News of the Weird

[Beskar]

More for the Random Thoughts Thread, but political toilet cubes have to go somewhere.
https://i.imgur.com/34mslOO.jpg

[Gregoshi]

Well, it is the right place for a political message.

[Crandar]

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/v...eillance-video

[Montmorency]

It's always good to see the militias stand up to IS.

[Kadagar_AV]

Don't bring a sword to a sword fight...

[InsaneApache]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xWWEOYdzXv...1600/irony.jpg

[Kadagar_AV]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xWWEOYdzXv...1600/irony.jpg

It annoys me that 1984 was written as a warning, but has been used as an instruction manual...

[Montmorency]

That's not ironic.

The thinking you're following seems to be '1984 = surveillance'.

That's a childish grasp of the themes. In fact, the point is that while the state carefully monitors the populace, the populace generally ignores the state or takes it for granted. Thus, they cannot perceive their "oppression".

To call that image ironic is to imply that Orwell's message was that we should embody the Three Monkeys, when in fact it's the opposite.

[Kadagar_AV]

That's not ironic.

The thinking you're following seems to be '1984 = surveillance'.

That's a childish grasp of the themes. In fact, the point is that while the state carefully monitors the populace, the populace generally ignores the state or takes it for granted. Thus, they cannot perceive their "oppression".

To call that image ironic is to imply that Orwell's message was that we should embody the Three Monkeys, when in fact it's the opposite.

Thank you for your deep and worthy insights...



EDIT: Kept the sarcasm but removed the demeaning.

[Husar]

That's not ironic.

The thinking you're following seems to be '1984 = surveillance'.

That's a childish grasp of the themes. In fact, the point is that while the state carefully monitors the populace, the populace generally ignores the state or takes it for granted. Thus, they cannot perceive their "oppression".

To call that image ironic is to imply that Orwell's message was that we should embody the Three Monkeys, when in fact it's the opposite.

When the house of someone who was against surveillance features a surveillance camera, there is a certain irony in that.
Not sure what exactly your problem is.

[Montmorency]

I just explained why that interpretation is not quite right.

[Husar]

I just explained why that interpretation is not quite right.

Oh, I may have read it a bit differently earlier.
So Orwell was not against surveillance or what exactly are you saying?
Because if he was, it's still ironic.

That he thought the population itself was not doing enough against surveillance does not seem to have anything to do with him being against it, I don't see how that would remove the irony if he was against surveillance himself.

And your last sentence has nothing to do with the irony in the picture either as far as I can tell. The reaction of the population to surveillance has nothing to do with the irony.

I simply find your explanation confusing as it seems to miss the point.

[InsaneApache]

I simply find your explanation confusing as it seems to miss the point.

He was being ironic.

[Montmorency]

That he thought the population itself was not doing enough against surveillance does not seem to have anything to do with him being against it, I don't see how that would remove the irony if he was against surveillance himself.

And your last sentence has nothing to do with the irony in the picture either as far as I can tell. The reaction of the population to surveillance has nothing to do with the irony.

I simply find your explanation confusing as it seems to miss the point.

No. Think of it this way: Orwell is watching.

[Kadagar_AV]

No. Think of it this way: Orwell is watching.

I'm sure you think you have some sort of a point... But you do kind of come of as rambling now...

[Husar]

No. Think of it this way: Orwell is watching.

Very ironic indeed.

[InsaneApache]

One thing you don’t generally expect at a homoeopathy conference is for any of the “medicines” to have drastic side effects.

So when 29 delegates at an alternative medicine seminar in Germany started staggering around the site, suffering from violent convulsions, delusions and hallucinations, police suspected foul play.

It now appears that what the intoxicated delegates had taken was not homoeopathic medicine, but instead a dangerous psychedelic drug.

Tests indicate they had all taken 2C-E, or Aquarust, an amphetamine that was banned in Germany in 2014.

The German press are already describing the incident as the “collective trip of Handeloh”, the small town outside Hamburg where it took place.

Police say they are investigating to find out whether the delegates knowingly took the banned drug, or were the victims of a macabre prank.

When an ambulance was called to the conference last Friday, paramedics found delegates staggering around, talking incoherently and suffering from hallucinations.

Others were curled up on the ground with severe cramps. The paramedics were so concerned they called for support, and a staggering 160 emergency workers converged on the site, including helicopter teams.

“There must have been a multiple overdose,” Torsten Passie, a member of a German government commission on narcotics, told NDR television.

“That argues against the people being aware what they were taking.”

The drug “heightens the emotional experience”, Mr Passie said. “An overdose can cause delusions and psychosis-like symptoms.”

Those affected included doctors, as well as homeopaths and alternative medicine practitioners, according to reports.

The owner of the seminar centre distanced her team from the incident.

“We didn’t have anything to do with it,” Stekfa Weiland said.

The leading German alternative medicine association disowned the conference.

“I dissociate myself quite strongly from what happened at Handeloh,” Heinz Kropmanns, president of the Association of German Naturopaths, told NDR.

“If I find out one of our members has participated, he will be thrown out of the association.”

Police said any possible prosecution would depend on the result of investigations into whether the delegates had knowingly taken the drug.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-overdose.html

[Montmorency]

http://www.academiclibrary.com/

The articles are donated and published from scholarly students attending junior high school, high school, and college.

http://www.academiclibrary.com/view/...Martin_Is_.htm

[drone]

I really, really, really hope this is true:

Man uses racoon to bypass vehicle breathalyzer, hilarity ensues

It tells the tale of our hero, a male Marine, who got a bit too drunk on a night out, left the bar and then decided to try and drive a vehicle that only opens if you pass a breathalyser test.

He failed the test, but then spied a raccoon and decided to put it to use. According to the memo, he 'utlized the raccoon' to blow into the breathalyser.

[Hooahguy]

US Senate candidate admits to sacrificing a goat and drinking its blood.

[Montmorency]

It's -

it's actually not satire.

Wait, really? None of the people

[Beskar]

That name though.

[Crandar]

Sweden, beautiful Sweden.

[Greyblades]

They'll let anyone be bishops these days.

...I miss kadagar.

[Montmorency]

Lol, yet more wingnut drivel. The bishop, during a board-meeting with a church's administration in which someone raised the question of how to deal with non-Christians who wanted a place to pray, suggested "leasing" a room in the building as a non-denominational prayer room. This isn't a new concept, unless you're a troglodyte.

...I miss Horetore.

[Crandar]

A certain someone is jealous of Trump.

[HopAlongBunny]

Mexico strikes back:

http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/s...in-mexico.html

Bad hair day?

[spmetla]

...I miss Horetore.

Horetore and Kadagar are gone? Their back and forth was half the reason I visited the backroom.

[Husar]

Horetore and Kadagar are gone? Their back and forth was half the reason I visited the backroom.

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...5-RIP-Horetore

and

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...-%28Goodbye%29

[Papewaio]

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2015-1...n-lake/6987724

"A pair of fishermen have rescued a wombat they found swimming more than 250 metres offshore at a lake in central Tasmania."