Amy and I were watching some TV this weekend. To be more accurate we watch the entire 9 hours of Star Wars prequels, movies which she had sort of seen but didn’t really remember. I should mention that this was her idea even. Seriously, how cool is that? Anyway, we were watching TV, and with TV comes commercials. It really is quite terrible how so many commercials rely on bad stereotypes. Watch a couple hours of TV and you are almost certain to see multiple examples of women who are seemingly completely focused on making the lives of men miserable. You will see examples of husbands lying to their wives to get out of the house, or wives treating their husband like idiots.
This actually ties into a much larger trend these days. In the name of feminism and comedy, culture has to a large extint turned men into villians. Where TV used to have shows like Leave it To Beaver or Andy Griffith or even Fully House or Family Matter which were both funny and entertaining, now we have King of Queens or The Simpsons. Gone are the idea that men can be intelligent, wise or an authority figure in homes, now they are being show as stupid, ignorant, self-seeking, and clueless.
Editor’s Note: I actually wrote the above two weeks ago, and then forgot to publish it. Well, today I found out I am not alone in my feelings here.
Despite having been there several times, I had no idea that Morder could be reached from the London Underground. Mind the Nazgul.
Are you bored, want to see a neat and just a little trippy optical illusion, and most importantly are you free of photosenstive epilepsy, then try this on for size.
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The Lexicographer’s Rules writes about the practice of people purposefully mispronouncing words. As far as I know, this is very much and English (as in language) thing, or possibly even just American. While its possibly that I do this from time to time, I can’t really thing of any that I do on purpose. I do know there are a lot of times that this really gets on my nerves. Words that fall in this category make up a large portion of the hypothetical words-that-I-don’t-like list. Examples include: preggo, compooter, and fo’ sho’.
What other examples do people know of? What do you hate, or dare I say like or use? Feel free to comment.
I was interested to learn that there has been a major change in opinions from American doctors as a whole on the issue of the US adopting a national healthcare system like those in most other countries. New polls are showing 59% of doctors in favor, while 39% oppose.
I am really loving the new design for the UK coin money. I wish we had this much design going into our money, even though I really don’t actually use real physical money much any more. Via kottke.org
An interesting summary of middle eastern knowledge that I dare say, everyone in todays environment should know, but most, myself included, probably don’t.
I know this review is coming something like 7 years late, but last night I watched the remake of Planet of the Apes. It really was terrible. The apes really don’t look much better. The acting is terrible. And the normal humans talk. They Talk! And they finish it off with a surprise ending that isn’t a surprise. Blah. Why must we continually remake classic movies, only a little bit shinier, and a whole lot worse.