Recent Links » June 2006

• Right-wing Sites Losing Viewers → More tasty evidence of the pendulum swinging left. Soon: free abortions for all! #
• Cracks in the Christian Ascendancy—Why it’s too soon to panic about an American theocracy → Slate’s on fire today. #
• Watching the Detectives → A discussion of Richard Linklater’s adaptation of A Scanner Darkly which transcends mere “movie review” and touches on Foucault, Deleuze and Guattari. Interesting focus: slacker as revolutionary. #
• Uh oh, I just found the Vice Dos & Don’ts blog → What the fuck do these disgusting pieces of sugar-filled white garbage need Bluetooths for? So the TV can call them? “HEY MOM—WE R STILL IN PARKING LOT—MARKS YAWNING—CAN WE GO—NEED TO GET BACK TO CONT. SHITTY LIVES.” #
• If I ever have kids, this is the sort of thing they’ll have to get used to → Another gem from Overheard in New York. #
• The Guardian: Thongs, implants and the death of real passion → Within a review of Ariel Levy’s new book Female Chauvinist Pigs comes a discussion of the current state of feminism that echos many of my own thoughts. Third-wave feminists seem to parallel what I see as the “Sex and the City” generation—are drunk girls who kiss in front of an audience making a statement about their sexual independence or just pandering for attention? #
• Files Are Not for Sharing → “When you download movies, you are stealing money from the most important people in the world. People like Jerry Bruckheimer and Keanu Reeves.” A primer for children. #
• Fans lose trousers to gain entry → Dutch pride, World Cup edition. #
• Dirty Math → Dicks and snatches derrived algorithmically. Almost as good as fucking your calculus book. #
• Reverse Snobbery → Yeah, I’m one of these assholes sometimes. Sorry if it bugs you, but filling the void in your life with shitty, lowest-common-denominator stimuli isn’t any more defensible a position. Additionally, the URL godammit.com is enviable. #
• Stats: Loss of Natural Teeth by State → A chart of utmost importance. The top ten are not surprising at all. #
• National Day of Slayer: June 6, 2006 → Listen to Slayer at full blast in your car. Listen to Slayer at full blast in your home. Listen to Slayer at full blast at your place of employment. Kill the neighbor’s dog and blame it on Slayer. DO NOT use headphones! The objective of this day is for everyone within earshot to understand that it is the National Day of Slayer. National holidays in America aren’t just about celebrating; they’re about forcing it upon non-participants. #
• McSweeney’s: Existential Pleas and Resignations Mad Libs → “Thank you, you _____ (adjective expletive) _____ (racist slur).” More savory treats from the kids on Valencia. #
• Look at My Striped Shirt! Fucking Look at it! → “I will look ridiculous purchasing my gyro because people will be able to tell by my striped shirt and tinted sunglasses that I struck out and am settling for a gyro!” Thx, Abe. #
• OMGWTFBBQ Hydrocephalus → A student earned an advanced math degree despite the fact that his brain was almost completely displaced by cerebrospinal fluid. There’s hope for me yet! #

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