In your particular branch of spacetime, you may see things like this:
But meanwhile, in the multiverse….
Also: FAILURE INHALER, PARFAIT BUNGLER, HESITANT REGRETTER, LETDOWN SUNSHINE, TERMINAL BURNSIDES, DOMINO TUESDAY.
Feb 2022
In your particular branch of spacetime, you may see things like this:
But meanwhile, in the multiverse….
Also: FAILURE INHALER, PARFAIT BUNGLER, HESITANT REGRETTER, LETDOWN SUNSHINE, TERMINAL BURNSIDES, DOMINO TUESDAY.
Noise, Indian cheetahs, and Fighting Joe
I think the bluetooth speaker is a pox on our civilization. Random noise makes it hard for me to concentrate. I tried the obvious thing and created a passive-aggressive mathematical model, but that unexpectedly failed to make the problem go away. So I recently looked into technological solutions. The most...
That's what she said, a rabbi resolves a dispute, and six categories in the Philogelos
I've noticed a disturbing phenomenon: Many people who only recently watched the US version of The Office seem to think that Michael Scott invented That's what she said. Of course, the actual joke was supposed to be a ghoulish delight at seeing someone cluelessly use a joke that was so...
A potent anti-humor technology
No soap, radio is a sort of prank where you tell a "joke" with a meaningless punchline. The hope is that your victim will laugh despite not understanding it, thereby enabling you to ridicule them. Apparently, this works best if you do it with an accomplice who will pretend to...
Gorillas, penguins, noise location, air quality, and a conversational pattern that needs a name
Has a gorilla killed a human? Gorillas, despite their immense size and strength, are not aggressive. They are vegetarian except for eating insects and occasionally small rodents. In 1986, a five-year-old child fell into the gorilla pit in the Channel Islands zoo and was knocked unconscious. The crowd watched in...
More on teaching, hot in-laws, medical diagnostics, and some questions thrown into the void
Here's a collection of a few disconnected follow-ups plus some questions thrown into the void. Contra me on teaching. A couple of months back, I took issue with Parrhesia's proposal to make final exams worth 100% of the final grade, on the grounds that it wouldn't work in practice. "You...