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Thursday, March 14. 2013

Thursday morning links


How to win at rock-scissors-paper


Is American Life Really Slanted in Favor of Women Over Men?


Should Young Women Feel Ashamed for Wanting a Boyfriend?


If Your City Were Wrecked by Totalitarian Urban Planners


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Sultan:



The gun-control activists drew the wrong lesson from Newtown as they drew the wrong lessons from WW2 and September 11. The lesson is not that weapons are bad, the lesson is that people in the grip of evil ideas are capable of unimaginable horrors regardless of the tools at their disposal. A single man can kill a classroom full of children with a gun and a few men can kill thousands with a few box cutters. It isn’t the tool that matters. It’s the man.


Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 06:28 | Comments (8) | Trackbacks (0)

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Somebody always has to ruin things. This behavior technique on Rock, Paper, Scissors has been known for years, but nobody who knew the secret blabbed.

~~ sigh ~~

Sometimes I hate the Internet.
#1 Tom Francis on 2013-03-14 09:53 (Reply)
That example is extreme but whose city hasn't been wrecked by totalitarian urban planners? The only reason their blight isn't more widespread is people who appreciate beauty and decent habitability resist their constant barrage of "ideas".
#2 JKB on 2013-03-14 10:31 (Reply)
I hear Portland OR is hard at work on it, but in little bites, not huge ones: Apartment buildings with no parking, 'cause Portland is like so totally GREEN, maaaaaannnnnn.
#3 Sam L. on 2013-03-14 11:36 (Reply)
aHA! Sam L is Arlo Guthrie
#3.1 buddy larsen on 2013-03-14 15:15 (Reply)
I'm Tommy Chong, maaaaaaannnnn. Dave's not here, maaaannn.
#3.1.1 Sam L. on 2013-03-14 15:29 (Reply)
Re: Should Young Women Feel Ashamed for Wanting a Boyfriend?

not according to the ultimate barometer of public perception: pop music.

what percentage of songs are about love/lost love/ found love? 95%? look at the massive popularity of puff like call me maybe by carly rae jepsen and its endless youtube tributes.

the girls in that article are on the angsty/delusional edge of the bell curve.
#4 wirraway on 2013-03-14 19:08 (Reply)
Funny how different people can interpret things in different ways. I thought "Call Me Maybe" was pretty funny and the ending made me laugh out loud.
#4.1 Tom Francis on 2013-03-14 23:07 (Reply)
I do Call me, maybe, an injustice by calling it puff. its really a fantastic song, and there are articles that analyze its structure and explain why it is a nearly perfect creation.

its a funny song about a love never meant to be, told through the eyes of a girl who wishes otherwise. but that helps prove my point. jepsen struck the main nerve, its the girls in the article who are out of touch. hell, I hear that song and I feel 30 years younger.


the Marine version, enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2ySHSTEzjQ
#4.1.1 wirraway on 2013-03-14 23:43 (Reply)

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