Why Don’t People Ever Write Back to Me
All I want to do is take advantage of the great unsolicited offers that are emailed to me.
Skepchick Quickies 5.16
Jen got called in to perform emergency neurosurgery this morning, so I’m filling in for her. I cannot disclose anymore details, because despite that her non-medical-professional status means she’s not bound by privacy laws, her silence is bound by secret society of superhuman honor code. Anyway, quickies:
Someday Buying a Vibrator Will Be as Boring as Buying an iPod, but using them will never be… until I can install my grocery app onto it.
Vicar thought gays shouldn’t get married, so when they die, they shouldn’t get buried either. Because gay is a choice and dying is… what?! (sent in by Rei Malebario)
In the role playing game known as The Real World, “Straight White Male” is the lowest difficulty setting there is. (sent in by everyone everywhere)
Men don’t get objectified, too. So you cant stop saying that now: People See Sexy Pictures of Women as Objects, Not People; Sexy-Looking Men as People (sent in by Anne Sauer)
Compassionate Skepticism: ”The bottom line is, scientific knowledge and thinking come loaded with awesome responsibility. Critical thinking can serve as a weapon to staunchly defend prior notions in the hands of the intellectually disingenuous. It can also be a source of arrogant superiority if you let it.”
AI: Stop doing that!
I feel like I spend half my online life clicking “unsubscribe” from people on Facebook. It’s annoying that Facebook automatically subscribes you to people you’re friends with and even more annoying that they even default you to opt-in on annoying people. But worst of all, Facebook thinks the annoying people are the ones I’m most interested in, so all their annoying-people updates flood my feed.
How do you know if you’re annoying? If you post a lot of images you think are really funny, that’s a red flag. If a lot of those images are completely text, then this is your intervention. Stop doing that.
Other things people need to stop doing:
Skepchick Quickies 5.15
- All-girl team wins science competition with ingenious pasteurization contraption – The team developed their invention to be used by Nicaraguan women to pasteurize their milk.
- Edwina Rogers – Greta Christina on the new executive director of the Secular Coalition for America: “But the problem isn’t just her denial of the political reality of the Republican Party. The problem is also with the way she denied it.”
- Dangers of chiropractic under reported, study finds – Edzard Ernst lead the study.
- Clementine Churchill eloquently pwns a sexist dude – In response to a article about how women should be kept away from all politics, Clementine Churchill responds with the logical continuation of that line of thought. “Ought women not to be abolished altogether?” From Ron.
Review: God Bless America
God Bless America is the latest film from Bobcat Goldthwait, ’80s star and present day indie filmmaker. I saw World’s Greatest Dad last year and mostly enjoyed it, and I’ve really been enjoying Goldthwait’s interviews on shows like Comedy Bang Bang, so I was looking forward to seeing his latest. (It’s in a limited number of theaters this week but it’s already available On Demand, which is how I saw it.) Minor spoilers follow but honestly there’s not much to spoil as the whole film is one-note, and it’s the note you can see in the trailer:
The Most Interesting Monster in The World
Originally posted on Mad Art Lab.
You guys!
I am so excited about this fun little project!
My main squeeze, Mr Surly Johnny Skaare helped me edit and produce a mockumercial for Death by Puppets based around one of skepticism’s most beloved creatures and pop culture’s favorite beers. It was SO fun to do!
Scott Sigler did the announcer voice over. My mother, Charlene Roth and my pal, Charles Pillsbury helped make puppets. Our very own Treelobster-Steve wrote the script. I did the filming, some puppeteering and all the artsy set design. Johnny is the voice of Chupacabra.
Now, let the good times roll!
I present to you, The Most Interesting Monster in the World:
ICYMI: May 6-May 12 on the Skepchick Network
Helloooooo! Pull yourself out of bed, sleepy! It’s time to catch up on what happened last week on the Skepchick Network. Did you know that you are legally obligated to read all of these highlights before you get on with your day? It’s true.* Trust me. I’m a lawyer.
*It’s not true. But you should do it anyway.
Skepchick Quickies, 5.14
- GeekMom takes Mayim Bialik to task over her anti-vaccination stance.
- Could an IUD be the best emergency contraceptive around?
- How seriously male critics took Black Widow’s role in The Avengers.
- “It’s just a boner joke. Lighten up.” Men in tech.
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