LittleArmadillo0 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Miguel Vasquez is a 3-D artist that specializes in recreating cartoons into unsettling new forms Some of his work, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Margaret Atwood comes ot the rescue on Twitter Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid’s Tale, came to a student’s rescue on Twitter after they reached out to her for answers. Asking via the Twitter handle ‘GavrilovMomchil’, they write: “My crazy English teacher is making us write essays on #TheHandmaidsTale where we are supposed to answer why @MargaretAtwood put the theme of power and control in the book. We do not have telepathy with @MargaretAtwood so I guess twitter is a close second… Helpppp!!!” The student was not expecting a response from the author, expecting her to be busy or inundated with comments and requests, however a few hours later Margaret Atwood responded saying: “Because it’s in the world. It’s not just women who are controlled in the book. It’s everyone except those at the top. Gilead is a theocratic totalitarianism, not simply a men-have-power women-do-not world. Lower-status men are told when and who marry, eg.” Interestingly Atwood’s tweets about power and control themes within her books are interspersed with her retweets concerning deceit and control through social media from powerful governing bodies. Responses came from all over- fans of the TV adaptation, dedicated readers, and new fans of Atwood’s latest work. It must have been so wonderful for the author to see her book being discussed in such ways 33 years after she wrote it. It certainly feels like The Handmaid’s Tale is her lasting legacy- and one that is still proving to be a stark warning for us all. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 100+ Characters Created and Co-Created by Stan Lee. 2 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 (edited) Important Rule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0la5DBtOVNI& Edited November 14, 2018 by Raithe 5 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 I'm always amazed how people wear their dislike as some sort of badge of honor. Life is short, enjoy it as much as you can. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 I'm always amazed how people wear their dislike as some sort of badge of honor. Life is short, enjoy it as much as you can. Where's the dislike button. 4 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 What you do is like the post, then unlike it. Shows them you mean business. 3 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 I see what you did there. 3 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonicMage117 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 2 Just what do you think you're doing?! You dare to come between me and my prey? Is it a habit of yours to scurry about, getting in the way and causing bother? What are you still bothering me for? I'm a Knight. I'm not interested in your childish games. I need my rest. Begone! Lest I draw my nail... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 On this date in history the monument to Old Drum was placed in at the Johnson County Courthouse in Warrensburg VA. It commemorates the case of Old Drum, a black and tan coon hound whose killing led to a lawsuit. The closing argument as presented by Senator George Vest is transcribed on the statue base: "The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it the most. A man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads. The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him and the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog. Gentlemen of the jury: A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens. If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him to guard against danger, to fight against his enemies, and when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even to death." Well spoken Sir! "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsaneCommander Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 New Deadfire animal companion confirmed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Monopoly for Millennials game isn't going over well with actual millennials. 2 "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gromnir Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I'm always amazed how people wear their dislike as some sort of badge of honor. Life is short, enjoy it as much as you can. it might be nice to be a person who genuine likes everything, but am suspecting if we ever met such a unicorn, we would find their indiscriminate positivity to be creepy and disconcerting. seems to us likes has little value and meaning unless contrasted with the rejected. and to be perfect honest, dislike can be more fun than like. HA! Good Fun! "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Miguel Vasquez is a 3-D artist that specializes in recreating cartoons into unsettling new forms Some of his work, That is indeed weird, random, and interesting. Also, disturbing. D: 1 RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 4 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfted1 Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Also; "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life." "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Also; "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life." Pretty messed up society where a clerk may shoot you because you were rude to him Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 That's how we finally destroy ourselves. We'll make a law allowing you to kill anyone who is 'rude' to you and everyone must own a gun. Last person standing! DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 That's how we finally destroy ourselves. We'll make a law allowing you to kill anyone who is 'rude' to you and everyone must own a gun. Last person standing! Armed people on the subways here would result in every morning looking like a scene from John Wick. 3 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshae Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Raccoons Suspected of Having Rabies Were Actually Just Drunk as Hell https://gizmodo.com/raccoons-suspected-of-having-rabies-were-actually-just-1830455989 *hic* "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 https://www.thedailybeast.com/seals-marines-charged-with-green-beret-logan-melgars-murder Have read stories and random comments about how unprofessional and out of control SEALs are. Stuff like this does reinforce that Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guard Dog Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 No links to share but the value of this nugget of wisdom should be self evident. Don't scratch your junk after cutting up jalapenos. Consider that good advice from a friend. 2 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleArmadillo0 Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 No links to share but the value of this nugget of wisdom should be self evident. Don't scratch your junk after cutting up jalapenos. Consider that good advice from a friend. "from a friend" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcador Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/escalator-handrail-woman-supreme-court-1.4908212 The Supreme Court of Canada agreed Thursday to hear the case of a woman who was ticketed and arrested after she refused instructions to hold onto an escalator handrail. Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 (edited) If the article is accurate, I'm on her side. Those officers were abusing their power and unfirom clearly. Aretsing someone for that is beyond ridiculous. It is Nazi behavior. EVIL. She should have sued them for 10 million dollarsd and they should be ****canned. NO MERCY FOR EVIL. NONE. p.s. I also find it funny that 'ignorance of the law' is not a good dfense for the accused... but ti seems to work wonders for police officers and politicians with decades of experience. L0LZ Edited November 16, 2018 by Volourn 2 DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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