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Category Archives: Social Science
Canada: Cheated Into Conserving in the Seventies
If you think the conservation nazis are tough these days, you must admit that they are at least trying to be honest. Previously they got their way by cheating the public in 1970s Canada. You probably have not heard even … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Mathematics, Social Science
Tagged 20 degrees Celsius, 70 degrees Fahrenheit, air conditioning, air conditioning destroyed the conservation gains, Canada, conservation, conservation conspiracy, conservation nazis, ecopigs, heating, massive conservation effort in seventies - lowering heating by 1 degree Celsius, math phobes, rampant consumerism, room temperature, room temperature should be 21 degrees Celsius, the 1970s, the metric system
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The Personality of Graphers
Most people will interpolate graphs. Interpolating is an educated guess saying that, with uniform points on either side, you can assume points in the middle follow the same shape which is sometimes a straight line. For instance the grid like … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Mathematics, Social Science
Tagged big risk takers, big risk takers are fun to watch, big risk takers get called legends if they live long enough, Bloor St., extrapolate, extrapolating is an educated guess about the extremes, graphs, interpolate, interpolating is an educated guess of what's in the middle, Keele Street, light risk takers, Steeles Ave., the blindfolded graphers are big risk takers, the cautious, those who balloon around the world, those who extrapolate are light risk takers, those who interpolate are fairly cautious, those who invest everything on penny stocks, those who sneak up on stingrays, Toronto, York University
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The Cultural Appropriation of the West
Much has been made about the developed world (otherwise known as the west) and its cultural appropriation of the developing world and other disenfranchised groups. But cultural appropriation swings both ways so I’d like to point out the cultural appropriation … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Music, Social Science
Tagged 1950s cars, 1950s cigars, 1950s medical care, Asia, Beijing's smog, Beyonce, Britain's smog, Coldplay, Cuba, cultural appropriation, Dubai, respiratory illnesses, Rihanna, small c conservatives, tallest building in the world, the developed world, the Eiffel tower, the industrial revolution, the pyramids, the west
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I’m a Nerd
I’m a nerd, that’s the word, That says I’m smart you turd, Your insult now is blurred, This is the same as saying honky, I’d have said right up your donkey, That’s your ass, sasafrass, When you have power you … Continue reading
Assigning IQs to Freud and Jung
Psychology has taken to assigning IQs to people who have never taken IQ tests. Einstein only garners an IQ of 160, thus we have to put up with an article every week that declares a kid “smarter than Einstein”. Who … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Pseudo Science, Science, Social Science
Tagged according to me Freud's IQ is about 33, according to me Jung has an IQ of 14, Carl Jung, Einstein has been said to only have an IQ of 160, Einstein never took an IQ test, Freud obsessed with sex, Freud's greatest work may be The Interpretation of Dreams, Intelligence Quotient, IQ, IQ is mental age over real age times 100, Jung was best known for his archetypes, psychology, Sigmund Freud
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Cats = Love
Some of you are taken aback that I made this equation knowing full well that cats are carnivores. Well, it gets even worse. I have actually seen cats playing the cat and mouse game. Well the cat is playing. It … Continue reading
Posted in Pets, Social Science, Writing
Tagged cat and mouse game, cat toys, cats, cats can only play for ten minutes, cats have speed, cats knead when settling down, cats show love by kneading with their claws, dogs have endurance, is a cat kneading or clawing when it pounces?, kittens breast feeding, Lennie, love, Of Mice and Men, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry, To a Mouse
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Never Trust Anyone Under 30
Do you remember that old refrain, “Never trust anyone over 30”. Maybe you don’t but I’ll bet all baby boomers and some gen Xers (like me) certainly do. This is the credo that brought drug culture to a very large … Continue reading
My Kitty Wants to Bust Open the Bank to Feed Her Drug Habit
I have had the hardest time finding a normal toy for my cat, Bast, to play with. I have tried toys on springs, toys on elastics, colourful toys, toys designed to make noise, toys that roll or otherwise move easily … Continue reading
Posted in Pets, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged catnip, cats, envelope ends, rechargeable toy, self play, string, torture, toys, uses for junk mail, velcro
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Father’s Day – the Longest Day of the Year*
This year, Father’s Day is actually the longest day of the year. But that’s not exactly what I meant. Perhaps if “Father’s Day” is said with an eye roll, then some people might get the title. And if “- The … Continue reading