Snark My Words

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A serendipitous screenshot capturing the tragicomic travesties of ad-supported media, viscerally contrasting the human spirit at its most triumphant and at its most trivial: On the left, the remarkable Diana Nyad, flexing her jellyfish-stung arm as she takes pride in a record-breaking endurance swim; on the right, a model flexing her art-directed ability to take pride in Louis Vuitton. 

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I understand the point that’s trying to be made here, and to various degrees I agree with it. But it’s unfortunately reductive at best. That ‘model’ is Michelle Williams, who is actually an accomplished actress. It’s great to address how images are juxtaposed together mindlessly, but creating this dichotomy of importance between the two isn’t necessarily correct either. 

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Hey, look what happens when you’re so fucking lazy you see a pic of two accomplished women and only bother finding out who one of the women is!

A serendipitous screenshot capturing the tragicomic travesties of ad-supported media, viscerally contrasting the human spirit at its most triumphant and at its most trivial: On the right, the remarkable Michelle Williams, pouting her bee-stung lips as she takes pride in a ten-year career in independent cinema including three Oscar nominations and a fashion house that has been synonymous with quality luggage for over 150 years; on the left, a model flexing her art-directed ability to take pride in her biceps.

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Snark My Words turned 2 today!

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I don’t like this expression ‘First World problems.’ It is false and it is condescending. Yes, Nigerians struggle with floods or infant mortality. But these same Nigerians also deal with mundane and seemingly luxurious hassles. Connectivity issues on your BlackBerry, cost of car repair, how to sync your iPad, what brand of noodles to buy: Third World problems. All the silly stuff of life doesn’t disappear just because you’re black and live in a poorer country. People in the richer nations need a more robust sense of the lives being lived in the darker nations. Here’s a First World problem: the inability to see that others are as fully complex and as keen on technology and pleasure as you are.

Teju Cole (via thewhiskeypropagandist)

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"We're NASA and we know it" - One of the smartest, most entertaining parodies I've seen.

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Rick Santorum - A BLR Soundbite

by BadLipReading

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Just sayin...

I'm sure everyone in Ethiopia is thrilled it's National Chocolate Cake Day

— Iliza Shlesinger (@iliza) January 27, 2012

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Econ 101

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan". All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A.... (substituting grades for dollars - something closer to home and more readily understood by all). After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.. The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F. As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else. To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed. It could not be any simpler than that. Remember, there IS a test coming up. The 2012 elections. These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read and all applicable to this experiment: 1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity. 2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. 3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. 4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it! 5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.

By: Ed Will

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Source: variety.com

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In memory of the late Christopher Hitchens. Whether or not you agree with the words he put on paper, he certainly had a way with them.

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From "The 45 Most Powerful Images of 2011" on BuzzFeed. Click for larger version.

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