It's her voice, and how sexy it is. And she's really really smart. And cool. She might be a loud chewer though, you never know.>> ^BoneRemake:

I find her voice sexy. I dunno what it is.

Friends of mine are really smart. When their daughter was 3, she would play read AND PRETEND TO LOOK AT THE INDEX IN THE BACK, then go back to the middle of the book.

At 2 1/2, she wouldn't go down for a nap, kept asking for water, or a story, just something, and finally her dad got mad and said -- enough, this is the last time I am coming in here. (She had to leave her mommy at a party and go home for a nap and she wasn't happy.)

Her response to her father's ultimatum? I swear this is true. 2 1/2 years old. She said --

"You must concede that I am lonely and afraid."

Two and a half.

15,000 14,999

>> ^direpickle:

>> ^Yogi:
He's really smart...humans would probably try to help one of their own because of their stupid feelings. Humans don't have the guts to be like Scumbag Bison and just kick their best friend in the chest right into the wolves and make a clean escape. Stupid humans with their damn feelings.

Wikipedia: "Of the total number presented, only 15,000 total individuals are considered wild bison in the natural range within North America (free-ranging, not confined primarily by fencing)."
Every news outlet last week: "The seven billionth person was born..."
I think stupid humans with their damn feelings are totally winning!

>> ^Yogi:

He's really smart...humans would probably try to help one of their own because of their stupid feelings. Humans don't have the guts to be like Scumbag Bison and just kick their best friend in the chest right into the wolves and make a clean escape. Stupid humans with their damn feelings.


Wikipedia: "Of the total number presented, only 15,000 total individuals are considered wild bison in the natural range within North America (free-ranging, not confined primarily by fencing)."

Every news outlet last week: "The seven billionth person was born..."

I think stupid humans with their damn feelings are totally winning!

He's really smart...humans would probably try to help one of their own because of their stupid feelings. Humans don't have the guts to be like Scumbag Bison and just kick their best friend in the chest right into the wolves and make a clean escape. Stupid humans with their damn feelings.

*promote SMART aquatics

I mean, thats a really smart Idea. Inspired me in a sense.

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It's a bit more nerdy, but this guy is really smart.

http://5by5.tv/criticalpath/

>> ^kymbos:

and they are?

I see what you mean, Susanne. I am not a fan of parental teasing either. But did you catch that really quick cut of her eyes to camera? It was just for a nanosecond. I think she is really smart and was playing to the camera. I don't think she was near as upset as she sounded on the surface.

I could be wrong, of course. It is so hard to really know the dynamics of a family situation in a quick couple of minutes.

Thanks for commenting -- there are few who show up in the comment streams with thoughtful and sensitive commentary.

In reply to this comment by suzannegascoyne:
While this might be construed as racist, I do think that the little girl would be equally upset if she were told that her hair is going to turn green when she's four. My biggest concern with this is the quality of parenting. I don't think that teasing is cute--look at her face and get some empathy!

@grinter @dannym3141

When I said it would stop pumping, I meant it would stop pumping air into the chamber. The lumen may still compress and send air around after the tube was full, but it would release this air into the atmosphere without resistance, so it would give no more resistance than a tire normally does. It's the resistance of air going into a pressurized chamber that makes pumping difficult.

And if the device is really smart, like the graphic kinda indicates, the lumen itself would cease to become inflated at all. If the cut-off is at the air intake, not the pump end, then the device won't even be active most of the time. [edit]

>> ^A10anis:

The description says; "The only problem with this idea is his notion of intelligence, I believe it must also somehow factor in a person's empathic capabilities and their understanding of value in community."
I think that a person's empathic capabilities and their understanding of value in community is directly proportional to their level of intelligence. After all, surely an uneducated moron would have less of those qualities.


Sure, but I was three beers in when I wrote that, and I have met really smart (IQ wise) people who endorse despicably disgusting views like racism, sterilization, and unregulated free markets.

I have heard a really smart person bark about something like this before. One of the main reasons that banks and foreign investors have a hard time in the third world is less clear establishment of ownership rights. For instance, a deed to a house is a great way to procure a loan in the US. Some third world nations have no such institution for claiming ownership of property. It is an interesting problem that I never considered before. The systems of ownership that have risen in the west don't exist in other parts of the world.

even though I really like octopus (as a food), this is just cruel. Serving an animal still alive is just cruel. period.
They should be killed in the fastest way possible. There is no pleasure in making any living thing suffer.

And octopi are supposed to be really smart (don't know about squid though).

The biggest squelch has been the hobbling of promote and quality. That can't end soon enough, as far as I am concerned.

As for only voting for your buddies....

I'll be honest -- I have sometimes upvoted things that I haven't particularly liked, either because I like the poster or there is a new star power level coming up.

BUT I hold myself up as evidence that this place isn't an insiders' club. I got lots of stuff sifted when nobody knew me, and quickly became bronze.

But the thing is -- I knew THE SIFT, having lurked for over four years. I knew what folks voted for, I knew what titles caught the eye. I know what "sells" -- put bewb in the title, anything with Homer Simpson, really smart science stuff. A good title goes a long way -- folks love cleverness here, and outrage, and passion.

What gets upvoted is the right product, marketed well. Great product with crappy title? Going nowhere. Crappy vid but a great title? It'll probably get sifted, but not much else.

This is what I have observed. Over five years.

Fart girl is Michele Boyd...not just pretty but HUGE!..like 5'11" And really smart...she's like some sort of Bond Villain.