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Category Archives: Social Science
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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Yellow Teeth
It’s really hard to avoid getting yellowish teeth. Many things can turn your teeth yellow. There are the obvious culprits like drinking coffee and tea. Even herbal teas can turn your teeth yellow. Smoking cigarettes or marijuana can play this … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Science, Social Science
Tagged aging, bleaching, bleaching teeth is a billion dollar industry, coffee and tea, culture idolizes youth, drinking establishments, lottery tickets, make sure young stars have yellow teeth, many things cause yellow teeth, prizing yellow teeth, renting a car, scratch and wins, smoking cigarettes and marijuana, wear, white and red wine, whitening, yellow teeth, yellowing agents, young people could pay for yellowing their teeth, youth want to be of age
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Red Liquid
Recently I saw something so shocking, so surprising, so mortifying that I’m not even sure if I have healed to this very day. But I will try to get this out to the rest of the public to see what … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Social Science, Sports
Tagged blood, blue blood, blue liquid, blue maple leafs are a crime against nature, girls in puberty, if you take the red out of canada's flag all you have is the surrender flag, men don't need tampons?, mothers, prepubescent girls, princess, queen, red liquid, red wine, royalty, sloshed, tampon commercials, tampons, Toronto Maple Leafs
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Squirrelly
The definition of squirrelly has long been odd, eccentric, crazed or jumpy. This of course is due to the squirrel’s behaviour. They jump at every slight movement of something else. Yet, still they keep up all the things they do, … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged 25% of caches might be raided, 3 000 caches, battery, beryllium, burning Hindenburg, crazed, favourite berry, feat of memory, floating balloon, giant cache would be raided, helium, hydrogen, if squirrels could talk they would be banned from casinos, jumpy, lithium, mental athletes, mnemonic, periodic table, scatter caches, squirrel, squirrel's behaviour, squirrelly, storing food for winter, the memory palace
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