Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw?!

My Uncle John would do that. He was my mother’s brother though…

“It’s just a matter of time before she discovers I’m only an emergency hologram…”

AI: The grift that became a cult.

Cat Venom?

“You might want to get a pot of coffee going, we’re going to be here all night.”

I’m always happy to see bad news for Tesla (and by extension, Elon), but they’ve survived so much despite their mismanagement it feels like we’ll never be rid of them.

Way better than marshmallows!

“The Stanford marshmallow experiment was a study on delayed gratification in 1970 led by psychologist Walter Mischel, a professor at Stanford University.[1] In this study, a child was offered a choice between one small but immediate reward, or two small rewards if they waited for a period of time.”

The joke is that in this version of the experiment, the child isn’t being tested, the marshmallow is. And in this case, the marshmallow has decided to eat this one child instead of waiting until later, when it would have been allowed to eat two children.

Patrick McDonnell works in a very traditional comic strip style. He’s heavily influenced by George Herriman (Krazy Kat), and other cartoonists of that era.

Yes, he’s had a documented pattern of risky behavior (eating roadkill, spreading bones around in the park, doing monumental amounts of heroin), and yes: he had a brain worm. But SOMEHOW those two dots don’t connect? It’s impossible to prove specifics, but according to his spokesperson:

‘He had “traveled extensively in Africa, South America and Asia” as part of his work as an environmental advocate and said he contracted a parasite in one of those trips.’

Then again we don’t know what he got up to while was traveling. Maybe he chowed down on a raw pig, despite all attempts to stop him?

Well sure, but he did “experiment” with drugs, which I mean… scientists do experiments, right?

All individuals diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) experience challenges with social communication and interaction, and exhibit restricted or repetitive behaviors or interests. These are the core diagnostic criteria for ASD, and they are well defined.

The “spectrum” part of the disorder refers to the fact that these can vary in severity, but in order to be diagnostically relevant, they must “cause clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of current functioning.” Being awkward and liking math is not ASD unless it meets that standard.

In any event, splitting ASD into distinct disorders by severity was not seen as clinically useful by the editors of the DSM, presumably after much consideration. If you wish to argue that level of severity between one symptom or another should be treated as a separate disorder, you can reach out to the Board of Trustees of the APA – maybe you’ll get your wish in the DSM VI.

Try to look like you might have cocaine on you.

(Sorry man, I got nothing 😔 )

“Okay little buddy, spot me.”

*Purrrrrrrrrrrr*

Perfect Tommy.

a human rice cooker

In another time, another place, they could be magnificent!

Or from the window to the wall.