I understand the cathartic need to vent. I understand that sometimes you want to vent about something that you don't want anyone else seeing. That's not me, though, If I get that pissed off over what someone does or says, I back away from the keyboard and go do something else for a while.
- Steven Perez
And frankly, the transition of many of these rooms from "damn, THING X in my life is driving me nuts" to "hey, let's all point and laugh at FriendFeeder X and their obtuse behavior" pretty much guaranteed that I no longer give two tugs of a dead dog's cock about what goes on there. Somebody's acting stupid? Great; unsub or block them and be done with that. Piling on the bastard in private like it's the Ides of March and Caesar just walked in is not my idea of a good time.
- Steven Perez
I guess what I'm saying is, if you feel secure enough in the knowledge that someone is acting like an ass, then the proper thing to do is tell them that they're acting like an ass. I'm not much into pointing and laughing, since I've been on the receiving end of that shit sandwich in real life, and I can't imagine doing that to someone else. Even if it's someone I might not ever meet in person.
- Steven Perez
Did I? (Damn Greasemonkey script keeps hiding the Unsubscribe link)
- Steven Perez
Private bitching rooms, to me, are just a place for your "friends" to talk shit about someone but too much of a pussy to do it out in the open.
- Outsanity
It's hard to a keep a room from going in that direction. Even with the best of intentions it gets rough. I'm having an issue where it is not the appropriate time for me to go near those rooms, but people kept making me admin. I feel obligated to poke my head in to chill everyone out, but don't seem to have the energy anymore.
- Amber, Random Time Lord
Wow... seems a lot of you guys have private bitching rooms. I'm only in bitchfest.
- Yolanda
Believe me, Yolanda. You are better off as you are.
- Steven Perez
from IM
I actually stay out of Bitchfest (despite everyone cross-posting) as I couldn't handle the negativity because I work really hard to fight it in my own thinking, but it was nice to have a semi-private place to vent about work issues (before I left) where my comments couldn't be easily found by the coworkers who were making my life hell.
- joey
Well said. I have nothing against private rooms or against private bitching, but private pile-ons are lame. And I should know, because I have participated in plenty of them.
- s t e v e
Private bitching rooms? What? And here I've been bitching publicly all this time!
- Mark "DerBingle" J
I steer well clear of private rooms for stuff like that.... *whistles*
- Roberto Bonini
Someone should expose them, Stevie. A member should take screen shots of the shitty comments and post them in another room, a very popular room, under an alias username, so that the rest of FF can see what sort of people really lurk around here.
- Christopher Harley
My family is having our annual scavenger hunt/gift exchange at the mall tonight. Here's how it works: my mother makes up a bag full of slips of paper with words on them (e.g. intrepid, pink, cacophonous, electronic, sharp) and we each draw 3 words. Then we draw the name of a family member and have to find a gift under $20 that matches the words.
Of course there is trading of words or names and teaming up going on (ostensibly behind my mother's back, but she knows it) and we get really creative and use double meanings or stretch things as much as possible. I'll let everyone know what the results were after we finish :)
- joey
What an awesome tradition! Looking forward to seeing the results :)
- Jennifer Dittrich
After much trading, I ended up with: sagacious, elementary, and wavy and my sister's friend (a newcomer) as the recipient. I got him these: http://www.baronbob.com/napkin-... (because the pages are wavy and he can write his ideas both simple and complex) and a pocket book of wisdom. My older sister got the words: fuzzy, thistle, and pine and got me a bed bug plush toy and a...
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- joey
I really like the second pair, but it's hard to tell seeing them floating in a void rather than on your face.
- josh neff, geek at large
yeah I am hoping to find similiar styles when I sit down at a local place. Crossing my fingers I can get away with the birth control type.
- aden
The first pair. I think the second pair might be too "heavy" looking. Plus I like the little dots (sparkles?) in the corners on the first pair. And I like brown better!
- Rochelle
I like the second but in black. The second are a bit heavy. The first remind me of my favourite pair of glasses ever (that I lost).
- joey
I'd have to see them on you, but I lean toward the first.
- Jim: Dead Like FF
wish I could see them both on you. I had frames that caramel color, and I loved them. but I think the black would be really cool also.
- Call me Bronco
once I sit down and go shopping after my exam, I will post pictures :)
- aden
first pair. something tells me the second would not be flattering AT ALL. but an in-context shot would be helpful.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
Depends on the look you're going for. The brown frame is softer and approachable (friendlier.) The black frame is bolder, a little harsher and/or more of a statement. I've had one guy return to my practice 25 times over the course of 2 years still undecided and then he brought his wife, mother, father, motherinlaw, grandmother, grandfather and dog before he could decide. Naturally they all had a different opinion. I was about to leave him in the store and jump out the friggin window :)
- Jeunelle Foster
Michael, you know what to do. The battle is not over but the victory is assured: keep fighting. The outcome of all battles is in our Lord's hands. You are here to finish the Lord's purpose for you whether here with Him or there with Him. Our prayers are still with you and a candle has been lit. ITNOTFSAHS.
- Melanie Reed
Ever more grace and peace to you, Michael.
- Mistletoe Glen
Thoughts and prayers are continuing. Hoping for peace for you.
- Anne Bouey
Happy happy joy joy, happy happy joy joy, Brent over there, Brent over here, Josh Neff too, enjoy the good ol' days, and prepare for more action in the future. Partying if possible, wishing the best of health and to all the technopeasant's family, the best of year. \o, /o/ ~~,o. \O/ ~
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
I wonder what I should do for 2010. I like resolutions and contrived new beginnings. 365? A random photo each day? Writing something each day? I don't want to be *too* ambitious but I need something to keep me going.
Whatever feels like a little challenge but enjoyable. Challenging but not terrifying or overwhelming. Hopefully something social with others because that helps enforce the discipline. I think Nanowrimo has forums that actually go all year long. Does ScriptFrenzy have anything like that? If so, you could start getting active there now so you're really raring to go by the time it rolls around.
- Spidra Webster
I am going to read and write a metric assload of FriendFeed posts and comments.
- s t e v e
Well, I think I'll start The Artists' Way again on Jan 1 with full dedication, since holiday stuff will be over and I can get my house in order. I was planning to go back to school in 2010, but I don't think I am now, so I'm weighing options. Those are good ideas.
- joey
I'm also wondering what I should do for NYE. There are two people in my life (kind of a weird package deal) who come before anyone else when it comes to having my time, and they won't be here this year. So that means either my other friends' yearly rave or a road trip with Ben. Over the years, I've come to be superstitious about NYE.
Well, some friends are throwing their yearly event, so that is one option.
- joey
Road trip. You are getting married soon and this is a chance to go on a big adventure as a couple rather than husband and wife. Rach and I went round Europe for NYE 03/04...
- Johnny Worthington
from iPhone
I was going to say road trip but NYE is Amateur Night. I actually dread going much of anywhere on NYE anymore. Too many drunken idiots. If I had friends, I'd invite people over for slumber party. I'd make sure all the supplies and people arrived well before the roads got hectic and we could have a nice indoor movie night/pillow fight/board game time and only send people home the next morning.
- Spidra Webster
We could road trip; last year I went out to the peninsula with the two above (Ben didn't feel like going) but there really aren't many places to drive around here without taking extra time off or having reservations and it's pretty cold. But maybe I can convince him to go to the Olympics. It would be rad to go snowboarding but we're not ready and it will be crowded.
- joey
Spidra, good idea but I don't think anyone would come over.
- joey
Spidra, I want to come to your house for NYE!
- Laura B.
And Joey, I would totally come to a slumber party at your place.
- Laura B.
An Apress book from a year ago was printed on nice, quality white paper. The Apress book I just received today was printed on this gray, thin, rough stuff. Same thing with the O'Reilly. Yet the price hasn't dropped. In fact, it's stayed the same or has gone up.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Of course, 90% of my geek reading is done through Safari or PDFs these days but I wanted a nice collection of printed F# books for my library.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I haven't noticed a change on my non-geek books.
- joey
Sadly, the paper on the new Robert Darnton collection "The Case for Books" is not good. Not sure if that is ironic or appropriate.
- s t e v e
Print will live on but I think that one day it'll be like vinyl: a niche product for collectors. They'll produce really nice (but very expensive) editions of books for a very, very long time.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Seriously getting overwhelmed and stressed out trying to coordinate holiday plans with too many families who can't make up their minds about anything. I probably won't be able to see my visiting best friends at all, who are also part of my family.
I'm booked solid through the 27th at least and I don't even know with what.
- joey
That sucks. After a certain point, I'd just grab the car and escape with my own plans. I'll play ball with family but I reserve the right to be an adult with my own plans.
- Spidra Webster
I have very little plans once I get to San Diego. I'm not aiming to see anybody. I'll eat, drink, read, and hide away from my family for three days.
- Derrick
I'm a fan of it, too. Ben hadn't seen it but he's enjoying it.
- joey
I really want to show this to Rochelle but I can't until she's seen Hamlet and it's pretty much impossible to get her to sit down for four hours to watch a movie.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Which Hamlet? I like several interps but I have a favorite.
- Melanie Reed
I don't know that Ben has watched any film versions of Hamlet, but he's seen a stage production and/or read it.
- joey
Melanie, I go with Branagh's simply because it's the most complete (but, unfortunately, most the overwrought). I also have a soft spot for Almereyda's Hamlet but I still think that one needs to see the play properly before indulging in modernizations and alternate versions.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I read it first them watched several different actors doing it. Always something new. And then saw 'Rosencrantz and Guidenstern Are Dead" . Glad of that progression. So many favorite moments but the one that keeps haunting is this: If it be now, 'tis not to come; If it be not now, yet it will come; the readiness is all. Since no man knows aught of what he leaves, What is't to leave betimes? Let be.
- Melanie Reed
And, of course, the best line from Rosencrantz & Guildenstern? BOK BOK BOK BOK.... BUCKAAH. BOK BOK BOK.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, yes, I very much appreciate Brannagh's (came out near Gibson's - and I like his too for different reasons) Have you tried our Kevin Kline's version? (grad IU btown) Interesting.
- Melanie Reed
On modernizations, yes, I feel very much that way especially watching Ian McKellan in the remake of Richard III. That one still haunts me - the last scene.
- Melanie Reed
Brilliant stuff. My favourite playwright... "Elephantine. A royal retainer."
- T. Brent, technopeasant
@ Joe... me, too. The opening soliloquy at a urinal was a, er, slash of genius.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
T. Brent, I'm a fan but my favourite playwright is my best friend. I'm also a huge fan of Edward Albee (okay, and lots of others for specific works but I love his style).
- joey
ten years ago today: "I'm convinced that one day the people I work with will realise I haven't got a clue what I'm doing and that I've been faking it all along."
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
This should be in the default noobie FF stream. Like the first thing anyone who signs up sees. If they stick around they're part of the family.
- Chrimmus Tad
Perhaps this can replace the kitty pic on the start page for non-members!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
I'm certain prop8 had nothing to do with Swine Flu
- Noah David Simon
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 "DerBingle" 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 Huebel
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 "DerBingle" 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 Huebel
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
Michael, We're here. How can we help right now? I'm sorry I'm not there. Do you have someone near? Of course, I am praying for you as soon as I saw. But if you need someone to talk with we're here. DM me if you want. I am OC, too.
- Melanie Reed
We're all sending you positive healing vibes, Michael.
- cecily
Let us know when you can dear brother if you have someone with you for support, medical or otherwise. In the meanwhile, I will stay up with you through the night in prayer. Please let us know how you are when you can and see this.
- Melanie Reed
Michael, still here and checking back. Am praying the psalms for you. You are not alone. He is with us no matter what we go through. Do not fear. Take courage. Right alongside you.
- Melanie Reed
Michael, the fact that you are experiencing this pain demonstrates that not only are you able to cope with it but that you could endure more. Whenever you survive the experience of any pain, you have already beaten that pain. You've already beaten it.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Still with you, Michael. Rest. You have many praying on your behalf and you have the victory now. God bless you.
- Melanie Reed
Michael, still here. I'll be here most of day working online.
- Melanie Reed
A crises of faith may produce a lifetime of clarity. Here's hoping for a positive outcome.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Thinking of you, Michael. We hold you in our hearts.
- Ayşe E.
Just saw your feed and praying for your healing. God bless you.
- Maryam
Talk to us, Michael. When you get a chance. God bless you for sharing your experiences. Let us take some of the weight off your shoulders.
- Josh Haley
Michael, how are you today? Still praying for you. @EasternOrthodox I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall ever be on my lips. In the Lord my soul will be praised; let the meek hear and be glad. We have the victory because He conquered the world for us. hang on to that. God bless you.
- Melanie Reed
Thanks, everyone! The difficult part is keeping mentally stable during a bout of pain. I'm not handling it as well as I'd like, but I'm working on it. My oncologist put me on morphine (insurance won't pay for oxycontin until I try morphine first), so it should be under control now.
- Michael McKean
Glad to hear you are feeling better. Hang in there :)
- Eric Logan
I am glad it is more under control now, Michael. It isn't an easy burden you carry
- RAPatton
Good Lord, I missed this earlier, but I've been praying for you daily since your first post about your illness popped up in my feed. I will focus those prayers a bit more now.
- Jim: Dead Like FF
"So what was Mia Wasikowska’s experience filming the new Tim Burton extravaganza “Alice in Wonderland”? Very “isolating” admits the 20-year old Aussie who won the title role after the producers went on a major casting search. Lonely, perhaps, because 90% of the filming was on green screen, the special, bare background used for special-effects shots. Every time Alice speaks to an animated character such as the White Rabbit, the Cheshire Cat or the Caterpillar, Wasikowska was actually communing with a piece of sticky tape or a tennis ball or a cardboard cutout standing in for one of Lewis Carroll’s nonsensical creations. “I was basically planted in this sea of green," the Aussie said. "I really had to use my imagination.""
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
"One of Alice’s friends in the film is the mad, mad, mad Mad Hatter, played by Johnny Depp in a tangerine fluorescent wig, with lime-colored eyes rimmed in red, and a pallid complexion. “I think he’s so brave and smart with his choices. He can play a crazy character but still give it a core humanity which I think people can identify with,” Wasikowska said. (Depp, who prepares for his...
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- RAPatton
I can't wait to see this. It comes out the day before my birthday.
- joey
Thanks for the support guys. I am not actually all that sad. My budget will change, but you cannot put a price on your peace of mind. :)
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Terrible timing! Wish they'd move the heavy-gifting holidays to a fiscally more stable time of year!
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
No. They did not. I was joking about that, but I have a lot of material to draw from with which to write a scathing tell-all about the company and call it the Devil Wears RSA4400 or something. :D
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
damn. i was hoping to find out about the company underbelly. you tease!
- tiffany
Wow. Sorry to hear that. How stressful. :/
- Rochelle
oh, you'll still hear about it. i just won't have to be cloak and dagger about it
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Dang, sorry to hear it, Mo. I know you'll land on your feet though. You always do.
- Derrick
Dang, but still, glad you've got peace of mind, Mo. Here's to new opportunities right around the corner! And I'd like to preorder my copy of The Devil Wears RSA4400, please.
- Ayşe E.
Oh, man. That stinks, Monique. I'm glad you've got the right attitude about it. Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help. (If you'd like to talk, I can handle that, too.)
- ha3rvey (free hugs!)
I just can't believe you didn't take the opportunity to cuss anyone out...LOL. I'm *still* trying to get my job to fire me so I can drop that ether...
- Rahsheen ™, Coach Rah
Well crud. :-( I mean, congrats on your freedom and all, but, well I guess there really isn't a good time to get the speech/letter. Let us all know how we can help.
- vicster is...
I'm sorry to hear that. I was unemployed for 6 months this year too.
- LANjackal
Reading this, I'm guessing you weren't really feeling the place anyway. So I say here's to forging ahead to new opportunities and dreams and all that jazz. I know you got hustle so I'm not even worried about you. Press on.
- Lynne d Johnson
Any company that would fire someone right before Christmas is not worth working for. You'll find something better, I'm sure.
- Rick Cogley
"EATONVILLE, Wash. -- A Pierce County sheriff's deputy and a sergeant were critically wounded in a shooting near Eatonville on Monday night."
- joey
from Bookmarklet
"An ad for a TV dating show has been banned for suggesting that redheads are unattractive, Britain's advertising watchdog said on Wednesday. Virgin Media's newspaper advert for the program Dating in the Dark included the text: "How do you spot a ginger in the dark?" Virgin said the premise of the show was to challenge people's perception of attractiveness and to encourage decisions based on personality as well as looks. However the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) agreed with three complainants that the ad was likely to cause serious offence and should not be used again."
- RAPatton
from Bookmarklet
I thought they were supposed to be more attractive? My natural colour is a dark reddish brown and I've had several men tell me that they wished it was more red.
- joey
In the UK, there gingerism appears to be a big deal (although this is from australia). My brother, mother, sister, nephew and niece are all readheads
- RAPatton
apparently there's a bizarre (to me) bias in the UK against "gingers".
- Joe Silence is not Santa
i used to have an unholy fascination with redheaded women, provided they didn't have the dreaded blonde eyebrows. i was a shallow tool.
- Joe Silence is not Santa
Yeah, I was really surprised to hear that there's a bias against redheads in the UK. FF search is borked or else I'd like to some posts on a coffee table book a UK woman made that was entirely photographs of redheads. She felt inspired to do it to counteract all the prejudice.
- Spidra Webster
Yes, I've always found the British bias against redheads to be bizarre and silly. I assumed it must be rooted in a cultural bias (against people of Celtic ancestry, perhaps?) It's not as though there aren't plenty of redheads in other Northern European ethnic traditions that combined to represent the British "composition."
- Mark "DerBingle" J
I thought the redhead stereotypes were passionate, hot headed, and tint of crazy. The only other time I've heard of a prejudice against redheads was on South Park. >.>
- Heather
Someone remember to bump this at a time when Brits are actually awake, so they can comment - I don't understand it either. I think redheads are among the most attractive people possible. Wish I was a redhead. But I have a friend named Ginger (not a nickname) who went to Scotland for school a couple of years ago, and she tried for a while to by Ginny instead to avoid negative...
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- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
So how do you tell a "ginger" in the dark? What benefit does one derive from being able to identify redheads in the dark?
- SuezanneC Baskerville
One approach would be to ask, I suppose. "Excuse me, all the rest of you in the store during the blackout. For some reason, I am struck with an inexplicable desire to know which of you are redheads. Would those of you who are redheads sound out please? Thanks. " Another approach would to use a flashlight, but that might be cheating. Perhaps red hair has different properties viewed in infrared. If so, that might enable identification of redheads in the dark so far as visible light goes.
- SuezanneC Baskerville
Bias 'against' redheads? Really? Man, I'm a sucker for redheads. Bridget Fonda, Alicia Witt, Nicole Kidman, Marcia Cross, Alyson Hannigan, Debra Messing, Laura Leighton, Angie Everhart, Gillian Anderson ...
- AJ Kohn
You're mentioning only women. As far as I understand it, the prejudice against redheads in the UK is directed towards both genders.
- Spidra Webster
Like other have said here, I don't get it. Of course prejudice isn't about being sensical.
- Micah Wittman
@SuezanneC, since you're taking the extremely literal interpretation... it is my understanding that redheads generally have fewer (and thicker?) hairs per head than blondes or brunettes, so presumably someone with sufficient manual dexterity could indeed tell a redhead in the dark. And Spidra++ for looking it up.
- Andrew C
@Spidra: Well, there are plenty of fine redheaded men but I'm just not attracted to ... men in general. Call that prejudice if you like. ;)
- AJ Kohn
For the record: Christina Hendricks pictured in the article is a natural blonde dying her hair since she was 10. (source: IMDB)
- Nenad Nikolic
It's almost 2010. I don't even know what to say. I clearly remember standing on a dock with two of my best friends and making our 2009 resolutions before drunkenly casting them to sea in a champagne bottle.
'It’s no secret that the D3s is an excellent camera. But I would have thought NASA would choose something a little more specialized for, you know, space. But it looks like the D3s is going to do just fine, since they just bought eleven.'
- Akiva Moskovitz
from Bookmarklet
Pedantic: NASA didn't "go Nikon", they've always been Nikon. Well, Nikon and Hassleblad. Much easier to re-characterize an optical setup when the only thing that changed is the camera body.
- Wirehead
Sometimes I don't read ingredients on things 'cos I don't want to know I can't eat them. Alas, have discovered that Crispy Crowns are on the no-no list. You know what, though? Reading ingredients makes me realize how screwed up the food industry is. I just want to shake them and say YOU DO NOT NEED TO PUT SOY IN EVERYTHING.
You're allergic to soy? :( Audrey is, too, and so now that she's starting to eat solid food I'm having to figure out how to feed her while avoiding soy. It hasn't been too frustrating yet (the baby food we buy is nothing but the fruit plus water) but I can see that it's going to be tough.
- Rochelle
And I just got a page from my former employer because someone didn't remove me from an emergency alias. The page shouldn't have even gone out because it's business hours in London. So I get a page at 2.30 AM *and* find out that they aren't following ANY of the process I left them. Grrr.
- joey
That mistimed page is inexcusable. I just got up because it's clear I won't be able to sleep any longer, though I've only had a few hours of shuteye tonight. I won't be cranky until mid-afternoon, I suspect, because I need to venture out to do some shopping... *cringe*... I hope you feel better. (Try to sneak in a nap today!)
- Mark "DerBingle" J
I loved this as a kid! We had a record (yes, real vinyl with a book) of the story and songs! "What's that got to do with my knob?" sticks in my memory somehow...
- WorldofHiglet
You should definitely do it - and give regular updates. It's so long since I saw it!
- WorldofHiglet
Anyone who thinks that OS X is infallible is just deluding themselves. Right now, it's pulling one of those 'never-ending shutdowns'. All the apps are closed, Finder's gone, and I just have a nice little mouse pointer milling about an empty screen. It doesn't appear that anything's happening with the hard drive but I'm always nervous about hard-resetting a Unix box without a proper full shutdown sequence first.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I've had a lot of issues lately. I feel like I installed 'OS X Housecat.'
- joey
I almost hate to say it but I think that, over the long term, 10.6.2 is less stable than 10.6.1. It takes awhile for issues to crop up but eventually they do.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Whee. It's still just sitting there. Every once in awhile, I hear a tiny bit of drive activity. This is fun and totally conducive to me getting my work done.
- Akiva Moskovitz