Comments on: Morning Links

By: paul

paul — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:14:42 +0000

Knowing we are going to die is a big part of what makes us human. Living forever might be fun for the first 500 years, or it might drive us mad. It’d certainly drive the third world, whose resources we’d require in perpetuity, mad to contemplate that while they get a short life of back breaking toil and open latrines we get to swan around in hover boots or something.

By: ktc2

ktc2 — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:58:24 +0000

How about the self peeling banana?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zGAoqmJDEcU/SeXxaJG6a2I/AAAAAAAAMB8/yh7KZEnDmxE/s1600-h/Banana+Flasher-500×357.jpg

By: Rocro

Rocro — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:16:05 +0000

So have the h+ folks engineered a plan to keep semi’s from crossing medians into oncoming traffic?

By: Kino

Kino — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:52:31 +0000

@ #8

Damn you , ya just had to mention her name didn’cha AAAAAAGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

By: TC

TC — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:32:30 +0000

Frimpong Defense closing arguments;

Ladies and gemtelmen of the jury for the past three weeks you have heard many things from the 32 prosecution witnesses that have been paraded before you. Our guy said the bitch was way too drunk. I’m sure you will reach a just verdict.

**********

Did that attorney actually take money for such a defense? I think even the guy that donated $5 to the over $25k defense fund got gyped!

It is a good story though, leaves a scent of a nifong as well, just not real sure he was present though.

Lingering thoughts; Embeded sand in his shirt, elbows and forearms. Sand in his pants even in the pockets. Timeline problems. His identification of his new drinking game partner.

The boyfriend situation seems to just stink, too many ?’s open.

By: Brian V.

Brian V. — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:17:07 +0000

What about those who cannot afford eternal life? Might as well start the legislative process right now.

By: BamBam

BamBam — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:56:49 +0000

What we should do is create special camps for people we find to be a burden and quitely force them to expire.

Soylent Green.

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:16:58 +0000

#35 That’s why I used the direct response in #41.

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:15:52 +0000

#20 Remember, cut along your wrist, not across.

By: Tokin42

Tokin42 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:33:28 +0000

#7 | adolphus | December 8th, 2009 at 11:12 am

The banana peeler is actual evidence of the non-existence of God.

That whole bit was pure brilliance!

By: Rocro

Rocro — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:00:18 +0000

#38,

No shit! I learn something new every day. I thought I was reading some kind of Onion ripoff, just not as funny…..

By: Nick M.

Nick M. — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:48:40 +0000

#32,

h+ is a real magazine, not satire.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:33:03 +0000

“Nice strawman. I’m not pro-DemCare either but there’s no reason to be disingenuous. The issue that drives those desired reforms is about who has access to our sterling, world famous health care, not whether or not it’s really awesome. The fact that it keeps getting better says nothing at all about who has access to it.”

I was under the impression that Radley was not shooting a barb at the pro-public-option left on that one, but was making that comment towards the alternative medicine woo-peddlers who constantly talk about our “toxin”-infested modern life and how we need to get back to eating worm-and-parasite-ridden natural foods only.

By: Mattocracy

Mattocracy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:22:30 +0000

My comment was admittedly knee jerky. But I think it’s a silly myth that the Earth will be overpopulated soon or ever. We’ve been hearing about this impending doom and it just hasn’t happened yet. Mostly because technology has kept pace with human expansion and don’t see any indication that it isn’t going to keep pace. It’s as silly and unproven as violent video games turning kids into criminals or that sex on TV leads to teen pregnancy. Or maybe as unproven as torturing gitmo detainees has somehow made us safer from an alternate reality of unstoppable public terrorism. It’s my opinion that believing people are wrong for wanting to live as long as they can is remarkably selfish.

Imagine if Einstein or Edison lived for another 100 years. How about a doctor who could stay in good health for multiple life times and gain untold amounts of experience helping the sick and injured. Human ingenuity and talent are things that take a long time to develope in a person. We lose valuable potential waiting for our fellow humans to develope thier talents and learning all of the worlds previous knowledge. Prolonging life is way to mitigate the cost of creating human ingenuity and getting a greater return from others have already done.

By: Aresen

Aresen — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:04:43 +0000

Akusu | December 8th, 2009 at 3:32 pm

“Sounds like you’re advocating mass murder.”

Memo to self: Irony does not work with self-righteous twits.

By: BamBam

BamBam — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:51:57 +0000

Eyewitness testimony has got to be the worst form of evidence, except for that of minors.

Why the exception? Minors can lie just as well, not think much (per your example), be just as wrong as adults, and have as much motive to lie. Age shouldn’t give one more credibility just as pinning a hunk of metal to your chest (cop) shouldn’t give you more credibility than Joe Blow.

By: Akusu

Akusu — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:32:27 +0000

#28
Well, here’s a chance for you to step up to the front and take personal responsibility.

Sounds like you’re advocating mass murder.

Mattocracy:

I’m not planning on taking away anyone’s rights. You can’t argue that finite vs infinite is gonna work. I happen to think that it’s selfish to want to live forever. That doesn’t mean that I want to any less than you do.

As well aware I am that this and many of my other views are controversial, I’m perpetually amused by the knee-jerk reactions that people have to them. It would be nice if people would stop invoking Godwin’s Law to “prove” their points.

By: Rocro

Rocro — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:27:55 +0000

The banana peeler is actual evidence of the non-existence of God. – Adolphus, you are hilarious!

Did anyone else get that the 2029 story is from some weird satirical fake new age magazine website?

By: Windy

Windy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:55:20 +0000

Why buy that banana peeler when a small cut made in the skin at the top of the banana with a thumbnail does the same thing for free?

By: Bob Waxman

Bob Waxman — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:45:27 +0000

Monkeys don’t need no stinkin’ Banana Peeler :

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/peel-a-banana-like-a-monkey-web-video/Article/200907315340366?lpos=Strange_News_Article_Related_Content_Region_4&lid=ARTICLE_15340366_peel_a_banana_like_a_monkey_web_video