I don’t quite understand how we have forgotten that the “Olympic Torch” ceremony was invented by Hitler and his chums.
Tag: culture
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Pregnant Transgender man
very banks culture series
Stuff White People Like
very funny and well-written
Superheroes in Real Life
Wendy Darst, the volunteer coordinator, looks taken aback but gladly puts the superhero to work. Soon the Jade Justice finds himself hip-deep in a supply closet, piling books into a red Radio Flyer wagon. He wheels it back to the lobby, entreating the children to select a text. But the kids seem more interested in peppering him with questions. “So are you a cowboy or something?”
Inspired by comic books, ordinary citizens are putting on masks to fight crime
Marriage and the Market
Trends in marital behavior reflect a common-sense response to the economic and social circumstances surrounding us. Just as we have deregulated the economy so that firms and businesses can deal with changing conditions, the long run trend in US family policy has been to deregulate the marriage market, and the book of rules governing who can get married or divorced where and when, has become much thinner. Yet much of the current political debate is precisely about re-regulating marriage. Our concern is that this re-regulation may actually be a force undermining the dynamic institution that is the modern US family.
from a union of production to a union of consumption
In Shepherds’ Room

iranian flickrites, traveling
Um, Whoops.
We had a teensy eensy weensy little billing error last night… my first clue something was up when I saw this morning’s daily billing report (so far): $7.5M. It turns out due to my excessively fat fingers, nearly every one of our customers has been seriously over-billed in the last 12 hours.
should you joke or not when you screw up big time? the jury is out in the comments
Coaches overtext athletes
What kind of relationship can you build in 160 characters?
France Kissing Map
how many kisses on the cheek? we need this crucial etiquette tool elsewhere, too!