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    Poll: (for metal fans) What is your favourite subgenre of Metal and why?

    At the moment I'm on a big Black Metal kick, so I went with that. Comprehensible lyrics are obviously not a necessity.
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    Name a TV show that ended just right.

    The Shield. That show just got better from season to season, and the last episode was no different. Shame I know like no one else who's ever seen it.
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    Poll: Is it morally wrong to eat cats and dogs?

    I've eaten dog, and it was pretty tasty =D
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    Ask a military guy...

    Thanks for the reply! I thought the interview might be an informal thing - I'm still going to try and over-prepare though I guess, simply because it's something I really want to do, and also because I've applied for bugger-all else this year so it's this or moving back home... And cheers for...
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    Ask a military guy...

    I'm actually looking to join the British Army as an Officer after I graduate from university this year, and I've got my first interview at a Careers Office in a couple of weeks. Any advice on what sort of questions I might be asked, or that I should be asking? Also, assuming I get that far in...
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    Test Your Mental Might With The Escapist's First-Ever Puzzle Adventure!

    YEAHH I guessed the answer to 5-1 ages ago due to a not particularly subtle hint given in this thread pages back, but have sat here for the last hour or so bludgeoning my brain until I got right through to the last stage, and figured that out. The feeling of satisfaction was totally worth it...
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    Poll: Is the meaning of existence relative?

    'Since we are all ultimately alone, isolated islands of subjectivity in an objective world, we have absolute freedom over our internal nature, and the source of our value can only be internal.' Kind of sums it up for me.
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    Scars and other injuries

    I managed to put my face through a window at a house party when I was ridiculously drunk. 18 stitches later, and I've got some pretty badass facial scars - one across the bridge of my nose, and another from the corner of my mouth to my chin. I'm never drinking absinthe again, that's for sure.
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    Whose voice would keep you company on the moon?

    For about 5 minutes - after 3 years of it, you'd be tone deaf. Myself, I'm going with Kiefer Sutherland.
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    What's the best concert you ever attended?

    I've been to quite a few gigs (about 10 this year in fact), but seeing the Dillinger Escape Plan a few weeks ago was a definite highlight. Some of the craziest pits I've ever been in.
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    Quick Survey!

    If this is a school project or something (as has been posited earlier in the thread), sounds like your results are gonna be way off against the rest of your class. The Escapist leans massively to the liberal, far as I can see. Oh, and just to add to it: 1) Male 2) Strongly agree 3)...
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    Favourite accents

    South African accents always make me laugh for some reason, they can sound ridiculous.
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    Question of the Day, November 28, 2010

    Much as I'd love to see a great reboot, the chances of it being royally screwed up are far higher - going with a 'Nay' on this one.
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    Beardyman!!

    Yeah, Beardyman's pretty cool. I love the bits where he gets audience members to shout out genres or ideas and he creates them:
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    Allnighters - Tips for staying awake the next day.

    That can't be good for you in the long term :O Also, what on earth do you do with your 22-hour days?