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Mattb4rd › Comments
can someone dumb it down for me? --->- Sun Tzu: "When torrential water tosses boulders, it is because of its momentum. When the strike of a hawk breaks the body of its prey, it is because of timing."
Alistair (alpinefolk), Mitch, Maxamad (Amazigh) and 18 other people liked this
I think it means stay away from rocky places and hawks. :p
- Josh Haley
Perhaps it is comparing the precision and efficacy of focussed intentional force against wild unthoughtful force? Nature is devastating but it wastes so much energy for no specific end. A warrior can't do that. A warrior must husband their limited reserves of energy, use them wisely, and that way attain a goal with the least effort and best results.
- Todd Hoff
good job Josh :D
- vijay
I thought the same thing too Todd but still confused what "timing" has to do with this?
- vijay
I think it means that a well timed strike or attack is a lot more efficient and effective than a massive assault
- Alex Scoble
the rest of the quote explains it: "Thus, the momentum of one skilled in war is overwhelming… His potential is that of a fully drawn crossbow; his timing, the release of the trigger."
- Carlos Ayala
so "speed" has nothing to do with this(in the hawk/crossbow's case)?
- vijay
Speed would be a component of momentum and not timing, I think.
- Alex Scoble
that's the confusion. the hawk breaks the prey's body cause of the force of the impact generated by its speed. what does 'timing' mean in this case?
- vijay
mob mentality vs individual actions
- Morgan Haley
The pebble is a lie.
- Mattb4rd
Because the hawk has to time it's attack so it arrives at the right place and the right time...just like an archer shooting a bow has to time their attack...or a sniper shooting a rifle.
- Alex Scoble
the rocks and torrential water are just doing what they have to do, caught up in the momentum of things. whereas the hawk specifically selected and attacked it's prey
- Morgan Haley
I think he's just saying that while it's fine and dandy to be a destructive force, to be most effective, you also need to know when to unleash said force.
- ronin
Timing is this sense I think is the intelligence and wisdom to apply just the right technique at the best moment which multiples the effect with the least wasted energy.
- Todd Hoff
"timing their attack" - what is the right time hawks attack their prey? Isn't it like... see a bird, then swoop in and jam into them?
- vijay
I think it's about how you use your resources and energy. You can destroy your big enemy by deploying huge armies (momentum) or use two spies and timed little attacks
- directeur
Yeah, the hawk attacks effortlessly because it is doing so out of instinct and conditioning. A soldier must also be able to act in a similar manner.
- Alex Scoble
But the bird doesn't swoop down and jam into it's prey. Watch a video of a hawk killing; it's accomplished through a series of perfectly timed movements fueled by its momentum.
- Mattb4rd
in the full context of the statement it means the strategic power that is combined to achieve a goal.
- Carlos Ayala
Hawks are multifoveal animals so they can track their prey without moving their heads and make fine adjustments once they determined when to attack. I assume momentum is how they make up for a low body mass. Since their prey is mobile and it takes time to build up momentum it's a constant feedback process that must take great skill.
- Todd Hoff
I think that Carlos is right...that a successful attack has two components...momentum and timing and you need to combine them properly to meet your objectives. This can be applied to any situation really.
- Alex Scoble
Alex, you can use only momentum in same cases too. Say you have a one million soldiers army, you will win a war against a village. That's obvious. OTOH you can destroy a big regime "scientifically" using strategy, timing, intelligence. In both cases you'll use some kind of force, it's all about how you deploy it.
- directeur
I was wrong right from the start... there's more to the saying (which Carlos posted above). The whole thing put together makes sense and my confusion comes 'cause I thought hawks usually break their prey into two. It's not and to achieve that huge feat hawk has to time the bird to hit the prey at the right spot on the body. This is from the link Praveen DMed me just now --->- http://thethoughtfulwarrior.com/...
- vijay
Yep, but sending the million soldier army against a village when they are away on vacation nets you nothing...you need to properly time your attacks to achieve maximum success. Also, for another counter example, sending your army to attack a village that is across a river when the river is surging will net you a huge loss of men and will make you vulnerable to attack elsewhere...Timing is critical.
- Alex Scoble
or sending your million dollar army against a village that turns out to be 300 spartans luring you into an alley and you get exactly what this quote means, in reverse...of course.
- Carlos Ayala
A more current real life example would be, putting a million dollars in to the market when the Dow was at 14k...That money would have ended up at something less than half of it's value...Selling your stock at the bottom was also a bad idea as you now lost the ability to make up most of your losses in the rally.
- Alex Scoble
Sure, Alex! But do torrential water use "timing"? No. What Sun Tzu means here, imho, is that BIG power is not everything, what you can accomplish using huge means can probably be accomplished with timing and intelligence and less means.
- directeur
Yeah, directeur...as Carlos said, you need both force and timing to be successful. So, we are in agreement. :)
- Alex Scoble
Yes, I think we are :)
- directeur
Hawk's gotta a small area of impact; torrential water hits you like .. a wave, a smothering push.
- Ahsan Ali aka. Slick
there are different ways to use power
- Robert Higgins
momentum and timing are both important
- Chris Heath
Ok, here's my go: This quote I'm presuming is from Sun Tzu's "Art of War" which is a guidebook on the tactics/strategies to succeed in war, as a metaphor it speaks of the necessity that success cannot be ultimately found solely in momentum(force), but also swift timing, and I'm sure there's more [he usually lists 5 factors(I read it back in the day] I interpret this quote, as it stands alone, to be saying strength or timing alone cannot guarantee success but is gained by a proper convergence of the two.
- sofarsoShawn
you're right.
- vijay
For me I don't view a comparison, perhaps its the translation. "When" just describes the different forces. In contrary, momentum and timing are both important. Although is is very light, the swift hawk uses momentum.
- Robert Higgins
What is the metaphor for Afghanistan?
- Robert Higgins
Robert “A kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; nor can the dead ever be brought back to life.”
- WarLord
@Alex ++++
- Shevonne
Dudes: The object is not the moving object it is the Force and combined forces. The water and boulder thing. To get this thing going you of course need lots of moving water, this causes small rocks to move, them striking larger rocks, and ever larger ones till you have really big boulders moving. Kinda like engaging an Army. The hawk is driving their force in one direction between 60...
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- ThatDBD
Large and wide vs. narrow and precise. Both have their advantages : )
- Cole Jolley
ali, Rachael Worthington, Carlos Sousa and 251 other people liked this
I'm sorry.
- Akiva Moskovitz
ewwwwww
- Shevonne
burn-in! How do I erase the last few seconds of my visual memory?
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
HAaaaaaaaahahahahahaa!!!!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
APOLOGY NOT ACCEPTED AKIVA. THAT IS MY DAD UP THERE!!
- Mona Nomura
hide
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
@Mona The one on the left or right?
- Shevonne
All three, Shevonne. :(
- Mona Nomura
Oh dear...
- Her Lindsay-ness
Excellet Armeggedon referrence, Mona!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
At least they're not fighting.
- Sprague D
WTF is WRONG with YOU akiva???
- Carlos Ayala
wait...dont answer that.
- Carlos Ayala
...and at that moment, kobayashi realized that this was not like any summer camp he had ever been to before...
- .LAG liked that
...my EYES!?!?
- JA Castillo
GOOD MORNING IT'S SUNDAY IN HELL
- Akiva Moskovitz
i said.. DONT ANSWER!
- Carlos Ayala
SORRY? YOU SHOULD BE!!! MY EYES!!! MY EYES!!! WHERE'S THE BLEACH?!?!?
- ha3rvey (free hugs!)
hahahaaaa..that's hilarious...
- Zee.
Oh no!
- Reuben Thum
O M G!!!
- BEX
:(
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva - you mean :) right?
- Sparky Crocker
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
hahahahhahahahahahlkasdaasdfsdfasllhahahahahahahaha
- Alfredo
t-bills, anyone?
- Anthony Citrano
Hahaha
- Rodfather
oh. my. god.
- Onur Gündüz
:)
- ardiba
OH THE HUMANITY!!
- Jeffrey Canton
مزیدی
- Mil∂d
You rat bastard, Moskovitz. *applies mindbleach*
- Steven Perez
there's actually some tongue skin contact there. i dont think this is a joke
- Melissa Maskevich
Damn you!
- Alejandro
Who puts pepperoni rings on sashimi?
- Johnny Worthington
somebody make it stop....
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
DEAR GOD!
- Michael Forian
It's whale mating season, apparently.
- Will Higgins™
OH GAWD
- nfan12
from Alert Thingy
oh the huge manatees!!
- BEX
Oh, look at that: a new mental scar!
- Rodrigo Jaroszewski
WEEEEEEEEEEEE
- Anna Haro
Testing the myth that male saliva can cure gynecomastia.
- Mattb4rd
Like the lady at SurvivalPhrases.com says in at least one Japanese lesson, "There is NO excuse..."
- MiniMage, sheeple of FF
The hippos!
- nfan12
from Alert Thingy
NO NO NO NO!
- Mathew™ one of a kind
This is the worst thing I've seen all year.
- Aaron deMello
ROFL
- Abbas Haider Ali
So I just now decided to show my mom how awesome FriendFeed is...
- Josh Haley
cleaning out his belly button lint
- sofarsoShawn
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
Rotfl
- Ryo / Fuck Facebook
Horrible! Where can I find more pics?
- Jemm
Unsee! Unsee! I've never seen sumo do that and I live in Japan!!!
- Rick Cogley
No, no, no!!!!!
- Alistair (alpinefolk)
whadahuh??????
- Live4Emma (L4S)
4p gays?
- 阿石
ugly！
- junrxu
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
QALITY IS JOB ONE.
- Sparky Crocker
the Boob Meme is timeless: and this is A LOT of BOOB
- sofarsoShawn
omg!
- Midori
Corporate later decided they needed to be more specific about what constitutes a 'morale event'.
- Akiva Moskovitz
PLEASE! TAKE THIS DOWN~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- nfan12
from Alert Thingy
Oh, is that you in the picture, nfan12?
- Rochelle
Did they re-write the policy to include or exclude A Rust Issue in the morale event category?
- Sparky Crocker
OMG!!! That is just wrong... LOL
- Drew Lucas
Boys will be girls.
- david beckwith
شت
- کاغذ رنگی
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 Crocker
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 Crocker
i've been trying to formulate a comment for this for days, but i just...can't.
- joey
Sparky, including another bed?
- Akiva Moskovitz
ahahahahahaha
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Oy vey!
- Rubin Sfadj
The hand gently caressing Mr. Moobs belly button is a nice touch. A+, would click again.
- Sparky Crocker
SPARKY, THAT'S NOT MOOBS, YOU JERK. IT'S MOORS. IT'S A MISPRINT.
- Akiva Moskovitz
My typo, my bad. *grasps Akiva's moor apologetically*
- Sparky Crocker
is this a gay marriage argument?
- Noah David Simon
No, it's just an argument.
- Sparky Crocker
for what? genocide?
- Noah David Simon
Feminine hygeine products.
- Sparky Crocker
for men? they look like they are having a good time. l want a contract for nipple licking. now!
- Noah David Simon
[looks innocent]
- Akiva Moskovitz
What's sad is that this is the best of the best of the day for me.
- Alex Scoble
It's actually an ancient Japanese tradition...
- Rick Cogley
I'm going to miss you guys...hhehehehehee
- sofarsoShawn
uhh....
- Eric Berlin
do not like
- Chris Hofmann
They're just four guys and they're havin' a good time, havin' a good time, havin' a good time...
- Akiva Moskovitz
What is wrong with that? It looks like Akiva has damn good taste!
- Sparky Crocker
(taste, like the one guy is doing to the other)
- Sparky Crocker
((HELP!))
- Sparky Crocker
(((too bad this won't get bumped again)))
- Sparky Crocker
:blocks Akiva: :blocks Akiva again: :blocks Akiva again: . . .
- John Craft
[courtsies]
- Akiva Moskovitz
x_x
- Anna Haro
What if he lactates?
- Morton Fox
What in the heck are you people still doing in here?
- Akiva Moskovitz
o_O
- Pert
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
pop :)
- Alfredo
Noah, or maybe it's not politically-motivated at all. Maybe it's just a really weird photograph.
- Akiva Moskovitz
the guy on the right has a jelly roll. on his neck. ew.
- Rick Cogley
This has to be some kind of animal house style frat hazing stunt. It disturbs me deeply, yet it is indelible.
- Mattb4rd
OH YEAH THIS
- Akiva Moskovitz
What the Hell? It's Back!
- Rob H.
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
I hate you.
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
*trips over the power cord*
- Josh Haley
Noooo not again
- Simon Wicks
WHO DID IT?
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
What?
- Josh Haley
JEJFNOEJSNONONONO MY EYES
- Neal Jansons
WHAT NO
- Akiva Moskovitz
Rochelle! Make him stop!
- Janet
::::BARF::::
- Adi
WHO BUMPED THIS?
- Sparky Crocker
Well, you just did.
- joey
AW!!!!!!
- Rob H.
Woah, I never noticed that 'thumb' sticking up in the bottom center of the photo before.
- Akiva Moskovitz
That's no thumb...
- Mike Nayyar
I just detected a great disturbance in FriendFeed, as if millions of voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Okay, maybe a few hundred voices.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Oh, I just thought of an explanation: midichlorians!
- Mike Nayyar
That is sooo sexy. :)
- Diego Barros
WAT.
- Karl Knechtel
Every time I see this pop up I die a little bit inside. Then I masturbate .
- Sparky Crocker
AUGHHHH DAMN YOU SPARKY
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Sparky masturbating is like your grandmother watching that episode of The Little Rascals where they put on a play. Uh. What?
- Akiva Moskovitz
And then the credits roll and everyone feels better.
- Sparky Crocker
Next week, on a very special episode of Family Ties...
- Akiva Moskovitz
Aaaaaaaaaaand Sparky takes it to a new level.
- Josh Haley
Josh, welcome to Sparkletown.
- Akiva Moskovitz
This is Sparkletown?
- Mike Nayyar
WHO RUNS SPARKLETOWN? SPARRRRRRRRKY RUNS SPARKLETOWN.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Hiro's most recent time travel journey did not lead him to Ando as he had expected.
- Dennis O'Neil
KAO.
- ocde.cn
Oh, that's a thumb...?
- Rochelle
A THUMB?! I'm aborting my masturbation regime *immediately*.
- Sparky Crocker
But what is he trying to contain with his hand?!
- Akiva Moskovitz
hey! how'd you get hold of my vacation pix?
- Nathan Rein
He's not trying - he's succeeding at containing our protagonists pannus.
- Sparky Crocker
This thing always comes back and makes me laugh.
- Derek Coward
Damn .. this thing is back?
- Mattb4rd
Who pulled this thing back in the open!?
- Michael Forian
Son of a bisque
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
HIDE!
- David Cook
Make it stop!
- Brian Bufalo
It hates us
- Mattb4rd
HAAAAAAAAAAAY LOOK WHO'S BACK
- Akiva Moskovitz
Some evil soul could start a "last comment wins" -contest in this thread...
- Jemm
I believe you just did...
- sofarsoShawn
This pic makes the baby Jesus cry...
- Christian (Simply X)
oh noe zombies can be killed with a headshot...but what about this pic...it resurrects again and again
- Chris Hofmann
gah
- samantha
MY TURN
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
STOP IT!!!
- Alejandro
OH FFS!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
lol bump bump bump
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
WAIT WHAT WHY
- Akiva Moskovitz
Nipplicious!
- Internet's Tad
this photo warms the cockles of my... cockles.
- Nathan Rein
I love the texture on his belly. Yes, this has bumped so many times I'm noticing textures.
- Sparky Crocker
dear god, it will never die...
- holly
die die die die
- mjc
A part of me will never want it to die...
- Mike Nayyar
Oh great, not what I needed to see right before bed. Thanks. ;)
- adf
"My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard...damn right!...."
- sofarsoShawn
حلال
- Noah David Simon
Gah! Get out of my best of day!!!!
- Carmen
What?
- Rochelle
Participants were heard to say; "Om nom nom nom om nom nom nom nom om om nom nom nom"
- Mattb4rd
Spring is SPRUNG.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Oh man. Goodbye, morning wood.
- Mike Nayyar
But hello morning... err morning... err what is this? WHHAT???A?A?A?A??AA?
- Sparky Crocker
the image, whatever. what gets me is that 80+ people clicked the like button on this.
- Mark Bockenstedt
NOOOOOOH NOT THIS HORROR AGAIN!!!
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
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
Now that I have liked it, I am hiding it.
- Vijayendra (V-Mo) Mohanty
I wish there was a way to categorize posts so I don't have to see this first thing in the morning :)
- petar vucetin
I wish there was a way I could make this everyone's avatar for a day.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva - you might not be able to make it everyones avatar, but you and I could certainly make it happen for ourselves.
- Sparky Crocker
^(*^)%%!
- Rochelle
GUESS WHOSE NIPPLES EXCRETE SWINE FLU MEDICINE
- Akiva Moskovitz
He is the last great hope for mankind.
- Mike Nayyar
The last great grope.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Are you sure it's not a last great gulp?
- Sparky Crocker
is this a gay marriage argument or swine flu?
- Noah David Simon
Because awesomeness always floats to the top
- Josh Haley
OMG HOT .. TM Mona :)
- Mattb4rd
Looking at this makes me feel dirty. Safe for work though....not sure it should be.
- sean808080
:DDDDDDDD
- Rochelle
GUESS WHO'S ALSO NOT WEARING PANTS
- Akiva Moskovitz
My money is on the dude in the back
- Mike Nayyar
After seeing this image (again) I certainly am not wearing pants.
- Sparky Crocker
Damn you all! Why does this image keep coming up over and over again?
- Vijayendra (V-Mo) Mohanty
from fftogo
Because Friendfeed is a dangerous place Vijay...
- Sparky Crocker
Where is the darn hide button?
- Louis Gray
I bet he's made of Wagyu beef.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
No one realizes, that's actually a woman.
- Mike Nayyar
two months and still going strong, ouch
- mike "glemak" dunn
THIS IS THE LICK THAT NEVER ENDS IT JUST GOES ON AND ON MY FRIENDS
- Akiva Moskovitz
WHAT THIS AGAIN? YES. AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN. JUST HOW YOU LIKE IT.
- Sparky Crocker
Remember, you go in a clockwise motion
- Mike Nayyar
The only thing interesting on this entire site.
- levinsontodd
I wish there was a delete button for my brain...
- Jeff
Mike, except in the southern hemisphere where you go in a counter-clockwise motion.
- Akiva Moskovitz
This thread never dies....
- anna sauce
oh gawd
- hellonm
yes, is sorta yucky but funny lol
- David Gross
from email
LEAVE ME ALONE!!!
- Alejandro
Here's my topless picture.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I think Akiva just won the game.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Dammit. You just made me lose the game.
- Akiva Moskovitz
YOU DID IT TO YOURSELF
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
This picture is why I can't FF at work. :P ;)
- Internet's Tad
This picture is what stops FriendFeed from becoming mainstream.
- Akiva Moskovitz
ROCHELLE! How long can he keep this up?
- MiniMage, sheeple of FF
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.
- Internet's 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
bump
- Noah David Simon
GUESS WHAT'S BACK UP
- Akiva Moskovitz
Behind the scnenes footage of the mastery of a BassMouse mix.
- Josh Haley
Although there are DJs that scoff at this method.
- Josh Haley
GUESS WHO'S ACQUIRING TWITTER
- Mike Nayyar
BSOD! BSOD! Cmon Windows..... Argh!!!
- Danny Minick
:D
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
from twhirl
Well, good morning to you, too!
- Rochelle
THIS IS NOT A GOOD MORNING. THIS IS A GREAT MORNING.
- Sparky Crocker
Oh.
- Akiva Moskovitz
hahahah :-) bu ne lan
- hussoloji
prop8 humor is a lot more sustainable online then it is in California
- Noah David Simon
You know, he has very nice glasses. I think I want frames like his.
- Sparky Crocker
keep the dialog flying. this thread lasts longer then legislative law without an election. gay marriage is a joke
- Noah David Simon
This is the thread that never ends.
- Internet's Tad
WHY GOD WHY
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Every time you don't bump this, another Joss Whedon show gets cancelled.
- Akiva Moskovitz
A man this happy can't be responsible for Firefly's death :(
- Sparky Crocker
55% of Americans Support Carrie Prejean, Including Barack Obama - http://ff.im/2OGF4
- Noah David Simon
The other 45% support this photo.
- Sparky Crocker
Guess how Obama plans to save social security
- Mike Nayyar
Noooooooooooooooo, how have i still failed to hide this picture after so long!?
- Simon Wicks
sorry, displacement activity cause of google downtime
- ★ Esther Rudolph
WolframAlpha doesn't know what to do with this.
- Josh Haley
But you and I do. Oh boy do we.
- Akiva Moskovitz
"Love on Areolae Atoll."
- Christopher Harley
what in the world???!!!
- Basil Jackson
from twhirl
OMFG! That's my brother
- Shane
are you serious
- Basil Jackson
from twhirl
Every trendy topic needs to have an entry on this post. You know, for search purposes.
- Josh Haley
Thanks for bumping this
- Will Higgins™
Also, note that, after all this time, we finally have over 100 people liking this. Go Team Slightly Uncomfortable Pleasures!
- Akiva Moskovitz
You are evil, Akiva. :-D
- Steven Perez
from IM
Hiding this now and forever.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
The gif that keeps on giving.
- Mattb4rd
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
U?
- Noah David Simon
Akiva - I refuse to hide this. It's like getting rickrolled, it sucks but it brings back all the humor from past experiences.
- Jimminy
I like pizza
- Noah David Simon
I feel the need to gouge out my eyes.
- Chuck Adams
It's 'Best of Day' once more...Shooby doo lang lang
- Josh Haley
Pheer.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
why does this post not die? Akiva! You have made the most persistent FF post ever.
- anna sauce
I can't imagine how this is sticking around...!
- Jordan Hofker
Paul, you say that like it's a bad thing.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Herpes (and this): the gifts that keep on giving.
- Sparky Crocker
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
...NOM NOM!
- sofarsoShawn
I put this pic on reddit, please vote! http://tr.im/lAof
- Martin Sliacky
We need to keep this alive.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Ok, that's it...LOL [hide]
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
Rasheen, he will be missed.
- Sparky Crocker
Not this again.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
wait that's too much nipple and it looks kinda like breast-feeding....good thing this is not facebook!
- Freddie Benjamin
Freddie, they'd probably let it stay as long as they were also holocaust deniers.
- Akiva Moskovitz
What holocaust?
- Sparky Crocker
The ditch diggers' holocaust, Sparky.
- Akiva Moskovitz
DAMN ROBOTS!
- Sparky Crocker
*sigh*
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Disgusting
- Marcos Vicente
[courtsies]
- Akiva Moskovitz
The lick that keeps on giving. Where's the "hide" feature? God, this just keeps on popping up.
- Rick Cogley
YAATTAAAAAAAAAA!!!
- Josh Haley
bump
- Noah David Simon
Is this a catholic priest/altar boy retreat? Yeah, I know. I can haz tiketz to Hell?
- Mattb4rd
!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Rochelle
I haven't seen this picture in a few days. There, that's better.
- Sprague D
HELLO SOFARSOSHAWN
- Rochelle
IS THIS WHAT SHE IS EATING?
- Sparky Crocker
HAAAAAAAAAAAY MY OLD PALS
- Akiva Moskovitz
Ocean of emotion.
- Christopher Harley
NOT AGAIN.
- Steven Perez
from IM
My emotion is: confused.
- Sparky Crocker
Hello again, gentlemen.
- Rochelle
Just about the time you FF is getting some class .. Oh well we is what we is.
- Brent - Long Live Rock
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
The one in the back is Leather Donut.
- Sparky Crocker
This photo is better than Star Wars.
- Akiva Moskovitz
+1 Akiva
- Sparky Crocker
YES!!!!!
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
There is more excitement here than LOTR.
- Pete Delucchi
IT'S THREE AND A HALF HOURS LONG AND ALL THEY DO IS LICK
- Akiva Moskovitz
this thread needs at least 1000 comments imo.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
ISN'T THAT THE SELLING POINT AKIVA?
- Sparky Crocker
This photo makes Sparky want to go Up.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Oh no, it's at the top of the page again.
- Tom Landini
Every time this appears in my stream, I want to let out a cheer.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
FLICKCHART DECISION: WHO DO YOU WANT LICKING YOUR NIPPLE
- Mike Nayyar
They haven't moved in such a long time now. Must be comfortable.
- Josh Haley
The guy on the right. Less stubble.
- Roger Benningfield
HOW IS FLABBY FORMMED?
- Josh Haley
WHAT THE HELL IT IS
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Josh, Sparky's cooking. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BURN
- Akiva Moskovitz
DO ANYBODY HAVE NIPPLES?
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
We'll never let you down, Paul.
- Akiva Moskovitz
My eyes are burning! Awwwwwwwwwwwwww!
- darnell
All I can say is... WTF?
- Bradley Farless
funky pic!
- sickandtired
Ahaha!
- Tanath
this does NOT taste like happy!
- ed fry
So I un-liked, but can't hide! Argh.
- anna sauce
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
Yeah I think I'll live :)
- anna sauce
Didn't Tad have a Version of This?
- Brent - Long Live Rock
SILENCE
- Josh Haley
OH GOD NOT AGAIN
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Ha ha! Inapropriate.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
LULZ
- "Joey"
one of the guys is fingering the lickee's navel. Hot or not?
- Mattb4rd
Bliss. Madam, would you like some sum0 with your pr0n?
- Rick Cogley
Paging Mr. Dobalina, Mr. Bob Dobalina.
- Akiva Moskovitz
*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 Crocker
Now I'm even more depressed.
- Steven Perez
from IM
o rly?
- David Gross
from email
damn it, it's still here.
- Alejandro
MY EYES!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
wow, it keeps going and going and going and going... can it beat the record or has it already?
- David Gross
from email
This is far from the record. We have another 900 to go to catch up with the "last word" thread.
- Sparky Crocker
DO NOT WANT.
- veo
OK, WANT.
- veo
Pushover.
- Sparky Crocker
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
What about in 1337speak?
- Sparky Crocker
Lacking sweat glands, this is the only way Kyle could cool his body temperature down.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Tough titty said the kiddy, but the milk's still good. (i'm sorry)
- Internet's Tad
MY MILKSHAKE BRINGS ALL THE BOYS TO THE YARD
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Everytime I see this picture I die a little inside...
- Jorge Escobar
MILK MILK LEMONADE AROUND THE CORNER FUDGE IS MADE
- Akiva Moskovitz
Jorge: That's the point.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
covers eyes ....asks will this never end????
- martha
@Paul, @Akiva, @Tad - *shudder* *shudder* *shudder* !! :-)
- Rick Cogley
there are four men. you need four @s. do you include yourself?
- Noah David Simon
OH GOD WHY DID I LOOK AT HIS FEED MY EYES.
- i ♥ derrick #bellymeme
wtf?
- Tyler Gillies
Is that white stuff coming out of the one guy's ear? :P
- Tanath
eww
- David Gross
from email
Not again!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Woah. I've never seen this post before.
- Akiva Moskovitz
That is because you are old and fat. <secret handshake />
- Sparky Crocker
Why does this remind me of the strange neighbor that mowed his lawn once a week wearing nothing but a towel?
- Brent - Long Live Rock
I LIKE COOKIES
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
haggis - stop that now ;)
- mike "glemak" dunn
It keeps going and going and going....
- David Gross
from email
I know of a cat who'd be totally down with meeting those guys.
- sofarsoShawn
And this one is?
- Akiva Moskovitz
Wow this won't die.
- matthew john ernisse
Nor would we want it to.
- Sparky Crocker
Why the hell is this back!
- Mathew™ one of a kind
Gawd. Quit bumping this!
- Internet's Tad
this is the thread that never ends. it goes on and on my friends
- Tyler Gillies
from email
Four old friends. I wonder whatever became of them.
- Sprague D
Didn't they cover that in The Big Chill?
- Akiva Moskovitz
I dont know, its just four guys on the beach.. :o)
- David Gross
from email
Four great guys on a beach.
- Sparky Crocker
And they're just havin' a good time, havin' a good time.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Don't stop me, don't stop me, don't stop me...hey Hey HEY!
- Josh Haley
My iPhone how downloaded this image 100's of times now. That is an excellent use of AT&Ts network.
- Sparky Crocker
The gift that keeps on giving
- Rodfather
Don't worry, Taro. It will be your turn tomorrow!
- Rick Cogley
I keep mixing the thumb and the belly button confused.
- Sparky Crocker
@_@"
- netrider11
give me my twitter account back or the nipples get it
- Noah David Simon
How do we format the drive in FF where this picture resides? Or Amazon S3 bucket?
- Jorge Escobar
Come, now; none of those guys have been missing any meals.
- Neal Jansons
from IM
This still makes me laugh everytime it gets bumped back up.
- Simon Wicks
Good morning.. Whats for breakfast? lol
- David Gross
from email
There is no end..... LOL
- martha
MAKE IT STOP
- Alejandro
It's like the song that never ends..
- David Gross
from email
ok ? this is kinda grose
- courtney rose
Grouse?
- Sparky Crocker
Dont stop believin / Hold on to the feelin
- Christopher Harley
And, somehow, this hasn't turned anyone gay, yet. Go figure.
- Sprague D
how do u know?!
- Nathan Rein
Haggis was asking for this........
- Simon Wicks
Yay! I mean NO! Wait, Yay! I CAN'T DECIDE!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
THIS THREAD IS NOW CLOSED.
- teh Dork Knight
closed?!
- Simon Wicks
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
And fax cat
- Simon Wicks
I'm so disturbed by how much this guy looks like he's about to... erm...
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Gotta wonder where that hand is.
- Akiva Moskovitz
OMG Akiva, I just got it... friends, feeding. It truly is the emblem of FriendFeed!
- Sprague D
OMG this one came up again...LOL...I don't even know what to say...
- Bill Heslin
o hi
- Will Higgins™
will a nuclear holocaust will make this thread stop?
- Noah David Simon
LET'S START A NUCLEAR WAR AT THE GAY BAR GAY BAR
- Akiva Moskovitz
you know, just about the time I get this thing out of my minds eye... It pops back up.
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
at least it is the nipples they are licking
- Noah David Simon
hmm.. breastfeeding pic? lol
- David Gross
from email
I think it's more of a breast buffet David lol
- Bill Heslin
Bill, a buffet? o rly?
- David Gross
from email
A man buffet.
- Rochelle
ewww .. plenty to go round I guess
- Zax Stevens
RT @AbbieNormal4207 @car4dave you are not going to happy until that image is burned into my brain are you???? LMAO
- David Gross
from email
we now have a homo erotic competitor http://ff.im/3M0xy introducing Neal and Elmo
- Noah David Simon
Nothing can compete with this, Noah.
- Josh Haley
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
OK.
- Steven Perez
OK? THIS IS GREAT!
- Sparky Crocker
This is the 500th comment in this thread and my 20,000th comment overall. WHOO TWO GREAT MILESTONES THAT TASTE GREAT TOGETHER.
- Akiva Moskovitz
You were watching this thread to make that happen. I can tell.
- Sparky Crocker
Hahahaha.. congrats Akiva, and of course it was *this* thread.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Actually, no, it just happened to pop up so I decided to grab it while the grabbing was good.
- Akiva Moskovitz
[courtsies]
- Akiva Moskovitz
[clumsily gropes Akiva]
- Sparky Crocker
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
congratulations akiva :o)
- David Gross
from email
Well done on your use of the 20,000th comment, sir. A worthy cause, indeed.
- Josh Haley
slurp
- Noah David Simon
Nothing like moob hairs stuck in your throat.
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
+1 ffoatse
- Tyler Gillies
from email
FriendFeed itself is the room I've created based on this pic.
- Akiva Moskovitz
hihihihi.... olayı geçtim de nasıl mutlular yaaa(:
- Cherry Mei Chan♥
hihihihi!
- Rochelle
it's a nice day for a stroll on thee beach..
- David Gross
from email
I DON'T LIKE SAND THOUGH.
- Sparky Crocker
Then what's that in your vagina today, Sparky?
- Akiva Moskovitz
^^^^ Sparkles
- Christopher Harley
^^^^ Me!
- Sparky Crocker
NEVER FORGET
- Akiva Moskovitz
Why? *sobs*
- Janet
bahahahaha
- Geoff Schultz
This is the pic/thread FriendFeed should use as an example for the Hide -function.
- Jemm
MOOBIES
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Amazing, this keeps coming up :) and grossing me out every time
- petar vucetin
Oooops, there it was again :)
- Baard @ Pixum
Akiva, I could not forget THAT picture lol
- David Gross
from email
yaoi wowwie.
- Joe Silence is not dead
3.5 months later and it's still popping up! Akiva, you've created a monster!
- Tanath
I know, it's epic
- Neal Jansons
from IM
Huzzah! Beach blanket barf-off!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Where? Can I bring Skype?
- Sparky Crocker
Every time this pops back up I think I can hear these guys screaming NNNNOOOO not again - we will never live this down - an object lesson :D
- martha
Why!
- Joe Pierce
Wow they doing that for 15 months? LOL
- David Gross
from email
From 03/01/2009 and this still pops up on the first page of my home feed! Akiva what have you done sir!? :P
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Who ARE those four frolicking on the beach?
- David Gross
from email
They are the four bearmen of the apocalypse.
- Sparky Crocker
rofl
- Neal Jansons
from IM
*durrf*
- Sparky Crocker
Some day My prince will come ....
- Brent - Long Live Rock
NIPPLES
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
TIDDIES
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Still great, after all this time.
- anna sauce
7 hours since anna's comment? This needs a bump.
- Jordan Hofker
Heck - even 7 minutes without a bump is too long Jordan.
- Sparky Crocker
Tonight, we dine - IN HELL
- Mike Nayyar
Mike, you'd have to wait, only 2 can dine at a time..
- David Gross
from email
They're coming to rescue you! http://ff.im/41AnA
- Christopher Harley
I'M ON TOP OF THE BOY, MA! ON TOP OF THE BOY!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Man, this thing just keeps on resurfacing... :-(
- cmiper
Let's end this awful Monday with some class!
- Jorge Escobar
What kind of class? I'm not good at tests.
- Sparky Crocker
You have no class, either, Sparky.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm like FORTRAN.
- Sparky Crocker
More like LISP.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Yeth Thir!
- Sparky Crocker
I laugh every time i see it hahaha
- Geoff Schultz
Awwwwwww
- Baard @ Pixum
IS IT TOO EARLY IN THE MORNING FOR THIS? I HOPE NOT.
- Sparky Crocker
It IS too early in the morning for this sparky lol
- David Gross
from email
This post is a rather sparky lol.
- Rochelle
THere should be an option to make this post sticky at the top of Friendfeed
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
There is Aaman - just keep commenting!
- Sparky Crocker
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 Crocker
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
The four horsemen of the beachocalypse
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
Sayeth guy-who-waits: If only this were Total Recall.
- Rick Cogley
Be-Bumpity-Bump-BUM-BUM-BUM-BUMP.
- Christopher Harley
and grind
- Mattb4rd
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
Oh, there's nothing random going on here.
- Christopher Harley
Yay, so there is no Randomness that's even better, I think.
- Jimminy
Versatile. Irresistable comfort. Ergonomic.
- Akiva Moskovitz
You ROCK :D
- martha
What about their rocks?
- Sparky Crocker
STOP IT ALREADY!!!!'
- i ♥ derrick #bellymeme
Stop what? [innocent look]
- Akiva Moskovitz
losing. will. to. live.
- Joe Silence is not dead
2 hours without a bump? Clock in night crew!
- Christopher Harley
mission accepted
- Tyler Gillies
It's still daytime here in Japan. But to these guys, the night is young.
- Rick Cogley
nothing like a stroll on the beach on a friday morning :o) at least it stopped raining..
- David Gross
from email
If I stumble, they're going to eat me alive!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
They don't look like they would eat you alive. Lick you perhaps.
- Sparky Crocker
Dear disturbing pic of chubby nipple lickers... Please go away.
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
GO AWAY
- Alejandro
I am getting tired of seeing this pic..
- David Gross
from email
neither i am.
- Orçun İlbeyli aka Nucro
Tastes like marzipan.
- Christopher Harley
This is the last time this photo will appear in FriendFeed.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Happy saturday on the beach!
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
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 - Long Live Rock
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
I hope you didn't.
- Mladen Srdić
600th!
- Christopher Harley
oh for goodness sake!
- Jim Hearts FF
Tis bumped for Jim's sake of goodness. All Hail, Jim!
- Christopher Harley
Only 156 licks. I mean likes. 600 Comments. Wow.
- Mattb4rd
Good morning :o)
- David Gross
from email
LOL
- Toby Graham
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
up +607
- sG
I really do not need to see this on a Monday morning.. lol
- David Gross
Oh, David, you do!
- Christopher Harley
1000 comments or bust!!!! Can we do it?
- Paul
YES WE CAN!
- Noah David Simon
Yes we can?
- Jordan Hofker
Every time I see this photo, I leave FF for a couple hours. THANKS FOR MAKING ME GO BACK TO WORK
- Jered Hofker
No problem!
- Jordan Hofker
*bump* ;-)
- Jason Huebel
*dump*
- Sparky Crocker
Baaaaarely.
- Jordan Hofker
*sage nod*
- Sparky Crocker
*bumped for comic relief*
- Jimminy
THANK YOU JAMES
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Michael would have liked this one..
- David Gross
from email
MJ is the Fifth to this party.
- Christopher Harley
Chris H: That gives me an idea.
- Jimminy
I'm scared of any idea conjured by this pic and my comment.
- Christopher Harley
Chris: This is what the idea was nothing to scary. http://friendfeed.com/jimminy...
- Jimminy
This again.
- Sparky Crocker
Sparky is present 83 times in this thread. Can we get notice of number 100?
- Christopher Harley
Sparky?
- Noah David Simon
Are you trying to accuse me of artificially bumping this monstrosity? I would never!
- Sparky Crocker
Lunchtime :o)
- David Gross
from email
As the Grunts say in Halo, "Ok Ok, I'll share the nipple!"
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
There's a whale RIGHT THERE!!!
- Steven Perez
DYSP
- Akiva Moskovitz
THERE'S A WHALE RIGHT THERE!
- Christopher Harley
bahahahaha
- Geoff Schultz
I'd rather be on the beach..
- David Gross
from email
What the hell?
- Ethan
I agree with Christopher, definitely a whale right there.
- Ethan
NEEEEEEEPLES!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
LEEECKING!
- Sparky Crocker
And thus ends Pride Weekend.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I don't think pride is ever over for these guys.
- Sparky Crocker
The morning has broken
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
Good Morning Everybody :o)
- David Gross
from email
Sup DAWG its MOOB WEEK ON FF!!! "wait what its mob week not moob week?"
- Geoff Schultz
thts just NASTY!
- TenyJ Williams
Commenting in epic post!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
You know, I could sure go for a beach vacation.
- Sparky Crocker
sorry had to do this - 6 is my favorite number and I turn 50 this year :)
- Janet
To add to what Janet said, "6=5+1".
- Jimminy
*Bump*
- Jimminy
two bumps actually
- Mattb4rd
AAAHHHEEEEEE!
- martha
Ack! Not again!
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Happy Friday!
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
Why hasn't this been bumped in so long?
- Sparky Crocker
I'm guessing the hangovers that lingered yesterday.
- Jimminy
Dontya just hate Mondays?
- David Gross
from email
I thought I had seen this for the last time. But I had to see it, so now I bump it back to the top :P
- Ethan
NIPPLES!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
This is a BEAST!!!!
- Jimminy
That moment was saved forever. http://img.skitch.com/2009070...
- Christopher Harley
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
Thank goodness it's not 666 any more.
- Sparky Crocker
As my final act before going to sleep. *bump* ;-)
- Jason Huebel
good night everybody :o)
- David Gross
from email
So tempted to hide it, but it's funny! >.<
- Tanath
@chumworth check out THESE nipples lol
- David Gross
from email
The guy in the back not licking is like "haha I'm in the picture"
- Jordan Hofker
Jordan, 'I'm just happy to be here!'
- Akiva Moskovitz
wow, how many times do i have to "Hide" this before it sticks?
- Joe Silence is not dead
this is back again?
- Lokei Atikus™®
And again, and again.
- Sparky Crocker
Is this supposed to turn me on? Cuz it's not. But I AM laughing ...again.
- Brad Williamson
If this turns you on you should seek medical help. Or at least seek these guys on a beach.
- Sparky Crocker
I would say it's things like this that make me love FF, but you guys might get the wrong idea?
- Jered Hofker
Two months later and my eyes still haven't recovered from this...THING!
- Ade
I don't think it's a thing so much as an abomination
- Brent - Long Live Rock
Abominations are things. Just...bad things.
- Neal Jansons
from IM
The MOOBS of HELL rise once more.
- Jimminy
Hive?
- Sparky Crocker
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 Crocker
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
I can't believe this thing is still floating around Friendfeed. These poor guys... ha ha ha
- Bradley Farless
ah-CHOO!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Oopsie.....
- Baard @ Pixum
from iPhone
I thought about commenting to bring this back to the top, but then I decided not to...
- Internet's Tad
Who in the hell posted this thing?!
- Akiva Moskovitz
At least it's Friday
- Jorge Escobar
This thread will never die.
- Ethan
ever...
- Jenny Morman
paint it!
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
thank god it's friday, my boss is a bitch..
- David Gross
from email
I want laughing asian man to be my boss. Or my bitch. Wait. CONFUSLZED
- Sparky Crocker
bump
- Noah David Simon
OMG EPIC. Nipple Spam!
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
*hides it AGAIN*
- Joe Silence is not dead
I shall never die!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Seriously. Whoever posted this should be banned from FriendFeed for LIFE.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm too lazy to come up with a witty reason to bump this.
- Sparky Crocker
Akiva, they shouldn't be banned because I think they must be retired.
- Jimminy
It's fadi.... Ooops I guess not. :)
- Jimminy
When Sumo's fall in love---#wrong
- Bret Rowe
it beats Bruno
- Tyler Gillies
@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
will this ever die?
- sean percival
Please never put a hold on the comments for this. How shall it be bumped, then?
- Josh Haley
This must always get into the top of my feed at least once a day.
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
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...
more...
- David Gross
from email
who cares about the 14 year old girl Sarkozy was pointing at http://ff.im/56ANm
- Noah David Simon
I love you moobs.
- Jimminy
Sometimes love comes around. :3
- Danny Minick
It is too early in the morning for this..
- David Gross
from email
It's never too early in the morning for this.
- Sparky Crocker
aaahhhhhh my eyes my eyes it's too early :O
- martha
Just thought I'd swing by...
- Ian May
mother's milk LOL
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
eww lol
- David Gross
from email
This might be a good one to close comments on. That way it'd stop coming back.
- Kenton
Akiva, what say ye?
- Jorge Escobar
It can't be closed it is the immortal moobies.
- Jimminy
My lips like sugar?
- Danny Minick
This thread makes me want Friendfeed to have an option for large threads to load 10 of x comments, rather than load x more comments.
- Sparky Crocker
I definitely agree, Sparky, but I'd like both, "View x more comments - View last 10 comments" is what I'd love to see.
- Jimminy
Perhaps have it show up just after the 'x more comments' if x > 25 or something.
- Sparky Crocker
Well, what do we have here?
- Mladen Srdić
I'm feeling lucky...
- Jorge Escobar
Are you feeling lucky Jorge? LOL
- David Gross
from email
Think about random slurping sounds.
- Mattb4rd
Mooooooove'n back up to the top.
- Geoff Schultz
wow~ long commnet need shrink it
- HealingBrush
narf!
- Noah David Simon
Noah, post Troll Boobs here LOL
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
This image always helps me get lucky.
- Sparky Crocker
speaking of nipples
- Noah David Simon
This is my high school senior photo, by the way.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Your plastic surgery since has been a smashing sucsess.
- Sparky Crocker
*bump*
- Ronald
LOL, I didn't realize there were Moskovitzes with Asian ancestry. ;)
- Victor Ganata
Akiva, what you doing drinking Milk? LOL
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
Bumped for Steve 'Fat Balls' Perez.
- Akiva Moskovitz
yeap, first place in google, for Akiva LOL http://images.google.com/images...
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
A legacy. I has it.
- Akiva Moskovitz
You lose, Akiva
- WorldofHiglet
Hehe, I think this will be around forever. What have you done, Akiva? :)
- Ryo / Fuck Facebook
oh hai
- Geoff Schultz
This started in March? Feels like forever
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
@Aaman: Let's keep it going into Winter, when this summerly picture will provide us with warmth.
- CannonGod
Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyy T_T
- Jered Hofker
Jered: because he cares.
- Sparky Crocker
Ok, I know I need sleep now, because this is kind of hot. o_O
- Jimminy
Hahahahahaha!!! I just did a seach for "Obama" on Friendfeed, and this is the second item that shows up.
- Victor Ganata
:-))
- Anna Haro
Man there isnt enough time in the day, it's that time already.. How about a dip in the ocean before bedtime..
- David Gross
from email
oh hai!
- Geoff Schultz
WHY DOES IT KEEP COMING BACK!!!! GA!!!!
- Mathew™ one of a kind
Better yet, *why not*? It's so awesome it has to stick around.
- Jordan Hofker
These guys need to get there own Sprite commercial. :D
- Jimminy
I want to win a MacBook! http://tinyurl.com/HMPrizes @HiveMindMovie #Hive<http://twitter.com/home...>
- David Gross
from email
Wow, nipple lick got spammed!
- Rochelle
Wow, David Gross, why do you keep spamming this thread, this is the third or fourth time you have done such.
- Jimminy
everytime someone posts I get an email so sometimes I post something different.. that was only my second #hive post..
- David Gross
from email
It is not like this is a serious thread LOL
- David Gross
from email
this is a super serious thread
- Geoff Schultz
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
THE THREAD IS 12% BETTER NOW.
- Sparky Crocker
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
This thread is hereby closed.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Nooooooooo - don't close it!
- Sparky Crocker
You mean old man!
- Christopher Harley
Leave it open!!!!
- Christian (Simply X)
If you close it, I can just see the thousand reshares that will ensue. FF will soon stand for Fat Asian Feed.
- Victor Ganata
Wouldn't that be FAF?
- Sparky Crocker
How you close a thread? doya have to delete the post?
- David Gross
from email
@David only Akiva can. Bump.
- Jorge Escobar
I posted this http://friendfeed.com/kmeelah... about this thread, and no-one saw it...
- Kamilah Gill
LONG LIVE THE MEME THAT IS THIS.
- Sparky Crocker
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
It's already Friday in Japan.
- Rick Cogley
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
Titty Ham, mmm!!!
- Jimminy
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
DUNG! DUNG!
- Akiva Moskovitz
I mean, the Law & Order noise.
- Akiva Moskovitz
DOINK DOINK
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
heh. Back again. I have no clever saying this time.
- Danny Minick
This is clever on its own.
- Sparky Crocker
Nipples.
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
2/4 are wearing glasses
- sofarsoShawn
The resurrection of the nipple lickers.
- Deepti
meat balls
- Noah David Simon
Personally, I'm starting to love this thread...despite the pic at the top. lol
- Christian (Simply X)
میلاد
- M.S
میلاد
- Arash Irani
LOL, just looking through my likes to show my dad something
- Toby Graham
Woah. Forgot all about this.
- Akiva Moskovitz
ALWAYS!
- Sparky Crocker
you lose
- WorldofHiglet
On this day of frost in Alaska, time for some summery love:)
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
you're right, Amanda, I shouldn't have googled that phrase!
- MiniMage, sheeple of FF
two-fer
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
I count a four-fer there.
- Sparky Crocker
Here some Antisemitism Milk on Wikipedia! I hope you like the Beast! http://www.igorthetroll.com/blog...
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
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
Tit theme?
- Sparky Crocker
*cough*
- Simon Wicks
I still love this stupid post. Call me sick.
- Christian (Simply X)
You're sick.
- Akiva Moskovitz
oh wow......................
- Holden Page
Imagine if Scoble introduced this pic/thread to the new gaggle of his Friendfeed Followers
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
Thank you, Akiva! :D I take that as a complement every time I hear it. lol
- Christian (Simply X)
This picture in this post shows what can happen when something escapes from the lab into the wild.
- Spidra Webster
I AM A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva, Noooooooooooooooooooooo!
- Danny Minick
Don't make me say it again.
- WorldofHiglet
slurp
- Noah David Simon
double slurp
- Igor The Troll יִצְחָק
:(
- Danny Minick
You mean :) right Danny?
- Sparky Crocker
By replying to your comment, I am only reviving this thread. :(
- Danny Minick
Has u seen mah bukkit?
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
No, I haz not seen seen yur bukkit... I thought this thread was closed..
- David Gross
from email
omg 666
- mike "glemak" dunn
ah sean - of course my bad, for me it was 666 but i block a ton of folks ;)
- mike "glemak" dunn
interesting.
- Josh Haley
I just shoved a rodent in my ass. I can't get it out. call an ambulance
- Noah David Simon
Or call these guys. They seem like they could help.
- Sparky Crocker
PARTY'S OVER, BOYS. BREASTFEEDING ISN'T ALLOWED ON FACEBOOK.
- Akiva Moskovitz
LOL - OMG, that's so true it hurts......
- Matthew DeVries
no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- andy brudtkuhl
SAY GOODBYE TO THIS WONDERFUL PICTURE
- Jordan Hofker
There's more stuff to be all "NOOO" about right now, Dave....
- Kamilah Gill
That looks like breast feeding: BANNED!!!!
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
This gets its own Fan Page.
- Christopher Harley
This thread must have been part of the deal...It has to be..This can never die...lol
- Bill Heslin
Whenever Facebook buys a competitor it often causes spontaneous man-titty licking.
- Mattb4rd
This needs to be bumped. Especially today and for so many reasons.
- Jason Huebel
Welcome facebookers - this is Friendfeed
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
this is like the goatse of friendfeed
- Nathan Rein
Friendfeed will never die as long as this thread remains open - can someone please also cross-post it to Facebook?
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
Come join us, and we'll do THIS to you. Whenever you want.
- Rick Cogley
The first picture posted to Akiva's FB page. Seems about right. :D
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Oh. Dear. God.
- Mark Jepsen
oh that damn fat kid! Why does he always show up in my feed!
- Geoff Schultz
mmm.. MILK! Its good for you! ; ) http://bit.ly/a9Fs
- David Gross
Tandem Nursing: It's easier than you think!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
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 Jepsen
Hmmm, where do you think they're from? My guess is Japan...
- sofarsoShawn
Zombie thread!
- Sparky Crocker
from iPhone
Does sumo pr0n violate the Facebook TOS? Muahhaahhaaaaaaa!
- Rick Cogley
DO ANYBODY NO WHY THIS KEEPS GETTING BUMPED?
- Mark Jepsen
NO, I DON'T NO.
- Sparky Crocker
You use the phrase 'good work' so loosely there.
- Sparky Crocker
How does this not have over 1000 comments yet?
- Josh Haley
I think we should use this thread for the next ffundercats chatroom.
- Josh Haley
... ...?
- Mark Jepsen
That would be great!
- Matthew DeVries
The way you do it is post the next show, post a link to here, and then lock commenting.
- Matthew DeVries
wow, those guys are still on the beach?
- David Gross
People are getting lazy...1000 comments by September or you all lose the game!
- Josh Haley
Wait, there was a game? I thought we were just bumping this to add to the overall absurdist trauma in the collective psyche?
- Neal Jansons
from IM
I haven't seen moobs in a while, I was beginning to forget what they look like.
- Jimminy
Nice Glasses.
- Ian May
Why hasn't this been bumped in over a day? *bump*
- Jimminy
Rumor is that this isn't bumping up anymore so I'm trying it out.
- Rochelle
:(
- Akiva Moskovitz
It bumped
- Matthew DeVries
:-)
- Jordan Hofker
MOOBIES!!!! Wait wut was I doing?
- Jimminy
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
He said tea party.
- Mattb4rd
Can't unsee this.
- Matt Hilton
Yes you can unsee this. You just need to cheesegrater your eyes and the memory cortex of your brain.
- Sparky Crocker
Come here and I'll show you.
- Sparky Crocker
but waiter I didn't order the man boobies today
- Noah David Simon
How does this work, again?
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
Cool. Stir handles this post without crashing, giving it an edge over other Friendfeed apps.
- Rob H.
That. is. awesome. This post has now become a benchmark by which to measure the abilities of applications.
- Victor Ganata
And some people think this post is worthless. It has worth, I tell you. Worth!@
- Akiva Moskovitz
You should really go through and moderate the off-topic posts Akiva
- Matthew DeVries
LOL MDV
- Josh Haley
>.<
- Danny Minick
ALMOST TO 1,000
- Sparky Crocker
Oh good lord, now people are going to posting that Dragon Ball Z quote.
- Matthew DeVries
9000?!?! (sorry I had to)
- Neal Jansons
from IM
Seriously? This is going to go to over 9000? Will FF survive that long?
- Mark Jepsen
Has Robert Scoble liked this yet?:)
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
Somehow I missed this bumping back up to the top. I'm glad I clicked through to see it again. Poor Akiva!
- Ladybug Heather
Why p[oor Akiiva? She will be famous for this one :o)
- David Gross
from email
LMAO!!! David, Akiva is a lady?
- Jimminy
When will this ever leave my feed :( haha
- Nicholas James
NEVAH!!!
- Jason Huebel
from iPhone
ALWAYS!!!
- Sparky Crocker
Jimminy, I guess I just assumed.. Akiva is usually a woman's name in Hebrew..
- David Gross
from email
David, huh? Tell that to Rabbi Akiva (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...) which is where the name comes from.
- Rochelle
Akiva's a boy! He's not a girl! He's a boy!
- Christopher Harley
LMAO, I'm surprised, that David never this belief sooner here.
- Jimminy
Wishful thinking, perhaps.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Why are my private beach photos on Akiva's feed?
- Mike Nayyar
from iPhone
Mike, I think it's because Akiva felt like sharing a picture of the back of his head, like always.(guy on the far right)
- Jimminy
Totally can't be me, Jimminy. No kippah.
- Akiva Moskovitz
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
Jimminy, it's an irrational phobia. No different than people who are afraid of heights, spiders, clowns, or Canada.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Oh, and thanks! You sly dog, you!
- Akiva Moskovitz
I say again. WTH!
- Got Love For DB™?
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
I don't think even Canadians know that difference.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Leave Canada out of this.
- Sparky Crocker
from iPhone
Canada is cold a lot
- Ian May
"When you do it, rub his belly. He likes that."
- Rick Cogley
*punches veo in the antennae*
- Sparky Crocker
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
close to a 1000 on this one
- sean percival
1000 TONIGHT!
- Christopher Harley
You guys so crazy, I'm going to get 1000
- Jimminy
ummm....?
- Marissa
I popped the 666 cherry and I will get 1000 also.
- Jimminy
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
Not everyone see's it, only the people with true class do.
- Sparky Crocker
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 Jepsen
BUT WE CAN INFER WHAT "MAIN CHUBBY GUY'S" HANDS ARE DOING. BOTH OF THEM.
- Sparky Crocker
@Mark, of interest (well not really) is the location of Front Left guy's left hand.
- Travis Koger
Bump for documentation.
- Josh Haley
Let's do the bump
- Ian May
You're hurting the Google http://ff.im/7KPH3
- Christopher Harley
ipod, apple, mac, Steve Jobs
- Josh Haley
Is there any thread on FF that has more comments than this one?
- Spidra Webster
Scoble had one where he was offering money.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Yes, Spidra http://friendfeed.com/search... It's part of an elite club....
- Kamilah Gill
They're Baaaccckkk LOL
- martha
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
moobs
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Comment number nine hundred and eighty something.
- Christopher Harley
992 in total.
- अभिषेक(Abhishek) Das
You Lie!
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
that's disturbing...
- CherryBazaar Photography
Hoo boy, now I gotta wake up to ill-advised family photos and sumo pr0n both (cross post from ill-advised family photos).
- Rick Cogley
Comment number nine hundred and ninety something.
- Christopher Harley
956
- AJ Batac
What AJ?
- Jimminy
I love Moobs.
- Jimminy
I cheated and stole 1000 because the moobs are so amazing.
- Jimminy
I GOT 1000th COMMENT!
- Sparky Crocker
I HATE FF EVEN MORE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- veo
Oh wait, 999 more. I failed. Oh well, I got 1002-1003. THAT MAKES ME 2 AND 3 BETTER.
- Sparky Crocker
LOL, Akiva or someone is deleting comments, so it's at 999 now. LOL
- Jimminy
I get 1000 again.
- Jimminy
why are comments getting deleted?
- Holden Page
Because the post should never hit *1000*
- Jimminy
999
- veo
1000! Horray!
- veo
this photo .. will this ever disappear from the Web? :s
- Sardar Mohkim Khan
Really sorry, my finger slipped and I bumped this
- Johnny Worthington
LIES.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Oh whew! For a moment I thought this was gone forever... but I FOUND IT!
- Mark Jepsen
I think it is a little cold to be playing on the beach..
- David Gross
from email
OMG, this is back?!
- Sparky Crocker
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
bu nelan böyle
- abdulrezzak kapıkolları
I second that.
- Ian May
Motion? Yeah, this picture would be better as an animated gif.
- Jordan Hofker
This thread bumps more often than I do.
- Sparky Crocker
AGAIN?!?!
- Andru Edwards
Of course it's coming up again. It's our favorite quadrology of happy Asian men.
- Sparky Crocker
Happy Birthday Bump!
- Josh Haley
lol, i love when this shows up.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
This doesn't show up, this show's you up.
- Sparky Crocker
Leaked: OS X 10.7 Default Wallpaper
- Danny Minick
It's still here! (Breathes a heartfelt sigh of relief!)
- Mark Jepsen
Happy Birthday, Mark Vandenberg! http://ff.im/96VuI
- Josh Haley
Woah, this just appeared and my first instinct was to click Like.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Excellent instincts.
- Josh Haley
Akiva has the instincts of the chosen people.
- Sparky Crocker
Oh, you must mean the Google Wave users.
- Josh Haley
Clearly. The Way of Google has taught Akiva well much as it has taught the jolly Asian man as shown by his cheery demeanor.
- Sparky Crocker
He's happy alright.
- Jordan Hofker
Jordan - does our Jolly friend need to appear again in the Gamer Lounge? I think he does.
- Sparky Crocker
hahaha oh wow
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
"This is getting on my tits", he said
- Ian May
That means you like it, right?
- Jordan Hofker
How could you not like it?
- Sparky Crocker
Good morning everybody :o)
- David Gross
from email
You gotta be kidding.
- Mine Ekim
Yes, he's kidding.
- Christopher Harley
from iPhone
THIS IMAGE IS NEVER KIDDING.
- Sparky Crocker
mmm.. yummy :o)
- David Gross
from email
OMG Why?!?!
- SmallCapVoice
Because it's awesome!
- Sparky Crocker
It feels like Groundhog Day whenever I see this.
- Andru Edwards
Except that unlike Groundhog Day this is AWESOME!
- Sparky Crocker
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 Crocker
Saturday fun
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
Opps... my finger slipped
- Johnny Worthington
AGAIN!!
- Bhowmik Shah
I love when this rolls up. It's my favorite.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
NOOOO!!!
- Joe Silence is not dead
please let this die! ;-)
- pea ♥ fierce as a woozle
Eeeek! HIDE!
- April Buchheit
This will never die. Never.
- Victor Ganata
This photo IS FriendFeed .. om om om nom om om mmm om nom mmmmm
- Mattb4rd
جاپونی های همجنس باز
- آرش
Sirhan K.
- Jimminy
(ôآرش ، مثل پاپ به من می رسد ؛
- David Gross
from email
Ahhhh...mammaries :-))
- Anna Haro
I really wish I could 'like' this again...
- Sparky Crocker
Me, too, Sparky. Oh look, inadvertent bump.
- Ayşe E.
clean your glasses.
- Ian May
I APPROVE OF THIS.
- veo
*If* the Tech people have all left (as if) ...*then* where have they gone?
- JSNFLMNG
Bump for the good times.
- Mark Krynsky
this has got to be the hottest pic on the internet..
- David Gross
from email
#iGottaCrush on this thread. I love when it comes up. I always try to like it again.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
>.< CURSE YOU MONIQUE!
- Danny Minick
How the EFF does this keep getting bumped?! Is there no limit?!
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
We certainly hope there isn't a limit...
- Sparky Crocker
Thinking of Josh *bump*
- Spidra Webster
There's a UFO in this picture ;o)
- sofarsoShawn
Sadly it's behind the main focus of the photo.
- Sparky Crocker
looks like a nice day on the beach :o)
- David Gross
from email
Welcome back, asian nipple lickers!
- Jason Huebel
Who here hasn't licked a asian nipple or 2?
- Matthew DeVries
This guy.
- Jordan Hofker
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
ah - now that's the way I like to start the week!
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
This is how I always start my week.
- Sparky Crocker
Licking asian nipples? I suppose that's one way to make your Monday brighter.
- Jason Huebel
Not this again :D
- Tendonitis' Bitch
The other week I googled my name, and this was one of the images that came up. I tired again this week, but it wasn't there.
- Mike Nencetti
What an honor Mike. I wish Google would associate me with greatness like this.
- Sparky Crocker
oohh nipples :o)
- David Gross
from email
jihad
- Noah David Simon
Happy Wednesday!
- Sparky Crocker
what a day.. at least tomorrow is friday.. :)
- David Gross
from email
I just opened my laptop to show my mom a picture of Audrey and she saw this. She said "Is that man in the middle supposed to be Akiva?"
- Rochelle
He wishes
- Johnny Worthington
+100 rochelle!
- Jorge Escobar
from IM
*dead*
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva himself takes post# 1K69 baby!
- Matthew DeVries
Wow, this just keeps rollin'!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
It sure has some rolls.
- Sparky Crocker
good night everybody :o)
- David Gross
from email
Sweet dreams, dear friends. :-)
- Anna Haro
Friday, lunch time, in this side of the world :)))
- MobilAdam
yes, lunchtime here too.. this pic looks like a Happy Halloween from Hawaii card.. lol :o)
- David Gross
from email
I still want to know where I can get those snazzy red frames.
- Sparky Crocker
@Sparky - http://www.zennioptical.com
- Mattb4rd
Happy Halloweenie guys :o)
- David Gross
from email
well played, David Gross.
- Vezquex: God of FF
A Jack O'Mantern
- Spidra Webster
Nice.
- Jay Cuthrell
((. )( .))
- Spidra Webster
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 Crocker
SHUT UP SPARKY!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111!!!!
- Andru Edwards
I refuse to shut up about the glory that is this thread. REFUSE.
- Sparky Crocker
Yes, Vezquex, I'm jealous of those guys, it is warm there, nothing like a warm beatch..
- David Gross
from email
I'm jealous of so much more!
- Sparky Crocker
from iPhone
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
I'm betting 95 on that beach...
- Sparky Crocker
exactly what's the origin of this meme? Anyone? #smlask
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
The origin is the meme of fun...just fun...and a perfect meme it has been....
- Bill Heslin
Good night Sparky :o)
- David Gross
from email
miodio
- vtanner
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
He's talking about the iPhone.
- Josh Haley
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
yep... Apple's different
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AAPL is very much about money as well.
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
If there wasn't a lot of money attached to changing the world I wonder how well it would work? :-)
- Todd Hoff
Yeah, I mean, let's be serious. They aren't saints.
- Chieze Okoye
Apple's about making profits through innovation. Not like other companies. Push some bullshit crap out the door, charge shit rates and turn in returns, that's every company on the planet except Apple.
- vijay
I would be more excited vijay if another element, Closed Systems, wasn't so forward.
- Todd Hoff
what's closed systems Todd? You mean the open/closed software systems?
- vijay
I mean stuff like how closed itunes and the iphone are. It's not just the carrier choice, the APIs are frustratingly limited.
- Todd Hoff
How about they change the world by making the iPhone platform free and open. Why can't I even use Flash on my iPhone?
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
We should at least have read/write access to all the data that's on the phone and in itunes.
- Todd Hoff
I'm not a programmer so I don't know about APIs but I can answer why Carrier is closed. AT&T subsidizes iPhone in return for exclusivity. And iPhone has already opened up to other carriers in quite a few countries now.
- vijay
Lack of Flash on iPhone, and Lack of Multitasking BOTH have the same reason... iPhone has a non-removable battery unlike other devices.
- vijay
+1 Todd
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
@vijay and why does it have a non-removeable battery?
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
vijay, how are those features related to the battery?
- LogEx
Apple hates screws. Screws means movable parts and that means repair service. Plus it's ugly.
- vijay
Flash and Multitasking (apps run in the bg), eat battery like cake. That's why.
- vijay
@vijay Really? You mean they aren't innovative enough to figure out how to put in a removeable battery without screws??
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
I mean moving parts. Not just screws.
- vijay
But a removable battery would take up more space, or be smaller and have less juice.
- LogEx
The Flash decision may be party energy consumption, but it's also political IMO.
- LogEx
Not political. Flash and the entire Adobe suite runs on macs. Actually Photoshop runs better on Macs than on anything else.
- vijay
True, but wireless is a whole new world, no reason to support a proprietary format that may eventually die off (especially if it gets helped to die off). The iPhone is the one platform that has enough leverage to obviate Flash.
- LogEx
what's the gain for apple there?
- vijay
The gain is not having to use, license, and depend on another company's proprietary format. HTML 5 & h.264 address 80% of the use cases.
- LogEx
Vijay, seriously, dude, step away from the Distortion Field. Apple is not the first company that succeeds through innovation nor will they be the last. They're not even the only one that does it now. Honestly, even back in the day when it was scraping it's way to dominance, Microsoft was awesome at taking disparate ideas and putting them together into something successful. Read "Good to...
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- Chieze Okoye
In fact, you could say that Dell is passionately driven and innovative in the field of assembly-lining computer manufacturing in order to cut their bottom line. Just because it's not in the realm of making stuff look pretty doesn't mean you can't innovate.
- Chieze Okoye
I've been using windows since 3.1 and DOS before that. I came to know of Apple only 3 years back. Distortion Field has nothing to do with this. The care and attention to detail in every single Apple product is absolutely astounding.
- vijay
LogEx license makes sense yes.
- vijay
What I'm saying is that your "Apple is different because they're passionate about what they do and are successful because of it" is a false comparison. Companies that become great all share the same type of passion for whatever it is they're doing (read: whatever it is they're focusing themselves at becoming the best at). It's basically a requirement. The only thing that differs is where that passion is directed.
- Chieze Okoye
we could be talking about the same thing then... MS is passionate about gaining Market Share through any means possible while Apple is passionate about making a difference.
- vijay
That's my other thing. Apple is not that altruistic (which, no offense, is where I think the RDF comes in). Their passion is directed at being the best of high-end, boutique computing. It's not about "changing the world" and "making a difference" (a la a charity organization).
- Chieze Okoye
iPhone 3G is just 99 bucks.
- vijay
And their cheapest laptop is $1,000.
- Chieze Okoye
which comes with multitouch and the best of industrial design(unibody is sexay) and OSX.
- vijay
exactly my point: "best of high-end, boutique computing"
- Chieze Okoye
Great points Chieze
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
iPhone + iPod Touch is also a platform. That is cheap.
- vijay
You're not including the development cost
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
development cost? for consumers ?
- vijay
Vijay, iPhone is most certainly not a cheap platform. iPhone is $500-$700 MSRP. Consumers don't see that, but they're still spending roughly $2,000 over the life of their two-year contracts. Smartphones are not cheap, doesn't matter how you cut it. $99 iPhone is great or whatever, but there is still a completely different strata of people (ie: those that can afford it) that can and do purchase an iPhone. iPhone 3G is not cross-shopped with a $99 moto on metroPCS.
- Chieze Okoye
iPod touch is a stronger argument, though it is still $200 minimum for a music player (I bought a music player off of woot.com for $10 (S+H included) once.
- Chieze Okoye
"Apple's about making profits through innovation. Not like other companies. Push some bullshit crap out the door, charge shit rates and turn in returns, that's every company on the planet except Apple. - vijay" Seriously? Yikes, you have had too much of the Kool-Aid or you sit on way more corporate boards than we understand.
- Kenton
all smartphones are not cheap so Apple is a high end boutique computing platform? no. iPhone is cheap getting cheaper(it started off at 600 bucks and is now 99) and people are buying it as well so I don't see how it is not affordable.
- vijay
or maybe you don't know much about apple Kenton
- vijay
Smartphones are not a cheap market. They are the almost the definition of a high-end computing platform. AAPL's dominance of that market is EXACTLY MY POINT. They want to be best at high-end computing, and iPhone is their successful strategy of doing that in mobile. It starting out at $600 is due to the fact that AT&T subsidized very little of it. Then they subsidized more when the...
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- Chieze Okoye
Uhh, yeah right. You work for Apple then? To say that every other company in the world only cares about making a quick buck off crap products is proof that you aren't thinking in an unbiased way. To start an argument with a statement like that immediately destroys any credibility you have.
- Kenton
The smartphone market is slowly but surely becoming more mainstream and less high-end, that is true, but that trend is world wide and is still a ways off from seeing completion. Smartphone usage is still probably in the single-digits of worldwide cellular usage because (here it comes) all that technology is actually still pretty expensive and high-end.
- Chieze Okoye
Chieze, to keep it simple, Macs = high end price range of PCs, iPhone = low end price range of smartphones. Macs as High end boutique computing for PCs makes sense because you CAN get 'kinda' the same functionality for a lesser price. High end boutique computing for mobiles DOESN'T make sense cause you CANNOT get the same features for less.
- vijay
Kenton, I don't care about credibility in your eyes. If I have to prove my credibility each and every time I have one of these threads I'd be here forever. If the topic interests you do your own research else get out.
- vijay
They're not angels, Vijay. Take a look at this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technol... talk of a company that benefitted and still does of the opensource community! (in simple words, they introduced a kind of protection that prevents you from using your ipod with any other app!) AND they sent a DMCA notice to someone who was trying to solve this!
- directeur
Wait, I can't get a phone that makes calls, checks voicemails, goes on the internet and runs applications for cheaper than the iPhone? That's news to me. I'm saying that smartphones themselves are already the high-end and boutique strata of THE ENTIRE MARKET FOR PHONES. That Apple made the smartphone that has dominated all smartphones for 2 years now is not surprising given that they want to be best at high-end computing.
- Chieze Okoye
directeur, iTunes closed model is 'cause of the Big 3 and their DRM. But since DRM is not there anymore I still have to have to think out the 'why'.
- vijay
Vijay, my point is that it is totally opinion on your part yet you say it and defend it like you have some omniscient knowledge that the rest of us don't. Apple builds some great products and they have different ways of looking at design and product manufacturing. You're doing a disservice to the millions of companies in the world that focus on making people's lives better and actually do it.
- Kenton
Vijay, dude, honestly, if you just step back a bit, and look at it from what's obviously true, you wouldn't have to think about the why. They want to sell high-end and boutique computing. That requires selling a complete experience from A to Z. That requires tight control of what does and doesn't happen on their stuff, hence the tight reins of iTunes. Honestly, it's not a bad thing to sell that type of experience with real panache as Apple does, which is why I find your resistance to the idea puzzling.
- Chieze Okoye
multitouch, app store, full web browser and so much more features. Not the same. My Japanese friend who get DOCOMO's latest phone has a browser alright, she has this to say --->- http://twitter.com/perfect...
- vijay
do you know why she uses dots instead of spaces in her tweets? --->-http://twitter.com/perfect... 'cause of her sucky phone.
- vijay
ROTFL. The only phone that is well engineered enough to let you type spaces is the iPhone?
- Kenton
vijay, as someone who believes in free sowftware. I HATE this kind of closeness. Moreover the DMCA notice does not apply in that case. So why did they sent it? http://www.eff.org/deeplin...
- directeur
* wherever relevant I'm trying to find links to give you a better view so my replies might take longer. Also the thread is slowing down a lot *
- vijay
While it didn't have multi-touch (and really why is this such an important innovation?). My first Blackberry Pearl had applications, a full web browser (Opera) and better email functionality than the iPhone will ever have. Oh, and it had a space key that worked too.
- Kenton
Kenton, my point being every phone that touts "ADVANCED WEB BROWSER AVAILABLE" is actually not the whole story. There are different and varied shortcomings on all these phones. Now I'm pretty sure anyone could have understood that without me having to type it out. Don't ignore the point of my comment just for the sake of arguing.
- vijay
"multitouch, app store, full web browser and so much more features. Not the same." This makes no sense. It's a phone. That's the core functionality and that is the basic market that it is in. All the other stuff you mention goes into making it high-end. That's like saying Mercedes E-Class and Toyota Echo aren't the same thing because of a laundry list of features. Yes, they are different in the sense that one's is higher-end version of the same thing: A CAR.
- Chieze Okoye
yeah multitouch is a revolution. And before the iPhone EVERY. SINGLE. SMARTPHONE came with a stylus. Apple changed that and proved people that your fingers work just fine, that the screen won't scratch. HUGE.
- vijay
"it's a phone"... you were talking about "computing platforms" Chieze. Smartphones come under that not phones.
- vijay
or they're a hybrid of both markets.
- Chieze Okoye
without "apps" how is it a computing platform?!
- vijay
Anyway, I think that I've made all the points that I can make on this topic.
- Chieze Okoye
"Wait, I can't get a phone that makes calls, checks voicemails, goes on the internet and ***runs applications*** for cheaper than the iPhone?" You're missing the forest for the trees.
- Chieze Okoye
PAUSE: Why does Steven Se(a)gal support Apple? Does Chuck Norris support Dell? :p
- directeur
"goes on the internet" is NOT the same as browsing on a smartphone. I've already proved that with actual complaints of a user. I've no idea why it is so hard to see this.
- vijay
"turning hard right at 50 MPH in an E-class is not the same as trying to do the same in an Echo"
- Chieze Okoye
so compare prices with phones that offer the same features then
- vijay
Back to the altruism thing. Why doesn't Apple give the phone away for free? Wouldn't that be the best thing for the people? The most altruistic thing for Apple to do? Wouldn't our connected world be so much better if we all had the best smartphone and apps and all at the swipe of two fingers? If Apple truly wasn't in it for the money they could also subsidise the rediculous charges we...
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- Kenton
sorry I couldn't the right image but here's how much of a change iPhone has made --->- http://bit.ly/3gpf6U That's the iPhone beating an actual camera in number of shots uploaded. That's the amount of change iPhone has brought in.
- vijay
"truly wasn't in it for the money " - already addressed in my first comment here " Apple's about making -profits through innovation-."
- vijay
Nope. They are a consumer electronics company. They contribute to e-waste in the world. That's not making the world a better place.
- Rodfather
*pops more popcorn*
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Rod humans poop. That's not making the world a better place now is it? Maybe this would be better... Apple makes the world a better place for "people"
- vijay
Rodfather: You're a carbon-based life form. You convert oxygen to carbon dioxide, aiding global warming. Is it therefore valid for me to dismiss you as a polluter and ignore what other contributions you may give to the world?
- Kevin Fox
Well, ya, humans are like a virus to the world too.
- Rodfather
Has the unibody Mac actually made the world a better place for people?
- Kenton
Less waste and less repairs due to lack of moving parts so yes in a small way. What's next Kenton? Is it gonna be "does the apple logo make the world a better place too?".
- vijay
btw, for people who hate fanboys and automatically assume anyone talking positive about macs as a "fanboy" and then turn themselves into "anti-fanboys".. I've come across Apple fanboys too, see this thread ---->- http://bit.ly/1KYGwY ( click on "show hidden threads" )
- vijay
@vijay: Apple products may be better choice for a selected group of fans. For my needs, Apple products don't offer better value (more like the opposite). So, it's matter of taste what things are important and which company is the best for each.
- Jemm
it's a matter of taste only for people who have very specific requirements Jemm, not for normal folks. Like no matter how much innovation Apple pumps into iPhone I know my linux friends over here won't touch it with a stick.. why? Just because it's not open. THERE, it is a matter of taste. For regular users it's a combo of features + UI/UX + cost.
- vijay
Vijay, you say everything Apple does is about innovation so ultimately, I guess I would have to ask that question. It is likely more productive, though, for me to just say I disagree with your assertion.
- Kenton
yeah yeah, go ahead Kenton. It's not like I'm earning money from getting people to agree with me.
- vijay
ZOMG Someone's wrong on the internet!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
:D
- vijay
I would have to say that the market has proven your formula for regular users should be - cost+combo of features + UI/UX. Apple products appeal to those who follow combo of features + UI/UX + cost
- Kenton
Apple products appeal to a lot of people because they innovate. End of Story.
- vijay
Vijay, I'd argue it's more than that though. Plenty of companies innovate, Apple does something different. They tightly control the experience. It's a double edged sword for them, since it's also the source of their biggest weakness.
- mikepk
Mike, like I said to Alphaxion ... http://friendfeed-media.com/612df62... depends on how you define "innovation". Is innovation something simple removing the "text labels" next to the icon" or is "innovation" a game changer like the iPod or iPhone? Apple belongs to the latter category of innovation imo.
- vijay
let me confuse you even more guys! I'm a life-long windows user who loves apple but supports "open"! ---->- http://bit.ly/451tVV
- vijay
with this I'm off to bed. Thanks you guys for participating. Appreciate it. : ) EDIT: Mike, you're right. Nothing new about the tech in them. But UI/UX is what makes such a huge change. The Digital Music Revolution happened 'cause for the first time you could browse 1000 songs on your iPod without going nuts. No matter how game changing the tech is there's no point if you can't use it.
- vijay
But here's the really interesting part. Depending on your definition of innovation (technical innovation) there was nothing new about the tech in either the iphone or ipod. What they engineered though, was the end to end experience of those devices. I think the success of those devices is at least 80% due to the user experience (esp if you count 'cool' into it, but even 'cool' doesn't play as large a part as people often say). It's a holistic kind of innovation.
- mikepk
g'night
- mikepk
comments are not closed. I NEVER close comments. If you got more to discuss do keep going I'll reply in the morn.
- vijay
PC-World just published TCO for Droid, Pre, iPhone. http://www.pcworld.com/article... iPhone was by far the most expensive.
- Kenton
Kenton, I just looked at the article, looks like the prices were flawed originally and have been updated with newer Verizon pricing. Droid turns out more expensive (at least according to their logic). Lots of angry comments about how the author didn't check the Verizon smartphone pricing.
- mikepk
what Mike said. And Kenton... when I said iPhone 3G is 99 bucks only why did you assume I said "3GS"? 3G NOT 3GS, I said 3G NOT 3GS. I reapeated that 3 times so it can get through the thick illogical ati-apple sentiment hanging in your head. anything eh? anything, no matter how clunky the argument is, anything to take away credit from Apple eh Kenton? Open your mind up a little more.
- vijay
Besides, the whole "high end boutique computing" thing started by Chieze is flawed. That's like saying cars have not really changed human transportation 'cuz a large % of people can only afford bicycles and can't even dream of getting a car. Get this... smartphones are changing mobile computing and the one that brought it on and still continues to spur themselves AND their competition and the ENTIRE industry as a whole is Apple.
- vijay
Anyone who still has doubts about how much Apple has changed the mobile computing Industry, take a look at this ---->- http://bit.ly/s4jXC yep. EVERY. SINGLE. SMARTPHONE that you see in ads today, be it the dream or the droid or the Pre, were all the product of the change brought about by Apple. This is why Apple is a "game-changer", the entire industry has undergone a change for the better.
- vijay
While I enjoy my iPhone very deeply, I feel that one of Apple's biggest problems is that they now seem less interested in changing the game than in simply maintaining it. To be sure, there's very little incentive for them to fix what isn't broken, but my hope is that with others now stepping up to become serious competitors in the smartphone market, Apple will be forced to try a little harder. They make a fantastic product, but stronger competition may cause them to get even better.
- Noah Belson
Apple's different from other companies in that they are proactive than reactive. The common complaint when people say innovation on iPhone has stalled is lack of multitasking and flash which people expect Apple to include but as long as iPhone has a non-removable battery they won't be adding it in. Competition is always good, yes. I myself want the Pre for my next phone --->- http://bit.ly/2Z0yRi
- vijay
Interesting, I didn't know the battery was the reason they don't allow multi-tasking or a flash. Why is that? Are they worried that people will kill their batteries long before they're meant to die for good?
- Noah Belson
aye. with removable batteries suppose say in the middle of the trip your battery runs out you can swap it with the standby with other smartphones but since iPhone battery cannot be swapped out by the user ,running apps in the bg (mutltitasking) and flash would eat away the juice leaving a dead phone until you recharge it again.
- vijay
So they're just worried about people not understanding how quickly they'll run down their batteries by multitasking and using the camera flash. I guess that makes sense, but still, I'd rather they just allow it and let ME worry about how quickly the battery dies. Carring an extra charger in my car would be a small price to pay to be able to multitask without jailbreaking.
- Noah Belson
The entire business model of a closed system is to make more money.
- Michael W. May
Exactly Michael. Take away their profits and Apple's wheels come to a screeching halt just like every other business.
- Mattb4rd
Like I said in my first comment in here Apple's about "profits through innovation" not just profits by hook or crook like other companies. Hence this post.
- vijay
And it seems Todd said what I wanted, only better :)
- Michael W. May
how does it affect the fact that iPod has changed the entire music industry and the iPhone has changed the entire mobile computing industry?
- vijay
Apple hasn't changed much in the mobile market. It's share in both is still minuscule. For mobile stats: http://www.mobileisgood.com/statist... It's mp3/media player stats are much dominate, that I do not argue. None of that changes that fact that Apple is in business for profit. Whatever secondary guidelines of changing the world they follow, the primary and overriding is profit....
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- Michael W. May
my comment from above: " Anyone who still has doubts about how much Apple has changed the mobile computing Industry, take a look at this ---->- http://bit.ly/s4jXC yep. EVERY. SINGLE. SMARTPHONE that you see in ads today, be it the dream or the droid or the Pre, were all the product of the change brought about by Apple. This is why Apple is a "game-changer", the entire industry has undergone a change for the better. "
- vijay
again, Apple is "profit though innovation" not "profit by any shitty ploy we can think up". That's why they are the best company on the planet.
- vijay
"mp3/media player stats" it's not about their media player stats. Apple for the first time created an environment where people can carry a 1000 songs in their pocket. For the first time customers can buy JUST ONE SONG from an album than the WHOLE album. These two reasons combined laid the foundation for the digital music revolution paving the way for all the digital music stores like...
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- vijay
How did go about doing that? I don't deny any of that. But to ignore the amount of profit and lack of responsibility Apple's practices in digital music (remember non-drm'd mp3s only happened just this year) and the app store is to ignore that they are in many ways just as bad as any other company, in some ways worse. They didn't move to non-dmr'd music until forced. The profit they make...
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- Michael W. May
"they didn't move to non drm'd music"... wrong info. It was not apple's choice but the BIG 3 who had their say in that. The same thing happens on the iPhone where AT&T dictates the terms so Apple cannot allow any app that creates data overloading of AT&T's network.
- vijay
all the people whining about the app store restrictions shouldn't be... Steve clearly laid them out when they launched the app store --->- http://bit.ly/3hAnZ1
- vijay
And the inconsistencies with the app store approval, later revoking, later reinstating, etc, since? And what is wrong about the /fact/ they did not move to non-drm'd catalogue until forced to this year?
- Michael W. May
moving to non-drm is not Apple's choice. it's the record companies who make the choice. Apple sells the music under licensing terms with the record companies.
- vijay
app store has over 100000 apps now and the apps are rejected based on if it contains certain keywords in them. Once the dev reaches out and clarifies or adapts the app with the proper rating it is re-instated. It works just like any other "approval process".
- vijay
music drm related thread --->- http://friendfeed.com/jokeyxe...
- vijay
The Free Market catches on to "shitty ploys" rather quickly. Do you harbor such disdain for the marketplace that you doubt saavy consumerism? If so, Washington might be interested.
- Mattb4rd
Luckily Apple relies more on programmed consumerism than savvy consumerism. That guarantees a huge ROI with every product they sell and while I genuinely believe that some of their products are the best on the market, I'm not quite willing to back every play they make. I'd like my purchases to be based on what I want, not what a company tells me I need.
- Noah Belson
I have to add though that there are simply a few products that Apple cannot be touched on, such as the iphone. I did my research, tried several different things and found Apple to make the best product. If someone comes along and does better I'll jump ship (probably) but for my money it just makes sense to go with the best product. Doesn't mean I like all of Apple's products or policies but the bottom line is that if they make a truly great product- I'm there.
- Noah Belson
All of the programming in the world doesn't matter if the product is shitty. Apple makes good widgets. If they didn't, they would not be relevant. When they cure cancer, then I will jump on the "World Changer" business model bandwagon. Until then, they make good gadgets and we're [the market] willing to pay for them. It is not magic.
- Mattb4rd
Well yeah, I'd have to agree that they haven't quite earned the title of "world changer." Seems like that's mostly PR drummed by overzealous fans. Ultimately they're not doing anything that several other companies aren't also doing. They make some excellent products but the business of changing the world is best left to those who can do it without needing to sell us any electronics.
- Noah Belson
It's also a philosophy thing. As a user who is not interested in an outside party limiting my options, I went Android on my phone with the G1 when it came out, despite the iPhone being more polished since it had more development time behind it. I know the GooglyPhone will lag for a bit, but I'm happy to support the OSS. And as a PC user, I've been very happy with the lifetime and...
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- The Archangel ωαřмaiden
Yeah, I can't see myself ponying up that kind of dough for laptop or desktop, not when the technology is outdated so quickly and rapidly improving so often. In terms of the iphone though, I'm less interested in availablity to 3rd party options than I am in the best and biggest apps and right now those are really only available for the iphone. And given the market share the iphone has captured- I can't see that changing anytime soon.
- Noah Belson
NEWS FLASH!! the world is not made of ONLY DISEASED PEOPLE! The lives of normal people count. The "world" includes EVERYONE not just CANCER patients. Life is made of different facets each having room for improvement and innovation. When people hang onto something and use it everyday for most of their activities as with a mobile phone, and a company makes a monumental leap in the way...
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- vijay
" But everyone else - especially when talking phones - is catching up" That is why it is called a "game changer". The entire industry as a whole changes to keep up. Just like how the iPod revolutionized music and just how iPhone is revolutionizing the mobile industry. Companies are now giving their UI NAMES! Sony calles their upcoming UI "Rachael" and HTC calls theirs "Sense". Can you...
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- vijay
my comment from above: " Anyone who still has doubts about how much Apple has changed the mobile computing Industry, take a look at this ---->- http://bit.ly/s4jXC yep. EVERY. SINGLE. SMARTPHONE that you see in ads today, be it the dream or the droid or the Pre, were all the product of the change brought about by Apple. This is why Apple is a "game-changer", the entire industry has undergone a change for the better. "
- vijay
Apple may have changed the smartphone industry but come on, they've hardly changed the world. The iPhone is not the cotton gin or movable type. Apple helps drive innovation, but in terms of actually changing the world, they're a drop in the bucket, if even. They make a great product, but let's keep things in perspective here. They're in business and their business has nothing to do with improving the world. That may be their mission statement or something but their goal is our money, first and foremost.
- Noah Belson
"drop in the bucket" is subjective. The graphs I linked to are not.
- vijay
All those graphs do is indicate how frequently certain keywords are being searched on. I'm not at all sure how that translates into "world changing." Keywords like "hannah montana" and "grandma sex" are highly searched on, but no one's thanking Miley Cyrus or sexy grandmas for changing the world, etc. Again- perspective. Apple has changed YOUR world, not THE world.
- Noah Belson
That's only cause you're reading the graphs wrong. Before the iPhone launch the search terms are "0" and after that it's been an accelerating trend upwards. That's the point. That is the change... the shift from "0" to "greater than 0". celebrities are people and smartphones are devices. People pay to watch other people on TV but how many people spend time watching a tv show about...
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- vijay
If you don't think the iPhone is the "celebrity" of the gadget world then I'm not sure what else there is to discuss here. Keyword trending is a popularity contest, plain and simple. The fact that people are searching on Apple keywords means very little in the greater scheme of things. And it has zero to do with changing our world or making it a better place. Apple products are what's for lunch right now and keyword searches are simply the menu.
- Noah Belson
before the end of today, 11 million people from across the planet will be visiting this page --->- http://bit.ly/3EnXJb Do you see an iPhone there? iPhone is a device, Celebrities are news. Calling iPhone the "celebrity" means squat because the people doing these searches don't think that way when they do these searches. They search for news and thus celebs have higher volume. That's all.
- vijay
from my comment above: "when people hang onto something and use it everyday for most of their activities as with a mobile phone, and a company makes a monumental leap in the way people use these everyday device, raising the bar and making the ENTIRE industry as a whole adapt to that change, the world has indeed changed."
- vijay
from my comment above: " Life is made of different facets each having room for improvement and innovation." Changing the world is not "mutually exclusive". When something as ubiquitous and often used by people as a mobile device undergoes a change, that is huge.
- vijay
the last few comments I've been talking only about the mobile device, but then Apple has done that again with the iPods.
- vijay
* i spoke too soon *
- vijay
Apple doesn't change the world, their fanboys may think so though. Apple knows how to market and they do it very well. Their products are nowhere near revolutionary as people make them out to be as they usually lack features that already exist. What they do well is get people excited about something shinny and clean looking with a brand people admire and it obviously works. I like shinny & clean but I like openness, full featured and cheaper much better.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Again, it's about the people who are using these devices. You think people like you and me make up the majority of the planet? Not hardly. We have freedoms and indulgences that many people couldn't begin to dream of. This why again I say that while Apple has absolutely changed the smartphone industry, they've done very little to change "the world." They make fantastic products but come, let's keep things in perspective. They're in the money making business, not the world changing business.
- Noah Belson
yeah Mark, before the iPods came out there were more "full featured" devices on the market with HDDs and lots of storage space. People got the iPod 'cause that UI is the only one that let people browse through a 1000 songs without losing their mind. No matter how much features a device has, it's all about usability. That's why you can see the iPhone beating a full featured cam in number...
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- vijay
"They're in the money making business, not the world changing business. " already addressed in my first comment > " Apple's about making -profits through innovation-."
- vijay
the people who keep saying it's all "features, features, features" must fantasize about women who have an elephant's trunk(longest nose on the planet! that's a feature!) and cheetah's legs(fastest legs! feature!) with a Falcon's wings(flight! feature!). As for me, I like the normal human female with nose shorter than a trunk, with legs not as powerful as a cheetah's and without wings. It's not about the best features, it's the blend of features and beauty(for humans, that would be -usability- for devices).
- vijay
Women with elephants' trunk? *Homer drool*
- Jemm
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- vijay
Excellent thread. Kudos.
- Mattb4rd
Vijay, btw, you misrepresented what I said. I'm saying that Apple isn't in this to change the world and make a difference. They're in it to be the best at high-end computing because that's what they 1) have a passion for 2) can do better than anyone else and 3) can earn the most money doing. The change they bring to the world of technology isn't the point. It's an after effect of the...
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- Chieze Okoye
There are plenty of companies and organizations out there with the actual mission to "change the world" and "make a difference," as their explicit goal, though. Apple most definitely does not number among them.
- Chieze Okoye
Simply because there is change in the industry in question from one company's actions (which no one is disputing with you, btw) does not mean that that change was why the company took those actions. Going back to the automotive analogy, Mercedes (or Ferrari or whomever) is not in the game explicitly to change the landscape of personal transportation for the better. They're in it to be...
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- Chieze Okoye
Honestly, you really should read "Good to Great" by Jim Collins. I can't emphasize it enough for this topic. It jives really well with the discussion (at least in that it shows you that passion to do something well and using technology as a means to that end is not a unique trait to one company).
- Chieze Okoye
Good point Chieze. Apple has the "Hedgehog Concept" down, but what will become of it when it loses its level 5 leader?
- Mattb4rd
Serious Chocolate: Understanding Necco Wafers | Serious Eats - http://www.seriouseats.com/2009...
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"See that brown chalky disc second from the bottom? That is a chocolate Necco Wafer, aka the Kevlar vest of candies. Virtually indestructible, the Necco Wafer was sent into battle with troops during World War II because it wouldn't melt or break during transit. Packs of Neccos have traveled with Admiral Byrd to the South Pole and with Donald MacMillan to the Arctic. It can withstand extreme temperatures and harsh terrain. It is, perhaps, our nation's greatest militarized fat free wafer."
- Steven Perez
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I'm not sure that durability is my most desirable quality in food. Especially candy... and especially in lieu of any other redeeming qualities...
- Her Lindsay-ness
Blech. Those things are foul.
- Derrick
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- Lindsey is Fierce!
I love them. There's a shop around here that still sells them.
- Steven Perez
I grew up with them - the factory is in Massachusetts. I only like the chocolate ones though. Necco company also makes SkyBars. I love those.
- Laura Norvig
Love em.
- Mattb4rd
"Blue Cross sent me a postage-prepaid postcard to send to my Senator opposing a Public Option" (PICS) - Democratic Underground - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss...
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"So I'm using Blue Cross's postage to send MY message. Thanks Blue Cross for the postage."
- April Buchheit
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Ingenious.
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
The postcard says "Postage will be paid by addressee", which implies it's the senator who will be paying the postage. Of course, the senator's franking privileges may make it so that the taxpayers pay the postage.
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