Strap in: we’re going to explain Dummy Chum and Nutpicking.


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Cough drops

Ricola
11 Flavors of Thai Fisherman s Friend Lozenges Each Pack Size 25 Gram (20-22 lozenges) with Candy Box by Spicy Served by Bees


Goop

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/01/goops-netflix-series-its-so-much-worse-than-i-expected-and-i-cant-unsee-it/


Science Centers, WYD?

https://www.citylab.com/design/2020/01/science-center-downtown-museum-city-history-architecture/602974/
You don’t go to the science museum and get handed a pamphlet on electricity. You go to the science museum and you put your hand on a metal ball, your hair sticks up straight… and you know science.







look at how green we are!

https://twitter.com/kevin_degood/status/1217856463231733760?s=21


Just build train

https://jalopnik.com/hyperloop-is-the-midwests-answer-to-a-question-no-one-a-1840515757
State postpones vote on 2nd Virgin Trains bond allocation - News - vvdailypress.com - Victorville, CA


How Dare You Try To Stop Me, King Emporer Jefferyyy, From Killing The Planet

Amazon threatens to fire critics who are outspoken on its environmental policies - The Washington Post

What’s funny is that, pushing back against employees asking that you stop killing the planet basically gives away the fact that you know and believe you are killing the planet. So thanks Beff.









Furniture Condoms

https://keshow.shop/products/cover-13


Pee Vest

Wearable garden vest is nourished by wearer’s own urine







Christian healthshares

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/02/health/christian-health-care-insurance.html







Dummy Chum and Nut-picking

Dummy Chum: events, propaganda, memes, or messages that activate the stupidest ranks within any given group/movement/fanbase
Nut-picking: using a whacky outlier position as if it represents a whole group. (basically weak-man fallacy)

Ex:// sharing a post of a fringe BLM activist who states that it’s racist to speak to white people and holding it up as representative of the views of the entire movement.




What is baby yoda’s name?

Fenton Jeff

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