bad tidings to whoever put an urbandictionary link to 'eMpTyV' here
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/06/russell-brand-philip-seymour-hoffman-drug-laws
― Pedro Mba Obiang Avomo est un joueur de football hispano-ganéen (nakhchivan), Friday, 7 February 2014 01:48 (ten years ago) link
I really can't be arsed to ever read that Russell Brand thing
― kinder, Friday, 7 February 2014 13:08 (ten years ago) link
Russell Brand: "Russell Brand".
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Friday, 7 February 2014 13:15 (ten years ago) link
he's in an invidious position because he doesn't get to discuss his ideas in the media except by dint of his persona, which inevitably draws the attention of his interviewer. but it might be interesting to draw comparisons with Rob Newman, who was surely once near the same level of celebrity as Brand, and who seems to have chosen to draw different conclusions about his own career from his political beliefs.
― zonal snarking (Noodle Vague), Friday, 7 February 2014 13:18 (ten years ago) link
Brand's a lot more famous than Newman, but they've both got form WRT 'radical mouth, reactionary penis'.
― baked beings on toast (suzy), Friday, 7 February 2014 13:29 (ten years ago) link
i'm thinking of Wembley Arena era Newman, tho i guess he never took that level across the Atlantic. you might well be right about their sexual politics. Newman seems to have noticed the disconnect between radical communal politics and cults of personality better than Brand has managed so far.
― zonal snarking (Noodle Vague), Friday, 7 February 2014 13:38 (ten years ago) link
sexual politics is maybe too prissy a term for "thinking with your dick"
― zonal snarking (Noodle Vague), Friday, 7 February 2014 13:44 (ten years ago) link
...though it might be that musician/comedian nerd revenge thing where they take out their adolescent lack of action on female peers by playing head games with the grown-up versions of the smart girls who spurned them at school.
― baked beings on toast (suzy), Friday, 7 February 2014 13:53 (ten years ago) link
Observer and not Guardian but this seems bizarre and badly judged.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/09/woody-allen-dylan-farrow-alleged-sexual-abuse
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Sunday, 9 February 2014 11:29 (ten years ago) link
Couldn't believe that article. What was most revealing to me was the sheer delusional nature of:
I have given this a lot of miserable thought and, I think, found a way through.
― mohel hell (Bob Six), Sunday, 9 February 2014 11:42 (ten years ago) link
As if the world has been waiting for her unique insight and can now make progress on this issue...
― mohel hell (Bob Six), Sunday, 9 February 2014 11:43 (ten years ago) link
to some extent that is the folly of columnists but yeah, bad, bad look
― the undersea world of jacques kernow (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 9 February 2014 11:45 (ten years ago) link
It read like fairly standard fence-sitting until I got to the second half. I presume she was trying to be empathetic but it just comes across as weird voyeuristic speculation.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 9 February 2014 11:49 (ten years ago) link
Bringing up the Ebrahimi murder is bizarre as well, horrific as that story was, afaik no child had actually accused him of abuse.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 9 February 2014 11:54 (ten years ago) link
Truly awful piece, but unsurprisingly the comments manage to outdo it. Christ.
― gyac, Sunday, 9 February 2014 14:57 (ten years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/14/i-hate-shopping-food-supermarket?CMP=fb_gu
Man thinks deli is too expensive, goes to supermarket instead. Has too much choice, wishes such a thing as a deli existed and claims he would travel miles to get to one.
― Ian Glasper's trapped in a scone (aldo), Saturday, 15 February 2014 13:50 (ten years ago) link
Man goes to shop and buys what he went for cheaper than he could have done somewhere else. Moans about it. World fails to give a fuck.
― ailsa, Saturday, 15 February 2014 15:44 (ten years ago) link
Valentine's Day is more like a tax than a tribute to love7 Feb 2014: Tim Lott: Capitalism has hijacked the Valentine tradition and now you can't do it on the cheap without being labelled unromantic7 comments
Is Is it ever a good idea to apologise?31 Jan 2014: Tim Lott: I am a profuse apologiser, but my wife tends to take these lightly as they come so easily to me. But what's a 'real' apology anyway?3 comments
Why I want to be buried not cremated24 Jan 2014: Tim Lott: I want somewhere for my family and descendants to go and think of me when I am dead. My mother was cremated and so there's nowhere to honour her – I can't even remember where the crematorium was20 comments
The endangered art of storytellingTim Lott 10 Jan 2014: Tim Lott: The new Hobbit film is just one set piece battle after another with a love story tacked on4 comments
― soref, Saturday, 15 February 2014 17:07 (ten years ago) link
I suspect that Tim Lott's trip to the supermarket was totally made up. I'm not saying he's never been to a supermarket just that he pretended to in this instance. Totally banal.
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Saturday, 15 February 2014 19:36 (ten years ago) link
Things I learned today: Tim Lott founded FLEXIPOP!
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/feb/04/flexipop-tim-lott
― soref, Saturday, 15 February 2014 19:55 (ten years ago) link
Jesus, all his article summaries are awful. "Tim Lott has thinky thoughts about things!"
― gyac, Saturday, 15 February 2014 20:02 (ten years ago) link
The weight of choice was oppressive – six kinds of strawberry jam, 20 blends and strengths of coffee, 15 types of cheddar. The sense of being manipulated is overwhelming
where have you been man; soviet emigres were less surprised than this
― i want to say one word to you, just one word:buzzfeed (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 15 February 2014 20:03 (ten years ago) link
Adolescents need a rite of passage to ease them into adulthood3 Jan 2014: Tim Lott: Sadly, some young people join gangs. We need to devise a ritual to help them through this difficult transition
― i want to say one word to you, just one word:buzzfeed (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 15 February 2014 20:05 (ten years ago) link
the fact that they had put the staples, such as bread, in the deepest part of the shop, is just one of the many tricks designers use to break your will and draw you into the "supermarket experience".
― gyac, Saturday, 15 February 2014 20:05 (ten years ago) link
I would rather my daughters took MDMA than started smoking30 Aug 2013: Tim Lott: What worries me is not so much illegal drugs, which mostly seem to cause a relatively low level of harm compared with cigarettes and alcohol. What worries me is addiction430 comments
― gyac, Saturday, 15 February 2014 20:07 (ten years ago) link
so let me get this straight, they give him space on a popular website to post this shit?
― the undersea world of jacques kernow (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 15 February 2014 20:09 (ten years ago) link
mdma might help w the supermarket
― i want to say one word to you, just one word:buzzfeed (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 15 February 2014 20:09 (ten years ago) link
I'm hearing an attempt for a tone of John Peel-style whimsical helplessness in Tim Lott's article, but it not quite succeeding.
― mohel hell (Bob Six), Saturday, 15 February 2014 20:14 (ten years ago) link
if it's formal ambition you want, you want this one
― i want to say one word to you, just one word:buzzfeed (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 15 February 2014 20:21 (ten years ago) link
six kinds of strawberry jam is a fairly small number, really. he must have gone to tesco metro.
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Saturday, 15 February 2014 21:38 (ten years ago) link
"At times, channel hopping through the endless, yet universally unedifying cable tv options, it feels like there are 57 channels, but nothing on"
― UK Cop Humour (Bananaman Begins), Saturday, 15 February 2014 22:09 (ten years ago) link
He needs to watch Magaluf Weekender
― cardamon, Saturday, 15 February 2014 23:17 (ten years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/07/valentines-day-more-like-tax-love
Valentines Day - it's a bit commercial. Stunning insight there, mate.
― ailsa, Sunday, 16 February 2014 00:14 (ten years ago) link
Oh, that was already noted. As you were.
― ailsa, Sunday, 16 February 2014 00:15 (ten years ago) link
valentines-day-MORE LIKE
― i lost my shoes on acid (jed_), Sunday, 16 February 2014 01:41 (ten years ago) link
wait until he sees the water aisle - he'll explode
― koogs, Sunday, 16 February 2014 10:59 (ten years ago) link
Wow that guy is terrible.
― the Bronski Review (Trayce), Monday, 17 February 2014 02:29 (ten years ago) link
It is disconcerting how much he looks like Woody Allen.
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Monday, 17 February 2014 10:28 (ten years ago) link
ghost written by adnan januzaj
― ^ 諷刺 (ken c), Monday, 17 February 2014 11:51 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/NSmPID6.png
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 21 February 2014 14:41 (ten years ago) link
guardian weighs in on scottish independence http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/feb/19/scottish-independence-76-things-apologise
― conrad, Friday, 21 February 2014 14:46 (ten years ago) link
Who are "we"?
― Here he is with the classic "Poème Électronique." Good track (Marcello Carlin), Friday, 21 February 2014 14:47 (ten years ago) link
the british guardian
― conrad, Friday, 21 February 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
will sir chris hoy and sir alex ferguson etc lose their knighthood? surely this cannot be allowed to happen
― ^ 諷刺 (ken c), Friday, 21 February 2014 14:57 (ten years ago) link
can we stop referring to james vi as james i
― conrad, Friday, 21 February 2014 15:03 (ten years ago) link
Such content, many wow**
For one week, we will share our perspectives on the media, globalisation, sex and pop culture, as well as the bare necessities of housing, food and employment. These are some of the pieces we will be bringing you:
• 30 under 30 – our picks of the brightest young global media stars. (We trust you to disagree with our choices rabidly in the comments)
• Buzzfeed's Beastmaster explains the cat thing
• Rage at how economically screwed this generation might be, then find answers in pages of life-hacks and not-so-scary facts
• Online dating? You're doing it wrong
• Everything you wanted to know about trans sex lives and were rude enough to ask
• Original political cartoons from international graphic artists.
• Why all roads lead to Drake
• Why Clueless defines Gen Y better than any other single cultural artifact
― fedora the implorer (nakhchivan), Friday, 14 March 2014 22:30 (ten years ago) link
Surely Clueless is firmly Gen X?
― The Whittrick and Puddock (dowd), Friday, 14 March 2014 22:57 (ten years ago) link
yeah clueless is gen x
― balls, Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:30 (ten years ago) link
THAT'S Y IT'S NEWS
― j., Saturday, 15 March 2014 00:36 (ten years ago) link
the inevitable live blog of people writing live blogs
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/17/generation-y-takeover-as-it-happens
― PONOPONOPONO (seandalai), Monday, 17 March 2014 20:28 (ten years ago) link