Absolutely it's a bad thing, but it's always been bad. I think someone smarter than me could make a pretty good argument that it has been a problem for a very long time (eg, Elizabeth Taylor, any fashion model from the early days). The PTC just likes to kick up a fuss on a regular basis over obvious things they…

OMG, that's awesome! I love me some depressive pastry!!

Well, the "duh" is there for teenage girls as well, but it's the "oh deary me, whatever shall we do to rescue our children from this scourge that we just discovered and never ever imagined could happen before now!" attitude that is irritating.

That's true, the point is valid, but the source is shitty.

Oh please make it be so! And it would periodically cry, or maybe stigmata?

Good point, I should have included all saints/catholic symbolism there, you're right. But the weirdness still stands. It's either religious symbols or penises. No one ever just sees a 1997 Nissan Altima in a veggie.

I'm not sure the PTC is a good source for unbiased research. Their bread-and-butter is finding offensiveness all over the television. Earlier this year, they called The Walking Dead out for violence (duh) and the Bachelor for "implied nudity" (also duh).

What does it say that our species is obsessed with items that look like either penises or Jesus. Just those two things, though.

First guy is asleep.

Only if we get to have a nifty CNN-style title images a la

YES. I can die happy now, my life is complete. The CIIIIIIIRCLE of LIIIIIIIIFE...

I do think the article has a point from an end-product point of view... that journalists should be especially mindful of including minority opinions when they don't have the option of actually having a minority journalist. And we as media consumers should also be mindful of the fact that we're being fed on a…

Not to sound like I'm brushing off serious racial problems, but could this have anything to do with the widely-discussed death of "newsroom" journalism overall? It may or may not be true, but the media has made a big deal over how few jobs there are, and how unstable those jobs are, for trained journalists. And if you…

And in other news, politicians don't actually like people and that douchebag down the street with the Lamborghini was never hugged by his mommy.*

When do we get to see J.Beibs in a aquamarine wig and Alvin Ailey tank?

My mom has that foot problem (Italian immigrant, also no money for shoes), but she tried to shelter my brothers and I from all possible issues with money, so it had the opposite effect on me from your dad. People, we are a complicated species!

This reminds me of that horrible clusterfuck of a "music video" that came out a few years back that had Kermit high on drugs and puking in a toilet and other even worse stuff. Ick.

You're never going to believe this, but the exact same thing happened to me a few years ago... our old black & decker corded drill and a carelessly tied pony-tail. Never lean over a power tool with loose hair (note my hair in a bun in the photo) :)

Hard to say for sure... surface mount components look similar at this resolution. But with what appear to be glow-y bits, I'm putting my money on LEDs. But LEDs weren't on the materials list :(

In that case, well done sir/ma'am, well done.