While I recognize that number of Everything is Terrible posts is approaching the number of Stones posts here, I couldn’t resist this one. It’s so true!

(Via Everything is Terrible)

Apparently, AIDS came from tigers. I’m not sure how to put a spin on that. I mean, AIDS. Tigers. AIDS. Tigers. WHAT IN THE

Researchers have found a strand of feline DNA in the AIDS virus, leading them to believe that the virus was incubated in a tiger thousands or millions of years ago. They speculate that the tiger may have bitten a monkey, setting in motion the viral evolution that would ultimately lead to the infection of humans. Though the research is unlikely to directly lead to treatment breakthroughs, it expands scientists?

File under “terrifying shit which will keep you up at night for weeks on end.” More Americans believe in the existence of guardian angels than the role of humans in global warming. I’m so glad we have our heads on right as a nation.

More Americans believe in guardian angels than humans’ role in global warming, according to recent polls.

A Pew poll released late last month found that just 36 percent of Americans believe humans are responsible for accelerating global climate change, which scientists say mushroomed after the industrial revolution due to humans’ dependence on carbon-based fuels.

(The Raw Story: More Americans believe in angels than humans’ role in global warming)

California just got something right?

A TOY mouse supposed to sing “Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells” has been recalled amid claims it warbles “paedophile, paedophile”.

The 4ins festive novelty, with Santa hat and a cheesy grin, has left parents stunned.

One mum said: “When I squeezed its tummy I couldn’t believe my ears. I recognised the tune, but the words were certainly not traditional. Luckily my children are too young to understand.”

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Maybe I’m just getting old and cranky, but I found Your Scene Sucks rather amusing. From the website:

everyone seems to be involved in some sort of strange contest where the winner wears the tightest jeans, puts on the silliest looking makeup, and sports the worst haircut. in the end, everyone loses.  you all end up looking the same.

referring to the kids involved with today’s music scene, my good friend dave mcwane once said, “it’s not a fucking fashion show.”   truer words have never been spoken.

(via Lost at E Minor)

 
Interesting essay on how the work of late science fiction author Philip K. Dick can be seen to have prefigured today’s role playing video games over at the mighty Pop Matters blog.

The thesis of author “L.B. Jefferies” is straightforward enough: “Philip K. Dick?

(Via Everything is Terrible)

As the Copenhagen Talks begin, a massive problem rears its head: The Himalayas, one of the world’s primary sources of fresh water (as well as spiritual weirdness), are under threat from global warming. The Himalayan glaciers that store the world’s waters are melting. As if China’s Three Gorges Dam project wasn’t enough, now this?

Way above us in the Himalayan cloud are jagged, snowbound peaks ?