Recently in sciencey junk Category
This may only be of interest to me and me, but I thought I'd share some tidbits from an awesome post on Language Log today in response to this reader's query:
"There's a phenomenon that has interested me for a while, and I noticed a extreme example last weekend. When people mean "yes" they sometimes say "no, yeah" or "yeah, no" and when they mean "no" they say "yeah, no" or "no, yeah" or even "no, yeah, no."
After laying out some boringish data about this linguistic tic -- including the semi-interesting fact that it's apparently really common in Australia -- the post's author Mark Liberman gives a really clear and sensible analysis of this linguistic phenomenon.
Read all the details after the button pressy thingy, including a hot picture of a TOTALLY SHIRTLESS GUY!
Continue reading "Yeah no..." and "No yeah...".
...but THIS M-F TRANSSEXUAL'S VAGINA looks pretty yummy!
Pics are only thumbnails; for bigger, juicier pics of real life, post-op, synthetic vagine, you'll need a Nerve password.
Wow, I haven't thought about Nerve in like two whole years.
(h/t FunFriends)
This robo mosquito-dog is so plucky and resilient, and has the daintiest, pranciest, feyest little feetsticks I've ever seen!
(h/t PoeTV)
