“In a normal year, this could be a campaign-ending event,” people (mostly in the media) have said as Trump has re-Tweeted neo-Nazis, lied about his charitable donations, casually suggested pulling out of NATO, and most recently (as of this writing) asked a hostile foreign power to spy on us to benefit his campaign. (Editor’s note:…
Your Beard Is Full Of Bacteria But So Is Everything Else
Apparently today’s science news is that men’s beards are gross and full of poop. I guess I’ll skip straight to the good news for beard fans, which is that you can safely ignore everything about this news story. I mean, if a beard is stinky, then definitely wash it; that’s sort of obvious, yeah? But…
When Good Science Turns Into Bad Reporting
Sometimes you’ll see something that’s easily identified as straight-up bullshit, like celebrities talking about which herbs to take to protect against solar radiation when flying, or just about anything whatsoever from the naturalnews.com Facebook page. (No, we are not linking to that. Do not go to there.) But other times you’ll see articles that are…
Here Is Your Semi-Scientific Proof That Everyone Hates Comic Sans
Extreme font neepery is one of those hobbies that I’ve never gotten into. I mean, I have my preferences: I like serif fonts over sans serif fonts and I think anyone over the age of fifteen who uses Comic Sans for anything should question their life choices, but I am not someone who reads the…
Six Terrific Strategy Games You Should Be Playing Instead of Monopoly
Do you like board games? If so, you should keep reading because it’s always validating to see people recommend the stuff you like, and I’m probably about to do that. Did you like board games as a kid, but quit playing at some point because you realized that Clue was just an exercise in the…
Facebook Is Making Your Sad Life Even Sadder
So, we’ve known for a while that Facebook makes people more depressed. The researchers back in 2013 controlled for pre-existing loneliness and were pretty confident that they were finding cause and effect, and not just that depressed people spend more time surfing Facebook. A just-published study on social networking tested one hypothesis for why. Social…
Super Bowl Commercials 2017: The Good, The Bad, And The Creepy
It is weird how the possibility of impending fascism and the ever-present messages of resistance make everything seem political. Like the Super Bowl, the Super Bowl halftime show, and the Super Bowl commercials. Mind you, messages like “Americans: we are nice people who don’t endorse bullying” are not viewed as political any other year and…
Wizards Of The Tribe: Jewish Representation In ‘Fantastic Beasts’
HOLY SHIT, PEOPLE, THERE ARE THREE JEWISH CHARACTERS IN THAT FANTASTIC BEASTS MOVIE. I came out of the movie confident that Tina and Queenie were Jewish because GOLDSTEIN (obviously anyone with the last name Goldstein is supposed to be Jewish) but less certain about Jacob Kowalski, despite the final scene’s establishing shot on Orchard Street,…
Armchair Quarterbacking the Super Bowl Commercials
So first off, I just have to say, this was a dud year. There were a shocking number of ads that were completely boring, including the very first ad, which was so dull my notes just say, “boring beer ad.” When I sat down to write this I looked up the ad and failed to…
Daughters Care For Elderly Parents Much More Than Sons
There’s an old saying: “A son is a son till he takes a wife. A daughter’s a daughter all her life.” My mother had a variant on that, noting that the thing that made her bitter about taking care of her own mother was that she had worked so hard to free herself from the…
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