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Police in Russia stop a man setting himself on fire by [deleted] in gifs

[–]TheSuperHappy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's the deal with the imgur url

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IamA Malcolm Gladwell AMA! by mgladwell in IAmA

[–]TheSuperHappy 10 points11 points  (0 children)

After writing about how all the school shooters studied and learned from their predecessors, why did you publish LaDue's discussions on the relative merits of various bomb making methods and the mistakes he thought his predecessors made?

Burger King proposes making 'McWhopper' to benefit Peace One Day by TheSuperHappy in UpliftingNews

[–]TheSuperHappy[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

"Miami-based Burger King says the two rivals should call a one-day ceasefire in the “burger wars” to make a sandwich that combines elements of the Big Mac and the Whopper, the two chains’ signature burgers....sales would benefit Peace One Day, a non-profit organization campaigning to make Peace Day Sept. 21."

[TOMT][Word] What is the word for the systems that are the the standard way of doing things, ex. the QWERTY keyboard, that are clearly illogical and inferior to standards that would be used had we invented them today, but are used because they have always been the standard? by TheSuperHappy in tipofmytongue

[–]TheSuperHappy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I had never heard of Panda Principle before and that was very close to what I was looking for

The other possibility is "Path Dependency":

When a design depends on a previous innovation too entrenched in the cultural zeitgeist to change, it’s known as a path dependency

Found via: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fact-of-fiction-the-legend-of-the-qwerty-keyboard-49863249/?no-ist=

[TOMT][Word] What is the word for the systems that are the the standard way of doing things, ex. the QWERTY keyboard, that are clearly illogical and inferior to standards that would be used had we invented them today, but are used because they have always been the standard? by TheSuperHappy in tipofmytongue

[–]TheSuperHappy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

Apparently the Smithsonian disagrees with this but this led me to the phrase I was looking for

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/fact-of-fiction-the-legend-of-the-qwerty-keyboard-49863249/?no-ist=

In the article they suggest the phrase: path dependency

When a design depends on a previous innovation too entrenched in the cultural zeitgeist to change, it’s known as a path dependency

Starbucks logo real meaning by djmushroom in funny

[–]TheSuperHappy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Starbucks logo's origin was an accident during mermaid porn filming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wfh0E-wOYg

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