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Bootknife-Jackson
11/28/09

In reply to Heroin Fun Kits, Suicide Cola, and Other Unfortunate Products from the Apocalypse
I hate artist statements....

If the art were strong, it would communicate quite well without the pretention...

Artist statements remind me of art school, and therefore an amateurish sense of low self-confidence in the power of the artist and their work.

Conclusions are for the audience to discover for themselves, not for you to spoon feed into their minds.

Just let it stand man, just let it stand....
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MargaretMoony
11/27/09

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This looks like it would be a really good designer's capstone project.
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gorehound
11/27/09

In reply to Heroin Fun Kits, Suicide Cola, and Other Unfortunate Products from the Apocalypse
I'll take the Heroin Fun KIt..............no wait a minute I must stop....NO NO NO.
I cannot do Heroin again as I am a junkie and have been sober for 22 years.
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Makidian
11/27/09

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I don't know about the Suicide Cola, but I am surprised that with a Heroin Fun Kit there wouldn't be a Cocaine Energy Shot for those times you have to get away in a hurry or keep yourself up for your cross country trek.
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Post-Nuked
11/27/09

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Feels like I drank too much Dirt Nap last night. Damn Thanksgiving cheer. Fast acting formula my ass!
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crashedpc - Haifisch
11/27/09

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Haha, Anarkist Handbook. Oh, the days of scouring the BBSs for the latest copy of that bullshit handbook.
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golddiggersof2033
11/27/09

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Does #1 taste like Coke BlāK?
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AmishJohn
11/27/09

@golddiggersof2033: Zima.
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Log1c
11/27/09

@AmishJohn: O'Douls.
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ManchuCandidate
11/27/09

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Hey, where's the Soylent Jerky?
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strideo
07/03/09

In reply to The Future Of The U.S. Government, According To Science Fiction
I love how so many people are worried about corporate feudalism but no one accepts that the consumer has a fair amount of responsibility in this regard as well. If you think a corporation is being evil then stop buying their products or services!! Or at least greatly reduce your consumption.

But no. People want to bitch about how evil the big corporations are but they don't want to deal with the sacrifice of going without the convenience of the goods and services that the big evil corporations provide.

It's like people who complain about how expensive cable TV is but they just keep buying it.
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Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon
07/03/09

@strideo: Corporations have the money, therefore the power, to take direct action. Consumers can vote with their wallets, but it's not like they can keep track of what every corporation they buy from is doing when their back is turned.

The only non-corporate organization powerful enough to keep track of corporations' actions are national governments.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/03/09

@Anekanta: Not to mention, the corporations are so good at reducing alternative sources for consumers, making it impossible to survive. There's a lower limit to the amount of stuff you can buy.
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mondojohnson
07/03/09

In reply to The Future Of The U.S. Government, According To Science Fiction
Two mysterious omissions that I'm sure others have caught: the camp classic "Red Dawn" for the Soviet invasion trope, and Phillip Roth's fantastic "Plot Against America", which plausibly envisions fascist America under the likes of Charles Lindbergh. A must-read.
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Annalee Newitz
07/03/09

@mondojohnson: I didn't include Red Dawn, or Invasion USA for that matter, because they are commie invasion flicks not flicks about the US being occupied long-term by communists or simply going about a regime change to communism on its own.

As for leaving out Roth, sorry but I am personally sick of Roth. Read too much of him in high school.
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Peppermint_m
07/03/09

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Got to say that I have never considered any of those to be a future for the US.
As an outsider looking in, I became greatly confused by the "United" part of the states, what with the huge differences between each state in laws and policies.
I have always theorised that it will simply fragment into seperate states that co-exist in a similar manner to other small countries on continents, like in Europe and Africa.
But thats just my pet theory.
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CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
07/03/09

@Peppermint_m: Is it true Texas is big enough and powerful enough to cut away from America now and becoem a country of its own. It may have been a throw away comment I heard somewhere, so I could be completly wrong! But as a UK resident, it would be nice to know the facts from someone in or near Texas rather than internet (giant Jellyfish) rumour mongers!!!!
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/03/09

@CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Texas likes to think that, and the rest of us let them think it b/c it keeps them happy.

California is much more powerful economically.
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CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
07/03/09

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Haha. At least America has 3 options. Here in the UK we are fooked. Our Goverment is beyond curupt and the only other option is the BNP. If anyone in the US dont know who they are heres an easy way to remember them. Its he KKK in suits, just awful!!! And now in the North of Britian (thanks to our goverments expense scandals), most people have turned to them. Voted them a seat of power and now they are going to the EU to represent us. If thats not the biggest irony i dont know what is!!! Britians ruling is all over the place right now, and I for one would welcome a robot takeover or V for Vendetta style uprising. What did they say. 'People shouldnt be afraid of their goverment. The goverment should be afaid of its people'. How poetic and true.

I actually want the Monster Raving loony party in power!
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/03/09

@CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Would that be the north of Britain voted BNP, or the north of England?

Last I checked, they were somewhat different.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/03/09

@CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Yes, as I thought, it was northern ENGLAND which went BNP. North BRITAIN (i.e. SCOTLAND) went SNP.

So it seems to be England with the problem of electing the racists, then. Not Scotland, Wales, or NI.
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CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
07/03/09

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I live in the Northwesyt of England and it was a bloody tradgedy. Im from a very multi ethnic background, and im very outspoken about multi ethnic comunities and how Britain as a whole should embrace that. In the Northwest where i live its definetly caused an ethnic split. Lots of my friends who i thought where level headed have actually gone on record and said the BNP will bring stability to the UK because all crime and problems are caused by asians and immigrants. I argued that its a bit from every comunity that makes or breaks the UK. Not just a few stereotyped comunitys. I agree its a friggin anoyance, i voted Labour, i trust tghem as much as i can spit. but it was them or the BNP. We knew this with the level of people turning to their outlook before the voting. So now the voting levels were so low that all the racist idiots who actually voted, voted for the wrong party in mine and many people opinions. Hers hoping Captain_Fitz is right about their influence in Europe...not lots!!
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/03/09

@CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I don't disagree that the BNP are scum -- I was clarifying the geography.

England and Britain are not the same.
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
07/02/09

In reply to The Future Of The U.S. Government, According To Science Fiction
I'd say corporate feudalism, but that would imply that the corporations would bother to take care of those who lived under their rule, something it seems American corps are unwilling to do unless you have a string of initials after your name.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/02/09

@Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: A string of initials like an A, C, H, O, R, in some order?
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
07/03/09

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: I was thinking more like C.E.O. or V.P. but yeah that could work too.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/03/09

@Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Heh, I know you were, but we must look to our future! (and really, if you're going to set it up, I'm gonna knock it outta the park)
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twophrasebark
07/02/09

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"Presidents like FDR and Richard Nixon consolidated so much power that many historians would call them proto-fascist."

Which historians are those? Amity Shlaes is about the only one I could imagine. And she is wacko.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/02/09

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Does anybody say "ChiComs" any more?

Such a 50's-60's word.
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DoctorZoidberg
07/02/09

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Oooh! Is that the new tea from Starbucks???
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/02/09

@DoctorZoidberg: Totally!!!
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Grey_Area
07/02/09

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Ouch, that went the way of "Orientals". Try "PRCs".
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Klebert L. Hall
07/03/09

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.:

I say Chi-Coms, but only as a retro insult.

-Kle.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/03/09

@Grey_Area: That was my point. It's completely outdated and offensive, and nobody except assholes like the guy Ghost_in_the_Machine mentioned says it any more.

I think Brits still say "Oriental", which makes me think only of rug stores that are forever going out of business.
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♠ Final ♠
07/03/09

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Limbaugh, Hannity and O'Reilly.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/03/09

@♠ Final ♠: SERIOUSLY?

And here I thought my opinion of them couldn't get any lower.
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Pope John Peeps II
07/04/09

@Klebert L. Hall: As long as you keep signing your name like a doofus, I promise you that nobody will care about what you say. I can't explain it, but I can just tell that somehow you're giving off some serious internet stink. You're like that kid at a high school party who isn't wearing deodorant.
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