Why does every single presenter say “Today we are going to talk about…”? We aren’t! You are going to talk and we are going to listen.
Author: Leonid Mamchenkov
The Annotated Wisdom of Louis C.K.
The Annotated Wisdom of Louis C.K.
Divorce is always good news. I know that sounds weird, but it’s true because no good marriage has ever ended in divorce … That would be sad. If two people were married and they were really and they just had a great thing and then they got divorced, that would be really sad. But that has happened zero times.
10 Pro-Gun Myths, Shot Down
Myth #3: An armed society is a polite society.
Fact-check: Drivers who carry guns are 44% more likely than unarmed drivers to make obscene gestures at other motorists, and 77% more likely to follow them aggressively.
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Among Texans convicted of serious crimes, those with concealed-handgun licenses were sentenced for threatening someone with a firearm 4.8 times more than those without.
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In states with Stand Your Ground and other laws making it easier to shoot in self-defense, those policies have been linked to a 7 to 10% increase in homicides.
Celebrity status : one person
My celebrity status was raised today to the level of “one person”. Here is a quote from the Cyprus Mail article covering TEDxNicosia:
Perhaps the most apt response to that performance was from one person on social networking site Twitter who said, “Holly molly! Check the voice on that kid! Jaw dropped at #TedxNicosia”. Hashtags are used on Twitter to enable people, including strangers, to discuss a set topic.
If you missed the original, here it is:
Holy molly! Check the voice on that kid! Jaw dropped at #TEDxNicosia
— Leonid Mamchenkov (@mamchenkov) March 9, 2013