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Stephen Colbert is physically altering your brain: The point I find interesting is the inoculation bit. It’s essentially making a good first impression in reverse. Joking negatively about an opposing idea effectively makes you assume those negative t…

You know, one of the main problems I have with the internet is that the Long Tail effect isn’t just a marketing model. It also applies to people with their panties in a wad. 
At any given moment there’s a statistically significant population of ot…

Homework from fourth grade. I still think these are good answers. Pretty much phoned in number 3. Note that I was learning political correctness on that. I remember thinking that it might be bad to make a fat joke. Now, of course, my main consideration is whether or not it’s funny. Also note that my [...]

nickholmes:

Prime HMO
Update: @andrewjnewman, defender of the near universe, pointed out this is Voltron.
Moral: Geeks remain virgins for a long time.
(Seriously though, thanks Andrew).

My initial delight at finally having a successful machine transcription was slightly lessened and then increased by the actual translation. I encourage you to hit the CC button and turn on English subtitles.

I don’t want to talk a lot about politics, because it’s so fraught with emotion. I realize that representing the public is a fool’s job, cause you’re going to be an asshole to someone. I also realize that people both want to do good and want to get their desires met, simultaneously. Politicians have a [...]

Switched on Bach I discovered a dub of this, back in about ’88 or so. It was the opposite side of a cassette that had songs from Fiddler on the Roof, the song Popcorn, and a few others. But side B had Switched on Bach and it was the bomb! It has everything I am [...]