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sorcyressWhen I am not exhausted, you can have real posts, about things like Atlanta and GMX and bringing people dancing. For now, you get links that have been open for far too many days on my computer.
*So, apparently this random moron from NPR has an irrational fear of Muslims, and thinks that you can identify them by what they wear. Hence, Muslims Wearing Things, to prove that that is really, really not the case.
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kittikattie who is good at writing and you should all just follow her anyways, has a ranty-rant-rant about shows that dictate What to Wear. It's a fun read, and hopefully she will not mind me linking.
((It occurs to me that I should think about that at some point. However, I assume that with most people, if the post is public, it is linkable --I try to ask permission, but mostly I just check for the little lock. For what it's worth, anything I write that's public is linkable --I'd love to know where I'm being linked to, because I'm vain, but you never have to ask permission for a public post.))
*Pumpkin! Carved with the DC metro!!
*So, part of the reason I meant to get this post out earlier is that yesterday was Machine of Death day, which was when this indie anthology with some AMAZING authors (seriously, Shaenon Garrity and Randall Munroe in the SAME BOOK!) decided to try and get on the Amazon bestseller list for the day. They made it, I have a copy coming to me in MD, you should take a look at the book anyways, it sounds like a fun idea even separate from all the fantastic webcomics people involved with the authoring and illustration.
*I read a lot of Cracked articles, and the range from fail to hilarious to fascinating. This one falls into the last category -- The Creepy Scientific Explanation Behind Ghost Sightings. I've not yet checked their research, but it makes me want to invest in expensive scientific equipment to go fuck with people's minds. This is why I'm not a scientist.
*Oh hey, apparently if you teach kids about gay people, there are fewer instances of homophobic bullying. Fancy that. #NotNewsDepartment
*Have you seen the demotivator that is all a picture of some ad campaign against music pirating that is all "You wouldn't download a car" and under it it says "Fuck you, I would if I could?"1. Well, someone has made This in response, and it is hilarious. Breadloaded, LAWL!
*Fuck Yeah Skeksis. I blame Racheline.
*I've never read any of China Mievelle's books, but this post makes me want to, simply on basis of him being kinda awesome, apparently.
*Holyshit, Things I Don't Have To Think About Today. If you read one link, please make it this one.
This may be my new go-to post for explaining what I mean by "privilege", and I spent most of an afternoon writing a response in my head, both of things I do and don't have to think about (notably, he missed a lot of trans rights stuff, which is okay --he did not at all claim to be comprehensive, but it's a thing that weighs on my mind as a genderqueer person and as someone who has close relationships with several transfolk)
It's a damn good post.
*Proving that my Sundries posts are crazy-electic, now have a link to a collection of the Norwegian Rocky Horror Show songs.
*I really want to make these jello candy corn shots. Anyone up for helping?
*xtricks2 posted a collection of his favourite "It Gets Better" videos, along with an analysis of why he thinks the project is such a good idea --because more importantly than saying "It Gets Better" it says "You Are Not Alone", which is something the ostracized and the lonely need sometimes.
*Racheline, who I have mentioned repeatedly as being a wonderful and awesome person, and one of my current inspirations in Who I Want To Be When I Grow Up, wrote a play that is being turned into a musical. It's about life, love, and head injuries. It is called Dogboy and Justine, and she and her writing partner are trying to earn money through kickstarter to get the workshop production funded.
You should donate, if you've got a few bucks spare, just so I can get to see this show, because I really quite want to actually. Support art and cool people and stuff!
Whew. I think that is all the tabs I had open, besides some things I meant to reply to (and might tomorrow, like a friend's "what do you regret not doing more of when you were younger" post, or a "comment with nice things about me" meme) and a million tabs involving Magus's hair, because I am kinda charmed by the process (and understand some of the pressures re: wanting to not have the hassle of long hair, but also not wanting to lose the identity of person w/ long hair). So yeah. Be good, and I'll try and make more lucid posts tomorrow.
~Sor
MOOP!
1: I say "I would totally download a car" all the time in discussions of music piracy. Whether I would or not is a post for another day. (I probably would on a trial basis, and then never use it if it sucked, or give the car-people money and talk them up whenever possible if it was rad)
2: Who I started following after his truly hilarious Butt Confidential posts. They are lessons to fanfic writers and other people about buttsex. Very funny, not at all safe for work (textually, though his header has a slightly nsfw pic in it)
*So, apparently this random moron from NPR has an irrational fear of Muslims, and thinks that you can identify them by what they wear. Hence, Muslims Wearing Things, to prove that that is really, really not the case.
*
kittikattie who is good at writing and you should all just follow her anyways, has a ranty-rant-rant about shows that dictate What to Wear. It's a fun read, and hopefully she will not mind me linking. ((It occurs to me that I should think about that at some point. However, I assume that with most people, if the post is public, it is linkable --I try to ask permission, but mostly I just check for the little lock. For what it's worth, anything I write that's public is linkable --I'd love to know where I'm being linked to, because I'm vain, but you never have to ask permission for a public post.))
*Pumpkin! Carved with the DC metro!!
*So, part of the reason I meant to get this post out earlier is that yesterday was Machine of Death day, which was when this indie anthology with some AMAZING authors (seriously, Shaenon Garrity and Randall Munroe in the SAME BOOK!) decided to try and get on the Amazon bestseller list for the day. They made it, I have a copy coming to me in MD, you should take a look at the book anyways, it sounds like a fun idea even separate from all the fantastic webcomics people involved with the authoring and illustration.
*I read a lot of Cracked articles, and the range from fail to hilarious to fascinating. This one falls into the last category -- The Creepy Scientific Explanation Behind Ghost Sightings. I've not yet checked their research, but it makes me want to invest in expensive scientific equipment to go fuck with people's minds. This is why I'm not a scientist.
*Oh hey, apparently if you teach kids about gay people, there are fewer instances of homophobic bullying. Fancy that. #NotNewsDepartment
*Have you seen the demotivator that is all a picture of some ad campaign against music pirating that is all "You wouldn't download a car" and under it it says "Fuck you, I would if I could?"1. Well, someone has made This in response, and it is hilarious. Breadloaded, LAWL!
*Fuck Yeah Skeksis. I blame Racheline.
*I've never read any of China Mievelle's books, but this post makes me want to, simply on basis of him being kinda awesome, apparently.
*Holyshit, Things I Don't Have To Think About Today. If you read one link, please make it this one.
This may be my new go-to post for explaining what I mean by "privilege", and I spent most of an afternoon writing a response in my head, both of things I do and don't have to think about (notably, he missed a lot of trans rights stuff, which is okay --he did not at all claim to be comprehensive, but it's a thing that weighs on my mind as a genderqueer person and as someone who has close relationships with several transfolk)
It's a damn good post.
*Proving that my Sundries posts are crazy-electic, now have a link to a collection of the Norwegian Rocky Horror Show songs.
*I really want to make these jello candy corn shots. Anyone up for helping?
*
xtricks2 posted a collection of his favourite "It Gets Better" videos, along with an analysis of why he thinks the project is such a good idea --because more importantly than saying "It Gets Better" it says "You Are Not Alone", which is something the ostracized and the lonely need sometimes.*Racheline, who I have mentioned repeatedly as being a wonderful and awesome person, and one of my current inspirations in Who I Want To Be When I Grow Up, wrote a play that is being turned into a musical. It's about life, love, and head injuries. It is called Dogboy and Justine, and she and her writing partner are trying to earn money through kickstarter to get the workshop production funded.
You should donate, if you've got a few bucks spare, just so I can get to see this show, because I really quite want to actually. Support art and cool people and stuff!
Whew. I think that is all the tabs I had open, besides some things I meant to reply to (and might tomorrow, like a friend's "what do you regret not doing more of when you were younger" post, or a "comment with nice things about me" meme) and a million tabs involving Magus's hair, because I am kinda charmed by the process (and understand some of the pressures re: wanting to not have the hassle of long hair, but also not wanting to lose the identity of person w/ long hair). So yeah. Be good, and I'll try and make more lucid posts tomorrow.
~Sor
MOOP!
1: I say "I would totally download a car" all the time in discussions of music piracy. Whether I would or not is a post for another day. (I probably would on a trial basis, and then never use it if it sucked, or give the car-people money and talk them up whenever possible if it was rad)
2: Who I started following after his truly hilarious Butt Confidential posts. They are lessons to fanfic writers and other people about buttsex. Very funny, not at all safe for work (textually, though his header has a slightly nsfw pic in it)
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I need to take a few weeks and visit my folks.
Is it December yet?
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on 2010-10-27 11:37 pm (UTC)Now, he had made other comments that did fall into the blindingly stupid, and that probably actually was in a large part the decision to fire him, but it is careful to keep track of these things.
Regarding the "you wouldn't download a car" thing this actually fits in with some interesting psych studies and moral distinctions. In general humans are more willing to break societal rules that revolve around non-physical goods. The point of the original comparison to downloading a car was a deliberate attempt to connect downloading to the more physical comparison. The real key reason why this sort of thing fails is that you can't have more than one copy of the car. If I steal your car you are down a car. Information goods don't work that way. This is precisely why in most circumstances copyright violation is a civil not criminal offense.
Regarding the Cracked article, there's a fair bit of controversy about the infra sound hypothesis and how much it can account for. This is discussed in detail in Mary Roach's excellent book "Spook" which discusses a lot of fun stuff of a similar nature. As with all of her books, it is a very entertaining read.
Also, regarding "It Gets Better" google for "It Gets Worse." There's a hilarious satire video about a grown up homophobic bully talking about how his homophobia just isn't tolerated like it was in highschool.
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