Anthropological Snippets
Three items presented for your betterment:
First up, “Kids and kink can coexist at Pride in a totally fine way,” we’re told.
You see, exhibitionist displays of fetishes – say, transvestism, sadomasochism, nipple clamps and cock rings – constitute a “justice space” and “kids and youth voices are vital to justice movements.” “Kids,” we learn, “are a vulnerable and marginalised group” and must therefore – yes, therefore – be exposed to narcissistic psychodrama and the penises of creepy, damaged men.
It’s all about those “intersecting identities and oppressions.”
This second item reminds us, inadvertently, of two fairly obvious options. You could, of course, regurgitate pseudo-scholarly prattle in a condescending tone, complete with facial theatre. Or you could just, you know, dial back on the carbs and sugar, and thereby live longer without the serious health problems. Or the mental contortions.
Oh, and somehow, inexcusably, I’ve only today discovered this.
I think it’s safe to say that your cross-cultural interview isn’t going terribly well when the interviewee starts throwing his own faeces at you.
Also, open thread.
told so often that the only reason they don’t have riches is because people are keeping it from them.
If you create a Designated Victim Group and exempt its members from normal proprieties, including expectations of reciprocation, and tell its members that almost any kind of difficulty or failure or personal shortcoming is damning evidence of enemy action, then the result will not be gratitude. A contemptuous sense of entitlement, expressed with increasing boldness, seems more likely.
…and now for something completely different, Japanese sorcery.
“Are you sure this will help sell race tickets?”
Ah, who needs all those right-wing Hatey McBigots anyway?
…and now for something completely different, Japanese sorcery.
“What strange power did these mysterious beings possess?
…and now for something completely different, Japanese sorcery.
@pst314, there’s a story where a US company tells a Japanese company that the US company will accept a certain percentage of defective parts. Supposedly, the first shipment of parts had a sealed bag containing the exact percentage of defective parts with a note indicating that the Japanese company didn’t understand why the US company would want a specific percentage of defective parts but those parts were in a separate bag so they would be easy to identify.
Fake. She just stands there
I figured it was fake when the camera panned down to the bucket o’ crud. What, Michael Moore was holding the smartphone or sumpin?
Japanese sorcery.
Some undergrad friends of mine went on to work for a subway switching control software company after acing the 4th year Real-Time Computing course. The course lab had a very elaborate model train set up with computer-controlled switches. It was at the time considered the single hardest course in undergrad Comp Sci.
That company’s release criterion, by the way, is “no bugs”. Period. Ever. If a bug is found after shipping, the customer’s money is refunded until the bug is verified fixed.
Software quality is possible as long as you make it a real priority.
That company’s release criterion, by the way, is “no bugs”. Period. Ever.
Is it AutoCAD?
[muffled guffaws]
Telephone switching systems used to have a 99.999% uptime requirement. That allows you ~5.25 minutes of downtime every year; if you exceeded that number, you had to file a report to the FCC explaining why you missed that target.
Various medical software (especially embedded software in pacemakers and what not) follow that rule as well.
Retail experience number … … … oh heck, I’ve lost count.
You do understand that the acceptable level of quality for any free market product is determined by the consumer, not the producer, yes?
I figured it was fake when the camera panned down to the bucket o’ crud.
I figured it was just another instance of punks who wanted to record their attacks. That does happen a lot now.
Compost him: “Ubiera has 22 prior arrests, with three felony convictions and 11 misdemeanor convictions.”
David’s new bar snacks supplier.
If the firefighter had been armed he could have shot his attackers. And the world would have been a better place.
David’s new bar snacks supplier.
I’m not sure what was more disturbing the pickled frog or the creamed possum in coon fat gravy below it. Kinda makes camel hump fat look gourmet.
Thin privilege absolutely does exist. And it’s fantastic!
Are you responding to anything in particular? If so, you should provide some context; the little voice in your head can only be heard by yourself, so we are not privy to what it tells you.
Stephanie Richer
That is a fascinating website–I ended up reading every installment about those unfortunate Germans.
She’s “really, really tired” because they won’t jump through her hoops.
Please ignore the flashing red light.
… And you are safe, here, with me.”
*backs away slowly*
*backs away slowly*
Are you not feeling… safe?
“Education.” With stupid smirk.
What a smug [bleep]. What she doesn’t understand is that no one CARES about her ridiculous pronouns, and if she wants education, she might start with English.
I suspect her colleagues cringe when they see her coming.
“Education.” With stupid smirk.
I’ve generally found it best to explain to narcissists quite early on, and quite firmly, that their mental dramas will not be indulged, and that attempts to impose them will be considered an act of hostility. Or wherever possible, to avoid their company altogether. That they seem to be hired as teachers in remarkable numbers, such that preferential selection could conceivably be in play, does not bode well. Not least for any children to whom they’re exposed as a supposedly adult role model.
Are you responding to anything in particular? If so, you should provide some context; the little voice in your head can only be heard by yourself, so we are not privy to what it tells you.
Sorry dickhead. It was inline with several comments in a row regarding the same software quality subject. Darleen’s comment did slip in between mine and you last one. Didn’t think it would be all that hard for a reasonably intelligent person to figure out. Please forgive me for overestimating your intelligence. I will try not to let it happen again.
please ignore the flashing red light
It was the greying 5-day stubble that alerted me.
It was the greying 5-day stubble that alerted me.
“You’re safe with me, child,” said the sinister clown.
*backs away slowly*
*stares in morbid curiosity*
(cough) Bullshit (cough)
It was the greying 5-day stubble that alerted me.
It’s not a look that will wear well as the years go by.
Poking through the TikTok videos by Mr Marsh, our “activist and healer,” there is, I think, an air of psychological brittleness. As if the whole edifice might collapse at any moment.
“I’m Your Mom Now”
“I’m Your Mom Now”
I’m getting a lot of red lights on the board.
By the way, this is me being on holiday. But doing it badly. Don’t worry, I’m working on Friday’s pile of oddments.
I’m not sure what was more disturbing the pickled frog or the creamed possum in coon fat gravy below it.
Glad you noticed that. I long ago learned that there is just as much good material to be found by scrolling down.
…the creamed possum in coon fat gravy below it.
Such foods were a running joke in The Beverly Hillbillies. I liked the jokes, and still smile, but they do fall into that category of jokes that are guilty pleasures, like the one that got Dave Weigel in trouble at the Washington Post. (“Every girl is bi. You just have to figure out if it’s polar or sexual.”) Jokes can be funny even if they only contain a speck of truth–or even if they contain no truth whatsoever as long as they play cleverly with well known stereotypes. (Is it time for another joke about the frog-eating French?)
please ignore the flashing red light
[ Ponders the best ways for society to deal with monsters like him. ]
I liked the jokes, and still smile, but they do fall into that category of jokes that are guilty pleasures…
Jokes are no laughing matter. Educate yourself, do better.
Stephanie: I’ll add my thanks to Pooklord’s. Well worth the time spent in the rabbit hole!
there is, I think, an air of psychological brittleness. As if the whole edifice might collapse at any moment.
That. He’s one bad day away from a police chase.
Jokes are no laughing matter. Educate yourself, do better.
If someone had told me, back in the 1970’s, that English police would be investigating (and arresting!) people for telling jokes, I would have laughed at him. The idea that the land of Britons never will be slaves would criminalize speech was inconceivable.
Such foods were a running joke in The Beverly Hillbillies…
I have read that actual hillbillies liked the show, even though most of the humor was at the expense of such people. I have long wondered why they liked it: Did they not mind the condescending stereotypes? Did they enjoy seeing the “dumb” Hillbillies getting the better of the smart, wealthy Beverly Hills folks? And laugh at how Hollywood reacted to their traditional foods?
He’s one bad day away from a police chase.
It has been known.
It has been known.
“Now serving 14 years in prison for attempted murder.”
Only 14 years. Should be life without parole.
One bullet, center mass, solves the problem.
Just a comment on Native Americans trying to stay “authentic”. In 1600 or so, when colonization of the Americas had been going on for 100 years, in Scotland people lived in huts with dirt floors and brought their animals inside with them (and I don’t mean dogs) at night. Those from England who tried to sell soap got no customers. Would we not think it absurd if Scots still tried to live like that? Those in the British Isles who try to recapture druid beliefs we don’t take seriously. Indians likewise are not really as genuine as they claim, because they grew up with cars and tv and blue jeans. Indians had no beads for decoration until whites brought them. They have never ground corn by hand or made deerskin leggings. If I was an Indian on a reservation I would do everything possible to get away from there.
There are of course, South American Indians and Africans who do in fact live a pretty primitive life. This is not noble and wonderful. It is sad. The woke try whenever they can to keep primitive people primitive (it is “better”).
I have read that actual hillbillies liked the show, even though most of the humor was at the expense of such people.
I’ve mentioned before that Season 1 of The Dukes of Hazzard, despite being produced by Gy Waldron and based on the life of Jerry Rushing, is full of negative stereotypes and nasty jokes at the expense of Southerners generally.
Although I did like the idea of Roscoe actually being the brains behind everything in S1.
You do understand that the acceptable level of quality for any free market product is determined by the consumer, not the producer, yes?
And your thesis is…what, exactly? That this company implemented > S5 levels of QA for shits & giggles rather than because their customers don’t want hundreds of people to die because of a software cockup?
Or is it your thesis that the public transportation sector is completely unregulated by governments, a veritable Wild West with no market externalities whatsoever?
You’re not as smart as you think you are, and take the cactus out of your ass.
The woke try whenever they can to keep primitive people primitive (it is “better”).
They need a Savage Reservation for shits and giggles just like Brave New World.
Indians likewise are not really as genuine as they claim
Our National Post featured recipes from an indigenous “chef” last week. One of his “authentic” recipes was arctic char covered with Montreal Steak Spice. We visited an Indian Reservation a few years back. One of the “authentic” Indian foods served at the snack bar was fry bread. I asked them where their ancestors got the flour from for this traditional food. Blank stares.