Best/Realest Tweets of the Week, 9/4-9/10/2011
– Compiled by @JayGabler
9/11: Altruism Most Terrifying
Émile Durkheim’s 1897 book Suicide is one of the pioneering classics of sociology. Suicide, Durkheim argues, is not one thing but many..
“Baby Roulette” and Human (Ir)rationality
An article just published in Glamour (a friend tweeted it, okay?) applies the term “baby roulette” to the way a persistently high numb..
Inconvenient Moments in the Life of a Performance Artist
When a patron who puts his hands into the curtained box you’re wearing and, per instruction, feels your breasts, points out that the l..
People Who Lived On the Fourth Floor of Sleeper Hall with Me When I Was a Freshman
The Stoners. These guys were so quintessential, I hardly even need to say anything about them. They sat around, listened to Phish, the..
What Alternative Rock Bands of the 80s Would Have Named Themselves if They Were Indie Bands in 2011
R.E.M.: Sleep Cycles
The Feelies: HANDS
The Violent Femmes: Women
Hüsker Dü: Husker!Du!
The Replacements: PBR
They Migh..
Types of Urban Bicyclists
The hot girl/guy. It’s unclear where exactly this person is going, or why he/she is on a bike. Rides slowly around town, often with a ..
Sexual Positions of the British Royalty
The Steeplechase. A game of “just the tip” between a male member of the royalty and a female commoner, in which the pair’s respective ..
Things God Should Give Becky Lang for Her Birthday
A complete redesign for the Internet at least once every six months, so no site’s design ever sucks again
Making all music critics ..
Best/Realest Tweets of the Week, 8/28-9/3/2011
– Compiled by @JayGabler
Lord, Protect the Ones Who Post (The Bloggers’ Hymn)
Lord, protect the ones who post
For it is they we need the most
In times of wealth and times of need
They fill our Google Reader fe..
Things the Hampton Inn Would Prefer You Not Do During Your Stay
Hang your clothes on the sprinkler head.
Leave the continental breakfast waffle maker closed when it’s not in the process of waffle..