Topic: Umm, what??? That's pointless... (Read 848153 times)

Masterpiece · « **Reply #800 on:** 10 Oct 2013, 14:35 »

Non-Newtonian fluids ftw!

LeeC · « **Reply #801 on:** 10 Oct 2013, 16:05 »

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #802 on:** 10 Oct 2013, 16:28 »

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #803 on:** 10 Oct 2013, 16:43 »

Quote from: ackblom12 on 10 Oct 2013, 12:10

MORE NATURE!

Antechinus actually fucks itself to death and disentegration

Little fucker is dedicated to the CAUSE man.

nekowafer · « **Reply #804 on:** 10 Oct 2013, 18:02 »

Quote from: GarandMarine on 10 Oct 2013, 16:43

Little fucker

Method of Madness · « **Reply #805 on:** 10 Oct 2013, 18:06 »

It's little and it's a fucker. What's the issue?

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #806 on:** 10 Oct 2013, 18:29 »

I maintain it is an accurate description of the fuzzy individual I was talking about, and the rest of the male half of his species.

LeeC · « **Reply #807 on:** 10 Oct 2013, 20:21 »

its about that time of year.

good cover IMHO.

and for those who prefer the original:

and I HAVE to post this every year:

tragic_pizza · « **Reply #808 on:** 10 Oct 2013, 21:56 »

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This is seriously awesome. 10/10 will listen again...

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #809 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 00:07 »

She nailed that solo.

LeeC · « **Reply #810 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 00:10 »

Sorflakne · « **Reply #811 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 01:18 »

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #812 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 04:47 »

Quote from: LeeC on 11 Oct 2013, 00:10

so cute!

LTK · « **Reply #813 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 05:03 »

Quote from: LeeC on 10 Oct 2013, 16:05

I'm wondering how that cat managed to jump backwards in mid-air.

Akima · « **Reply #814 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 05:07 »

Quote from: tragic_pizza on 10 Oct 2013, 21:56

This is seriously awesome. 10/10 will listen again...

It is awesome! The instrument is the 古筝 or gǔzhēng. It is pronounced, roughly, "goo-jung" (That's "jung" as in jungle, not Carl Jung).

kyomi · « **Reply #815 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 06:06 »

I can't remember who told me about Chthonic but I am very glad they did. It's all awesome music, especially with the "ethnic" instruments in it

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #816 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 07:12 »

Quote from: LTK on 11 Oct 2013, 05:03

I'm wondering how that cat managed to jump backwards in mid-air.

Could it have kicked away from the bed?

kyomi · « **Reply #817 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 07:32 »

Quote from: Pilchard123 on 11 Oct 2013, 07:12

Could it have kicked away from the bed?

It looks like the couch/bed or the item itself to me

I broke youtube... I didn't even know that was possible

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #818 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 08:25 »

kyomi · « **Reply #819 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 09:10 »

Awww

Metope · « **Reply #820 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 10:19 »

25 reasons why we love Scotland

kyomi · « **Reply #821 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 10:32 »

Umm... "Who gives a fuck about mice? I don't go to a chippy(?) to get healthy you cunts!"

Do I have that right? What is a "chippy" ?

Metope · « **Reply #822 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 10:34 »

Haha, that's correct. A chippy is a fish& chips shop. Or just chip shop, some people say that too.

celticgeek · « **Reply #823 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 11:25 »

Alba an Aigh!

LeeC · « **Reply #824 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 11:32 »

Quote from: Blue Kitty on 11 Oct 2013, 08:25

(click to show/hide)

They're gonna end up living in a VAN down by the RIVER!

Counting Stars by strangelykatie

Long live the king!

kyomi · « **Reply #825 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 12:00 »

I always thought Raven was kinda hot

It'd be interesting to see Starfire and Raven switch outfits

pwhodges · « **Reply #826 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 12:06 »

Metope · « **Reply #827 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 12:07 »

~~GarandMarine~~ · « **Reply #828 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 12:38 »

I dunno why snakes are linked to satan, they're so friendly and awesome!

kyomi · « **Reply #829 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 12:42 »

That picture makes me angry for some reason.... Maybe it's the lack of logic in it, or trying to explain things with religion that can't be. I know it's supposed to be a joke.. but it evokes all of the wrong feelings.

Metope · « **Reply #830 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 12:52 »

Probably because it's not very hard to picture certain people believing it.

pwhodges · « **Reply #831 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 12:59 »

More dinosaurs:

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #832 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 13:15 »

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #833 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 13:42 »

Quote from: kyomi on 11 Oct 2013, 12:42

That picture makes me angry for some reason.... Maybe it's the lack of logic in it, or trying to explain things with religion that can't be. I know it's supposed to be a joke.. but it evokes all of the wrong feelings.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's authentic hate literature in addition to being clearly absurd.

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"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities".

LTK · « **Reply #834 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 15:14 »

Quote from: kyomi on 11 Oct 2013, 12:42

I know it's supposed to be a joke.. but it evokes all of the wrong feelings.

That bit about homosexual serial killers makes me really worried that this is not a joke. On the other hand, it's on a picture of dinosaurs having sex, so...

~~Valdís~~ · « **Reply #835 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 15:18 »

Quote from: GarandMarine on 11 Oct 2013, 12:38

I dunno why snakes are linked to satan, they're so friendly and awesome!

(So is Satan)

pwhodges · « **Reply #836 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 15:27 »

Quote from: LTK on 11 Oct 2013, 15:14

That bit about homosexual serial killers makes me really worried that this is not a joke. On the other hand, it's on a picture of dinosaurs having sex, so...

OK, try this thread, which starts with the words on that poster, followed by the comment:

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Plain and simple. Any attempts to put homosexuality out of the equation yields weird results, like a huge six mile wide asteroid impacted 65 million years ago. This is similar to how you get weird results (as insanely large numbers) in mathematics if you divide anything by zero (which is a sign that you did something wrong).

Looking at the sites that this image is on, it's not clear whether it is a parody or not. I tend towards parody, because most genuine posters of that sort that I've seen make a point of advertising the church they're from.

LTK · « **Reply #837 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 15:40 »

So now we're trying to find out whether this multifaceted abomination of basic logic was created by a real religious moron or just someone pretending to be a religious moron.

What happened to this world? Where did it all go so wrong?

pwhodges · « **Reply #838 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 15:43 »

That's what we're trying to find out...

de_la_Nae · « **Reply #839 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 16:10 »

Akima · « **Reply #840 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 17:23 »

Quote from: kyomi on 11 Oct 2013, 06:06

It's all awesome music, especially with the "ethnic" instruments in it

What makes an èrhú an "ethnic" instrument? If a Western folk-rock band included a violin in their line-up, would you describe that as an "ethnic" instrument? If not, why not? This is essentially a less malign version of the attitude that leads racists in Australia to describe Australians like me as "ethnics".

As for the gay dinosaurs, presumably whoever came up with that drivel thinks there must have been a awful lot of gay... well, everythings to cause the Permian Extinction Event...

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #841 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 18:31 »

Why wouldn't a violin be referred to as an ethnic instrument? There is in fact severe criticism of the mass media's endless concentration on Saxon violins.

bainidhe_dub · « **Reply #842 on:** 11 Oct 2013, 19:13 »

Really? I've heard the fiddle referred to in ethnic/regional/national music, but not the violin. Violin is a "classical" instrument.

pwhodges · « **Reply #843 on:** 12 Oct 2013, 00:35 »

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #844 on:** 12 Oct 2013, 10:16 »

It's a pun.

I wouldn't feel safe around a cat that much bigger than me.

Papersatan · « **Reply #845 on:** 12 Oct 2013, 11:10 »

I have it from a reliable source that the difference between a violin and a fiddle is the music you are playing with it (if it is music from the 'respected white tradition, it is a violin...)

"Ethnic" means "not a part of white culture". Using the word to describe contributions from non-white-western cultures is a form of othering. The only thing the word does is stress that this item is 'weird' or 'different' because it is not from white culture.

Is it cold in here? · « **Reply #846 on:** 12 Oct 2013, 12:24 »

I'm happy to describe a washtub bass as an ethnic instrument and it's part of my own heritage.

~~Valdís~~ · « **Reply #847 on:** 12 Oct 2013, 12:24 »

Most of the things which a Chinese person might very well label as "ethnically Scandinavian instruments" would more likely just be called "traditional" or "folk", so yeah. Very different approaches to the same kinds of situations depending on if it's "us" or "them".

Speaking of which..

(The Scandinavian version of the second one I'm thinking of is the "Drejelire".)

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #848 on:** 12 Oct 2013, 12:40 »

Dutch: draailier. How lovely language can be, sometimes.

As for the dinosaurs ... that's basically what the Onion thread is all about, right? We climbed so far up our own assholes as a species that we cannot tell the difference between satire and reality, sometimes. The dinosaur thing, well, it can go either way, which is a sure sign that something needs to change. Attitudes about science, for instance.

"Ethnic" sounds ... problematic. Maybe "old" or "not often seen, these days" or something would be more accurate.

Something stupid:

LeeC · « **Reply #849 on:** 12 Oct 2013, 13:28 »

Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 12 Oct 2013, 10:16

I wouldn't feel safe around a cat that much bigger than me.

Oh god that would be terrifying! having a pet cat that size? I think you would be the pet/snack!

drop the beat!

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