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shadowkatWell it occurs to me tonight that if I want to re-watch Farscape again...occassionally I get the urge or Buffy for that matter, or my netflix DVD's - I have to lug my ass to Manhattan, go to Best Buy and buy a new DVD player. That's for tomorrow. Today I decided to do nothing.
Oh, look, my radiator is hissing to life. It sounds a bit like a cat wheezing. I guess the landlord did turn it on after all.
Read in the paper last week that they (they being the biological scientists who apparently have nothing better to do or have a lot of time on the hands - it's a toss-up) discovered a gene for liberalism. The statement was something to the effect that there may be a gene that predisposes people to choose more unconventional paths, partners, etc and question traditional norms...hunting change. Hmm. Not to be confused with the gene for homosexuality - of course. This is a new one. So my first thought? Does this mean there's gene for conventional, conservative thought too? Or is that the typical chromosome and the nontypical is the liberal gene? And shouldn't these scientists be hunting for, I don't know, the gene that causes althezimers and resolve that problem first?
Maybe they already have? And they are just bored? Clearly as you can see I inherited the gene for liberalism - since I'm questioning all of this.
I'm admittedly liberal. In my workplace? Radically so. In my family, moderate. In my church, very moderate. On livejournal, moderate to conservative. It really just depends on who I'm interacting with at the moment. Is there a gene for moderates? Does it matter? I mean really...what are they planning on doing with this knowledge anyhow and do I want to know?
I'm somewhat tired of the extremists, who actually make up no more than 20% of the general population but appear to be the most vocal, so look like they make up a bigger portion of the population than they actually do. It's a lot like fandom actually - people think the insane fans make up 85% of the fandom, when in reality they make up 2-5% of it. They just whine the loudest, that's all. The rest of us roll our eyes and wonder if we just ignore these people, will they disappear? There's hope. So far hasn't been working...but that could be partly because not enough people are ignoring them?
By the way, my favorite sign from the John Stewart Rally Against Insanity Campaign was:
"Zombies for the Restoration of BRainnns" - LOL! (Apparently the zombies can't eat most of the radical right-wingers because they have no brain...so there's no protein, and zombie is going away hungry or just weak. Poor zombies. On the plus side, if you don't have a brain, you don't have to worry about zombies. On the minus side, if you don't have a brain - you are most likely a zombie to begin with - because sort of hard to be alive without a brain. Yes, this logic gives me a head-ache too.)
Oh, look, my radiator is hissing to life. It sounds a bit like a cat wheezing. I guess the landlord did turn it on after all.
Read in the paper last week that they (they being the biological scientists who apparently have nothing better to do or have a lot of time on the hands - it's a toss-up) discovered a gene for liberalism. The statement was something to the effect that there may be a gene that predisposes people to choose more unconventional paths, partners, etc and question traditional norms...hunting change. Hmm. Not to be confused with the gene for homosexuality - of course. This is a new one. So my first thought? Does this mean there's gene for conventional, conservative thought too? Or is that the typical chromosome and the nontypical is the liberal gene? And shouldn't these scientists be hunting for, I don't know, the gene that causes althezimers and resolve that problem first?
Maybe they already have? And they are just bored? Clearly as you can see I inherited the gene for liberalism - since I'm questioning all of this.
I'm admittedly liberal. In my workplace? Radically so. In my family, moderate. In my church, very moderate. On livejournal, moderate to conservative. It really just depends on who I'm interacting with at the moment. Is there a gene for moderates? Does it matter? I mean really...what are they planning on doing with this knowledge anyhow and do I want to know?
I'm somewhat tired of the extremists, who actually make up no more than 20% of the general population but appear to be the most vocal, so look like they make up a bigger portion of the population than they actually do. It's a lot like fandom actually - people think the insane fans make up 85% of the fandom, when in reality they make up 2-5% of it. They just whine the loudest, that's all. The rest of us roll our eyes and wonder if we just ignore these people, will they disappear? There's hope. So far hasn't been working...but that could be partly because not enough people are ignoring them?
By the way, my favorite sign from the John Stewart Rally Against Insanity Campaign was:
"Zombies for the Restoration of BRainnns" - LOL! (Apparently the zombies can't eat most of the radical right-wingers because they have no brain...so there's no protein, and zombie is going away hungry or just weak. Poor zombies. On the plus side, if you don't have a brain, you don't have to worry about zombies. On the minus side, if you don't have a brain - you are most likely a zombie to begin with - because sort of hard to be alive without a brain. Yes, this logic gives me a head-ache too.)
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Date: 2010-11-01 11:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-01 11:25 pm (UTC)Eh, I'm probably a curmudgeon too. Sounds like a huge over-simplification.
My guess some reporter got hold of the information, didn't understand it, and tried to break it down for a third grade audience - losing 85% of the content.
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Date: 2010-11-02 01:54 am (UTC)Well, if they can find a cure for Republicans, it will be the greatest advance in human welfare we've seen.
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Date: 2010-11-02 01:15 pm (UTC)just saying.
And I think they need to discover the gene for crazy ass 'scientists' who come up with bogus theories.
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Date: 2010-11-02 05:14 pm (UTC)At any rate - it was relatively painless replacing the DVD player.
Cost $49 and hooked up fast. Also better visuals and sound than the computer. (I'm beginning to understand...why I like certain movies and tv shows that others don't - watching a movie on a bigger tv screen vs. a lap-top makes a huge difference.)