of oreos and douchebags

i've already tried talking to you about many of these articles and then i realized i hadn't posted them yet!
so here goes.

I don't see how this is an ad for the ACA

there is something wrong when a kid works this hard and is this good despite his tough background and his dream is to go to Gardner Webb University. It does seem that Asians tend to do better than other minorities because asian parents work their butts off for their kids so their kids just focus on education and can succeed. In this story, the mother - well I mean it's unlikely that she can do a good job supporting him by herself. That's difficult. But that puts a huge burden on the child to support himself and do well acadmically. So the only people who can get out of the situation are kids like this guy, who have tremendous will power, hard work and skill.

bright lights, big hearts, can't lose

I definitely thought of that article about how liberals argue today. a guy making assertions is no more right than another guy making assertions. i won't quote the stupid article but that new book from Susan Patton is coming out - the woman from Princeton who says to spend your time looking for a mate. I think the person thought (and maybe this is true but she didn't say so in the article) that patton argued that you have to look for a husband because he's going to be the one to support you financially. the author stated that after her failed marriage she had to support herself so it was good to get an education. i don't think patton said not to get an education. and frankly, the women she's addressing are at princeton so even if the girls learned nothing at all, they would still have that on their resume. so the article is just stating something completely irrelevant to Ms. Patton's points (and she has a number of pretty controversial points so why debate one she didn't even make? like, "consider getting plastic surgery before college to improve your social status" for instance).

going to watch this later

yay D.C.!

this probably makes it less appetizing but more interesting.

did you read the article in the economist about how climate change seems to be slowing and how environmentalists overexplained it twice over? apparently they can explain away anything but aren't good at predicting things.

responses!
1. that was very sad i think. i thought this was posted as a response to my article above until i realized i hadn't posted this yet. =P although it reminded me of all those articles that said it was judge-y to say that two-parent households do better or that encouraging marriage is like forcing a woman to stay with her abuser. i don't actually understand how my family could have survived with only 1 parent.

2. i knew she was controversial. or controversial in that some people didn't think she had the right face for high fashion, though i'm sure all models have detractors like that. it's just that most models are already established in high fashion when the detractors come and aren't famous, like kate upton is.

3. i didn't know le diplomate was so popular but i can understand it. it really does look like disneyland.

4. well i think we've talked about the problems with "awareness" but it's nice that she's using the facebook page for a good cause. as for the fit mom, i mean, she asked what their excuses were and everyone was giving her plenty of excuses. i mean i'd look at her and i'd say, i'm lazy, and i'd be ok with myself for that. i wouldn't feel the need to attack her.

i guess that's the heart of the problem - someone says or does something you don't like - why do people feel the need to attack them? when did this come about? we used to bully people because of what they looked like.

5. i have to ponder this.

6. bears should stay in bed!

10. is it that bear mask pictured? i didn't know bears could be so terrifying.

r2r
3. did you try the chocolate with sounds experiment?

also arthur chu lost in jeopardy.