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Anthony Citrano posted a link
SpaceQuest.Net | The Ultimate Space Quest Fan Site
SpaceQuest.Net | The Ultimate Space Quest Fan Site
SpaceQuest.Net | The Ultimate Space Quest Fan Site
Thursday at 9:35 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"This website pays tribute to Space Quest: the wacky sci-fi humor adventure computer game series by Sierra On-Line, starring space janitor Roger Wilco! SpaceQuest.Net is the ultimate Space Quest resource website, containing everything you wanted to know about Space Quest, and then some. Put on your Astro Chicken flight hat and enjoy.." - Anthony Citrano
And this, this is why I am such a geek. <3 - Pete Delucchi
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LOVED that game. - Ray Grieselhuber
me too - played every single one of them, and quite a bit. - Anthony Citrano
My dad left my older brother and I alone in the house while he went on a European vacation for three weeks in 1989. He left us $400 in cash as a budget for the entire time. He left, I took $75 and went to Babbage's and bought Space Quest IV and proceeded to play it the entire time. My older brother took the remainder and threw a rager at the townhouse. The following week we visited my uncle to get some cash to tie us over until dad came back. - Pete Delucchi
Sierra Promised a SQ7 for a while but it petered out. - Anthony Citrano
I haven't played all of them, but just picked up the Space Quest Collection at my local BigLots store yesterday for $6! I've got some catching up to do. - ThisGuyDoug
They're great games, Doug, and especially excellent and imaginative when considering the memory and technological limitations they worked within. These days some games are 1,000 times the size and nowhere near as cool. - Anthony Citrano
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Bren loved a song on Last.fm
Immortal Technique – Understand Why
Wednesday at 11:10 pm - Link
Oh no you didn't, you brought out Immortal! - Anna Haro
<3 - Mo Kargas
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I met him for a quick second at RTB last year...he was very sweet. - Anna Haro
Saw him San Diego a few years ago. Fun show. - Ray Grieselhuber
yeah Ray, he puts on a good show. - Anna Haro
Wouldn't mind seeing I.T in concert - Mo Kargas
Mo, if the opportunity comes up, you should definitely go. - Anna Haro
You bet I will Anna :) - Mo Kargas
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Important work can be done while daydreaming - The Boston Globe
Important work can be done while daydreaming - The Boston Globe
Wednesday at 7:50 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Every time we slip effortlessly into a daydream, a distinct pattern of brain areas is activated, which is known as the default network. Studies show that this network is most engaged when people are performing tasks that require little conscious attention, such as routine driving on the highway or reading a tedious text. Although such mental trances are often seen as a sign of lethargy - we are staring haplessly into space - the cortex is actually very active during this default state, as numerous brain regions interact. Instead of responding to the outside world, the brain starts to contemplate its internal landscape. This is when new and creative connections are made between seemingly unrelated ideas." - Ginger Makela via Bookmarklet
The favorite jobs I've had are ones where I'm doing repetitive physical labor -- making lattes or pressing clothes -- because it releases my brain somehow. When I was in college, I got most of my ideas for papers while I mindlessly pressed clothes. - Ginger Makela
I get my best ideas when I'm not working. - Ray Grieselhuber
My dad has long wondered why more smart people don't do physical labor just for this reason... that it unlocks the mind in a why little else can. - Clare Dibble
If I want to talk to my kids about something, I do it while we are playing catch or doing something similarly repetitive. It's the surest way to get them to open up. - Todd Nemet
I do my best thinking in the shower or while trying to get to sleep. Sometimes staring out the window is good, but not as much. I've been doing lots of repetitive physical labor lately, and don't have much in the way of ideas to show for it. - Gabe Schaffer
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How They Built Houses in Japan
How They Built Houses in Japan
Wednesday at 6:41 pm - Link
Accompanying article: http://harvardmagazine.com/web... - Mona N.
We still use mud bricks here. LOL Hey Mona! =D - Ron
The craft of Japanese handiwork is amazing. I was dating an architect for a while who'd ask me a trillion questions -- none which I could answer LOL. ADOBE FTW! ;) Hi Ron! - Mona N.
Watching now. Thanks for posting. Japanese construction is truly amazing. - Ray Grieselhuber
They didn't use nails, wow. A friend's father, is a woodcraftman (?). His trade, passed down through generations, and brought his skills here. He specializes in amazing custom Japanese baths. :) - Mona N.
That is awesome craftsmanship. - sergiooo
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Benjamin Golub updated their job title on LinkedIn
FriendFeeder at FriendFeed
September 2 at 7:06 pm - Link
Congratulations, Ben! - Kenneth LeFebvre
Wow best of luck! - Majento (Early Adopter :)
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AWESOME JOB TITLE DUDE! - Susan Beebe
Congrats! - Caleb Elston
congrats...thats soo kool - (jeff)isageek
Awesome! - Bwana McCall
Well done, congrats! - Shey
Officially awesome, congrats! - Pete Delucchi
Congrats,waiting new FF features:) - Igor Poltavskiy
Great news Ben! FF sure knows how to pick 'em. Can't wait to see what's next. - Brian Daniel Eisenberg
Congrats!!! I'm glad you're hard work has payed off. I hope you can continue to help the site grow. - Brandon Titus
Congratulation,Ben, waiting for a lot of new features - Steve
You are the man, Ben. Excitement, jealousy and some pride all mixed into one. Great work - Louis Gray
w33t! - j1m
Congratulations, Benjamin! - Eric Florenzano
:D +1 Louis Gray - Yuvi
Story continued on RSSmeme http://friendfeed.com/e/37fe9a... - Charlie Anzman
Congrats! - Ray Grieselhuber
Congrats!!! - Rachel L Fisher
Congrats Ben! - Mustafa K. Isik
Congratulations, Benjamin. Clearly a great choice all around. - Robert Konigsberg
Excellent :D - Harun Baris Bulut
Congrats and good luck! - funkyboy via Posty
Congratulations! - Vijayendra Mohanty
nice one benjamin. good luck. - Alex Gawley
This entry is in the most liked list of ffholic.com! Congrats! :) - FFholic.com
Congratulations Ben - Shakeel Mahate
FFHolic, are you a bot? - Slippy Lane
Congratulations Ben. Are you going to commute from NY? - Clare Dibble
Congrats Ben! Having followed your work the last half year I must say I am not surprised by this :) - Amund Tveit
Congrats Benjamin! - Mike Reynolds
Congrats Benjamin ! - peter huesken
Congrats! - Marco (aureliusmaximus)
Well done, Benjamin! - Sally Church
congrats!! - Jess Lee
Big ups!! This is awesome news! - Phil (scribkin)
Super! congrats! - Sarah Perez
Awesome! - Mitchell Tsai
Most coveted job title on Earth right now, huh? So, now you're on the squad, what's the minimum bribe to get you gushing forth to the guys on the merits of being able to tag our own (or each others) posts? - Slippy Lane
Congratulations!! Smart move by FriendFeed. :) - felix
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Andrew Trinh bookmarked a page on delicious
Women get massages with 'happy endings' too - Times Online
September 2 at 11:56 pm - Link
'Massage parlours' and even barbers have long offered men sexual stimulation. Now, word is, women are after the extras - Andrew Trinh
o rly? - edythe
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“An ex went for a regular massage. It was her first time at this establishment, and the receptionist suggested that she get her massage from George. She called me two hours later to ask me if it was okay that a Chinese guy in scrubs had brought her to orgasm six times. I was more impressed than anything.” - Andrew Trinh
Andrew, where the heck can you find barber shops that offer sexual stimulation, so I can stay the hell away from them? Seriously, that's NOT what I want to go to the barber shop to get. "Buddy, ya want a happy finish with that haircut?" DO NOT WANT!!! - Raoul Pop
LOL - Mladen Srdić
ff field trip to Tropicana. Who's in?????????? :p - Anna Haro
ROFL! Don't ask me, I'm just the messenger boy that doesn't want a happy ending with my cut! - Andrew Trinh
The massage sounds heavenly though. - Andrew Trinh
If it were administered by a woman in the barber shop, no problem. haha - Ron
@Andrew...sure does--OH GOD, OH GOD, OH GOD! - Anna Haro
Hahaha. - Andrew Trinh
Trinh: The massage or women in case? - Mladen Srdić
Or more like a 2 sec blank out, and then limping. Oh wait, thats' male orgasm. LOL - Ron
The by-line makes it sound like a movie. MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: The female orgasm. - Andrew Trinh
I second the WTF on the barber shop. - Ray Grieselhuber
Never been to every country in Asia yet. But the "barber shop" still exist in China. In Singapore, the happy endings services for men (don't know if there's any for women) exists in dodgy massage parlours. - BeeLing
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Cee Bee posted a link
Gym Generates Energy from Pedal Power
Gym Generates Energy from Pedal Power
September 2 at 5:56 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Some muscley mastermind at a gym in Portland, Oregon has devised an ingenious way of getting out of paying the lecky bills – by getting his customers to generate the energy for him. Adam Boesel’s newly opened gym uses human-power to create real energy from four spin bikes at a rate of 200 to 600 watts per hour, depending on how fit the rider is. The energy produced is then stored in a battery that’s used to run the rest of the gym’s equipment, along with solar-power. Green Microgym, which opened September 1, joins a growing number human-powered gyms and includes includes state-of-the-art elliptical trainers and treadmills, which currently use 30% human-power and 70% solar-power, a yoga room with a cork floor and energy-saving ceiling fans are also in place." - Cee Bee via Bookmarklet
I remember having this idea (as I'm sure many others did) a few years ago. Great to see it taking off. - Ray Grieselhuber
Now I want my resistance training to kick back a carbon offset. - Christopher Harley
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When selling your company, beware of earnouts — you may lose your shirt and even your house » VentureBeat
September 2 at 5:24 am - Link
Virtual PBX sounds like a rotten company if this is true. - Ray Grieselhuber
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10 Things Millionaires Won't Tell You (new-new-new) at SmartMoney.com
August 28 at 5:00 pm - Link
The only thing I don't agree with is the bit about richer people being happy. From what I understand, there have been numerous studies that show there's no direct linkage between wealth and happiness. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)
Yes, I think it depends on the person. The people I know who have a lot of money and are also happy tend to live far below their means and treat their relationships with others as their highest priority (based on my limited, biased observation, of course). - Ray Grieselhuber
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Handcuffed DMX Says "Fuck That." And Walks Out of Court
Handcuffed DMX Says "Fuck That." And Walks Out of Court
August 28 at 5:31 am - Link
damn crackheads - Cee Bee
Huh. I didn't know you could do that. Not that I care, but what was he arrested for? - Ray Grieselhuber
lol! what a nut. yeah, he walked out of the courtroom and into a holding cell. i am sure that he didnt get far. @Ray he's got a bunch of charges against him ranging from animal cruelty to speeding to drug possession. Earl is a classy dude. - Carlos Ayala
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Nicole Simon posted an entry on cruel to be kind
Backtype: Scraping comments without your consent and trying to monetize it.
August 28 at 2:00 am - Link
AKA all search engines, just replace "comments" with "your content" - Ray Grieselhuber
@Ray: not quite so - Alex
good points nicole - hadn't thought about them the way you are - thanks - mike "glemak" dunn
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Ray Grieselhuber posted a message
“Installing Sweetcron locally.”
August 28 at 12:19 am - Link
Post screenshots, please! http://beta.friendfeed.com/roo... - Mona N.
Is there any installation guide that i don't know? I uploaded files but couldn't work it out? - Selim Yoruk
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Selim, all the links are in the room. People are providing tech support, too :) - Mona N.
Oh, nice. So, i already jumped there : ) - Selim Yoruk
:) - Mona N.
If anyone interested i found this ( http://code.google.com/p/sweet... ) in the room : ) - Selim Yoruk
Very nice install locally. I'll try to get a public version up soon. - Ray Grieselhuber
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Outsanity posted a message
“One thing I like about Japanese/Chinese characters: this whole sentence would be like 10 characters.”
August 27 at 8:18 pm - via Ping.fm - Link
I made a similar observation the other day. It's especially true in Chinese. It's almost as if they knew microblogs would be big someday. - Ray Grieselhuber
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Andrew Baron posted a link
Dubai Carbon Neutral Pyramid will House 1 Million
Dubai Carbon Neutral Pyramid will House 1 Million
Dubai Carbon Neutral Pyramid will House 1 Million
August 27 at 6:30 pm - via Reshare - Link
"The ginormous pyramid will cover 2.3 square kilometers and will be able to sustain a “community” of up to 1 million. Timelinks claims that their Ziggurat will be capable of running completely off the grid by utilizing steam, wind, and other natural resources. The tightly knit city will also feature a super efficient public transportation system that runs both horizontally and vertically, and plans are being drawn up to utilize both public and private green spaces for agricultural opportunities" - Andrew Baron
So now all I have to do is figure out how to get me one of these... - Aaron Krug
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I'm waiting for it to blast off! - Chris Rivait
Reminds me, perhaps not inappropriately, of a data center. If you can get millions of brains that close together and they don't take up much room... - Ray Grieselhuber
Good point, Ray. - Eric Sessions
This reminds me one of those pyraminds from Stargate SG-1. - imabonehead
Hope it doesn't fall over. - Ian Tindale
دیگه شورشو درآورده این امیر دبی شهربازی درست کرده جای شهر - Farzad َZamani
this sounds a bit like the tower of babylon with a 60's project feel. another Green Ghetto brought to us by the self righteous. Why encourage people to live on top of each other like this? Just what the middle east doesn't need is a NYC project like the one's the American Northeast got in the 60's. RIPE for some serious violence. Sustained living? I think this isn't - Noah David Simon
All of these new monster building being built. What happens the oil runs out and they need to maintain them? - Earl E Morningwood
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Mike Fruchter posted a message
“Sweetcron, launches tomorrow. Hype or homerun?”
August 27 at 6:01 am - Link
I'll try it that's for sure. And teaser videos were also compelling : ) - Selim Yoruk
I think it will be a homerun. - Ray Grieselhuber
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looks nice, but not sure if I have to set up my own server or it's just an option - Charles L
I don't think there is a hosted version. You have to set up your own server. - Ray Grieselhuber
We'll see. I thought there was a trend of people not aggregating on their own sites as much, turning comments off, and socializing out in the clouds. I did a similar thing on my homepage just using the FriendFeed API (admittedly not as pretty at the YongFook.com site). All it required is that I host a couple PHP files... but the conversation stays on FriendFeed. So if the goal is to have a FriendFeed-esque silo, I'm not interested. - Paul Reynolds
Sweetcron's Admin Panel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Mike Fruchter
Write Panel Preview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Mike Fruchter
I'm not sure I see the value in making your main presence a lifestream. One's website should set the tone of who one is: one has complete control over what's put there. If people want to track me online, they can use FriendFeed or SocialThing or SecondBrain or Strands or MyBlogLog. - Mark Trapp
I think, a lot of people that'll use Sweetcron, will also add the feed of Sweetcroned site to FriendFeed, SocialThing or SecondBrain bla bla... - Selim Yoruk
My only reason for putting the stream on my homepage was for my friends and family that aren't super tech savvy or aren't interested in joining a bunch of services. I feel like I spend a lot of time online and what I produce in that time has some (albeit questionable) value. Here's the code: http://blastoffgames.net/codes... that I use here: http://screwtheman.com - Paul Reynolds
I am ready for tomorrow. I think it will be wordpress of lifestream trend. - Onder Eren
Mark, I agree. I can see a lot of dangers in making your main presence a lifestream. - Mike Fruchter
finally! Well, it has only gotten a "decent" amount of coverage, and I do not think it will be for everyone. I am interested in seeing the final product though. - Rob Diana
Sweetcron does look interesting. I will test it out on a staging domain. Nothing will come close to replacing FriendFeed for non self hosted lifestreaming. - Mike Fruchter
linkage: http://www.sweetcron.com/ and demo @ http://www.yongfook.com/ Looks like a good install on a subdomain with tab/link on main page - David Knight
Interview with Yongfook on the lifestream blog.http://lifestreamblog.com/inte... - Mike Fruchter
So why would you want to host your own MySQL database when FriendFeed does all of this for you? I've got to be missing something here. - Paul Reynolds
ownership, control, shiny new toyness.... - David Knight
Thanks for the reply, David. I suppose I get the shiny new toyness part. It makes me want to write a wizard to generate my script for people that aren't comfortable with looking at HTML/PHP. Off to think of a catchy name... ;o) - Paul Reynolds
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Hao Chen posted a link
ajax im - the ajax-based instant messenger
August 27 at 12:20 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
Downloadable source code for a self-hosted Meebo.com interface like Instant Messaging environment. Does not support other IM services/networks. - Hao Chen via Bookmarklet
Sweet. - Ray Grieselhuber
Pretty sweet. - Aaron Myers
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Evangeline posted a message
“Am I the only one who doesn't care if anyone thinks I'm spamming FriendFeed/worry about posting duplicate messages? People can hide my posts or just stop reading me, but I'll post what I like, how I like. (You can tell I think that most of 'social etiquette' is bullshit, can't you?)”
August 26 at 5:35 pm - Link
Also, yes, I know I'm not the /only/ one, but where's everyone else who isn't worried about creating the right kind of noise? I need a support group, damn it. - Evangeline
This is amusing considering what I posted today. I've seen so many people complain about duplicate posts that I'm like "...*shies away*" - Heather
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Good on you, some people get all worked up worrying about what others think of them when in reality, you should worry about what is making you happy (as long as you're not being a complete dickhead on purpose). - Andrew Trinh
Evangeline, I feel you on this. While I don't import my status-y updates to try and prevent noise, I happily use Ping.fm to update my too darn many status-y sites. I'm a big girl, I can go check 'em for replies. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
I agree to a point, but some people go too far. They post one thing and it shows up in friendfeed 4 or 5 times. That's what I'd call spam. - AlexScoble(Robert'sBro)
Agreed -- social etiquette posts are mostly crap. But I still try to be courteous as to not intentionally piss ppl off. - Shey
@Heather Considering how easy it is to filter out content that you don't want to see here (that hide button works really well with filtering out all types of posts--I haven't seen a BriteKite post in weeks), I think some of the complaining is just for the sake of complaining. But I know you and I differ on doing things for yourself vs. doing things for other people--I think it's just one of those things I'm not going to try to understand. - Evangeline
Well, on a website like this I assume the point is not to annoy the crap out of other people, hence me being a bit "um. hides." EDIT: considering it's a social networking site and not really for just myself to post things for myself. adding that to clarify. - Heather
It also depends on the network, some websites don't feature the hide button then I suppose it would be a pain. If they have a problem, they could always unfollow. - Andrew Trinh
@Alex when they do that, I just hide their posts from specific services (except for the @replies). - Evangeline
@Heather I think we see that differently as well. For me, the point of FF is to read lots of interesting things and have conversations with interesting people. I wouldn't join any site if I thought the point was 'don't annoy other people'. - Evangeline
I peronally think the responsibility lies with the network to better organize duplicate material. Why should you be limited in how you publish something? - Ray Grieselhuber
@Ray There has to be some kind of way to organise duplicated content. I'd like people to see what services I've joined (in case we want to follow each other there as well), but I hate that I get multiple copies of posts as a result. - Evangeline
@Evangeline Exactly, but if I'm not posting interesting things or just posting copies of things, then I'm not contributing to the "having conversations/reading interesting things" aspect, I'm just being boring. That's how I'm seeing it. - Heather
@Heather Everything posted on here is a copy of something else. Sometimes stuff gets posted twenty or thirty times because it's impossible to tell who's the 'first' to post anything. And why would you consider anything you post 'boring'? There'd be no point to posting it if you already thought it was boring. - Evangeline
@Evangeline Well, because most of the stuff that's interesting to me I've noticed isn't really to other people (hence it just sits there, which is why I said it isn't contributing to anything), or if it is, it's already been posted. That's the bit of trouble I've been having. - Heather
Ya know - I just don't CARE. People don't HAVE to read me. They can defriend or whatever. And I have plenty of friends who are only on one service or another, not all of them, or not an aggregator. So PFFT :D Just call me "Blithely unconcerned and POSSESSING A SCROLL BUTTON" - TxVoodoo
@Heather But it's.../your/ feed, and if /you/ find it interesting, shouldn't that matter more than "other people may not like it as much as I do"? - Evangeline
Heather, I found that the more active I am on other people's FF content, the more activity my content receives. Plus, I enjoy commenting on other people's items because there's almost always something interesting I haven't come across yet. - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
@Evangeline It would matter more if the purpose of the site wasn't to, as you said, share bookmarks and have conversations about them. - Heather
@Stupid Blogger You've got a good point there--I can't find the 'how many comments you've made this week' like on the non-beta FF, but I know I've commented a lot lately. Lots of interesting stuff showing up recently. - Evangeline
@Stupid Blogger I might try that, I'm just horrifically shy a lot of the time (which probably means I shouldn't be using this at all, oops, but I really like it.) - Heather
Evangeline: in beta, hover over your own name to see your own comments/likes stats. Heather, I'm actually pretty shy in person, too. I look at FF (well, all social media really) as an outlet where I can speak my mind and laugh at really stupid things without people I know thinking I'm a bit odd. Not that they don't think that already, of course, but it would be so much worse if they could see my FF =) - Stupid Blogger (aka Tina)
@Heather, we'll just agree to disagree, because I don't think that "share bookmarks and have conversations about them" translates to "but what if people don't like what I like?" I think you can have the first without worrying about the second. - Evangeline
@Heather If people don't like it, they won't comment. If they do, they will. But why the angst over it? It's not a popularity contest, and it's also not a referendum on your personal tastes. Not only that, but the more others share, the more I learn about *them* and sometimes myself as well. If we all only read and shared the popular things, think about how much would fall thru the cracks? - TxVoodoo
I don't care if people like what I feed here or not. Or if it's a duplicate of something. I'm not cool or tech savvy or anything and I never will be, so why try to fake it? - Nine - Like the number
@TxVoodoo And I don't know how many links I've clicked on going "okay, this looks weird" and it turned out to be really interesting. Also, very good point--I've learned a lot about the people here by the things they like to share--even people I've known for years. - Evangeline
@TxVoodoo Because I have "fitting in" issues. I'm not proud of it, but it's not angst, actually -- I don't get sad about it, I get embarrassed over it. - Heather
You're the ocean, FriendFeed is the stream. If people decide to brave your waters, cool. If things get a little rough, or they don't like what they see, it's up to them to build dams or whatever they need to do to survive. If they can't cope, they can always GTFO of the water. People act like they are helpless to control the the information they see. Click Hide. Know your options. - Rahsheen
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Anthony Citrano posted a link
God Hates Shrimp
God Hates Shrimp
August 24 at 8:09 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link
"Shrimp, crab, lobster, clams, mussels, all these are an abomination before the Lord, just as gays are an abomination. Why stop at protesting gay marriage? Bring all of God's law unto the heathens and the sodomites. We call upon all Christians to join the crusade against Long John Silver's and Red Lobster. Yea, even Popeye's shall be cleansed. The name of Bubba shall be anathema. We must stop the unbelievers from destroying the sanctity of our restaurants.." - Anthony Citrano via Bookmarklet
lol - Ray Grieselhuber
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Too. Freaking. Funny. - Steven Perez
I use this with fundamentalist bible-thumpers and they seem to really get confused. Many don't even know it's there. There's a lot of other fun stuff in Leviticus, but the shellfish thing is one that really seems to paralyze fundamentalists. Because they won't cave and say that the old laws don't apply anymore, yet they can't reconcile that all that shellfish they've eaten has them Hellbound... - Anthony Citrano
Hmm, I am most certainly going to hell. - abacab
Ah, inconsistency :) - Michael W. May
NOT KOSHER! - Rochelle
bottomfeeders - Gregory Lent
Old Testament cultism -- it also happens to be the driving force behind neoconservatives and Christians Zionists and their many delightful policies (including the Iraq War, the Clash of Civilizations, World War IV and a domestic police state and theocracy). This is very serious stuff indeed -- it doesn't get more serious. - Sean McBride
Some are pretty crazy. Leviticus is old testament and doesn't apply. With the arrival of Christ, the old laws were replaced. Any normal Christian knows this stuff. - Jason Shultz via twhirl
Let me add that there are many good and positive strains in the Old Testament -- the emphasis on social justice, truth seeking, compassion, philanthropy, etc. -- but fundamentalists focus only on the most ignorant and violent strains. As far as ancient texts go, the OT is probably less benighted than most. In other words, putting an antisemitic spin on the dark side of the OT is as misguided as believing in the most unscientific superstitions in the work. Christian Armaggedonists like John Hagee do not understand what the best of the Jewish tradition is all about. - Sean McBride
Well I would guess if you are an Orthodox Jew this still holds true, but beyond that the majority of people that follow the Book, understand that the old law was fulfilled at least from this perspective. No reason to shun the tasty little creatures now. - Robert
"Normal Christian"? What does that mean? Seventh-day Adventists (and other Christians) don't eat unclean foods. Also, the idea of "clean" and "unclean" foods has been around at least since the time of Noah. The way I see it, the Levitical laws were to remind the children of Israel about principles they might have forgotten while they were in bondage, IMHO. - Harvey Simmons
Just by nature of being raised Buddhist, i'm in the doghouse by default with the Old Testament. So I may as well call up my gay friend today for a shrimp salad lunch. :D - Christine Lu
Further point: thoughout modern European history, many Jews have been in the forefront in ditching the dreck from the OT, while amping up the most enlightened themes. Another reason to blow off any antisemitic exploitation of some disturbing OT beliefs. (Of course, Christian fundamentalists often use these "subversive" intellectual activities on behalf of Enlightenment modernism to try to whip up antisemitism.) - Sean McBride
+1 Harvey - Jason, if you study this, you will see that this PARTICULAR issue is outside of the laws that were replaced (or, rather, fulfilled). Even Christ said it Himself - "I have not come to abolish the them but to fulfill them. Until heaven and earth disappear, no the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will be any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished." While the Mosaic law is no longer in effect, dont confuse that with meaning that all old laws are Mosaic... - Andru Edwards
Oh, and I can safely say that God doesn't hate shrimp. If I create something for a specific purpose, and tell my son not to eat that thing, that doesn't imply that I hate what I made. It just means that it isn't food. - Andru Edwards
+1 Christine :) - Michael W. May
+1 Harvey and Andru - Shey
Robert, you're wrong. Torah, including the kashrut laws, were not replaced for Jews of any stripe except for Messianic Jews (but that's another story all together). The Covenant with Jesus (which was, remember, designed some fifty years after Jesus' death by Paul of Tarsus) has everything to do with creating a path to G-d for the gentiles. The idea that it somehow supplants the Torah for the Jews is just a failed marketing ploy as most Jews of the time said and still say, 'Eh, no thanks, we're not buying.' - Akiva Moskovitz
+1 Harvey. Most daily laws for Jews are there as constant reminders. The Jewish approach is quite Buddhist, too; each physical act is a reminder to be in the moment and to drop one's ego. - Akiva Moskovitz
Always fun to watch piecemealing... carry on. Christine, +1 - Cyndy
+1 Andru. But, keep in mind the clause 'until everything is accomplished'. Everything has not yet been accomplished. Jesus was talking about the coming of the second kingdom (which Jews equate with the coming of the Moshiach). Essentially, those laws have not been replaced (Peter's vision in Acts of the Apostles notwithstanding, I suppose). The Torah still stands (even the icky parts). - Akiva Moskovitz
Akiva -- but Buddhism is not an ethno-religious nationalist ideology, after the style of, say, Chabad-Lubavitch. Buddhism is universalist, egalitarian, trans-ethnic, trans-nationalist, etc. Buddhism is not about your ethnic or nationalist self-identification and self-interest. Buddhism is for humanity as a whole. In some ways, it is the most modern religious philosophy ever developed, and fully compatible with Enlightenment universalism. - Sean McBride
I have to say I love fresh seafood - not in the same league as those nasty junk food outlets, which I avoid, and Red Lobster sure turns good seafood into junk. - Ian May
Ian, living in Seattle provides me with an endless supply of obscenely fresh seafood. I could eat sushi and plank-cooked salmon every day for the rest of my life. - Akiva Moskovitz
Dietetic dialectic. - Jay Tannenbaum
Ian, I think you nailed it. Led Robster is teh suck. - Harvey Simmons
Wait - does this mean cock isn't kosher? I mean it's not shellfish, and usually it's not unclean. Usually. - Sparky
Red Lobster's dining atmosphere sucks. I feel like I'm on a discount airline crammed into their dining room. And they don't take reservations. Poor dining experience, poor customer service. I won't eat there. :( - Jason Shultz via twhirl
Akiva - we don't do badly for seafood here in Charleston, SC either - as long as you avoid the likes of Red Lobster of course :) - Ian May
Also, what does G-d have against Detlef Schremp anyway? - Akiva Moskovitz
mmmm... Dead Lobster cheesey biscuits. :) - Bill Sodeman
can you blame him? - Morgan
Akiva, have you ever seen the Maverics actually play? :) - Harvey Simmons
You guys make me this: happy. - Akiva Moskovitz
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