Life-long Husker fan and Nebraska resident here. When I was a kid I thought we were the best ever because I didn’t know any better. As I got older I had an up-close view at the worst of our fanbase and I went through some years where I was kind of happy to see us lose and see everyone I’ve ever get all mopey. Then I…

Are you really so dumb you can’t see the website watermark?

While this is still actively being researched, there are tons of studies that show that diversity is positively correlated to innovation. Obviously race is only one way to measure diversity but it’s better than nothing. Novel viewpoints better challenge previous paradigms and either strengthen or weaken our views.…

Geologist here. While I completely agree with the push to diversify the earth sciences, I think it needs to start much younger and be better targeted than “offer more scholarships.” Throughout my education I remember only a handful of POC geos- and what did they share with my fellow white geos? They all have a…

I am member of an under-represented minority group (URM) in an Earth Science/Geosciences field and I earned my Ph.D. less than 5 years ago.

This is intriguing in the sense that often unless you have a parent already in Earth Sciences, one does not choose this major directly. It’s more of a second thought major. Many earth scientists that I know and have worked with over the years originally didn’t go to school for that particular degree, but rather chose…

It’s easy to point out toxic masculinity as the problem with incel culture and the misogyny online... it’s a lot more difficult to come up with real solutions to address it.

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Agree.

God sometimes I’m like this whole internet thing was a huge fucking mistake.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. That is 4 days.

The incel ideology terrifies me. Because I’ve been that lonely guy, who was unable to date, who was a virgin until his 30s. I had terrible self esteem, and it took a lot of therapy and self improvement to get to a better place in my life. And believe me, there are so many people out there like me, who feel lonely and…

I was going to drop $1,000 for the same reason, but then I remembered that water freezes and I can simply freeze a fucking water bottle if I want it to be cold after sitting out for a couple hours.

I see parents at the our little league park wheeling Yeti coolers around in the back of the wagon. They use a $400 cooler to keep bottled water and Gatorade cold for an hour. Yeti coolers/cups are redneck status symbols.

The Yeti 35 liter hard cooler weighs 20 pounds without anything in it. Completely ridiculous and impractical.

My mom sent me a birthday cake about 10 years ago. It came in a styrofoam cooler. That cooler fits a 12 pack and ice perfectly, cost me nothing, keeps beer cold for at least 24 hours. I wonder how mindblown this guy you met would be to know of this?

Michigan State, Baylor, and Penn State all deserve to have the “death penalty” given to their athletic departments.

the retirement of offensive lineman Richie Incognito

My favorite Dead Letters, regardless of the content, are the ones which are completely composed within the subject line. It baffles me every time that people capable of that exist.

You’re correct.