January 2012
25 posts
“People choose shitty things. People choose 2 and a Half Men and NASCAR and...”
– Gawker on the People’s Choice Awards (via frangry)
Me on most things social media related
Instigator Cat
animalsbeingdicks:
“Just a second, I gotta take care of thFUCK YOU DOG”
theclearlydope:
Facebook should change “People you may know” to “People you would see at the mall and walk the other direction.”
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Jodi Ettenberg: My Top Longreads of 2011 →
Why is the state criminalising normal childhood... →
So true. →
Interestingly, scientists bred fruit flies for intelligence. They made bananas taste bitter, which fruit flies don’t like. They then gave the flies little markers, so the ‘smart’ ones would avoid the bitter bananas based on this learned signal, the dumb ones would not. After only 20 generations they generated ‘smart’ and ‘dumb’ fruit flies who could learn...
“Once upon a time in the dead of winter in the Dakota Territory, Theodore...”
– David McCullough (via englishprof)
December 2011
40 posts
My cat also begins most days with eating a running... →
““You will surely make noise when I take you deep,” texted Representative Anthony...”
– Vachon!
Two churches located across the street from each...
tithenai:
wizasaur:
-prettyprettyplease:
ultraball:
paranoidrobot:
…Do the Presbyterians think Rocks are animals?
ALL ROCKS GO TO HEAVEN
CONVERTING TO CATHOLICISM DOES NOT MAGICALLY GRANT YOUR DOG A SOUL.
WOW. EPIC CATHOLIC WIN.
I LOVE THIS.
“He also professed to have no regrets for a lifetime of heavy smoking and...”
– Christopher Hitchens’ obit. Probably a good quote to go out on. (via richardlawson)
What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447 →
How Doctors Die →
This is important.
Watchtheclearlydope:
Clearly this is the ultimate magic trick: I’m looking forward to their street magic show when they guess your card and then get hit by a bus.