I actually found it to be a little too big such that stuff fell out of it more easily
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PwnanObrienHe's right, life sucks.Registered Userregular
There are parts of our daily lives that we just take for granted as being normal, but science proves us wrong. One of the best ways to look at this is language. We've previously discussed on the podcast how languages with future tenses (like English) make us really bad at planning for the future. We just think the future is some imaginary place that we'll always to go later. That's why we're great at fun things like procrastinating, drinking and smoking.
Chinese, on the other hand, doesn't have tenses at all, so native speakers find themselves naturally better at planning for the time ahead. For Chinese speakers, the future isn't some magical fairy island that will always come tomorrow–the structure of the language just makes the consequences of life more immediate in their brains.
These little cultural differences literally affect how we perceive the world. In languages with more words for the color green, for example, speakers can actually see more shades of green than us. What is a superpower to us is completely mundane to them because they've just had that language and ability their whole life.
On this week's podcast Jack O'Brien is joined by Cracked executive editor Jason Pargin (aka David Wong) to outline some of the scientific ways our brains trick us with this phenomenon-- how our sense perception, something we assume is uniform across all humanity, actually changes depending on what culture we're brought up in.
Footnotes:
Donald Trump/Bernie Sanders "Yuuuge" Forum Thread: goo.gl/xNhQ4e
Blue Square/Green Square Experiment: goo.gl/08DBcL
Cracked: Unexplained Things That Only Happen In A Few Places On Earth: goo.gl/zf42ye
Cracked: 7 Innocent Gestures That Can Get You Killed Overseas: goo.gl/7Nv1es
Cracked: 6 Mental Illnesses That Only Happen in One Place on Earth: goo.gl/seibHn
Cracked: 5 Insane Ways Words Can Control Your Mind: goo.gl/RlnD
Cracked: 5 Surprising Ways Your Language Affects How You Think: goo.gl/3g3nBa
Cracked: I Don't Know My Age: 5 Things I Learned in My Isolated Tribe: goo.gl/6LdJIh
Cracked: 6 Isolated Groups Who Had No Idea That Civilization Existed: goo.gl/e49hK
Invisibilia: McDonald's in Russia: goo.gl/nBrjpd
99% Invisible: Devil's Rope: goo.gl/VTbc2K
The McGurk Effect: goo.gl/T47EGZ
The Atlantic: Can Your Language Influence Your Spending, Eating and Smoking Habits: goo.gl/R9oI0m
Schoolboy Q's Blankface LP on Spotify: goo.gl/BgLM1a
@Gatsby I found your "I shouldn't have said that" moment while editing. We were talking about how Australia is on the verge of going full Mad Max, and that I needed to by some leather armour and you said that you had plenty of leather around.
The recaps at the start of each FatT Dungeon World episode contain multiple segments that I have zero memory of having listened to, because apparently I just find myself thinking about other things while it's on
I'm looking forward to cyberpunk'd, where Ashton Kutcher messes with celebrities over the Internet.
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Librarian's ghostLibrarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSporkRegistered Userregular
I have a super hard time focusing on Dungeon World FatT. Like, if I am doing anything else at all I am lost. I seem to only be able to listen to it sitting perfectly still while staring at a blank wall. Which is not something I am going to be able to do for the entirety of it.
I knew we were in a cyberpunk future when I saw crazy makeup and hair designs that were meant to fuck up facial recognition software.
It was the most cyberpunky thing I had ever seen.
I still think about this constantly
I think I bring it up at least once a month.
Everytime it gets brought up I'm annoyed all over again that neither the new Mirror's Edge or Watch Dogs 2 use those makeup and hair in their character designs.
I'm probably going to get Taco Bell today. Not a crunchwrap, though, since they're some sort of hyperspace labyrinth that I can't comprehend, let alone eat.
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Librarian's ghostLibrarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSporkRegistered Userregular
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It is just a taco supreme wrapped in a crunchy shell and soft shell with nacho cheese added.
Travis McElroy is officially an old man, because he has posted like 20 autoposts from a phone game to his Twitter and boy I wish web Twitter had temporary mute filters
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Theodore Flooseveltproud parent of eight beautiful girls and shalmelodorne (which is currently being ruled by a woman (awesome role model for my daughters)) #dornedadRegistered Userregular
Travis McElroy is officially an old man, because he has posted like 20 autoposts from a phone game to his Twitter and boy I wish web Twitter had temporary mute filters
Specifically, the dumb phone game Jeff Gerstmann was playing on Unpro Fridays
Theodore Flooseveltproud parent of eight beautiful girls and shalmelodorne (which is currently being ruled by a woman (awesome role model for my daughters)) #dornedadRegistered Userregular
I like the one where he tricks a bunch of robots into disassembling a dude
the series finale where the producers revealed to him he was a robot who'd been programmed with the memories of a notable 21st century doofus was pretty hilarious
I like the one where he tricks a bunch of robots into disassembling a dude
the series finale where the producers revealed to him he was a robot who'd been programmed with the memories of a notable 21st century doofus was pretty hilarious
*Pulls out mirror*
*Grins vacantly at reflection*
"Haha, BURN!"
Dabbing just looks like Japanese super hero power poses but with your head tucked into your arm.
It's the stupidest thing since the last "move" white people got into.
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Theodore Flooseveltproud parent of eight beautiful girls and shalmelodorne (which is currently being ruled by a woman (awesome role model for my daughters)) #dornedadRegistered Userregular
yeah Justin looks like he should be wearing some sort of matador power armor or something with that pose
To clarify--dabbing might have been cool, once. I don't really know. But I do know that the instant it became popular with whitey, it stopped being cool.
Travis McElroy is officially an old man, because he has posted like 20 autoposts from a phone game to his Twitter and boy I wish web Twitter had temporary mute filters
Travis McElroy is officially an old man, because he has posted like 20 autoposts from a phone game to his Twitter and boy I wish web Twitter had temporary mute filters
Travis McElroy is officially an old man, because he has posted like 20 autoposts from a phone game to his Twitter and boy I wish web Twitter had temporary mute filters
Theodore Flooseveltproud parent of eight beautiful girls and shalmelodorne (which is currently being ruled by a woman (awesome role model for my daughters)) #dornedadRegistered Userregular
i am not a big twitter user but to be honest most of travis' tweeting grates a bit on me
don't want to be uncharitable and call it his "twitter persona" but don't want to go so far as to say it's his personality, because that feels rude, but... maybe? it's just like, sickly sweet
should prob unfollow anyway
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StraightziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered Userregular
I had to unfollow Travis when he started five new podcasts in a single week
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I actually found it to be a little too big such that stuff fell out of it more easily
Oh please, as if I'm prudish about that stuff.
That dude still surprises me sometimes
just the words "pdf of dan ryckert's taco bell review scores" should be enough for the Celestials to deem us unworthy and scour the earth
Surprisingly, the Celestials agree with Dan that Taco Bell food is the best food in existence.
I still think about this constantly
I think I bring it up at least once a month.
I did not have this trouble with Adventure Zone.
I'm looking forward to steampunk'd, where all the pranks are just gluing gears to things.
Everytime it gets brought up I'm annoyed all over again that neither the new Mirror's Edge or Watch Dogs 2 use those makeup and hair in their character designs.
Okay you're going to have to slow down
Okay.
Crunchy Taco Supreme.
Soft Taco Supreme.
Put nacho cheese over them and eat together.
Done.
The one where he tricks a dude into buying a bunch of robots is pretty good
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many etymologists believe this is actually the source of the 20XX slang "trigged" (a corrupted form of tricked)
Specifically, the dumb phone game Jeff Gerstmann was playing on Unpro Fridays
the series finale where the producers revealed to him he was a robot who'd been programmed with the memories of a notable 21st century doofus was pretty hilarious
You are correct
*Pulls out mirror*
*Grins vacantly at reflection*
"Haha, BURN!"
It's the stupidest thing since the last "move" white people got into.
*Takes notes*
Joel...
Hates it...
Must... be.... cool
Look as one of the lamest white people to ever live, trust me, white people are incredibly lame.
but it turns out it's completely unrelated
This has been White People Talk About Black Dance Crazes Minute
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Yeah I am just unfollowing now, it's Too Much
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When Molly unfollows someone, they take notice.
don't want to be uncharitable and call it his "twitter persona" but don't want to go so far as to say it's his personality, because that feels rude, but... maybe? it's just like, sickly sweet
should prob unfollow anyway
It was just too much