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Live4Emma (L4S), Heather Solos, Alex Scoble and 23 other people liked this
The Stunning Mrs Johnny, originally uploaded by John Worthington.
- Johnny Worthington
Seems you came best out of that deal;).Win!
- Thomas Bøhm
Thomas... you better believe it :)
- Johnny Worthington
I feel I'm in the same position myself:) One down, now for that first million.. hm
- Thomas Bøhm
Also, can I just state again... my wife is a STONE.COLD.FOX...
- Johnny Worthington
Hubba hubba hubba!
- Steven Perez
John, keep Perez away from your wife!
- Mark Wilson
Yeah I bumped it (this post)... whatca gonna do about it?
- Johnny Worthington
Yowza! You're a lucky man, Johnny!
- josh neff, geek at large
Oh you bumped the POST, got it.
- s t e v e
Megen got me a Boba Fett USB flash drive :)
Felicia Yue, Kol Tregaskes, Alfredo and 18 other people liked this
Nice! Although kinda creepy that you have to decapitate him to use him. =)
- ronin
this is full of usb awesomesauce!
- Morgan Haley
To ronin's point, it'd be more appropriate if it were a Jango Fett one. :P
- Dan Hsiao
The headless dude is major creepy. Megen rocks for finding that!
- Marci Golub
from Android
Thank you, Amazon Prime :-)
- Megen Vo
I want one! So Cool!
- Bluesun 2600
We All Live In A Yellow Corvette. - http://thatwillbuffout.com/2009...
pitlord, Kol Tregaskes, Christian (Simply X) and 10 other people liked this
Sign says... CAUTION: Parking lot may flood.
- AJ Batac
Victor Ryden, Kamilah Gill, laistery and 253 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...
- Lindsay
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 (needs soup)
hahahaaaa..that's hilarious...
- Zee.
Oh no!
- Reuben Thum
O M G!!!
- BEX
:(
- Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva - you mean :) right?
- Sparky
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 TKDteacher 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
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
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
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
Paul, I surely do wish I had a beach in my back yard!
- Akiva Moskovitz
Sparky, I'm going to have this blown up to poster-size and attaching it to the ceiling above our bed. That'll cause some infections!
- Akiva Moskovitz
makes me want to grow a rack and diddle with my own, know what I'm saying?
- sofarsoShawn
this. . . .this. . . ugh . . . so fucking wrong.
- Peter Ghosh
Akiva - you can put anything you want above our bed.
- Sparky
i've been trying to formulate a comment for this for days, but i just...can't.
- joey
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
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
is this a gay marriage argument?
- Noah David Simon
No, it's just an argument.
- Sparky
for what? genocide?
- Noah David Simon
Feminine hygeine products.
- Sparky
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
(taste, like the one guy is doing to the other)
- Sparky
((HELP!))
- Sparky
(((too bad this won't get bumped again)))
- Sparky
: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 Haas
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
Well, you just did.
- joey
AW!!!!!!
- Rob Haas
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
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
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
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
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 Rah
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
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
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
^(*^)%%!
- 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
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
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
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
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 TKDteacher 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
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
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
55% of Americans Support Carrie Prejean, Including Barack Obama - http://ff.im/2OGF4
- Noah David Simon
The other 45% support this photo.
- Sparky
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 ♥ ♫
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
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 Rah
Rasheen, he will be missed.
- Sparky
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
The ditch diggers' holocaust, Sparky.
- Akiva Moskovitz
DAMN ROBOTS!
- Sparky
*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
HAAAAAAAAAAAY MY OLD PALS
- Akiva Moskovitz
Ocean of emotion.
- Christopher Harley
NOT AGAIN.
- Steven Perez
from IM
My emotion is: confused.
- Sparky
Hello again, gentlemen.
- Rochelle
Just about the time you FF is getting some class .. Oh well we is what we is.
- Brent Smorgen Bleg
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
This photo is better than Star Wars.
- Akiva Moskovitz
+1 Akiva
- Sparky
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
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 Smorgen Bleg
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
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
DO NOT WANT.
- veo
OK, WANT.
- veo
Pushover.
- Sparky
I am too new on friendfeed to know anything about record comments.. I love gmail tho, puts all the comments in one threaded email and I can delete them all later in one shot or not if I choose..
- David Gross
from email
well we should aim to beat the record.. i mean jeez there are tons of things that could be said about this.. like.. does it taste like chicken?
- ed fry
I'm gonna have nightmares now. thanks ed. ;)
- Alejandro
ok, in Japanese: "an, an, soko dame!"
- Rick Cogley
What about in 1337speak?
- Sparky
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
NO
- Caroline
OH GOD WHY DID I LOOK AT HIS FEED MY EYES.
- Caroline
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
Why does this remind me of the strange neighbor that mowed his lawn once a week wearing nothing but a towel?
- Brent Smorgen Bleg
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
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
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
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
@_@"
- 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
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 aka Kenny
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
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
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
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!
- Rochelle
it's a nice day for a stroll on thee beach..
- David Gross
from email
I DON'T LIKE SAND THOUGH.
- Sparky
Then what's that in your vagina today, Sparky?
- Akiva Moskovitz
^^^^ Sparkles
- Christopher Harley
^^^^ Me!
- Sparky
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
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
rofl
- Neal Jansons
from IM
*durrf*
- Sparky
Some day My prince will come ....
- Brent Smorgen Bleg
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
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
You have no class, either, Sparky.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I'm like FORTRAN.
- Sparky
More like LISP.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Yeth Thir!
- Sparky
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
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
Makes me laugh everytime I see it. Such a happy yet silly scene by the sea.
- Toby Graham
There is nothing silly about it. This is serious business.
- Sparky
The more I see this, the more I like it. Not for the ironic nipple-licking, but because these kids are genuinely enjoying themselves. :) Carry on.
- felicious
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
STOP IT ALREADY!!!!'
- Caroline
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
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 the 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 Smorgen Bleg
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
Baaaaarely.
- Jordan Hofker
*sage nod*
- Sparky
*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
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
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
And thus ends Pride Weekend.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I don't think pride is ever over for these guys.
- Sparky
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
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
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
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
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
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!
- Adrian Scicluna
I don't think it's a thing so much as an abomination
- Brent Smorgen Bleg
Abominations are things. Just...bad things.
- Neal Jansons
from IM
The MOOBS of HELL rise once more.
- Jimminy
Hive?
- Sparky
To this day, the pic still comes back. Just like Herpes. :D
- Danny Minick
Although unlike herpes this photo is fun to share with friends.
- Sparky
I would rather go to http://woot.com and buy the Acer Aspire One for $259.99, I do not care that it is a refurb.. but what would I do with two laptops? Maybe #hive knows? hmm..
- David Gross
from email
What's this? A real question in this thread? Two extra laptops? Make them fancy digital photo frames.
- Jordan Hofker
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
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
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...
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- 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
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
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
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
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
*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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 TKDteacher of FF
two-fer
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
I count a four-fer there.
- Sparky
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
*cough*
- Simon Wicks
I still love this stupid post. Call me sick.
- Christian (Simply X)
You're sick.
- Akiva Moskovitz
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
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
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
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
You use the phrase 'good work' so loosely there.
- Sparky
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
Come here and I'll show you.
- Sparky
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 Haas
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
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
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!
- Give 'Em DBizness
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
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
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
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
@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
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
LOL, Akiva or someone is deleting comments, so it's at 999 now. LOL
- Jimminy
I get 1000 again.
- Jimminy
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
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
AGAIN?!?!
- Andru Edwards
Of course it's coming up again. It's our favorite quadrology of happy Asian men.
- Sparky
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
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
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
He's happy alright.
- Jordan Hofker
Jordan - does our Jolly friend need to appear again in the Gamer Lounge? I think he does.
- Sparky
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
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
mmm.. yummy :o)
- David Gross
from email
OMG Why?!?!
- SmallCapVoice
Because it's awesome!
- Sparky
It feels like Groundhog Day whenever I see this.
- Andru Edwards
Except that unlike Groundhog Day this is AWESOME!
- Sparky
This thread was how I discovered Akiva. ROFL... Y.M.C.A.! BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP! GAZE AT IT! DON'T LOOK AWAY! >:O I SED DON'T LOOK AWAY!!! ... ^_^
- Danny Minick
You have nothing to fear - I never look away.
- Sparky
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
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 خان
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
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 Rah
We certainly hope there isn't a limit...
- Sparky
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
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
Licking asian nipples? I suppose that's one way to make your Monday brighter.
- Jason Huebel
Not this again :D
- Gunny doesn't side-hug™
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
oohh nipples :o)
- David Gross
from email
jihad
- Noah David Simon
Happy Wednesday!
- Sparky
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
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
@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
SHUT UP SPARKY!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111!!!!
- Andru Edwards
I refuse to shut up about the glory that is this thread. REFUSE.
- Sparky
Yes, Vezquex, I'm jealous of those guys, it is warm there, nothing like a warm beatch..
- David Gross
from email
Yes, Sparky, they do not know how good they have it there frolicking on the beach while we freeze up here.. Hard to believe it is only 49 degrees, feels like 29.. I bet it's at least 85 degrees on that beach.
- David Gross
from email
I'm betting 95 on that beach...
- Sparky
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
wow, I cant believe it's midnight already.. g'nite everybody :o)
- David Gross
from email
Come on, stop it. =)
- Flavio Santos
No, don't stop it.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
Nothing will stop this. NOTHING!
- Sparky
I think this photo will live on even if Friendfeed is gone.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Oh, this. Also, I lost the game. 2 for 1!
- veo
DAMNIT VEO, NOW I LOST THE GAME TOO!
- Sparky
I WIN! (and lose)
- veo
And again we have won. And lost.
- Sparky
MOOBIES, HOW I WILL MISS THEE!
- Jimminy
And another Monday finally comes to an end...
- David Gross
from email
NIPPLES
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
LICKING NIPPLES NO LESS
- Sparky
*bump* just cuz
- Jason Huebel
GNAH! MY EYES!
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Ah... the good stuff in life just lasts forever, doesn't it?
- Ladybug Heather
indeed it does
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
What is the white thing behind the back guys neck?
- Sparky
Damn you.
- Andru Edwards
I miss the 'ol fun summer days.
- Anna Haro
I wish FriendFeed
- Aaman (Clone of FF)
this
- Kyle Johnson
Good night everybody :o)
- David Gross
from email
Good morning everyone :))
- MobilAdam
up
- denizoktar
Happy Sunday!
- Kyle Johnson
This image makes *any* day happy!
- Sparky
yes, isn't it a lovely Sunday afternoon? :o)
- David Gross
from email
Quite lovely, yes, although a bit nippish.
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
Gaysian love is beautiful!
- Kyle Johnson
I'm thankful for Friendfeed, my Friendfeeding peeps, and rebumped crap like this photo. Happy FFanksgiving everyone!
- Kevin Fox
I haven't seen those tits in months
- Noah David Simon
Neither had I.
- Sparky
Nagyon kedves ember melle, nem?
- David Gross
from email
Look... Its not funny any more ahahahahahahahahaaha stop it!
- J. Abdul-Qahhar
I just realized that I never Liked this. For shame! Corrected now.
- Kamilah Gill
Kamilah has redeemed herself thusly.
- Sparky
This truly is the post that will not die.
- Lindsay
herkese iyi geceler (time to learn some Turkish)
- MobilAdam
de MERDE! Quelle ROBERTS j'ai Tringle, il faut me branler! (and some frank-a-is)
- sofarsoShawn
The more times I see this, the less I'm inclined to believe that Akiva really is sorry!
- Mark Jepsen
I choose you, Nipple-Licker!
- Chris, Taskerrific Guy
iwfx!. to iwfx!.'s feed, FF Müzik Paylaşım, Heavy Metal, muzik paylasim platformu, ALL MUSIC OF THE WORLD, Listeny - Yeni Tınılar Keşfetme Aparatı
Europe - The Final Countdown
Tugce Yetim, ★amin.m★, Tuğba Yetim and 11 other people liked this
Abi 80'lerin hard rock gruplarında beni tiksindiren bi durum var, aynı bu albüm kapağı gibi. 4-5 ya da 5 tane uzun saçlı denyo, gay gibi dizilip albüm kapağı yapıyor. Bu albümleri bi kere kafadan indirmiyorum. Album artworkü gözüme girmeyenin albüm içeriği iyi olsa da skimde olmaz onu söyliyim.
- Deli Profesör
Bu gay görünümlü hard rock gruplarının hepsine birden #hımbıl payesini armağan ediyorum. #hımbıl oğlu #hımbıl lar
- Deli Profesör
Şimdi yarışa sinirlenip köklerimize laf uzatma yahu sen de ohooooo eauheauheauh #cCc #tanrıtürkükorusun edü: rejiden uyardılar laf değil dilmiş uzayan
- iwfx!.
bence menovır güzel bir grup
- iwfx!.
ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,, Mahdi Ebrahimi, Hutch Carpenter and 45 other people liked this
:-D
- Anna Haro
Yay!
- Laura Lou Who
Awww David she is so beautiful! <3
- aden
Wonderful!
- Bren, Not Grinchy
from iPhone
Welcome to the world, Kaitlyn Rose!
- Admiral Anika
Construction complete
- Mo Kargas
Good job of release management; hopefully no patches will be needed in the immediate future. :D
- Glen Mistletoe
Well, I believe she's already been infected with a virus. I have to continually run the disc cleanup configuration tool. ;)
- David Cook
<333 Super happy for you, David. Give our best to mom and darling daughter.
- Derrick
I just had my 5th grandbaby, newborns are a blessing
- David Bruce
Patches are always needed... :) Congrats David...No Sleep for You! Come Back 1 year...
- Jay Martinez
Beautiful babby! Congratulations Mommy and Daddy :)
- Charlotte M
Congratulations too Mom and Dad... Very beautiful baby :) ♥
- Jeannette Høvring
Awww congrats she's adorable and so are all you weird nerdy dads
- Sarah Slaven
congrats!
- Shey, Jamaican of FF
Wow, she's got big feet. :-D
- Jason Huebel
CONGRATS!! ;)
- Susan Beebe
thanks for sharing...............
- VAL D. Zone
Congratulations! She's beautiful! Hope mom is doing well.
- Anne Bouey
Do Americans seriously spell donut as "doughnut"?
Mattb4rd, Mona Nomura, Alix Whitmire and 12 other people liked this
Either way. I mostly see it as "donut" now, but I occasionally throw out a "doughnut" just 'cause.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
I've seen both.
- Derrick
Some do, some don't. I spell it "doughnut" unless I'm speaking of the brand.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
I've seen both. I personally use "donut". I think "donut" is more common, at least here in Seattle.
- Rochelle
i prefer donut cos i'm lazy.
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
I spell it 'doughnut' because that was the original spelling.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Homer Simpson calls them Doh!nuts.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
I hope the jury comes to swift verdict on this.
- Micah Wittman
Like Tina, I prefer the long-form. Like Kendra, I go the shorter route due to laziness.
- Admiral Anika
I prefer donut.
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
There's really two ways to spell it: "doughnut" and the wrong way.
- Glen Mistletoe
dough knot?
- william
Who cares? I just eat 'em.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Also, it doesn't take long for me to snarf down a donut, so it shouldn't take me long to spell it out either. :D
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
Us Brits spell it doughnut too. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I spell it "donut".
- Jason Huebel
There is only Dunkin Donuts, so that's how I spell it.
- April Russo (app103)
It's Donut until you start talking about the Doughnut Holes, and really that's a whole 'nother argument, because they aren't really holes, but little balls of dough.
- Jimminy
I have a friend who has been known to spell it as "dognut," much to everyone's amusement.
- Laura Lou Who
Krispy Kreme still spells it as "doughnut," I guess to differentiate from that other store chain.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
I give you the Faboo Mama Burger!
ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,, Soup, ayda and 64 other people liked this
That's wine-soaked shitake and red onion, on a hickory smoked turkey patty covered in pepperjack & sharp cheddar, on a sesame seed buN (LOL @Amanda) slathered in garlic tahini. My inspiration: http://friendfeed.com/e...
- Admiral Anika
Holy shit.
- Mike Nayyar
I don't eat ketchup when ranch dressing is around so that is what in the spoon.
- Admiral Anika
OMG and the French fries are perfect; crispy on the outside, creamy inside. I fucking rock.
- Admiral Anika
Damn, looks good! Esp with the avo
- Mo Kargas
yum yum yum. Agree with Mo on the avo :)
- Penny
Never used tahini on a burger before, but great googamooga, this is downright delicious. I think I wet my pants in excitement.
- Admiral Anika
i'll start with the fries!
- Andy Sternberg
I'd have to leave off the shitake and onion, but other than that, sounds DELISH.
- Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF
Food inhaled. Mama happy. Should have passed the gross Pacifio over for a red wine, but the food was delish!
- Admiral Anika
Oooh proper thick cut chips, yum! Pass the salt n vinegar
- Sally Church
Take that avocado off, and we can break bread, girl. O_o
- Derrick
Whoa nom
- Rodfather
I'll take the "plain" version with just the patty, pepperjack, cheddar, and bun - sounds tasty!
- Nathan Chase
Bump for its beauty -- and it's not even a picture of your kids.
- Mona Nomura
Damn, That looks just about good enough to eat!
- Josh Haley
Mona, did you notice the spoon? LOL I couldn't not use it.
- Admiral Anika
biting hand Lenny & Squiggy style
- adolfo foronda
I totally did and snorted coffee LOL
- Mona Nomura
Next time forget Five Guys...I'm headed to One Gal.
- Mark Krynsky
Looks nummy. I miss turkey here in France. I don't know whats up w/ the french, I can get turkey in India, but not France ;-(
- InPerpetualMotion(Gina k)
Looks good!
- Rutger Blom
LOL @Krynsky.
- Admiral Anika
something pleasant to look at this morning. ;d
- Helen Sventitsky
Wow, and I thought that Five Guys had an extensive list of toppings. You definitely have them beat!
- Ontario Emperor
So...nobody's curious about the "sesame seed bum"? :D
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Come to Daddy!
- John Flynn
Avocado on turkey, yes. On beef, no.
- Adrian
Oh man. I had forgotten about this. *drool*
- Admiral Anika
Fwd: Thief - http://meme.yahoo.com/sonergo... (via http://friendfeed.com/funny-p...)
zephyrlily, maral, Ня! and 171 other people liked this
From Soner Gönül: http://friendfeed.com/sonergo...
- Kol Tregaskes
Ma tiene un bueno de rebaja? o es un gasto"social"?
- Alessandro Marocchini
So cute - it's like he knows where the loot is! Is that a bag of chips he's carrying?
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Amazing!! Hahahahaha.
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
The thieving seagull is back. I remember that story :)
- Eivind
The video: http://videos.sapo.pt/mYfphME...
- Eivind
And the snopes verification: http://www.snopes.com/photos...
- Eivind
Hehe, cheeky bird.
- Kol Tregaskes
excellent , altering Darwinism is always a pleasure.....
- Ilias Marmaras
SCORE! He got away with it! :-)
- Jason Huebel
If only he had opposable thumbs to open it. :-(
- Jason Huebel
Kol -eh I mean- Krazy ;) I have a feeling you are about to create a meme or something along those lines... :)
- Holger Eilhard
Hehe, Holger.
- Kol Tregaskes
girerken sakin çıakrken nasıl hızlı :D
- Sinan İŞLER
Wow, Snopes verification wins! GG Eivind
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
Wow, this is great.
- j1m
canı patates cipsi istemiş :)
- Çiğdem Zeytin
vay şerefsiz :P
- Ergin
bizim tavukları gelip yiyen martı geldi aklıma..
- morkedipatisi
Yasık ona herkes simit veriyor limse cips yer mi demiyor :D canı istemiş aşırmış. başka yol bulaşamamış :)))
- Çiğdem Zeytin
Hehe this was on tv, it's in Scotland. The local people pay for his crisps so he's not technically a thief anymore: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1...
- Amy
lol
- Elenucci
fantastico
- Emiliano Sanguigni
hihihhihihihihi fichissimo!!! grazie :D
- al3lilo
Bumping some old good posts. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
This never gets old! :D
- rowlikeagirl
lol
- echostreamer
hihihi
- Naz
haha don't these videos help give thieves all the New ideas and tricks to steal?
- Sardar Mohkim Khan
ay yazık canı çekmiş:)
- méhtap
süper ya ne tatlı bişey o öyle helal eğitmenine yaa:D
- SU MİSALİ
Mine.... mine.... MINE MINE MINE!
- Shawn Whitmire
LOL!
- Kol Tregaskes
this always makes me smile.
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
:))
- علیرضـــــــآ
No Matter How Hard You Try, It Is Impossible To Fax A Cat #shareit
Olive Fee, anne__bonney, Mouhamadou M CAMARA and 716 other people liked this
LOL!
- Kol Tregaskes
That poor cat looks so confused.
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
but it's so warm on top of the scanner!
- DJF
Time for a cat scan!
- Jemm
Iz I the right way up for printing?
- Vicky
This is clearly not my cat. If this was my cat he's have one arm shoved down into the printer trying to tear up all the internal whirling bits with his bare claws.
- Soup
LOL, Soup!
- Kol Tregaskes
that is one adorable kitten!
- Anna Lynn M.
<3
- Furkan Tunalı
Too Funny! Reminds me of the San Mateo Cat Shelter where one of the cats loves to sleep on top of the laster printer where the paper comes out...
- Greg Lato
Kitty!!!!
- Janice
keep trying!
- Morgan Haley
FEED ME A CAT
- teh Dork Knight aka Kenny
Kol, it is NOT impossible. And that's all I'm saying.
- Steven Perez
Push harder
- Josh Haley
LOL@Jemm
- AJ Batac
آخی
- یک بابک
Hehe, Steven. I won't ask. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Gosh, just noticed this post has nearly 150 likes! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
1 closer....hilarious!
- Jeffrey Marsh
There we go 150 likes. :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
I'm in ur faxx masheen -- sendin de faxxez....
- Stephanie Segel
I think you mean a LIVE cat…
- Glen Mistletoe
thanks, i needed a laugh
- chaz2b
FAXCAT IS NOT AMUSED
- Karl Knechtel
iz dat some copycat?
- bora "head" basman
LOL, now nearly 200 likes! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Thats no fax machine, thats my new patented kitty juicer!
- Threepwood
Just one more like... please. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
it's over two huuunddreeeed
- bora "head" basman
MOAR!
- Pat Hawks
I need 9 copies please !
- Faraz Mullick
A cute cat :)
- Mohammad Abdurraafay
Haha, Faráz.
- Kol Tregaskes
Next target, 250 likes. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
اخي...گناهي
- noonii
Friendfeed loev faxcat :o
- Karl Knechtel
;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Pussy by fax. What will they think of next?
- Mattb4rd
X))
- Nia
OMGosh, next up is the 300 likes mark. Anyone care to join in? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Honestly, i'm not generally a fan of the Cat memes... But that is classic.
- Alistair (alpinefolk)
You know this is the 7th most liked entry on FriendFeed ever: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... !!!
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol, this thread is pure genius.
- Alex Scoble
But only almost 50 comments.. :)
- Simon Wicks
Simon, there's not much to comment regarding the picture :) But meta-comments are more than appropriate!
- Ivan Zuzak
Simon, yeah we need 1500+ comments now, who wants to start? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
there we go then for the 1500+!!
- Jaap Willem
1600+ to beat the FFundercats live chat thread. I think with this real time now on all threads we're going to see some truly epic comment numbers.
- Simon Wicks
Ivan, no the picture speaks for itself. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
OK, now it's the 4th: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... - it's gonna take a huge effort to break the record of 452+ likes here: http://beta.friendfeed.com/imified...
- Kol Tregaskes
OK, now this is the 3rd most liked entry: http://beta.friendfeed.com/search... :-D Crazy!
- Kol Tregaskes
Too bad I am fresh out of likes of I would do it again.
- JSNFLMNG
¡Excelente!
- Marcos Vicente
I'm using this photo in the latest chapter of can haz murder
- anna sauce
Hehe, Anna. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
One more for 350 likes, LOL. This is mental! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Come on, 350 cats for a cat getting crushed? You guys are mean. :-P
- Richard A.
I'd like again if I could :-)
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
bump
- Simon Wicks
Richard, LOL!
- Kol Tregaskes
Awesomely funny!
- Martha
Next target: 400 likes? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
theres one more for you Kol
- Toby Graham
Toby, you're very kind. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Cute *_*
- Sybelle
Hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
Just 6 more likes for the 400 then I'll leave you alone. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
can you spare a cat 6 likes?
- JSNFLMNG
sweet
- Eric Hofmann
Haha, Jason, wow 406 likes, madness! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
Madness? THIS. IS. FAX CAT.
- Mike Nayyar
Well 452 likes is the record, hmm I think that is pushing it. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Awesome.
- Alex Scoble
this is underfaksink at its worzt
- Petr Buben
Petr, I have no idea what you mean, but thank you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
@Kol .. :] that, partially, might have been the purpose.... I don't know it exactly either. :] .. was I reflecting on a cat under the fax, and that it is hard to fax that way ... /?:] ... "underfaxing at its worst" ..
- Petr Buben
Ah, OK, Petr. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
there ya have me ! :] .... see, to be honest with you, i saw this pic couple days ago, but i let it go, without posting it ..... what does that make me? :]
- Petr Buben
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
OMGosh, just 23 more likes to beat this: http://beta.friendfeed.com/imified... ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
433 Like ! Wow !
- Like
Freemor, yes very cute! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
cute~
- Chan Pen
that's why is called a cat scan and not a cat fax.
- Phil Maxwell
oh ... a scan. not fax?! .... it looked to me like she was faxink
- Petr Buben
Just 5 more likes needed. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Try rolling the cat through a press first. Flat cats fit into the fax easier.
- Bob Blunk
Fax, Petr. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
even a flat cat... faxes just can't handle the hair. You'd have to shave the cat first, else the hair will burn and stick to the drum... a mess! (I am extrapolating from transparencies, mind, i don't have access to a cat to test)
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Hehe, Joelle. This is now tied for the 'likes' top stop. One more then, hehe. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Ok, over the top now.
- Greg Guitarbuster
Hehe, Greg. Blimey! Erm, is that not far from 500 likes now? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Bloody marvelous, Kol. Wish I could like it again... too cute (and help u to 500 likes).
- Roberto Bonini
I couldn't believe it when I logged on from the morning over posting it and saw it was at something 200 likes! You all have a strange fetish with cats and fax machines, hehe. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Am I the only one who saw this and their first thought was - My goodness did someone break that cats neck? It still freaks me out a little
- Steve C
Steve, it does look a little out of place, but cats are pretty bendy. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
They fax much better if you flatten them first. What?
- Kevin Pedraja
LOL, Kevin.
- Kol Tregaskes
i can also imagine the cat going there cause it is snug and warm
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
Ey, it would be a tad warm on there, especially after a long working day. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Caption which needs to be said aloud: Uh Ohz, I'm totally FAXED!
- sofarsoShawn
Hehe, Shawn. 10 more for the big 5-0-0. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Countdown! 8 more now!
- Mike Nayyar
bump for more likes
- Josh Haley
bump
- Roberto Bonini
One more!! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I took mine away, too much pressure.
- Steve C
Wow, there we go, 500 likes!! Thank you all!! :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
I think Fax Kitty deserves a prize for that.
- Kendra <3 Three Lions
меня, признаться, подзаебал этот кот
- Парадокс Смейла
пиздец как!
- getalifejerk
Kendra, absolutely. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
So we can put this post to rest now. :-) 505 likes final count, wow! :-D Good night all!
- Kol Tregaskes
My like is the last one so far :) - 509 afaik
- getalifejerk
did 3 people really un-like this? now at 506. wtf (edit: uh, oh, yeah, me and 2 + 506 others makes 509. dammit, jim, i'm an artist, not a mathematician)
- ɐ ɯıʞ sıɹɥɔ
wish I could double like!
- metalerik
Wish I could just like it at all. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
This is also still on the Best of page. That must be the longest running best of post? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
But it's a cat being crushed...
- Richard A.
برای چی این همه لایک خورده؟؟؟؟؟
- H.M.Nasrabadi
Hehe, Richard.
- Kol Tregaskes
copy cat
- gibilix
518 like! most liked post?
- Lu Tao
ay yerim yaa çok tatlı kedicikk :))
- Arzu
Lu, yeah but a long way now. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
*bump*
- Andre
Blew past 500 likes - LIKE!!!!!
- Roberto Bonini
OMGosh, nearly heading to 550!!
- Kol Tregaskes
So we know how many people use this site.
- Richard A.
So that's what Paws Printing means.
- Jack (a.k.a. Jeber)
Richard, we getting there. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Jack, hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
this thread is making history.
- vijay
Indeed .. this is a most epic thread
- Mattb4rd
Hehe. 9 more for 550!
- Kol Tregaskes
8...
- sofarsoShawn
7. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Actually only 5...cuz "You, Earl E Morningwood, yasin ghasemi and... 542 liked this"
- sofarsoShawn
Who wants to bet how many likes this thead is going to get???
- Roberto Bonini
Gosh, no idea.
- Kol Tregaskes
take some bets then come back in a year to check?
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
:)
- SokooteDel
Holy smokes .. this pussy cat is approaching 600 likes!
- Mattb4rd
552 now, so there are some unlikes going on, hehe, oh well. Still an amazing amount of likes. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
560!
- sofarsoShawn
And back down to 559. Hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
And how could anyone not love kitties after seeing this photo?
- Susan Beebe
I liked it without reading this discussion - evidentially we have a lot of people who like the idea of faxing a cat!
- Rich
Rich, yes, worrying, hehe. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
564!
- sofarsoShawn
I think we'll have to recruit more ffeeps before this record will ever be broken
- JSNFLMNG
maybe a good way to clone cats :)
- Roberto
Hehe, Roberto.
- Kol Tregaskes
This surely couldn't hit 600 likes, could it!?
- Kol Tregaskes
It could! Keep bumping it up!
- imabonehead
It will :)
- Roberto Bonini
My next cat post: http://beta.friendfeed.com/the-fun...
- Kol Tregaskes
Wow, not even 600 Likes? Feh. ;-)
- j1m
No yet. Close though. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Stuck on 581.
- Kol Tregaskes
Most liked FF post ever?
- Kristian Salonen
One of the best funny cat pictures I've seen! :-)
- John Collis
Kristian, it appears to be. Hehe, John.
- Kol Tregaskes
ای بابا این پیشول بی خیال نمی شود، بابا پاشو برو دنبال یه بازی دیگه ، از هفته پیش تا حالا تو فکس ولو شدی حوصله ات سر نرفته، پاشو اقلا بپر رو کیبوردی چیزی
- Maryaminaa
11 more to 600. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
داداش كوتاه بيا، مي خواي ركورد بزني!؟
- Exir
هستم بره این کامنتتو ترجمه کنه اکسیر ! :))) داره از فضولی میمیره الان ! :D
- Shayan
Hehe, 6 more likes. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Need 1 more like, by my calculation, to get to 600
- Josh Haley
Another unlike then, back down to 598. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
it's 598+3, at the moment ;-)
- Andre
There we go, 601!! Wow, can't believe it. :-D Thanks everyone!!
- Kol Tregaskes
3 people un liked :(
- Roberto Bonini
I think there have been made unlikes over the last week, oh well.
- Kol Tregaskes
too many likes, the kitteh is burning up..stop the madness...;)
- JSNFLMNG
Haha, Jason.
- Kol Tregaskes
614!!!!!
- sofarsoShawn
Whoa! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
man! ..Kol is gaining ... and I saw that pic one day before Kol posted it :X ..and i let it go! :[)]
- Petr Buben
Petr, who's he?
- Kol Tregaskes
omg, this post passed 600 likes!
- imabonehead
@Kol ..well the man .. Mr Photographer .. ok .. let me go there ..
- Petr Buben
I see. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
631 likes, amazing stuff. :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
Day 11 and this thing's still going!
- Phil Maxwell
Why fax yourself when you can get famous via FriendFeed? :-)
- Willem (@wim66) ☠
whereas a cat *scan* is totally feasible
- Megan Craig
Kol, congratulations, you won the Friendfeed Award for the most likes entry!
- Jérôme Flipo
Kol is this from your rival: Squashy Cat Photography?
- sofarsoShawn
Haha, Shawn. Have you really bumped this one again? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
LOL I was actually looking at best of month and I thought I'm going to be clever :-)
- sofarsoShawn
this makes me laugh every darn time I see it
- Stephanie_Thankful
Who is this NShawnFW? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
kitties do like to find new spots to nap :)
- Maryam
LOL, now over 650 likes.
- Kol Tregaskes
این هنوز در نیومده از لای این دستگاه؟
- Maryaminaa
Wow. this is good..... pleased, Kol?
- Roberto Bonini
Pleased? About the number of likes? I'm happy regardless. :-D
- Kol Tregaskes
So do we think it will go to 700 likes? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
it will
- Seltoon
what do you mean by "it" ? say "he" or "she". :)
- Maryaminaa
Haha, I was referring to the entry. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
lol
- Maryaminaa
I see someone already posted 'Copy Cat' !! LOL Great picture
- Kevin J Hatton
:-)
- Kol Tregaskes
O HAI! I IZ WATIN FR COOPONZ, KTHXBYE.
- Kris Roley
Neksnapper 3000 Kitten Eradicator - Kills Kittehs Dead
- Mattb4rd
Hehe.
- Kol Tregaskes
10 more likes for 700! :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
7 more by my count!
- Bec Rowe @d0tski
Oops, yes you're right, Bec. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Isn't it illegal to fax a pussy?
- aerobroken
It's really only social convention which regards it as inappropriate, same with Xeroxing it, like one does with their b__tocks. Wait are we still talking about cats cats here or...
- sofarsoShawn
OMGosh 700+ likes now!! LOL. Thank you all 702 of you. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Wow, not so bad huh? \u)
- ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,
try harder! ; ))
- Didier Lahely
Before faxing it, you have to flatten it out a bit. You're going at it all wrong! :-)
- Rick Cogley
Caturday is tommorow ... Fax Cat on Saturday ..
- johnpiercy
Must try this at home!
- Anthony K. Valley ©
Bumping some old great posts. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Now THAT is a classic!
- Allan Besselink
you have to flatten it first!!! ;)
- Neda S.
This is very good humor!
- TrafficBug
Hey, we've hit the 700-like mark. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
just a couple thousand to go
- JSNFLMNG
LOL
- Smeerch
__awesome__
- Matteo Scotuzzi
and it got resurrected once again!
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
I managed to do it once, but I don't think I'm going to do it again. The results were a little fuzzy.
- Seth Greenblatt
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"The Volkswagen Microbus is a classic - even to those of us born after its time. Arguably unlike the newly remade Beetle, this remake of a VW classic is remarkably true to the original on the outside - but on the inside it is a bio-diesel hybrid stuffed full of high tech gadgetry and eco-friendly innovations."
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
*swoon*
- Ňicķ
sounds awesome. live the hippie dream, only it probably costs about $50,000 or something.
- Thomas Hawk
It's kinda cute. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Not a fan. Then again, didn't like the original ;)
- Mo Kargas
Afraid not Thomas, $129,000
- Steven Cains
Super cool VW Bus making a comeback...
- Walt Ruppar
First of all, I'll cop to wanting one of these. That being said, Jason is right. This is for rich hippies (who probably aren't hippies at all). The VW microbus became the darling of the Flower Power crowd because it was cheap, easy to repair, and big. You could camp in it. Is there a car today that fits this bill?
- Chris Baskind
wow, you can buy an awful lot of pot with $129,000.
- Thomas Hawk
I don't know a self-respecting hippie that would prefer this over a really nice indoor greenhouse. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
@Chris, Most cars today aren't as simple, but with the wealth of knowledge online, it just takes more time. The minivan/SUV can become a camper van with a few mods. They'll never take the place of the VW, but they're an updated version of the 70s panelvan conversions (hopefully without shag carpeting & a disco-ball).
- Steven Cains
Nope: there will never be anything that simple again. That's not all bad: I can't imagine a 1960s VW Minibus would satisfy *any* federal safety standard these days. You're right. A used minivan might be the closest thing.
- Chris Baskind
Very Cool. You can't drive your house but, you can sleep in your Van !!!
- Eric Logan
Want.
- Ken Sheppardson
Want!!
- Sarah Perez
Very intriguing. How much steel is in that thing? Chris, that would be my next question after fuel consumption: how safe is this thing? And I agree, when we can go back to making transportation that costs less than a small home, we may have achieved something amazing. ;)
- Melanie Reed
However, I have heard (and I'm not remembering where at the moment) that there has been a movement growing of people seeking alternative housing and substituting things like this as the new "mobile" home.
- Melanie Reed
AWESOME!
- tomit
@drewdomkus ... you need this for your move!
- tomit
So wanting one! Cute ^__^
- Nia
Hehe, it's dinky, isn't it? :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
lovelovelove!
- esther ♥ ♫
-)
- Kol Tregaskes
It looks like it could almost fly in the first pic. ;-) Well, maybe not. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Looks a bit different than the 76 Kombi @imbutafool and I owned several years ago
- ThePicMan
Oh, shit, it's so beautifull!
- Igor Kuzmin
Everyone is loving this! We should have an FF one and use it to travel to all the FFers around the World (like Pea seems to be doing ;-)). Hehe. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
cool idea, kol. the ff-stream of this tour would be alltheawe. just imagine the photos.
- esther ♥ ♫
Look it is my retirement home.
- John Flynn
Oh no, don't say that, John. That puts me right off it. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I want one!
- TranceMist
I've owned 5 VWs, two of which were split window vans. I'd love to have another, this is awesome!
- Rick Bucich
from twhirl
I have had more VWs than other cars...starting with a 71 Superbeetle, and a Split Window Microbus. I would LOVE to have something like this.
- Kreg Steppe
Good for grandparents to visit grandchildren and children through the European continent (or another one as well)...nomadism-revival!
- Isabelle Ayel
wow i posted this a while back and now can't seem to find it for some reason. friendfeed's search function really sucks!
- Cee Bee
Want. Cannot afford.
- Jules
So after reading this article yesterday, I found myself this evening in front of a local place that specializes in reconditioning old VWs. It was closed, but there's an awesome red and white microbus out front with a For Sale sign on it. Ugly, underpowered -- and probably dangerous, by modern standards. Want. ;-)
- Chris Baskind
Cee, really? I find FF search is pretty good.
- Kol Tregaskes
I love this Mobile...owned a few Vdubs, lived in a VW camper, but this is off the hook..I would become a true nomad with this...
- bcultral
It's just so cute, LOL!
- Kol Tregaskes
love it
- chance
Perfect for the recession :-)
- Richard A.
I'd like to have something like this, something small. What do you really need? A bed, perhaps a TV and room for your computer. Then you can live anywhere you like, in theory.
- Kol Tregaskes
so cute ;)
- sakura
Richard, agree. No council tax bill, no utility bills, just petrol I guess?
- Kol Tregaskes
I Love this
- Nima
Who is this Canadian designer Alexandre Verdier? Seems like he is on Facebook, Linked In but I can't seem to find anything else about him.
- Brian Sullivan
We had a wesvalia built Micro when I was a kid. I loved that thing. It was a little flimsily built; but boy it was perfect for my family of campers and road-tripping warriors. Too bad this one is so pricey
- Bill Rawlinson
Bumping some old good posts. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Follow your dreams - except for that one where you're naked at work.
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Friendfeed on Google Chrome OS :)
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abicim nasıl kurdun bi anlat çıldırmak üzereyim ben :D
- Zihni Babuz
@S.D.Allen No, i am using it on VirtualBox... @Zihni Babuz virtualbox ile kullanabilirsin. Sanal ortam yöneticisinden torrentten çıkan vmdk dosyasını ekleyip sanal makina oluşturarak kullanabilirsin.. kolay gelsin.. Torrent burada var http://ff.im/bKsP7
- Eren CAN (ec)
Someone forgot about the sun and shadows when they designed this wall/railing. Oops!
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o_O
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
it may be a special design to show designer's state of mind :)
- kardakayankardanadam
Good morning Friendlie Feeders! You are all my sunshines and happies.
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Aw, you're so sweet!
- josh neff, geek at large
:-)
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Good morning, Sarah!
- Mary Carmen
Good morning Mary! BTW, you look beautiful today. :-)
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Awwww, thanks Sarah!
- Mary Carmen
morning.
- Mike Nencetti
Good morning Mike!
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
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Love this!
- Jen (SquirrelGirl)
a must have for any gamer nerd parents!
- emme oh
internet refills? - http://juliasegal.tumblr.com/post...
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OMG! YOU MEAN IT RUNS OUT?!?
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Do you get a discount if you buy in bulk?
- Devon Blugh
from twhirl
Shake it a little bit and you can get some more use out of it. *tilts interwebs*
- Ayşe E.
LOL!
- Kol Tregaskes
lol, Ayse ;)
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
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."
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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
I'm convinced miracles happen: 2nd time,my Father-in-law has got up from what some called his "death bed" & is laughing & smiling again. [Edit: Updated info: http://www.ustream.tv/recorde...]
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1st time you can call it luck.
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
The ICU has become a party zone! LOL
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
We may very well get kicked out of here...
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
My Musical Dedication performed last night. http://www.ustream.tv/recorde...
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
Now he's back home watching football and yelling at the TV...guess that's how these things work. WIN!!
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
More of the story for those are interested. http://bit.ly/2boHdY
- Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)
yep... Apple's different
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AAPL is very much about money as well.
- Schadenfreude
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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- ωαřмaiden, MFA'd poet
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
=P
- 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
I got tired of trying to take a decent, respectable, trustworthy, don't-look-stupid profile pic for my employment sites. So I took a MySpace-y photo to say hi to FriendFeed instead. Hi!
Jimminy, phil baumann, Charlie Anzman and 151 other people liked this
OH HAI
- tinypants - Hagitha of FF
Things I note in this picture: the "MySpace angle" makes my eyes look baggy. And it's time for a haircut, though perhaps I'll cheap out and just have someone gimme some bangs.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
What's wrong with your Friendfeed picture? The seriousness gives a touch of personality.
- Jordi Soler
you have a very sexy and intense look to you. Your eyes are way intense-in a very good way....
- Morgan Haley
I'm not trying to replace my FF profile pic, Jordi. I'm trying to get a decent new pic for my 'official' profiles used in my job search. Right now they have the default goofy face (which is better than most of the shots I took, trust me!).
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
And Morgan, that's my "I DARE YOU to ask me to sell insurance!!!" look. Well, almost: I'm missing the snarl.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
Hi there, how YOU doin'?
- jcunwired
hi!!
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
For official profiles try one with glasses on (fake glasses if you don't use 'em). The sexy-dirty-secretary look is a winner!
- Jordi Soler
LOL! Jordi, that was the problem with the pics I took: I had my glasses on and either kept getting reflections in the lenses or inadvertantly crossing that dirty secretary look. Not what I wanted!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
i wouldn't dare try to sell you insurance....no way....but a rice cooker? Hmmm, maybe I'll try...
- Morgan Haley
Hi, Tina. :)
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
The proper profile pic is important! The pic on my LinkedIn page is NOTHING like any of my other profile pics. I think you did a great job.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Puuuuurdy!
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
I'm still without the proper profile pic, Tutivillus. This was me giving up and taking a shot for FF since the profile shots all made me look like a doofus. I are not a doofus! Wait...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
*swoon*
- Derrick
Derrick, you just love me for my kitchen magic. And I am AOK with that!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
...cool, a Tina sighting! ;-)
- .LAG liked that
holy crap. so so so pretty.
- Bren, Not Grinchy
this is way too awesome to be myspace-y.
- Jim Hearts FF
Tina, if you can get your hands on a polarized filter for you camera, that'll solve your reflection problem with your glasses.
- Jason Huebel
I'd say that's like 4 on the richter scale of MySpacey photos :)
- anna sauce
I know, Jason, but the polarizing filter I have isn't for the camera I have. If I had a job I'd buy a new one, but then I wouldn't need the filter to take the picture if I had a job. Catch 22s suck...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
no,no,no...no hair cut! :)
- ovigia
nice
- ffcode
I still don't have a pic on LinkedIn. Tina, I'm no photographer, but I bet if you had a little fill light you could de-emphasize the bags under the eyes. (I notice this with myself, because I am incredibly vain. And have giant bags under my eyes, even if I have enough sleep, etc etc)
- Andrew C
I'd say raise up your chin a tad, sit up straight, and place the camera on a pile of books with a liht source- lamp, etc. eye level and off to the side. It would lessen the bags and make it a little less MySpacey, also think of something funny and don't worry about averting your eyes. This is really done best by someone else- it's *so hard* to take a good self-portrait.
- anna sauce
OT, but how come FB doesn't have a portrait "style" like Myspace does?
- Andrew C
Andrew- it does, it's called "me and my kids" or "just my kids" or "me in foriegn country" or "me with a girl/boy cut out because we broke up" lol
- anna sauce
The picture I use practically everywhere is from my brother's wedding reception. I cropped out the Black and Tan beer I was drinking. That wouldn't be very professional. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
Wow, that's uncanny. You and I share no friends on FB AFAIK and yet you just described most of them.
- Andrew C
Just to clarify: this isn't one of my profile photo attempts. This is a cell pic taken with no light other than what's coming in a dirty window. Sad part is I wound up looking way less douchey in this than in my the actual attempts =P I think the profile photo will be tomorrow morning's challenge: take advantage of the morning light since I won't have to be at a farce of a job interview.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
H3LL0!
- AJ Batac
This needs to be in my feed every day. Is there a script for that? :)
- Josh Haley
TECHTECHTECHTECHSOCIALMEDIATECH. Sorry, had to make this relevent since it looks like it's gonna wind up in best of day...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
*stammer*
- Joe Silence is not dead
I like this one better than your current profile pic. :)
- Louis Gray
rawr
- Gunny doesn't side-hug™
i like this photo!
- Joe Silence is not dead
Louis, that one is pretty tough to beat, but this one definitely makes it a tough choice.
- Josh Haley
That is an excellent picture I think. very "au natural"
- Rasmus Lauridsen
bella gnocca
- khenzo
dopo il tema-Tarantino, mi ritrovo completamente d'accordo con khenzo :-)
- Mobys
@khenzo ...dici che "bella gnocca" lo capisce? :)
- ӊooқ
ma si hook, certe parole fanno parte del linguaggio universale :-)
- Mobys
ma non fate i soliti! :D
- claire
la gnocca è gnocca ovunque
- khenzo
e allora sarà abituata :)
- khenzo
ma non si era detto che le tue amiche sono anche le nostre amiche (specie quelle con questi occhi) ??? :-)))
- Mobys
nessuna è perfetta
- khenzo
le migliori se le prendono tutte e subito ! ma prima o poi arrivano alla scadenza del contratto e si fa valere il diritto di opzione.
- Mobys
Keep!
- Micah Wittman
O HAI!
- Steven Perez
*whispers* That looks pretty sexy - OH HAI TINA!!
- Helen Sventitsky
OH HAI HELEN! techtechtechnotnoisetech. See, still keeping it relevent!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
lovely. i really like the intensity of your gaze.
- T. Brent, technopeasant
*maxiswoon*
- Mo Kargas
srsly. this should be re-posted to the 'beautiful women' group. :)
- T. Brent, technopeasant
So what were you coding at the time you took this pic? In BASIC, you say? How very relevant!
- WorldofHiglet
In fact, I was attempting to hone my photography skills, as a portion of my research on the state of the unemployed in today's economy. Very deep stuff...
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
I look forward to your white paper in due course.
- WorldofHiglet
Love it! Now I'll go back and see what everyone else said.
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
nice
- Cagdas Seichter
Really like the pic! You look sophisticated, intelligent, and very attractive.
- Bonnie Foster
from iPod
Very Pretty Picture !!
- Floyd Burnett
Those eyes enough to show the qualifications that you've talk. (decent, respectable, trusthworthy xP )
- Mert K.
Friendfeed - beautiful, wonderful, neat looking site,
- Petr Buben
you are hired.
- فی دل
love the thought behind it-I know what you mean, Said the woman wiht the hotpink background avatar.
- Kirsten Mitchell
I wonder who the hot pink gal is
- فی دل
You so pretty, Tina.
- nakachi
This is a woman NOT to be trifled with. *quickly hides all evidence of trifling...ness*
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
eccola, la strafiga
- khenzo
è la sorella di Boxxyyy?
- gondolanera
Random Passerby in the Cube Farm: WHO'S THAT; Me: That's my friend Tina, now go away; RPITCB (drooling): SHE'S PURRRRTY; Me: GO AWAY
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
We all know you rock Tina .... Can't understand why you haven't be 'scooped up' yet ..... Keep pluggin' !
- Charlie Anzman
la isla bonita
- فی دل
or lolita shall i say?
- فی دل
Barry, that's freakin' hilarious! Tell them that if they stare too long I'll eat their soul or something equally weird and see what they do!
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
These losers would chance it.
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
indeed!
- Joe Silence is not dead
hi Tina ;) good luck on that job application!
- 'Like' robot (frɐnc)
Hello blue-eyed cutie! :) Hope you are doing well today!
- JA Castillo
Hi Tina! Best of luck with your job hunt!
- Louis Simoneau
Great pic!
- Harold Cabezas
very neat, intelligent glamor look site! ... too bad it's married - to Faith Bough. ..why can't ff have profiles just as mySpace, or ..similar big social sites ? has the development stopped again? ,
- Petr Buben
Wow, I just saw this today, sorry I'm late. I think it's a great pic for employment profiles. You've got an utterly beautiful face, Tina, and you certainly don't look like a douche in this pic. Good luck with everything!
- phil baumann
Hi Tina, don't know ya, but this is an ABSOFREAKINLUTELY great pic...those eyes, WOW!
- Samuel Ancira Jr
Way too many hormones in this thread's comments. Really, guys, come on, behave!...
- Zackatoustra
Amusing myself at the thought of many of my opinions on social, environmental, and political issues are at least partly driven by comical spite.
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Such as driving everywhere to get disapproving looks from environmentist douchebags or eating chicken to upset smug vegans.
- Akiva Moskovitz
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I'm the same way, maybe we can found a party? Let's a have Con! The original Con. A CONtinental CONgress.
- Matthew DeVries
Recipe: Sizzling shrimp with garlic and hot pepper - http://www.latimes.com/feature...
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- Derrick
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The Old Republic's Jedi Knights Revealed [Bioware] - http://kotaku.com/5393559...
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"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.
- Schadenfreude
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.
- Gabe
True. But why is it that the Senator Hagan/taxpayers should be paying for Blue Cross' message?
- Christopher Chung
My friend did this, too. I hope I get one in the mail.
- Ayşe E.
They haven't sent me one of these, but when they do, I'll be sure to mail it in unmodified (or with a big "NO ON PUBLIC OPTION" written on it, perhaps). The very notion of government run health insurance is a travesty that will end up bankrupting this country.
- Otto
So you don't think Medicare or the Veterans Health Administration is going to pan out, even after all these years?
- Mark Trapp
Medicare and the VA system are living proof of my statements. They offer crappy service and are continually costing more and more as time goes on. They are unsustainable in the long term, and basically expanding these failures to cover everybody is only going to accelerate the problem.
- Otto
What's long term? The VA system has been going since 1778, and Medicare since 1965. Are you thinking at the 300 year mark, they'll finally collapse?
- Mark Trapp
Right on! Good for you! That's a great idea
- Ciaoenrico
Our Canadian single-payer health care has been going strong for some time now with no risk of bankruptcy. I'd like to see some evidence that our system is unsustainable.
- Matt Mastracci
The VA system is garbage, ask any veteran who has to use it on a regular basis. And medicare is on the verge of bankruptcy, and has been for at least decade now. Last I checked, medicare was the biggest drain of tax revenue that exists. Predictions I've seen give it 10 more years, tops, even with restructuring.
- Otto
What Matt said.
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
Love this post.
- Trish R
That's awesome!
- Jan Ole Peek
Of course, the assertion that government-run health insurance is unsustainable (whether Medicare, the VA, the Canadian system, or any other) raises the question of what system is more sustainable than government-run insurance. It's certainly not the current American one. ... I love April's use of the mailer.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Don't get me wrong, I'm all in favor of health care reform... But insurance reform is unnecessary. The problem is not the insurance companies, their reactions and bad-behaviors are created by the high cost of medical care to begin with. Fix the health care system to not cost so damn much, and the problems with insurance will solve themselves. Strike at the source of the problems, not at the consequences of them.
- Otto
Otto: Insurance causes high prices of medical care. Since you don't pay, the hospital can set its prices arbitrarily high and the insurance company pays whatever its maximum is. Since the insurance company pays so much, they have to have high insurance rates, which makes insurance expensive to buy. If the government had their own insurance, they would be big enough to demand low prices,...
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- Gabe
That's insane. The existence of insurance does not cause the high price of medial care. You have it exactly backwards. Furthermore, the idea of a government-run-insurance plan would not solve that problem, if it was at all the truth, because you're dealing with a supply demand situation. The government run plan could say they weren't going to pay above $X, at which point the medical...
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- Otto
The truth is that most of the waste in medical costs comes from two places: administrative overhead and fraud. Both of these are primarily caused by Medicare and the bureaucracy surrounding it.
- Otto
Otto: Why is that you keep ignoring all the evidence from other countries that support national health care (e.g. http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues...) and you also keep ignoring the facts that show that medicare has lower costs that private insurance (e.g. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Nationa... )
- Robert Felty
@Otto - why do you think there is so much administrative overhead? To deal with all the different insurance companies and the reems of paperwork to get a claim approved and avoid malpractice suits. That means more people have to be hired and trained just to deal with all that stuff and more systems and processes have to be put in place to handle it all. Insurance companies make more...
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- Lindsay
@Lindsay: I know several people who work in administrative roles in hospitals. Not one of them agrees with you. The problem isn't the insurance forms and such, those are fairly standard. Almost all of the administrative overhead is due specifically to Medicare. And no, I do not work in the health insurance industry, so your ad-hominem attack makes no sense whatsoever. Why is it that...
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- Otto
@Robert: I'm not ignoring evidence from other countries, I'm discounting most of it based on facts that contradict the ones you are linking to. And Medicare has lower costs than private insurance because it rarely pays for anything. How many people who have medicare must also have their own insurance in order to get proper medical treatment? Have you looked up the numbers on that?
- Otto
Otto, how does limiting the pricing result in providers refusing service? In Canada, the Federal Government sets the pricing schedule, but the private providers are still here, providing us good service for a set fee. More info on our system: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... I would say that our health care system is an excellent counterpoint to "if you fix the fees at a certain point, providers will stop providing service".
- Matt Mastracci
Otto - would you care to share some references which contain the facts that contradict those which I shared? I am open-minded, but I need to see actual data from credible sources to form my opinions.
- Robert Felty
How does Otto make the claim that insurance isn't even part of the problem when medical loss ratios in the health insurance business have dropped from 95% to 80% in just 15 years? (and if you don't know what that means, you don't have an informed opinion about health care reform.)
- Andrew C
I am always amazed at the ignorance of those arguing against public health care services when practically the entire world is doing it and they always have their facts wrong about Medicare and every other system. They'll become advocates when they or their loved ones are being evicted or foreclosed upon while they are dying an excruciating and untreated death.
- Brad Nickel
Otto, just exactly how many veterans have you actually talked to? The VA definitely has flaws, but all the veterans I've talked to seem to like the service provided, and often compare it favorably to the private sector. And why are all those people out there so opposed to changing Medicare if it's so terrible? Since you've stated you haven't seen a doctor in decades, how could you possibly have any experience with any health care system whatsoever?
- Victor Ganata
FFS... @Matt: Canada has a lower doctor to patient ratio than anybody else does, and it's decreasing all the time. @Robert: You have Google. Use it. I wouldn't believe links you provide me, so why should you believe links I provide you? Do your own research and make up your own mind. I'm not trying to convince you or anybody else, and I frankly don't care what you believe. @Andrew C:...
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- Otto
*shrug* I'm supposed to be swayed by second-hand anecdotal evidence from someone who doesn't have any recent direct experience with any health care system? If you don't care, why do you continue to post?
- Victor Ganata
*shrug* I'm supposed to be swayed by somebody who actually has a vested interest in the health care system (ie, a doctor)? See, I can use fallacious arguments as well as you can, Victor! ;) Also, I post to express my opinions and ideas. Why else would anybody post anything?
- Otto
Otto, your facts on doctor:patient ratio are incorrect. Our ratio is 2.2 per 1000, versus 2.4 per 1000 in the USA. In fact, our ratio has improved from 2.1 in the 1990s. While our doctor:patient ratio is not as high as other public health care systems, it isn't far off that of the USA.
- Matt Mastracci
Here's my reference: http://www.oecd.org/dataoec... "Between 1990 and 2007, the number of doctors per capita remained relatively stable in Canada"
- Matt Mastracci
Otto, but, fair is fair, so long as you don't pretend your anecdotes are generalizable truth, I won't pretend mine are either. It is clear that you do have quite a grasp on fallacious arguments. :) And I do agree that it's important to consider the source of your evidence.
- Victor Ganata
Otto, the dropping medical loss ratio specifically means an increasing share of premiums isn't going towards paying for health care; that is /by itself/ inherently bad! In an actual working market, advances in efficiency, if any, would be passed along to the consumers in the form of lower premiums. Instead, prices are getting jacked up even faster than health care inflation because the health care insurance industry exploits monopoly power.
- Andrew C
@Matt: According to the WHO: http://nofearsingapore.blogspot.com/2007... the numbers are slightly different. Close, admittedly. However, the important thing to note is that Canada's ratio is the lowest among almost all industrialized countries, which was my point. I was not comparing to the US, specifically.
- Otto
@Andrew C: I understand what "medical loss ratio" means. I understand what "profit" and "premiums" are. What I don't understand is why you think a company should not be allowed to make a legitimate profit? Insurance is gambling. If you don't like the bet, then don't gamble. Or, if you really want to see the loss ratios decrease, then ALLOW COMPETITION. Currently there is virtually no...
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- Otto
You make no sense. A company should certainly be allowed to make a legitimate profit, but indefinitely extracting rent at this level is a clear symptom of market-setting power. Trying to call one the other doesn't actually make them the same thing. Also, people can only reasonably get it from their employer _because that's the only affordable option_. Individual insurance exists; it's...
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- Andrew C
I find it pretty funny BTW that you have implicitly agreed with the rest of us that the health care _insurance_ industry actually is part of the problem.
- Andrew C
"Insurance is gambling. If you don't like the bet, then don't gamble." It shouldn't have to be a game. Everyone is going to need medical attention at some point in their life. It's a matter of how you will be able to afford to pay for it. People pay for insurance because it's the only way they can afford to ensure that their health will be taken care of. It's not really an option if you...
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- Lindsay
lolling at the "insurance is a gamble" statement. Classic.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
It's the conservative message: You're On Your Own.
- Andrew C
For the record, I'm not a conservative. I'm also not a liberal. I'm a person, with my own opinions and ideas. Labeling people only means that you're not paying attention to what they're saying.
- Otto
@Andrew C: Individual insurance is priced out of the market because of regulations limiting what kinds of plans can be offered. Why can I not a health insurance plan for, say, emergencies only? I'm healthy, I don't have any need to go to the doctor much, I never get sick, the only reason I'd need to do so would be an accident. So why can't I buy that insurance? State regulations...
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- Otto
@Lindsay: Your statements are provably false. Not everyone is going to need medical attention at some point in their lives. Furthermore, if your statement was true, health insurance would not work at all, since the entire point of "insurance" is to spread risk. If risk was 100%, as you claim, then there's nothing to spread. For the record, I do not currently have, nor need, health...
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- Otto
So basically you're gambling, hoping that you will "win the game". At what point do you decide you need insurance? And hopefully you don't get anything before then. It is pointless to argue with someone like this, just let him enjoy his smug satisfaction on having figured out the whole mess.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
Everyone has some chance of getting hit by a bus or eating E.coli tainted food or having a tree branch fall on them. {shrug}
- Andrew C
Except for the winners who have somehow divined ways not to do so, I guess.
- Andrew C
@Otto, your claim about emergencies-only plans being ruled out seems incorrect to me: http://www.insurance.com/health-...
- Andrew C
Otto is completely right. Insurance, not having insurance, it's all gambling. What's relevant is regulation limits choices; or forces one person's judgement and preferences on another. Big government healthcare won't work because the government can't do anything well because unlike a market it doesn't have distributed knowlege and I don't think the incentives are right. Witness the UK's...
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- Rob Fisher
While I don't know if we're using the word catastrophe in the same way, clearly there are policies that have very high deductibles where realistically, the only time they would pay benefits would be if you ended up hospitalized. And there are plenty of policies that don't cover preventative care at all. Even these types of policies are out of the reach of quite a few Americans.
- Victor Ganata
What a silly response Otto. Its all emotional. Why do you think the argument here is so passionate? The fact that you would even dismiss it that way tells me everything I need to know about your point of view and existence. Sad.
- Brad Nickel
from email
If "the government can't do anything well" why do they even exist? Unless you're an anarchist, I can't see how it makes sense.
- Victor Ganata
There are limited things governments might be good at. Defense of the realm; keeping the peace. They are not good at providing goods and services. When they try to provide (or control the supply of) food, for example, you get famine. That's because you need market signals to stimulate [the right amount of] supply [and demand<delete], and that information is not centralised. The same problem affects government supplied healthcare. Hence waiting lists.
- Rob Fisher
We have waiting lists now. In what way are the NHS's waiting lists worse than the delays caused by having to argue with insurance companies to get coverage for diagnostic tests, procedures, and specialist referrals?
- Victor Ganata
Because the latter involves the invisible hand somehow!
- Andrew C
It's hard to say. I'm not arguing that you don't have a problem, just that more government isn't the solution. E.g. on the NHS you often end up paying for your own treatment anyway just so you get it in time. This is not an improvement.
- Rob Fisher
So that's not really different from the current system we have now: you can always pay cash. I think "more government isn't the solution" is a bare assertion that needs a fair amount of evidence to actually prove.
- Victor Ganata
Medicare and the VHA have waiting lists? Really? I haven't ever heard anyone waiting for Medicare, and it's single payer. I haven't heard of anyone in England (or Canada, or any other developed country) put on a waiting list. Do you have evidence to support that? You would write off education, food safety, the highway system, firemen, and air safety as well? Seems like you're asking for a very extreme form of government that isn't very much like what developed countries are or what they provide.
- Mark Trapp
Otto: The way that discourse works in research-based journals is that one person makes a claim, and backs that up with either data, and/or references to other research. I would happily read any references you give. I don't understand why you wouldn't look at references that I give.
- Robert Felty
Rob Fisher: if government controlled healthcare doesn't work, then why does Canada spend less on health care per person, but have lower infant mortality rates, and longer life expectancy? In addition, these numbers have improved since they started their single payer system, while our numbers have basically remained flat. http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues...
- Robert Felty
Victor: What can I say? You probably won't be impressed by my Austrian economics theory. You could come and live in the UK and get sick, and see what it's like. :) I do hope the USA manages to avoid the worst of it. Maybe look around at what many other countries do; I don't think anyone gets it quite right. Singapore seems to have good healthcare; but their statistics look good partly...
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- Rob Fisher
Part of the reason all healthcare isn't like that is because not all health procedures and exams are as simple as eye exams.
- Andrew C
I also think it's fallacious to believe we're actually arguing about a completely government controlled system. The public option is not even close to a true single-payer system, and nowhere near a nationalized health care system. It is quite similar to Medicare, except with different eligibility criteria, and as far as I can tell, Medicare doesn't seem to have destroyed the private health insurance industry, no matter how many people try to argue that slippery slope.
- Victor Ganata
@Rob Fisher - the number of Canadians who seek treatment in the US is not very large: http://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi...
- Andrew C
You probably can't get a new liver in an hour and expect to have a good outcome no matter where you go.
- Victor Ganata
But you should be able to get simple scans and tests quickly and cheaply. You can't on the NHS. The point about this not being about an NHS-like system is taken, though.
- Rob Fisher
If you are insured by a private insurer in the US your health fate is decided by insurance underwriters and doctor panels whose sole mandate is to save and make money for the company- not to keep you healthy or prevent you from getting sick or sicker. A doctor's intuition on what a patient may need, even in terms of preventative/investigative testing is hooey as far as they are...
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- Karma Martell
How do we get to a point where you can make money by keeping people healthy? People want to be healthy, so it must be doable.
- Rob Fisher
The prescription drug cos would fold, Rob. That is not what they want.
- Karma Martell
i wish i could do more than "like" this. oh, and while i'm here loving this, @Rob Fisher -- my answer is, make money doing something other than "keeping people healthy" -- putting profit and human life in the same objective is bound to have some horrifying conflicts of interest, no matter how pure the "health" motivation is. and with $$ involved, it will never even be close to approximating pure.
- (dot)lizard kelly
@Rob - you can make money by keeping people healthy, but as (dot)lizard kelly just said, you can make _more_ money by not... for example, by collecting premiums from healthy people and denying coverage to your sick customers.
- Andrew C
@kelly - I wouldn't mind people profiting by keeping people healthy. Hospitals and doctors do that. The trouble with insurance companies is that they profit by denying people care.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Karma: As long as *someone* can make money at it, doesn't matter who. (dot)lizard kelly: food is important to be healthy; people make money at providing food; no conflict of interest there. I'm not convinced there's anything so different about healthcare. I'll sleep on it and let you know if I have thought of an amazing business plan in the morning. And if it doesn't work, I'll be looking for regulations that stop it working.
- Rob Fisher
(I suspect the reason is you can't switch insurance companies easily.)
- Rob Fisher
Simple scans and tests frequently lead to incidental findings that are almost always benign but lead to literal million dollar workups. I actually don't think easy access to everything is always the right answer.
- Victor Ganata
The food example may not be a good counter-argument here in the U.S., where farmers have actually been paid not to grow things in order to artificially keep prices up.
- Victor Ganata
Evidently you and others that spout this free market gobbldy gook have never worked for corporate America and the absolute incompetence in those organizations. Hello , can you say mortgage, banking, savings and loan, energy, etc etc etc. It is a lie and a myth and you folks have gotten away with it for far too long! Thanks, Brad
- Brad Nickel
from email
I have worked for corp America. As Brad says, free market is never free. The wealth is not distributed. There needs to be accountability and standards. As Obama says, an insurance co should not be able to come between a decision made by you and your doctor. And Victor, it's about fair access, not just access if you have the money and you can override the system.
- Karma Martell
The problem is that access is controlled by two forces: actual medical need, and the need to generate a profit, and lots of times these forces end up opposing each other. As the costs of medical care continue to increase, I think we're going to have to decide as a society which is actually more important.
- Victor Ganata
This is not to say that I don't think people who actually provide the care shouldn't be compensated for their labor. (In my case, that's just self-interest.) But there's a huge difference between fair compensation and outright profiteering.
- Victor Ganata
So who is paying for the "Public Option"?
- Brett Veenstra
And who here does not know Blue Cross is a private company.
- Mahmood Padura
If you go by what's in the House bill, the public option will initially be financed by seed money from the federal government that is supposed to be paid back in 10 years. In the long run, it's supposed to be funded entirely by the premiums of people who choose to participate in the plan.
- Victor Ganata
Otto: it is not the existence of insurance companies that keep prices high (auto insurance's existence doesn't make auto repairs artificially inflated), it is how the system works. If I am a healthcare provider and you are a patient who will only pay $100 no matter how expensive the treatment is, I can set the price as high as I want. Your insurance might only cover $500, but somebody else's might cover $1000 or $5000, so there's no reason I shouldn't set my price at $5000 for the treatment.
- Gabe
Furthermore, let's say that there's a 1% chance that you'll need another $5000 test (an MRI perhaps). If you do need it and I don't give it to you, there's a chance you'll sue me and my malpractice insurance goes way up. If I give it to you and you don't need it, you don't care because you're not paying for it. You end up getting lots unnecessary tests just so I don't get sued. In...
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- Gabe
I dunno, didn't Japan solve the MRI problem by providing lots of them and driving the cost-per-exam down? ( http://www.pbs.org/wgbh... )
- Andrew C
And besides, the insurance companies in the States deal with that problem by denying procedures.
- Andrew C
Health care is not a right http://peikoff.com/video-u...
- Crutis
It might be instructive to look at the US airline industry before and after deregulation. It used to be that prices were fixed, so airlines competed on service. This meant that service was good, and profits were built-in so airlines weren't constantly in bankruptcy. It also meant that flying was a luxury that most people could not afford, which made it not so crowded either. After...
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- Gabe
Unless you intend on repealing EMTALA, access to emergency care regardless of ability to pay is in fact a guaranteed right in the U.S.
- Victor Ganata
Hmmmm... Unless Crutis you think they fall within Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness! Thanks, Brad
- Brad Nickel
from email
What of someone is happiest if they choose not to acquire health care insurance? It would seem to me that the imposition would thwart their pursuit and remove their liberty.
- Mattb4rd
When are we going to learn that the cake really is a lie? Re: Washington D.C. - I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
- Mattb4rd
Civilization is impossible without some form of government. The idea that we can live without it is the lie.
- Victor Ganata
No, the lie is that government is somehow required in all aspects of daily life. Civilization does need government, but mostly it needs it to stay as small as possible and leave people alone as much as possible. You are not a child. Grow up and deal with your own problems instead of expecting the rest of society to take care of you.
- Otto
BTW, a "public option" doesn't actually bother me provided you use absolutely zero tax money to pay for it. Make it paid for entirely by the premiums of the people who opt-in to it, and I have no further argument against it whatsoever. (Also, eliminate the part of the current plan that imposes tax penalties on those of us who choose to not have health insurance, as that is simply flat-out wrong. If I choose to cover my own risk, then that is my business, not the governments.)
- Otto
Yeah Otto, that works well. For example banks, mortgage companies, savings and loans, toys from China, Enron.... The naive Libertarian view of the world that somehow everything will work out in the end and all will be well makes me laugh every time I hear it. Greed, perversion, violence, and chaos don't go away when the government goes away. Human run institutions are all equally flawed...
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- Brad Nickel
from email
Brad: I don't know what world you're living in, but it's not the same one I am. Government has done very little good in the world, and is in fact responsible for the vast majority of evil in it. Perhaps you forget who's waging wars, eh? A few people inconvenienced by a bank or who signed bad mortgages doesn't really much compare to millions and millions of dead people. Also, "this...
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- Otto
Sure, because the US Department of Defense had absolutely nothing to do with the Internet whatsoever. But I agree. To believe that the government is either completely virtuous or always evil is delusional.
- Victor Ganata
Actually Otto, religion and greed are responsible for most of the wars. Whether a government fights them or not is irrelevant and these days its private corporations that are fighting much of our wars and doing a piss poor job of it as evidenced by the debacle that is Iraq. That there is a fine example of where we should have let government run things, but we had to privatize things at...
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- Brad Nickel
from email
@Victor: The DoD had very little to do with creating the internet, short of funding it. They paid for it in order to connect universities together (whom they were funding for other projects as well). It's not like they sent over a bunch of engineers to lay some cables or actually wrote any of the protocols or anything. Vint Cerf didn't actually go work for DARPA until 1976. The first pipes were laid when he was still in school.
- Otto
@Brad: It's amazing to me that anybody can espouse a philosophy like yours, which enables governments to control the population and do basically anything they like, including killing millions of innocent people through senseless wars and immoral legislation. Corporations didn't bomb Iraq and Afghanistan, the federal government did. Corporations didn't lie to us about the non-existent...
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- Otto
Yes, because ordinary people with no funding or government backing whatsoever can always complete large scale worldwide projects if they just work hard enough, without any assistance. Rugged individualism FTW.
- Victor Ganata
@Victor: Why must everything come down to "large scale" and "worldwide" in your view? Are you so incapable of taking care of your own problems that you want to a) take care of everybody else's and b) have yours taken care of by everybody else? We're talking about health care. Why must "health" be a worldwide problem, to the extent that you want to take away individual rights in favor of...
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- Otto
Otto, where are we talking about taking away individual rights? I'm talking about HR 3200, not some fantastical single payer system or some nationalized health care system from your paranoid nightmares. Don't be a fool. Look around you right now. Clearly health can be a worldwide problem. And it's disingenuous to believe the Internet would have been built if some government hadn't been around to provide funding.
- Victor Ganata
Silly Otto... Its obvious that an informed conversation with you is impossible, since you are unable to defend your actual philosophy or arguments and rely upon distortions and extremely silly exaggerations to try and make a point when the question being asked can not be answered with the truth. This happens every single time I debate a Libertarian. They can't explain themselves or how...
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- Brad Nickel
from email
Because we'll have to pay for your silly self to keep you alive when you are sick and dying and don't have coverage.
- Brad Nickel
from email
@Victor: HR3200 takes away my right to choose my own health insurance (in my case, none) by imposing additional taxation and penalties for my choice. It also uses tax money to finance the "public option", which I'm firmly opposed to. And it's disingenuous to believe that the internet would have NOT been built if the government had not provided the funding. It would have happened...
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- Otto
@Brad: I'm tired of listening to your socialist and communist rhetoric. (See? I can apply incorrect labels just as well as you can! I'm not a "Libertarian".) Anyway, if you want the government to control your life, keep it to yourself, I'm not interested. Also, if you can find anywhere I called you anything other than "Brad", I'd be very interested. Note: Saying your ideas amount to "totalitarianism" isn't name-calling when it's true.
- Otto
You are a funny guy Otto and I mean that in all the ways it can be interpreted.
- Brad Nickel
Fine. Welcome to my block list, Brad. If you ever grow up and decide that you want to have a real conversation instead of trolling, then I'll be happy to oblige you. Until then, just rant incoherently to somebody else, eh?
- Otto
LOL. See what I mean. You are funny.
- Brad Nickel
Are you kidding me about the Internet, Otto? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... Note that 2 of the original nodes were UC schools--government funded public schools. With HR 3200, it's obviously going to take money to get the public option up and running, but it's supposed to be paid back in 10 years. As for the mandate, it's not ideal, but I don't see how else it will work. Otherwise,...
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- Victor Ganata
No, I think they are supposed to let him die.
- Brad Nickel
@Victor: No, I'm not kidding, and that link backs up every word I just said about it. As for the public option paying for itself, are you joking? Medicare is continuously in the red (average benefit per person in Medicare is $11,000 per year!) , and you think making a bigger version will somehow magically work? As for the mandate, that's an absolute deal-breaker, because it it is...
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- Otto
That's how government projects almost always work: they award private companies contracts to do the work. Even HR 3200 is structured that way.
- Victor Ganata
If you actually look at it, HR 3200 isn't structured like Medicare. And why is it that state laws that mandate you to carry auto insurance if you drive haven't been struck down by the Supreme Court if it's so unconstitutional? If you're totally healthy there are policies with $10,000 annual deductibles that cost like $50 a month. Obviously, the health insurance companies would rather you pay for a more expensive plan if they can get you to.
- Victor Ganata
Why in the world is a high deductible insurance plan not what you want, Otto?
- Andrew C
"Medicare is continuously in the red" - regular people who aren't on Medicare either lose benefits or coverage entirely or get outrageous rate hikes, so I'm not sure why you seem to keep claiming private insurance is any better...
- Andrew C
My goodness, a single-payer plan in BC costs ~$54/person/month and the deductible is way lower than $10K. And what I lose in 'freedom', I gain back in peace of mind and more money in my pocket overall. (and isn't the glibertarian definition of freedom money?) (Amazingly, the US actually spends as much _government_ money on health care per capita as Canada, and then of course far more in private money on top.)
- Andrew C
@Victor: a) State laws don't require you to carry auto insurance. They require you to carry auto insurance *OR* post a bond for some fixed amount, in case you hit somebody else. and b) Auto insurance is about liability (protecting other people from you), while health insurance is not (it's about about protecting you from other things, people included).
- Otto
@Andrew C: I fail to understand the question. A high deductible insurance plan is not what I want, because it is not what I want. What I want is a health insurance plan that will only cover me from, say, accident. Something that doesn't cover routine crap which I won't be needing anyway, or which I can pay for myself. In cases where there is an accident, I don't want *any* deductible,...
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- Otto
A high deductible plan effectively only covers you for catastrophes, because you're on your own for the first $5K or $10K, so all "routine crap" will be out of pocket.
- Andrew C
BTW, not seeing a doctor even for routine checkups is also gambling. Good luck with that.
- Andrew C
"Effectively" is not the same thing as actually. And if there was some kind of major incident, I'd still be on the hook for the $10k, which is still problematic. Basically, a high deductible means that you're getting no real coverage at all, it's not disaster coverage.
- Otto
The $10k outlay doesn't sound problematic to me; you've been investing your money, right?
- Andrew C
Andrew C: No, it's not. There is no actual need for "routine checkups" in a healthy human being. You'd free to disagree, but I'm just going to say you're wrong, and that is that, so there's no point in arguing it. And whether I can afford $10k or not is beside the point, it's still not the type of coverage I actually need or want.
- Otto
Otto - You have a valid point that insurance is designed to cover catastrophes. It turns out that preventative medicine helps to avoid catastrophes though. So it is in the best interest of insurance companies to encourage their customers to get preventative care. One way to do that is to pay fot it. Another way to do it would be to give people discounts for getting regular checkups, just like you get discounts on auto insurance for having a good driving record.
- Robert Felty
Yeah, there really is no point in arguing with you, not when you just make statements and "that is that". (Good thing cancer never starts off growing in the body for years before becoming a major problem! And that arteries don't ever get clogged before they close up entirely.)
- Andrew C
Robert: Preventative medicine does help to avoid catastrophe, however, it's also far cheaper to cover your own costs there instead of relying on insurance coverage to pay for it for you. It makes no sense for insurance to cover basic care. You don't pay for gasoline with your auto insurance, do you? The fact that insurance covers basic care means added burdens to the administrative overhead, higher premiums, etc, etc. It's a bad system overall.
- Otto
OK, so you want catastrophic coverage that starts from dollar 1 for accidents, but no insurance for routine procedures. I think this is a little ridiculous, but you're right, I don't think insurance companies offer that.
- Andrew C
Insurance companies are actively prevented from offering it, is what you meant to say. Many state laws require certain minimum levels of coverage, so the plan I want/need is unavailable to me because of over-regulation.
- Otto
Preventative care isn't gasoline. Food is the analogy to gasoline. And no, health care insurance doesn't pay for food.
- Andrew C
@Andrew C: Okay then, if you don't like that metaphor... Does your auto insurance pay for oil changes? My point is that health care should not pay for routine stuff *unless I want it to*. I do not want it to, I'm perfectly capable of dealing with routine stuff on my own.
- Otto
Otto - this is not just about you though. It is mostly about the millions of people who don't have any insurance at all right now. Also, with the oil change analogy, that is not quite right either. Standard auto insurance does not pay for vehicle failure. It pays for vehicle damage due to accidents. There probably is a small correlation between frequency of oil changes and automobile accidents, but I bet that the correlation between regular colonoscopies and advanced colon cancer is much higher.
- Robert Felty
Robert: Auto insurance does indeed pay for vehicle failure, if you have comprehensive insurance. Depends on the type of failure. On the other hand, you can get liability insurance to only pay for accidents caused by you, if you so want. You have choice of what to get. And I'd venture to bet that the correlation between colonoscopies and colon cancer is indeed quite high, but in the...
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- Otto
Otto - my dad gets regular colonoscopies, because he has diverticulosis, and I am not ready for him to die just yet.
- Robert Felty
Robert: He has a medical condition. I'd hardly call that "routine maintenance", sort of thing.
- Otto
Sure. The reason why health insurance companies don't offer plans like that are completely because all 50 states have strict mandates, and certainly not because the health insurance companies don't think they're profitable and would prefer that you pay for more coverage. Of course it's always the government's fault, and never the invisible hand's.
- Victor Ganata
Victor: In this case, what I said was in fact true. All 50 states and even the federal government have tons of regulations on the health insurance industry. Rates, premiums, etc.. these are all fixed by the individual states. The insurance companies have to work within a very narrow window of guidelines, sort of thing. This is one reason that so many of them have tried hard to deny...
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- Otto
The only regulation I see that applies to all 50 states is that insurance companies have to be solvent, capable of paying claims, and able to process claims in timely fashion. Fact is, the insurance companies have continued to make record profits despite all these regulations, so I'm not exactly going to cry them a river.
- Victor Ganata
Switzerland gets by with strict regulation... Admittedly, I doubt they have the kind of catastrophe-only plans you like, but (1) the insurers there make it work, and (2) they achieve better coverage and outcomes than the current US system does.
- Andrew C
@Brad Nickel - The right to life does not imply the right to the labor and property of other individuals. Medicine is exactly that: the products and services of tremendously skilled individuals. To claim by right their labor and products is the moral equivalent of slavery.
- Crutis
I just can't get over the rhetoric. It truly makes me laugh outloud. Slave labor. It's not worthy of further debate.
- Brad Nickel
from email
It's hardly slavery when health care professionals take oaths to serve society in exchange for the position of privilege it puts them in. And they provide care that isn't fully compensated quite frequently: it's part and parcel of many of the contracts they sign with insurance companies. Are you going to call that slavery too?
- Victor Ganata
@Victor, no I call it what it is: charity. Charity should be encouraged. @Brad, when you stop laughing maybe you can refute the right of a physician to contract with a patient without government interference. Until then the only laughable idea is the logical conclusion of your argument that physicians could be imprisoned unless they run their businesses for free or at a loss.
- Crutis
It is impossible to be a physician without government interference, since license to practice is issued by the state. I'm not sure I'd want it otherwise, personally. Anyway, once again we're straying from the topic at hand: there's nothing in HR 3200 that says you have to accept gov't issued insurance, anymore than you have to accept Medicare or Medicaid. It will still be quite possible to have a nice little boutique practice without getting a paycheck from the gov't.
- Victor Ganata
I do medical billing for a nursing home. Those of you who are in favor of a public option obviously don't understand Medicare and Medicaid. We couldn't take care of anybody if we had to rely only on what the government pays. And doctors didn't go to school for all those years and incur all that debt just to be civil servants with tons of red tape and poor compensation. There will be a huge shortage of doctors within a decade. If the bill passes the Senate, we're in for a true disaster.
- Dawn
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