YouTube comments: The most cogent written argument for why you should never learn how to read. — John Oliver Have you ever wondered why it nearly takes a hazmat suit and CDC clearance to wade into the comments section on a YouTube video? Although you may not expect something like a cat video to trigger…
Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace. — Oscar Wilde Are you a moral person? If you’re like most people (which most people are), you tend to overestimate how ethical you are compared to others. Maybe you’re moral in one situation, but a little immoral in another. Maybe you act ethically around one set…
Every time you spend money, you’re casting a vote for the kind of world you want. — Anna Lappe We’ve all been there: Do I purchase the eco-friendly dish soap or the regular stuff? Do I buy the free-range eggs or the factory farm ones? Today’s marketplace is full of decisions between saving a few…
Don’t stress the could haves. If it should have, it would have. — Anonymous If there’s one thing humans are good at, it’s imagining how things could have gone differently. From those perfect shower-time comebacks to those infinite routes you could have taken to avoid a crash, we people often engage in what’s known as counterfactual thinking….
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. — Pablo Picasso How often do you wash your hands compared to others? A survey ran in 2009 found that approximately 50% of people wash their hands more than 10 times a day. Broken down by gender: about 62% of women…
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation. — Henry Fielding Last night I watched a show where the host (Derren Brown) psychologically manipulated a person into confessing to a murder he had never committed. It was awesome. I mean, sure there are some potential “ethical” issues with a televised “experiment” of that kind. But…