Archives for Miscellanea
Questions on the delusion of losing weight
The weight loss industry is mostly a scam. Dietary supplements supposed to help you lose weight, either by "burning your fat" or by reducing the appetite, are usually expensive and…
De la japonezi, prin Jordan Peterson, spre Dumnezeu (sau Michel Onfray?): gânduri rebele
După recentul sejur în patrie, am rămas cu gânduri și idei neexprimate, motiv pentru care găsesc necesară o postare în limba maternă, ca să nu mai chinui varianta mea de…
The viral game that makes you feel smart: Wordle
I wanted to resist this viral crap (because crap it is, alright), but in the end, what the heck, we're all humans. I fail to understand why Wordle is such…
The Miraculous Language Courses of the US Military + BONUS
The DLIFC (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center) prepares military linguists for the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy using incredibly intense programs. Knowing that most Americans…
The Blog Posts I Failed to Write Because of Putin
As a chronic procrastinator, I started writing drafts for several blog posts, only to get muddled and never finish any. Just as I was into an XXL-sized “Explaining Putin”... the…
Mon Gaston Berger de 2017
Oui, je sais, le Questionnaire caractérologique de Gaston Berger est fortement contesté de nos jours, mais il arrive que j'aie retrouvé les résultats de ce test que j'ai fait en…
Don’t Look Up—This movie is meant to scare you
At first, I thought this film to be your typical American crap, especially as the cast includes too many big names. Most of them, really, weren't necessary, but I just…
Facebook Is Death!
When I first heard of the so-called Facebook Papers, I failed to understand what's the whole fuss about: wasn't it already old news that Facebook is harmful to humankind? What…
Windscribe VPN: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
When I wrote The VPN Myth half a year ago, I expressed my preference for Windscribe VPN, which includes features such as , a customizable advanced DNS and IP level…
Caffeine is what kills in those energy drinks
Contrary to what many people believe, it's not the taurine that killed all those young people who were taking one can too many of energy drinks. It's not even the…
The Apple Music Awards: See Why the World Is So Fucked-Up
This planet has absolutely no future not just because people are so stupid as to praise the cryptoshit, to invent NTFs (for idiots), to purchase a non-existing yacht in a…
When the UNESCO creates malware: the Cookie Factory
Officially, “The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialised agency of the United Nations aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, the…
I just discovered the junk of the Japanese junk food; it’s tasty!
Normally, this should have been a subject for Twitter, but being blocked for a week, I resorted to the only censorship-free place: my blog. I normally don't care about Asian…
Hating Wes Anderson with gusto
Wes Anderson is likely to be a genius, which is probably why I hate him so much. Or maybe The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) is what made me a h8r:…
Trying to understand the bullshit
It's not a secret that I'm strongly against Bitcoin (I even believe cryptocurrencies at large are one of the major evils of this century), and I even disapprove of the…
Biserica, românul, vaccinul: sutana sub care s-a ascuns diavolul
Cele mai recente două postări, întâmplările ulterioare, precum și unele reacții, nu m-au convins că românii ar fi altceva decât o specie modernă de pitecantropi, dar mi-am zis să mai…
Referendum: un fiasco al TVR
Am aflat întâmplător despre noua idee (proastă) a TVR1: noua emisiune REFERENDUM, cu prima ediție pe 11 octombrie, difuzată simultan pe TVR1, TVR Internațional și TVR Moldova, precum și pe…
Românii vs. COVID-19: note de front inutile
Timpul ne arată că imbecilitatea semenilor noștri este nemărginită și se auto-depășește ori, cum s-ar fi spus în alte vremuri, a atins noi și noi culmi de progres și civilizație.…
Evil Twitter, Stupid Twitter
Once again, they restricted my (sporadic) use of Twitter. This time, their automatic snowflake protection mechanism reacted the very millisecond I posted the tweet. The recipient? A product of a…
The extra information meant he didn’t know she didn’t know…
Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle in The Guardian online is something I once used to follow for a while, until the entire thing pissed me off too much. He's no such…