Comments on: Tau Kē Tēnei Wiki: Some Funnies

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 21:51:21 +0000

In reply to Yakaru. I love the first one!

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 21:49:44 +0000

In reply to Night-Gaunt49. I didn't know that about mantises. Interesting!

By: Heather Hastie

Heather Hastie — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 21:37:56 +0000

In reply to paxton marshall. Both of those are occurring here in NZ too. Teen pregnancies in particular have been a major problem here. However, because of better sex education in schools and better availability of contraception, there are a lot less unplanned pregnancies and abortions across the board, but especially with teens. It's not something I know enough about to write of though.

By: Yakaru

Yakaru — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 10:29:40 +0000

Here are a couple from yesterday’s paper in Berlin–

http://www.tagesspiegel.de/images/img_9398/12673546/3-format36.JPG
(Some kind of translation problem, or Germans do indeed prefer directness over diplomacy!)

http://www.tagesspiegel.de/images/joachim-schuering-2013-skurril/11983118/4-formatOriginal.jpg
(Someone fooling around with maintenance works.)

http://www.tagesspiegel.de/images/schoeneberger-ufer-piet-de-moor/11983120/2-formatOriginal.jpg
(Good job here of breaking down sexist stereotyping. The child is saying “Papa, can I also wear a dress?”)

By: Dennis Mitton

Dennis Mitton — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 00:21:41 +0000

Love that fence. Ouch!

By: Night-Gaunt49

Night-Gaunt49 — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 00:10:26 +0000

Ironic since the mass shootings have been increasing over all since they were first noted.

There are people who would be interested in seeing the elimination of bodily wastes. Maybe one can charge for them to watch…

Mantises have it in for the male. Supposedly biting off their head during the deposit of sperm increases the male’s activity. Fascinating creatures. The only arthropod that can turn its head like we do.

By: paxton marshall

paxton marshall — Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:38:41 +0000

May I contribute something as Tau Kē Tēnei Wiki, Heather? Too often the good news gets buried in the hysteria. In the US, teen pregnancies have been in decline for decades. As have crime and violent crime rates. Here’s a recent article from the Washington Post on the decline of gun violence in the US.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/03/weve-had-a-massive-decline-in-gun-violence-in-the-united-states-heres-why/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_wemost