I am sorry to inform you that, against your wishes and mine, and contrary to the interests of humanity, they have very much happened.

It’s easier if you just think of them as spokesmodels. Influencers are just an Instagram filter on a very old method of selling products. We used to choose new ones on Star Search.

Every time i see that image above all i can think of is

What exactly am I seeing in that picture up there? Soft-focus cat tits? Everything I learn or see about this train wreck only makes it more wrong. 

He’s just reached the Keanu Reeves phase of his evolution where he stops aging.

Gotta be honest, I wasn’t expecting Kanye to be the sharpest looking one of the four.

Also, I’m just picturing some kind of mom behind the camera like “Get together.  Look like you like each other!  Smile, boys!!!”

The thought bubble above all their heads:

It’s the ”cool school” for the (not good enough for Cal Poly etc) kids of rich Californians to go “network” (party).

It is very selective. Whether or not it is good school, is a more complex question.

Oh, be careful. I asked that question (also from the east coast) and I was called an idiot for not knowing about the school. Also, FOOTBALL! Apparently they’re known for their ability to slowly (dear god, why is football such a slow sport?) across a field, a few yards at a time. I did learn Neil Armstrong went there,…

Is USC particularly prestigious and/or difficult to get into? So much so that these folks are paying that much money?
Genuinely asking because I have no clue. This may also be because I grew up on the East Coast.

I will be incredibly disappointed if this terrible woman gets off scot-free. But not surprised. 

What I was thinking too. If I were specifically looking for someone to settle down and have kids with, *and* I already knew I carried a gene for a disastrous / horrible / untreatable / painful condition? Of fucking course I’d be delighted to have access to information that might help screen out potential heartbreak…

Not everyone is going to have the money for IVF (or adoption for that matter). I think the fact that most people wouldn’t dump someone they’re already serious about based on them being a fellow recessive carrier of a disease is why someone might find this sort of screening useful. If you already know you’re a…

Big difference between eugenics and genetic counseling. There’s a reason the former’s disparaged, but we’ve been handing out degrees in the latter since 1969.

Can’t you just do genetic screenings to see if you and your partner are carriers of whatever diseases you have in your respective families? Why turn it to a dating app? I’m not going to date someone just because neither of us has the genes for Huntington’s disease. And if it did turn out both me and my partner are…

I specialise in Myanmar and have lived there for the least several years, including in Buddhist nunneries and monastic schools. Yes, Myanmar is very religious, but the degree to which that translates to policing individual sexuality really varies. There is a long tradition of same-sex attracted identities, its not…

I watched an interview by a feminist; I can’t remember her name; but what struck me was her explanation of sexism vs. misogyny. Sexism is the doctrine and misogyny is the punishment when a woman does not adhere to the doctrine.

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