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Sayings
When confronted by pain weigh your options. There are several things that can be done in order to stop pain. You can either remove the stimulus causing pain or you can increase the stimulus. It's typically advised to remove a stimulus, but there are benefits to an increase. Increasing the level of pain will render you incapable of being harmed ( Read more... ) -
Save the Bullies.
The anti-bullying movement has been gaining steam over the years. There has never been a time when bullying was encouraged, but now it's considered downright despicable. We've had a lot of marches, demonstrations, tweets and Facebook memes stating as much. Everyone is agreed that bullying is the worst thing ever ( Read more... ) -
Twitter and Legislation
The recent Twitter event which ended in the hospitalisation of Charlotte Dawson has sparked calls in the media for tougher legislation surrounding cyber bullying. It's probably just the usually rally behind rhetoric that we see after something happens to someone that has a high public profile, but there is a chance that legislation will be changed ( Read more... ) -
Memes, China, and the fall of the West
Sometimes white people don't really know what to do with their shame. It's not that they're inherently guilty of any crimes in and of themselves, but rather that they benefit from the crimes of the past. It's a difficult and tricky shame to bare, because with it goes a fair sense of pride. Yes, white people did horrifying things to millions of ( Read more... ) -
Batman Didn't Make It
A lot of people have been talking about the Colorado massacre conducted at the Aurora cinema complex by James Holmes, the self professed “Joker”, has been in the news a lot. And rightly so. The event is horrifying in a great many ways and I'm sure that people need to be able to talk about it in order to fully realise the shock and terror that many ( Read more... ) -
Sayings
Although one should openly air their grievances to test their relevance, it should be noted that not all such dialogues will be engaged in. Silence is a powerful tool of dismissal. If, once a grievance is aired, silence is the reply, then those that are silent are your enemies. If they are in your way, move against them ( Read more... ) -
Jesus, Voltron and Captain Planet
Jesus did gather all his disciples together, and did say to them, “My friends, there will come a time when I am no longer around to protect you with my superior kung fu abilities, and you will then face your enemies on your own ( Read more... ) -
Occupy Drugs for Children
So it looks like the media is finally getting onto the fact that having a whole bunch of homeless people in the one place leads to drug use, which isn't such a great thing when you have kids hanging around. That's what Occupy Melbourne is currently becoming known for. I'm most entertained by the comment on that posting, with people claiming that ( Read more... ) -
Responsibility
The idea that I could be a responsible adult is as reprehensible to me as it is to anyone that knows me. I have all the calling cards that lead one to claim such a title, being a house, stable employment, a partner that doesn't always try to kill me and I can sustain myself for weeks on end without resorting to fast food, yet still the idea that I ( Read more... ) -
God Save the Queen from Anti-Carbon Tax Idiots
The Queen was in Melbourne the other day, trying to soak up some of the vibes that come from the world's most liveable city. Perhaps that's how she manages to live so long. In any case she was here and I didn't go to see her, so I can't say for sure that she didn't drain a little bit of life from all those that went to view her, but some of those ( Read more... )