Scott Adams: In his own words
I’m not a gamer. I’m not even a casual game player. But the other day I decided to try a game called Angry Birds just to see why it’s so popular. I wasn’t expecting to like it. I was wrong. The game is instantly addictive. But why? Or more generally,…
Read MoreThere’s no derogatory label for people who label others. This creates an imbalance in the linguistic arsenal. Example: Person 1: “If you don’t watch sports, you’re a racist.” Person 2: “Oh yeah? Well, you’re…a…person who assigns labels that are not sensible!” See what I mean? It’s like being…
Read MoreOver at Salon.com, the poorly informed are in full unibation mode over their shared hallucinations of my Men’s Rights post. I trotted over to set things right, intending to have my usual fun, but their registration system is either broken or for some other reason failing to send me an…
Read MoreThis weekend the top twitter meme in the solar system, at least for a few hours, involved Feminist blogs calling me an ignorant, misogynist asshole. Meanwhile, over on the Men’s Rights blogs, I’m being called a wussy, asshole, douche bag. There is still some debate on those sites as to…
Read MoreIt occurred to me recently that I have developed quite a few tricks for engineering my own happiness. Allow me to share a few. Some are more obvious than others. Food – Observe your own mood, and that of others, in the context of how recently they have eaten. If there’s…
Read MoreI heard a report on NPR about an auto insurance company giving drivers the options of putting GPS tracking devices on their vehicles to lower insurance rates by as much as 30%. The idea is that, for example, the device could confirm to the insurance company that the car wasn’t…
Read MoreIf I were to say that Elbonians and rats have something in common – specifically their love of cheese, would that be seen as an insult to Elbonians? Answer: Yes. While the point of the analogy is extraordinarily clear, and limited to a love of cheese, most people would wonder…
Read MoreI deleted today’s post. My regular readers have the capacity to deal with this sort of topic but it gained a bit too much attention from outside my normal reading circle. Knowledge is a dangerous thing.
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