- Listening to the Hair Dryer: Why Nice Religion is Still Problematic, Analogy #37,476 | Greta Christina’s Blog
- “Let’s say Person 1 thinks their hair dryer is talking to them, and is telling them to shoot every redhead who gets on the 9:04 train.
And let’s say that Person 2 thinks their hair dryer is talking to them, and is telling them to volunteer twice a week at a homeless shelter.
Is it better to volunteer at a homeless shelter than it is to shoot every redhead who gets on the 9:04 train? Of course it is.
But you still have a basic problem — which is that you think your hair dryer is talking to you.”
(tags: religion greta-christina accomodationism) - Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal on Induction
- Wanna play doctor of philosophy?
(tags: philosophy funny cartoon) - The True Cost of Commuting | Mr. Money Mustache
- Why it doesn’t make sense to have a big house miles from where you work. I’m cycling in these days (unless it rains, then I’ll probably drive).
(tags: car transportation bike commuting money planning) - BBC News – Viewpoint: Is the alcohol message all wrong?
- Kate Fox, author of “Watching the English”: “when people think they are drinking alcohol, they behave according to their cultural beliefs about the behavioural effects of alcohol.”
(tags: alcohol sociology society uk britain kate-fox)
unless it rains, then I’ll probably drive
Get a rain jacket and a cap and keep cycling! You need to equip yourself for rain anyway—otherwise, what will you do if you cycle into work and then it starts raining just as you’re about to set off home?—and if you’re equipped for rain, you might as well cycle whatever the weather.