February 2012
3 posts
Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious
shitmystudentswrite:
Sigmund Freud had two white tigers. One of them attacked him.
January 2012
14 posts
“Meek Mill saved the late-summer/early-fall of 2011, by drowning out the sound of people playing that lame collaborative album by those two boring rich guys with his repeated proclamations of being a boss”
Quartersnacks!
Just North of Something Important: The snake... →
barthel:
Look, Paula Deen’s shenanigans with the pharmaceutical company are reprehensible, but that’s far from the only reason people are getting judgy about the recent news that she has diabetes. Even when writers are careful to specify that her drug dealings are the real problem, the most venomous…
Professor Values →
From Conservapedia:
Professor values refer to the common value system embraced by a large percentage of professors, just as Hollywood values refers to the common value system of many in Hollywood and the entertainment industry. Professor values are currently one of the most prevalent forms of liberal indoctrination.
An extremely high percentage of professors disagree with conservative...
liz-a-bee: “I hear people complain that, for... →
bikepath:
“I hear people complain that, for instance, in the city, people don’t say hi on the street or make eye contact on the subways. And people try to remedy this problem by doing public art projects that are meant to rouse the bourgeoisie from their slumber. But that’s ridiculous! It’s perfectly…
December 2011
24 posts
Just North of Something Important: The extra... →
barthel:
When someone used to make a joke that referred to some pop-cultural ephemera - Joe Isuzu, or “Where’s the Beef?” or Zsa Zsa Gabor hitting a cop or whatever - we laughed because it acknowledged something we all knew about. When someone now makes a joke that references all but the most widely-known…
“People just get things wrong. They read them wrong, or remember them wrong or...”
– What Is Good Fact-Checking? | Mother Jones (via rubenfeld
)
The "Fuck Tyler" Award for Diamonds (Of God) in...
cokemachineglow:
http://www.cokemachineglow.com/feature/6645/award-fucktyler-2011
Runner-up: whatever crew El-P should start based off Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire’s “The Last Huzzah” remix.
El-P - Meanstreak →
When I listen to this in the lab it makes me feel like I’m up to way more nefarious shit than genotyping trees.
Paul Graham on Trolls →
youmightfindyourself:
A user on Hacker News recently posted a comment that set me thinking:
Something about hacker culture that never really set well with me was this—the nastiness. … I just don’t understand why people troll like they do.
I’ve thought a lot over the last couple years about the problem of trolls. It’s an old one, as old as forums, but we’re still just learning what the causes are...
Why Do People Want Rick Perry To Be More... →
barthel:
Me on the meaning of the erroneous “Rick Perry’s video got more dislikes than ‘Friday’!” story. Keywords: metrics, Cute Cat Theory, political identity, entertainment v. politics, YouTube and presidential elections, Justin Bieber, etc.
Obama Endorses Decision to Limit Morning-After... →
nedhepburn:
peterfeld:
golden-notebook:
OK, that’s it. He won’t receive a dime from me again, and I will write to him and let him know exactly why.
Seriously. It’s time to throw this cynical politician, who once fooled a lot of people with knowingly hollow promises about “changing politics as usual” but turned out to be a completely willing (yet still inept) practitioner of politics as...
Violent Video Games Alter Cognitive Function →
MAJOR experimental design flaw spolier: the control group was people not playing any videogames, making it impossible to conclude that violent videogames specifically had any effect, or whether cognitive changes were due to 1. the act of playing any videogame or 2. witnessing violence regularly in any form, or 3. the act of prologned focus on any specific activity. IM NOT EVEN DONE MY MASTERS...
“That’s what they all say. They all say “D’oh”.”
– (via sam)
November 2011
30 posts
This Is: Ha, Andrew Sullivan is still saying... →
thisis:
Ha, Andrew Sullivan is still saying stupid things about race and IQ (stupid meaning racist). He’s sparked a very serious, thoughtful discussion which makes me glad I’m not a pundit. I dunno, there are some debates which demean everyone who participates in them (example: whether or not to torture…
• • • low end theory: I find it rather humorous,... →
lowendtheory:
I find it rather humorous, really, but I have to wonder, what do I keep doing that gives people the license to assume or charge that I’m white? This is one of the problems with PoC politics, y’all—sometimes if you don’t behave in a certain way, if you don’t deliver the blistering Critique of White…
Thanksgiving Fact!
nedhepburn:
Thanksgiving is named after its inventor, Alan Thanksgiving.
