January 2010
I have been watching a lot of star trek the next generation lately, and although it’s been interesting to realize that this show probably played a major role in shaping my mind as a child, I think I might need to take a break from getting hammered with progressivist liberal ideology and watch something else. What is your favourite tv show (aside from mad men or 30 rock, seen em all)?
WatchCan’t get enough of the Onion today. This is gold.
From some internet shitstorm involving Jessica...
standardgrey:
hardcorefornerds:andrewtsks:agrammar:
Hopper’s sub-head even appropriates the word “bougie” — a word largely used by lower-middle-class black people to describe higher-class affectations in their peers — to describe the band, which is Game-playing extraordinaire.
Jessica Hopper and I share the same cultural background, that being the 90s hardcore scene. She was a much bigger...
WatchNew Law Requires Women to Name Baby, Paint Nursery Before Getting an Abortion
Sexting: Two middle school students charged with... →
Showing a pic of your vajayjay to a boy your own age and seeing his stuff in return, then getting charged with possession of child porn? That’s a recipe for life long therapy. What an epically unwarranted shame bomb.
blownspeakers:
Either they enact a “close age” law like their is with consent or they’ll be sending a lot of kids to prison… oh wait, America’s usually okay with the latter...
Australia proposes banning pornography featuring... →
blownspeakers:
towerofsleep:
Because it “Encourages pedophilia” (or as they say paedophilia).
standardgrey:
What sort of perverse psychic alligators are hiding underneath that trap door, Australia?
This is hysterical.
Wow. Truly the last thing women need is conservative, privileged white men actually legislating what female body types count as authentically womanly. As if it...
I think that perhaps what we should be taking out of this whole apple tablet kerfuffle is that it’s kind of batshit silly that so many people invest so much of their hopes and dreams in what some computer company might invent. WHOA DUDES. Relax. The hype preceding that product launch was off the hook, as if Apple has been elevated to the position of torch-bearer of human progress. A lot of...
Unhappy Hipsters is really funny, but it would be more appropriate to call it Unhappy Yuppies. Or has the whole world forgotten which terms apply to which cultural niche groups?
I cite: The art of shrinking heads →
The postmodern subject is evolving towards a subjective condition defined by a borderline neurotic-psychotic state. This subject is increasingly trapped between a latent melancholy (the depression we hear so much about), the impossibility of speaking in the first person, the illusion of omnipotence, and the temptation to adopt a false self, a borrowed personality or even the multiple personalities...
BBC News - 'Thou shalt shoplift' says priest →
A priest from North Yorkshire has advised his congregation to shoplift if they find themselves in hard times. The Reverend Tim Jones, the parish priest of St Lawrence and St Hilda in York, said people should steal from big chains rather than small businesses. He said society’s attitude to those in need “leaves some people little option but crime”.
Watchcriticalculture:
Steal Something From Work Day, April 15/10
“If your reformist face, Buy Nothing Day!”
This is great.
2 things i learned in school today
1. sushi comes from china, where originally it was a layer cake of rice and raw fish left to ferment for 3 months before eating.
2. syphilis originated in the new world, and most likely, was brought to europe by columbus and his crew.
Estimating The Cost of a Three-Strikes and You're... →
lukesimcoe:
Two things struck me as I was reading Michael Geist’s latest blog post about the potential ‘3 strikes’ policy imbedded in ACTA.
“My weekly technology law column notes that while supporters claim that three-strikes is garnering increasing international acceptance, the truth is implementation in many countries is a mixed bag. Countries such as Germany and Spain have rejected it,...
“We foresee a future in which man is freed from useless chains, to realize a...”
– Paul-Émile Borduas, Refus Global, 1948
The Montreal Automatistes pretty much kickstarted the Quiet Revolution in Quebec. Possibly the most successful revolution actually initiated by artists.
(via towerofsleep)
“I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a...”
– Brian Eno Interview, The Observer (via viafrank) (via ajourneyroundmyskull) (via jackisidore) (via standardgrey) (via lukesimcoe)
Mr. Eno over here was one of those lucky guys that cashed in, but nonetheless, pretty good point. It’s kind of silly to hold onto the idea that we have some sort...
