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Ah, the familiar strains of the equalist argument blithly denying the power gradients and class structure present in society. It warms my heart when this old chestnut get brought out displaying the deep level of ignorance and self-importance of the dude that is usually mansplaining it to me.
But hey-hey, hyperskeptics lets look at some evidence…
Google Searches for Sexy Alcohol Ads
Sexy Alcohol
Google Search for Sexy Deodorant
Google Search for Sexy Clothes
Google Search for Sexy Car Ad
Google Search for Sexy Burger Ad
Well daaaaaaamn son, it looks like there might be a slight difference in the level of objectification between women and men.
Break out of your browser bubble. I suggest you use duckduckgo as your web browser as they claim it is more private and bubble free browsing experience.
(ed. *update* – added new Mahr video.)
Huh, as I was browsing the weeb, I ‘happened’ to find this video featuring Bill Mahr on the very same subject.
Some relevant background given the recent publicity of how much our governments pry into our personal lives.
Whatever your take on recent revelations about government spying on our phone calls and Internet activity, there’s no denying that Big Brother is bigger and less brotherly than we thought. What’s the resulting cost to our privacy — and more so, our democracy? Lawrence Lessig joins Bill to discuss the implications of our government’s actions.
Yet another reminder about the permanence of your digital comings and goings. Some of the reasons mentioned here are why I choose to blog under a pseudonym :)
An explosion and/or fire at Shaw Court in Calgary has knocked out a significant quantity of telecommunications equipment, affecting not only bank machines and radio stations, but stuff like 911 service and the program that tells ambulances which hospital they should take a patient to.
I’m going to repeat the salient bit:
…SPRINKLERS…in that room…ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT…
SPRINKLERS…ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
SPRINKLERS + ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT?!
LOLWHUT?
Normally when you talk about mission-critical infrastructure, you’re talking about stuff like the servers that handle banking and the stock market. And for that kind of thing, the technology exists to have redundant servers in multiple locations that can fail-over almost seamlessly if something like this happens. We don’t have all the details, but chances are some of this stuff is weirdass old mainframes and actual physical mechanical switches that can’t be failed over quite so easily. Still, why in the name of the Invisible Pink Unicorn and the Flying Spaghetti Monster would you put sprinklers in with them? I mean, I know the obvious answer, which is that halon is expensive. But whose brilliant idea was it to cut this particular corner? Maybe it’s just me, but I think 911 service is a bit more important than the stock market.
I’m thinking we may need to investigate the MPAA’s claims about piracy and copyright…
:)
Oh and we get redefine terms as well:
Being intimidated by the religious thugs threatening violence seems to be a growing fad. This needs to stop. I mirror this video that was taken down by youtube for a terms of use violation – (being offensive to the deluded). Here it is again on the blog.
You and your dogma can go away, the sooner, the better.
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