Randomly Posting Stuff Cause You Feel Like It

[Angeltoes]

There is no melting pot. I mean, I like you all but I don't want to melt with you.

[A. Spectre]

Not so sure about this

People who curse have a better vocabulary, according to a new study that looked at the theory that people swear only because they don't have the words to express themselves otherwise.

Not true, as it turns out, say U.S. psychologists Kristin Jay and Timothy Jay in the Language Sciences journal.

Cursers tend to understand "nuanced distinctions" in their language, which indicates increased vocabulary overall, the study concluded.

The researchers asked participants to cuss a blue streak, using as many different swear words they could think of in 60 seconds. They were also asked to name off as many animals as they could beginning with a specific letter. The stronger the swearers, the more animals they could name.

"The ability to generate taboo language is not an index of overall language poverty," the researchers concluded.

http://www.torontosun.com/2015/12/14...es-study-finds

*Speaking anecdotally, the occasional "F" bomb when strategically placed in a conversation (in private) can drive home a point being made. You better have a killer vocabulary to pull that off, imo. Let's be honest here though, so many people curse a blue streak with the inability to use other words to convey meaning, or nuance. Workers at restaurants, public buildings are heard cursing on a regular basis, makes me cringe it does.

Shakespeare, "You Scullion! You Rampallian! You Fustalarian! I'll tickle your catastrophe!" Henry lV. Try calling someone a rapscallian sometimes instead of fuckwad. Yes, you will get their attention much faster.

Bottom line though, as much as I would appreciate more civil discord, there probably is no turning back. Swearing in public is here to stay, in front of kids, in the workplace. So......

[Daniela]

I agree with this part.^

[A. Spectre]

Bill Nye, "The Science Guy" boo'd in Texas for saying the moon reflects the sun.




Bill Nye, the harmless children's edu-tainer known as "The Science Guy," managed to offend a select group of adults in Waco, Texas at a presentation, when he suggested that the moon does not emit light, but instead reflects the light of the sun.

As even most elementary-school graduates know, the moon reflects the light of the sun but produces no light of its own.

But don't tell that to the good people of Waco, who were "visibly angered by what some perceived as irreverence," according to the Waco Tribune.

Nye was in town to participate in McLennan Community College's Distinguished Lecture Series. He gave two lectures on such unfunny and adult topics as global warming, Mars exploration, and energy consumption.

But nothing got people as riled as when he brought up Genesis 1:16, which reads: "God made two great lights -- the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars."

The lesser light, he pointed out, is not a light at all, but only a reflector.

At this point, several people in the audience stormed out in fury. One woman yelled "We believe in God!" and left with three children, thus ensuring that people across America would read about the incident and conclude that Waco is as nutty as they'd always suspected.

This story originally appeared in the Waco Tribune, but the newspaper has mysteriously pulled its story from the online version, presumably to avoid further embarrassment.

http://www.thinkatheist.com/profiles...d-in-texas-for

*Looks like a few in the audience have some of the most brilliant minds of the 15th century.

[Angeltoes]

Every woman is wearing a beautiful costume that represents her country except the American who is dressed like a transformer.

[Angeltoes]

[A. Spectre]

Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens....These are a Few of My Favorite Things.

[Orema]

[Orema]

[Angeltoes]

[Angeltoes]

[Angeltoes]

[Angeltoes]

[A. Spectre]

Netflix Just Invented Socks That Pause Your Show If You Doze Off.




Netflix may have revolutionized how we watch TV, but it's not stopping there.

Working again with Pittsburgh-based agency Deeplocal, the streaming company just released another do-it-yourself invention. This time, it's a pair of socks that detect when you've fallen asleep and pause your program so you don't miss out.

How do they work? Allow Netflix to explain:

We've based our sleep detection system on a popular method called actigraphy. An accelerometer detects when you've stopped moving for a prolonged period of time and triggers a signal to your TV that pauses Netflix. When it detects that you've dozed off, an LED light in the cuff of the sock flashes red, warning that the pause signal is about to be sent to your TV. Any motion will stop it from firing.

*A few of the hotels I've stayed in recently has this ability, when the sensors don't show movement for a certain period of time, the heat or the a/c returns to a setting pre-set by the hotel.

Hurry! Someone gets some socks for this sleepy pup! He's going to miss out on the ending of 101 Dalmations!

[Genesis]

[Genesis]

[CherryWine]

If you're the kind of person who prefers inner dialogue to small talk -- or watching "The Breakfast Club" over going to the club -- then you're more than familiar with the daily struggle of being an introvert.

Artist Maureen Wilson, the mastermind behind the series Introvert Doodles, knows just how you feel. She sketches out her trials and triumphs as the "quiet type," turning her daily life into funny comics.





The rest of the comics are at this link.

Totally me through and through.

[Jesse]

[Orema]

[Angeltoes]