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MeFi post:
The Top Public Intellectuals
I'd like to think that this shows that people in Turkye care about their intellectual image in the world. And that it's an attempt at constructive interaction with the west.
On a more negative note it reminds me of nationalistic Turkish rallies being organised in Germany for Germans of Turkish descent where they're incited to basically stay Turks in exile instead of identifying with being German.
And yes; the notion 'greatest intellectual' is... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 11:43 AM on July 3, 2008
MeFi post:
Forgotten Architects
Intrigueing to watch all these pictures. Thank you.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 2:10 PM on June 16, 2008
worbid411, I don't think the architect of the famous Einstein Tower can be counted as forgotten.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 2:12 PM on June 16, 2008
MeFi post:
Life before ProTools
Groefie!
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 12:51 PM on June 15, 2008
Actually at a certain point he's just talking over the backdrop of this band doing its thing. And it doesn't sound bad at all. At that point I remembered that he became a pastor later in life.
You can tell from this song, probably 5 years before he became a pastor.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 1:22 PM on June 15, 2008
MeFi post:
Daily photos from the SF Bay Area
Yay SF.
Thanks whir.
Can't wait to visit SF again end this month. I'll try to lure you folks to a meetup again by buying you beer.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 12:26 PM on June 12, 2008
MeFi post:
Are Americans leaving the US?
I'm surprised by the emotional reactions by US mefites about people who leave not being reliable f.i.
In my experience in NL nobody gets riled up when somebody decides to emigrate. To be with their spanish boyfriend, to work in Germany, to have better diving opportunities in Australia, to find an exciting career in California f.i.
Can it be that US americans emigrating challenges the self-image that the US is the pinnacle of societies, object of envy for the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 4:01 AM on June 11, 2008
Yes vacapinta, Mutant is free for a pint on the 21st in Amsterdam.
The Amsterdam meetup!
You're invited too.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 4:05 AM on June 11, 2008
Ouch. Your comment started out so nice&interesting. But then: wurst! That pains me. We Dutch are not some quaint sort of Germans. They are Deutsch. We are completely different. We eat worst!
It's as if I'd talk to a Canadian blithely about his president Bush and chastise him for his country's unprovoked invasion of Iraq.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 6:19 AM on June 11, 2008
Mutant, I was taking the piss out of the narcissism of small differences" that the Dutch tend to have towards the Germans. Zelfspot (self-mocking)!
No apologies necessary of course.
Did chuckdarwin get his rocks off? I feel so dirty and used!
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 7:08 AM on June 11, 2008
Stynxno: assinine
Yes! Of course the boring correct spelling 'asinine' in the meaning of a pejorative is derived from 'asinine' meaning pertaining to an animal. Which is in turn from 'equus asinus', meaning 'donkey'. While the synonym for 'donkey' is 'ass' in the meaning of the animal. But 'ass' has also a pejorative meaning. This all you pointed out by simply adding a superfluous 's'.
Very elegant. A delightful quip.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 9:16 AM on June 11, 2008
MeFi post:
Don't stay a Virgin
I seem to recall that the NEE party was mentioned previously on metafilter.
I wonder whether the things mentioned in the 'net neutrality' link are true; that there's a big conspiracy covered up with NDAs between ISPs worldwide to end net neutrality.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 7:17 PM on June 6, 2008
MeFi post:
An Unforgivable Name
If the evilness of Adolf Hitler is related to his particular unique genetic make up and Adolf Hitlers DNA was a unique mix of both his parents DNA and these guys only inherit some part of the genes of one of Adolf Hitlers parents that means that the evilness of these guys' DNA is extremely tenuous.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 10:29 AM on June 6, 2008
MeFi post:
Old Weird Europe
I like our yearly festivities of Saint Nicolas (Sinterklaas) who threatens to take away naughty kids to Madrid in a burlap sack when he arrives over our roofs, like Wodan. And his black helpers who have whips made out of twigs to chastize the kids and who wear spanish 17th century court attire.
I do wonder whether it's a bit racist though.
Btw dutchies and other people in the neighbourhood are welcome at the Amsterdam meetup june 20th. Meet Mutant and... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 12:38 PM on June 3, 2008
MeFi post:
Fuzz It Up
Fuzzing it up is a common practice in government. You hide intention and responsibility. You have one person say one thing, and another person the exact opposite. You create a blizzard of paper, so much paper that actual evidence is lost in the glut. And of course, you deny anything and everything you can deny — particularly the obvious. (Denying the obvious is always popular.) You produce noise, distraction and confusion. People rarely think of this as a well-established... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 10:30 AM on May 21, 2008
MeFi post:
"NIXON-AGNEW", in red and in blue.
Such a lot of logo's with the national flag. In western Europe only far right xenophobic political parties use national flags in logos.
Good post.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 11:24 PM on May 15, 2008
MeFi post:
Simplicissimus
Wow. Just briefly dipping into two random issues from 1910 and the last one in 1944 is amazing.
Thank you.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 5:05 AM on May 8, 2008
PT: Pick any issue, any year and you will find some interesting artwork.
Exactly.
I also found the advertisements very intriguing: we like to think that our modern culture is overly focused on beauty ideals that are not attainable for people. That people feel there's something wrong with them as a result. That it didn't use to be this way.
Just browsing through the advertisements of a 1910 issue I was struck by the number of advertised... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 8:17 AM on May 8, 2008
MeFi post:
Obsessed
Hmm, hot jewish girls....
this comment doesn't betray that I'm drunk, does it?
Hey, leave me alone. It's Koninginnedag after all. You're supposed to be orange and drunk on Koninginnedag.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 8:23 AM on April 30, 2008
MeFi post:
Purple Reign
Changing the self loathing character of the song in something uplifting. Not using the word 'creep'. Is it still a cover then?
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 9:28 PM on April 29, 2008
MeFi post:
Take some time over your daily grind.
Ah not the single blade fanboys again.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 8:59 PM on April 28, 2008
6am & krinklyfig: see this this 20 year old Mad cartoon.
This thread is a total replay of at least 2, maybe 3 previous threads on single blade shaving. Beh.
But this thread isn't complete without that cartoon.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 11:47 AM on April 29, 2008
MeFi post:
Charting the Uncanny Valley
Placing Michael Jackson on the right side slope of uncanny valley. Very good.
Thanks for explaining that 30 rock reference.
Btw watching that 30 rock episode I really regretted never having seen Amadeus.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 1:13 PM on April 28, 2008
Nice addition artw
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 10:03 PM on April 28, 2008
MeFi post:
Exclusive Free Album Project > Audiobulb
If you want to be considered for mefi mod in the uncovered timezones leave some 'subtle hint' in metatalk.
you won't be the first
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 4:52 AM on April 28, 2008
Don't you guys agree those US americans are full of themselves? Gas-guzzling, gun-toting, sleeping....
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 4:55 AM on April 28, 2008
OMG they're waking up...
*walks away whistling innocently*
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 4:57 AM on April 28, 2008
april is the cruelest month breeding
spamposts out of the dead land...
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 5:00 AM on April 28, 2008
Als de kat van huis is, dansen de muizen op tafel
Google tells me that there's a similar saying in english
Hint: als=when, huis=home
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 5:46 AM on April 28, 2008
MeFi post:
creepy dutch tv host
Meatbomb you forgot that we're also always stoned.
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 4:11 AM on April 24, 2008
forktine: Those clips remind me of how much Europeans love to clap at the same time. That's one of those things (along with a propensity a few decades back for supporting fascist governments) that I'm glad didn't manage to cross the Atlantic
whah?
posted to MetaFilter by jouke
at 6:48 AM on April 24, 2008
