Ta-da! You are not a good person, we are very stupid, and there is an ideal place in the world to disappear. Ta-da! If you are good and nice, your office colleagues hate you. Also, Jurassic sex novels, the canary revival machine, and... Ta-da! Keep reading to learn more.
Are you a good person? According to Hollywood, no!: Get this straight; you are the culprit of all Hollywood's evils. You are a 'bad spectator,' one of the asses for whose mouths the honey was not made. No, don't get all worked up yet: I too am an ass. We all are, or at least that's what the industry named after the most famous city, apart from Cullera, whose name adorns a mountain, would have us believe; an industry that spent decades and decades trying to please its audience. In times past, Hollywood revered its viewers, who were not guilty of anything except handing over their money at the box office.
Punto Nemo, the best place to disappear: There are horizontal journeys (they go from one point to another in a straight line). There are circular journeys (one returns from where one started). There are also vertical journeys (towards some place within ourselves). And then there are journeys to disappear. If that is your case – or simply, what you want is to surprise your friends with your new holiday destination – then, write down these coordinates: 48° 52.6’S 123° 23.6’W.
The curious history of the canary revival machine: One of the most unlikely powers that man has is his ability to give life (also his occasional will to protect it). Among the many objects and technologies that exist for this purpose, there is one that stands out for its rarity, a machine used to revive canaries inside coal mines in England, dating back to 1896.
Social Darwinism, the dangerous theory that legitimizes inequality and exploitation: The poor laws that operated in England since 1562 as a system of assistance to the most miserable were questioned on several occasions, and one of those criticisms was what inspired Charles Darwin in his principle of evolution: Thomas Malthus used the demographic knowledge of the time, especially the studies of Wallace, to demonstrate the tendency towards overpopulation as an inherent phenomenon of the human species that requires social inequality and prohibits assistance.
Are we too stupid to use the internet?: The lack of critical thinking is what leads a person to believe a news story simply because they saw it on Facebook, because it reached them via WhatsApp, or because it is the first result on Google, just as the desire to obtain notoriety or social appreciation is what leads them not only to believe it, but also to share it with their friends. In practice, what an extremely high percentage of Americans are saying with this survey is nothing more or less than “we are too stupid to use the internet, and we demand social platforms to protect us”.
Why hardworking, nice, and generous people are not well regarded in the office: As Barclay points out, some people like to question generous people, especially if they believe that their good disposition makes them look bad at work or any other organization. The professor has led a new study, published in the journal Psychological Science, in which he explores under what circumstances people can turn against behaviors that we would generally consider positive.
DeviantArt has survived 18 years without losing its essence, it is a true oddball on the Internet: It may be that DeviantArt is not living its golden age, and in fact it suffered a great exodus when many artists left it for the simplicity of platforms like Tumblr, but it is still commendable that they are still alive, that their community of artists is still large and quite loyal, and that they have remained true to themselves all this time, so much so that the site has barely changed in almost two decades, for better or for worse.
Jurassic Porn: When it comes to talking about money, they limit themselves to offering hints of the amounts they handle: 'We are not going to specify concrete figures, but let's put it this way: Christine and I earn more than a friend of ours who works as an engineer at Boeing and an accountant we know from Dallas with five years of experience.' When it comes to talking about the sexuality of their creations, they appeal to logic: 'The T-Rex is a frustrated creature because with those little legs it can't reach its crotch.'
The ten best songs to remember Aretha Franklin: Aretha Franklin was known as ‘The Queen of Soul’ on her own merits. Promoter of R&B, soul and above all gospel music, as well as one of the most important artists on the current music scene. She took advantage of her status to break a lance in favor of racial rights in the United States and female liberation. In January 1987, Franklin became the first woman to enter the respected Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, opening the way for the ladies who succeeded her: Tina Turner, Etta James, Janis Joplin, Madonna or Patti Smith.
This strange 1950 manual taught people how to speak on the phone with good manners: Phone calls are becoming rarer and rarer, especially among young people. But most know the basic etiquette rules for speaking on the phone, such as saying 'hello' when answering and not hanging up without some kind of farewell. In case you have forgotten, this 1950 manual created by a telephone company can be useful (and teach you some retro tips).
Study shows that dogs understand what you say and how you say it: A new study has found that dogs' brains process speech in a way similar to humans, understanding both the meaning of words and their tone, according to The New York Times. The experts trained 13 canines to pass tests under an MRI machine, to analyze what was happening in their brains while scientists spoke to them, using a variety of words and intonations: some positive words with positive intonation, some meaningless words with positive intonation, and some positive words without any inflection.
This is how Google tracks your location through your phone even if you ask it not to: New privacy trouble for Google on the horizon. An investigation carried out by Princeton University (USA) and the news agency Associated Press has revealed how the company tracks your movements on Android phones, even if you have explicitly asked it not to. Almost all Google applications (Maps, Gmail, Calendar...) ask for permission to use your location. You can deny it through the 'location history' function. Or so it seemed.
VIDEOS: Cats fishing, sheep on a trampoline, corals collaborating with jellyfish, great short film about our daily dystopia (with subtitles), the blind man playing Street Fighter, how to make French toast with pizza, it doesn't end as you think, YoYo World Champion 2018, Segway out of control, woman sculpture with candles, cats scared of their reflection, superheroes without special effects, driving trams, StreetFighter's VS. Shadaloo's, MIT and the end of civilization (1973), another dog with horrible barks, world record dive, screaming metal style is a talent, and Dr Pimple Popper videos.
GALLERIES: Russia in 2077, weird people, dark humor jokes, sustainable spaces in Singapore, home for snail, classic art in Game Boy style, the best internet troll, horror stories from tech support, the history of the videophone, (NSFW) the drawings of Adolf Mossa (NSFW), tribute to Hayao Miyazaki, the open-air schools of 1930, the Animated Dump of the week and the sensational Visual Dump. Don't miss any!
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