Author Topic: Miscellaneous Links for the Miscellaneously Inclined: 2011 Edition!!! (Read 61824 times)

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #400 on:** July 15, 2011, 02:39:08 AM »

Read the article MC posted about Pastafarian Headgear appearing on a Driver's License.

This stood out to me:

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The next step, Mr Alm told the Austrian news agency APA, is to apply to the Austrian authorities for pastafarianism to become an officially recognised faith.

Does getting Pastafarianism recognized as an official religion defeat the purpose of it?

Captain K. · « **Reply #401 on:** July 15, 2011, 07:07:27 AM »

I think organized Atheists in general are kind of missing the point.

And while I'm on the subject, why do Atheists and Agnostics join the same organization in college? They believe in completely opposite things.

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #402 on:** July 15, 2011, 08:19:00 AM »

Well, the point of Flying Spaghetti Monster was getting baseless religious dogma out of schools by offering up an extreme/absurd example of what allowing Intelligent Design into any kind of official procedure was implying. FSM seems like it should only be pulled out when pointing out that the special considerations made for religion are absurd.

Getting it recognized as an actual religion means that you've just made an actual religion that no one believes in, -at best-. At worst, you're implying that no religion has the right to be recognized because it's absurd. (Although, I suppose some people may agree with that last statement, it seems a bit extreme to me.)

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #403 on:** July 15, 2011, 08:34:40 AM »

Oh, I dunno. I see no reason dedicated absurdists shouldn't enjoy the same benefits members of other religions get. Tax-exempt social functions, carte blanche on feeding their children alcohol, celebrations that must be accepted as legitimate reasons to miss work, excuses to exempt their children from school lessons they feel are corrupt...

Come to think of it, that last one even fits in with the basic premise behind pastafarianism.

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #404 on:** July 15, 2011, 09:31:33 AM »

You also don't need a religious reason for that last one, last I heard. If you strongly feel something is controversial, your child doesn't have to learn it. Religion is just the main reason cited.

metroid composite · « **Reply #405 on:** July 15, 2011, 04:53:18 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpyK6Ojnl-0
(video) "School of French Kissing for Dogs".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3CcyUAHtdk
(video) summary of the first 7 Harry Potter movies, using cats.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/Chronodrax/antimatiere
Quirky little flash game; not sure what to make of it.

Grefter · « **Reply #406 on:** July 15, 2011, 11:32:18 PM »

Pastafarianism isn't an absurdist church. That is The Church of the SubGenius (which I reccomend you check out because they are awesome). Pastafarianism is much more a protest religion as has been discussed.

Getting it recognised as an official religion would be a nice win not so much to say that it is ridiculous that religions get specific benefits so much that such things really should be more readilly made available to anyone with a humanitarian goal available to them. How much easier do you justify such benefits when you are doing it for religion rather than doing it purely out of charity or the like? Gods help us someone with an ulterior might be able to utilise these things to try and push people into a certain way of thinking if we let that happen.

Lord Ephraim · « **Reply #407 on:** July 19, 2011, 02:37:26 PM »

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6324412.html

Mega Man Legends 3 cancelled.

I don't even like the MML games but I was way more interested in MML3 than 90% of Capcom's games. Don't worry guys, they'll release Super Ultra Omega Deluxe Sexy Awesome Godlike Turbo Street Fighter 4 Redux Remix HD1080p with 10 dollar DLC for palette swaps.

Inafune left Capcom at the perfect time.

Captain K. · « **Reply #408 on:** July 21, 2011, 03:22:27 AM »

12 new characters for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3.

Spoilers:

http://shoryuken.com/2011/07/20/umvc3-all-twelve-new-characters-leaked/

P.S. Don't tell Ephraim, still no Mega Man.

EDIT: Rejected UMvC3 characters (NSFW):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtsoPKftK9w&feature=player_embedded

Cotigo · « **Reply #409 on:** July 22, 2011, 05:14:53 PM »

http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Critics+silenced+transgendered+Calgarian+wins+breast+implant+contest/5135901/story.html

NotMiki · « **Reply #410 on:** July 23, 2011, 01:17:16 AM »

Quote from: Captain K. on July 21, 2011, 03:22:27 AM

EDIT: Rejected UMvC3 characters (NSFW):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtsoPKftK9w&feature=player_embedded

So awesome.

Idun · « **Reply #411 on:** July 23, 2011, 04:40:03 AM »

I'm sorry. I absolutely love Rhett and Link, and I absolutely love Harry Potter (need to read the books though), and I find this video amazingly funny. I absolutely LOVE IT. FABULOUS~ and the nerdy Swedish 23 year old girl is totally huggable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1_gFeVyVt8

Captain K. · « **Reply #412 on:** July 23, 2011, 07:29:59 AM »

I didn't know MC had a vlog. I will have to check that out.

Grefter · « **Reply #413 on:** July 23, 2011, 11:06:52 AM »

It is always cool seeing someone who is just old enough to realise that some piece of fiction has been so ever present in their life to have been so important to their upbringing.

Also you know what this means? There is a whole generation of young adults out there that have been shaped by Voldemort instead of Darth Vader and the Emperor. The standards for Evil have sadly dropped I think.

On the other hand, kind of suprised no one linked Manly Men doing Manly Things this week.

http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/

Because this comic is awesome all the time, but this week's was especially so.

Shale · « **Reply #414 on:** July 23, 2011, 01:05:47 PM »

And now, Snow fanservice.

Captain K. · « **Reply #415 on:** July 23, 2011, 01:38:48 PM »

I was going to link Hello Kitty Street Fighter for Snow, but it's still in preproduction stage.

VySaika · « **Reply #416 on:** July 23, 2011, 06:14:51 PM »

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/meowvel_vs_catcom_3_by_suzuran-d3b6we9-1.jpeg

Have a picture that Jenna found

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #417 on:** July 23, 2011, 06:45:29 PM »

Quote from: Shale on July 23, 2011, 01:05:47 PM

And now, Snow fanservice.

That was -low-.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/amy-winehouse-found-dead-eve-moby-seth-meyers-and-other-celebs-react/2011/07/23/gIQA55JJVI_blog.html

Since I mentioned in chat. Amy Winehouse just found dead. It amazes me how stereotypical her entire career ended up being under this light. Still, I have to shout GODDAMMIT because she didn't even get to release a fucking third album. Dammit.

SnowFire · « **Reply #418 on:** July 25, 2011, 02:43:42 AM »

A tale of an unmarried thirty-something math geek who sits around making games. Loser!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/magazine/the-brilliance-of-dwarf-fortress.html

Lance · « **Reply #419 on:** July 30, 2011, 02:53:37 AM »

http://www.27bslash6.com/missy.html

Lesson learned: graphic designers are douche nozzles.

Grefter · « **Reply #420 on:** July 30, 2011, 04:34:26 PM »

And people asking graphic designers to make a poster that can be made in 5 minutes in Word are complete and total wastes of space as well.

Grefter · « **Reply #421 on:** August 01, 2011, 12:14:26 PM »

http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2397-Diablo-3-Auction-House-Announced-Spend-and-Earn-Real-Life-Money!

This is a little strange and I don't know what I really think of it at first. I do know that Activision Blizzard are going to be raking in free money hand over fist from it.

This might mean I only play offline LAN games or single player honestly. Not out of spite or anything, I just don't think that is a community that I want to take part in. On the other hand the day you quit playing you can sell fucking everything and get a (probably tiny) paycheck out of it.

Wwweeeeeeird.

Lady Door · « **Reply #422 on:** August 01, 2011, 07:13:46 PM »

It's so easy to topple an Auction House market. Can't wait to see what happens when real money is involved.

I care less about their other two announcements (no mods, online play only) with the caveat that I will rage quit so hard if I get repeatedly trolled. That's the #1 reason I hate online games anyway. People are douchebags if given any chance.

Shale · « **Reply #423 on:** August 01, 2011, 07:22:26 PM »

If it's anything like D2, you'll be able to start a game and restrict it to one player at a time (or password-protect it and not give anybody the password), so the only difference between that and offline play is that (a) you can trade the stuff you find; (b) you can't use the console to raise the difficulty/drops, and (c) there's still lag.

Lady Door · « **Reply #424 on:** August 01, 2011, 07:23:24 PM »

... that reminds me, I need to rage about capped internet/data usage one of these days when I'm feeling less rational.

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Author Topic: Miscellaneous Links for the Miscellaneously Inclined: 2011 Edition!!! (Read 61824 times)

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