You hope they made it. Daily Mail:
Now some researchers suspect gerbils spread the plague, not rats. Gerbils. Anyway, take a look at the article, and tell me that "witch mark" isn't a dead ringer for the Mac's Command key, aka the Clover, aka the Splat.
YOU THERE For the entirely of its existence this blog has been noting, with clenched teeth, the hectoring, bullying tone of bad internet headlines that insist YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG. Monday I came across a piece about "16 Things You Should Stop Buying and Make Yourself," the first being ketchup. Twenty years ago such an article would be titled "Easy Home-made Replacements - Cheaper, and better!" and you'd want to read it. Now someone has to lean over and breathe in your face and tell you why you're morally and intellectually inferior to the author. Here's today's example:
Really. Me? The description would seem to belie the headline, but perhaps the author just wanted to make everyone annoyed enough to click and complain in the comments. Well, here, in 12 succinct seconds, is my response.
ART Instant cultural literacy test, right here:
If you know what they are, you have basic cultural literacy. More here.
