WHATABURGER! Yeehaww! Gotta love Texas. I can only aspire to this level of slobbery.
- Josh Haley
That person has a serious problem of some kind -- I am not a neat freak but that is disgusting
- Brian Sullivan
and i no longer feel bad about how dirty my place is right now. at least i have the excuse of being sick the last week.
- Anika
Looks like a hoarder. I have several clients like that. It's really sad and nearly impossible to treat.
- Rochelle
and now i've clicked through the link and OMG...i smoke, but get techy when my "ashtray bucket is more than 1/5 full. the most jarring thing was the pieces of "cleanliness' among that nasty, like all the cleaning supplies adn shampoos in the bathroom. the iron in the kitchen. they'll probably find the tenant under all that trash next to the bed. GROSS>
- Anika
Things could breed there. Nasty things.
- David Young
Rochelle: yuck, yuck, yuck. Tell us you don't have to make housecalls and see this kind of stuff on any regular basis. I get a little ill just looking at this, and I am a bit of neatfreak, so yeah, it kind of ties my stomach up in knots looking at it.
- Pete Delucchi
Pete, I do, all the time! I'm a social worker. :)
- Rochelle
OK, whoa, just looked at ALL the pics. That's tough to see. Not safe for the vomit-fragile.
- Josh Haley
Reminds me of a place I was shown when I was looking for my first apartment out of college. I didn't rent the place. It was too scary.
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I get sketchy when I have more than a couple of days worth of laundry to do or if I have dishes in the dishwasher, already pre-rinsed, that haven't been run through the cycles yet. I would have a seizure if I walked into a place like this.
- Jennifer Leggio
i am not a neat freak, but that is just disgusting.
- Heidi Blanton
I have just cleared my desk :) That's awful!
- Vicky
what's a landlord to do with a place like that?
- Jasmin Smith
Jasmin, there are professional companies that specialize in industrial/heavy duty waste cleanup and such that can be hired to come clear out everything. I've priced a few and they're ridiculously expensive. Of course, there's then an issue of pest control if there are bugs, mold control if there is mold, etc.
- Rochelle
This is pretty vile stuff and it says they people *live* here, its not just been left like that.
- Kol Tregaskes
from twhirl
Someone has a serious psychological disorder.
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That's not funny. Someone is really bad sick and needs some help. Looks like some form of depression.
- Tad
Tad, for younger people, it's usually depression combined with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Schizophrenics can also end up with homes like that due to the utter lack of organization in any part of their life. In older adults, it's usually depression combined with dementia.
- Rochelle
wow Rochelle, I'd say it's worth every penny.
- Jasmin Smith
Jasmin, it would be worth if for sure if the person was moving out. But to do a cleanup for someone who will continue living there, it's not worth it unless they're also being treated for the problem. Otherwise, they'll fill the apartment right back up again in no time.
- Rochelle
Rochelle's right, but I don't think this person is a hoarder. Usually hoarder's houses are full of stuff that are somehow meaningful to them like old newspapers or magazine and other stuff which is often stacked relatively neatly. A friend's mom was a really bad hoarder, but she didn't have ANY food or other unsanitary stuff laying around. Her house smelled fine - it was just full (to the ceilings) of junk (newspapers, mail, etc)
- Tad
Tad, there are different types of hoarders. Usually seniors with dementia are the type to keep meaningful items. Those with schizophrenia end up with homes like in the article.
- Rochelle
That definitely did not go with my lunch. I thought MY house looked bad. My thought was, "There's someone who has completely given up." Maybe this will give me the impetus to get back to getting stuff in order around here.
- MiniMage, reborn
The support talk of other sufferers that started on Reddit was uplifting (especially for those of us who *think* we might have a touch of this). http://www.reddit.com/r...
- Adam Turetzky
Let's face it: it's not really 'living' is it?
- dkb
This hits pretty close to home. My dad is borderline with hoarding. It's probably why I went in the opposite direction with being a neat freak. He doesn't keep food, but seemingly everything else. I dread the day he dies and I have to deal with his house +5 storage units of stuff.
- Heather Solos
Seriously, hoarding can get pretty awful. It's not uncommon for them to keep things that healthy adults would consider garbage, like fast-food wrappers, already-opened envelopes. There are people who even store all their stool and urine in baggies and in cups.
- Victor Ganata
Oh, I'm totally late in responding to Trish R's question. But yes, Trish, that's very common because people with hoarding problems generally have coexisting mental illness, which goes hand-in-hand with neglect of personal health care.
- Rochelle
speaking as someone who spent over a decade battling major depression, i can totally understand the mindset behind this behaviour. thank fuck that's in my PAST.
- Joe Silence (circumspect)
Very sad. (I'm surprised it hasn't all gone up in flames.) I bet many of us know someone with some version of this problem, and some of us might have milder forms of it from time to time. (My stuff does get messy, but I'll go into purge mode periodically to get rid of all the crap. My problem is more that I run out of time daily to tend to some stuff properly. I definitely don't leave food out and stuff like that, though.)
- Kamilah Gill
Seriously. Would you people stop liking/commenting on this? It keeps popping up to the top of my stream and I have to stare at it again.
- Akiva Moskovitz
I have seen this a million times on myspace for years... we all have I'm sure. it is just great to comment here because then we can snag new people that are stupid enough to comment. ....you were the one who posted it Akiva. Fresh Fish for the TROLLS... hey Igor... 86 likes here means the bounty is ours. mo ha ha ha ah Fresh fish were looking at the stupid cat.
- Noah David Simon
I've got one thing you'll understand (Dr. Feelgood)/ he's not what you'd call a glamorous man (Dr. Feelgood)/ Got one thing that's easily understood (Dr. Fee lgood)/ He's the one they call Dr. Feelgood
- Christopher Harley
I've said it before and I'll say it again: if I want animation on my desktop, I'll grab a window and then whip it around the screen with my mouse.
- Akiva Moskovitz
It seems to be the only animated gif that doesn't crash my browser, too. COINCIDENCE?!
- joey
I don’t want to sound as if I’m complaining that Free Memory made it into the store - I’m glad it’s there and like the app so far. It just surprises me - a lot - that it has been approved. Anybody else find it very strange that theming is a no-no, but memory management is OK?
- Patrick Jordan
This should be standard... as in part of the OS! Great tool. Limits reboots!
- Ron Thompson
Yes, it should be, along with a launcher / task switcher type app - or let's allow those in the store, so someone else can bring it out :)
- Patrick Jordan
LOL for some reason I see the little "Frustrated" clouds above his head like in Wii Tennis when your team loses.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
I think that's reasonable given the crime; the fact is, despite how pissed the world is at the murder trial, this one not that trial. It would be a travesty to sentence him based on bias from a previous criminal trial.
- Clay Newton
I admit I haven't spent a lot of time researching this case, but from what I've heard about the event, it's pretty serious. Walking into someone's space, holding under duress and then taking their stuff? Put yourself in the victim's position: this is serious stuff. He's convicted of "two of assault with a deadly weapon, two of coercion with a deadly weapon, burglary while in possession of a deadly weapon and conspiracy to commit a crime, kidnapping and robbery". This is not petty crime.
- Clay Newton
Do you think you should be innocent if you commit a crime to reverse a crime committed against you? If so, then I can understand why you think this is BS, otherwise, he broke the law and was found guilty in this case, and should do his time.
- jcovertaxed
Don't you think that rather than mucking around with all this stuff on this OJ robbery that they should really be out looking for the *real* robbers?
- Thomas Hawk
Wow, this sounds like a bit of reverse discrimination. We all know OJ and so feel more sympathetic to his case (in a very weird way) but, as the judge said, he organized and led a group of armed men into a hotel room with the intent of confronting people and stealing a significant amount of property. I don't know whether 3 or 15 years is 'appropriate' on a moral or punative level, but if I read a story about some unknown gang leader doing the same thing I wouldn't think 15 years (parole in 9) was unusual.
- Kevin Fox
normally don't you just get 6 months for robbery, maybe 3 months if it involves a handgun?
- Thomas Hawk
When he was speaking he got himself in trouble by saying " I didnt know this would get me into trouble." His own stupidity got him in to trouble so who can you blame?
- Patrick
from twhirl
@Thomas Hawk Yes, but that's not the only thing he did, lok at everything he did it all adds up.
- Patrick
from twhirl
I think I'd be asking more why some people get lighter sentences for rape, murder and arson, than thinking this was too harsh. And if the problem is housing all these prisoners, then doesn't that suggest there is something pretty seriously wrong with the society that so many turn to serious crime?
- John
I'm just saying I thought it was impossible to get a sentence of more than a year from a judge if a handgun was involved.
- Thomas Hawk
@TH - It happened in NV not CA. Had it been in CA, then yes, he'd probably get 3 months and his gun returned to him. ;O)
- Andre Maltais
So do you feel that in this case JUICEtice has *finally* been served?
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Wow. He didn't get it for the real crime but he gets it for this. Well...at least he got it for something.
- Adriana
Try the TripChill iPhone travel assistant the next time you travel. Get real-time flight alerts, book hotel and car, view alternate flights, notify friends of travel status, manage your itinerary, and much more.
- Martin121
They're referring to the last row of that screenshot. The iPhone 2,1 includes "a speaker, volume controls, microphone support and a much faster processor than the 1st generation model". The iPhone 3G is referred to as "iPhone "1,2" in the config file.
- Bill Sodeman
"EDIT! native Microsoft Excel 2003 documents just as you would on your desktop. Save the edited Excel file on your iPhone, send to your iDisk account remotely, or upload to your desktop using WiFi - all while maintaining perfect data integrity"
- David Bisset (sn)
from Bookmarklet
Nice dude! And you were no more hyperactive than the rest of them. Kennedy acted like a crackhead most of the time. A cute crackhead, but a crackhead nonetheless
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
You mean Dan Cortese? That guy seemed like a tool bag back in the day.
- David Wilson
I miss 90's MTV, it used to have such cool little shorts that would make up the time inbetween shows. They need to make a comeback.
- alphaxion
I miss Liquid Television and 120 Minutes.. those were my two favorites in that time period.
- Haggis (Sean Loyless)
Liquid Television was some weird shit. I found a couple VHS rips of it online a year or so ago. I think it's even more awesome now just seeing what MTV used to be willing to put on TV.
- David Wilson
i vaguely remember a few of these clips. ps - nice drug rug/cat in the hat fashion in the opening clip
- Cee Bee
I was addicted to YO! MTV Raps. Still have recorded shows on VHS.
- Eric @ CSTechcast.com
IRS' The Cutting Edge and Buzz were the two best shows ever on MTV.
- Akiva Moskovitz
i loved 120 minutes, but i always wanted to punch dave kendall in the face
- Cee Bee
That is an excellent look back. You've provided us with nostalgia and gorgeous long early-90's hair to boot. :D I'm trying to pick my brain and recall if you were one of the umpteen VJ's I had a crush on back in the day. I loved my MTV.
- tinypants
i love you! who'da thunk that you woulda later gotten engaged to a girl who was only in 4th grade while you were galavanting up there at viacom :)
- Melissa Maskevich
too thick & bulky with that keyboard and camera lens... and i don't see iPhone ever going back to a physical keyboard. They have too much invested in NOT having one.
- Nathan Chase
Yea, that iphone would be very close to perfection.
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They could add the clicking screen and it might replace the real keyboard. Games requiring a D-Pad and buttons can integrate them into the screen imo, I'd rather it be an innovation platform, not a gaming platform. Note that in the image, the phone is not bulky with the keyboard and lens, that is a critical point. I still think it needs a camera with a good quality sensor that can take quality 300dpi (damn the MP rating) photos in low light. Until they have that I'm not giving up my SE W810i.
- xero
I miss the camera on my little LG enV phone. It takes wonderful close up shots which is what I do most of the time. I've gotten used to no keyboard and actually kind of like it missing now.
- Yolanda
"Create and control your urban empire with more power than ever! It’s the SimCity™ you know and love, re-created for your iPhone™ to give you the most realistic SimCity experience. And, if you’re new to the Sims universe, prepare yourself for one of the most engaging, addicting games you’ve ever played."
- Devon Campbell
from Bookmarklet
It's damn fiddly, and naturally it's tiny. The thing I liked about SimCity on a PC is sitting back and taking a look at my huge, sprawling metropolis. This iPhone version just doesn't satisfy this Sim City vet :)
- Fox Tucker
I'd rather have Serf City (the sequels are called Settlers) from Blue Bytes. I love watching the little men battle.
- MiniMage, reborn
Whatever you do, though, don't go thinking this is SimCity Lite. This mobile version is fully featured, with pre-built cities, accountant recommendations, water pipes, natural disasters, etc. The works. [Pinching] in as close as you can on the 2D sprites reveals intricate details, such a smoke emitting from towers, or shading alongside the buildings. Overall, a really nice graphical presentation that compares similarly to SimCity 3000.
- Kelly W.
from Bookmarklet
I wish the app would just come out already. Since first hearing about the app I check 2 times a day on the apple app store. I search the net for stories about it. I really want this app!!!!
- Colide81 (James)
@Colide81 Appshopper has a handy feed you can subscribe to for new apps. If you really wanted to get fancy, you could run that through Yahoo Pipes to get an update in your feed reader when the app is released.
- Devon Campbell