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Morning Cup of Links: Why Don’t Humans Have Fur?
by Miss Cellania - August 17, 2009 - 4:01 AM
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In America, Crazy Is a Preexisting Condition. If history is any indication, passionate outrage is a political staple.
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10 Must-Dos for the First Week of College. “Find a date” can wait until week two.
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Why Humans Don’t Have Fur. Could it be because of all those fleas?
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I’ve had a lot of fun with a generator that marries random Twitter updates with the graphics from Dinosaur Comics.  Refresh often for more surrealism. (via Metafilter)
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Invent is a creative printer ad that Hewlett-Packard ought to use and pay the creators well. Don’t ask me how much is really paper and how much of it is special effects.
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The 5 Stages of Grief, applied to everyday situations. We may have a new unified theory for all human behavior.
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5 Artistic Rivalries That Got Ugly. If you can’t beat them, smear them with gossip and innuendo. Or sue them.

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Comments (4)

  1. Speaking as a middle liberal (starting to lean more and more to the side though), the main thing i’ve noticed is that people fear the unknown. They’ll cling on to the same process regardless of its effectiveness because it’s what they’re used to. It’s like a golfer with a bad hook. The solution is the swing, but I’ve seen people try to solve it through different clubs and balls. They’re comfortable with their swing and don’t want to change it. Our healthcare system, to me, is like the swing. They need to break from their comfort zones and see what a new swing will do to the ball’s flight. People need to learn that times change things, and you need to adapt to the swing of things in order to keep things functioning properly. If we don’t, we’re going to be in the rough and behind a par performance all day.

    posted by Steven on 8-17-2009 at 10:35 am

  2. I see your point. But sometimes when a golfer changes his swing and tries something new he pulls his back out, or blows out his knee. Catch my drift?

    posted by Mike on 8-17-2009 at 11:49 am

  3. Hey, I’d like to keep Mental Floss political free…I’ll only add that there are precious few things the government does better than private industry…no matter WHICH side is in charge!

    posted by richard dixon on 8-17-2009 at 6:40 pm

  4. Thanks for the “First Week of College” link! That has some pretty good tips. It’s nice to have my thoughts reaffirmed sometimes.

    And the Dinosaur Comics generator is extremely hilarious, if a little terrifying.

    posted by Allison on 8-17-2009 at 7:53 pm

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