Anti-Aliasing

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Anti-Aliasing

n.
curiosity about the real flesh-and-blood people behind internet usernames, whose flamboyant uniqueness suggests that when our parents were searching our nameless faces looking for hints of who we would become, they really should have considered Mr. Cookieface, Unicornpuncher, Dutchess Von Whatever, or Wookiegasm.

In digital graphics, anti-aliasing is a technique to smooth the appearance of jagged pixels in low-resolution images.

Holiette

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Amuse-Douche

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Monachopsis

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Burn Upon Reentry

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Hemeisis

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Mal De Coucou

a blurry image of several men

The Unsharp Mask

a mirror with a reflection of a person

Covalent Bond

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Adronitis

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Pax Latrina

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Nullness

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Insoucism

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Mal De Coucou

a blurry image of several men

Flichtish

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Anderance

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Indosentia

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Ludiosis

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Gaudia Civis

a close-up of a gear

Mithenness

a person standing on the side of a road

The Kinder Surprise

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