The Streisand effect is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet. It is named after American entertainer Barbra Streisand, whose attempt in 2003 to… Read More ›
Although I think if you did that nowadays, you would probably be arrested! Or fired!
Although the way things are going, I will not be surprised if everyone is using escape goat in a decade or two, more’s the pity. From Wikipedia A scapegoat is a person or animal which takes on the sins of others, or… Read More ›
There was an energetic discussion yesterday in one of the dog groups I frequent about the number of dog breeders using the word weary instead of wary. As in, Boerboels need to be weary of strangers. More and more people chimed… Read More ›
This hilarious fail from an Osaka department store in Japan was reported in various media yesterday. When I saw it and before I read the article, I assumed that it had been because someone thought that ‘fucking’ was a synonym… Read More ›
