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...planet--unless the object orbits a bigger planet, of course. Otherwise, dozens of moons would have to be reclassified as planets. "Defining planets by size is purely arbitrary," agrees Marsden, who likes Stern's idea. "The Pluto-crats want to cut things off there, but it's absurd to say that an object 2,000 km across is a planet and one 1,999 km across...
...denial combined with childlike logic which causes Didion to believe that if she does certain things, then her husband will return: the game will be over and everyone will stop pretending he is dead. While denial is a common reaction to tragedy, Didion takes it to wretched levels of absurdity, demanding an autopsy out of the absurd conviction that if something simple caused Dunne’s death then perhaps it could be reversed. Somehow, even after the autopsy, the funeral, and the cremation, she panics, convinced that Dunne has been buried alive. Rather than seeming ridiculous, this bizarre line...
Kelly’s penchant for absurd plot construction, which won over college-aged cult fans in “Donnie Darko,” simply serves to overcomplicate an already thinly stretched concept. At the unnecessary and melodramatic sexuality between Domino and Choco (Domino was actually bisexual), a plot twist involving Afghani liberation, and the segment on “The Jerry Springer Show,” one can’t help but think: “What the hell was the point of that? Go back to showing half-naked Keira shooting Vietnamese thugs...
...lists—from representatives and non-representatives alike—criticized the proposed expenditure. In an e-mail posted to the UC general list, former UC representative Meghan M. Tieu ’07 noted that the $15,000 allocated for the website was “an absurd amount of student money to be spending on a website that is hardly used.” According to John S. Haddock ’07—who sponsored the bill—the Council never intended to spend the full $15,000. “The number...
Funny thing about fashion: just when everyone--including the copycats who are now a mouse-click away--is cashing in on the look of the moment, some Young Turk will thrust a seemingly absurd idea onto the runway and turn the multibillion-dollar global business on its head. Prada did it when she introduced that ladylike look just as every fashionista was baring her navel. And a year ago, Italian designer Stefano Pilati gave the crowd at his debut Yves Saint Laurent show a jolt when he suggested the awkward silhouette of short, tulip-shaped skirts and puff-sleeved blouses...