Earlier a coworker said she had been considering the name “Pearl” for her daughter, “but,” she said, “that’s the name of the daughter in…” and we both said “the scarlet letter” as my other coworker said “spongebob.”
We went from “what good are the humanities?” to “suddenly, no one can read” in about a year, and it's no coincidence that we're suddenly awash in misinformation and lack of critical thinking. This is WHY we need the humanities. This is what they prevent.
I’m obsessed with the idea that the Turkish shooting board is too lazy to run local civil tournaments so they just decided to enroll an assassin and call it a day. Saved them the cash and won them the medals
I forget that many of the people who created computers and the internet are still alive. You could literally go talk to them. It wasn’t that long ago. And yet computers and the internet have existed my entire life.
My 6yo son has been talking about needing to do his hair nice and be cute for school so he can “attract females.” I was terrified he got exposed to some alpha male shit. You know what it was?
Fucking Animal Planet.
He is learning to flirt from BIRD documentaries.