Jun.26.2009 A famous person has died
Via Pictures for Sad Children comes this poignant comic about what happens when the famous die.
I already gave my Michael Jackson thoughts in the last post so I’ll spare any more rhetoric. I will however offer up this GIF animation of his tragic burial:
UPDATE: More image goodness (neither of these are photoshopped)!
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Jun.23.2009 Toronto needs more black people
Photoshopping photos happens a lot in different forms of media. But when it happens so poorly as a part of showing some type of diversity in Toronto, well, it’s just ridiculous looking.
Original version is on the left. Just in case you’re blind or incapable of seeing race
The smiling, ethnically diverse family featured on the cover of Toronto’s latest edition of its summer Fun Guide was digitally altered to make the photo more “inclusive,” which city officials say is in keeping with a policy to reflect diversity.
A spokesman for the department that publishes the guide listing recreation activities confirmed the publication was doctored to insert the face of a different father.
“He superimposed the African-Canadian person onto the family cluster in the original photo. It was two photographs and one head was superimposed over the original family photo,” said John Gosgnach, communications director for the social development division.
“The goal was to depict the diversity of Toronto and its residents.”
I’d say that goal has been successfully achieved. Assuming that Toronto wanted to showcase its large contingency of black guys with oversized heads creepily staring at Latina women. In which case, there’s really no disputing their presence. I am disheartened at how that contingency has opted to leave the Bronx, however.
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Jun.23.2009 This is poorly named
Toys that lack the requisite amount of thought before going out on the market amuse me quite a bit. For example, meet the ToyPedo.
What amazes me is how this happens so often with toys. I get that many people in positions of power at toy companies are probably a bit older and thus lack the filter to go, “Uh, this is a bit of a double entendre of a toy,” but maybe they could hire an intern or something to take a look? I see inappropriate double entendres everywhere, even in the Holocaust museum, I think my viewpoint would have a lot to offer as Vice President of Dick Joke Removal.
It’s true what they say though…no toy can adequately recreate the experience of the real thing. That’s why vans with candy will always stay in business.
Jun.18.2009 Oh Hulu, you and your racism
The show I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here is, well I don’t know if it’s doing well but it’s certainly existing. Nonetheless, Hulu is pushing it on its homepage. But Hulu may want to be careful with the images it selects juxtaposed with the shortened descriptions.
Now that’s just insensitive to John Salley, the lone black guy of the show. It probably goes with the theme of the producers’ racial insensitivity, though. One of the challenges Salley had to do involved scaling a model building while holding up Torrie Wilson. Shameful how NBC doesn’t think about the subtext to their actions.
It reminds me of how when I was on the bus this morning, the back of the bus had literally only black people on it while all old white ladies sat in the front. Didn’t you guys take history class? Then again, with the public school system the way it is, I guess the class probably just showed Driving Miss Daisy as a historical allegory and everyone got confused.
[thanks Carl for the tip!]
Jun.17.2009 Megan Fox is a heartbreaker
Megan Fox is doing “the rounds” to promote the new Transformers movie (aforementioned rounds unfortunately do not include a stopover atop my penis) and she received some attention for a suitor. Typical stuck up celebrity though thinks this guy isn’t good enough for her. Shame.
This photoshopped version is also great/disturbing to jerk to.
I don’t really get the desire to camp out to get a glimpse of a celebrity. You see them at your local cafe, sure, that’s cool. But waiting outside in lines for the opportunity just to get a glimpse or an autograph, what good does that really do? Eventually, people will catch on and get the worthlessness in it. Which is why when I’m famous, I’ll offer a handjob/fingerpopping to every 1000th person who compliments me on my work. At least then they’re getting a prize they can really write home about and I get even more reason to be ashamed of myself/overly Purel my hands at night. Everybody wins!
Jun.17.2009 Okay this is just disgusting
It’s a crappy economy, so you have to admire Cheetos in thinking outside the box. But using a Cheetos flavored lip balm doesn’t seem like the best idea in the world.
I’ve kissed girls with awful things on their lips before, but I’d be pretty skeeved out if it were someone with Cheetos flavoring on their lips. In fact, based upon the types of people that typically eat Cheetos, if you’ve gone out of your way to eat Cheetos in the past year, you’re probably not the one for me. I’d rather get my lip balm freshly squeezed from a homeless man’s dingleberries than use this.
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Jun.16.2009 The best gay Asian supermarket around
As a private business owner, you get a lot of leeway as to what’s allowed or not allowed in your store. But the rules for this Asian market might be a bit too stringent.
I can’t say I approve of this discrimination against women. What if I need my girlfriend to go to the store to buy some inside-out rabbit hanging upside down that you can only get from an Asian market? Is there a basket that she can leave her vagina in at the door? And is that sanitary to be removing one’s vagina and leaving it in a basket with a bunch of others? And what if she grabs the wrong one on the way out? If she picks up one that’s been fucking black guys, I’m screwed. One day, I hope Asian people can stop being so tricky. And ruining the curve in Calculus class.
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