{"id":15905,"date":"2012-10-02T15:45:14","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T22:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=15905"},"modified":"2012-10-03T00:26:28","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T07:26:28","slug":"open-thread-and-link-farm-inflating-feet-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=15905","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread And Link Farm: Inflating Feet Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Post what you like, when you like it, with the condiments you prefer, on a plate of a size and shape that reflects your preferences developed in your childhood which were based in turn on the preferences your parents developed in their childhood and so on. Self-linking is wonderful and gives me a tingly feeling in my swollen feet.<\/p>\n

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  1. Sikh Woman Teaches Reddit Users a Life Lesson in Tolerance<\/a><\/li>\n

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  2. “Oklahoma judge refuses to let trans women legally change their names<\/a>. In his decision, Judge Bill Graves – who I hope is soon an ex-judge – quoted the Book of Genesis. (Also, take note that this is a mainstream news article writing about trans issues, so expect bad pronoun usage and the like.) (Corrected from the original wording – see comments.)<\/em><\/li>\n

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  3. There Aren\u2019t That Many Takers in America<\/a> Republicans complain that we’re a society of “makers versus takers,” but the “takers” are only about 5% or less, depending on how you count.<\/li>\n

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  4. Love these Chris Ware New Yorker<\/em> cover<\/a>s, mostly focusing on parents and children.<\/li>\n

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  5. Kill the Indians, Then Copy Them<\/a><\/li>\n

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  6. Our bodies get weird as we age department: Over the last bunch of years, my feet and ankles have swollen, so that they’re now sort of rounder and chubbier. That’s not the weird part, many people’s feet swell a bit as they get to (gulp) middle age. But I asked my doctor about it, and she told me to elevate my feel when I sleep, which I now do. And it works, my feet are now considerably bonier and less rounded in the mornings. But now my feet are inflatable feet; they’re thin in the morning, but slowly inflate over the course of the day. I find that far stranger than I found chubby feet to be.<\/li>\n

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  7. Can the black middle class survive?<\/a> A journalist discusses the subtle racism he encountered at places like Time Magazine.<\/li>\n

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  8. How Obama’s Immigration Policy Is Breaking Up Families<\/a><\/li>\n

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  9. Esther, Mark Driscoll, and using rape to control women<\/a><\/li>\n

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  10. Economics focus: Taxing the poor to pay the poor.<\/a> Europe’s big welfare states have very regressive tax systems, and become progressive only with the redistribution.<\/li>\n

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  11. I can’t resist quoting Gerry Canovan’s post<\/a>, entitled “And Per Se And,” in full: “Now that I know<\/a> the true origins<\/a> of the word \u201campersand,\u201d<\/a> I find I don\u2019t believe in anything.”<\/li>\n

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  12. ASMR, the Good Feeling No One Can Explain<\/a>. Oh. My. Spaghetti. Monster. I had no idea that other people felt that tingling response, or that it had a name. For me, it mainly comes from watching people do meticulous tasks. Or even reading descriptions of people doing a meticulous task.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n