I've watched a grand total of perhaps 10 hours of TV in the past 2 years. Not that I'm using that time constructively mind you......

Looking at the rest of this artists work I like the subject matter, I certainly like their style and use of color but the subjects themselves are usually somehow off. I don't know if its done purposely but they seem to have all the humanity of a mannequin. Am I the only one seeing this?

note: I have 3 years of art college so I'm not completely ignorant to critiquing art.

#17 I read your post several times. Not only does it have nothing to do with the piece, I can't understand WTF it is your trying to say in general.

Sounds interesting Cory, good luck with it.

yes, all cultures are equal......

I'm sure Mike Masnick will explain why this guy has it all wrong despite having many years of experience at it.

you mean this hypocritical and overall reprehensible organization is actually doing something sensible?

God, she just mouths the typical privledged ultra-left party line and has nothing of substance to say.

Then again, this comes from Salon.com which is packed to the rafters with this shallow non-offensive drek.

"compelling"??

it's creepy as hell....

This is along the same lines as expelling a student for taking a plastic knife to school to spread peanut butter on his crackers.

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Lawyers, giving so much to society everyday......

Plus Free Range kids cook up nicely on the grill if they are marinated with some vinaigrette and leeks.

That Nairobi trio video creeps me out on a level on can't begin to describe.

#8

My feelings exactly. The world desperately needs more scientists (particularly in his chosen field) so this is a tragic waste of an education.

I can't wait until the conspiracy lunatics get ahold of this....

I think for most people, using LSD and similar drugs becomes a redundant experience after several uses. Having said that everyone should try it at least once in their lifetimes. Also, if you're an artist or writer the stuff is like roto-rooter if you're suffering from a creative block.

Could someone explain why there is blatant racism like this? Maybe I'm misunderstanding something...

I got into several heated debates in the past over whether these types of signs actually existed. I was accused of racism several times (why its racist to point out racism I've yet to find out) as well as told by several Japanese that I misunderstood, that there were actually very good reasons for this. My litmus test for such things is to simply reverse roles...how would I feel if i were the one who felt offended?

BTW, I'd like to hear from the Japanese woman who browbeat a restaurant owner in Providence RI into removing a picture of an Asian woman he had in one of his ads for his grand opening. She felt it was sexist and promoted the subservient Asian whore stereotype (looking at the pic it was quite a stretch but, hey, who am I to judge?). The story was posted here several weeks ago.

#55

I like to think if the whole world could just sit down at a big table, split some pizza's and some pitchers of beer we'd all get along fine.

Pre-dipped? Do you have to eat that with a knife and fork or do you still use your hands?

I also had to look up what it was and its simply Roast Beef Au-Jus around here (RI) in which the juice comes in a dipping bowl.

I'm pretty certain that the running of the Torch will be phase out within the next few olympics. I can picture various political entities using it to draw attention to their own issues by barring the torch from coming through their country or even perhaps killing the torch bearer if he/she is viewed as a symbol of the west.

Kind of like the way Hollywood ego's use the Oscars to draw attention to their pet political causes.

Is Haymarket Pizza still open in Boston?

ratty little stall with a couple of doors lying across sawhorses for tables serving the best damned Pizza EVER!

The Chourico (Portugese spicy sausage) and cheese is particularly good.

God I hate stoners

The problem is much of the cars legally required safety features may have been stripped out to save weight. The car would have to pass whatever passes for a vehicle safety inspection in Canada.

I know one thing, I wouldn't want to get sideswiped by an 18-wheeler in that.

i hate cops

what does this have to do with the cops?

God almighty this moron can't get out of office fast enough......

My 17 yr old is into "scene" looks (he despises the term "Emo"). For 99% of these kids its simply a fashion and music thing and has nothing to do with romanticising depression and suicide. I also laugh when he (my son) gets posts on his myspace site when he's accused of being a "homo". The kid has 16 pages FULL of nothing but hot chicks who want to hook up with him.

He's gotten more girls at 17 than I've had in my entire life. Dammit.

I DO COCAINE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nISjjwnQnK8

OH cool, let do lines and grind our jaws for 2 hours while conversations consist of clipped, 3 word statements while everyone stares at their shoes. Wait, out of coke already? no problem, just let me run to the ATM, pull out the last of my cash that was earmarked for rent and I'll be back in a jif.....

UGH, worst. drug. ever.

sorry but I seriously doubt 4chan & Anon had anything to do with this. They are quite internet savvy and would have covered their tracks quite well. Also, shit like this simply isn't part of their MO. Now, an organization well known for brutally putting down criticism of their goals would be far more suspect as they could easily do something like this to draw attention away from themselves and towards 4chan/anon by making them look like the bad guys. Who could it be?

If we don't take some chances to advance scientific understanding we'll end up smoking ourselves anyhow.

I for one welcome my non-baryonic overlords....

Nice, so the thug was ready to knife and possible kill someone for the money in their wallet yet 99% of you get drippy and maudlin because a counselor took one hell of a chance and made it out of the situation with his life intact. I grew up in a housing project hence we had next to nothing growing up yet I never once allowed my lack of privledge to become an excuse for socially unacceptable/dangerous behavior.

Sorry if my heart doesn't swell with pride over this moment of humanity.

Can you say Pyramid?

I grew up in the 70's as well and the Pink Caddy's were pretty common. I still see an occasional MK vehicle but now they're doing the SUV thing.

I hadn't been to the Onion site in awhile and I was amazed at how much they've expanded their media. Radio, TV etc.

Like National Lampoon before it, their stuff hits as much as it misses but its always entertaining.

They could've used him on the set of The Philadelphia Experiment.

My mom lies in a nursing home afflicted with late stage Alzheimers. For someone who worked her whole life for the comfort of others its particularly unfair and incredibly difficult to watch as she succumbs to it's effects.

Being a huge sci-fi/fantasy lit fan this is a no-brainer (no pun intended) for me.

this reminds me of a morbidly obese woman from a couple of years ago who had sat on her couch for several years not getting up. Her skin had grown into the weave of the fabric.

I don't want to contemplate what the smell must have been like when they finally got her up........

"excessive wealth"???

so Bill Gates who is generally thought of as the worlds richest individual and who donates MASSIVE amounts to many many good causes is guilty of sin? My brother who had several vertebrae removed, was pumped full of morphine for far longer than was necessary and became of hardcore opiate addict as a result, is a sinner?

I won't even get into stem cell research and birth control....

Religion is truly for the backwards.

welp, thats the end of that hobby.

too bad as I really enjoyed the magazine article you guys linked to. Seemed like a really cool pastime.

Pork sausage fingers FTW!

quick, check his palms for hair!

MSI makes some of the most horrendous looking tweaking apps in the business.

sounds someone with an awful lot of pull working in the background. Given the kind of folks who use Cayman Island accounts I'm sure there was one govt. official or another who got threatened to get the site taken down.

Some stinkers but most are just boring:

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Current box art isn't nearly as bad as the period from approx. '98 to '04....a period that should be deemed as "the golden age" of bad game hardware box art. Again, I'll keep an eye peeled for some classics.

absolutely brilliant idea. I used to save the boxes of my various computer hardware but just chucked a whole lot of it recently. There were some truly horrific stuff in it too. I'll keep an eye open.

This caused such a lump to well up in my throat I thought I would choke.

My mom has been in the nursing home for the past 6 years due to advanced Alzheimers disease. While its bad, it is said the disease affects the family more than the victim as the victim isn't really aware of whats going on anyhow. What I HAVE noticed are the rest of the residents. Wonderful intelligent people who are stuck in a miserable day-to-day existence. While the nursing homes for more affluent people have plenty of organized activities, ones like my mom are in, don't, due to the lack of money and/or volunteers and such. people have no idea how much even simple things like this break up what is normally a dismal boring day for these folks. I take off my (balloon) hat to anyone who takes an hour out of their time to volunteer to do something that can brighten the lives of a few who deserve more than being parked in front of a community TV for hours on end.

*cue sound of crickets*

OK, so why would it be the womans fault? Wouldn't it be the douchebag who overheard and took it for being real then reporting it?

But Saudi Royalty can fly Penthouse chicks over from the USA, sit them in a nightclub for their own personal use and get laid to their hearts content.

GG

....blink.....blink.............

I had a buddy in elementary school who brought one of those cards in. Always thought it was dumb though it is cool to see the history of it.

#4
absolutely brilliant stuff. Thanks for posting it.

Humans create culture and civilization. A parasitic meme called organized religion comes along for the ride. It sickens me to think of how many times great talents like Michelangelo etc. were forced into a patronage relationship and had their free expression perverted into church propaganda.

Not just art but what about Science? It's been estimated that if the major world religions, particularly Chritianity, had stuck to it's own affairs rather than becoming a government unto itself that we would be anywhere from 300-500 years more advanced than we are now.

Religion. Poisons. Everything.

Hey but Islam is the religion of peace.

Or so I am repeatedly told.

Our economy functioned properly until we were taken off the gold standard

despite the lack of DRM the game went on to be quite successful. Brad Wardells theory is that you shouldn't treat your customer as a criminal. They reward those who purchase the game with lots of extra content and other goodies.

Their new game, Sins of a Solar Empire is getting great scores.

*throws up in mouth*

jeezus, what must it be like to have no upper jawbone?

Jack

so you and another poster chastise me for what I originally wrote and then when I reply you state thats "all I've done" is post about how no one can post rationally about the Holocaust. Talk about twisting an argument. I've also read your responses to others. It's quite sad.

At first I made the assumption you were a halfway intelligent individual capable of rational debate but now I see you are simply a spoiled little brat who can't accept people who disagree with your stance on ANYTHING.

Sorry but I can't stand up to a skull made of cinder block. You win my friend.

"Holocaust deniers - they always pop up.

I didn't read yet through the whole thread, but wicketwhatever is a prime example.

"Can't we deny it a little bit? Perhaps in the name of science?? Open debate and such??"

The irony is that BECAUSE of this being the most documented genocide in history, it brings out the nutters who will construct their own version of events with plenty of pieces to play with"

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Once again another post that makes my point for me perfectly.

You seem, like Jack, to have read the first paragraph, not read the rest and made up your mind. I am a "nutter" to question laws that would actually JAIL people for posing a question? I theorized that had information come toight that the numbers were, say, 5.5 million rather than 6 that there would be a charges of racism throw about like confetti by individuals like you and Jack simply because we have been taught since birth to NEVER EVER question anything related to the event. Just making this post has caused me to be called an anti-semite, a holocaust denier, racist, nutter, etc. THAT is what I am speaking of, NOT denigrating Jews, NOT making light of the holocaust. The individuals who ruled on this case didn't, for one second, inquire as to whether the art piece was a serious commentary on the event (it turns out it was). They simply reacted, like we all do, to the fact that unless we speak in the unspoken ruleset of hushed reverential tomes regarding the event we are hate-filled, deniers and anti-semtites.

Lastly, I know full well what my opinion is on the event. I accept the common facts and don't question them in the least. The fact that no one else can question it and even be jailed for uttering anything to the contrary disturbs me (as it should any rational thinker) immensely.

"This exaggerated claim the Holocaust of the Jews during W.W. II is put on a pedestal above all others is a pretty anti-Semitic."

I'd respond Jack but then I realized you made my point for me. Thanks.

"The holocaust is not felt quite as close or as horrible in most of the world. For most people the event is distant in space and a long time ago. And it hasn't served as a real lesson judging by the amount of genocide that has taken place all over the world since then."

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I'm sure I will be taken out of context but, anyway....

The holocaust is "felt" in western civilization more than any other event in history. We've gotten to the point where unless the event is discussed in only the most guarded and nearly religious fervor its almost a given that one will be labeled as disrespectful all the way up to "racist" along with the terms applied to it such as "hate speech". Many northern European countries now consider it an arrestable offense for non-Jews to question events even in a rational debate. Does anyone truly think nothing would be said if information came to light that would throw doubt on the number of those who were murdered (given that the numbers were somehow less)? Yet the 16 million Russians that were murdered under Stalin are discussed openly with people free to disagree and not be labeled a racist or even charged with a crime. Sorry but I don't buy the fact that people are somehow ignorant of the Holocaust. I think the issue here is that people are naive if they think that if they are a non-Jew that they can discuss or make a social commentary about the Holocaust without being put under a microscope by certain groups saliviting over the chance to pounce on anything they can tag as anti-semitic. I'm honestly not a skinhead, racist etc. I'm simply trying to understand why we allow ourselves to get to a hysterical mindset over an event that people ought to be able to discuss rationally without over reacting everytime the subject is brought up. While i agree that the float probably had no place in Carnivale, the response was indicative of the level of fear public officials and some media folks feel when even discussing the subject lest they be labeled by groups like the JDL etc.

@ #4 NOEN

LOLOL, dude that was the first thing that popped into My head when I read this. Suffering from depression and addiction just about all of my life up until a few years ago I could very well do without memories of the good old days. Just about all of them would be cringe moments.

I had no idea that Falco even died.

RIP you wonderful madman.

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Much respect to Yahtzee for not performing journalistic fellatio on Bioshock like the rest of the game journalists did. I love the fact that he's absolutely brutal when it's called for.