Sean, if only I knew. This was delivered directly to me fresh and hot.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Wow, whatever you do, don't google "Asian guys at beach licking" if you want to find the Flickr account for this. No, seriously. Just...don't. o.O
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
changed my life forever...I will always go to the beach with a a few chubby buddies after porking myself up for those bosoms ~ and this image is most definitely going in the ol' spank bank
- sofarsoShawn
Remember ! I bring quality product to Friend Feed !:)
- Akiva Moskovitz
you know what would be funny: ok bear with me, if we blindfolded leather donut (you know the booby man) and...yeah fill in the blanks...something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- sofarsoShawn
Sir, randomly linking to your FriendFeed from one of my posts is oh wait you'll never see this because you're blocked for spamming. Thanks anyway, kaghazrangy.
- Akiva Moskovitz
damn this picture just won't go away - you have forced me to hide it
- William Harryman
Akiva, wasn't that pic taken at your last BBQ?
- Paul
Every time I see this picture I smile. Their joy is infectious, like herpes.
- Sparky
Paul, I surely do wish I had a beach in my back yard!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Sparky, I'm going to have this blown up to poster-size and attaching it to the ceiling above our bed. That'll cause some infections!
- Akiva Moskovitz
makes me want to grow a rack and diddle with my own, know what I'm saying?
- sofarsoShawn
this. . . .this. . . ugh . . . so fucking wrong.
- Peter Ghosh
Akiva - you can put anything you want above our bed.
- Sparky
i've been trying to formulate a comment for this for days, but i just...can't.
- joey
I still want to know the motivation here. is this a gay marriage argument? or are we already pushing group social contracts on friendfeed?
- Noah David Simon
oh man this one keeps popping up on ma friendfeed,....must spread virus nao
- Chris Hofmann
I'm surprised no one's noticed old boy's red-framed glasses.
- Akiva Moskovitz
oh right... the glasses are so important when three asian men are licking his nipples and all the comments are by people who think gay marriage has something to do with equality... when it has everything to do with taking protections away from children. the red glass glasses.... um yeah. chicken and Oklahoma with milk
- Noah David Simon
Mark, you have uncovered the dark underbelly of humanity except in this case it isn't dark but is rather a pasty hue somewhere in the vicinity of undercooked flan.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm thinking that eventually, it will have been hidden by every user on FriendFeed. It'll be the most hidden post in FriendFeed history.
- Akiva Moskovitz
WHY WHY KEEP BRINGING BACK THE EYES THEY HURT ME
- Neal Jansons
from IM
Herpes (and this): the gifts that keep on giving.
- Sparky
I wonder if the FriendFeed guys see this and say to themselves, 'Well, this isn't exactly what we had in mind when we started started FriendFeed.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
I look at it and think, "Not again."
- Steven Perez
from IM
Just about the time you FF is getting some class .. Oh well we is what we is.
- Brent - Loving Life
I can't believe after all this time some diligent FF'er hasn't dug up the identities (I said "titties") of this bunch and invited them to join the service that made them famous. Mitchell Tsai, get to work!
- Sprague D
i think if you unlike and delete all your comments anna it'll go away, but hide in general would be nice too (this photo makes me smile every time it pops up so don't mind it)...
- mike "glemak" dunn
*sigh* This is never going away, is it? It's gonna end up like James Bond movies and Swedish meatballs - always existing in the same form. never diminshing, never forgotten. :( :( :(
- Steven Perez
from IM
It will go away, to be replaced with photoshops of the original. It's all part of the meme lifecycle.
- Sparky
I am too new on friendfeed to know anything about record comments.. I love gmail tho, puts all the comments in one threaded email and I can delete them all later in one shot or not if I choose..
- David Gross
from email
well we should aim to beat the record.. i mean jeez there are tons of things that could be said about this.. like.. does it taste like chicken?
- ed fry
I'm gonna have nightmares now. thanks ed. ;)
- Alejandro
ok, in Japanese: "an, an, soko dame!"
- Rick Cogley
You can't close this thread. A lot of people say that this place is a Scoble-fest but, truly, it is this thread that is at the very heart of FriendFeed.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm officially going to proclaim that this is the FF equivalent of Goatse or FFoatse if you will. Lets all refer to it as that from this point forward.
- Mark Krynsky
Sparky has left 57 comments. The rest of you are slacking. Hop to it!
- Christopher Harley
Chrisitan just walked by and said "It's too early in the morning for Japanese titty licking." It's NEVER too early for Japanese titty licking.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
THIS is the first thing I see here this morning?
- l0ckergn0me
Chris, you just woke up? C'mon, man! It's 10:30!
- Akiva Moskovitz
I knew he would break eventually - it's fitting that it's on this thread *now to find out how to hide a thread once you've commented....*
- WorldofHiglet
As much as I am loathe to bump this post, I have to do it to say, You, sir, are a master. Well played, sir. Well played. This is why I take every opportunity to say, in my next life, I want to be Akiva. I've already called it! Don't anybody go getting any more ideas.
- ♥patricia♥
I, for one, refuse to "bump" posts...it's very unseemly...
- Live4Emma (L4S)
I wish FF-search allowed to do GROUP BY -aggregations so I could COUNT(*) who are the biggest *bump*ers. :)
- Jemm
Makes me laugh everytime I see it. Such a happy yet silly scene by the sea.
- Toby Graham
There is nothing silly about it. This is serious business.
- Sparky
The more I see this, the more I like it. Not for the ironic nipple-licking, but because these kids are genuinely enjoying themselves. :) Carry on.
- felicious
This photo looks so much better in iPhone 3.0!#!~
- Akiva Moskovitz
Seriously dude. What do I have to do to get rid of this disgusting picture!? Doh! Now I've just pushed it back to the top... yuck, I'm so sickened.
- Jason Nunnelley
I love this image, because I have no clue why it's happening. Randomness FTW!!
- Jimminy Fuller
from twhirl
I'm just thinking of all the new folks coming to friend feed and see this and wonder just what the hell did I get into anyway? And why in Gods name can't I spell Friend correctly the first time - GRRRRRR
- Brent - Loving Life
Can't believe I never hit 'like' on this! Consider the situation rectumfied.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Oops! I hope I didn't just bump this up again... ;-)
- Sprague D
It's just so refreshing to see genuine juvenile humour at work. These kids are no different from any other, I think it's a great happy image, given all the other shite happening in this world on a daily basis. For those that are too pompous and prudish, 'up yours with brass knobs'
- ImJustCreative
Wow. 666. Nice! Actually, the reason Asashoryu is getting a divorce ( http://ff.im/4T0UA ), is because he wants to spend time with this lot.
- Rick Cogley
To this day, the pic still comes back. Just like Herpes. :D
- Danny Minick
Although unlike herpes this photo is fun to share with friends.
- Sparky
I would rather go to http://woot.com and buy the Acer Aspire One for $259.99, I do not care that it is a refurb.. but what would I do with two laptops? Maybe #hive knows? hmm..
- David Gross
from email
What's this? A real question in this thread? Two extra laptops? Make them fancy digital photo frames.
- Jordan Hofker
Reason #696 why the Internet can grant you immortality. ;-)
- darnell
from BuddyFeed
I can't believe this thing is still floating around Friendfeed. These poor guys... ha ha ha
- Bradley Farless
@SeanMcGee sorry about the spam, this thread is sorta spammy.. I get the messages in email perfect for replying with any message because it then gets posted on twitter and facebook.. I do not do it all the time, look at my other posts in this stream..
- David Gross
from email
Lactating, males last resort to save ourselves, now that they can create sperm in labs.
- Jimminy Fuller
This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started feeding it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue feeding it forever just because...This is the thread that...
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- David Gross
from email
I have 89 :( emails since july 10th.. that includes the ones I sent.
- David Gross
from email
gmail comes in handy, it keeps all the email in conversations, 100 messages at a time but because the subject " :( " it will not filter out so they dont go to inbox.
- David Gross
from email
*THOUGHT FOR THE DAY...* Women are like phones: They like to be held, talked to, and touched often. But push the wrong button and your ass is disconnected.
- David Gross
from email
all this oral stuff is just begging the question of when do they start with the money shots?
- Noah David Simon
I just use this image as a way to announce crap. no one really pays attention to my feed... except my enemies. so when I have something important to say I tell the Asian Titty lickers. it is my strong belief that this thread needs it's very own domain name. something like http://xrl.us/TittyLickers
- Noah David Simon
You know, every time this pops up, since FF hides the middle of the comments of which there are 804 or so, I see Akiva say "I'm sorry." at the top. It makes me wonder about how some things are just not possible to apologize for!
- Rick Cogley
wow, I can't believe tomorrow is Friday :o) no, wait, somewhere in the world it's ALREADY Friday :o)
- David Gross
from email
Thanks Rick, thats what I thought.. does that mean I can start with the #followfriday on twitter or do I have to wait till it is Friday here in NJ? would be funny to post it from this post LOL all my friendfeed goes to twitter..
- David Gross
from email
David - yeah, you can get an early start.
- Rick Cogley
Rick, I am not good at lists or #followfriday but there are lotsa good people in this thread.
- David Gross
from email
the thing that strikes me about this (aside from the obvious) is after seeing this thing pop up like 35-40 times since March its just occurred to me that I don't have any (guy) friends that a) would lick my nipples b) would lick my nipples for a photograph. Maybe I should get out more...
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
I'm a little scared that I've this has gotten more than 800 comments and almost 200 likes over nearly five months and I still haven't clicked "Hide."
- Scott of Two Countries
It's just a bit of fun. I mean watching how many comment, not the picture content (although I suspect that is all that was too!)
- Ian May
Allright, you guys ready to shoot "mirth and girth"?
- Rick Cogley
For the life of me, I'll never understand the emotion people have around this picture for or against. There's no nudity at all, not even implied nudity. Less dude nudity than a beer commercial or cigarette ad, yet there are people who really really really hate this picture.
- Matthew DeVries
I found a way to get a Tit Theme, and it involves this picture.
- Jimminy Fuller
Hahahaha! It's like a telethon. And after Joey Bishop goes off stage, they flash this picture on the screen. "Won't you think of the CHILDREN?"
- Spidra Webster
It's been a while, hope the magnetism still prevails...
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
I just had to bump this once more... gives me a whole new excuse to go look at Phoebe again!
- Mark "Mr Bolivious" J
Hmmm, where do you think they're from? My guess is Japan...
- sofarsoShawn
The bumping algorithm includes things like novel people posting to it, in addition to thread age, and rapidity of comments. If the same 3 people are talking in a thread, it quits bumping because it's obviously a closed tea party.
- Matthew DeVries
I forgot, also you're a very handsome guy(saw the wedding images), I don't understand why you don't like to share your face. Rochelle is a lucky lady.
- Jimminy Fuller
Jimminy, it's an irrational phobia. No different than people who are afraid of heights, spiders, clowns, or Canada.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, now I'm LMAO at the fear of Canada. People are actually afraid of Canada, or just the fact they don't know if they're British or French?
- Jimminy Fuller
I don't think even Canadians know that difference.
- Akiva Moskovitz
If Friendfeed had sound .. this thread would be all licks and slurps
- Mattb4rd
Sorry Akiva, I think it was the display picture.. I have known male and female Akivas.. Oh and by the way guys I am not afraid of Canada LOL will be there this weekend.. Dave Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes...> - "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day."
- David Gross
from email
I popped the 666 cherry and I will get 1000 also.
- Jimminy Fuller
If it gets to 1000 will Akiva lock it so it can sink from our feeds forever? Please?!?
- WorldofHiglet
I think locking this post would be un-FriendFeedian.
- Jason, Mosquito
This is the immortal post everyone who uses the service must see it so WoH it just wouldn't be good to lock it.
- Jimminy Fuller
Not everyone see's it, only the people with true class do.
- Sparky
It keeps on going and going and going....
- David Gross
from email
In the Hall of Great Posts at the FriendFeed museum, this shall be hung high on the wall with pride.
- Johnny Worthington
I'M THE ROCK AND ROLL CLOWN.. AND I LIKE COCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINE
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
*Wispering to Murderface* "Seriously man, I do... A LOT of cocaine."
- Matt Stoddard
It is now September 1st, and this has not reached 1000 comments. I am sorely disappointed. Yet, for some reason, I am uplifted by the smile of this young man, who was fortunate enough to have such great friends that fateful day on the beach.
- Josh Haley
Quick let's add some comments... Gee that guy on the far left is not really getting into the swing of things is he?
- Travis Koger
Travis... bear in mind that we don't know what "main chubby guy's" right hand is doing, or where it's doing whatever it's doing...
- Mark "Mr Bolivious" J
BUT WE CAN INFER WHAT "MAIN CHUBBY GUY'S" HANDS ARE DOING. BOTH OF THEM.
- Sparky
@Mark, of interest (well not really) is the location of Front Left guy's left hand.
- Travis Koger
The photo of Akiva in the jacuzzi with the Texas A&M cheerleaders would be so much more popular. Now if only someone would post it.
- Christopher Harley
Noooooooooooooooooooooo! Posted March 1st and we are still enduring the wrath! "Akiva's posts, now with more staying power than ever before!"
- Nicholas Kreidberg
YAY! OVER 1000 COMMENTS BLAAAARGBLBLLB
- Josh Haley
It feels like Groundhog Day whenever I see this.
- Andru Edwards
Except that unlike Groundhog Day this is AWESOME!
- Sparky
This thread was how I discovered Akiva. ROFL... Y.M.C.A.! BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP! GAZE AT IT! DON'T LOOK AWAY! >:O I SED DON'T LOOK AWAY!!! ... ^_^
- Danny Minick
You have nothing to fear - I never look away.
- Sparky
On Fark, there was this one thread, that just kept growing and growing. On Fark, it was a single page per thread. And you could post images and gif inline. Well the thread wouldn't die, people just kept posting. I forget which one it was. Anyway, it got so monsterous, that few people going to read/post to it per day (which was only a handfull) accounted for 1/3 of the server load of the site. They eventually had to cull that thread.
- Matthew DeVries
I think everyone who has participated in this thread has 'culled' themselves privately.
- Akiva Moskovitz
What with all the copycat images this has inspired I hope our muse continues to stick around and not get lost in the shuffle of so many knockoffs.
- Sparky
SHUT UP SPARKY!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111!!!!
- Andru Edwards
I refuse to shut up about the glory that is this thread. REFUSE.
- Sparky
Yes, Vezquex, I'm jealous of those guys, it is warm there, nothing like a warm beatch..
- David Gross
from email
Yes, Sparky, they do not know how good they have it there frolicking on the beach while we freeze up here.. Hard to believe it is only 49 degrees, feels like 29.. I bet it's at least 85 degrees on that beach.
- David Gross
from email
Anyone who doesn't appreciate this thread is clearly not developing a FriendFeed iPhone client because this is a great stress test case. (It crashes BuddyFeed, by the way.)
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Also it exercises the crap out of your thumb trying to scroll down to the bottom of it.
- Akiva Moskovitz
from iPhone
Do you need to appreciate the pic in order to appreciate the thread?
- Travis Koger
If I un-collapse this thread, will it break my computer?
- Eivind
Every time this thread gets a bumped, god kills a kitten
- Matthew DeVries
Matthew, you may have given some people more reason to keep bumping this thread.
- Victor Ganata
How does it give you thumb exercise? Whatever you're doing, why don't you either use the keyboard or switch to Linux so you can middle-click the scrollbar to jump to where you want? :P
- Tanath
actually this thread does not bother me because I get it in email and gmail groups them and starts new thread after every 100 comments. I have it autoarchived so I do not have to see on phone lol and just see when I look at my ffeed label in gmail.
- David Gross
from email
disgusting? HOW DARE YOU, SIR! That is j-love! and it's beautiful (in it's own way.. a way that shouldn't be seen in public)
- Kyle Johnson
this is probably the most popular feed of 2009 in FF. lol.
- Bora Mesut PALAS
I think the one where Robert Scoble gave away money easily beats this one, but this post has staying power. ;-)
- Jason, Mosquito
I think that Chinese at FF post was a marriage proposal thing. They were all trying to bump the guy's photo so that it would be the first thing his girlfriend would see when she logged onto FF.
- Kamilah Gill
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, 1 salty beach, 2 pairs of glasses, 3 lords a licking, 4 chubby men, 5 santa hats(O_o), 6 rolls of fat, 7 ????, and 8 moobs to view.
- Jimminy Fuller
Hey, I'd be willing to let random guys suck on my nipples if it meant I'd lose all my extra weight. *waits for wiseass random guys to suggest it DOES mean that*
- Spidra Webster
נתתי לו למצוץ את הפטמות שלי, אם לתת להם לשחק על החוף. לפחות לא כל כך קר על החוף.
- David Gross
from email
@Raphael I am not amused. That's an abuse of an idea that could have resulted in people tagging some of the best educational threads on friendfeed, to filter the best most intelligent conversations to be found here. Don't spoil it, not even as a joke.
- April Russo (app103)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! YOU GUYS ARE ALL SO GORGEOUS WITH CHISELED BODIES!!!
- sofarsoShawn
http://twitter.com/niczak -- I tweet about the following: Programming, databases, parenting, living & enjoying life, and involvement in lots of local activities here in Northern Nevada.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
I have most of you (didn't have Valeria for some reason, but just added), mine is http://twitter.com/jungleg -- see you on the other side ;)
- Jorge Escobar
http://twitter.com/dennis_... (don't forget the underscore) What do I tweet about? Tech, fiction, art, music, politics, comics, and of course my fiction. Occasionally some Seattle or Bremerton related stuff. I also have TwitterFeed tweet my blogs, and I always tweet from Flickr.
- Dennis Jernberg
i post about film and television editing/post production, I'm a bit of a gadget nerd, and i like anything funny on the web. i love followers... http://twitter.com/toddzelin
- Todd Zelin
I'm sure you're all interesting but following 6,000 is my limit. ; )
- Liz
http://twitter.com/cgranier - I tweet about many things -usually tech-oriented, reply to everyone who @'s me, and have lately been posting a lot about #FreeMediaVE, bringing attention to the struggle against communism in Venezuela. Feel free to follow me. @ me for a quick follow back. No spammers please.
- Carlos Granier-Phelps
Thank you all. I hope at least some follow me back else I'll hit my follower limit soon. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
http://identi.ca/andyc Microblog about all sorts but mainly OMB and how much I dislike inferior legacy services. No names, no packdrill.
- Andy C
http://twitter.com/Felter i tweet about all, but i don't retweet my FF message. From twitter to FF only. if you follow me in FF, you can read my tweet.
- Felter Roberto
from twhirl
You know, you could have just started feeding in your tweets here and achieved the same, right? Or would that have been too subtle?
- Mr. Gunn
http://twitter.com/glitterpoet Don't mean to offend but it's usually not religious. Porn, drinking,dancing, music,makeup....I still do healing work. I just don't talk about it much anymore.
- Gabrielle V
My twitter stream is the typical... random thought bubbles, food porn pics, and shared items relating to technology, politics, and $$$. http://twitter.com/sean808080 is where you find me. Oh and I like unicorns and fairy dust.
- sean808080
@fossilhuntress or fossilmaitress (I kept getting my email cracked and getting locked out hence the duplicate); all content, linked to digg, delicious... mostly science, paleo and random banter...
- Fossil Huntress
http://twitter.com/wangyip - mostly stuff from FF (tech, startups, web apps, sometimes things about math, medicine, fitness) - I've followed a few here on tech stuff (Edit: Thanks Kol for the thread)
- Wang Yip
http://twitter.com/eoghann... - I post sci-fi news (tv, movies, books or comics I'm probably a fan of it), some tech stuff and the occasional round of venting.
- Eoghann Irving
Verne Troyer's profile on MTV Cribs is realy sad. You can tell he's just a lonely guy who is kinda-bitter-but-coping-and-accepting that his 15 minutes is up, but not terribly happy about it.
his 15 minutes of fame. He's sad-and-slightly-bitter that he is a has-been. That is all.
- veo
Oh him. He got more than 15 minutes, he should be happy. I wasted all 15 minutes of my fame on a few piercings and a publicity stunt for employment.
- Sparky
"And then there’s the flavor. It’s a nice layering of flavors. Key to this recipe’s uniqueness are the notes of citrus and heat/spice that really help to make this dish come to life on your tongue. None of these elements overpower the chicken. Actually, the hint of lime gives the chicken a nice, bright lift. And the five spice marinade and the toss with jalapenos really give the chicken a slight kick of heat in the end."
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
DJF, something that'll compliment both the flannel shirt, or my shoe (should I choose to tie it around my ankle later)
- Joe Pierce
I sense a lot of sarcasm on this thread... *puts away parachute pants*
- SAM
Joe, be careful to check the handkerchief code sheet. something that compliments your shirt may end up attracting attention for which you are unprepared.
- DJF
d, you done with your crimps yet? *hands you the aqua net extra super hold hairspray*
- Marie drinks champagne
Didn't you say that about the Pre? I like Android. Though, I'm not sure how "big" their marketplace is for apps. Hopefully with the new Droid, development will pick up. I may look back at getting into Android development. Though right now, iPhone development is much easier if you're not a big fan of Java.
- John Wang
Yea. But odds are those 10k apps are a lot more useful than the ones on the iPhone App Store no? I would think the developers that are in the Android side, are much more interested in creating things that are useful to themselves than the iPhone's side where there's a ton of them just trying to "get rich."
- John Wang
Of course, quantity and quality are often mutually exclusive
- Mo Kargas
The Android Market is still nascent. There are many gems that get things done, but not many "fun" apps or quality games like at the Apple App store. Otherwise, Android is quickly evolving into a fine mobile OS.
- Adrian
Mini, it can tether as long is it's rooted and running a hacked ROM.
- Adrian
Mona, when are you marrying this Android dude? :P
- imabonehead
I am referring you to the "Cheaters" TV show b/c you are caught!
- Amani
Are we marrying Mona off to an Android team member?
- EricaJoy
from IM
Oh boy - what just happened while I was offline? 1. I am not marrying anyone on the Android team. but more importantly: 2. I refuse to date ANYONE who is active on Twitter, Facebook, or any other social networking site ;)
- Mona Nomura
Given number 2, we could probably make #1 happen. :P (I keed, I keed!)
- EricaJoy
from IM
Hahhahhaah find me someone in finance, please! (just kidding...or maybe not HA)
- Mona Nomura
I so wish I could justify two phones and plans. I would be all over this puppy.
- Martha
Erica - .1% is early termination fee from AT&T and cost justification. I wonder if Verizon'll do a waive activation plus cover cancellation fee special promo this weekend. :P *rolls up negotiation sleeves*
- Mona Nomura
Welcome to DROID. I told you so. :)
- Tudor Bosman
If Moto had their Droid ready at Android launch, I would've NEVER bought the 3GS. I am so excited to see their growth - and totally ditching my iPhone. I feel bad for RIM...
- Mona Nomura
I think 2.0 android is pretty big. 1.0 didn't impress me much. 2.0 looks more promising.
- John Wang
from iPhone
@John Wang: I don't think it's fair to say iPhone development "is much easier if you're not a big fan of Java". Seriously, Android development is really easy with the Eclipse plugin. You barely have to even read the doc -- just take a sample, start typing and hitting ctrl-space a lot to see what your options are on any given object. I really don't care if I "like" the language or not --...
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- Joel Webber
Joel, that is extremely encouraging to hear (from an user perspective) since apps availability and development was something I was concerned about. Good to know.
- Mona Nomura
I really like my Droid, not sure if I love it yet. That said, I have high hopes for the Android OS and support the Open philosophy. I think Android has the greatest opportunities to improve and succeed at this point.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
IMO Android's greatest strength is also it's greatest weakness: multitasking. Nice to have, but slows the device down. It should be easier to kill an app natively instead of having to use a Task Manger.
- LANjackal
from IM
Same issue with Windows Mobile. Not sure why Mobile OSes make killing past processes so difficult.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
I stopped worrying about killing processes since it does a good job of its own. Plus if you keep killing them, it just takes longer to load up services.
- Rodfather
Killing processes is super easy (and viscerally pleasing) on the Pre 8^D
- Chieze Okoye
Seriously? Did you get a Droid too, Yo?
- Mona Nomura
No. I couldn't justify spending $550 on it. :(
- Yolanda
Is it AT&T or the iPhone that's making you switch to Droid?
- John Wang
from iPhone
Both - I was blown away by the snappy responsiveness of Droid and I really miss the push notifications displayed on top. Also, the little things make it fun i.e. the security connect the dots unlocking. The handset itself feels really good in my hand and I think the accelerometer on Droid is more accurate (?) responsive (?) than the iPhone. The keyboard doesn't feel as junky as people...
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- Mona Nomura
I messed around with my friend's Droid. Believe me, I do want one. I loved how much faster it seemed and the display was sharper. I just couldn't get one at the discounted rate and the regular price is just GAH!
- Yolanda
I played with a Droid on sunday and it rocked. I've always been super zealous about the iPhone but 2 years of dropped call and AT&T service has soured me big time. And then, having messed around on a Droid, realized what a quick responsive OS really feels like -- and the download / upload time was easily 10x better than iPhone.
- Marko Bon
I used the DROID exclusively for two weeks when reviewing it. It's a good phone, but it doesn't beat the iPhone in my book. I did say in my review that it's the first true iPhone competitor though, and IMO it's the second-best phone on the market.
- Andru Edwards
Marko - agree on all counts. Dru, I think it's a BB competitor - true business users can finally have a phone that is fun, too. The mail system on iPhones STINK. Android exchange implementation blows Apple's away.
- Mona Nomura
Care to share the original, Mona? Me likey.
- Mark Douglass
my brother-in-law, iPhone guy from day one, just took the side-by-side test in preparation to switch to the Droid, says that lack of multi-touch is a "bigger issue than expected" for him, can't zoom in on web pages. Also says that in comparison the browser is "laggy for swipe-scrolling." But says he loved the keyboard despite the bad press he read about it. ( @docbrody )
- Marko Bon
I have just irrevocably shamed myself by becoming mayor of Taco Bell on Foursquare. And so soon after the Twilight tweet... I need to go live in a hole for a while.
Having never been in a Taco Bell, my impressions of it were: the had a small dog as the mascot, they serve spicy food which presumably involves cheese... This, to me, said 'WIN'. I am not really getting that vibe from this thread however. :P
- Amy
Amy, the funny part is they used to not be this bad (think McTaco and you have a rough idea of the quality today). There was a time when they actually used real meat and beans (cooked in a pressure cooker, blended with a massive stick blender and mixed with a *lot* of lard). Now though it's all dehydrated packages of flakes that turn into beans once you add water. Even the beef is like that. And it's spicy in the same way a cheese pizza is spicy. But it does involve cheese... :)
- Thomas
Oh no Fee! Now you started a Demolition Man quotebomb!
- Dave Friedel
"We're police officers! We're not trained to handle this kind of violence!"
- Dave Friedel
"*snicker* He doesn't know how to use the three sea shells..."
- Thomas
they use meat! just not on everything :)
- Carlos Urrutia
"I can knit a throw rug in my sleep..."
- Thomas
from FreshFeed
"Chief, you can take this job, and you can shovel it."
- Dave Friedel
"Mellow greetings. What seems to be your boggle?"
- Dave Friedel
Thomas: We don't have 'McTaco's :) I don't think I've ever eaten a taco in my life. And tbh the way you described flakes turning into beans when you add water...it sounds like they're using magic, I wouldn't mess with them.
- Amy
Wow, you people remember a lot about Demolition Man!
- Amy
As someone who works for a company that provides the "meat" for Taco Bell. Maybe we're all better for not eating the ground beef. The chicken and steak are more or less fine though.
- Jerry Perez
I recommend you spend the extra 15 cents and upgrade to steak next time you go. : )
- Jerry Perez
I love the sauce pack quotes :) Once, I grabbed on of each sauce without looking closely and I ended up getting the same quote on all of them :)
- Carlos Urrutia
I had one of those combo stores with a KFC/Taco bell inside close to my apartment in NYC, but now its a popeyes. I mean I like popeyes, but... :)
- Ferdinand Perez
lol, dont put the blame on me! Unless Veronica liked it, then yea it was all my idea! :p
- Fee501st
"Veronica Belmont you have been fined 1 credit for violation of the decency code..."
- Dave Friedel
Well I'm off to Del Taco (and I'm not kidding).
- Dave Friedel
Actually feeling like a burger myself.
- Jerry Perez
she be all all week folks, tip your waitress!
- Fee501st
If I remember correctly, the beef is made out of a beef heart (used mostly as fish food) and oatmeal mixture. And remember, just because you go there, doesn't mean you have to 4square it, lol. Mcdonalds has "Mayor McCheese" what is the mayor of Taco Bell called?
- echostreamer
epic. also boo, Jerry, for ruining the meat for me. :( I was fine with my fantasies of it being real ground beef. LOL.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Of course you can cancel that shame out by getting and watching the new Star Trek Bluray :) Oh, and a box of Tim Tam's to make up for Taco Hell food:)
- Carlos Urrutia
Taco Bell is the best place to eat...if you're constipated.
- imabonehead
Actually, we grade our beef with certain levels. We classify Taco Bell ground beef one level above dog food, which we also produce. Which would explain why my dog just absolutely loves Taco Bell.
- Jerry Perez
Just been "Bazinga-ed" by Veronica : )
- Jerry Perez
Hey Jerry Perez ,or Jerry "the Butcher" Perez - Isnt Taco Bell meat made of beef heart which is a popular fish food? Also Mayor of Taco Bell is a great title. "The Bell" Rulz! (six pack hard shell, a taco salad and 3 chicken supreme tacos soft shell.)
- echostreamer
Thomas: lol! I don't think that'd be classed as 'good' news
- Amy
I dunno, Amy. Someone talking about how their voodoo head shrinking training was going might say it like that. Ditto for someone who was *desperately* trying to fit in that one, perfect hat...
- Thomas
There is a Seinfeld line here somewhere... (PS, WAHOO!)
- Johnny Worthington
Sarah, I just read on your blog about what you're going thru. Congrats on the shrinkage and on scoring the meds you need until 2099 :) Get Better soon!
- Gunny doesn't side-hug™
Very happy to hear that. Stay strong. Hopefully the shrinkage will continue and you'll be off those meds sooner than later!
- Jim Bednarz
Skip. And not just because it's chocolate. Mostly because it's homemade and most of my former coworkers were gross. And unwrapped in an office fridge makes me gag.
- Admiral Anika
I didn't eat it, but I did wonder (1) why was it in the fridge? (2) why was it unwrapped? (3) who was eating it over the course of the day?
- Martha
Agree. That is why my meetups are ALWAYS in places where you can here people, and of enough length that you can get past the whole "business" side of things!
- Andru Edwards
Awwww chea!!!! This is gonna be another awesome event, the only overnight event of it's kind. If you are local, I hope to see you there!
- Andru Edwards
from Bookmarklet
"It is a well-known fact that the homosexuals have been secretly working to subvert American laws for quite some time, but the new violent turn has surprised many people (other than myself). It may have its roots in the political loss in Maine, where voters unanimously said they hate the gay lifestyle that has been overrunning their state with bed & breakfast hotels and antique shops for years. In the past, homosexuals have thrilled at outlaw sex, whether it’s hard up against a wall in 1950s public restrooms, in the 1960s in Manhattan’s West Side piers where orgies of horny, drug-addled libertines would rape each other until dawn or even in the coke-fueled 70s where big hair and flared slacks didn’t prevent them from spraying their sticky seed showers from San Francisco to Savannah"
- Sparky
from Bookmarklet
"Lately, the gays have become obsessed with homosexual marriage. They have tried to bribe numerous politicians with fundraising campaigns, political action committees and threats of voting in blocks to pursue this perverted un-Constitutional agenda. With musky thrill of a few wrongheaded victories, the gays have pushed harder, demanding greater visibility on network television,...
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- Sparky
Wow, that article is a special kind of crazy. I hope you don't think this is a typical Christian viewpoint...
- Nate True
Nate - not in the slightest. It is however the viewpoint of a frightening minority of Christians. Sadly much as a few Muslim terrorists give the religion a bad name so doth a few whackjob hate-filled Christians give the other followers of Christ a stigma of hatred and intolerance.
- Sparky
This kills me: "...drug-addled libertines would rape each other until dawn or even in the coke-fueled 70s where big hair and flared slacks didn’t prevent them from spraying their sticky seed showers from San Francisco to Savannah..." Really, Christians?
- Derrick
Good to know. @chriscardinal says Christwire is actually a satire site too.
- Nate True
It also disturbs me how ready we are to believe this whole article is the real opinion of someone.
- Nate True
Nate - that's very true. Sadly it's hard to spot satire when there are a lot of folks out there who really do have those beliefs.
- Sparky
(proof comes from the community I grew up in that just voted 70% against civil rights for gay people, and in polling would have done the same for ethnic minorities - I've lived through Christian hatred, but also experienced a warm embrace from others)
- Sparky
Hmmm. My work proxy blocks christwire.org. Not sure how I feel about that.
- Sam Carlson
Andru speaks truth! Nate, Andru, Akiva, Rochelle, Joeybean, my parents, and many others are proof that Christians can be warm, loving, and accepting people. It's just sad that not all Christians share that positive world view.
- Sparky
Sparky, huh? Did you forget that Akiva and I are Jewish? That means not Christian.
- Rochelle
Isn't Jewish a subset(superset?) of Christian? I realize it's more differentiated than Catholic or whatnot, but to my mind it's all part of the same group of people who believe in the same god, and follow the same bible (or at least the old testament), right? Or am I grossly misinformed?
- Sparky
Long story short: Christians don't follow Torah and Jews don't believe in Jesus. We worship the same deity, however. I might suggest that if you don't know the difference between Jews and Christians, you might not want to talk about religion.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I would opposite-suggest that if you don't know the difference between Jews and Christians, it is important that you ask questions and learn about religion!
- Nate True
I recognize that they are separate entities, but doesn't worshiping the same god mean they are the same religion? What defines a religion? Is it the god, or the dogma surrounding the god?
- Sparky
Good point, Nate. Thus I would co-suggest that, before you talk about religion, you learn about it first.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Sparky, a lot of things make religions different. Do you know that Muslims also worship the same deity?
- Akiva Moskovitz
I didn't. I thought Muslims worshiped a single god akin to Christiantiy, but that it was a separate god. *cues the More You Know graphic*
- Sparky
So wait - the clash between Muslims, Jews, and Christians is all about interpretation of the same god then? That seems like a petty difference to kill people over.
- Sparky
It is petty to fight over, but you know how us humans fight over petty things all the time, right? (Irony point, it's also the same God whom atheists claim doesn't exist.)
- Nate True
This conversation has never taken place before now?
- Christopher Harley
Sparky, there's far more to it than just that.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Sparky: Jews and Christians both (at least claim to) worship the Semitic deity Yahweh. Jews think that their favorite deity is in fact one entity, whereas Christians think Yahweh is both one, and three.
- Christopher A Carr
For the record, Jews never refer to G-d by the name that Christopher Carr just used. Just sayin'.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Nate - slight difference. Atheists don't claim a particular god doesn't exist, we believe no god exists.
- Sparky
But the claim that no god exists *is* a claim that any particular god doesn't exist.
- Nate True
And add to that the majority of atheist argument is against the Judeo-Christian-Islam God existing, despite the preponderance of evidence I'd be happy to discuss with you.
- Nate True
Sparky, Occam's razor suggests that the real reasons people kill each other are not the stated ones.
- Bruce Lewis
from fftogo
I grew up in a Jewish home, as a Christian. It's interesting to see the things that kinda got brushed aside. Like how just about all Jewish words that address God are plural words in the language.
- Andru Edwards
As for atheism, I think it is silly that we know so LITTLE about the universe...hell, we JUST found water on the MOON that has been there all this time. We discover new species of things on this planet all the time...and yet people can say that they are 100% sure there is no God. That nowhere in the vast space of the cosmos can there be a God somewhere. Then when you wanna talk about...
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- Andru Edwards
I'm not 100% certain there is no god. I have 0 proof there is no god. I just don't have proof that there is either.
- Sparky
That sounds more like agnostic to me than atheist.
- Nate True
Don't take it as me addressing you specifically, I just mean the ones I have talked to about this particular subject - which I don't think I have with you. That said, typically atheists I have talked to *ARE* sure that there is 100% no God out there at all, period. They don't care to hear any proof you may have.
- Andru Edwards
I'm agnostic with atheist leanings. I generally stay away from all religions though as the *only* times in my life I have been subject to hatred it has been in the name of religion. That's not specific to Christianity, Judaism, or whatnot - it's "Religion". By the same token I recognize that hatred is not a direct result of religion as I've also met a large number of religious people who lack that characteristic.
- Sparky
I've yet to meet an atheist that can prove to me that G-d doesn't exist. Yet they're usually more certain about it than most theists are that G-d does exist. Takes a lot of faith to be an atheist, I guess.
- Akiva Moskovitz
So my lack of faith makes me an agnostic? I don't believe in anything that can't be proved. This (currently) includes God, as well as not-God. If anyone could produce what summed up to convincing evidence either way I'd be happy to change my opinion in this matter, but I've never seen either a religious person or a 'devout atheist' do this yet.
- Sparky
Let's talk at Mind Camp. I would like to present to you what I believe to be a compelling case.
- Nate True
Why do people never include the Zoroastrians in discussions of monotheism? :)
- Victor Ganata
I've always thought it's because when people say 'religion', they usually mean 'Christianity'. 'I hate religion!' 'Oh, really? What have the Hindus done to you lately?' 'Uh...'
- Akiva Moskovitz
I still think you all need to come to a Pastafarianism church.
- CW™
Let's define--Agnostic: "God cannot be known." Atheist: "Pending sufficient evidence, I do not believe in a god." Some would argue that an agnostic holds to a more stringent dogma than that of an atheist. Any atheist who says they know 100% that there is no god is not only a rarity but also an idiot. Most atheists are "weak atheists," who simply claim no positive believe in any gods. There are some who have a positive claim that god doesn't exist, but again, this is rare.
- Neil Estep
Niel: I'd fall into the weak atheist category by your definition then, although with a little agnostic thrown in. To my mind if god did exist how could us mere mortals possibly comprehend such a being.
- Sparky
Atheism: One who disbelieves or denies the existence of God or gods.
- Brenda Ferguson
Agnosticism: 1. One who believes that it is impossible to know whether there is a God. 2. One who is skeptical about the existence of God but does not profess true atheism.
- Brenda Ferguson
Neil, you're not correct. Both definitions you gave above are Agnostic. Let's break it down: Atheism is a belief system that there is absolutely no god, period. There is no proof that would convince, there is no reason to even discuss it, the universe is a hollow deterministic shell. end of story. Notice that this is a BELIEF system, not a proof system. It takes just as much faith to be...
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- veo
Heh, well the last of those three positions is basically Pascal's wager, which from certain perspectives is actually quite logical :)
- Victor Ganata
Victor, all these positions make sense to those who hold them. I wasn't aware of Pascal's wager until you just mentioned it. You're right, they are basically the same position. I find it the most wishy washy however because basically it's just someone hedging their bets. They don't believe honestly but are going to play along anyway JUST IN CASE. But whatever works for an individual is ultimately fine with me but for some reason that stance irritates me...it seems kind of duplicitous.
- veo
It's funny how much time we spend defining terms like agnostic, atheist, Jew, Christian, Muslim, etc. The fact is that every person has a swirl of beliefs that may generally coincide with one or more of the broad terms but is nonetheless unique, and the beliefs of an individual are in constant flux, changing as we learn new things.
- Nate True
Nate, I agree with you. With the possible exception of a minority of staunch hardcore fundamentalists, I can only imagine everyone's individual religious milieu is in constant flux, influenced by the ebb and flow of life experiences. I know mine is. But it's also helpful to clearly define various landmarks and goal posts in that space. Thats what Philosophers and Theologists have been doing for centuries.
- veo
Yes, there is a spectrum among agnostics and atheists. However, the definitions I offered above represent the lowest common denominator. And Brenda's definitions back up those definitions. Weak atheism is also known as Agnostic atheism, and it falls in that spectrum. And Brenda's definitions back up those definitions. Veo, you're right to some extent. However, atheism is not a "belief...
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- Neil Estep
That's a contradiction. "There is no doctrine to which atheists unwaveringly subscribe" and "There is no single underlying thread among them other than a lack of belief in any gods". I'm also not understanding your distinction between "lack of a belief in any god" and "belief of lack of any god" - the latter is what atheists are known for, but you seem to be asserting that the former is...
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- Nate True
Nate, please explain where you see the contradiction. There is most certainly a distinction between a negative claim ("I don't believe in any gods"--weak atheism) and a positive claim ("I believe there aren't any gods"--strong atheism). For one thing, someone making a positive claim is charged with proving that claim. One recognizes that there is a claim and does not subscribe to that...
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- Neil Estep
Many, yes, because you kept pointing to your faith in the scientific establishment.
- Nate True
Science is a fact. Mind you, science doesn't preclude god, but neither does god preclude science. At least not for those religious folks that choose not to take the bible (or their religions equivalent) on a literal word for word basis.
- Sparky
And I mean in the context in which you're using it in your sentence, Nate.
- Neil Estep
That's a weird thing to say. Science is a field of study, and cannot be falsified nor truthified. And I define faith as trust or reliance in something, which is the Biblical definition (though later in the Bible it is used as "the faith" meaning Christian church)
- Nate True
Some philosophers have argued that that's precisely what separates science from metaphysics: scientific theories CAN be falsified, if an observation contradicts the hypothesis. That's the key: observations must be replicable, and correct theories have to be right 100% of the time, otherwise they're not correct. There is still a degree of faith in science, since there's probably not...
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- Victor Ganata
Nate, Science is a logical methodology, not a "field of study" and models of the universe developed with science can in fact be objectively verified by observation or proven false. Basically what Victor said. Science also has the power to make PREDICTIONS which can then be acted upon or experimented against and get concrete, repeatable results. Science is much more rigorous then...
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- veo
haha, and with that, this thread has officially gone pear-shaped.
- veo
Sometimes I just want to post the first couple of chapters of The God Delusion in threads like this. Atheism and Agnosticism can be pretty interchangeable as it relates to many nonbelievers, except calling ourselves Agnostic gets people to keep from trying to convert us. Also, you can't prove a negative, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Invisible Pink Unicorns on the Far Side of the Moon, yadda, yadda...
- Rob Haas
You CAN prove a negative (this is why we no longer believe phlogiston or the lumeniferous aether exists), but the absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence :)
- Victor Ganata
Veo, I do not argue with your definition of science; I misspoke when saying it was a field of study. I do want to make the distinction, however, that science and scientists are different - scientists are people, and all people are and always have been subject to irrationality and emotionality that clouds our rational judgment. So while science and the scientific method may be pure ways of achieving reason and rationality, no person is able to fully implement it in all aspects of their life.
- Nate True
Nate, some would argue that that's the beauty of science: it doesn't depend on people, it just depends on replicable observations. So while the observations may be made by people who can be irrational and emotional, repeated consistent observations by multiple different people tend to cancel those things out.
- Victor Ganata
An excellent point Nate. Science is infallible, however scientists are highly fallible. That being said the pursuit of science (and thus truth) is a valid one, even if the pursuers don't usually achieve the absolute truth they seek.
- Sparky
I definitely wouldn't say that the scientific method is infallible. Science has led us into some dead ends (like, again, phlogiston and the lumeniferous aether) but science has also managed to figure out that those were mistakes, and move on.
- Victor Ganata
Nate, that is a valid point but I agree with Sparky and Victor. Even a scientist who is an absolute failure of a human who lacks all personal morals and redeeming quality can do good science. If their research/experiment/discovery is repeatable and proves/disproves something new for scientific knowledge, the whole scientific realm moves forward based on an updated factual understanding...
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- veo
"Sometimes simple is best. Whole wheat dough, olive oil, a tiny bit of tomato sauce, green chiles, chorizo, mozzerella & jack cheese with a little cojita crumbled over the top. 500 degrees on a pizza stone. Oh Baby!"
- Derrick
from Bookmarklet
Bring on the food porn Now.. You won't get my stomach aroused. I've just had my lunch. Do it now, rather than at 8pm Pacific time, which is 11pm here, and when I should think about bed, and not late-night refrigerator-raiding missions.
- Ian May
Yes, subscribing to FriendFeed piles on the pounds LOL
- Ian May
I DO NOT APPROVE OF THE ORDER OF YOUR ICONS. Except for the OmniFocus one; that's where I have mine, too.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I alter my settings a lot. I have everything grouped by context. Time up top, location in row below, information row below that, three media icons down the right side, then the bottom 8 are my 90% use apps
- Sparky
Settings isn't in the #1 spot. From my perspective, Omnifocus is, because when holding an iPhone with your right hand, Omnifocus is easiest to get to with your thumb, while settings is hardest ;) Amiright???
- Andru Edwards
Agreed - the top row is the least frequently used. Omnifocus is the easiest app to hit, with Mail, Beefive, Friendfeed, Safari, and Byline all being close seconds for ease of opening with a single thumb.
- Sparky
Heh, the bottom row of my home screen is EMPTY. I don't like too much clutter.
- Akiva Moskovitz
p.p.s. I've spent more on iPhone apps than an iPhone costs. HELP ME MORE!
- Sparky
I also tend to use Spotlight more lately for finding apps than swapping screens around and hunting for icons.
- Akiva Moskovitz
That makes your home screen harder to use though - you have to reach your thumb above the bottom third where it comfortably rests. Heck - the settings, clock, calendar, and camera are on there as much to pad down the bottom row as to be used.
- Sparky
Who do I look like to you? Stephen Hawking? I don't mind moving my thumb an extra inch or two if it satisfies my organizational predilections.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva - spotlight is useful, but more effort for frequently accessed apps. 80% of my use of my iPhone is on the first two screens and it's quicker to use those by flipping to a screen and hitting an icon. For most of the other screens I use Spotlight though.
- Sparky
Next time I see you, I'm going to punch you in the mouth.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I use Spotlight quite a bit, and you dont leave to leave the bottom third sparky! You swipe, and then type on the keyboard, which I do normally anyway. Usually 2-3 keys and there your app is! For management, I jailbroke purely so I could use folders. I created one folder for games, so all the games don't take up valuable home screen goodness. Oh, and also for SBsettings which is a HUGE timesaver for me.
- Andru Edwards
"Just hearing the words "sloppy joe" from my mother used to send us kids into a tizzy. There was something wonderfully fun about getting to eat a burger/sandwich that was messy by design. I've been waiting to make this when my nephew was in town because sloppy joes really are a quintessential kid food. Well the kid is here, and after he explained to me that he didn't like tomatoes with his hamburger and he wanted his onions on top, and I explained to him that sloppy joes are made with the onions mixed in with the beef, and he eats spaghetti so what's wrong with tomatoes, anyway?, he relented. And when called to dinner he ate the whole thing (with high praise), even though he had been making and eating s'mores all day. (Wouldn't touch the coleslaw though. Kids. Lest you think we are the ones feeding him s'mores, he knows how to make them himself and sneaks into the kitchen when we aren't looking.)"
- Steven Perez
from Bookmarklet
We've been having these lately. The original Sloppy Joe's sauce in a can is always on the shelf at the Dollar Store. For some reason I can't resist it.
- Laura Norvig
Derrick - some do. Brownface is becoming more and more popular with some of them, too, and not just on Halloween. I know of more than one that has had a "Tacos & Tequila" party. It is very uncool.
- Katy S