Alien made director Ridley Scott a household name, launched creature-bursting-through-the-chest jokes into the cultural lexicon, and is widely accepted as the first action movie to feature a female lead. That’s why, more than half a century later, we’re still getting scared by its sequel...
The Law of April Fools' JokesFor our April Fools' Day edition of the Case of the Week, we visit the California Court of Appeal, which supplies us with a case touching on constitutional law, contracts, defamation, and, of course, the law of April Fools' jokes. Not surprisingly, our case...
While most Britons don’t take these jokes too seriously, foreigners often don’t understand them. A recent survey found that most foreigners who visited Britain think the British are “unfriendly and have almost no sense of humor”. Are the British just not as funny as they think they are...
Braddon-Mitchell and Miller put forward the claim that the relation of being-the-same-person is gradable: a person can be the same person tomorrow as today, but only half the same. To justify their thesis, they propose a model of persons that is intended to be metaphysically neutral. Thi...
I would even guess the bulk of jokes are created by bringing two unrelated ideas together. Which brings us back to music and Cher. I read a lot more than some people maybe, but it is nothing, nothing, nothing compared to the amount of music I listen to every day. Like 6-8 hours of...
And it can tell jokes, like “ 4 was the math book sad? Because it had too many problems.” The robot enjoys 5 science books and spending time playing the violin. The creators of AInstein want to use the technology to 6 learning experiences in the classroom. In fact, there 7 be a...
meant to be one of the dragon riders, having a psychic link to her very own dragon and a bond that no amount of bullying or slander could ever break makes up for some of the hardship, when a dark threat spreads over the land the young dragon rider apprentices are called out to battle...
There is no torture like being tormented by an endless onslaught of notifications, GIFs, selfies and out of context in-jokes. Honestly, give me a lake of sulphur any day. 5. Mansplainers If you’re not sure what mansplaining is, let me mansplain it for you. ...
yet now we are using it to connect kindly and come together. I have clients and friends sending each other jokes, messages of support and love and around the world people are singing to each other and supporting each other in their local communities through groups and individual acts. Even ...
After a year and a half, I was still telling people, “It’s complicated.” And, yeah, it’s complicated. People are complicated. Relationships are complicated. After so much time, it should become less complicated! Do you love me? Or not? Do you want to be with me? Or not? It’...