Richard Savage

butterworth: I Hate This Graphic and All Its Incarnations So...

Thu, 10 May 2012 15:58:31 -0400

I Hate This Graphic and All Its Incarnations

So the amendment was passed. It’s lame. Everyone on facebook in North Carolina in my age range thinks that it’s lame. We need to really the troops. Okay, whatever, I get that. Here’s this thing and it’s fun. It’s fun to post that graphic that correlates University presence to voting trends on Amendment One in North Carolina. It’s also way too easy and a little worrying. If I learned one thing in college statistics, it’s that correlation does not equal causation.

What I see is a map indicative of a divide between two very different cultures. In this case, they are differentiated by their homes (cities + suburbs vs rural areas).

Don’t get me wrong: supporting Amendment One, in my opinion, is discriminatory. I don’t subscribe to that moral agenda. I also don’t want to act like I’m better than those opposition because I went to college and also happen to believe what I believe.

This graphic and subsequent sharing and the “we get it and they don’t” attitude smacks of haughtiness, because we were lucky enough (please don’t forget we were lucky) to receive a post-secondary education and now make “better” decisions regarding politics. Even if that’s not the intention, that’s how it comes off and that’s what it seems to imply.

To me these Facebook highbrows say, I see your discrimination and I raise you. That isn’t going to solve the problem.

yourdp: Beer Thursday - Rising Moon by Blue Moon Brewing Co,...

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:29:35 -0500

yourdp:

Beer Thursday - Rising Moon by Blue Moon Brewing Co, Golden, CO (beer #42)

The seasonals are out!

That is what I’m talking about! I’m enjoying some right now. Delicious.

ben: I would have followed him anyway, but he didn’t need his...

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:18:19 -0500

ben:

I would have followed him anyway, but he didn’t need his own banner…

The Problem With Music

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:02:12 -0400

The Problem With Music

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Blues With A Feeling (LP...

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:46:39 -0400

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Blues With A Feeling (LP Version)

Ruthy B.

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:09:22 -0400

sacramentaltrout: Rutherford B. Hayes was a great President, don't you agree?
savage: certainly indubitable good sir
savage: cheerio
(random im from random person)

Lennart Green does close-up card magic | Video on TED.com

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:56:32 -0400

Lennart Green does close-up card magic | Video on TED.com:

Like your uncle at a family party, the rumpled Swedish doctor Lennart Green says, “Pick a card, any card.” But what he does with those cards is pure magic — flabbergasting, lightning-fast,…

(via topherchris)

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 09:21:05 -0400

(via topherchris)

Been here an hour moved less than halfway

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:26:43 -0400

Been here an hour moved less than halfway

Cheerio!

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:02:16 -0400

Cheerio!

Don’t they call that an oxymoron?

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:13:11 -0400

Don’t they call that an oxymoron?

Current Configuration: Essential Life Lesson #1: Over is Right, Under is Wrong

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:54:54 -0400

Current Configuration: Essential Life Lesson #1: Over is Right, Under is Wrong

Photo

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:23:27 -0400

Big rainbow

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:25:23 -0400

Big rainbow

Martian Skies - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:04:56 -0400

Martian Skies - The Big Picture - Boston.com:

Coolest thing I’ve blogged in a while.

topherchris: The real underachiever’s to-do list. Inspired by...

Fri, 30 May 2008 07:08:40 -0400

topherchris:

The real underachiever’s to-do list. Inspired by this.

Note that they’ll come pre-checked, because checking a box is too much damn work.

yourdp: Tally today. 38 pass-by’s. This is getting out of...

Fri, 30 May 2008 07:08:31 -0400

yourdp:

Tally today. 38 pass-by’s. This is getting out of control.

HILARIOUS. I would start setting boobie traps

Apple blossom

Fri, 02 May 2008 19:25:51 -0400

Apple blossom

going up

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:40:25 -0400

going up

Sledge’s new watch. It dwarfs his arm, my arm dwarfs it....

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:09:49 -0400

Sledge’s new watch. It dwarfs his arm, my arm dwarfs it. Has about 4,000 features.