May 2013
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Charles Ramsey Is an Internet Hero for All the... →
theraceproblem:
No one is saying that Charles Ramsey isn’t worthy of the “hero” mantle. He helped save three women who were held captive — brutally — in his Cleveland neighborhood for over a decade. But the Internet’s instant meme-ification of this man — a lower-income black man talking about a horrible crime, played on repeat at the expense of stereotypes and with the blinders fully up about...
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April 2013
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Everything You Know About Microwaves Is Wrong →
redchuckproductions:
No, they won’t give you cancer, and they don’t rob food of nutrition.
Cool. But they still make food kinda crappy.
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Tumblr's L.A. Fuck You to Fired Employees; Opens... →
kingjaffejoffer:
It’s hard to imagine what could be worse than being fired in the same paragraph that heaps praise upon the work you’ve been doing. But at Tumblr, there is worse: your company shitcans you and then unveils shiny new LA real estate.
Ex-Employee: “Because Tumblr is so volatile in many ways, nobody feels totally secure in their jobs. But we had no reason to believe our demise was...
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