https://twitter.com/GroverNorquist/status/768988127415377924
Grover Norquist @GroverNorquist 18h18 hours ago Massachusetts, USA
There is no Trump. There is no Clinton. Burning Man starts Monday.All is right with the world.
― goole, Friday, 26 August 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
if only we all could enjoy the privelege of cleaning up after Grover Norquist
― Οὖτις, Friday, 26 August 2016 19:58 (seven years ago) link
We already are.
― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Friday, 26 August 2016 20:11 (seven years ago) link
god that tweet is amazing
― map, Friday, 26 August 2016 20:12 (seven years ago) link
There is no Trump. There is no Clinton. Only Thiel.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 26 August 2016 20:15 (seven years ago) link
I dunno, whatever the garbage/recycling crew is, pretty sure that's part of the actual organization, they give crew passes in exchange for work.
― vagenda of manocide (sleeve), Friday, August 26, 2016 8:12 PM (one hour ago)
those are employees not attendees
― Οὖτις, Friday, August 26, 2016 8:14 PM (one hour ago)
Nah, this is a really common thing to do to get into festivals. You volunteer for a few hours worth of shifts and then get to go to the whole thing for free.
Anyway, the answer to this question is Electroswing.
― emil.y, Friday, 26 August 2016 20:18 (seven years ago) link
I think claiming you don't have to be rich to go there, you just have to work for no pay and free entry is a bit o_0. You used to be able to go to Burning Man for nothing (no tickets!), just the cost of your own transport and supplies (ie the cost of camping - a thing poor people do!). It is not like that anymore, and it hasn't been that way for 10+ years.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 26 August 2016 20:22 (seven years ago) link
the only person i know who goes every year is ilxor d. wolk.
― scott seward, Friday, 26 August 2016 20:23 (seven years ago) link
How'd we get this far without mentioning anti-vaxxers and/or gluten-free?
But yeah Steampunk is pretty bad.
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 26 August 2016 20:31 (seven years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Friday, August 26, 2016 9:22 PM (fifteen minutes ago)
My point wasn't really about Burning Man specifically (I know nobody who has been and have always thought it looked abominable). Just that 'not attendees but employees' is not entirely correct.
― emil.y, Friday, 26 August 2016 20:43 (seven years ago) link
imagine having to clean up the CEO of Uber's toilet tank waste then being like woo this was all worth it
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 26 August 2016 21:01 (seven years ago) link
mra
― a confederacy of lampreys (rushomancy), Friday, 26 August 2016 21:08 (seven years ago) link
doxxing
I shouldve said 20+ years fwiw
Damn i'm old
Xp
― Οὖτις, Friday, 26 August 2016 21:21 (seven years ago) link
xxxp that's the Porta-Potty companies' job, not the people who help attendees sort their "garbage" into categories. Those folks just hang in a big tent and chill, people gotta come to them and then my friends chastise them for not sorting their shit correctly (note that I have never been to BM and am not a fan)
but yeah Shakey is correct that it changed into something else once the expensive tickets started happening
― vagenda of manocide (sleeve), Friday, 26 August 2016 21:31 (seven years ago) link
really I think Burning Man is a good nomination for the thread title
― vagenda of manocide (sleeve), Friday, 26 August 2016 21:32 (seven years ago) link
Anybody said TED talks or Amanda Palmer yet?
― emil.y, Friday, 26 August 2016 21:33 (seven years ago) link
they can both get in the sea
― imago, Friday, 26 August 2016 21:36 (seven years ago) link
RealDolls
― Neanderthal, Friday, 26 August 2016 21:44 (seven years ago) link
nah BM is 20th century
― Οὖτις, Friday, 26 August 2016 21:45 (seven years ago) link
The torture-porn horror phase that Saw temporarily inspired
Ironic ukelele covers of gangsta rap tunes on Youtube
― Neanderthal, Friday, 26 August 2016 21:51 (seven years ago) link
9/11 trutherism
― Neanderthal, Friday, 26 August 2016 21:54 (seven years ago) link
Ironic ukulele is a good call.
― Half-baked profundities. Self-referential smirkiness (Bob Six), Friday, 26 August 2016 22:02 (seven years ago) link
i do have a good friend that records enthusiastic ukelele covers of classic songs and gives them interesting arrangements and layered vocal harmonies (ie "Dead Flowers" by Rolling Stones) and hers I am into
― Neanderthal, Friday, 26 August 2016 22:04 (seven years ago) link
yeah, sincere ukulele covers of gangsta rap tunes only please xp
― jez coorbes (wins), Friday, 26 August 2016 22:05 (seven years ago) link
tim from ilx does AMAZING ukelele covers, full voiced chords n shit... but i think we are talking about something different. that slowed down white person trying to sing like billie holiday style of cover song thats on every commercial.
― kurt schwitterz, Friday, 26 August 2016 22:08 (seven years ago) link
yeah i'm talking more like the duo I saw that performed a "hilarious" stodgy-white sendup of Khia's "My Neck, My Back" on uke at a show I was dragged to a while back
― Neanderthal, Friday, 26 August 2016 22:12 (seven years ago) link
steampunk AND ukelele AND that voice i can't stand that is the female version of the old man hat voice. in one video. trifecta of bad fads!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX_weRr19sQ
― scott seward, Friday, 26 August 2016 22:20 (seven years ago) link
#45 - Napping Baby Cosplay
http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sleeping-baby-cosplay-joey-marie-laura-izumikawa-choi-41-57be9498b300b__700.jpg
http://www.boredpanda.com/sleeping-baby-cosplay-joey-marie-laura-izumikawa-choi/
― scott seward, Saturday, 27 August 2016 00:00 (seven years ago) link
Tempted to say Cosplay in general...
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 August 2016 00:10 (seven years ago) link
Before cosplayers, genre coms were packed with unkempt socially maladapted guys. They're still maladapted, but more are taking showers now.
― The Portable (Sanpaku), Saturday, 27 August 2016 00:18 (seven years ago) link
*coms = Cons = fan conventions
― The Portable (Sanpaku), Saturday, 27 August 2016 00:19 (seven years ago) link
the internet
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 August 2016 00:31 (seven years ago) link
xp Cosplay has been around for longer than most of us have been alive. (Unlike most of the other things mentioned here, which only date back to when most of us were kids.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Saturday, 27 August 2016 01:35 (seven years ago) link
Forgot the ending bracket, here: )
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Saturday, 27 August 2016 01:36 (seven years ago) link
Rickrolling coulda been a candidate but it fortunately died quickly
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 27 August 2016 01:37 (seven years ago) link
WHAT'S UP CHRISTINE ??
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 August 2016 01:53 (seven years ago) link
Loads of strange things. Very strange things. Will talk about it later.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Saturday, 27 August 2016 02:17 (seven years ago) link
cupcakes ffs
― chicken lit (rip van wanko), Saturday, 27 August 2016 03:38 (seven years ago) link
Cupcakes rule fuiud
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 27 August 2016 05:50 (seven years ago) link
kale haters : fine but do you even know about lambs quarters? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenopodium_album you probaly throw it away
― Sébastien, Saturday, 27 August 2016 06:49 (seven years ago) link
Archaeologists analysing carbonized plant remains found in storage pits and ovens at Iron Age, Viking Age, and Roman sites in Europe have found its seeds mixed with conventional grains and even inside the stomachs of Danish bog bodies.
danish bog bodies is a killer band name
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Saturday, 27 August 2016 07:09 (seven years ago) link
Still think its autotune vocals.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 29 August 2016 03:22 (seven years ago) link
that slowed down white person trying to sing like billie holiday style of cover song thats on every commercial.
arrrhghtgh, I go to a yoga class each week where the instructor insists on playing nothing but sad sack, white guy songs while we exercise. Last week, she one-upped herself by playing an entire mix of mopey acoustic covers of popular songs. In what universe is it preferable to listen to a sad cover of "Billie Jean" instead of the original?!?
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Monday, 29 August 2016 03:42 (seven years ago) link
agree in principle, but in practice i will rep for caetano's version
― a confederacy of lampreys (rushomancy), Monday, 29 August 2016 05:20 (seven years ago) link
In the upthread post regarding early-1960s cosplay, blogger Belated Nerd is begging for any info as to what became of Sylvia Dees. I could fill him or her in if only all means of posting comments there or otherwise sending a message weren't blocked....
― Lee626, Monday, 29 August 2016 08:15 (seven years ago) link
well, until we can get a hold of the belated nerd, don't leave the rest of us in undue suspense!
what became of Sylvia Dees?
― it's sort of a layered stunt (sheesh), Monday, 29 August 2016 08:36 (seven years ago) link
Went nutz
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Monday, 29 August 2016 08:47 (seven years ago) link
Last post on that blog was in early 2012. I'm assuming it's been abandoned.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Monday, 29 August 2016 15:23 (seven years ago) link
-Marketing people using "brand" as a noun
-marketingspeak leeching into normal conversations such that non-marketing people toss around "brand" or "brands" as nouns
― Sentient animated cat gif (kingfish), Monday, 29 August 2016 16:16 (seven years ago) link