humor
"Humor is what binds humans together and makes difficult times just a little less painful; Sometimes you can't help but laugh. "
Pop! Goes the We-Easel. Winner in Maps of the Self Challenge.
Welcome to your (Dis) Orientation I hope you are wearing something that wipes down. A pair of waders and a waterproof coat with a drawstring hood would not be too extreme. There is much to digest here. Simply cooking this stuff up, I have found myself dribbling.
By Caroline Jane12 months ago in Humans
World’s Longest Name: The 2,253-Word Identity That Shocked Everyone
The person with the longest name in the world takes 20 minutes to introduce himself For most people, introducing themselves is a formality that can be completed in a few seconds. But for Laurence Watkins, this simple task proves to be surprisingly difficult. This is because his name consists of 2253 words and it takes 20 minutes to repeat it completely. He did this at his first wedding in 1991 when his name was repeated through an audio recording. The recording was played while the guests were eating there. Laurence Watkins, 60, from Auckland, New Zealand, worked as a security guard and is now retired. His name was recently listed in the Guinness World Records as the person with the longest personal name. Born in 1965 as Laurence Gregory Watkins, the man was inspired by a TV program called Ripley’s Believe It or Not. This interest soon spread to the Guinness Book of World Records, which he studied every page of and decided to make his name a part of its pages. He said in an interview that ‘I was very surprised how one person set the record for the fastest man in the world, the tallest or shortest height, long hair, long nails and many records were amazing’. It very soon he realized that it was very difficult for an ordinary person who did not have any special abilities to set a record. So he decided to set a record for the longest name in the world.
By Shoaib Khan12 months ago in Humans
The Day My Coffee Taught Me Life’s Secrets
It was supposed to be an ordinary morning. I had no plans to uncover the mysteries of the universe — I just wanted coffee. Simple, black, strong, and hopefully quiet. The house was still half asleep, the air calm except for the faint hum of the refrigerator and the chirping of birds outside. For a moment, peace felt possible.
By John Abesellom's12 months ago in Humans
Tobacco is projected to kill 1 billion people in the next century.. AI-Generated.
The Staggering Projection: Why Tobacco is Poised to Kill One Billion People This Century Imagine a single habit wiping out one billion lives over the next hundred years. That's the grim forecast for tobacco use. Each year, smoking claims about eight million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. If nothing changes, those numbers stack up fast into a century-long nightmare.
By Story silver book 12 months ago in Humans
Coping During a Government Shutdown
Let's be real: things are rough when your paycheck decides to disappear, but you’ve still got to show up for work. The government might be on pause, but our alarm clocks didn’t get the message. We’re still hitting the grind—dressed sharp, faking smiles, and keeping morale up with caffeine, duct tape, and a healthy dose of dark humor. That’s just how we roll.
By Resilient-ish12 months ago in Humans
Taught to Expect, Not to Honor
Modern society has trained women to expect everything and to honor nothing. They are raised to know what they want but not to know what they owe. They are told to list their standards but never to build the strength required to meet someone else’s. The result is a generation fluent in demands but illiterate in duty. Love cannot survive when one side learns only to expect while the other learns only to give.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast12 months ago in Humans
The One-Way Street of Modern Love
Modern relationships were supposed to be built on equality, but what we call equality has become one-sided. Men are taught to give, to serve, to protect, and to love unconditionally. Women are taught to expect those things and to measure a man’s worth by how perfectly he provides them. Men are conditioned to earn love. Women are conditioned to receive it. The result is not partnership but imbalance—a one-way street where the traffic of sacrifice flows in only one direction.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast12 months ago in Humans
Trump Security Clearance Suspension: The Perkins Coie Connection
When the Trump administration was in power, one of the biggest talking points was always security: who had access to classified information and who didn’t. From the White House to the intelligence community, security clearances became a powerful tool for control, loyalty, and political drama.
By Muhammad Okasha12 months ago in Humans
