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The rise and fall of El Pollo Justiciero!

Iosephus — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:38:00 -0800

Another day in a regular city in Argentina, another thief looking to score a car in a city well fed-up with a high crime rate. Or it would have been, except for the enterprising chicken-suit wearing guy that was promoting a nearby shop, who gave pursuit and captured the would-be car thief. Yes, the local reporters were enjoying themselves, how not to. And soon was born the new superhero El Pollo Justiciero, thanks to Facebook. Much rejoicing and autograph signing follows, not to mention the increased sales in the chicken place the suited one was promoting. Until the police let everyone know that was some other valiant passerby the real hero, and the shop owner claimed credit when he saw the reporters around. Oh how the Facebook rage now foams... To add further injury, the chicken guy was found to be an ex-con with a sentence for robbing his clients while peddling umbanda healing. [All stuff in Spanish, sorry. Google Translate at your pleasure, or whatever works for you. Thanks for your patience!]

Keeping your refrigerator stocked will get you many women

desjardins — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:26:55 -0800

MrChiCity3 hilariously explains how to attract women with Snapple and Vitamin Water, how he dealt with finding a bug in his apartment, and what happened when he got a parking ticket. [NSFW and potentially offensive language, no nsfw images] Vice interviews the latest internet celebrity.

Moguls of New Media

divabat — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:06:06 -0800

WSJ: Moguls of New Media Have nearly a million friends on MySpace and you get $5000 endorsements. Make a comedy podcast with cocktail recipes and you get endorsed by Steve Jobs and get interest from advertisers. Post seemingly impossible self-potraits on Flickr and you get hired by Toyota. The Wall Street Journal looks at these and many more "whos' who of new media". from BlogHer

On the internet, no one knows you're not a lawyer

euphorb — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:25:46 -0800

R.I.P. LawGuy1975 (Realvideo interview)