Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party at Disney World is Returning this August.
Movies That Depict Abortion Shouldn’t Leave Out the Money Part.
Federal free lunch program ending for all schools. Get ready for the old system this fall. (via Fark)
The Woman Who Tried to Stamp Out Kissing.
Grizzly 399: the World's Most Famous Bear.
There’s No Bigger Loser Than a Racist Star Wars Fan.
World's Largest Plant Discovered. It covers miles and puts Pando to shame. (via reddit)
Expanding Black Hole Illusion is Creepy.
Comic of the Day: My Boy Spider.
> This audience is full of bigots who seem to think that diversity is ruining their movies and TV about magical space knights and Muppet aliens. Could there be any more pathetic loser than the racist Star Wars fan?
ReplyDeleteI don't really understand why people are racist to begin with, but one possibility is that some people who feel bad about themselves or their situation try to reduce that pain by making someone else worse off than they are. Isn't that basically Darth Vader's entire motivation for being a baddie?
Yeah. As LBJ said,
ReplyDelete“If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”
Right on, Miss C (LBJ). The old, Yeah-but-look-at-him.
ReplyDeleteIt’s a shame Imogene Rechtin wasn’t successful stamping out kissing, there would be a lot less traffic on the roads, shorter lines at Disney World, and cleaner air.
Rechtin was mostly against kissing among acquaintances, which apparently was common at the time. She was right and ahead of her time. Considering the 1918 flu spread shortly afterwards, anyone listening to her might have saved their lives.
ReplyDeleteNowdays we've learned that even shaking hands is not a good idea. The fist-bump has become the new handshake.
World's largest plant - Americans will never progress to metric while such as The Guardian measure in football fields.
ReplyDeleteCentral North Americans I mean, all the other Americans have embraced decimal measuring a while ago.
I stopped shaking hands with people years ago, after I noticed how many men didn't wash their hands after using the toilet .... "So, you've touched your penis, the toilet seat, the flush button and the toilet door handle ... and now you want to rub palms, Mister Bond the germs onto me ? ... I think not".
ReplyDeleteIt's ok Bill, nobody wants to shake your hand anyhow.
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