Category : People Are Special

Psychology of Comparing Yourself to Others

Posted on: 9 March 2009 /
Categories: Other, People Are Special

When I was on my mission in post-reunification East Germany, one of the most striking realizations that I had was that there were A LOT of very average people who actually felt worse off since being joined to West Germany than they had previously. The reason, I figured out, was that even though they now

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Morality Grid

Posted on: 8 March 2009 /
Categories: Fascism, People Are Special, Religion

Somehow I think this is useful to consider:   So I dunno. I think *most people* would say that the columns don’t matter nearly as much as the lines. They’d rather a positive outcome from a bad intent than a negative outcome from a good intent. In theory, I think most people would agree to

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Please Stop Remembering 9/11

Posted on: 11 September 2008 /
Categories: Fascism, People Are Special, War

I got to work this morning, saw that the flag was at half-mast, realized why it was at half-mast, then had to check myself to avoid vomiting. The people that died in those attacks was one of the lesser tragedies of that day (and the number of deaths, as I’ve detailed sort of inadvertently in

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How Many Things Can You Find Wrong with This Article?

Posted on: 7 March 2008 /
Categories: Media, People Are Special

Teed-off pro golfer who killed hawk in Orlando area apologizes Here are the problems I found (from top of the article to bottom): That being convicted of “killing a migratory bird” is punishable by up to a year in prison. The quote: “It’s just senseless when people kill wildlife when they are doing nothing but

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If I’m Ever Fortunate Enough to Own an Elk, I Hope It’s as Despicable as I Am

Posted on: 19 December 2007 /
Categories: People Are Special

Although I’ve heard it said that no one truly owns an elk, so much as the elk owns them. Found this in the comments of an LA Times blogicle regarding Ron Paul’s polling numbers: You publication must be purposely censoring post. I put in the right code and my comment was not spam. You and

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Some Blogger/Columnist Loses Faith in Romney after 60 Minutes Appearance

Posted on: 14 May 2007 /
Categories: People Are Special

http://www.swnewsherald.com/online_content/2007/05/051407rh_romney.php Dude, all you’re really saying is that you hadn’t been following Romney’s campaign. The only thing that changed Sunday was that you watched a TV show where they talked about everything that everyone who already knows anything about his campaign already knows. How can you feel like this was a revelation to you? I

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Half-Mast? Still? Perspective? Anyone?

Posted on: 22 April 2007 /
Categories: Media, People Are Special

Seriously, half-mast? Here’s a list of causes of death from 2001. I posted this a year or so ago with the hope that somewhere out there someone in world might seize a sense of perspective (this was originally aimed at those who feel all the post-9/11 crap has been wise and worthwhile). So, let me

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