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Jun. 19th, 2012
Interesting Links for 19-06-2012
Jun. 19th, 2012 12:00 pm- Analysing the language of Mad Men
- No Matter The Decision You Make, It’s Always Wrong.
- What's being done to prevent fish from going extinct?
- What if Prometheus was a Roleplaying Game? (These posts are totally worth the money I paid for the film ticket)
- Why you shouldn't discuss your business loudly in coffee shops.
- 20 Things Fantasy Characters Should Do More Often!
- The Greek Elections Changed ... Nothing
- Road signage that is most definitely not covered by the highway code.
- Behold! Alan Moore! Cliff Richard! Shakin’ Stevens! Alvin Stardust! A Black Dog! TOGETHER AT LAST!
- LEGO 'INCEPTION'. Made me remember how awesome the trailer was. Shame about the film.
- The True Origin of the Lord Of The Rings novels
- When should specifications allow implementation-defined-behaviour?
- Amazing photo shows what happens if you only get sun on one side of your face for decades
- MALES are deeply confused by a new sort of pornography that is both for women and made of words.
- The Great German Energy Experiment - This will be fascinating, if they can make it work.
Laughing rather less
Jun. 19th, 2012 06:37 pmWhen I posted the image this morning of the lion on a horse/zebra on a giraffe I had just seen something, giggled at it, and decided to share it.
I then got a message from someone who had seen it, and wondered if I knew about the source of the top image. Which is an awful zoo in China, which is training animals to perform unpleasant tricks for tourists.
I'm not a fan of animals being forced to do things like that - particularly as the lion will almost certainly have been declawed and defanged beforehand, and much though I found the conflation of the two images hilarious when I was waking up, it's leaving a bit of a sour taste in my mouth now.
The person who messaged me* worried they were being a spoilsport, and whether I would actually want to know the provenance of the photo. To which my general response is _absolutely_ I want to know, and nobody is being a spoilsport by presenting me with the facts.
If I want to then turn around and say "Actually, I don't care about the feelings of giant carnivores, and am perfectly happy with them performing for my amusement." then that's up to me - I get to find things funny (or not), and nobody else can tell me my sense of humour. But I do like it to be an informed one.
*They didn't tell me publicly, so I don't feel right posting their name publicly.
I then got a message from someone who had seen it, and wondered if I knew about the source of the top image. Which is an awful zoo in China, which is training animals to perform unpleasant tricks for tourists.
I'm not a fan of animals being forced to do things like that - particularly as the lion will almost certainly have been declawed and defanged beforehand, and much though I found the conflation of the two images hilarious when I was waking up, it's leaving a bit of a sour taste in my mouth now.
The person who messaged me* worried they were being a spoilsport, and whether I would actually want to know the provenance of the photo. To which my general response is _absolutely_ I want to know, and nobody is being a spoilsport by presenting me with the facts.
If I want to then turn around and say "Actually, I don't care about the feelings of giant carnivores, and am perfectly happy with them performing for my amusement." then that's up to me - I get to find things funny (or not), and nobody else can tell me my sense of humour. But I do like it to be an informed one.
*They didn't tell me publicly, so I don't feel right posting their name publicly.
A clash of wits
Jun. 19th, 2012 07:23 pmThrust
Riposte
(The latter was my thought when I saw the original image, but I wouldn't have been able to illustrate it so well.)
Riposte
(The latter was my thought when I saw the original image, but I wouldn't have been able to illustrate it so well.)