Ok, people try their best to appear at least slightly intelligent. But now a days we unfortunately have all the knowledge of the world at our fingertips and can look something up in a second. Suddenly all those extremely smart people who memorised all the non-fiction books and were the best at their jobs, suddenlyContinue reading “Things that Stupid People Believe”
Author Archives: Maxine Stockton
The Light Creates More Shadows
How the darkness becomes menacing, well it happens very slowly. You’ll read a scary story and feel that fear creeping up on you. You laugh at first as you realise how tense your muscles have become, then almost gasp as you realise you were holding your breath. You try calm yourself but your eyes dartContinue reading “The Light Creates More Shadows”
Coding
Stop using the word incorrectly! One of my pet peeves is when incredibly stupid people use a buzz word incorrectly to try sound smart. Coding and AI are two such words. We all know my take of people using AI incorrectly by the meme I created: Now Coding is another one that idiots parade aroundContinue reading “Coding”
Pondering
When my brain is left without anything to focus on, well, I get random thoughts to ponder, here are a couple that come up continuously; 1. Do tone-deaf people not know that they are singing badly, or do they really want the people around them to suffer? I mean, the reason you speak loudly isContinue reading “Pondering”
Education or Ignorance?
So many kids have been left behind, by the system. This is not only an error, but an actual killing of high potential. They are murdering abilities by this mediocre effort towards giving kids an actual and relevant education. Why is children’s education treated as a group project rather then as the snowflakes they actuallyContinue reading “Education or Ignorance?”
How to Save the World
Ok world, we need to have a talk…. There are so many things you should feel proud of, like when you created tools, found a way to light a fire, developed boats, then cars, then planes and eventually rockets. All are very impressive and you should be proud. But, we need to talk about yourContinue reading “How to Save the World”
Computer Anomaly
How many countries use the date format mm/dd/yyyy? How many countries use the imperial system over the metric? Which companies have the best programmers/developers? Why do I have to keep changing the date format and imperial system to metric when I write a new program?
Calculating Time Dilation
While sitting in my chair and pondering things, actually, that makes it seem like I was calmly doing this… when in fact I was very annoyed at my routine being changed by daylights savings and was making very loud statements such as: “How dare they mess with time!” “Do they not know how important routinesContinue reading “Calculating Time Dilation”
How an Alien Would View the Human Race
Very excited, I have just landed my space craft on this new planet. My first priority is to find out if this planet can support my life e.g. test if I can get sustenance, not be harmed by the environment etc. The last thing on my list would be to abduct a lifeform and tryContinue reading “How an Alien Would View the Human Race”
The Boring Life of a… Button?
I was made in France around the thirteenth century. I was the proud craft of the button makers guild and I remember King Louis IX of France, pointing to myself and my brothers, proclaiming loudly that we would be used to make his jacket. I was excited as I was sewn strongly and wth prideContinue reading “The Boring Life of a… Button?”
Maxine the Magnificent 