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lovebeyondmeasure

physics-dirtbag

Me every single night:

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godemp-deactivated20221024

I do so love that he does not spill a single drop.

jackscarab

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throathole

Oh thanks but what the fuck does any of that mean

throathole

You have to be fucking kidding me. These are all Dr Seuss words. You’re communicating with me from the Dr Seuss dimension.

21st-century-minutiae

Furze, gorse, and whin are all obscure English words or Germanic or Norse origin. The are all synonyms, referring to plants of the Ulex genus (Ulex, itself, being another obscure word, but coming from Latin).

They are bramble bushes, thorny, flowering, evergreens related to rosemary.

Botanists, herbalists, and gardeners might be familiar with some (or all) of these words, but it is entirely possible to go through life in the early twenty-first century without ever knowingly encountering any of those words. In comparison "bramble," "bush," "thorny," "flowering," "evergreen," and "rosemary" are far, far more commonly understood.

The humor of the above posts is that these definitions are completely useless to people unfamiliar with any of the names.

Short, unfamiliar words parse as nonsense to English speakers. Dr. Seuss was a children's writer (and political cartoonist) of the 20th century. He was notorious for coming up with silly nonce words (one-off creations) for the sake of his books.

teaboot

My coworker asked me a question about Queer culture the other day and it was a really good question but I couldn’t think of a polite way to tell them that they didn’t have the foundational knowledge required to support full comprehension of the answer

teaboot

Coworker: So why do some people say they’re bisexual and other people say they’re pansexual? They sound like the same thing

Me: Do you want the real answer or the answer that will make sense to you

Coworker: I guess the real answer?

Me: Do you have three hours and a notepad

Coworker: No

Me: The flags are different

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couldntbedamned

If you come across anyone who starts off with "Scientists don't want you to know..." you need to understand that they're lying. They're completely full of shit and working a grift.

Because they've never met or spoke with a scientist.

Scientists WANT YOU TO KNOW. Scientists want you to know SO MUCH. Scientists would be THRILLED to teach you EVERYTHING they know in EXPLICIT DETAIL. Scientists LOVE to share information and their findings and their theories. They don't want to hide anything, ever. They are SO HAPPY to share.

tuulikki

This goes for historians, too!

ahumanbeena

Did you know that after they switched to blind auditions, major symphony orchestras hired women between 30% to 55% more? Before bringing in “blind auditions” with a screen to conceal the the candidate, women in the top 5 major orchestras made up less than 5% of the musicians performing.

shwetanarayan-deactivated202504

so I believe it was actually more complicated than that, in interesting ways. Because at first, when they did blind auditions, they were STILL hiring more men.

…Then they put down a carpet, so that high heels didn’t clack on the floor, and BOOM women were suddenly getting hired.

The testers didn’t even know that’s what they were picking up on, which just goes to show how tiny of a cue it takes for misogyny to kick in.

isaacsapphire

The case of blind auditions for orchestras and how it dramatically changed the gender makeup of orchestras is a very illuminating example of gender bias, and an interesting possible way of countering it.

small-witch-big-hat

You can be sexist without knowing it. You can be racist without knowing it. This is not a moral failing; it is a moral imperative to remember that you are fallible, and take steps to limit the damage your squishy ape brain’s foibles can cause.

mindfulwrath

The final chapter in Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink (2005) describes this in detail.

What you don’t usually hear about when discussing this blind audition process is that after the blind auditions were implemented, when women had gotten many positions in the orchestra, men no longer saw being a member as prestigious and the salaries for the entire orchestra dropped.

goodchristianmemes

happy easter!!!

brothermouse

Every year this meme gets resurrected and every year I'm pleasantly surprised

imsobadatnicknames2

It's really funny how art can be so important and enriching and sometimes downright life-changing but every single piece of art about how important and life-changing art is is the lamest shit ever.