That Moment...

Pretty!

 

I'm not a red squirrel. I'm a fox squirrel - there's a difference! And if you think flying horses are far more interesting, well, maybe they're interesting because they're unusual, and maybe they're unusual because they keep thinking they can fly and throw themselves off cliffs. That kind of behavior does not promote overpopulation.

 

TMW you realise you have overlooked the all important affect of magic and we all know that exists!

 

Notice that even though it has wings, it is still on the ground. It's earthbound, baby! Aerodynamics! Besides, photoshop. And just look at that horse's face! It's saying, "These wings were a really bad idea, weren't they? I gotta keep dragging them around and the only thing they're good for is fanning my flanks. And I'm a mammal - how is it that I have feathers? I need to consult Dr. Platypus at the University of Inexplicable Critters."

 

That moment when feathering is actually a real thing with horses:

 

That moment when you're trying to play with your cat with a laser pointer, but he's more interested in the pointer than the red dot it makes.

 

Economics textbook gem Part Deux: "The minimum wage is unfair on both sides of fairness: It delivers an unfair result and imposes an unfair rule."

Somebody is going to have to tell Robert Reich and Joseph Stiglitz that all of their arguments for a minimum wage increase are wrong and can't be debated. If only they had read this textbook--it could have saved them and many, many other experts from wasting their entire careers!

 

That moment when you realize, @minstrel is not a flying squirrel.

Oh, the disappointment!

 

Don't be too sure about that.

 

TMW something truly tragic happens and people around the world either:

A) Start a new trend in supposed support
B) Call said people racist assholes for not knowing about other tragedies going on
C) Turn old tragedies into new ones (apparently the earthquake off the coast of Japan yesterday morning which injured no one and damaged nothing, somehow also killed 18,000 people just like the one from years ago)
D) Start acting like they're going to enlist in some imaginary World Army, as if they're not currently sitting in front of the computer trolling the interwebz and eating Cheetos
E) Use said tragedy to promote personal agenda

I wish more people spoke softly and carried big sticks.

 

"Your concern isn't good enough!!" they scream, from their lounge chairs.

I'm fully aware that changing my avatar does exactly zero for Paris, but seeing it reminds me, myself, "Oh. Bad shit happened over there. Let's just have a moment of silence and maybe mourn the dead a little bit, okay?"

Cos that's all I can do.

 

And there is nothing wrong with that. At all.

However, I do wonder how many people hashtagging prayers for Paris are actually praying for Paris. My greatest concern with social media's affect on tragedy is that posting about something makes you feel like you've done something, and therefore no one does anything, but everyone feels like everyone is doing something.

Have we added a 21st century twist to the Bystander Effect?

Hmm.

 

That moment when armchair-activist society makes you really fucking embarrassed to be an American citizen.

 

That moment you say "Fuck it" and put on your cat-ear headband that you haven't worn in years, because why the hell not.

Watch me forget I have it on, walk outside, and get a lot of for it though.

 

TMW i realised that I now have a very crazy image of you on your horse in a cat-ear headband, so vivid that i wonder what your horse would make of it, almost as good as a certain fuzzy friend in an airplane!

 

Well if you look at my avatar... I have ridden my horse in far scarier headgear.

 

Oh I noticed! My horse would have been cool about anything but the ears, they would have certainly freaked her out!

 

My cat just noticed my ears. Oh man, he is so confused.

He's staring at me like "That is not okay."

 

Try laying a cucumber on the ground for your cat.

 

Tried that on my cat.

He never flinched.

But in all fairness, I subbed the cucumber for a courgette ...

 

To me 15 degrees Celcius is a hot summer day in the sun. Hotter than that and I start to feel like I'm melting if I'm stationary and there's no wind. I'll be good all the way down to about 40 Celcius below zero, though, if I have enough clothes on. The best temperature is about 10 degrees when I'm out and about, so that I may wear sneakers, thin socks, jeans and a T-shirt. If I'm inside watching TV or playing video games, make that 20.

 

That moment when you need new knives, because the ones you have just aren't...



...cutting it.

YEEEEEAAAAAH!!