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    Chart Shows How Transhumanism Went Mainstream

    Fracking Is Destroying the Earth - And Not in the Fun Way

    Orangutans and Bonobos Make Art for Charity

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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    06/18/09

    In reply to Chart Shows How Transhumanism Went Mainstream
    I don't mean to poop on this, but you can enter just about anything and get a fancy graph from Google Trends:


    Here is my entry for "ice penis."



    As you can see, as the election in 2008 drew to a close, many more people were interested in the term "ice penis." And we can, um, conclude from this that, uh...


    Draw your own conclusions.

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    06/18/09

    @twophrasebark:


    You're as coooold as ice, cold as ice, I know

    You want paradise,

    Someday you'll pay the price, I know

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    Image of Bongoes Bongoes
    06/18/09

    @twophrasebark: Why was anyone searching for that in the first place?
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    06/18/09

    @Bongoes:


    Maybe the transhumans and ice penises are connected somehow.

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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    06/18/09

    @Bongoes: Who among us can honestly say we don't wake up with the words "ice penis" as the only lingering memory of a horrible nightmare?
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    06/18/09

    In reply to Chart Shows How Transhumanism Went Mainstream
    I know this sounds weird, but I imagine Warren Ellis had something to do with this. He mentions transhumanism in most of his works, it's a constant reference in his blogs and online journals, and he shares websites dedicated to it quite often.
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    06/18/09

    @Paul_Is_Drunk: Maybe... or maybe you're just plastered.
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    Image of TemporalSword TemporalSword
    06/18/09

    In reply to Chart Shows How Transhumanism Went Mainstream
    Steve Austin, astronaut. A man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster.
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    06/18/09

    @TemporalSword: Na na na na na na na naa
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/18/09

    @TemporalSword: *sticks foot out*
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    06/18/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: Better, stronger, faster, clumsier?.
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    06/18/09

    @TemporalSword: Haha, he tripped and fell on his face. In slow motion.
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    Image of Denvergal Denvergal
    05/27/09

    In reply to Fracking Is Destroying the Earth - And Not in the Fun Way
    Wouldn't it be frakking to keep the "a" short?
    Fraking would sound like baking or so I learned in 3rd grade.
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    05/27/09

    @Denvergal: Yep, you have to have either a "ck" or a "kk". Cracking.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    05/27/09

    In reply to Fracking Is Destroying the Earth - And Not in the Fun Way
    And that's where felgercarb comes from.
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    05/27/09

    In reply to Fracking Is Destroying the Earth - And Not in the Fun Way
    Unregulated (in the US), pumping chemical-laced liquids at high pressure, brings gasses to the surface, scary, dramatic, and makes shower water mildly toxic?


    Yeah, tell me something I don't know.

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    05/27/09

    In reply to Fracking Is Destroying the Earth - And Not in the Fun Way
    You spelled FRAK wrong idiots.
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    05/27/09

    @ChrisBaker: No they didn't.
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    Image of twophrasebark twophrasebark
    05/27/09

    @omgwtflolbbqbye:


    Nope. Fracking is injecting water at a high pressure... et cetera et cetera.


    Now say you're sorry, Chris.

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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    11/21/08

    In reply to Orangutans and Bonobos Make Art for Charity
    Any chance we could train one or more of these in military tactics and have them organize their wild brethren to defend themselves against predation from humans? Maybe that's how Planet of the Apes REALLY begins.
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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    11/21/08

    In reply to Orangutans and Bonobos Make Art for Charity
    Sadly, the only thing I remember about Bononos from anthropology class are their ..."unique" sexual practices.


    I would wager though that those sensitive Bonobo artists must get all the g2g rubbing they can handle.

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    Image of ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥ ♥AntiSocialSocialite♥
    11/21/08

    @jajbowler: yea... they're really all about the 'make love, not war' lifestyle.
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    Image of braak braak
    11/21/08

    In reply to Orangutans and Bonobos Make Art for Charity
    That orangutan self-portrait is kind of amazing, actually.
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    Image of Jay042 Jay042
    11/21/08

    @braak: It was a joint effort with an artist named Sue Buck
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    Image of braak braak
    11/21/08

    @Jay042: Oh. Well, that's substantially less impressive.


    Still, I love orangutans.

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    11/21/08

    In reply to Orangutans and Bonobos Make Art for Charity
    You know who else is a brilliant artist?


    Vampanzee.


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    11/21/08

    In reply to Orangutans and Bonobos Make Art for Charity
    I. LOVE. BONOBOS.


    They are my favorite animal BY FAR. I saw a special on bonobos on Animal Planet a few years ago and haven't looked back.


    and they're effin AWESOME artists too (neo-expressionists, much?)... where do I sign up?

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