Comments for thesnarkhunter.com http://thesnarkhunter.com Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:49:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on A Nuclear Vocabulary: Japan, Meltdown, What it Means by markogts http://thesnarkhunter.com/2011/03/13/a-nuclear-vocabulary-japan-meltdown-what-it-means/comment-page-1/#comment-503 markogts Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:49:04 +0000 http://thesnarkhunter.com/?p=166#comment-503 Interesting article: just one minor correction, the Chernbyl reactor was graphite moderated, but water cooled. Was a BWR with graphite moderator. Maybe you confounded it with the british Magnox. Interesting article: just one minor correction, the Chernbyl reactor was graphite moderated, but water cooled. Was a BWR with graphite moderator. Maybe you confounded it with the british Magnox.

]]> Comment on Vaccines, Bad Parenting, and Risk by snark http://thesnarkhunter.com/2009/10/23/vaccines-bad-parenting-and-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-474 snark Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:17:18 +0000 http://thesnarkhunter.com/?p=115#comment-474 Erica, You are right in that it would scare people, and some would react negatively. But the goal here is just to change the framing so that denying a vaccine becomes the act, instead of giving the vaccine. I think that would really change the way parents perceive the risks. Perhaps the idea can be refined... Erica, You are right in that it would scare people, and some would react negatively. But the goal here is just to change the framing so that denying a vaccine becomes the act, instead of giving the vaccine. I think that would really change the way parents perceive the risks. Perhaps the idea can be refined…

]]> Comment on Vaccines, Bad Parenting, and Risk by erica http://thesnarkhunter.com/2009/10/23/vaccines-bad-parenting-and-risk/comment-page-1/#comment-473 erica Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:07:17 +0000 http://thesnarkhunter.com/?p=115#comment-473 I like the thinking behind your idea. That's really what it is, right? Russian Roulette. I'm not sure it would work though. It would scare people, and potentially get parents to think with a different frame on the issue. But, would it move people to action? Fear appeals are really difficult to pull off, especially in our culture, and I think people would see this as so scary, that they'd either avoid the message or take a defiant stance against it. I like the thinking behind your idea. That’s really what it is, right? Russian Roulette. I’m not sure it would work though. It would scare people, and potentially get parents to think with a different frame on the issue. But, would it move people to action? Fear appeals are really difficult to pull off, especially in our culture, and I think people would see this as so scary, that they’d either avoid the message or take a defiant stance against it.

]]> Comment on Business Week Approves of my World of Warcraft Addiction by People bored by board games? Board games better than computer games? – Digital Play http://thesnarkhunter.com/2009/01/26/business-week-approves-of-my-world-of-warcraft-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-471 People bored by board games? Board games better than computer games? – Digital Play Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:13:53 +0000 http://thesnarkhunter.com/2009/01/26/business-week-approves-of-my-world-of-warcraft-addiction/#comment-471 [...] thinking skills are concerned. There is now plenty of evidence (here and here and here and here and here and here, etc.) that the skills learnt by playing games such as WoW are exactly the type of  [...] [...] thinking skills are concerned. There is now plenty of evidence (here and here and here and here and here and here, etc.) that the skills learnt by playing games such as WoW are exactly the type of  [...]

]]> Comment on Transformers 2: ROTFL (Review) by Bethany http://thesnarkhunter.com/2009/06/29/transformers-2-rotfl-review/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Bethany Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:45:20 +0000 http://thesnarkhunter.com/?p=98#comment-455 Apparently AFI is showing the original cartoon movie this summer to make people feel better after the live action film. Apparently AFI is showing the original cartoon movie this summer to make people feel better after the live action film.

]]> Comment on Transformers 2: ROTFL (Review) by Psynister http://thesnarkhunter.com/2009/06/29/transformers-2-rotfl-review/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Psynister Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:30:30 +0000 http://thesnarkhunter.com/?p=98#comment-454 I didn't *know* that it would be bad, I just went in with low expectations. Had I known how insanely disappointed I would be afterwards I never would have bothered to begin with. It's been a long time since I was so strongly disappointed in a movie. While I bought the first movie for the sake of having it in my collection due to being such a fan when I was a kid, I have no intention of ever owning the second one. I didn’t *know* that it would be bad, I just went in with low expectations.

Had I known how insanely disappointed I would be afterwards I never would have bothered to begin with. It’s been a long time since I was so strongly disappointed in a movie.

While I bought the first movie for the sake of having it in my collection due to being such a fan when I was a kid, I have no intention of ever owning the second one.

]]> Comment on I Didn’t Know it Was Supposed to Be Embarrassing! by Bethany http://thesnarkhunter.com/2009/04/03/i-didnt-know-it-was-supposed-to-be-embarrassing/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Bethany Wed, 20 May 2009 21:51:37 +0000 http://thesnarkhunter.com/2009/04/03/i-didnt-know-it-was-supposed-to-be-embarrassing/#comment-441 I'll admit I've tended to prefer roommates near my age if only so I don't bother others with my habits. I had a roommate in college who was at a different life stage than me (24 when I was 18) and our schedules and ideas on responsibility clashed badly enough that while I'm friends with people of other ages, I would be very hesitant to live with someone who was of a very different age. I don't expect all 24 year olds to have different habits than 34 year olds, but I would be worried that a roommate who was ten years older would look down on some of my "less mature" habits. I’ll admit I’ve tended to prefer roommates near my age if only so I don’t bother others with my habits. I had a roommate in college who was at a different life stage than me (24 when I was 18) and our schedules and ideas on responsibility clashed badly enough that while I’m friends with people of other ages, I would be very hesitant to live with someone who was of a very different age. I don’t expect all 24 year olds to have different habits than 34 year olds, but I would be worried that a roommate who was ten years older would look down on some of my “less mature” habits.

]]> Comment on Religion as genre by Bethany http://thesnarkhunter.com/2009/05/18/religion-as-genre/comment-page-1/#comment-440 Bethany Wed, 20 May 2009 21:46:38 +0000 http://thesnarkhunter.com/?p=92#comment-440 Not related to your post (though interesting) but I want to know how difficult it would be to learn some basic ways of increasing page views to a site. It's not for AIR so I didn't want to email you at work. Saw this on twitter and figured you could always delete the comment after receiving it. The site I want to figure out how to promote is not the Capital Animals site. Not related to your post (though interesting) but I want to know how difficult it would be to learn some basic ways of increasing page views to a site. It’s not for AIR so I didn’t want to email you at work. Saw this on twitter and figured you could always delete the comment after receiving it. The site I want to figure out how to promote is not the Capital Animals site.

]]> Comment on Why Rush Limbaugh Hates America by maxd http://thesnarkhunter.com/2009/03/03/why-rush-limbaugh-hates-america/comment-page-1/#comment-415 maxd Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:53:00 +0000 http://thesnarkhunter.com/2009/03/03/why-rush-limbaugh-hates-america/#comment-415 well said. spot on. well said. spot on.

]]> Comment on Business Week Approves of my World of Warcraft Addiction by thesnarkhunter.com » Washington Post Endorses World of Warcraft! http://thesnarkhunter.com/2009/01/26/business-week-approves-of-my-world-of-warcraft-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-405 thesnarkhunter.com » Washington Post Endorses World of Warcraft! Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:49:26 +0000 http://thesnarkhunter.com/2009/01/26/business-week-approves-of-my-world-of-warcraft-addiction/#comment-405 [...] anti-gaming, it’s good to see the Washington Post join the ranks of publications such as Business Week in pointing out that World of Warcraft players really are learning valuable business skills.  The [...] [...] anti-gaming, it’s good to see the Washington Post join the ranks of publications such as Business Week in pointing out that World of Warcraft players really are learning valuable business skills.  The [...]

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