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On 1/17/2019 at 7:36 AM, lacanteen said:

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Could swear I responded to this.

Utopia does in fact come from the term "No Place" - οὐ ("not") and τόπος ("place"). It comes from a book from 1551. (Thomas More)

But the good place would actually have been eutopia, from the Greek εὖ ("good" or "well"). It was in fact an error to refer to the eu form, and was further cemented when the term dystopia was introduced in 1844. 

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Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame are vanity awards sold for $30,000 apiece by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Any celebrity who has been famous for at least five years can apply to purchase one.

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On 7/21/2019 at 12:41 PM, lacanteen said:

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Honda tried to do that in CA. The road crew fucked it up. Then it got moved cause of noise complaints. When they redid it elsewhere they fucked it up. Again. The exact same way.

https://jalopnik.com/heres-how-hondas-musical-road-in-california-was-done-wr-1819600262

(Also, I wonder if it’s a ploy to sell more suspension parts)

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