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Category Archives: Social Science
What’s Left Over
I have two brothers who are left handed and also play the guitar. They do this in the normal way. That is they conform to right handed guitars and play them the right handed way. That is the left hand … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged Bass, drums, fire breathing dragon bass, fire breathing dragon guitar, fire breathing dragon keytar, glam rock, guitar, keyboards, left handed, left handed guitar, left handed keytar, left handed pianos are no abomination, lefthanded keyboards, low notes on right and high notes on left, ordinary keyboards favour the right handed, Stephen Huss
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A is for Female
About half the female names in English end in the letter A. I was oblivious to this until I noticed it when the song Mambo #5 was a hit. In that song, every single female’s name rattled off ends in … Continue reading
Are You a Speciesist?
Do you love one species over another? Then you are a speciesist. The law is speciesist. There are many protections for homo sapiens but few protections for other animals by comparison. And way back I bet we were really speciesist. … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Science, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged Alberta brags of no rats, ameobas. insects, beavers, birds, cockroaches, dangerous predators can be killed, denisovans, dogs and cats eat meat, fruit flies, homo sapiens, honey bees are helpful and I still kill them, houseflies, locusts, lowlands of southern Ontario, mammals, mice, Neanderthals, people don't love all animals, rats, rodents, speciesist, the law, vegan, vegetarian
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Generation Non Violence
Despite the hippie-trippy peace and love thing, the Baby Boomers were decidedly not the non violence generation. Indeed they were the opposite of that. In their time of youth, roughly when they were about 18-30, was the prime time for … Continue reading
Posted in Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged "Gen Z", 18 to 30 years old, baby boomers, baby bust, eradication of corporal punichment in schools, gen X, hippies, last generation ever?, Millennials, more adults per capita, muggings, participation trophies, peace and love, physical assualt, rise of timeouts at home, X stands for unknown, youth
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Spring Grab Bag o’ Humour
Of all the genres, you would think that historical fiction would be the most respectful of traditions. Well there is a long established tradition in which the setting of a story is brought up, right at the outset. But I … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Fashion, Humour, Social Science, Writing
Tagged bill for home workspace, company saves on light heat and rent, evil corporations, historical fiction, onesies, overalls, punished for working at home, tradition, trust in media at all time low, women's pant waists are getting higher
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Affluenza Treatment
For this post I am going to use the second definition of affluenza listed at the link, because it is the one the public is more familiar with due to the trial of Ethan Couch in 2013. So affluenza is: … Continue reading
Figurative Stockholm Syndrome
Well we’ve just about closed the case for another election in Canada and still I wonder why people don’t vote for their self interest. For instance, the NDP was offering free pharmacare and free dental care. While both packages are … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged accountants, Canada, captive sympathizes with captors, crash tests, election, landlord, NDP, pharmacare, self interest, stockholm syndrome, SUVs, SUVs for safety, take taxes down to zero, tax the ultra wealthy, the Green Party, universal free dental care, young people vote for the parties that susidize fossil fuels
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Premeditated Post
We’re all aware that murder of the premeditated kind is considered to be much worse by our justice system. I largely think it’s because the premeditated murderer is going to be harder to stop because planning usually makes things go … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics, Social Science
Tagged can frame someone, catfishing, doublecross, feel sorry for the stupid, fraud crimes, give the mastermind twice the time in jail, heists, just a missing person's report, justice, mastermind, mastermind will take twice the loot, murder, premeditated, premeditated attempted murder, premeditated murder is harder to stop, punishment for unrequited love, uttering threats
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More Pain, More Gain?
We’ve all heard the expression “no pain, no gain”. This is especially thrown around by weightlifters who like a little pain with their workouts as it usually means they will gain some muscle when their body can repair things. But … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged childbirth, emotional intelligence, epidural, James Bond, minor superhero, no pain no gain, oldest are usually wiser, oldest have encountered more pain on average, painkillers, PTSD, PTSD means little gain for pain, S & M, spies risk torture, takes a bit of pain to increase muscle mass, weightlifters, women usually have a larger bond with child
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Tan and Other Racial Things I Didn’t Know Were Racial
It just came to me the other day that the colour tan is racial. I just thought it meant light brown as a colour. It never occurred to me that this name had anything to do with the concept of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged are spellcheckers racist?, band-aids, band-aids are tan usuallu, band-aids should be different like stamps, camel, camels can have one or two humps, chewed down, collectible band-aids, ethnic slurs, Gary Larson, gypped, I now knowingly avoid these words, Indian giver, racial, racist, soft peach, tan, tan to a brown person would be dark brown, the Far Side, welshed, Wildlife Preserves
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