Insane! : SwiftyPants
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  isn't there a video already up on youtube or somewhere of a vet, or trainer of some sorts getting attacke... : dedgecko
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    there it is... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO5rL14guhs : dedgecko
    • O_o ... O_o : Holesinswiss
    • damn, he starts rolling and that dude's arm is obliterated. : pupismyname
    • I can't imagine how painful that must have been...how hellish : 2zero2
    • Not sure what is more sick, the video or the trademarked youtube "commentary". Idiots! :( : aavenr
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    Not the same attack : red2lucas
    • I didn't say it was. However, I'd say they have yet to learn their lessons. : dedgecko
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  tastes like.... pork. : Megara9
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    croc is quite tasty, like chicken and fish crossed. : abrasion
    • it's tough, though. I prefer snake. : Megara9
• cant you aonly reattach limbs if they are a clean cut. that didnt look like it was reattachable...pretty ... : papaskot
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  Wow, I didn't know you could reattach whole arms and get away with it. Medicine has come a long way. : aavenr
  • if only Luke had known : Megara9
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    it's china... They've already got 3 "Islands" for every one of their citizens. Yay cloning! Ei : dedgecko
    • what : cam3lt0sis
• someone should have given him a hand with the croc handling there : JINKY
• fuck. unsee. :( : DOOManiac
• there are worse appendages to get bitten off, jah? : delataur
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  wtf. I did a double take on that pic. NWS btw. : Visceral Monkey
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    nws is for titties and cocks. : pupismyname
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      I dunno, a severed human arm, even posted on a news site, might not sit well with some. But whatever. : Visceral Monkey
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        anything that might make it look like you were goofing around rather than working is "nws" I think? Like.... : Megara9
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          If this is nws isn't pretty much every link here then. : imperator
          • hm.... or the whole shack. Which makes sense. I've been busted before ;) : Megara9
    • more like fisties and crocs : not work safe
• http://zookeeperbadday.ytmnd.com/ : Porkasaurus