>> Insomnia vs. mental illness. Lack of sleep is a lot like mental illness. “It is thought that psychiatric conditions create sleep problems,” says one researcher. “We should entertain the possibility that it is a sleep disorder that is creating the condition.”
>> Racism vs. rose-colored outlook. A study finds “nonracists share a unique emotional style: They rarely form any negative associations, whether they’re thinking about meaningless symbols or real human beings.” (via 3qd)
>> Fucking vs. participial adjectives. “The Clean Airwaves Act assumed that fucking is a participial adjective. But this is not correct. With a true adjective like lazy, you can alternate between Drown the lazy cat and Drown the cat which is lazy. But Drown the fucking cat is certainly not interchangeable with Drown the cat which is fucking.”
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Don’t drown the cat! No!!!!
Comment by erin — October 26, 2007 @ 12:22 pm
Fuckin’ awesome clarification.
Comment by Raphael — October 26, 2007 @ 4:39 pm
yeah, insomnia/hypersomnia are signs of the mental illness the DSM calls depression. fucking depression, fucking up our sleeping and even fucks up the time we can spend fucking
Comment by mel — October 28, 2007 @ 12:59 pm
Fuck the cat (I’m allergic)! The article’s long but super informative and interesting — I’m sure I shall find myself referring to it often –
Comment by Siel — October 29, 2007 @ 5:14 pm