by sumac | Jul 14, 2014 | Political Apologies
John Huppenthal is Superintendent of Public Instruction in Arizona. “Schools chief” in headlinese. He’s an ambitious, presentable chap who worked his way from local office to state office. Turns out he’s been posting on blogs as Falcon9, Socrates,...
by snarly | Jul 11, 2014 | Funny-on-Purpose Apologies, Musical Apologies
Nerf Herder is best known as the band that did the Buffy the Vampire Slayer theme, among the greatest tv show themes in history. (Click that link to be hypnotized by the opening sequence from all seven seasons.) But writer Meg Nesterov just pointed me to the...
by snarly | Jul 10, 2014 | Political Apologies
You may remember former Congressman Todd Akin’s 2012 comment, “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” He was explaining SCIENCE: Women who were ACTUALLY raped (i.e., not FALLEN women or LYING women) would not...
by snarly | Jul 8, 2014 | Bropology, Corporate Apologies
On Twitter yesterday, the Chief Marketing Officer of Equinox Gyms posted this: This wittiness is tied to Equinox’s new campaign, all tied to the notion of “preapology.” (I would hyphenate “pre-apology,” but I am a lowly apology-watcher,...
by snarly | Jul 5, 2014 | Corporate Apologies, Media Apologies
Why should Facebook be sorry for conducting a huge study that tried to manipulate users’ emotions by jiggering which posts users saw, all without telling them? To be sorry, you need incentive. You need to want to be better, do better, make your victim feel...
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