For over a decade now, the home for urban legend debunking on the web has been Snopes.com, a personal website run by Barbara and David Mikkelson.
While much of its initial incarnation focused on debunking the oldest of the old—”escaped serial…
Archive for the tag 'stupidity'
Oct 27 2008
Sam Vaknin is still an idiot
You’ll pardon my bluntness in the title, but I find it concise and to the point.
My entry “Sam Vaknin’s Self-Love” remains one of my most popular entries, and continues to attract a dialog/argument between refugees from various fora and user…
Oct 22 2008
In defense of open models
Andrew Keen has no idea how open models work.
In his latest article, he pontificates that the recent economic downturn is a death knell for community-supported or community-built programs/sites/&c.
So how will today’s brutal economic climate change the Web 2.0 “free” economy?…
Jul 31 2008
Breaking news: China censors
Even when they lied to your face about having clean air and unfettered internet access for journalists, did you really think they were being forthright with you?
The International Olympic Committee failed to press China to allow fully unfettered access to the…
Apr 11 2008
Parents Fight Over Which Gang Toddler Should Join
I really wish this was an article from The Onion…. but no, it’s not.
On Saturday, Joseph Manzanares stormed into the Hollywood Video store where his girlfriend worked, threatened to kill her and knocked over several video displays and even a…
Feb 16 2008
The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown- Publisher: Anchor
- Year: 2006
- Pages: 496
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The Da Vinci Code has been making headlines ever since it inexplicably crept up the best-seller list. It’s a controversial book, which does nothing…
Jan 13 2008
These people scare me
Somebody apparently keeps a dynamic list of choice quotes from batshit-crazy religious nuts from forums across the globe. Some are worse than others.
My favorite? The flat-earther:
What is called ‘Science’ today and ’scientists’ consist of the same old gang of witch…