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May 13, 2020
The Bookdealer [S1,E2]
When Peter gets the town’s bookshop owner to go on the record, he learns the locals thought his grandparents were into something far more sinister than just collecting rare books.
Barren is created by David Vienna
Episode Credits:
Written and directed by David Vienna
David Vienna as Peter Sommers
Josh Burns as Callum McDonough
[Sound effect credits coming soon]
May 10, 2020
Happy Mother’s Day to all of you badass moms.Here’s a pic of my dog.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of you badass moms.
Here’s a pic of my dog.
May 7, 2020
In an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus, I have decided to halt the release of my fucks. So,...
In an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus, I have decided to halt the release of my fucks. So, if you’re hoping to shop for some fucks, as of now I have no fucks to give.
May 4, 2020
Admit it. You’re bored.So, fill your earholes with spookiness.Barren is available on all reputable...
Admit it. You’re bored.
So, fill your earholes with spookiness.
Barren is available on all reputable (and some disreputable) podcast platforms.
May 2, 2020
Since I’m locked up at home until Captain Tripps goes away, I decided to make a horror podcast. (To...
Since I’m locked up at home until Captain Tripps goes away, I decided to make a horror podcast. (To be clear, this is a horror story, not a podcast about horror stories or whatever.) Enjoy.
May 1, 2020
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reading letters from 1818 is wild
“it’s that time of the year when I get colds for no apparent reason again” have some Clairitin hon
But also we’re not becoming allergic to everything nowadays like certain white moms fear. Allergies have always existed. They were just talked about differently
Like “oh clams always ~turn my stomach~”. Or “what a pity he was taken from us at age 5”
“Well we didn’t have all this fancy chronic illness stuff in the Olden Days, what did people do then??”
They died, Ashleigh.
This is a picture tracking bullet holes on Allied planes that encountered Nazi anti-aircraft fire in WW2.
At first, the military wanted to reinforce those areas, because obviously that’s where the ground crews observed the most damage on returning planes. Until Hungarian-born Jewish mathematician Abraham Wald pointed out that this was the damage on the planes that made it home, and the Allies should armor the areas where there are no dots at all, because those are the places where the planes won’t survive when hit. This phenomenon is called survivorship bias, a logic error where you focus on things that survived when you should really be looking at things that didn’t.
We have higher rates of mental illness now? Maybe that’s because we’ve stopped killing people for being “possessed” or “witches.” Higher rate of allergies? Anaphylaxis kills, and does so really fast if you don’t know what’s happening. Higher claims of rape? Maybe victims are less afraid of coming forward. These problems were all happening before, but now we’ve reinforced the medical and social structures needed to help these people survive. And we still have a long way to go.
This is one of my favorite anecdotes to show how clever rewording of statistics can make them say the opposite of what they mean:
Every time a state makes riding a motorcycle without a helmet illegal, the number of ER patients seriously injured in motorcycle accidents skyrockets. Every single time.
When you phrase it just right, it makes it sound like it’s more dangerous to ride a motorcycle with a helmet than without one. Of course, the reality is that before those laws, those patients were going to the morgue, not the ER.
Statistics show I love this post.
Also, it’s relevant as fuck right now because of all of the dumbass Branch Covidians protesting the quarantine. “The curve is flattening. Let us go bowling!” No shit it’s flattening. That’s because you haven’t been bowling, you fucking ass-hat.
April 30, 2020
How To Survive The Pandemic:Wear a face maskPractice social distancingDrink LysolIgnore steps 1 and...
How To Survive The Pandemic:
Wear a face maskPractice social distancingDrink LysolIgnore steps 1 and 2Go to a rallyLick a stranger’s facePunch a lionShed skin to reveal true form of pure lightWatch Succession againApril 29, 2020
There’s an AI meme generator and, guys… It just popped out the best meme ever…
There’s an AI meme generator and, guys… It just popped out the best meme ever…
