Something is indeed Awful.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 4:26 PM on July 5, 2008

Confirmation name being the name of a saint. Some would say her work is a sin.

That's the irony, I guess.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 6:52 PM on July 3, 2008

According to Cédric's last post, he's now (or recently finished) helping other reporters in the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania to create and learn to maintain their own blogs. Good on him.

Also, I lol'd. Not at the subject matter of the video, but at Cédric's sarcasm and use of the reverse FTFY in the post with the picture of a shiny new SUV.

Further in that post, he writes about how there's money available to buy new SUVs for members of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 4:17 PM on July 3, 2008

Seekerofspledor:

There is no such law in Canada.

From the CBC article: "Edmonton Tory MP Ken Epp, who has a private member's bill before the House of Commons that would allow criminal charges to laid if a fetus dies or is injured in an attack on a pregnant woman..."

From the quick poll on Ken Epp's website: "When a pregnant woman is murdered or assaulted, the Canadian Criminal Code does not provide for any... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 6:56 PM on July 2, 2008

We get milkbags, delivered by an actual milkman.

The bags get their corners snipped. The milk is then poured - without the assistance of a bag-pitcher - from these floppy, squeezable, and sometimes slippery from condensation, bladders into glass bottles. Nary a drop is spilled.

These complainers would be awed by my feats of pouring prowess.

What happened to my old milk?

If I... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 6:57 PM on June 30, 2008

Google Translate seems to be broken.

It's not translating the German word for art into "ruining unsuspecting people's photos", nor artist into "wanker who ruins unsuspecting people's photos".
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 4:27 PM on June 25, 2008

"Hundred of people died last year by trying this at the US - Mexico border"
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 5:48 PM on June 25, 2008

lysistrata: In the panel to the right of the video: "Embedding disabled by request". That's probably why.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 4:33 PM on June 25, 2008

a liberating leap into a cool body of water, preferably one contained on all sides by land
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 7:04 PM on June 22, 2008

The paintings were produced with oil paint applied directly to the artist’s testicles

So... In addition to the paint and the printed matter that would serve as his canvas, the artist had surgical equipment with which to slice open his scrotum and stitch everything back in place after having hauled out his testicles?
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 5:48 PM on June 18, 2008

You people might've shamed Zambrano into a sneezing fit.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 6:05 PM on June 17, 2008

I didn't really get what she was talking about with all the high-and-open/low-and-closed stuff. Maybe an animated gif would have illustrated it better.

Then again, a pulsing cervix gif would probably have been quickly stolen and turned into HypnoVag by someone.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 7:49 PM on June 5, 2008

was that an axe or just a lamp stand?

Looked more like a lamp stand type of thing to me. If it had a lot more weight at the end (axe, sledgehammer), you'd think that the guy who grabs it when it's swung at him wouldn't have absorbed it that easily. He barely moves backwards, on a slippery paper-strewn floor.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 6:41 PM on June 3, 2008

2) when he throws the monitor (monitors?), there aren't any cables that stop its movement,

The second monitor he throws, at roughly 0:55, seems attached. It falls strangely, and the cable pushes papers on the desk.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 7:20 PM on June 3, 2008

A few years ago, I made a particularly memorable pit stop at a public bathroom. Went to the one unoccupied stall and upon turning around after locking the door, I saw a turd staring back at me from within the bowl. I was about to flush it, mentally grumbling about how people can be such pigs, not to mention slightly squiked out that there was no TP laying on top of it or anywhere in the bowl (had the guy not even wiped?!).

Then I realized something was wrong with this... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 6:45 PM on June 2, 2008

He has noticed our crushing gaze:

Since May 30, the number of hits on my website has rocketed by at least a factor of ten! Thanks to various people who have pointed out that this is because my site is now featured on Metafilter - a popular site in the USA and Canada it seems.

However, this is putting a tremendous strain on my available bandwidth with the company hosting this site, and I fear there will be a "black-out" in a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 1:06 PM on June 1, 2008

I approve of 'tights as pants' on Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

For a second, I was expecting gratuitous ass-shots of Gimli.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 3:12 PM on May 31, 2008

There better be a damn Rat King in a PA strip sometime soon.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 5:55 PM on May 30, 2008

Having scrolled to the bottom of the "Observe the Moscow subway dog here" link, and not being able to read a lick of Russian, and lastly not being able to view the bottom-most video, I'm left with no option but to conclude that there is a subway-ridding cow somewhere in Moscow.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 5:05 PM on May 29, 2008

Makeup is usually worn to enhance the body so that it achieves a desired ideal that the body deviates from, no? Light-skinned people don't wear dark foundation, or vice versa.

That's not universally true, as there are cases when the desired ideal that makeup helps to achieve is to lighten one's darker-than-desired skin (i.e., Ye Olde lead face powder or vampiric-looking goths) or darken one's paler-than-desired skin (i.e., ganguro girls or self-tanning).
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 5:46 PM on May 26, 2008

Do you live in the Gambia?

Nope, and I have no intention of visiting. Not because of this, but because it's too damn hot and there are venomous motherfucking snakes in that motherfucking country. The guy's no threat to me in any real sense.

But he's a reminder, just like Iran. The guy was at a political rally, and it seemed like a great idea to call for the heads of all homosexuals within his reach. There was probably... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 8:45 PM on May 22, 2008

I really hope Tycho's ultimate attack involves smoking orbs of nothing and tears of bubbling pitch.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 3:03 PM on May 21, 2008

Pastabagel: It's also available in Hoodie form, should you want to freak out people standing behind you.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 8:52 AM on May 22, 2008

Current Google ad when viewing this thread while logged out:

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The ad placement algorithm either fails at context, or wins at irony.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 8:22 PM on May 20, 2008

By my estimate, about 90% of the people who either "look gay" or have "televison/theater" in their job category have HIV.

The ones that came up for me were the complete opposite. Those that set off gay stereotype alarms were negative.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 10:32 AM on May 19, 2008

Florida teens who believe drinking a cap of bleach will prevent HIV

Ugh. That doesn't sound like fun foreplay and/or afterglow relaxation.

I guess it makes a twisted bit of sense though, what with all the household cleaning product ads with "the disinfectant power of Bleach kills 99.9% of bacteria and viruses!!!".
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 1:48 PM on May 19, 2008

Prior to this thread and a 'facial wasting' image search, if I had seen someone walking by with those characteristics I would have thought they'd recently lost a lot of weight and/or scarring from really bad acne.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 3:03 PM on May 20, 2008

I live in Canada and our money up here has the raised braille marks.

There's also the large number that's in raised/textured ink in the lower right corner of the "face" side of the bill. Going by the sample of bills I have on hand, that seems to hold up better than the braille-ish dots. With that, I can tell a pick out a fiver with my eyes closed but the two-digit bills were trickier.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 10:38 AM on May 20, 2008

Debit cards have raised numbers on the front. Pin pads have braille. Why even bother debating using currency?

Not all places take debit/credit.

And personally, if I couldn't see, I'd be extra freaked out about the possibility of my card being skimmed and/or my PIN compromised.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 11:47 AM on May 20, 2008

That security guy is lucky.

Had this not been post-Soviet Russia, that dong would have slapped him.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 4:23 PM on May 19, 2008

#26 - Law of Feline Mutation
(from A. Hicks)

Any half-cat/half-human mutation will invariably: 1) be female, 2) will possess ears and sometimes a tail as a genetic mutation, 3) wear as little clothing as possible, if any

As usual, Schrödinger violates an apparent law of the universe.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 9:01 AM on May 16, 2008

I don't know what kind of rehab there is for it, maybe apologizing to the family every day...

I wouldn't hold my breath for that, and I don't think the family is either.

I haven't been following it all that closely, but during the last TV interview I saw, the family described how the woman had a very "Jeez, get over it already" attitude about the whole thing.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 2:25 PM on May 15, 2008

People are trolled in the same way all over the internet. In one major internet circle that most people nowadays are aware of, "KILL YOURSELF" is the the most popular thing said to anyone in need of advice.

Hardly comparable.

This wasn't someone posting on 4chan and getting a swift "KILL YOURSELF LOL" near-meme response from anonymous posters. This was from someone (the artificial boy) that she considered a friend / nearly-boyfriend.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 5:13 PM on May 15, 2008

From the CNN article:

"Megan was being treated for attention deficit disorder and depression, her family has said. Meier has said Drew knew Megan was on medication."
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 6:20 PM on May 15, 2008

Why stop at ambiguously gay?

A Rip Taylor rectal thermometer: your temperature announced in his voice through a big mustachioed bobblehead, followed by "Is it hot in here or just me?!", a zanny laugh and confetti being shot out of the end.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 8:29 PM on May 14, 2008

What's blue and sticky?








Smurf semen.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 8:01 PM on May 12, 2008

Young Yakuza is a pretty interesting documentary, if you ever happen to catch it in a rental place or on tv.

The boss (or some level of sub-boss, actually) comes off as a rather nice guy, despite being a cold and slightly scary SOB.

The run-of-the-mill everyday duties and events were almost comical against the backdrop of yakuza-ness: their 'office' new year's meeting/celebration was as dry and boring as probably any other corporate... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 5:51 PM on May 12, 2008

Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary ...

When I was in 6th grade or thereabouts, I tried that in the bathroom mirror while sitting on the can - but with the lights on, as I was multitasking and actually using the toilet for its intended purpose. It was a fittingly dark and stormy night and the wind was howling like mad outside. On the third 'Bloody Mary', the water in the toilet bowl suddenly started to bubble... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 5:53 PM on May 11, 2008

When the guy signs off he says he's from Global. The news truck probably drove by, saw a bunch of kids pointing, and did a human interest fluff piece.

NBC probably just picked it up, and added the kooky/quaint Canadians angle: "Canadian Town Buzzes..." Calgary's hardly a 'town' and it's probably just the block / neighbourhood that's abuzz.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 7:13 PM on May 2, 2008

Is it just me, or does this kid sound like one of those old Disney female characters singing?
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 2:18 PM on April 29, 2008

I think that might have something to do with the "Embedding disabled by request" thing.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 2:36 PM on April 29, 2008

Was there something else that we don't see in the video that contexted it as humor?

Maybe it's funnier if you understand the lyrics. Or maybe the gag is the kid being able to sing on despite the manhandling. Someone Dutch might be able to explain the gag.

If it didn't look so rehearsed, it'd be more impressive. How many of you would be able to sing while some crazy TV host dangles you upside-down by your ankles?
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 3:53 PM on April 23, 2008

stFire: A streaker struggling to keep his clothes on, awesome. That must be on a scavenger hunt list somewhere.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 5:16 PM on April 23, 2008

Perhaps Jack Thompson will be going after Harvard now.

Video interview with the researchers found here.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 9:48 AM on April 17, 2008

It's a rather silly stunt. And the toonies = two loonies = double loonies = dubloons!!1LOL pun is nauseating.

The people they're punishing / sticking-it-to by having to count coins aren't the ones that performed the arrest. It's like taking out your gripe with Walmart's corporate office by annoying the cashier at your local store. Silly.

The mass media is not giving us any hints as to which "regulations" exactly, or what was... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 7:19 PM on April 14, 2008

Huh, I guess they could've refused it:

"Legal tender of Canadian coinage is governed by the Currency Act which sets out limits of: 40 dollars if the denomination is 2 dollars or greater but does not exceed 10 dollars."

So payment-in-nothing-but-toonies can be refused if the debt is more than 40 dollars. I'm guessing the "or greater" part was put in consideration of 5 dollar coins.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 12:19 PM on April 15, 2008

I suppose it's harmless, so long as you don't actually care about changing anyone's minds or your cause actually succeeding.

The 'little more attention' that this brought is liable to be received with a chuckle from people already on your side: "HAH! count that lot, suckers!". It might even be liable to get a giggle out of people who don't particularly care, but they'll continue not caring; it was just a funny blurb in the news. Otherwise, as rusty noted,... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 9:20 AM on April 16, 2008

Aww, that's so cute.

The Klan has a Triforce badge?
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 2:40 PM on April 13, 2008

Catholic --> Cat'lic --> Catlick(ers), I presume.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 2:54 PM on April 13, 2008

Four out of the five points in your About.com link touch on slavery. Not a great piece of evidence against the "it was about slavery" position.
posted to MetaFilter by CKmtl at 6:26 PM on April 13, 2008