Friday, November 15, 2013

Today's Internets - Dalek Third Person Fail.

Not just tumblr, but FB, Twitter, the internets, etc - i hate connor kenway, tumblr spreads messages like "i don’t care if my...:
"tumblr spreads messages like "i don’t care if my bad mood and attitude offends you i’m not put on this earth to make you comfortable and happy deal with it" and with the same breath they say shit like "please don’t use these words and names with me they make me uncomfortable and i want you to stop using them also please be nice to me I’m sensitive and don’t touch me""





Talking about yourself in the third person gets you every time.

Also, The Night of the Doctor!




"In the year of Obamacare, NSA spying revelations, DOJ investigation of journalists, politicized IRS treatment of nonprofits, ad nauseum, it's not too surprising that young Americans have lost that shiny, happy feeling about the guy in the White House and his playmates. Likewise, Silicon Valley techies concerned about civil liberties and an open society are very clearly shocked to discover that the politicians who whispered sweet nothings in their ears meant...nothing."






 "...the amount of land devoted to opium poppies in Afghanistan reached an all-time high this year: 209,000 hectares, up 36 percent from last year and 8 percent higher than the previous record, set in 2007...  
That reality reflects a basic problem with the never-ending, always-failing strategy of preventing drug use by attacking supply. Although the UNODC seems to have forgotten, the whole point of eradicating poppies and seizing opium is to drive up prices and thereby discourage heroin consumption. But to the extent that drug warriors succeed in raising prices, they make the business of growing poppies and producing opium more appealing, thereby defeating themselves."

Feeling that.

"This week Jiyu Kokumin Shupansha known for publishing the beloved Japanese language lexicon Basic Knowledge Of Modern Lingo (現代用語の基礎用語), in celebration of their 30th year of awarding the annual The New and Trendy Words Of The Year (新語・流行語大賞) announced the most enduring top ten trendy words for the last three decades...
"① Cabaret Club/キャバクラ (1985)
 ② It’s best to have a healthy husband, who is rarely home/亭主元気で留守がいい (1986)
 ③Sexual Harassment/セクシュアル・ハラスメント 同義語 セクハラ (1988) 
④Old guy girl/オヤジギャル (1990) 
⑤Supporter/サポーター (1993) 
⑥If you really sympathise, give me money/同情するならカネをくれ (1994)
 ⑦The Safety Myth/安全神話 (1995) 
⑧Good luck, Kobe! がんばろうKOBE (1995) 
⑨I want to praise myself/自分で自分を褒めたい (1996)
 ⑩Unequal society/格差社会 (2006)"


 "There are three forces in the world that determine what you feel. These forces are called the Triad. Together, these three patterns create any—and every—emotional state. Whatever you feel, you’re not feeling it because you have to feel it. You’re feeling it because you’ve chosen from the Triad"




"Shirking $30,000 in medical fees for a traditional prosthetic hand, videographer Paul McCarthy built a multi-colored “Robohand” for his son using a friend’s 3-D printer. McCarthy says he spent, “Five, maybe, ten bucks.” HarshLight/FlickrThe boy, 12-year-old Leon McCarthy, was born without fingers on his left hand. Once he turned ten, Paul started searching for an inexpensive and functional prosthetic alternative."


Well played.
JCVD Wins.

"10 years and $900M later, the TSA's behavioral analysis program is a debacle. Here's the US Government Accountability Office on the program: "Ten years after the development of the SPOT program, TSA cannot demonstrate the effectiveness of its behavior detection activities. Until TSA can provide scientifically validated evidence demonstrating that behavioral indicators can be used to identify passengers who may pose threat to aviation security, the agency risks funding activities [that] have not been determined to be effective." Basically, the TSA has spent a decade and nearly a billion dollars reinventing phrenology. I feel safer already."

Sleep is vital - Hidden Caves in the Brain Open Up During Sleep to Wash Away Toxins — PsyBlog: "The research discovered “hidden caves” inside the brain, which open up during sleep, allowing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to flush out potential neurotoxins, like β-amyloid, which has been associated with Alzheimer’s disease."


Tim Daly is great.


But this is still the best ep of The Daly Show.





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