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Oh, infatuation..

What sweet, silly gift can I give to a sweet, silly boy? This question isn’t as cliché as one might think.
posted to Ask MetaFilter by fiasco at 11:06 AM on December 25, 2007 (44 comments)

map paintings

Map Paintings by Paula Scher: “These are absolutely, one hundred percent inaccurate,” Paula Scher declares of her colossal map paintings. Then, after a pause: “But not on purpose.” Another pause: they’re actually “sort of right.” [via]
posted to MetaFilter by dhruva at 4:58 PM on November 12, 2007 (10 comments)

Douchebaggery 101 - Proof that nice guys finish last

Hot Chicks With Douchebags [possibly nsfw] [via #mefi]
posted to MetaFilter by Stynxno at 7:13 AM on August 23, 2007 (160 comments)

The Waw effect

Is there anything good about men? In this address to the American Psychological Association, psychologist Roy Baumeister suggests that women have historically had a much greater chance of reproducing than men, and that this has had a profound influence on the way their respective roles in society have evolved:
For women throughout history (and prehistory), the odds of reproducing have been pretty good. Later in this talk we will ponder things like, why was it so rare for a hundred women to get together and build a ship and sail off to explore unknown regions, whereas men have fairly regularly done such things? But taking chances like that would be stupid, from the perspective of a biological organism seeking to reproduce. They might drown or be killed by savages or catch a disease. For women, the optimal thing to do is go along with the crowd, be nice, play it safe. The odds are good that men will come along and offer sex and you’ll be able to have babies. All that matters is choosing the best offer. We’re descended from women who played it safe....For men, the outlook was radically different. If you go along with the crowd and play it safe, the odds are you won’t have children. Most men who ever lived did not have descendants who are alive today. Their lines were dead ends. Hence it was necessary to take chances, try new things, be creative, explore other possibilities.

posted to MetaFilter by Turtles all the way down at 4:34 AM on August 22, 2007 (130 comments)

Brazil and torture

What Brazil tells us about torture today. A thoughtful discussion by Clive James of torture in the context of the movies in general and Terry Gilliam's Brazil in particular. Warning: occasional descriptions of awful behavior, and the reader may have his opinion of humanity lowered. "The historical evidence suggests that on the rare occasions when a state begins again in what a fond humanitarian might think of as a condition of innocence, a supply of young torturers is the first thing it produces... In the Nazi and Soviet cellars and camps, people were regularly tortured for information they did not possess: i.e., they were tortured just for the hell of it."
posted to MetaFilter by languagehat at 6:45 AM on February 25, 2007 (50 comments)

Bacon Salt

Because everything should taste like bacon.
posted to MetaFilter by mr_crash_davis at 8:48 AM on July 19, 2007 (106 comments)
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