Happy hump day, Dudes. It’s Wednesday, March 18th. We’re here to deliver you this week’s roundup, designed to make you a more interesting Kentucky Dude.
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@oliviabolivia00 (Louisville, KY)
Dad Joke of the Week
Why did the cucumber blush?
(scroll to the end for the answer)
This Week in Kentucky History
March 10, 1941: Tommy Kirk, Louisville native, starred as Old Yeller's Travis and in Disney classics like Swiss Family Robinson, becoming a '60s teen idol who headlined over 20 films before transitioning to animal training in later life.
Oliver’s Questions
Turns out, our main source of inspiration for many articles is a pint-sized, 10-year-old dude (my son) who thinks he's got all the answers, forcing me into a constant state of fact-checking.
the strange history of march madness
Kentucky Dude Original, 1-minute read
It’s time to make your way to the printer and print something for the first time this year, March Madness brackets, and partake in some good old-fashioned colleague rivalry. If competition isn’t your think, just do it to let go of perfectionism. The odds of delivering the perfect bracket are 1 in 9.2 quintillion. Let the games begin.
kentucky weather makes no sense. here’s why.
Kentucky Dude original, 1-minute read
It started with a simple question from my kid just this week about why Kentucky weather changes so quickly. A little research later, I realized the answer explains a lot about why living here sometimes feels like four seasons in a week.
Man on the Move
The Confirmation Bias Trap
Dudes, your brain is not objective.
It’s a highlight reel.
You remember the wins. You forget the misses. And then you build a whole belief system around the handful of times you were right.
That’s called confirmation bias.
Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek out, remember, and believe information that supports what you already think… while quietly ignoring everything that doesn’t.
You don’t do it on purpose. Your brain just likes being right more than it likes being accurate.
You’ll see it everywhere.
You catch two fish on a green lure and suddenly declare, “They only want green lures today.” Never mind the other ten casts that got ignored.
We don’t collect data. We collect proof.
Here’s the Move: When you feel certain about something, ask yourself one question.
“What evidence would prove me wrong?”
If you can’t answer that, you’re probably not thinking. You’re just confirming.
The tricky part is that confirmation bias feels like clarity. It feels like you’ve figured something out.
In reality, you’ve just narrowed your field of vision.
Why It Matters: Bad decisions rarely come from a lack of information.
They come from ignoring half of it.
The more you can challenge your own assumptions, the less likely you are to get blindsided by reality.
Health, Fitness, Outdoors
mushroom hunting might be the most fun you can have in the woods
Kentucky Dude Original, 1-minute read
Some hobbies relax you. Some hobbies feed you. And some hobbies turn grown men into leaf-staring detectives wandering the woods for hours. This one somehow does all three.
Bourbon, Brews, & THC
5 beers from the ’80s that are still good / decent today
Kentucky Dude Original, 1-minute read
Before hazy IPAs, pastry stouts, and beers that taste like blueberry pancakes, there were the classics. The 1980s were a weird and wonderful time for beer when a few bold breweries started changing what Americans thought beer could taste like. Some of those bottles are still around today… and surprisingly, they still hold up. Here they are!
Dad Joke of the Week: Answer
It saw the salad dressing. 😂
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