Research Rants
@researchrants.bsky.social
Oscillating wildly: research, anti-progressive Dem politics, music, food, TV, ads, & the beach.
My core competency is competency.
My core competency is competency.
"Hey, how should we ask income on this one?"
"We usually just do radio buttons, < $25k, $25-$50k, etc."
"Boring. What about a slider?"
"Or a pull-down menu?"
"Free-form text?"
"No, no, I've got it -- we stick with radio buttons, but let's put all the values in RANDOM FUCKING ORDER!"
#marketresearch
"We usually just do radio buttons, < $25k, $25-$50k, etc."
"Boring. What about a slider?"
"Or a pull-down menu?"
"Free-form text?"
"No, no, I've got it -- we stick with radio buttons, but let's put all the values in RANDOM FUCKING ORDER!"
#marketresearch
June 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"Hey, how should we ask income on this one?"
"We usually just do radio buttons, < $25k, $25-$50k, etc."
"Boring. What about a slider?"
"Or a pull-down menu?"
"Free-form text?"
"No, no, I've got it -- we stick with radio buttons, but let's put all the values in RANDOM FUCKING ORDER!"
#marketresearch
"We usually just do radio buttons, < $25k, $25-$50k, etc."
"Boring. What about a slider?"
"Or a pull-down menu?"
"Free-form text?"
"No, no, I've got it -- we stick with radio buttons, but let's put all the values in RANDOM FUCKING ORDER!"
#marketresearch
Y'all getting a lot of 3rd-grade dropouts on your projects? #marketresearch
June 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Y'all getting a lot of 3rd-grade dropouts on your projects? #marketresearch
Great example of terrible design. Ladder numbered 10-1, buttons numbered 1-10. #marketresearch
May 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Great example of terrible design. Ladder numbered 10-1, buttons numbered 1-10. #marketresearch
What in the suborning fraud ... #marketresearch
May 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
What in the suborning fraud ... #marketresearch
Let me know when the Canadian Dave Wasserman says “I’ve seen enough, eh.”
April 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Let me know when the Canadian Dave Wasserman says “I’ve seen enough, eh.”
Giri/Haji is SUCH a fantastic show.
April 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Giri/Haji is SUCH a fantastic show.
Are you fucking kidding me? No wonder they both suck at social media messaging.
March 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Are you fucking kidding me? No wonder they both suck at social media messaging.
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Fear-based, inexplicable, and yet 100% predictable. Whether we are in the majority or the minority, Chuck Schumer will find a way to roll over and play dead.
March 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Fear-based, inexplicable, and yet 100% predictable. Whether we are in the majority or the minority, Chuck Schumer will find a way to roll over and play dead.
If we didn't already know that Trump likes his steaks well-done and with ketchup, we'd know it anyway, right?
www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
President Trump's choice of a well-done steak and ketchup raises eyebrows
It was big news in Washington when President Donald Trump left the White House Saturday for his first night on the town since becoming commander in chief.
www.jsonline.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
If we didn't already know that Trump likes his steaks well-done and with ketchup, we'd know it anyway, right?
www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
www.jsonline.com/story/news/l...
New Connections rule I'd like to see: any time you correctly get purple first, you get an extra guess.
March 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
New Connections rule I'd like to see: any time you correctly get purple first, you get an extra guess.
On the one hand, maybe I should switch my 401(k) to be essentially cash-only until Trump is done crashing the economy.
On the other hand, he's doing such a good job of crashing it that it may not even matter; we might be in a pure barter economy in another month.
On the other hand, he's doing such a good job of crashing it that it may not even matter; we might be in a pure barter economy in another month.
March 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
On the one hand, maybe I should switch my 401(k) to be essentially cash-only until Trump is done crashing the economy.
On the other hand, he's doing such a good job of crashing it that it may not even matter; we might be in a pure barter economy in another month.
On the other hand, he's doing such a good job of crashing it that it may not even matter; we might be in a pure barter economy in another month.
oh my god, Photobucket, just DELETE THE ACCOUNT ALREADY. Not going to spend money to keep the background image from my 2001 LiveJournal or whatever the fuck is in these old accounts. LET IT GO.
March 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
oh my god, Photobucket, just DELETE THE ACCOUNT ALREADY. Not going to spend money to keep the background image from my 2001 LiveJournal or whatever the fuck is in these old accounts. LET IT GO.
I don't often agree with the "Connections was bullshit today" crowd, but man, Connections was some bullshit today.
March 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I don't often agree with the "Connections was bullshit today" crowd, but man, Connections was some bullshit today.
You think the transgenic mice made them crazy, wait until they find out about transubstantiation and try to ban mass.
March 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
You think the transgenic mice made them crazy, wait until they find out about transubstantiation and try to ban mass.
Petition to get @nymag.com to stick Trump’s face at the bottom-left corner of the approval matrix until he finally dies, then move it to the bottom-right corner for a single issue, then never mention him again.
February 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Petition to get @nymag.com to stick Trump’s face at the bottom-left corner of the approval matrix until he finally dies, then move it to the bottom-right corner for a single issue, then never mention him again.
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Trump thinks Ft. Knox is like Moria: maybe it’s still there, maybe everybody’s great, maybe they’ll serve us lunch, maybe everybody there’s been killed by goblins, no way to know until we get there in person
Could…could he not call someone there and ask them to check?
Trump: "We've actually going to Ft Knox to see if the gold is there. Because maybe somebody stole the gold. Tons of gold."
February 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Trump thinks Ft. Knox is like Moria: maybe it’s still there, maybe everybody’s great, maybe they’ll serve us lunch, maybe everybody there’s been killed by goblins, no way to know until we get there in person
Why the fuck would MSNBC cancel @katiephang.bsky.social? The fact they’re keeping the Simone/Steele/Alicia show and Jen Psaki suggests it’s not about her being anti-Trump. Are they just stupid?
February 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Why the fuck would MSNBC cancel @katiephang.bsky.social? The fact they’re keeping the Simone/Steele/Alicia show and Jen Psaki suggests it’s not about her being anti-Trump. Are they just stupid?
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
First time I've ever gone 9/9:
Vulture Cinematrix No. 325: Feb 14, 2025
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2497
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Play at:
vulture.com/vulturecinem...
Vulture Cinematrix No. 325: Feb 14, 2025
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2497
🟩🟩🟩
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🟩🟩🟩
Play at:
vulture.com/vulturecinem...
Cinematrix No. 325: February 14, 2025
Can you name a romance movie starring Tom Cruise or Nicole Kidman?
vulture.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
First time I've ever gone 9/9:
Vulture Cinematrix No. 325: Feb 14, 2025
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2497
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
Play at:
vulture.com/vulturecinem...
Vulture Cinematrix No. 325: Feb 14, 2025
I got 9/9 Correct
Score: 2497
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩
Play at:
vulture.com/vulturecinem...
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Only the best tech toddlers www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
"THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."
www.404media.co
February 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Only the best tech toddlers www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
Not egg-related as much as it's incompetent grocery shopper related, via Amazon this time: if I ask for a dozen eggs of brand/type X, and you don't have brand/type X, give me a dozen of the closest you can figure out -- not HALF A DOZEN. Jesus.
February 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Not egg-related as much as it's incompetent grocery shopper related, via Amazon this time: if I ask for a dozen eggs of brand/type X, and you don't have brand/type X, give me a dozen of the closest you can figure out -- not HALF A DOZEN. Jesus.