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    More Trolleyology

    I think it’s great that people are poking fun at the stupid philosophy 101 stuff that passes for “thought experiments.”

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • July 29, 2023
    • Philosophy, Snark
    • 8 Comments

    Speaking of Doing It Rong

    I stumbled across this on the internets, forwarded it around to a few of my knife-making buddies, and everyone had a good laugh and a snark and then got quiet. The only way to deal with it is to assume it’s a set-up.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • October 14, 2021
    • Art, Florida Man, For laughs, Silliness, Snark
    • 12 Comments

    It’s Unseemly To Gloat At Someone’s Death

    But I think it’s OK to gloat about some really fine, distilled, coronavirus irony. I guess I’m just a nasty person; well, that’s who’s running the world today so I’d better jump on the bandwagon.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • April 15, 2020
    • Burn it to the ground, Religion, Snark
    • 67 Comments

    Bullshit Merchants Like Flies to Sugar

    The coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan is scary and, having been in the path of a near-lethal coronavirus, one of the worst parts is wondering, “how much worse can this get?” and suspecting that the answer is “a whole lot.”

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • February 8, 2020
    • Burn it to the ground, Politics, Poverty, Propaganda, Science, Snark
    • 14 Comments

    Snark: Arrested for Failure

    Parkland: Former police deputy arrested for failure to confront shooter.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • June 5, 2019
    • Snark

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