Category: Culture
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Super-interesting Article on “Political Correctness”
My thing about “political correctness” is that it’s not a constraint on free speech at all. It’s simply acting civilized. When somebody who is a particular thing asks you to refer to them a certain way, that’s just being civilized to accommodate them. When people say “I hate all this political correctness”, I like to…
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Hah!
This made me laugh hard! “Finger-likin’ Bad”!
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The 1454th Prairie Home Companion
Went with the wife and some of her friends. Garrison is kind of amazing.
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Interesting discovery
We found this old newspaper crammed in the wall of the kitchen, probably as insulation. It’s from 1936, which is interesting to see all the cigarette ads … Also, it’s clear that today that dude wouldn’t be arrested unless he was black … 🙁
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Worth Every One of the 15 Minutes
https://youtu.be/lL8JEEt2RxI
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I need to shut up and get out.
Via AHTBM
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I need better friends …
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And here comes the latest sexist float in the tech parade
Barbie F*cks It Up Again
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A little economics lesson
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Socializing
So, I went to a conference this week. Turned out to be a really great one, but the way to ask questions was to tweet them to a hashtag. I didn’t have a Twitter account. Wasn’t sure I wanted to. But I did want to ask questions. I did (and still do) think that I’ve got enough internet…