Author Archives: vandal

Want to freak out a college student?

Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
And that’s how we ended up in a world where the snuggie is a thing.
Asking a current college student, usually in their 3rd year or less for best results, the following.
“What would you do if college… Read the rest

Posted on February 5, 2012 by vandal | Tagged , , | 16 Comments

Non-threatening minority is non-threatening

Non-threatening minority is non-threatening

I hear this term thrown around casually in movie reviews, to describe Obama, in blogs, etc.

It’s a weird term, why is it said? You’ll never hear “non-threatening white person” because I suppose it is by default that white people are not threatening anything. When the term is used to whom is the minority non-threatening? White people, right? Even though… Read the rest

Posted on April 26, 2011 by vandal | Tagged , , | 12 Comments

Vote for Watson in the next computer overlord elections

Vote for Watson in the next computer overlord elections

Not maybe as large in the media but it’s had its 15 minutes of fame and in those moments it was most used for jokes.
YouTube titles show news network clips with titles like “MAN VS MACHINE” or “Watson supercomputer destroys all humans”. Comments are mostly skynet jokes. Watson and such supercomputers are one of those technologies that are… Read the rest

Posted on April 18, 2011 by vandal | Tagged , , , , , | 7 Comments