Some people take offense at killing dolphins for food. Yet when it comes to catfish, shrimp, chicken, or pigs, a lot of these same people won’t bat an eye. (Note that PETA gets full marks for being consistent.)
Look it, we either get to kill animals for food, or we don’t. But agonizing over “cute” animals while being guilt-free about eating others? I have no use for it.
Now I have to walk across the parking lot to throw out my trash. Punks. (Incidentally, it appears that the dumpster that was there before was not intended for personal use.)
Now:
So a couple economists and psychologists did a two-year experiment where they observed the results of “speed-dating”. It’s essentially where a bunch of people have a few minute “dates” with many people in one night, and decide if they’d be interested in continuing seeing each other. The results that stuck in my craw:
1. Beauty was a much more significant factor for men’s decisions.
2. Men don’t care so much for women more intelligent or successful than they are.
3. Women have a strong preference for their own race; men don’t care so much.
The article in question: An Economist Goes to a Bar
