Every June, Skittles repeats the colorless marketing to spread Pride awareness and raise proceeds for an LGBT charity. For the 2020 Pride edition, Skittles changed the candy colors from a rainbow to all gray in the United States, with the tagline "Only one rainbow matters during PRIDE"
If their 'message' is consistent with your beliefs, buy it!
That multi-panel meme from the "Dinosaur" covers a lot of ground. Here's the part that's easiest for me to engage with:
That is misleading.
Greta Thunberg is the name and face that popped into some second-rate cartoonist's or meme boffin's head when they tried to imagine the media's idea of an expert on the earth's climate and climate-related issues.
As an actual consumer of media myself, this is the first personage that comes to mind when I think about the question "Who are the people that the media likes to put front and center as the experts on the earth's climate and climate-related issues?"
That part of Wichita's newly posted meme—the referencing of Greta Thunberg—is as sophomoric in its conception as this:
It's true, the water level in the measuring cup remains the same. It just doesn't have relevance in the setting in which it appeared, when it was deployed as an uninformed and frankly lame attempt to ridicule the concerns, at one of the recent international conferences, about rising sea levels, in the context of rising global temperatures. "It's not the icebergs, stupid. It's the glaciers."
So... does anyone think I like to harp on this ice cube meme, and put more miles on it (so to speak) than some people put on their old but indestructible Volvo sedan, or whatever?
Yep.
That's exactly my reaction to so many of these memes and cartoons that keep appearing almost daily on this forum. Same old... same old.
They never get any smarter.
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As an actual consumer of media myself, I am calling out this "Bill Gates, SCIENTIST" reference in Wichita's "What the leftist media tells you" meme.
I am calling it out as "baloney."
I have never seen any media referring to Bill Gates as a "scientist" or describing him as a "scientist." The media tells me that Bill Gates is wealthy on the grandest of scales... that his wealth is epic. The media also tells me that he has a variety of interests and enthusiasms that are connected by the common thread of scientific innovation. The media has told me that Bill Gates has become a venture capitalist.
He has invested in and is personally involved with certain public health or medical science-related projects. Climate-friendly innovations to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that are a byproduct of farming and ranching. A nuclear startup to increase the possibility of smaller and more affordable nuclear reactors for the transition to a more climate-friendly energy sector.
The media has never told me that Bill Gates is literally a "scientist."
I wonder what names would come to Wichita's mind if he were to respond to the ask of "Please identify some of the current day scientists that you think are worthy of notice by people like yourself."
"Wichita Live." Think of the possibilities for talk radio or cable TV. It's a podcast waiting to happen.
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The media has never told me that Bill Gates is literally a "scientist."
"Wichita Live." Think of the possibilities for talk radio or cable TV. It's a podcast waiting to happen.
Look harder, the media said this: Gates has received honorary doctorates from Nyenrode Business Universiteit (1996) KTH Royal Institute of Technology (2002) Waseda University (2005) Tsinghua University (2007) Harvard University (2007) Karolinska Institute (2007) University of Cambridge (2009) Northern Arizona University (2023)
Look harder, the media said this: Gates has received honorary doctorates from Nyenrode Business Universiteit (1996) KTH Royal Institute of Technology (2002) Waseda University (2005) Tsinghua University (2007) Harvard University (2007) Karolinska Institute (2007) University of Cambridge (2009) Northern Arizona University (2023)
Dude.. I would LOVE to get degrees like that... people just being like... "Hey 82-T/A, here you go! Have a free PhD on us!"
But being completely honest... what's even the point? I would personally say "thank you" but reject any degree that I didn't earn. If a school wants to send me a pretty piece of Lexan or some kind of trophy that says, "Thank you for being awesome / whatever" then I'll take that. But a free degree that you've never earned? I don't really understand the point of that.
I realize it's honorary ... but what exactly does that mean? Why confer a degree at all? Why not just give an honorary award?
So Bill Gates has a long list of honorary doctorates or other degrees from various colleges and universities around the world.
He's hardly the only celebrity or public figure.
No, I'm aware of this. I'm just asking WHY this practice is done. It doesn't make any sense. I can only assume the reason they do this is because they want these individuals to become "alumni," and therefore likely to give donations... or the inverse.
But I do not really understand the point of an honorary degree. You've not actually earned the degree, so and it really be said that you're worthy of it?
Maybe... if say perhaps, Bill Gates was given an honorary CompSCI from Stanford or something... because he is a computer programmer (though Balmer did most of the work), it might make sense because of his contributions to the computer science community.
But beyond some key things like that, I don't really understand the point??? Or how it even ethically makes sense. I'd want to know WHAT degrees are being conferred to him... because unless it's something that he's already an expert in, it seems like some total bullshit for people who have worked their asses off to get those equivalent degrees.
Why would anyone who has earned a PhD or some other degree from a college or university be miffed because someone else has an honorary degree?
If someone with an honorary degree were putting it forward on their resume but omitting the "honorary" part, that would be a "pisser," and I have no idea who may have tried or gotten away with such a trick, but Bill Gates? None chance.
I don't like that meme.
"The media tells you that Bill Gates is a SCIENTIST." MYTH ABOUT WHAT THE MEDIA TELLS YOU... BUSTED ..!
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Why would anyone who has earned a PhD or some other degree from a college or university be miffed because someone else has an honorary degree?
If someone with an honorary degree were putting it forward on their resume but omitting the "honorary" part, that would be a "pisser," and I have no idea who may have tried or gotten away with such a trick, but Bill Gates? None chance.
Like I said, I'm trying to understand exactly what the actual point of it is.
As for why someone would be miffed... "I" personally don't really care, as in... the success and failure of others doesn't really affect me. I mean... I'm happy when someone succeeds, and I'm sad when someone fails. But if you know how much work goes into a PhD (I do not have one, to be clear), you'd understand why it might be frustrating for someone from that same school, with the same PhD, to see that someone else just got it for free... just because.
I don't figure that Bill Gates has a resume at this point... but I would hope seriously that someone who does have an honorary degree, wouldn't be putting it on a resume, as if they somehow have that knowledge. See my previous response on where / how I might feel it to be acceptable.
I also think it's trite if the school is merely conferring a degree without being earned simply because they want to say... "Bill Gates is an alumnus..."
"Worked up" about honorary degrees? This is Copy & Paste from Brandeis University.
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Honorary Degrees: A Short History
Honorary degrees appear to have arisen out of the practice of granting dispensations from certain particular academic requirements.
European universities began granting degrees “for the sake of the honor” (honoris causa) in the 15th century, and the first such degree was awarded at Oxford University in 1478 or 1479 to Lionel Woodville, Dean of Exeter, the brother-in-law of Edward IV and the future Bishop of Salisbury. These were essentially academic peerages, entitling the recipient to full privileges in the university, privileges that were much more extensive than now. At the same time universities conferred degrees on certain scholars whose career achievements warranted such recognition.
The first honorary degree awarded in America was an honorary doctor of divinity degree conferred by Harvard University in 1692 on its president, Increase Mather.
Recipients of an honorary doctorate do not normally adopt the title of “doctor.” In many countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and the United States, it is not usual for an honorary doctor to use the formal title of “doctor,” regardless of the background circumstances for the award. An early and notable exception is Benjamin Franklin, who received an honorary doctorate from the University of St. Andrews in 1759 and the University of Oxford in 1762 for his scientific accomplishments, and thereafter referred to himself as “Doctor Franklin.”
Brandeis University, which awarded its first honorary degrees at its second commencement on June 14, 1953, bestows honorary degrees as a means to acknowledge the singular accomplishments or contributions of individual men and women; to identify the University with the values expressed through the work and accomplishments of the honoree; to draw attention to the University as an institution that respects and encourages such values and the manner in which those values are expressed; and to emphasize its own institutional mission and purposes.
The University honors individuals for distinctive achievement in the creative and performing arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, public service, philanthropy, business, the learned professions, social justice, Jewish life, international understanding and human rights.
Results are more important than "sheepskins" to frame and hang on a wall.
Fauci's role at NIH was research. He wasn't a clinician. He didn't need a medical license or malpractice insurance.
Only a MAGA-doofus would obsess over Fauci's lab coat affectation.
The MAGA-doofuses are big on "post-oids"—like that one. Post-oids are forum posts that don't say anything, because the MAGA-doofuses don't have anything to say.
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Since Bill Gates was brought up, what are the benefits of Genetically Modified mosquitos? Why would a person, who referred to them as a form of vaccination delivery vehicles flying syringes, invest in shops/labs out of USCorporation borders (ha, like we actually have them) to breed them, and then the USCorporation agreed to have millions released in 2 red states?
Why does this guy, who couldn't make software, but smooth talk and buy others and call it his (salesman skillz), have a sort of god like complex?
NO VALID MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURANCE IN OVER 30 YEARS
HASN'T HELD A VALID LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN ANY STATE IN OVER 30 YEARS
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WEARS A LAB COAT AS A *COSTUME* FOR PHOTOS
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Leftists gotta Leftist ...and they will worship anyone as a "scientist" if they like their ideology
AND ALL HE DID WAS CURE TWO MAJOR DISEASES
HISTORY WILL RANK HIM SO FAR OVER THE RUMP
btw thanks to real fear of the shots thousands of cons will never vote again please keep it up all you are doing is reducing your elk herd by your efforts
btw thanks to real fear of the shots thousands of cons will never vote again please keep it up all you are doing is reducing your elk herd by your efforts
aids now controlled to late for mike david mark or jana but the chemical mix works so far less die
and vax jab you fear aka cv-19 unkiller
but please the hard core true believers in the rump's election lies should continue to hate the doc and fear [ for no good reason ] the cure the doc has with the jab you will not take
by 11-24 there will be even less of your cult to vote and that is a very good thing
aids now controlled to late for mike david mark or jana but the chemical mix works so far less die
and vax jab you fear aka cv-19 unkiller
but please the hard core true believers in the rump's election lies should continue to hate the doc and fear [ for no good reason ] the cure the doc has with the jab you will not take
by 11-24 there will be even less of your cult to vote and that is a very good thing
Neither one of these are cured. At best he told someone to develop a treatment then let the pharmaceutical companies make billions for those treatments.
Neither one of these are cured. At best he told someone to develop a treatment then let the pharmaceutical companies make billions for those treatments.
Yep. I knew what the answer would be and I knew it would be false. This is why the left believes the things they do.
Yep. I knew what the answer would be and I knew it would be false. This is why the left believes the things they do.
not dying is a feature not a bug as the RWNJ'S CLAIM
YES BOTH STILL EXIST but do not kill currently near as much
but please all the rump fans should never vax it is for the good of the country and the grandkids too just keep on doing it no matter and the gay sex the Gop loves but claims never happens
not dying is a feature not a bug as the RWNJ'S CLAIM
YES BOTH STILL EXIST but do not kill currently near as much
but please all the rump fans should never vax it is for the good of the country and the grandkids too just keep on doing it no matter and the gay sex the Gop loves but claims never happens
NEWS FLASH!
MEDICAL SCIENCE HAS NEVER SAVED A LIFE!
WE WILL ALL DIE SOMETIME, FOR SOME REASON!
The best that medical science can do is extend life and keep one relatively comfortable.
My personal dis-favorite is "Bill Gates", in the upper left corner.
The media has never depicted Bill Gates as a medical or public health scientist or doctor. The media has reported on him as a philanthropist and an investor with a considerable personal engagement in medical and public health-related projects, but the media has never presented Bill Gates as a formally credentialed "expert" as this vacuous cartoon implies about the media.
The "rando's" (random people) who are constantly babbling about the media in this misleading way are barely familiar with the media. I think they get most of this nonsense from Twitter or other uncurated social media platforms, where any idiot is on an equal footing with any thinking person. Which could "strike close to home," as it's often said.
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not dying is a feature not a bug as the RWNJ'S CLAIM
YES BOTH STILL EXIST but do not kill currently near as much
but please all the rump fans should never vax it is for the good of the country and the grandkids too just keep on doing it no matter and the gay sex the Gop loves but claims never happens
Rinse gave me a negative rating because “I can’t have a conversation without name calling”….yet he does it all the time. The jab saved people ? No proof…. Lots of proof of the jab killing people. Jake is right, fauci never cured anybody….creates a money making product that prolongs a persons life is not a cure. It’s time we ignore these guys and don’t give them any kind of control of our actions…..it’s a game to them. Boohoo….you got called a name….we’re you harmed ? Bleeding ? I could be wrong but I haven’t seen any of those guys contribute any meaningful content to the rest of the forum…. I don’t post a lot but have been on here for a few years reading mostly tech stuff.
Originally posted by rinselberg: Big cities are not just shaped and controlled by "City Hall."
My my. How do you breath with your head in the sand ?
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Originally posted by rinselberg: What happens and who's in control in the counties that surround big cities, or that are adjacent to big cities... the state government... and the federal government.
This all factors into the evolution of any big city.
My my. Which entity granted no bail in NY City ? Which one raised "shoplifting" limit to $1,000 dollars to be arrested ? Which one decided to de-fund the police and had police departments stand down ? Which one told cities to ostricize the police and not have their backs ?
My my.
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Originally posted by rinselberg: If I were looking for an in-depth understanding of Detroit, I wouldn't be looking for it on this forum.
You do a lot of in-depth seeking but you can't see.
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Originally posted by PhatMax: Rinse gave me a negative rating because “I can’t have a conversation without name calling”….yet he does it all the time.
No, PhatMax. I didn't give you a negative rating. I haven't ever given you a rating. I seldom use the member rating function, and when I do, it's really only for the most peculiar of reasons. I think it's important for some other sections of the forum, where technical discussions or buying and selling is done, but for Totally O/T and Politics & Religion, I don't have (hardly) any use for the rating system.
I guess from time to time, a forum spammer has been "auto-banned" without inconveniencing Cliff Pennock, but that's the only positive thing I have to say about the rating system.
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I don't understand how someone with no ratings bar can state with any authority whatsoever that a particular forum member rated them one way or another? It's next to impossible to do this even when there is a ratings bar to go by!
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Originally posted by cliffw: You do a lot of in-depth seeking but you can't see.
I can't see an opening for my doing any serious city governance "work" on Pennock's in the foreseeable future.
I remember scrolling through an article not too long ago, and the gist of it was that the city of St. Louis is being screwed over in some particular way by the State of Missouri. But I don't remember any of the particulars. Maybe it was about Medicaid. Maybe it was something else. I just made a small attempt to see if I could find it with Google, but that didn't turn up anything.
Originally posted by rinselberg: Big cities are not just shaped and controlled by "City Hall."
Forum member cliffw: "My my. How do you breath with your head in the sand?"
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Originally posted by rinselberg: What happens and who's in control in the counties that surround big cities, or that are adjacent to big cities... the state government... and the federal government.
This all factors into the evolution of any big city.
Forum member cliffw: "My my. Which entity granted no bail in NY City? Which one raised 'shoplifting' limit to $1,000 dollars to be arrested? Which one decided to defund the police and had police departments stand down? Which one told cities to [ostracize] the police and not have their backs?"
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Originally posted by rinselberg: If I were looking for an in-depth understanding of Detroit, I wouldn't be looking for it on this forum.
Forum member cliffw: "You do a lot of in-depth seeking but you can't see."
I found that article. I thought of a different way to search for it. I'm just going to post it in my usual format. Maybe I'll come back to this at some as yet undefined but not too distant future moment.
"St. Louis Is the Struggling Downtown You Haven’t Heard Of—and Right-Wing Policies Are Making Things Worse" Kevin McDermott for the New York Times; June 27, 2023. https://www.nytimes.com/202...eturn-to-office.html
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It's next to impossible to do this even when there is a ratings bar to go by!
