Why can’t we officially learn about sex the same way we officially learn about everything else? Through research and experience and being taught?
Continue reading “Perhaps this is why there’s an Internet?”Pressure Direction
I think the phrase “hair-trigger” is funny. Not because hair-triggers are funny, but because of what it suggests about the person (when it is applied to a person, that is — when it is applied to a machine, my thinking is “crappy calibration” [which might still be appropriate to people, now that I think about it]).
Continue reading “Pressure Direction”The thickness of the lines on the ruler
I think it’s always worth remembering that precision is not the same as accuracy.
Continue reading “The thickness of the lines on the ruler”The Uncanny Valley
I’ve been thinking about the Uncanny Valley. In case you’re not familiar with it, see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
Continue reading “The Uncanny Valley”The Fantastic Four Agreements: a superhero social overhaul
We all know who the Fantastic Four is — movies notwithstanding. A team. A family. And just plain super. But what makes them as great as they are? What makes them the Fantastic Four?
Continue reading “The Fantastic Four Agreements: a superhero social overhaul”Cart, horse, whatever
People who find cruelty at all acceptable become adept at fabricating rationales behind exercising it.
Rubber Fails
Oh god, there was rubber everywhere!
Revelations 0_0
I’ve seen a number of movies — as I’m sure you have as well — where the final end sequence is a revelation. The final act, the master-stroke against the Bad Guy by the Good Guy is that the Good Guy manages to reveal to the world just what a complete asshole the Bad Guy was.
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