Beautiful Perspective of the Day: Infographic on drug-related deaths vs. proportion of users vs. media coverage in the UK, prepared by David McCandless of Information Is Beautiful for a Guardian blog article on the subject.
Note on cannabis-related deaths:
The cannabis deaths figure is a bit dubious in my opinion. Firstly, how can you die from cannabis? It’s extremely non-toxic. There has never been a single documented case of fatal cannabis overdose. Also, the government’s own figures don’t tally. While drug figures from the Office Of National Statistics register 19 cannabis related deaths, the mortality stats from the same office log only 1 death.
You can view the raw data used to compile this inforgraphic here.
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“You ever walk behind someone walking so slow you have to hold yourself back from stabbing them? ‘…You better move it along, huh. My walker has wheels for a reason.’ You ever walk next to that stranger who wants to walk the same speed as you? ‘…Get the fuck away from me… what are we—on a date here? I don’t even know you.’
Sometimes I find myself being a weirdo… you ever been walking next to some stranger and for no reason at all you decide that if you beat them to the corner, you’ll be a millionaire? They’re like, ‘whatever’. HAHA! I get to press the walk button [at the intersection] for you! … You think those walk buttons do anything? I think some guy at the government was like, ‘What can we give the morons to press? How bout a button!?’ You always press ‘em, you’re like, ‘…maybe I didn’t press it hard enough…’ Then someone will come up and be like, ‘Did you press it?’ —‘Yeah, I pressed it.’ They’re like, ‘Why don’t you press it again?’—‘You’re like, ‘Yeah I’ll press it again.’ Then at that point it changes and you’re like, ‘I did that. I changed the traffic in the city… I have a lot of power.’ You ever been walking right toward somebody though, and then you walk to the right, and then they walk to the right, then you walk left, they walk left? You know how there’s like that awkward moment? …Just lean forward and kiss ‘em.
‘….looked like you wanted it from my angle.’
Then when they’re walking away just hit ‘em on the ass. (Pshhh) ‘You’ll be back! You’ll be back for some of that loving.”
— Jim Gaffigan
Swing Design Concept of the Day: “Swing Lamp” by Boaz Cohen and Sayaka Yamamoto AKA BCXSY.
Built from polyethylene and powered by LEDs, this creative lamp hangs from a rope, just like the traditional swings we all remember.
Delightful!
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The Horsehead Nebula, located about 1500 light years from Earth in the constellation Orion. Photo via (NOAO)
Omni-Directional Treadmill.
Holy fuck! I’ve had this idea since I was a kid. Glad to see people smart enough actually make it.
He has the nickname 'Fingerbang'.
- Me: Why do you finger girls so much?
- Flatmate: It's just something to do really.
The Shins - Gone for Good
Untie me, I’ve said no vows
The train is getting way too loud
I gotta leave here my girl
Get on with my lonely life
Just leave the ring on the rail
For the wheels to nullify
Until this turn in my head
I let you stay and you paid no rent
I spent twelve long months on the lam
That’s enough sitting on the fence
For the fear of breaking dams
I find a fatal flaw
In the logic of love
And go out of my head
You love a sinking stone
That’ll never elope
So get used to the lonesome
Girl, you must atone some
Don’t leave me no phone number there
It took me all of a year
To put the poison pill to your ear
But now I stand on honest ground, on honest ground
You want to fight for this love
But honey you cannot wrestle a dove
So baby it’s clear
You want to jump and dance
But you sat on your hands
And lost your only chance
Go back to your hometown
Get your feet on the ground
And stop floating around
I find a fatal flaw
In the logic of love
And go out of my head
You love a sinking stone
That’ll never elope
So get used to used to the lonesome
Girl, you must atone some
Don’t leave me no phone number there
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