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Meldrick
05/28/09

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Agreed. Note to Gawker web developers--the current approach, though it makes it easier to take in all the pictures at once, means you have to click on an image, scroll up to see it, scroll down to click, scroll up to see it...at least on my monitor. Dreadfully inefficient.
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Annalee Newitz
05/28/09

@Meldrick: Also good for me using latest build of Firefox on Mac OS. Gawker techs develop with Firefox under Mac OS, FYI, so that's usually going to be the best viewing experience.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
05/28/09

@Annalee Newitz: I'm not buying a new computer just to look at io9.

I'm using latest Firefox on Windows XP and this new style sucks equus asinus reproductive organs.

It loads up all funny. On the main page the thumbnails don't show up at all, just empty boxes so I've no idea if any of them are worth looking at.

The other way was much better. I'm tending to skip galleries now in annoyance: no clicks for you!

Also I'm getting double spacing this week in all my comments, as you can see.

It's broke. Fix it.
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This_Charming_Man
03/05/09

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Sorry, I had to read the bottom caption to know that was Las Vegas. I immediately thought that was NY.

I live in LV as well, and I noticed that "Casino" sign, and I know for a fact there is no blatant Casino sign on the strip, if that is in fact Las Vegas BLVD where NYNY and Gameworks sit
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
03/05/09

@This_Charming_Man: I thought it was NYC too. The artist should have used more of the buildings -- put in a pyramid or castle or whatever. The buildings looked far too generic for the Strip.
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Daveinva
03/05/09

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Annalee, I give you mad props for writing this post without once using the word "dystopian."

NOW DRINK!

;-)
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Annalee Newitz
03/05/09

@Daveinva: Oh man, I can't believe I deprived you of your morning cocktail. You're going to have to start drinking every time I say "post-apocalypse" too.
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Hit Bull Win Steak
03/05/09

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No effing way Jack Burton lets that happen to San Francisco
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viloki9
03/05/09

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I find the SF one hilarious because even Chinese people don't built pagodas anymore. If all of you people think 'chinese' cities still look like that, you obviously have no idea what you're talking about. AHAHAAAA. Go Google Shanghai or something.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
03/05/09

@viloki9: Going with that vein of logic, the Grand Canyon one could be just as silly since the South American/Mexican style pyramids are just so antiquated. And there's no blood flowing down the steps from all the human sacrifices.
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TomAll1978
03/05/09

@viloki9: I bet you're fun at parties
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
03/05/09

@TomAll1978: Not to mention incapable of grokking the "retro" concept.
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Mount_Prion
03/05/09

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This makes me think of China Mountain Zhang.

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Joe Meils
03/05/09

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I had the smae thought! Somewhere, in that picture of Vegas, there are still octagenarian women with blue hair, and chihuhu's cluched on their laps, hunched over the 25 cent slots... LOL
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crashedpc - Haifisch
03/05/09

@Joe Meils: The sad thing is, I thought you wrote "Cthulhus" in their laps, and I had a moment of awesome.
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Grey_Area
03/05/09

@crashedpc: I thought the same thing. Teeny tiny alien gods from beyond the borders of sanity itself. Goggle-eyed and trembling in their little eldritch sweaters.

"Awwwww, izzums Mamma's wittle pwecious? Oooos a good boy, ooos a good boy!?"
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crashedpc - Haifisch
03/05/09

@Grey_Area: I thought Cthulhu plushies were awesome sauce already, but the thought of those widdle tentacled, pulsating, pan-dimensional beings wearing christmas sweaters and little elf caps just kind of made me black out for a bit.
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Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
03/05/09

@crashedpc: I also thought that's what he was saying. Little old ladies with miniature, sweater wearing Cthulhus in their laps is 15 kinds of awesome! How badass must those ladies be if they're keeping Cthulhus as pets?
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Grey_Area
03/05/09

@Anekanta: Elder Signs are second nature to them.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
03/05/09

@Grey_Area: Grey_Area, folks! He's here all night.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
03/05/09

@crashedpc: Yep, me too, and thought, "oh, how appropriate in the post-apocalypse".

Chihuahuas wouldn't be nearly as cool.
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Erick Joey Wong
03/05/09

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that's a vicious smear! Besides, everyone knows hobos are all gristle.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
03/05/09

@Erick Joey Wong: As if gristle has ever stopped us from eating every part of a cow.
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Gann
03/05/09

@Erick Joey Wong: That's why you slow-cook them. Hobo broth makes a delicious egg drop soup.
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Annalee Newitz
03/05/09

@Erick Joey Wong: I don't know about you guys, but I always order the steamed hobo feet at Yank Sing. It's not on the menu, but they'll bring it if you ask.
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Grey_Area
03/05/09

@Annalee Newitz: Crispy Peking Hobo!
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Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
03/05/09

@Grey_Area: How delicious is this hobo? Is it worth travelling across a continent to taste?
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Grey_Area
03/05/09

@Anekanta: HEY, you call fo' delivery? Wanna banquet for six, aah?! What in it? Ay Yah, it got Ev'yting!! Lissen, you get Potsticker, Steam Rice, Crispy Peking Hobo, Crackhead Claypot, Yu Hsiang Bum, and Mu Gu Ho' Pan. What to drink? Haah?!
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crashedpc - Haifisch
03/05/09

@Grey_Area: When did my cousin start commenting on io9?
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crashedpc - Haifisch
03/05/09

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I like them piktures, but I've got a minor quibble with the SF one: it seems to just grab one of the more recognizable icons of SF, namely the cable cars, then dump a bunch of ruined skyscrapers and a pagoda (I suppose that was built after the Chinese blew the rest to hell) and call it "SF".

Oh, and another minor quibble: "Chi" dynasty smells more like a Greek dynasty to me. We Chinese wouldn't really name a dynasty after air, I think.
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Grey_Area
03/05/09

@crashedpc: I don't think we'd leave all that rubble around. The Pyramid would be "rebuilt" 50% larger painted bright red with gold trim.

Could be "Chi" for air/essence like qigong. Might be "strength", "speed", "relax" or "eat". The City certainly looks devoured.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
03/05/09

@Grey_Area: But "eat" has a different pronunciation, it's more like "tzi" instead. Mm... speaking of eat, it's time for my breakfast hobo.
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Annalee Newitz
03/05/09

@Grey_Area: Plus there would be a giant square building downtown that everybody referred to affectionately as "big pants."
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Annalee Newitz
03/05/09

@crashedpc: I only like it when my breakfast hobo is smoked and served with scallion and plum sauce.
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Grey_Area
03/05/09

@Annalee Newitz: I think you mean the Big Chaps building.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
03/05/09

@Grey_Area: "My goodness, you're a big chap aren't you?"
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crashedpc - Haifisch
03/05/09

@Annalee Newitz: I just got back from Yoshinoya, and I'm hungry again from reading that. Scallion and plum sauce makes anything awesome. But it makes crispy duck slices wrapped in a bun heaven food.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
03/05/09

@crashedpc: Dude, there's still Yoshinoya around? Those babies were everywhere in the 80's, even places where there weren't Asians. Or is this a non-fast-food place of the same name?

I think plum sauce makes everything tasty, though I haven't tried it on hobo.

I agree the Pyramid wouldn't be left to crumble. It would be pagoda'd.
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SinisterBill
03/05/09

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Anyone who rents in SF is well aware of the fact the Chinese already own the place! :)
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crashedpc - Haifisch
03/05/09

@Pwnieboy: Except for maybe the Mission district. Every time I get off at the BART station there I'm a little overwhelmed by the hobos. And everyone knows that Chinese people eat hobos.
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SinisterBill
03/05/09

@crashedpc: True, why just this morning I watched a family of Koreans devour a meth addict. Or were those Zombies... I always get those 2 ethnic groups confused.
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crashedpc - Haifisch
03/05/09

@Pwnieboy: I dunno, but Korean bbq is freakin delicious. Their beef isn't so bad either.
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Nefilim
03/05/09

@Pwnieboy: yes hobo as delicious with just a little dash of hot sauce and some ginger. getting all hungry just thinking about it....
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crashedpc - Haifisch
03/05/09

@Nefilim: Sriracha sauce, mmk.
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NerD: Blattella
03/05/09

@Pwnieboy: This could have been taken a week after caltrans decides to "Fix" the road on Powell street.
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