If you are receiving some high end magazines with wonderful photos but are annoyed by their habit of putting their No Postage Required "Business Reply Mail" cards in the center of a two page photo, do as I do; pull in out and send it in either blank or with the following: "Found in the center of a two page photo. Why do this?"
I believe that they pay postage on the basis of how often the cards are mailed. If everyone did this, it would go away. On occasion, I have been inspired to write: "I see that you have no respect for your own publication". Or: "Are you stupid?"
I'm sure that you can think of others.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Stop Pollsters
Sllod (Polls upside down)
We all know that opinion polls are annoying. We know that they skew election results by discouraging voters in later time zones, and that they can even drive policy by having candidates running after the electorate no matter how crazy they may be. After all, a majority opinion held by the public (like let's make Islam illegal) that violates the Constitution, isn't good for anything except demagoguery. It's a waste of time for a Representative or Senator to pander to the ignorant if the position can't ever be enacted. Wouldn't it be great if there were no polling data being blabbed about all over the media?
Take the pledge.
Lie to pollsters. If enough people would lie to the pollsters, then polling data would become so unreliable that it would be useless. Polls would disappear. But your lies must be creative you can't just say the opposite of what you really think, you have to lie randomly. The best way to do this is to have a coin handy and for all "yes/no" or two choice answers just flip the coin and allow the heads/tails to determine your response. Don't be dismayed if the answer you give is sometimes honest; the randomness of the coin flip will ensure that the overall result will be indecipherable for the analysts. That's what we want.
Next step: bumper stickers: I LIE TO POLLSTERS
We all know that opinion polls are annoying. We know that they skew election results by discouraging voters in later time zones, and that they can even drive policy by having candidates running after the electorate no matter how crazy they may be. After all, a majority opinion held by the public (like let's make Islam illegal) that violates the Constitution, isn't good for anything except demagoguery. It's a waste of time for a Representative or Senator to pander to the ignorant if the position can't ever be enacted. Wouldn't it be great if there were no polling data being blabbed about all over the media?
Take the pledge.
Lie to pollsters. If enough people would lie to the pollsters, then polling data would become so unreliable that it would be useless. Polls would disappear. But your lies must be creative you can't just say the opposite of what you really think, you have to lie randomly. The best way to do this is to have a coin handy and for all "yes/no" or two choice answers just flip the coin and allow the heads/tails to determine your response. Don't be dismayed if the answer you give is sometimes honest; the randomness of the coin flip will ensure that the overall result will be indecipherable for the analysts. That's what we want.
Next step: bumper stickers: I LIE TO POLLSTERS
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