Category Archives: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

From today, commuters will no longer have to wear masks when taking public transport as community regulations are progressively lifted. This was among the changes to measures that the multi-ministry task force tackling COVID-19 announced last week. This comes more … Continue reading →

This week, the police released figures revealing that almost S$1.3 billion was lost to scams in the past two years. More than half of the victims were young adults. Indeed, contrary to popular belief, it was not mostly the elderly … Continue reading →

New Zealand sporting star Sonny Bill Williams was attacked because of a tweet. You must understand that in Kiwi Land, most people have nothing much to do other than counting sheep and dreaming about moving to Australia. Williams ignited a … Continue reading →

So they shot down Emperor Xi’s ball? What’s the big fucking deal?! It’s just an over-inflated incident. The US deployed fighter jets to shoot down a meteorological balloon from China, designed to monitor weather. Yup, a weather balloon. Never mind … Continue reading →

“Imposter phenomenon” was first described in a 1978 research paper by psychologists Pauline Clance and Suzanne Imes, as “an internal experience of intellectual phoniness” prevalent in the group of particularly high-achieving women they were studying. The word “syndrome” was never … Continue reading →

2000 friends on Facebook? You got to be kidding me! Time is one crucial element in friendship. Jeffrey Hall, an expert in the psychology of friendship, studied 112 University of Kansas first years and found that it took about 45 … Continue reading →

Social media massively magnifies whatever that has been posted. People now take photos of their food before they eat. It’s a new form of saying grace at the table. All those showboating by the nouveau riche or victims of “lifestyle … Continue reading →

In March 2019, after some fucked-up nutcase shot up a mosque in Christchurch, killing 51 and wounding 40, New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern donned a hijab and went to comfort the community there. Within days, she announced a sweeping … Continue reading →

Earlier this month, that scumbag Prince Charles – he of the sausage fingers (they must have poked into orifices they shouldn’t have) – became king when his mother finally croaked. Shortly after, videos of two temper tantrums of his (involving … Continue reading →

Some spastic submitted a post on LinkedIn to announce that he has been appointed CTO of CIA. It was obviously not true, so I retorted by commenting “Yes, and I’m the CTO of Orodruin.” I was immediately inundated with requests … Continue reading →