The Keffiyah, Pal-Chilean and Pop Star-Politician Farce
Claims of Palestinian thobs and jillayehs undermine distinct Arab cultures for pan-Arabism. These claims amount to, “Well, actually, the warring Arab tribes all identified as Palestinians! [citaiton nonexistent]”
On Joke Theft
Comedy is delicate. So we ignore that everyone has retold someone else’s joke.
Repost: Anders Corr, "China’s Genocide in Tibet"
Repost: Slate Star Codex (Scott Alexander), "Black People Less Likely"
The eight points above add up to a likelihood that black people will probably be underrepresented in a lot of weird subculturey nonconformist things. This is not a firm law – black people will be overrepresented in a few weird subculturey nonconformist things that are an especially good fit for their culture – but overall I think the rule holds. And that’s a big problem.
Bad Questions 1: "Are you pregnant?"
Digging deeper down this rabbit hole — and by that I mean, more results on Google — brought up more of the same. “Never, EVER ask” and “you should never ask a woman when her baby is due unless you’re her gynecologist or you’re pretty sure you’re the baby in question’s father.” I read…
Repost: William Brooks, "Does ‘the West’ Still Exist?"
On a more nitpicky, “who cares?’ level, the so-called West is now associated with New Zealand, Japan, Israel and other countries that are East on a traditional, Euro/US-centric map. This West/East division perpetuates that these maps are more accurate than others. West is a cardinal…
In Defense of Filming Crime
So I say we should be ashamed of the crime rates and apartheid of St. Louis, where this man managed to murder and walk the streets for hours. We should be more ashamed of the media that pushes this content on us. And we should be even more ashamed of the social media that prioritizes clicks over mental health, wanting us to see content we explicitly do not want to see, just because it gets a reaction. We should never shame the bystandards of horror for their natural reactions. After all, most of us would do the same.
Repost: Eric Schmidt, "Why Technology Will Define the Future of Geopolitics"
If necessity is the mother of invention, war is the midwife of innovation.
Citation Needed
Citations at the end are the, “OH! NOW I GET IT!" of writing.