yeah that whole sinkhole/torture history/trans/ballet issue was pretty great
― Look, Brian, about the afro wig... (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 28 March 2013 16:56 (thirteen years ago)
Not sure if this cartoon should go here or the caption contest thread, but:
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2013/04/01/p465/130401_cn-5_p465.jpg
― Leeena Dunham (Leee), Friday, 29 March 2013 04:36 (thirteen years ago)
lol
― k3vin k., Friday, 29 March 2013 13:51 (thirteen years ago)
did anyone read the CIA thing this week
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Friday, 29 March 2013 16:41 (thirteen years ago)
no but you have my attention
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 March 2013 16:43 (thirteen years ago)
i read it
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 29 March 2013 16:48 (thirteen years ago)
i usu skip steve coll ish tbh
― johnny crunch, Friday, 29 March 2013 16:49 (thirteen years ago)
i have not read it but am planning to
― k3vin k., Friday, 29 March 2013 16:49 (thirteen years ago)
grady did you read it?
not yet
― ❏❐❑❒ (gr8080), Friday, 29 March 2013 17:03 (thirteen years ago)
Did not know Iron Lady piece was gonna be a William finnegan joint. I fuckin love him.
― Jeff "Skink" Baxter (Jon Lewis), Friday, 29 March 2013 17:48 (thirteen years ago)
s f-j is p offtm generally in this jt piece, but 'friends w/ benefits' is not at all 'terrible' cmon bro
― johnny crunch, Friday, 29 March 2013 18:35 (thirteen years ago)
yeah friends w/ benefits was way worse than merely terrible
― balls, Friday, 29 March 2013 19:11 (thirteen years ago)
never felt more alone than when balls deserted me
― johnny crunch, Friday, 29 March 2013 19:16 (thirteen years ago)
movie requires you not only have a tolerance of flash mobs but find them absolutely wonderful. it was better than no strings attached, at least the leads were fun.
― balls, Friday, 29 March 2013 19:26 (thirteen years ago)
Requiring Kunis and JT to "make love" to serious music to signify their commitment to Something Lasting And True was gross imo.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 March 2013 19:31 (thirteen years ago)
xp def agree flash mob is worse than terrible but thats just like the last ~10 min iirc? it's a p funny movie til then
― johnny crunch, Friday, 29 March 2013 19:31 (thirteen years ago)
plus c'mon who doesn't remember semisonic did 'closing time'
― balls, Friday, 29 March 2013 19:36 (thirteen years ago)
What's wrong with Steve Coll?
― Leeena Dunham (Leee), Saturday, 30 March 2013 01:14 (thirteen years ago)
he has a bit of a coll
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2013 01:16 (thirteen years ago)
golfclap.jpeg
― Look, Brian, about the afro wig... (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 30 March 2013 01:24 (thirteen years ago)
The story about the Horace Mann pedo was crazy.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 March 2013 14:05 (thirteen years ago)
i know!
― k3vin k., Saturday, 30 March 2013 14:17 (thirteen years ago)
as for Kriakou, I kept thinking of Kevin Bacon in JFK mode playing ("Oh bring ON those muthafuckas with dere college degrees. I got nuthin to HIDE").
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 March 2013 14:21 (thirteen years ago)
Literally crazy -- the main guy (Berman) sounds totally deranged.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 30 March 2013 14:22 (thirteen years ago)
yeah it was pretty nuts, i like when he ranked himself 27th all time
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2013 14:27 (thirteen years ago)
i read half of the cia thing and found it kinda boring, update
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2013 14:28 (thirteen years ago)
is y i skip those mostly
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 30 March 2013 14:55 (thirteen years ago)
the part in the horace mann article where the author gets this response from one of berman's protegé's that is written in the exact same excruciatingly florid style as his master was amazing
― zero dark (s1ocki), Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:48 (thirteen years ago)
i love cult shit
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:54 (thirteen years ago)
^^^YES
― k3vin k., Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:54 (thirteen years ago)
he reminded me of people i knew when i was a teenager, without the abuse, but that same way of drawing hapless teenagers in and making them feel elite and super-special and then leaving them totally bereft a little while later.
― zero dark (s1ocki), Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:55 (thirteen years ago)
It was an incident out of an Auchincloss novel.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:56 (thirteen years ago)
this weird seductive art-infused semi/pseudo-genius personality type that is all a shell around a core of pure selfishness
― zero dark (s1ocki), Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:56 (thirteen years ago)
i liked how the author just printed eveyones assertions that the guy was a genius until then end when one of his ex students was all he was just making top ten lists and didnt really get art at all
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:58 (thirteen years ago)
"People don't understand," Gene told me. "People think of child abuse as a moment in a shower, like Sandusky. They don't think of it as essentially abducting and brainwashing. This was a cult of art, literature and music, a cult that was revered in some circles. And being in a cult is seen as a sign of weakness."
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:58 (thirteen years ago)
also his novel lmao
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:59 (thirteen years ago)
no surprise that Berman was a writer of laughable floridness ("especial"!).
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 March 2013 20:59 (thirteen years ago)
i knowww xp
― zero dark (s1ocki), Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:00 (thirteen years ago)
and he lived with four former students and the girlfriend of one of them wtf!
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:01 (thirteen years ago)
the fact that it took place at this august institution that was so full of itself but really had no better idea than anyone else wtf is going on w/life was pretty interesting
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:07 (thirteen years ago)
catholic church imo
― zero dark (s1ocki), Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:08 (thirteen years ago)
yup
― k3vin k., Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:11 (thirteen years ago)
the amount of time Berman put into the grooming of these kids is def the creepiest part to me. that he could control them even in adulthood is terrifying
and that 'rebuttal' letter showed how he was still wielding his ego over them even now
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:24 (thirteen years ago)
big fan of the Gina article
― A$AP Rovi (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:36 (thirteen years ago)
the what
― k3vin k., Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:41 (thirteen years ago)
wall-to-wall Gina http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/03/25/130325fa_fact_finnegan?currentPage=all
― A$AP Rovi (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:44 (thirteen years ago)
oh meant to read that
― k3vin k., Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:45 (thirteen years ago)
yeah very interesting
― A$AP Rovi (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 30 March 2013 21:46 (thirteen years ago)
ya it was good
― lag∞n, Saturday, 30 March 2013 22:19 (thirteen years ago)