Daveman

Yet another image re-post (unless this one was the original?), and it's incorrectly categorized too.

There's still something I don't understand. Are there really Windows fans? I mean, I can understand the appeal of other operating systems, but isn't Windows just the default? I mean, you use it because you need some hardware or software that only works on it, or because 99.999% of computers sold in stores come with Windows installed. I don't think anybody actually likes it.

You know, I've seen this before. It's one of those webcomics that get copied and pasted all over the place. But you know what? Its central premise is flawed. All those people described in the comic ARE normal. There's nothing truly weird about any of that.

It's perfectly possible to do all of the stuff on this page and still live a normal life, and have plenty of friends, and be happy with yourself. Meanwhile, probably none of these people would ever willingly talk to me.

Bah. Thumbs down to every instance of this I see.

I stumbled this after already having seen a video showcasing the next Photoshop's "content-aware fill" feature, and I am now officially astonished. There's something called a GIMP Resynthesizer, and if your operating system uses APT, it's probably there waiting on the repositories. I downloaded mine just now!

For those of you on Fedora or Microsoft Windows or something, here is the plug-in's official home page.

Okay, without even trying it yet, I'm betting this plugin isn't quite as robust as what Adobe has come up with. Plus, the Resynthesizer site hasn't been updated in over seven months. It's still cool, though.

Yet another Cracked article that's more intriguing than it is funny.

I guess working for a 3D animation studio isn't as fun as some people would think it is.

So there's this health care bill that's been being discussed in my country, and I was pretty confused as to what was in it.

Here, from the Reuters news service, is a quick summary of it. I guess I agree with a lot of it, but I don't like the part about imposing fines for people who don't want health insurance. That's like fining them for not buying a car or something. Weird.

And I don't like the requirement for insurers to spend 85% of their income on actual medical care. Oh, sure, it seems okay at first, but if a company is struggling to meet that quota, they'll have to either decrease revenue (which I doubt they would do) or increase their medical spending.

So they could be at a budget meeting and suddenly, someone points out they're only at 84.3%. With some quick thinking, an executive points to the building's janitor and says, "Here! Get this man some surgery!"

This fuels my theory that the US government is going to turn all its citizens into government-funded cyborgs. It is a theory I have firmly believed for about two minutes now.

What a great resource for completely random meanings for words!

Some favorite completely real examples:

cthulhu
v. to behave in a broken manner.
"Shh, Nigel, I'm trying to cthulhu."

money
n. someone who flaunts money.
"Jackie, check out that money's money!"

butt cactus
n. a vulgar hand gesture.
"Are you giving me the butt cactus, officer?"

hamburger
n. friends without buttocks.
"Got some hamburger?" "Yeah, I'm your man for hamburger, Jesse."

flamethrower
n. mid-eighties term for porn.
"Sally, can I laugh at some flamethrower?" "Sure you can, kid."

horror
v. (vulgar) to tell people about someone.
"'Scuse me while I horror, my man."

level up
v. to enjoy one's friend or close acquaintance.
"I'm telling you, Reggie totally wanted to level up!"

I, for one, would like to encourage everyone to start using these words in everyday conversations, starting right now!

I'm not sure, but I think everyone who gave this the thumbs-down must be a really terrible person. Is it so hard to stretch your mind to think that children deserve the same rights as fully grown adults?

What, do they have to be ignored because they don't know a lot of things? Most adults don't know a lot of things. Have you ever seen a political advertisement? It's completely structured around the idea that people are, on average, morons who couldn't think for themselves even if you dropped all the facts right in front of them. No, the facts have to be digested and broken down into nice easy-to-understand chunks for people to comprehend and to make the decision that the people in charge want them to.

No, children don't have the right to disrupt society by, for instance, making loud noises on an airplane or in a theater. And yet, haven't we seen adults do that too? Only a small minority of adults, of course,, but then, most children don't cause problems like that either. Could it be that their invisibility in society leads them to think the rules don't apply to them? What if the main reason they disrupt society is that they have no place in it, and they just want to be noticed, no matter what the cost?

I mean, yeah, there are some limits. Children shouldn't be allowed to drive or operate heavy machinery until they can be physically and mentally ready to do so. Any sexual act with a child should be considered rape, regardless of circumstances. Children have a right not to be taken advantage of in any way, because no human being or animal ever should be.

I think this treatment of children really is a prejudice, though, because people make broad statements about them, like if one child isn't able to understand international politics, none of them are. Movie and video game ratings make bold statements about what ages should be able to handle the content of these works, based on generalizations about maturity.

All I'm saying is, why can't we treat the young people like people?

The title is pure media sensationalism. It's misleading, but that's probably because of the intended target audience.

For the kind of audience I think would be interested in this, a better title might be "Elderly Man Saves Woman and Child From Psychopathic 'World of Warcraft' Player".