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2017-07-29 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by badanov 2017-07-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 This is the girl, who would have been standing next to a Ford at the auto show in another era, but is now put on television as a serious commentator or journalist. They get the job because of their looks, but somehow they think they are public intellectuals.

And not just on TV.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-07-29 04:04|| 2017-07-29 04:04|| Front Page Top

#2 What imagination! in the transgender era, to choose a male's name for a girl.

The feminine counterpart for Thot was Seshat

Posted by Don Vito McGurque5019 2017-07-29 05:50|| 2017-07-29 05:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Severian: Cute, semi-bright college girls are the 11th Plague. They have never, in their entire lives, heard the words “no” or “wrong.” The expression on one of these ladies’ faces when you ask her to *explain* how she arrived at the conclusion she so forcefully, confidently put forth. It’s like you asked your dog to solve a differential equation. And then the White Knights step up to the plate… yeah, my teaching evals are brutal, but it’s a kick.

I've had pretty good luck teaching the dog differential equations.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-07-29 09:32|| 2017-07-29 09:32|| Front Page Top

#4 I find it is the quantum mechanics that trips them up. They tilt their heads and get this puzzled look on their faces.

Posted by SteveS 2017-07-29 13:48|| 2017-07-29 13:48|| Front Page Top

#5 I stopped watching broadcast tv news a long time ago. In large part because of talking heads, male and female, asking questions that merely demonstrated their ignorance.

Posted by phil_b 2017-07-29 19:20|| 2017-07-29 19:20|| Front Page Top

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