Word: crap
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There's a certain safety in cynicism. Moral courage and indignation aren't even worth our time, we say, since morals and ideals are a load of crap--this is a cop-out of the worst kind because not only does it relieve us of any responsibility, but it also provides a false sense of superiority. We, the cynical, are blessed with the infinite wisdom to not buy into the bunk that's force-fed to us by tired high school civics teachers. The rest of you are fools. This is what I felt as an intern this past summer...
Weather prediction is, in the best of circumstances, a crap shoot. Meteorologists, with their satellites and supercomputers, have become pretty good at forecasting the weather five to 10 days in advance. But offering definitive explanations for long-range atmospheric complexities is something no scientist can do. The world's weather is a prime example of the phenomenon of chaos -- a cause-and-effect system so devilishly complex that it becomes inherently unpredictable...
Other market watchers blame the drops on factors ranging from disappointing corporate announcements to investor fears about President Clinton's health reforms. "The NASD study is a pile of crap," says Morris Mendelson, a professor of finance at the University of Pennsylvania. "Dammit, these are retail customers at All-Tech! Just because they happen to be more interested in the market than the average investor, that's no reason to keep them out." That view is echoed by Edward Fleischman, a former SEC commissioner, who wonders, "How can the SEC justify approving any rule that takes liquidity...
...made me realize how unglamorous the whole movie business is," Ballis said. "Outside the stars, people have to put up with a lot of crap...
Some days we draw rice. Most days we draw blanks. Other days ideas just boil over in our brains during lecture, as molecular orbital theory and all that other chem crap is left far behind as new storylines spew forth as doodles onto notebook paper. Our conversations start to pattern themselves after the set-up and punchline rhthym of the strip. We often fight over the direction things should take, and have nasty things to say about each other...