Medieval helpdesk in English

Still the funniest video I have seen on YouTube:
Here's the direct link to YouTube:

parody foreshadows reality

The strange times are becoming stranger. Titania McGrath, the militant vegan who thinks she is a better poet than William Shakespeare, parodied a bunch of woke thoughts. It turns out that those parodies have become realities.

I've extracted the 10 cases from Titania's twitter account below, see the full thing here:

1. On 22 December 2018, I called for biological sex to be removed from birth certificates. On 17 December 2020, the New England Journal of Medicine concurred.
2. On 1 October 2019, I suggested that young women should be encouraged to travel alone in rural Pakistan. On 12 October 2019, Forbes Magazine concurred.
3. On 19 September 2018, I criticised Julie Andrews (aka Mary Poppins) for chimney soot blackface. On 28 January 2019, the New York Times concurred.
4. On 7 March 2019, I published my book WOKE in which I argued that skyscrapers are oppressive phallic symbols. On 6 July 2020, the Guardian concurred.
5. On 22 January 2019, I called for the Oscars to prioritise diversity. On 12 June 2020, the Academy concurred.
6. On 6 June 2019, I demanded an option to mute white males. On 14 July 2020, Instagram concurred.
7. On 29 August 2018, I urged parents to give their newborn babies numbers instead of names. On 6 May 2020, Elon Musk concurred.
8. On 2 May 2020, I criticised the NHS for appropriating the LGBTQ rainbow flag. On 6 May 2020, Forbes Magazine concurred.
9. On 21 December 2018, I wrote an article to endorse fighting with relatives during the holiday season. On 28 November 2019, the Nation concurred.
10. On 7 March 2019, I published my book WOKE in which I called out Helen Keller for her white privilege. On 15 December 2020, Time Magazine concurred.

the DroneBrella

Help Desk

I recently heard a story about a young student who was asked on a test the meaning of PTO. In the end he wrote Postal Transport Officer. This reminded me of one of my favourite YouTubes from years ago where a monk encounters a new technology, the book, and calls the medieval Help Desk:

then a miracle occurs

studying philosophy

the Nobel family has dissociated itself from the economics prize

One of the most annoying things is to read or hear an economist's views promoted because they have won the Nobel Prize. Hence, it is refreshing to hear that the Nobel family has dissociated itself from the economics prize

There are some good spoofs on this at Improbable Research:

2010 ECONOMICS PRIZE: The executives and directors of Goldman Sachs, AIG, Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, and Magnetar for creating and promoting new ways to invest money — ways that maximize financial gain and minimize financial risk for the world economy, or for a portion thereof

2009 ECONOMICS PRIZE: The directors, executives, and auditors of four Icelandic banks — Kaupthing Bank, Landsbanki, Glitnir Bank, and Central Bank of Iceland — for demonstrating that tiny banks can be rapidly transformed into huge banks, and vice versa — and for demonstrating that similar things can be done to an entire national economy.

the TARP song

What exactly is a "troubled asset"? One response is to laugh at this voodoo talk.

Defending Scoundrels

Defending Scoundrels

I've added Dale Clapperton, internet freedom fighter, to my blog roll. Dale has some very funny videos on his blog as well as expert commentary on the law and internet censorship.

Check out:
What if the Matrix ran on 'doze (very funny anti windows, pro linux, spoof)

Hitler on 'clean feed' and ADSL2 in Tasmania
(politically incorrect, bad language and totally hilarious)

feedback on rudd's stolen generation speech

I just heard a funny story via someone who has been working in remote Australia

A State Government ALP VIP visited the Pitt Lands and asked an aboriginal person what he thought about the Rudd government's apology to the stolen generation

The person consulted with some people nearby and eventually responded saying "Hey brudda we don't know nutthin 'bout that stolen generator".

funnies

back in 1952 ...

more at gasoline humour

superiority of the 20th C brain

Jon Stewart on the CNN Situation Room (multiple screens):

"I was watching the Situation Room with a 20th Century brain where you only process one screen at a time ... instead of my future evolved brain ..."

The video is hilarious (via Gary Stager, thanks)

how many ways can you hit a drum?

People in order (youtube)

Ages 1 to 100 hitting a drum in 3 minutes. Everyone has a different style of hitting the drum and / or announcing their age

joy

how students prepare for mandatory tests and what they learn

from Christopher Bennage:

Friday, June 15, 2007 6:25:18 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)

I recently worked on an educational Flash application designed to help students prepare for mandatory tests in the state of Florida. One of the developers on the team googled some of the ActionScript from a previous iteration of the app, and found a forum posting where some 10th graders were decompiling the swfs. They were hoping to get answers to the test.

So that's one way the kids are learning...
- source
(direct link not available, so I have left the date and time information in)

my generation

Check out The Zimmers, my generation (you tube)

People try to put us d-down (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Just because we get around (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
Things they do look awful c-c-cold (Talkin' 'bout my generation)
I hope I die before I get old (Talkin' 'bout my generation)

This is my generation
This is my generation, baby

Documentary-maker Tim Samuels travelled all over Britain recruiting isolated and lonely old people. The finale of the show is this group of lonely old people coming together to form a rock troupe and trying to get into the pop charts.
- the zimmers (wikipedia)