Kay the Complainer

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• Commented on Starbucks Twitter campaign hijacked by documentary about Starbucks' union-busting
  Anonymous #7: Word. I worked at Starbucks for about eight months when I was in university, about six years ago. The up-and-down schedule is a bitch. Rindan: Not all coffee shop workers are "hipster liberal arts students". A lot of...
• Commented on US customs officials think famous pianist's piano has funny smelling glue, so they destroy it
  I agree with Anon at 2:14 - artists are people, you know, not jukeboxes. He has a right to speak his mind from the one platform he has. You have the right not to fucking go. Also, for those of...
• Commented on Border patrol alleged to have beat up and tazed pastor, smashed his car, on US soil, because he insisted on 4th Amendment rights
  GregLondon @10: Even bigots have civil rights....
• Commented on London cop's unprovoked attack on G20 <s>protestor</s> BYSTANDER who then has fatal heart attack
  This is like the NYC cop clotheslining a cyclist at the Critical Mass ride: you can froth all you like about how awful Critical Mass/G20 protesters/football fans are, but in the end one man attacked and possibly caused the death...
• Commented on Obama tells country "Serve Satan" (or not?)
  I heard "Serve Salmon/semen" myself, but my husband thought it was "Smurfs? Eat 'em," which is much funnier. The whole backmasking thing is just a dreadful waste of time. It's like proving that the girl you have a crush on...
• Commented on Hidden Econopocalypse Admonition in Chinatown Sign
  There's a realtor in Toronto called "Mike Costapile". Seriously....
• Commented on London imposes de-facto 9PM curfew on under-16s
  Ceronomus, read comment 23. This isn't about kids having a curfew, it's about the police having the right to tell anyone to disperse and leave. That is pretty damn scary, if you ask me....
• Commented on Canada's science minister is a creationist
  CarrieM, *some* chiropractors practice a science-based form of physical therapy. Some of them, however, think they can cure any and all diseases by cracking your back. I don't know which kind Goodyear is, but since he's also licensed in accupuncture,...
• Commented on Artists buying cheap houses in Detroit
  Are these real artist communities, or are they trust-fund backed hipsters a la Williamsburg? Yeah, I kind of wondered that myself, given that most visual artists have to work some other job than making art. How do they get enough...
• Commented on How British cops are criminalising peaceful protest
  Fenrox, I don't know where to start with your comment. DO NOT BRING BABIES OR KIDS TO POSSIBLE VIOLENT SITUATIONS. Dude, the violence spoken of here was on the part of the police. Why aren't you saying, "Hey, police, stop...
• Commented on Duelling "Obama" cafes set up on the same block in Toronto
  Ha! I have the day off on Friday and was thinking of taking a long bike ride somewhere. Maybe I'll head east along the Danforth and see this in person...or maybe that's just too sad. I used to work in...
• Commented on Jon Stewart slaughters crazy finance guy Jim Cramer -- video
  I watched the whole video, too. Jon Stewart is the best journalist in America, but he only gets to be the best journalist in America because he calls himself a comedian and packages it as comedy. He's like the jester...
• Commented on How kids in England are smeared in the press, and what to do about it
  A comment from a non-parent: The parents who hit their kids seem to do it to make THEMSELVES feel better and in control - more "You will never do that to me again!" than "I want to change your behaviour...
• Commented on Please take the Boing Boing Survey (It works now!)
  I lied about my birthdate too - I wonder if a statistically anomalous number of BB readers will be shown to be born on January 1? I'm no expert in survey design, and I love BB and want to support...
• Commented on The Economist: the "least bad" way to deal with drug problem is to legalize them
  Christ on a cracker, Troofseeker, project much? And there are, you know, human activities that don't involve cars. Just saying....
• Commented on Emailing while asleep
  Why is everyone anonymous in this thread? One night about a year ago my husband came home after being out with friends. He walked into the bedroom and started peeing into the trash can. "What the hell are you doing?"...
• Commented on Primatologist Frans de Waal on the recent chimp attack
  Angusm and J France, I've often thought that it's a good thing that cats don't cooperate. If ONE little kitty cat can maul you, imagine what a pack of four or five cats could do. That's why I'm glad I...
• Commented on Goose doesn't like sweet natured doggy
  "Gawd almighty! Crazy-ass goose!" Comedy gold....
• Commented on Obama sushi
  Yeah, but how does it taste?...
• Commented on South Park iPhone App a No-Show in Apps Store; Cartman Blames Kyle's Mom.
  Ever seen their keyboard-less laptop? If that becomes big, I think I will finally lose any hope for humanity's intellect. Perhaps my irony detector is malfunctioning, Auto Parts For Brains, and you are being brilliantly and subtly sarcastic, but in...
• Commented on Canadian ISP Rogers: We're a dumb pipe, except when we want to stop BitTorrent
  Primus. They kind of suck too, but they're much cheaper, and they've never tried to drill a hole in the exterior wall of my (rented) apartment....
• Commented on Canadian ISP Rogers: We're a dumb pipe, except when we want to stop BitTorrent
  As a former Rogers customer, I would like to cordially invite them to f*ck themselves. With a stick. Oh, and I think I can definitively answer the question "are they a smart pipe or a dumb pipe?" - they are...
• Commented on Free book on Free Range kids
  So I'm curious if anyone thinks there is a real danger to kids at all? Or if it's just the kids fault when he's abducted or assaulted. Sure, kids are in danger of being abducted or assaulted by a stranger...
• Commented on Ghastly working conditions in a Chinese keyboard factory
  Yeah, and Airship, you are at least theoretically entitled to sick leave, paid vacations, and overtime. Plus you get to retire instead of just working until you die of exhaustion....
• Commented on Ghastly working conditions in a Chinese keyboard factory
  Blaine, your job fines you for talking to your coworkers? You are not allowed to speak or put your hands in your pockets? It sounds like these workers are expected to behave like robots. Yeah, it's better than starving to...
• Commented on Scientist who criticised DJ for vaccination scare talk gets copyright threat
  Cory, thank you for consistently hitting the nail on the head. I've been following the anti-vax stuff online for a while and it just makes me want to scream. This and your global warming posts make me feel proud to...
• Commented on Comprehensive excoriation of ebook stupidity
  #22 - I read ebooks on my Ipod touch all the time. Eyestrain isn't a problem, at least not for me. The words are the same size - there are just fewer of them on the "page". You can also...
• Commented on Witchdoctors defy ban on selling albino parts
  It must suck enough being an albino in Africa to begin with. (Hellooooo melanoma!). This is just so sad....
• Commented on Booze may prevent erectile dysfunction
  I wonder if the researchers controlled for religiosity, given the number of religions that forbid or stigmatize alcohol, and the general weird attitude many religions have about sex. Maybe the effect is just the intersection of observant Mormons and people...
• Commented on Speaker system built into mannequin
  OK, now we've had 2nd wave feminist criticism of this object, and now a post-modernist feminist perspective. I suppose, Ashley, it is hard to call a thing inherently sexist; the meaning of any object would obviously depend on its context....