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Jinn · 07-24-2006, 07:14 AM

Cognitive dissonance is one of my favorite phrases, actually. To me, it's far more than just being contradictory. It's always meant something about fundamentalists, in my understanding of the phrase. It defines people who are aware of the truth of a situation but deny it for fear that it would cause their core beliefs to become untrue. I think this is the case for people who believe in the New Earth type ideas. They're aware of and understand evolution and the fossil record -- but they're afraid of accepting because they'd have to admit their core beliefs were wrong.

That's why I like it, at least.

I don't have any real pet peeves with language lately other than those regarding technology that are incorrectly used. Reporters saying "hacker" when it should have been "cracker," etc. The worst of the technological words is the massive number that have been INVENTED by reporters. Blogs, Podblogs, Mobblogs.. I'm with Maddox on this one.. http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=banish

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Blogging: If minds had anuses, blogging would be what your mind would do when it had to take a dump.

Blogged: What you call a trivial or largely inconsequential topic once bloggers have processed through every tired detail. For more on this, look into: every minor news story.

Blogosphere: The "blogosphere" is the new buzz word that has replaced "information super highway." It's what idiots like to call a collection of "blogs," otherwise known as a tragedy.

Blogomania: Like all other manias, except relating to the infatuation of blogs. It's one step above the more caustic phrase "blog-o-rama." Thankfully the latter hasn't caught on to the extent of its brethren, but that doesn't stop me from punching anyone who says it in the dick.

Blogroll: A long list of links that nobody will ever click on. Bloggers not only link to their friends and fellow bloggers, but their eventual goal is to link to every linkable document on the Internet. Most "blog rolls" are so full of links that it can bring even the mightiest of search engines to a crawl as they sort through all the frivolous bullshit bloggers link to.

Thankfully, since most blogs are shallow in content, it won't take you long to load, and in turn, to close the browser quickly if you're duped into clicking one of these links. If you shut down quickly enough, you may be able to avoid downloading the mandatory 2 gigs of political banners on every blogger's website.

Blogshare: An imaginary share of a blog's worth, which is ironic, since most blogs have an imaginary share of readers.

Blogstorm: A zany phrase news anchors like to use any time they think there's an abnormal amount of posts on blogs regarding any particular topic. Of course, they fail to consider any amount of posting to a blog is abnormal since people who are well adjusted usually have better things to do, i.e., work, or failing that, anything else.

Ahh, Maddox.

Maddox also had something to say about "African American" lately..

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First of all, the label "African American" is the dumbest, most persistently used phrase in our vernacular. Every time you call someone an "African American," you're making at least two assumptions about the person:

<black guy in a picture>

1. That the person is an American. For example, if you saw this guy walking along on a street, you would probably think:

picture of a black guy, didn't want to hotlink..

...which is fine, except for one small detail: this man is British, which makes you a presumptuous cock.

2. That the person is African (because it's inconceivable that black people could come from Haiti, India, Trinidad, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Australia, or Jamaica). Nevermind that; BLACK PEOPLE ONLY COME FROM AFRICA.