Today's Random News

[mollipen]

Wait, are you jerking off WHILE looking at TNL? Or are they separate activities?

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

yes.

[Fe 26]

some articles on the generation gap. I can't help but think that most of TNL falls in the generation between X and Y. Most of our shared experiences fall between the old and new. TNL is also as pessimistic as gen X but as idealistic as Y.

http://www.popsugar.com/tech/How-Tec...ion-X-37522155

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robasgha...-a-millennial/

[NeoZeedeater]

Generation Catalano

I'm glad I don't have this title. I guess I'm close enough to get the reference, though.

[icarusfall]

That counts.

[Fe 26]

the war on fat, making life worse, not better

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/201...ntent=20150521

Apparently the war on fat just makes people hate themselves, not less fat.

Understandable, given that people are wired to eat high sugar high caloric food in nature.

So, I don't know, fuck it. The obvious answer is to raise the price of junk food or just stop offering so much of it, but good luck with that. No one is going to stop making money so more people can feel good about themselves.

Also, parents give their children mental disorders.

[Doc Holliday]

The obvious answer is to treat an abundance of fat cells like Down's syndrome.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ce-beauty.html

[Josh]

Good for her.

[Josh]

http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/201...ntent=20150521

This is some Tumblr-tier shit.

[Fe 26]

http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/25/...ic-state-iran/

Empires fucked the world up, but not in the way you think. They just didn't stick around long enough. All the bad shit not happing in the US? Its because a big strong foreign government isn't around to spank asses and knock heads.

Maybe.

An interesting take, but I don't think you'll see a major world government use the language of empire building in our life times. WWI and WWII soured everyone on it. Though I'm sure everyone will continue to do it while hiding it under other names.