While I appreciate the idea behind the new site iTherapy it does have a few issues with actual human interaction, for example take this exchange between me and the bot:
Human: I knows eh!
TARA at iTherapy.com: Are you Canadian? I am learning more about you all the time.: said knows.
Human: I already said I wasn’t [...]
Archive for the ‘WTF’ Category
iTherapy is easily iConfused
Posted in Public Health, WTF on April 12, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Pope adds a lot more people on the way to hell
Posted in Science, WTF on March 11, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I heard this on the morning news and thought I just had to bring it up here as the Pope has added a whole bunch of new sins that will send you to hell. Some of these I can somewhat understand, but a couple are just a little narrow-sighted in their intention:
“You offend God [...]
All I can do is sigh
Posted in Public Health, WTF on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It seems that one of our hospitals once again makes a grievous mistake and everyday New Zealanders pay the price for it:
Dr Roman Hasil botched eight of 32 32 tubal ligations (sterilisation procedures), resulting in six pregnancies.
In his report Commissioner Ron Paterson censures the doctor and the DHB for “serious failings in the care of [...]
Random banned books
Posted in Education, History, Personal, WTF on February 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I disagree with the practice in some places of banning books, which I view as a generally stupid and anti-educational practice (there would be certain exceptions of course, borderline pornographic romance novels would be one example I could think of, but even then…). Thankfully, there are groups that seem to want to fight back against [...]
Psychic sexual powers and murder
Posted in WTF on February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I really can’t fathom this murder case going on in Australia terribly well:
His de facto wife, Angela Wells, 29, of Blacktown, was a long-time friend of Ms Mayfield and introduced the pair.
All three bonded with each other over a shared interest in the supernatural, and Shepherd persuaded Ms Mayfield to sleep with him by promising [...]