Randomness thread, part two.

[Galapogos]

It looks to me like she specialized in pissing off poor and ugly people. Also, slowest website ever.

[rong]

Yeah it's ridiculously slow So much so that I only saw one photo before I gave up.

[rong]

The value of art confuses the fuck out of me.

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/201...12AUCTION.html

[eugmac]

ya that shit's bs for sure

[eugmac]

also serves to give the public the false impression that artists generally live extravagantly rich lifestyles.

edit: ok, it seems all those dudes are dead already, but still.

[KoRnholio]

The value of art confuses the fuck out of me.

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/201...12AUCTION.html

That one is a bargain compared to this one:
http://nordonart.wordpress.com/2013/...rary-art-sale/

$43.8 million:

[jackvance]

So this is what happens because the rich are getting richer..

[boost]

Don't know where to put this, so I'll put it here. Same guy that makes the Everything Wrong With [Movie] In Under 7 Minutes/Movie Sins videos. These are way better though. Like, this guy should be given a TV show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCArD...WnJi9oDhc3o2S8

[OngBonga]

Women are fucking disgusting.

[rong]

Women are fucking disgusting.

I imagine that the world of men is split between those who are good with women and those that aren't and for those that aren't I imagine women are like an alien species.

[a500lbgorilla]

That one is a bargain compared to this one:
http://nordonart.wordpress.com/2013/...rary-art-sale/

$43.8 million:

I like to pretend that I understand people, but how??

[rong]

Pretty cool story. Men chase down cheetahs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24953910

[eugmac]

So somebody pokes me on facebook for the first time in forever, and then I notice this "feature" where Facebook suggests pokes for you. It's suggesting that I poke an ex-GF 2 months after I got married! You sick, creepy bastard, Mark Zuckerberg.

If tinfoil hat theorists are right about how facebook chooses suggested pokes, a factor seems to be how often they creep on your profie. If this is the case, the results are at times understandable, other times flattering, other times downright disturbing.

[Chelle]

even though my fingers felt like they were frozen at this point - bam. photographer got about 200+ shots, about 167 useable ones. i got to go through and look at dem and select which ones i want him to send me. yay!

[MadMojoMonkey]

WOW, Chelle!

The emotion on your face is hard to pin down.

If I cover up the right side of the pic (so the half of you with the clenched fist is visible), you look contemplative... or coldly calculating something (presumably where you're fist will be in a second. )

If I cover up the left side of the pic (so the half of you with the basket is visible), you look distraught... perhaps about to cry.

[Savy]

edit - nvm don't know either of you well enough to make that joke on second thought.

[rong]

So curious.

[eugmac]

I shoulda made a screencap. Am I too nice to repeat it?

[Savy]

I shoulda made a screencap. Am I too nice to repeat it?

I'm pretty sure it was funny, wasn't sure. Opinion?

I also like the idea of screen capping everything someone has said just on the off chance they edit it out.

[boost]

I like to pretend that I understand people, but how??

Some paintings like this completely lose their depth when photographed. I'm not familiar with this specific one, but I've seen canvases that look to be just one color, but when you actually examine them the painter has pretty much sculpted the paint with his brush. You can pretty much get lost in them. I know that sounds stupid, but pictures, and my poor description, don't do these things justice.

Often the painters are diving into a technique and taking it as far as they can. But, yeah, the pricing of art has always been crazy. Hell, check out "Exit Through the Gift Shop." The gallery world does tend to find interesting and impactful works, but it's a flawed system like any other, and hype is the key to its weakness.

[eugmac]

Well, I didn't laugh but it did get some sort of reaction out of me, if that helps.

[Savy]

$43.8 million:

I saw Grayson Perry giving a talk about the price of art. Was pretty interesting. It's all the typical bullshit reasons you'd expect mostly.

Well, I didn't laugh but it did get some sort of reaction out of me, if that helps.

On second thought it definitely was. You just need to think it through more.

[boost]

So somebody pokes me on facebook for the first time in forever, and then I notice this "feature" where Facebook suggests pokes for you. It's suggesting that I poke an ex-GF 2 months after I got married! You sick, creepy bastard, Mark Zuckerberg.

If tinfoil hat theorists are right about how facebook chooses suggested pokes, a factor seems to be how often they creep on your profie. If this is the case, the results are at times understandable, other times flattering, other times downright disturbing.

Where the hell does it suggest pokes for you?

[d0zer]

edit - nvm don't know either of you well enough to make that joke on second thought.

I lul'd.

u pussbag

[Savy]

I lul'd.

u pussbag

At the joke or me being a pussy?

[d0zer]

all of it. everything's funny.

[eugmac]

Where the hell does it suggest pokes for you?

For me, if I load up the Pokes page (look in the left pane, it's probably buried somewhere in Apps), it shows me the pokes I've received, and then a list of 5 people who come up as "Suggested Pokes". Refreshing the page changes the list up a bit, but after 3-4 refreshes the same names keep cycling.

I mean the good looking females I fb-stalked at some point, I can understand being on that list. It apparently works the other way too, because there are names on that list that I really have no recollection of stalking.

[eugmac]

all of it. everything's funny.

Word. I heard his approval ratings have gone up, although I'm not entirely sure that's a laughing matter.

[boost]

For me, if I load up the Pokes page (look in the left pane, it's probably buried somewhere in Apps), it shows me the pokes I've received, and then a list of 5 people who come up as "Suggested Pokes". Refreshing the page changes the list up a bit, but after 3-4 refreshes the same names keep cycling.

I mean the good looking females I fb-stalked at some point, I can understand being on that list. It apparently works the other way too, because there are names on that list that I really have no recollection of stalking.

Hmm.. There's a reoccurring (like pops up 4 out of 5 refreshes) suggested poke that I've got a thing for. I've clicked through some of her photos, because, well, that's what facebook is for, ldo. So, while I'd like to think that it's because she's facestalked me, I bet part of the algorithm is influenced by profiles you've checked out.

[eugmac]

Hmm.. There's a reoccurring (like pops up 4 out of 5 refreshes) suggested poke that I've got a thing for. I've clicked through some of her photos, because, well, that's what facebook is for, ldo. So, while I'd like to think that it's because she's facestalked me, I bet part of the algorithm is influenced by profiles you've checked out.

Oh no doubt about your own views influencing it, but at least one recurring name I am *sure* I haven't stalked, because I flipped through her photos to check after the fact and I had indeed never seen them before.

[boost]

Yeah, besides the girl I've got a thing for, there are a few that I'm pretty sure I never facestalked.

[Chelle]

WOW, Chelle!

The emotion on your face is hard to pin down.

If I cover up the right side of the pic (so the half of you with the clenched fist is visible), you look contemplative... or coldly calculating something (presumably where you're fist will be in a second. )

If I cover up the left side of the pic (so the half of you with the basket is visible), you look distraught... perhaps about to cry.

Thank you. Yeah, Idk what I was thinking about at that moment, probably just, " fuck my fingers are going to fall off.". Plus, kidney stone pain. But yeah, lol, I did the same thing now that you said that, and it is odd that part of me looks like wtf and the other is like wait oh god run.

[eugmac]

Yeah, besides the girl I've got a thing for, there are a few that I'm pretty sure I never facestalked.

And of course, facestalking is normal, and I'm fine with people stalking me because I know I do it too, it's just goddamn normal.

But when Facebook starts intervening based on stalks to try to act as some sort of blue cuddly Big Brother cupid matchmaker robot, it's creepy as fuck.

[boost]

Yeah, I agree.

I've been starting to wonder how much longer facebook will be around. Maybe it's here to stay... it's so ingrained, but it definitely doesn't have nearly the same appeal it once had. I check it out of habit now, but there's almost never anything of much value that I find on it. Few people post pictures anymore, because we have instagram now, and status updates are rarely of any interest to anyone but a small fraction of the updater's friends list. I doubt it will crash like MySpace, but I could see it's importance tapering off significantly.

[wufwugy]

Yeah, I agree.

I've been starting to wonder how much longer facebook will be around. Maybe it's here to stay... it's so ingrained, but it definitely doesn't have nearly the same appeal it once had. I check it out of habit now, but there's almost never anything of much value that I find on it. Few people post pictures anymore, because we have instagram now, and status updates are rarely of any interest to anyone but a small fraction of the updater's friends list. I doubt it will crash like MySpace, but I could see it's importance tapering off significantly.

Here's an article that explains the phenomenon where business strengths often become weaknesses in a changing environment. The example used is how because Walmart is such a successful physical realtor, it has disincentive to lose that success in an effort to expand their e-commerce, but not doing this will ultimately crush them. The same happened with Barnes and Noble and is happening with Best Buy

http://www.slate.com/articles/busine...verything.html

Likewise, Facebook will not adapt well to the future of the internet, and it will become a thing of the past. Only a handful of companies have adaptation as an integral part of their business model, but FB is not one of them. In fact, FB has it the worst in that its users do not want any adaptation whatsoever, but they still will all abandon FB when the new unpredicted thing comes along

[jackvance]

Yeah, I agree.

I've been starting to wonder how much longer facebook will be around. Maybe it's here to stay... it's so ingrained, but it definitely doesn't have nearly the same appeal it once had. I check it out of habit now, but there's almost never anything of much value that I find on it. Few people post pictures anymore, because we have instagram now, and status updates are rarely of any interest to anyone but a small fraction of the updater's friends list. I doubt it will crash like MySpace, but I could see it's importance tapering off significantly.

Facebook definitely feels more calm. There is this one guy that I've always known as a blabbermouth that posts a lot but it's usually interesting, some cool links by people, other than that it's mostly just a tool to see if anything major happened to anyone. Last week I did block the comments from a bunch of girls, the <25 female crowd is sometimes very update happy and half my feed was filled with crap in languages I don't speak like cech or arabic. And tbh it started to look pretty weird if I would check my fb where others could see it - I've had complaints from belgian women that I'm too into foreign women lol. But anyway I do (think I) see a shift towards more private life in people. I hope it is getting through to people to what degree our lives are being recorded and just how bad that really is.

[rong]

I just watched Rambo (the new(ish) one). That's some good shit.

[wufwugy]

you have leveled up

[boost]

It's that good huh?

I think I'm going to give it a go. I miss well done straight up action movies.

[boost]

Wuf, check out Conversations With Myself About Movies on youtube. Pretty sure you'll love it. Any given one is good, but the more you watch, the better they get. Marathoning in order isn't a bad idea either, but not necessary.

[wufwugy]

Conversations are pretty cool

[boost]

It's that good huh?

I think I'm going to give it a go. I miss well done straight up action movies.

That. Was. Fucking. Awesome.

[rong]

It's great right. Brutal, savage violence. And Sly rocked it imo.

[Chelle]

being a female is weird.

[wufwugy]

So happy you guys watched Rambo. I've been saying forever it's arguably the best action film in existence. Everything about it fit so tightly and brutally. It's what everybody looks for in an action film, and has even less wasted time and movement than Predator and Terminator 2 and Aliens

I still can't believe Sly directed it. I mean, why do the Expendable movies suck when he can make something so sublime as Rambo?

[boost]

Yeah, he actually had some really amazing shots. I'm still not completely sure who is responsible for individual shots, the director or the cinematographer.. I think it depends?

I think you're being hyperbolic claiming it may be the best action film in existence, but it is an incredibly solid action film, and within the confines of that genre, it is very hard to fault. The reason I loved it so much, is because it was completely in the style of an 80's action flick, before genre merging was really taking place, yet it's made in the 2000's and so it feels dated in all the right ways, and none of the wrong ways. Like the "good gooks" happen to be Christians, the blonde damsel in distress, the disturbingly pro-violence moral underpinnings, etc. All this stuff hearkens back to a time when there were bad guys and good guys, things were fucked up but simple, and violence was always the answer.

The problem with ranking it as the greatest action film ever, is that you have mega elite hybrids now. No Country for example is pretty fucking action packed, has sick character development, it's a thriller at times, it's got humor, and is making nuanced and mature commentary on the world we live in. And even if you want to press the issue that hybrids shouldn't count, Chow Yun Fat alone has been in at least five pure action flicks which are superior.

All that being said, I was absolutely giddy when the claymore triggered the unexploded ordinance. Abso-fucking-lutely giddy.

[Chelle]

i'm kind of proud of myself. is that weird?

[wufwugy]

I don't consider No Country an action. To me that's just regular drama. My view of what makes an action film is largely what you describe as the pre-merged 80s actions, which is basically "shoot em ups". So this means that films like Gladiator, which look really actiony but aren't in the shoot em up style, aren't actions to me. Gladiator is more of a drama saga with action elements or something. Anyways I should probably refer to the type more like a shoot em up than an action. Everybody considers Avengers action while I don't because I only consider shoot em ups actions

I can't think of any of the Chow Yun Fat movies you mean. I don't recall him being in much good

[boost]

I can't think of any of the Chow Yun Fat movies you mean. I don't recall him being in much good

... Hardboiled, A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, Full Contact, etc etc. John Woo and Chow Yun Fat were fuckin killin it back in the 80's and early 90's, before they left HK for Hollywood.

[boost]

John Woo put out more elite shoot'em ups in the 80's and early 90's than all of Hollywood combined.



Fact.

[wufwugy]

Hmm, I did see The Killer, but don't remember if I liked it. I recall having a hard time with John Woo. I really dig some Asian films but can't stand some others. It's mainly my ethnocentrism

Which of those four do you recommend I watch?

[rong]

Hard boiled is s classic 90s action flick.

[boost]

probably Hard Boiled and A Better Tomorrow-- probably in that order.

Just to be clear, I'm pretty sure I hate everything Woo has done in Hollywood.

[wufwugy]

That explains it. I didn't watch foreign films until like 05

[ChipEaterMan]

I'm a big fan of Bollywood's actresses http://bollywoodglitz24.blogspot.com...bollywood.html

[rong]

My cousin is a bollywood actress.

[ChipEaterMan]

My cousin is a bollywood actress.

Is she living in India now?

[rong]

Well, back abd forth between Mumbai and London.

[Jack Sawyer]

He still got it imo



Cocaine is still a hell of a drug though

[OngBonga]

mmmmmm Indian women. They're not far behind the Chinese and Japanese in my list of fuck yes.

[d0zer]

I like how their pubes are wispy.

[OngBonga]

I like that they have pubes. I don't understand this bald nonsense.

[Luco]

I like that they have pubes. I don't understand this bald nonsense.

Hmm, yeah, naw. It only takes a single clip from a vintage adult movie to make me thankful for the age we live in

[eugmac]

Do you shave your pubes Luco?

[Luco]

Do you shave your pubes Luco?

Actually I keep a tidier lawn than the mrs, she's been gettin lazy lately

[Chelle]

pink hair, bitches.

[Luco]

pink hair, bitches.

Nice, carpet or curtains?

[Chelle]

Nice, carpet or curtains?

curtains, ldo.

[jackvance]

I like that they have pubes. I don't understand this bald nonsense.

I was shocked about this tbh. I believe it is a not often talked about but very pervasive effect of internet porn on women. Whatever ethnicity, white black asian mixed whatever culture, they're all shaven bald. I prefer some bush too, not 80s style, just mature. I know the common argument is "but it's just so nasty to get pubic hair in your mouth while doing oral" but who eats out anyway?

[boost]

Idk.. I feel like the same argument could be made for not shaving armpits. It's just a cultural thing, yet you'd probably think a guy was a bit odd if he preferred a girl to not shave her pits.

[Luco]

I was shocked about this tbh. I believe it is a not often talked about but very pervasive effect of internet porn on women. Whatever ethnicity, white black asian mixed whatever culture, they're all shaven bald. I prefer some bush too, not 80s style, just mature. I know the common argument is "but it's just so nasty to get pubic hair in your mouth while doing oral" but who eats out anyway?

A little bush is also fine. People are eating out less these days thanks to the recession

[jackvance]

A little bush is also fine. People are eating out less these days thanks to the recession

Yup a fine cooked meal is all the jazz right now.

[rong]

Shaved all over > shaved under trimmed above > trimmed all over > wild. None are a deal breaker.

[bikes]

Shaved all over > shaved under trimmed above > trimmed all over > wild. None are a deal breaker.

hair sucks. but this is correct.

[boost]

including the none are a deal breaker?

I mean, I agree.. I'm just a bit taken aback that you do.