The Nicest Place On The Internet

In the land where snark and cynicism are the majority voice, The Nicest Place On The Internet is a pug in a holiday sweater prancing through a field of marshmallow dreams. (via swiss-miss.com)

sly a year ago 28 responses

Weird Science votes all the useful people off the island on feeds.arstechnica.com ›

What started out as a routine study of group behavior ended up turning a bit surreal. According to the authors of a new paper, they started out trying to find out how long a group would tolerate members that abused the common good. In the process, they found that members who put the most into the common good were quickly expelled from the group.

Google Reader 2 years ago 1 response

Do-Gooders Get Voted Off Island First: People Don’t Really Like Unselfish Colleagues, Psychologists Find on sciencedaily.com ›

You know those goody-two-shoes who volunteer for every task and thanklessly take on the annoying details nobody else wants to deal with? Other people can’t stand them either. Four separate studies led by a Washington State University social psychologist have found that unselfish workers who are the first to throw their hat in the ring are also among those that coworkers most want to, in effect, vote off the island.

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