Delicious LiveJournal Links for 11-26-2009

[andrewducker]

• Tivo to return to UK in 2010
  YES! YES! I miss my Tivo so much!
  (tags: tivo technology tv uk)
• Sexist jokes make sexist people think that sexism is ok.
  So no telling them in front of sexist people!
  (tags: psychology sexism gender)

Comments

[meihua.livejournal.com]

> Sexist jokes make sexist people think that sexism is ok

Well, duh. Good to see it written up, though!

One blah: I wish they didn't try to divide things up into "sexism" and "non-sexism". In a sexist culture, it's hard for any act to be 0% sexist.

Instead, there's a spectrum of behaviour which contributes to a sexist culture or improves it, where "not doing anything" leans towards contributing since it preserves the sexist status quo.

[cdave]

Why did Tivo disappear?

Why not switch to MythTV if you missed it?

[andrewducker]

It was badly advertised over here and too expensive. It never really took off in the first place.

And the interface and UX is vastly better than any other system I've used. And, in this case, will be built into the cable box.

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

What's most interesting is that sexist jokes had more effect than straightforward sexist statements. I'm guessing that the plain statement are heard with an element of "blah, blah, blah, more theory", while jokes are a real indicator of how people feel.

[andrewducker]

I think it's more that statements are things that people consider - saying them out loud brings people's cognitive processes into action. Jokes, on the other hand, slide in under the radar.