I really haven’t thought about memes since I was an undergrad thinking thoughts that were, as Cecil Adams put it nicely, either completely profound or super fucking obvious. What’s that, you say? What are memes? The basic concept is that ideas behave more like viruses: they want to replicate themselves, and we are just hosts. …
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Pee Wee Herman + Grace Jones = Holiday Special!
Some things are so inexplicable they require no explanation. I would also like some recognition for coming up with a post while sitting in the Charlotte airport. I tried to dig some up from Nathan, who only trumped me with his vomiting little boy. I feel for you, Nathan, but can’t I get some travel-love, …
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Trysts! Vows! Online Outrage!
When he walks into a room, “he doesn’t walk in, he explodes in.” She “rocks back and forth on her feet as if she can’t contain her energy as she’s talking to you.” And in an explosive, energetic feat of abstinence, they waited to fuck each other’s brains out until after they each told their …
Auschwitz Video Game Goes Kaput!
Via Heeb: For four years, a team of programmers from around the world has been working to build a mod (or modification, for you non-nerdy “outdoor” types) of the classic 8-bit shooter, Wolfenstein 3D. Titled “Sonderkommando Revolt,” the game features a Jewish protagonist who escapes from certain death, seeking revenge by killing Nazis and rescuing …