Sometimes I think it's because journalism, at least as it's practiced most often currently, and science have such different time frames and goals. The 24-hour-news cycle demands entertaining and provocative little knowledge nuggets, especially anything about men vs. women, sex....so a minor difference in the brain is always breathlessly reported as "Are men naturally smarter?" or "are women naturally more gifted at picking crap off the bedroom floor?"(The answers are usually yes, until next week's "groundbreaking" something or other proving the opposite.)
I'm just waiting to see if I pass out. Long story.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
erikaj - Dec 11, 2012 10:46:26 am PST #3977 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Stephanie - Dec 11, 2012 10:46:57 am PST #3978 of 30001
Trust my rage
-t - since I see you here, I wanted to thank you again for the TJ goodies. The dark chocolate mints were so yummy! and the caramel/sea salt things! I'm doling out the others to myself in smaller amounts.
Jesse - Dec 11, 2012 10:59:03 am PST #3979 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good luck, brenda.
Ha ha ha ha "by 4."
SuziQ - Dec 11, 2012 11:07:16 am PST #3980 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Do you have any TJ cookies left, Suzi?
Yes. They won't help in this situation, unfortunately. May need to go for mass amounts of booze. But I'm trying to finish work first.
-t - Dec 11, 2012 11:14:14 am PST #3981 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Glad they are satisfying, Stephanie!
Lee - Dec 11, 2012 11:14:39 am PST #3982 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
tries to pour fernet through the intertubes
Kat - Dec 11, 2012 11:20:08 am PST #3983 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
FYI Sami on Days looks the same even after 20 years.
§ ita § - Dec 11, 2012 11:21:17 am PST #3984 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I managed to get my hair cut and lunch bought and back home in under an hour. Which means I can totally not look at my work computer for the next fifteen minutes. Woo hoo!
Also, Annalee has spoken curtly to me--apparently she's the one who changed the article title from "confirm" to "claim", but I think she thinks she's defending the author--no, when I thought he did it himself in response to commenters he looked better. Telling me he agreed with his boss's call is a big load of not-surprising lack of agency and having a freaking clue.
Lee - Dec 11, 2012 11:54:30 am PST #3985 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Jesse - Dec 11, 2012 11:55:40 am PST #3986 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OMG, Chris Hemsworth gives me the feelings SO BAD.