As they say, everyone is a critic…
Category: Crazy
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My New Religion
Well this is just flat out amusing. I plan to register a new religion in Sweden dedicated to beer drinking. I’m taking suggestions for the name.
Hopticsim? (believers in hops)
Bocktolagerical (fans of bocks and lagers)
Or the strange Jamaican/German hybrid:
Weissetefarians
Yeah, I’m going with that one…
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December 30th, 2011–Gone
I love this kind of political calendar wackiness. Like the fact that Russia adopted the Gregorian calendar way later than the rest of the world (the Gregorian calendar being a Catholic plot after all). So the Russian “October Revolution” is now celebrated in November due to the two week discrepancy between the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
Oh, honestly, look it up. I’m not making this stuff up.
So now American Samoa is going to eliminate 12/30/2011. Awesome. Samoa is within 20 miles of the international date line. In 1892 Samoa flipped the other way, trying to align with American time. That year they had July 4th twice.
This year they have decided that they do more trade with Australia, New Zealand and China, than with the US. So they are switching back. To align themselves with those countries they are switching to the other side of the international date line.
So December 30th will be skipped. Bah, who needs it? Let’s go straight to New Year’s Eve. An entire day will not exist for an entire country.
Now, can we just skip Mondays? Please?…
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I Love the Brits
Though perhaps some discretion is in order…
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One Born Every Minute…
Anyone remember the Power Balance bracelet that supposedly improved athletic ability? Lots of athletes swore by it.
Well they just paid out $57 million for making false claims…
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Disney Formula
Having a 9 year old, I watch more than my share of Disney stuff. Having just seen the Muppets Movie, I realized that this is the third Disney movie in a row that I’ve seen with the “protagonist loses but really wins” formula.
For the record:
Camp Rock 2: Movie ends with a performance contest between the two rival camps. Camp Rock loses the (rigged) competition, but back at their camp, dejected, they see tons of kids come over from the rival camp because they now prefer Camp Rock and the phones ring off the hook with people wanting to come to Camp Rock.
Lemonade Mouth: Movie ends with a performance contest, but the drummer breaks his fingers, bass player has the flu and lead singer laryngitis. While performing (horribly) the crowd and lead guitarist from rival band joins in to help them.
Muppets: To save their studio they need to raise $10 million. They have a telethon show, but fall short so bad guy gets the studio. But as they walk out of the theatre they are mobbed by adoring fans who of course break into song.
It’s effective, so I get why they use it. You have the drama of building up to a competition. Then you get the audience a bit sad because they didn’t win, when in movies like this the good guys always win. But then they really do win in the big picture sense so everyone leaves happy.
But c’mon, three times in a row?
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Connect the Dots
Here’s one headline:
Merck to pay $950 million to settle U.S. Vioxx charge.
Merck knew that Vioxx increased the risks of heart attacks long before they admitted it. It was a large institutional cover up.
Merck CEO To Lead Penn State Investigation
So to investigate a huge institutional cover up you choose who?
Honestly, it was a struggle to link articles that were neutral and didn’t point out the absolute absurdity of this. Just google “penn state merck”.
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Murmuration
Look it up. Or just watch this.
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Oh my
Not sure what other reaction you can have to this picture:
Yes, that’s a rhino. And yes, he’s upside down being lifted by a helicopter…
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Oh the Horror…
I guess Kim Kardashian won’t be moving to Brooklyn now…
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