Interesting Links for 8-9-2011

[andrewducker]

• Gay Homophobe - counting down the number of days since a prominent homophobe turned it to be gay.
  (tags: funny politics lgbt conservative usa)
• The West Lothian Question will finally be answered.
  (tags: scotland uk government politics)
• Minecraft Makes Little Girls Cry.
  (tags: minecraft funny)
• Gay blood donations ban likely to be lifted
  (tags: lgbt blood UK gay)
• Git Is Simpler Than You Think
  (tags: git programming development tools tutorial)
• The cutest thing in the world is apparently two otters floating around, napping, holding hands
  (tags: otter cute video)
• Why is the Windows registry a hierarchical database instead of a relational one?
  (tags: windows software)
• 20 astonishing holiday complaints. My favourite is number 5.
  (tags: holidays complaints travel)
• The India-Pakistan Border As Seen From Space
  (tags: india pakistan photo)
• 100 time more Patriot Act warrants have been issued for drugs as for terrorism
  (tags: law crime drugs government politics usa)
• UK church attendance down 18% in ten years - down 90% in people under 20. One generation to go?
  (tags: religion christianity uk)
• Fake tan: How did it become the new normal?
  (tags: tan sun beauty UK)
• Giant red crabs invade Antarctica. No, really!
  (tags: crabs antarctic life globalwarming)

Comments

[bohemiancoast.livejournal.com]

I thought that http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/8743065/Tourist-complains-about-sight-of-fish-in-harbour.html was pretty impressive on the 'stupid complaints from tourists' stakes.

[andrewducker]

Yes. I thought that was fairly unbelievably stupid.

We seem to have a bunch of people who think that the world outside of their home town exists purely to be a theme park.