Monday, June 23, 2014

Inside The Pleasure Machine

What You Missed This Weekend, This Chart Tells You If You're Underpaid, It's Summer, Who's Got Time To Stay Inside And Clean?, Even Though 'GOT' Is Over, At Least You Have This Guy's Excellent Impressions, The Military Now Has X-Ray Guns, How Amusement Parks Hijack Your Brain
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Monday, June 23, 2014
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What You Missed This Weekend
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This weekend we learned that the pope made a lot of dangerous enemies, the Polish Foreign Minister thinks the U.S. is a selfish lover, and whiskey's about to get a lot more expensive.
HR'S GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THIS
This Chart Tells You If You're Underpaid
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Reddit user Dan Lin has created one (very long) chart that shows 820 U.S. occupations and how much they pay.
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It's Summer, Who's Got Time To Stay Inside And Clean?
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Let's face it, you've got better things to do. Let Homejoy put in the elbow grease for you. And to sweeten the deal, Homejoy is giving you 67% off of your first booking — so you get a clean house without getting cleaned out.
FROM GRAY WORM TO KARL TANNER
Even Though 'GOT' Is Over, At Least You Have This Guy's Excellent Impressions
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Anyone can do a convincing Hodor. What's really impressive is Steve Love's spot-on take on all your favorite "Game of Thrones" characters (and some of the ones you forgot existed).
GOOD FOR CAVITY SEARCHES
The Military Now Has X-Ray Guns
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Superman had X-ray vision. Now, so does the United States military, in the form of an X-ray gun that can see through fabric, rubber and aluminum to find drugs, money, explosive liquids and even people.
THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE
How Amusement Parks Hijack Your Brain
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They're perfectly engineered to push psychological buttons you didn't even know you had. Here's how.
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Image: Competitors race during the Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia. According to organizers 180 teams were set to compete with more than 100,000 people expected to attend the 26th annual festival.
Competitors race during the Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia. According to organizers 180 teams were set to compete with more than 100,000 people expected to attend the 26th annual festival. Credit: AP: The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck
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