This semester I am taking a microeonomics course as well as a Russian history course. So when I found Capitalism and Cows: an explanation of the economics of capitalism by using cows and countries/corporations, it resonated with me on more than one level because it can relate to at least two of my courses!

Here are some of my favorite examples:

A JAPANESE CORPORATION — You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create clever cow cartoon images called Cowkimon(tm) and market them world-wide.

A SWISS CORPORATION — You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for storing them.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION — You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 12 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.

Yes, these statements about how various corporations would go about with cows in a capitalist way use stereotypes, but they are quite amusing!

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Intercourse

I picked up this brochure at a hotel I stayed in while I was busy road-tripping it up. The brochure is an advertisement for the illustrious town of Intercourse, located in the heart of Amish Country in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. As immature as it was, my brother and I spent a good five minutes laughing ourselves silly at the name!

But seriously, not only is the name incredibly suggestive (even though the acquisition of the name “Intercourse” has no actual sexual connotation in this context) but the picture of the happy, affectionate couple on the front cover doesn’t exactly prevent people from jumping to conclusions about what goes on in that town!

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Since last week’s Internet Find insinuated that all men are gorillas, it seems only fitting that this week’s comes to the conclusion that, well, girls are… evil.

Girls are Evil

Girls do require time and money… but doesn’t almost everything else in this world require that too?

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People always joke about how “men are animals” and usually, it’s not meant as a compliment! I found an animated image that seems to agree with this statement and I must admit, I had a little chuckle when I first saw it.

Evolution of Man and Woman

I love how the gorilla (monkey?) was trying to meet the woman halfway by offering her a banana!

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There’s FML for all of those “My life sucks” moments and MLIA for all those “Eh, my life is typical” moments. So of course, there has to be a site for those “My life is great” moments! My Life is G (MLIG) is just the site for that. The antithesis of fmylife.com, it’s a site where users submit short statements about a life experience that they were lucky enough to experience. Some of my personal favorites include:

Today my teacher said if I didn’t turn in my finals I couldn’t graduate on stage, I didn’t turn it in and five hours later, I graduated on stage. MLIG [source]

Today, I found out that my ex has herpes. She dumped me 2 weeks ago for telling her I wasn’t ready for sex. MLIG [source]

Today, I ran into the guy who destroyed my self-esteem years ago. He put his arm around my shoulder and I punched him. MLIG [source]

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