hmm…
How I feel most of the time.
(Source: 3fishstudios.com)
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Sunday Morning Read: Humans are less violent than ever
For those interested: A really fantastic explanation of the European Debt Crisis.
“From there, the conversation took a surrealist twist, when Kenyatta Cheese introduced Toxoplasmosis - a disease affecting pregnant women, contracted through cat droppings - as a metaphor for memes. The panel debated the possibility that much like we often see in the animal kingdom, “viral” content has a mind of its own, so to speak, and bends the behavior of internet-users to its will. Put more realistically, the panel raised interesting questions about whether cultural memes affect our behavior - how much control we have over content, and how much control it exerts over us without our knowing.” —
How We Share Content And Why - Adrants
Actually, they’re being waaaaaaay too kind. I wasn’t suggesting toxoplasmosis as a metaphor for memes. I was suggesting that memes are an emergent form of life that use humans to propagate.
We always talk about this stuff with us (humans) at the center. Maybe we’re just nodes that happen to have a flicker of self awareness.
(via kenyatta)
Later, when someone writes a Matrix-esque film about how the sentient Internet actually created humanity so that it could exist, I want to see Kenyatta credited as an EP.
(via kenyatta)
Happy Thursday, motherfuckers.
![Yeah, I’ve reached peak internet for the day.
[EDIT] - Thanks to Tom Hilton for pointing out that Generik11 is the original photographer.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m45jt6otlF1qzn9i0o1_500.jpg)
Yeah, I’ve reached peak internet for the day.
[EDIT] - Thanks to Tom Hilton for pointing out that Generik11 is the original photographer.
Congressman Maintains It Should Be Legal To Fire Someone For Being Gay -
The crux of his argument is that being gay is a choice - and something a person can change - and that therefore that person should not be protected from workplace discrimination.
Now, despite the fact that “being gay is a choice” is a ridiculously stupid and untrue statement, I’m going to go with that point for argument’s sake and ask the logical follow-ups to that question:
Congressman, why do you think it should be legal to discriminate or fire someone from their workplace for what they choose to do in their private sex life? Should employers be able to discriminate or fire someone for engaging in premarital sex? What about for non-engagement, aka chastity? How far should an employer go to gather evidence for these accusations of personal sexual activity?
The non-argument of the choice of personal sexuality aside, why do you think it’s a viable argument that your employer should be able to have any say or control of your personal life outside of the workplace? Does this extend to all aspects of someone’s relationship? Can you be fired because your boss thinks your dating the wrong person? Or dating a black guy? What about religion - that’s a choice too. Can you be fired for being - oh, I don’t know - Christian?
If anything, I think you’re making an even dumber and less sensical argument to try and cover up your own biases.
I’m serious though; I’d like answers to the above, because they’re the only logical extensions of his argument, and if he’s actually being honest here, it’s perhaps even more disturbing than him just being a homophobic jackass.
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rachelfershleiser replied to your post: Eduardo Saverin renounces his citizenship for $67…
Is it the same people?
I know of several examples on an individual basis, hence my frustration and the originating comment. I would hesitate to extrapolate that out to a population at large (i.e. ALL people likely to vote for Mitt Romney feel this way) however there is more than a little correlation when comparing certain sets of comments.
More than a few people I know complain about overtaxation, have mentioned wanting to do the same, but have an issue with Eduardo Savarin doing so. When asked about Mitt Romney’s situation, however, he’s just “not doing anything illegal; he’s just lawfully finding ways to avoid our rampant overtaxation” and such.
Methinks it’s political ideology overwhelming rationality.
thenewhotness replied to your post: Eduardo Saverin renounces his citizenship for $67…
I’m sure some of it has to do with the fact that the name Eduardo Saverin doesn’t sound ‘murican
This may be true as well. I’ve heard a lot of people claim he “made his fortune as an immigrant in this country.” Which, while true in some respects (he is/was an immigrant to the US from Brazil, and made his personal fortune investing in a US company) it’s overlooking the fact that his family was already embarrassingly wealthy to begin with.
But coupled with the undercurrent of racism that affects any conversation about immigration (especially the stigma attached to Central and South American immigration in this country) I wouldn’t be surprised if that were a factor.
Eduardo Saverin renounces his citizenship for $67 Million in tax savings and people can’t wait to heave vitriol at him.
Mitt Romney moves several hundred million dollars overseas for the exact same reason and people can’t wait to vote him President.
How some people in this country can be so blinded by ideology that it affects their ability to do even the most basic math, I will never know.
Q. F. T.
You’ve got grow into your nerddom, but once you do it’s fucking awesome.
(Source: emilianadarling)
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