@MichaelPaulson: .@NYGovCuomo delays fracking decision indefinitely for review of potential public health effects http://t.co/OpObkU4y @MireyaNYT
Rovzar September 21, 2012 at 10:16AM
@Rovzar: I would like everyone to please read Cindy Adams’ postmodern examination of New York City this morning. http://t.co/jCeIAKMs
pbump September 21, 2012 at 09:52AM
@pbump: Important research: death row prisoners often select unhealthy last meals. http://t.co/x7USWtRF via @counterparties
NickBaumann September 21, 2012 at 09:43AM
@NickBaumann: Whatever you think of the plaintiff in this case, magazines should pay their interns: http://t.co/TCIwpKYr
The U.S. Conducted Atomic Weapons Tests on Beer
An unusual Friday Drink Link, the U.S. conducted atomic weapons tests on beer.
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aterkel September 20, 2012 at 03:12PM
@aterkel: Woman who botched religious fresco now demands royalties after it becomes tourist attraction http://t.co/6Uy5TANP ht @johannabarr
Paris Hilton Says Gay Guys Are “Disgusting,” But Her Rep Says Even Stupider Shit [Paris Hilton]
Noted dimwitted bigot and frequent star of recordings she didn’t know she was starring in Paris Hilton has said something stupid again. Imagine. And it was during New York Fashion Week. Double imagine.
A cab driver recorded a conversation she and a friend were having about the gay hook-up app Grindr. After he explained the mechanics of it, Paris said:
Ewww. Eww. To get fucked? Gay guys are the horniest people in the world. They’re disgusting. Dude, most of them probably have AIDS…I would be so scared if I was a gay guy. You’ll like, die of AIDS.
This is an example of an idiot saying something idiotic (her disregard of the subjunctive voice is almost as offensive as her ideology), but it’s one of those tossed off, private things that would have no impact on the world were it not recorded and distributed. Paris Hilton’s opinion on gay sex and ignorance about HIV isn’t going to stop gay sex or HIV transmission or change minds or make anyone do anything but bitch on the Internet, roll their eyes and say, “No youuuuuu’re disgusting.” What’s really ridiculous is the resulting statement her rep issued when Radar reached out:
Paris Hilton’s comments were to express that it is dangerous for anyone to have unprotected sex that could lead to a life threatening disease. The conversation became heated, after a close gayfriend told her in a cab ride, a story about a gay man who has AIDS and is knowingly having unprotected sex. He also discussed a website that encourages random sex by gay men with strangers. As she was being shown the website her comments were in reference to those people promoting themselves on the site. The cab driver who recorded this, only provided a portion of the conversation. It was not her intent to make any derogatory comments about all gays. Paris Hilton is a huge supporter of the gay community and would never purposefully make any negative statements about anyone’s sexual orientation.
Got that? She wasn’t making a derogatory statement about gays, just the disgusting ones with AIDS, and we can all agree that they deserve it, right? Also AIDS makes you horny, as only a huge supporter of the gay community could tell you. Furthermore, she can’t be homophobic because she has a “close gayfriend.” Glad that’s cleared up.
[Radar]
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IOS6 maps fail so hard, a Tumblr is born
You know you have an issue when someone brews up a Tumblr to mock you: theamazingios6maps.tumblr.com.
Shake Shack to post calorie counts ÂÂ
Restaurateur Danny Meyer opened his 15th Shake Shack last week in New Haven, Conn. That means the menu at each New York City outlet must now include calorie information.
Why Nigerian Email Scams (sorta) work (On the Media)
“Why don’t these spammers try a little harder to be less obvious” – On The Media may have an answer Signal to noise ratio theory saves Nigerian spammers valuable time! “When Nigerian prince scam spam hits our inboxes, most of us know to politely decline requests for assistance. One might wonder why scammers don’t come up with something a bit more believable. But according to a new paper (pdf) by Cormac Hurley of Microsoft Research, the email’s overt scaminess helps identify the biggest suckers. Psychology professor Daniel Simons, who wrote about the phenomenon in the Wall Street Journal, explains.”
(link to the article in WSJ if you’d rather read the gist of it than listen)
via MetaFilter http://www.metafilter.com/120096/Why-Nigerian-Email-Scams-sorta-work-On-the-Media