The areas most densely populated by asian and black facebook users (and all asian and black people in general since this data is practically the same as one from the US census) are pretty similar to what it was before – fifty years ago, a century ago.

What does it mean? People in general don’t like to change their areas of habitat. Even in America where almost everyone have a car, where all the country is densely stitched with superhighways and there are no legal restrictions to move anywhere, even in America people tend to live where their parents an parents’ grandparents lived.

Well, the Bon Sauvage and the romantic primitivism are as old as our civilization. In any times there will be rather naive people who think that progress, social evolution and civilization itself are killing something good, naturally noble and spiritual in us. So James Cameron is not the only one and not the last one. Le mythe du bon sauvage will be rewritten many times in the future. But lets get back to Avatar.

In the movie there is a scene when Le Mythe is fading for a second and indigenous bloodthirsty nature reveals itself. In the moment when Neytiri is telling about Na’vi social traditions we are getting one important message: only those who successfully accomplished a set of pretty tough exams can become a member of Na’vi society. The fate of failed ones is not uttered but rather transparent. At that moment we’ve seen cute black bald kittehs. We know who cares about that les miserables in the jungle by night.

There are no cripples among the Na’vi, even their elders are not so old and quite lively. And the Humans as a contrast: movie’s main character is a cripple with both legs paralyzed, Sigourney Weaver’s nerd team are brainiac pussies who will never pass the Na’vi exams. On Pandora their natural role is to be a helpless food for wild animals.

One of the most important things that differs civilized men from indigenous savages is how the society treats its failed members: cripples, criminals, bankrupts.

Domains considered profane, e.g. ‘blow.co.ck’, ‘mybig.co.ck’, etc, will not be considered on any level, and the application will be dissolved with the applicant being notified, and future requests for the same domain name will be ignored. ‘.ck’ domains are monitored on the web, on a regular basis for profanity on the Internet if it is found to be doing so, or if the site is deemed inappropriate, the domain will be terminated without notification or refund. via wikipedia

In their apt attempt to follow one of the stupidest decisions in the history of Internet*, administration of Cook Islands found a way how to make a profanity out of a harmless abbreviation.

* – greedy practice of forcing people to register 3rd-level domains in some national TLDs rather than normal 2nd-levels (e.g. company.co.uk vs. company.uk)

Today, due to the cold, windy weather, I decided to wear my brand-new cute (and expensive) jacket that has a faux-fur hood. As I walked down the street, numerous PETA members attacked me with red liquid. I’m a Vegan and an animal-rights activist. FML

Well, a least it’s quite naturally: to sprinkle a fake fur wearer with a fake blood. All the world is fake.

Now, I have no problem with adderall and other such drugs if the person taking them actually has a problem (ADD, ADHD, etc), but it REALLY infuriates me when students take drugs like this just to get ahead. It’s cheating and it’s not fair to those who don’t have access to the drugs, or don’t want to take the drugs. We have to work twice as hard just to stay at the same level.

by some anonymous commenter at this Boing Boing post.

Another one case of the brilliant liberal logic: If I can’t (or don’t want to) improve myself I should pull down anyone who are not so retarded as me to my own loosy level so I can feel myself ok and normal and keep my self-confidence safe from those who are better than me.

Personally, I’m not a big fan of taking amphetamines off prescription. But I’ll try to give provigil (modafinil) a try when I’ll find a way to buy it (it haven’t passed all the regulations here yet so not available in the drugstores). Or, if I fail, I’ll go for the phenotropil – modern and very effective nootropic that helped me a lot several years ago, though, it’s not cheap at all.

It’s now the law in Georgia, you may no longer sell pot-flavored candy to minors. The bill, which passed the senate 42-3, and was introduced by– seriously, not an April Fool– Doug Stoner, a Democrat from Smyrna, was passed by the house last year.

Keep the babies’ teeth healthy. Steal that candy! Via

OREGON CITY, Ore. – A couple whose church preaches against medical care are facing criminal charges after their young daughter died of an infection that authorities said went untreated. Via msnbc

Two Sikh men in B.C. have filed a grievance against their employer after a new rule required all employees to wear a hard hat while on the job. Via

Why the hard hats shouldn’t be mandatory for all except for religious people? Who the hell cares about those damn fanatics?