Friday Ephemera (663)
Crabs give pedicure. || Deaf man and his cat. || Not quite what I imagined. || Calling International Rescue. || The calculator drawer. || Random Street Views. || City living scenes. || A.I. attempts to make sign-language manual. (h/t, Dicentra) || At last, music generated from text. || Smart slime and throbbing bloblets. || Bruising of the soft tissue. || You had one bloody job. || But only when it rains. || Back passage of note. (h/t, Damian) || Ancient Earth Globe. || Theirs is considerably bigger than yours. || Gently does it. || A decision was made. || Thriller, Indian version. || Chain reaction. || ChronoPhoto, a photographical history game. (h/t, Things) || Coffee can do anything. || And finally, don’t worry, it’s a weight-saving measure.
If it weren’t for hoax racism, we’d hardly have racism at all.
My conclusion: Doing business with black people is risky. Even when they have degrees and dress well. The fact that the professors specialize in “racism studies” should be a very large red flag.
Frankly, I think the appraiser should have asked for much more than $250,000 in damages. A few million would be appropriate.
As Mr Swen Swensonson over there observes, if it’s bigotry to suggest that these people can’t be expected to behave like civilised human beings, what is it when they tell us that themselves?
Standards of civility: perhaps these people should go to Japan, where politeness and professionalism are everywhere–no white people in sight and no one being subjugated (well, except for some korean guest workers). A lack of professionalism gives you things and organizations that don’t work.