A new astronomical discovery: The “hole of color”

Via Professor Shaffer. More evidence that life beats The Onion in absurdity. What can one say to this? These people are beyond parody.

It reminds me of the time a few years ago when a big brouhaha erupted in D.C. after some bureaucrat used the descriptive word “niggardly” correctly in a budget meeting. Here are some more examples of the same absurdity, along with a balanced assessment of the matter, in some musings by John Derbyshire of The National Review. Upshot: Out of civility, don’t say rarely-used, insensitive-appearing homonyms (oops) around ignorant and illiterate fools. [There is even a website devoted to the offending word mentioned above.]

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