May 2009
5 posts
Why you pirate music
Because you don’t want to pay more than you feel its worth. Because it is faster, easier, and less antagonizing to steal than deal (with DRM). But not because it’s sitting there. Evidence emerging claims that the Long Tail theory, which states you’ll seek out rarer items in the face of a large volume, does not apply to pirated music. Hit music is as popular to pirates as it...
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Shocking development! Parents are responsible for...
A couple days ago, I said that the recent preteen suicides were the parents’ fault. Recently, a research study adds ammunition to that notion.
The UK study focused on mothers, but I’m positive the effect applies to fathers as well. The findings were as such: when a mother explains the emotional state of other people to their young children, those children grow up with more...
Child suicide is parental failure
Another 11 year old commits suicide because of bullying. Yet another mother goes on television to blame the school. And now that mother is suing the school; her lawyer calling for the resignation of school staff. Because that will fix the real problem: children not taught to deal with life. Confucius said it best, “Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation...
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Ashton Kutcher fulfills destiny of being a...
NOTE: On the original blog, this post made it onto CNN as in the Pingback section and excrement hit a blade-based rotary device. To prevent further confusion, I’m going to distill my point in the following discourse:
Man: I’ve kidnapped you and your two children and bound them securely. In my hand, a container of mosquitoes that have fed off of people infected with HIV and...
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You Might Be A Bad Parent If...
The FCC want to ban words like fuck, shit, and crap from American television entirely. Right now there is a time after which you can use blue language. But when someone doesn’t like a word enough to take it to the Supreme Court, they don’t sit back satisfied because television writers can’t use foul language before old people have dinner—or whatever deadline actually...