cetaceans are sketchy. we're better off getting closer to elephants.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j75KdkV7n2o
Sunday, October 19, 2014
what i'm seeing here doesn't strike me as much different than playing fetch with a dog. the dolphin's digging it.
the question of captivity is sort of complicated in the way it intersects with intelligence. humans don't live in our natural environments either, but it doesn't imply we're unhappy. dogs can be happy creatures as pets. drawing that line in the sand is really negating their intelligence level. you want to work a concept of choice in, but it's not easy.
the dolphin seems happy. it's not being aggressive. it's making "happy dolphin" sounds. that pool almost certainly connects to a bigger area. but, again, do you define your happiness in terms of how big your house is?
the question of captivity is sort of complicated in the way it intersects with intelligence. humans don't live in our natural environments either, but it doesn't imply we're unhappy. dogs can be happy creatures as pets. drawing that line in the sand is really negating their intelligence level. you want to work a concept of choice in, but it's not easy.
the dolphin seems happy. it's not being aggressive. it's making "happy dolphin" sounds. that pool almost certainly connects to a bigger area. but, again, do you define your happiness in terms of how big your house is?
on top of that, the ‘e-bowler’ app inventor has been denied contracts due to the name. how ridiculous is that? it almost sounds like a joke. the scaremongering just never ends...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-hNPztgAnI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-hNPztgAnI
typical right-wing logic. first, you cut funding to essential services to the point that they can't perform their basic tasks. then, you blame them for their "incompetency" and accuse them of "wasting tax money" when they tell you they can't afford to do what they should be doing.
should there be a travel ban? sure. but, conservatives (in both parties) need to take responsibility for creating agencies that are unable to respond to crises. otherwise, you need to come to terms with the fact that this is the society you wanted and this is the society you got.
government is the problem; it's your responsibility to protect yourself from infection.
don't like that? then get a grip on reality: you can't have services if you don't want to pay for them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xPgeF_4hHY
should there be a travel ban? sure. but, conservatives (in both parties) need to take responsibility for creating agencies that are unable to respond to crises. otherwise, you need to come to terms with the fact that this is the society you wanted and this is the society you got.
government is the problem; it's your responsibility to protect yourself from infection.
don't like that? then get a grip on reality: you can't have services if you don't want to pay for them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xPgeF_4hHY
deathtokoalas
who is dale jr? is he like prince or madonna in only having one name? necessary question: who is dale sr?
Aaron
Dale Earnhardt the greatest NASCAR driver ever. Dale Jr, his son, crazy NASCAR following
Justin
Sorry that would be Richard Petty. 200 wins. Dale is a close second though.
Aaron
I put Dale first because his competition to me was a bit harder than The King's competition and 200 means nothing. If wins determined greatness then David Pearson would be 2nd greatest
deathtokoalas
you're driving around in a circle for three hours, what's the talent in that? give the awards and recognition to the people that designed the cars...
Justin
David didn't have 7 championships and Dales only real competition was Tim Richmond. Championships + wins= Greatness
You need to go to a Nascar cup race just once they are going in a circle @ 190mph just look up Michael McDowell's wreck @ texas this is what happens when you lack talent. In other sports you make a mistake you loose the game or suffer a minor injury in stock car racing you die. Well use to anyways Nascar has improved safety over the years.
Here watch this skip to 2:15:
watch?v=qdKhWMWiZz4
deathtokoalas
let me guess, it's a crash? meaning it took ten minutes for you to admit you watch it for the gore...
the idea that i'm watching crazy and stupid people drive around in circles rather than "talented" people drive around in circles doesn't make the sport more appealing.
you're not going to convince me of this, i just honestly didn't know who he was or why pepsi was rolling him out against taylor swift.
it's interesting that pepsi is using mountain dew as it's flagship product nowadays, though.
who is dale jr? is he like prince or madonna in only having one name? necessary question: who is dale sr?
Aaron
Dale Earnhardt the greatest NASCAR driver ever. Dale Jr, his son, crazy NASCAR following
Justin
Sorry that would be Richard Petty. 200 wins. Dale is a close second though.
Aaron
I put Dale first because his competition to me was a bit harder than The King's competition and 200 means nothing. If wins determined greatness then David Pearson would be 2nd greatest
deathtokoalas
you're driving around in a circle for three hours, what's the talent in that? give the awards and recognition to the people that designed the cars...
Justin
David didn't have 7 championships and Dales only real competition was Tim Richmond. Championships + wins= Greatness
You need to go to a Nascar cup race just once they are going in a circle @ 190mph just look up Michael McDowell's wreck @ texas this is what happens when you lack talent. In other sports you make a mistake you loose the game or suffer a minor injury in stock car racing you die. Well use to anyways Nascar has improved safety over the years.
Here watch this skip to 2:15:
watch?v=qdKhWMWiZz4
deathtokoalas
let me guess, it's a crash? meaning it took ten minutes for you to admit you watch it for the gore...
the idea that i'm watching crazy and stupid people drive around in circles rather than "talented" people drive around in circles doesn't make the sport more appealing.
you're not going to convince me of this, i just honestly didn't know who he was or why pepsi was rolling him out against taylor swift.
it's interesting that pepsi is using mountain dew as it's flagship product nowadays, though.
yeah, i'm not comfortable in upholding the implied hierarchy in the student-teacher relationship underlying the argument that the teacher should have reacted differently because she's a teacher. the reality is that the teacher was assaulted, and i feel she had the right to assert herself - not in a professional capacity, but in a personal one. i can't criticize her for her reaction, but i think the student should be expelled.
this idea of disney referring to the millions of kids it brainwashes as it's "minions" is pretty fucking creepy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwXQlLYoSxY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwXQlLYoSxY
deathtokoalas
the irony would have been more hilarious if you were playing as a vegetable.
although i'd hazard a guess that most players are going to be pretty baked
somebody should do a zappa themed game.
opening levels:
- "help, i'm a rock".
- "call any vegetable".
Bratwurst Gaming
I definitely did NOT expect a Zappa reference in here :D
Mechanical Hermit
Indeed, a vegetable would perfectly reflect the people who are going to spend money in this.
the irony would have been more hilarious if you were playing as a vegetable.
although i'd hazard a guess that most players are going to be pretty baked
somebody should do a zappa themed game.
opening levels:
- "help, i'm a rock".
- "call any vegetable".
Bratwurst Gaming
I definitely did NOT expect a Zappa reference in here :D
Mechanical Hermit
Indeed, a vegetable would perfectly reflect the people who are going to spend money in this.
deathtokoalas
i think it's a parody of the la scene that eventually produced jim morrison.
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ThreeHeadedThreep
Released in 1966. A response to the absurdity of the title of the hit song on the radio that same year, "I Am A Rock".
beatleneil
aha, i didn't know that
deathtokoalas
he's also taking the piss out of the west coast beatnik scene that the world knows primarily through jim morrison.
i think it's a parody of the la scene that eventually produced jim morrison.
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ThreeHeadedThreep
Released in 1966. A response to the absurdity of the title of the hit song on the radio that same year, "I Am A Rock".
beatleneil
aha, i didn't know that
deathtokoalas
he's also taking the piss out of the west coast beatnik scene that the world knows primarily through jim morrison.
deathtokoalas
i see that as i was able to expose their previous video as having fake hits and fake views they've put up a new one to circumvent my exposure. well, these are fake hits and fake views, too.
as i stated previously, the idea that fall out boy still has a large audience is too depressing to be possible - and therefore cannot be true.
it's also depressing to think that ontario tax money went into this. they're not even canadian.
also, what's with the suzanne vega sample?
like, while we're at it, why don't we buy j lo a new car?
i hope we're at least getting a cut of album sales, or they're sinking money into a social assistance program (or an artist's grant) or something...
Camryn101
or it could be because they're a hell of a lot better than most of the shitty pop music these days
deathtokoalas
how so? they're exactly the same thing as all the shitty pop music nowadays. in fact, they're largely responsible for the shitty nature of current shitty pop music.
ZOMBLAIR
Yes because you decide to is responsible for shitty pop music -_- forreal? Shitty pop was around far before FOB started making music.
deathtokoalas
i am the only music critic that matters. you can agree with me, or you can be wrong.
the particular style of shitty pop that fall out boy makes was essentially dead in 2003. they're responsible for resurrecting it.
Trevor Zohn
Can they fake all the people that go their concerts?
deathtokoalas
easily photoshopped. the labels are all about creating perceptions.
KYLE REES
only critic i care about is me if i like it its good if some bastard in some magazine hates it who fucking cares
deathtokoalas
that's the right attitude, but you still have to deal with the fact that you have a choice between agreeing with me and being wrong.
Sel cx
It's not photoshopped, I actually went to one of their concerts and it was huge. If you can show me facts instead of bias opinions then go ahead and talk. But you have no facts, and everything you say is biased so.
deathtokoalas
you're one of the lizard people, you can't be trusted. but there's something much deeper than meets the eye going on here, or i wouldn't be attracting lizard people to defend the conspiracy....
i see that as i was able to expose their previous video as having fake hits and fake views they've put up a new one to circumvent my exposure. well, these are fake hits and fake views, too.
as i stated previously, the idea that fall out boy still has a large audience is too depressing to be possible - and therefore cannot be true.
it's also depressing to think that ontario tax money went into this. they're not even canadian.
also, what's with the suzanne vega sample?
like, while we're at it, why don't we buy j lo a new car?
i hope we're at least getting a cut of album sales, or they're sinking money into a social assistance program (or an artist's grant) or something...
Camryn101
or it could be because they're a hell of a lot better than most of the shitty pop music these days
deathtokoalas
how so? they're exactly the same thing as all the shitty pop music nowadays. in fact, they're largely responsible for the shitty nature of current shitty pop music.
ZOMBLAIR
Yes because you decide to is responsible for shitty pop music -_- forreal? Shitty pop was around far before FOB started making music.
deathtokoalas
i am the only music critic that matters. you can agree with me, or you can be wrong.
the particular style of shitty pop that fall out boy makes was essentially dead in 2003. they're responsible for resurrecting it.
Trevor Zohn
Can they fake all the people that go their concerts?
deathtokoalas
easily photoshopped. the labels are all about creating perceptions.
only critic i care about is me if i like it its good if some bastard in some magazine hates it who fucking cares
deathtokoalas
that's the right attitude, but you still have to deal with the fact that you have a choice between agreeing with me and being wrong.
Sel cx
It's not photoshopped, I actually went to one of their concerts and it was huge. If you can show me facts instead of bias opinions then go ahead and talk. But you have no facts, and everything you say is biased so.
deathtokoalas
you're one of the lizard people, you can't be trusted. but there's something much deeper than meets the eye going on here, or i wouldn't be attracting lizard people to defend the conspiracy....
noise/punk night reveals cause for concern
that was fun, then unsettling.
had a bit of a last night drinking for a while, because it's a last night smoking. i wanted to get it out of the system. once i've quit smoking for a few months, i'll go back to normal.
i picked a noise punk show to work it out. seven drinks in four hours is not much, but it underwhelmed and then hit me near the end due to taking the first three as baileys in coffee. that phog. they tell you doors at 8, then don't start the show until 10:30. i'm learning...
the walk back was unfortunate. well, here's my story...
slates was coming through windsor fresh from recording an album with steve albini, which is certainly an impressive career move. they hit a few solid points in poppy not poppy hardcore, but they were, overall, sort of generic. a particular point that needs some work would be the drumming, which tends to just plod through simple beats that are unrelated to the rest of the song. you get this when a band lacks chemistry - the drummer ends up playing by himself, while the rest of the band does it's thing. it clicked at points, but they simply weren't tight.
i went out tonight to see life in vacuum, who were definitely a lot tighter. you're not really looking for originality out of this sound nowadays, what you're looking for is that right mix of carefully calculated chaos and cathartic release. they hit that sweet spot pretty well, actually. worth checking out.
here is a full set from about a year later:
i made a split decision to stay to see the headliner, but it required a quick trip to the bank machine; on the journey from a to b, i met some random hippies, who sent me on my way with a bit of that feeling that hippies are all about. but, that's also when the fact that i'd had six drinks already sunk in.
i had to sit down, so i found a spot to the side and remained there through the first song or two. it was actually fairly pleasant post-rock - i'm glad i bumped into those hippies. but, as the set unraveled it became clear that the band was mixing up tired indie rock cliches with tired post-rock ones. they've got the form nailed, but then they use it in every song.
i was in and out of the set, connecting with it at the crescendos and nodding off during the verses. they're worth not skipping...
then...
well, i had some fun tonight until some kids stopped and threw something at me.
it seems to have missed on purpose, indicating somebody was put up to something they didn't want to do, and accidentally messed up on purpose. see, when that happens, it's a group decision to accidentally mess up on purpose - a specific individual was assigned that responsibility, to accidentally miss on purpose. it's posteuring.
i'm still processing this. i understand i need to take it seriously,...
i was too drunk to process this. reality is difficult sometimes - and that's it.
i do not have the raw information necessary to properly understand what happened.
so, do i react over-cautiously or haphazardly? there's no middle point to anchor one's self in, it's necessary to choose one extreme or the other.
exact recollection of events, while i can...
1) i'm walking home up wyandotte, a little drunk. i can walk straight. i can talk. i can get home - no worries. but complicated events aren't a good idea for me, right now.
2) a minivan - grey, i didn't get plates, that's the best i can do in descriptive terns - slows down a little and asks me to come near it.
3) i decline. something like "no, but i can answer your questions from a distance".
4) he asks me where drouillard is. there were two passengers in the front and at least one in the back. i would describe the driver as asian-indian (or pakistani) descent, male, under 30. that's all i can provide, as it's blurry.
5) i hear a smash beyond me - possibly a rock going through a window.
6) i say "that's not cool, guys."
7) the driver repeats back "that's not cool, guys?"
8) i hear a second smash behind me.
9) the van speeds off.
10) i walk home.
it seems violent, but i don't otherwise understand. at all.
is it a transgender hate attack? was i mistaken for a prostitute? did i even connect unrelated sounds? i can't make sense of this.
i was simply too drunk to process what happened. so, now i don't know how to react.
maybe it will be more clear in the morning.
i'm leaning towards it being kids with a warped perception of "cool", which is why i think what i said worked in scaring them off. which puts me in a trap, because i'm a bleeding heart liberal with kids.
this kind of shit comes from such weird places, and is carried out by people that are so badly manipulated...the system catches the fall idiot, while the structure remains intact. you're not getting anywhere hardening the idiot into a repeat offender. it's to the point where you want to just fucking boycott the legal system altogether.
maybe i'm naive, but i want to think that "that's not cool" was the most effective corrective procedure possible.
and hence the situation is dealt with.
but, i have my safety to be concerned with.
and, in truth, i have the safety of others to be concerned with, as well.
i'm not anti-incarceration. in fact, i'm pretty strict with it. i just demand a stricter set of reasons for it - specifically, the safety of the community and only that reason. incarceration should be used when the community is convinced that the individual is a permanent or imminent threat to others. at that point, it's self defense. not punishment. not deterrence. containment. banishment is not realistic in today's world.
so, my own legal leanings suggest to me the necessity of some reaction...
it's the *one* situation where i feel a legal response is justified and necessary.
but i know how this works.
and i don't think creating enemies behind the fall idiot is that smart.
you want to say "if it happens again...."
but you know you might not be around to tell that story.
i don't think anybody followed me home.
i don't have any useful information. a south asian dude in a minivan. it's useless. i can do nothing.
so, there's no use in agonizing over the right thing to do.
in truth, nothing can be done at all.
i'll just have to keep an eye out for grey minivans.
http://dghjdfsghkrdghdgja.appspot.com/categories/shows/2014/10/18.html
had a bit of a last night drinking for a while, because it's a last night smoking. i wanted to get it out of the system. once i've quit smoking for a few months, i'll go back to normal.
i picked a noise punk show to work it out. seven drinks in four hours is not much, but it underwhelmed and then hit me near the end due to taking the first three as baileys in coffee. that phog. they tell you doors at 8, then don't start the show until 10:30. i'm learning...
the walk back was unfortunate. well, here's my story...
slates was coming through windsor fresh from recording an album with steve albini, which is certainly an impressive career move. they hit a few solid points in poppy not poppy hardcore, but they were, overall, sort of generic. a particular point that needs some work would be the drumming, which tends to just plod through simple beats that are unrelated to the rest of the song. you get this when a band lacks chemistry - the drummer ends up playing by himself, while the rest of the band does it's thing. it clicked at points, but they simply weren't tight.
i went out tonight to see life in vacuum, who were definitely a lot tighter. you're not really looking for originality out of this sound nowadays, what you're looking for is that right mix of carefully calculated chaos and cathartic release. they hit that sweet spot pretty well, actually. worth checking out.
here is a full set from about a year later:
i made a split decision to stay to see the headliner, but it required a quick trip to the bank machine; on the journey from a to b, i met some random hippies, who sent me on my way with a bit of that feeling that hippies are all about. but, that's also when the fact that i'd had six drinks already sunk in.
i had to sit down, so i found a spot to the side and remained there through the first song or two. it was actually fairly pleasant post-rock - i'm glad i bumped into those hippies. but, as the set unraveled it became clear that the band was mixing up tired indie rock cliches with tired post-rock ones. they've got the form nailed, but then they use it in every song.
i was in and out of the set, connecting with it at the crescendos and nodding off during the verses. they're worth not skipping...
then...
well, i had some fun tonight until some kids stopped and threw something at me.
it seems to have missed on purpose, indicating somebody was put up to something they didn't want to do, and accidentally messed up on purpose. see, when that happens, it's a group decision to accidentally mess up on purpose - a specific individual was assigned that responsibility, to accidentally miss on purpose. it's posteuring.
i'm still processing this. i understand i need to take it seriously,...
i was too drunk to process this. reality is difficult sometimes - and that's it.
i do not have the raw information necessary to properly understand what happened.
so, do i react over-cautiously or haphazardly? there's no middle point to anchor one's self in, it's necessary to choose one extreme or the other.
exact recollection of events, while i can...
1) i'm walking home up wyandotte, a little drunk. i can walk straight. i can talk. i can get home - no worries. but complicated events aren't a good idea for me, right now.
2) a minivan - grey, i didn't get plates, that's the best i can do in descriptive terns - slows down a little and asks me to come near it.
3) i decline. something like "no, but i can answer your questions from a distance".
4) he asks me where drouillard is. there were two passengers in the front and at least one in the back. i would describe the driver as asian-indian (or pakistani) descent, male, under 30. that's all i can provide, as it's blurry.
5) i hear a smash beyond me - possibly a rock going through a window.
6) i say "that's not cool, guys."
7) the driver repeats back "that's not cool, guys?"
8) i hear a second smash behind me.
9) the van speeds off.
10) i walk home.
it seems violent, but i don't otherwise understand. at all.
is it a transgender hate attack? was i mistaken for a prostitute? did i even connect unrelated sounds? i can't make sense of this.
i was simply too drunk to process what happened. so, now i don't know how to react.
maybe it will be more clear in the morning.
i'm leaning towards it being kids with a warped perception of "cool", which is why i think what i said worked in scaring them off. which puts me in a trap, because i'm a bleeding heart liberal with kids.
this kind of shit comes from such weird places, and is carried out by people that are so badly manipulated...the system catches the fall idiot, while the structure remains intact. you're not getting anywhere hardening the idiot into a repeat offender. it's to the point where you want to just fucking boycott the legal system altogether.
maybe i'm naive, but i want to think that "that's not cool" was the most effective corrective procedure possible.
and hence the situation is dealt with.
but, i have my safety to be concerned with.
and, in truth, i have the safety of others to be concerned with, as well.
i'm not anti-incarceration. in fact, i'm pretty strict with it. i just demand a stricter set of reasons for it - specifically, the safety of the community and only that reason. incarceration should be used when the community is convinced that the individual is a permanent or imminent threat to others. at that point, it's self defense. not punishment. not deterrence. containment. banishment is not realistic in today's world.
so, my own legal leanings suggest to me the necessity of some reaction...
it's the *one* situation where i feel a legal response is justified and necessary.
but i know how this works.
and i don't think creating enemies behind the fall idiot is that smart.
you want to say "if it happens again...."
but you know you might not be around to tell that story.
i don't think anybody followed me home.
i don't have any useful information. a south asian dude in a minivan. it's useless. i can do nothing.
so, there's no use in agonizing over the right thing to do.
in truth, nothing can be done at all.
i'll just have to keep an eye out for grey minivans.
http://dghjdfsghkrdghdgja.appspot.com/categories/shows/2014/10/18.html
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