December 2011
Courtesy of the University of Newcastle:
The more creative a person is, the more sexual partners they are likely to have, according to a pioneering study which could explain the behaviour of notorious womanisers such as poets Lord Byron and Dylan Thomas.
The research, by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Open University in the UK, found that professional artists and poets have...
“David took his men with him and went out and killed two hundred Philistines and...”
– 1 Samuel 18:27
“The bands and songs people remember most clearly and fondly in middle age are...”
– Rob Brooks
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“The Einstein Theory of Relativity” is a silent animated film made in 1923 that tried to explain Einstein’s work to the general public.
The Psychedelic Secrets of Santa Claus →
Although most people see Christmas as a Christian holiday, many of the symbols and icons we associate with Christmas celebrations are actually derived from the shamanistic traditions of the tribal peoples of pre-Christian Northern Europe.
The sacred mushroom of these people was the red and white amanita muscaria mushroom, also known as “fly agaric.” These mushrooms are now commonly...
“When someone says another person is “Cary Grant-esque,” you know...”
– Anne Petersen
Courtesy of the San Diego Union Tribune:
Chinese media have reported that the country [North Korea] even developed its own scoring system [for basketball], with three points for a dunk, four points for a three-pointer that does not touch the rim and eight points for a basket scored in the final three seconds. Miss a free throw, and it’s minus one.
Say what you want, I would watch...
“You are not who you think you are. You are who you fear you are.”
– Susannah Breslin
TubeGnosis →
TubeGnosis has a fantastic collection of esoteric videos, featuring Aleister Crowley, Timothy Leary, Robert Anton Wilson, Carlos Castaneda, Jacques Vallee, Ram Dass, Alan Watts, William Burroughs, J.G. Ballard, Kenneth Anger, Terence McKenna, Robert Crumb, and many more psychonauts and mutants.
Courtesy of Modeled Behavior:
However, imagine the choice of a poor teenage girl deciding whether or not to have unprotected sex and possibly become pregnant, or to study hard, make good grades and stay in school.
Forget the unprotected sex itself, which we almost all find enticing.
The key is the pregnancy. For a 16 year-old girl regular unprotected sex will result in a full term...
Sarcastic Font Usage Guide
Tips
Use to your own natural level of sarcasm. (note that a sharp rise in the use of sarcasm may change one’s circle of friends)
Unless you’re writing a long sarcastic rant, it’s most effective to highlight a phrase or two in a sarcastic font than to write an entire note in it.
Bold a sarcastic font for really sarcastic comments.
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“I believe these words came from the Pokémon movie. ‘Life can be a...”
– Herman Cain
“You know what they say, give a man a gun and he can rob a bank, give a man a...”
– @Bonoboism
