Comments on: Just look at this awesome steampunk bananagun. http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 04:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734466 Rich Keller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734466 The link says that it's up to us to decide whether it uses monkeys as ammo or is used against monkeys. Why can't it be both? Hollow-Pointed Tamarins exist in the wild, and I bet they have enough knock-down power to take out a marmoset. The link says that it’s up to us to decide whether it uses monkeys as ammo or is used against monkeys. Why can’t it be both? Hollow-Pointed Tamarins exist in the wild, and I bet they have enough knock-down power to take out a marmoset.

]]> By: Pipenta http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734724 Pipenta Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734724 Roy Comfort, yes, see post #3! Roy Comfort, yes, see post #3!

]]> By: ill lich http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734474 ill lich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734474 Dangerous. Could slip out of your hand too easily. Dangerous. Could slip out of your hand too easily.

]]> By: alowishus http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734475 alowishus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734475 Wheellock bananas are so much more elegant. Wheellock bananas are so much more elegant.

]]> By: Bryson http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734479 Bryson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734479 If it somehow took creative commons photographs in public places, it would be the quintessential BoingBoing object. If it somehow took creative commons photographs in public places, it would be the quintessential BoingBoing object.

]]> By: bitslayer http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734480 bitslayer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734480 <i>Who comes up with this stuff and why?</i> To get posted to Boing-Boing, duh. The more interesting question is why would Cory post something so obviously pandering to his niches. Self parody? Who comes up with this stuff and why?

To get posted to Boing-Boing, duh.

The more interesting question is why would Cory post something so obviously pandering to his niches. Self parody?

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734485 Halloween Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734485 Ape shall not kill ape! Ape shall not kill ape!

]]> By: underground_slacker http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734486 underground_slacker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734486 Man, the amount of things ive seen like this labeled "steampunk", really? a banana musket? Not trying to be an obvious troll being obvious but this one is less steampunk than the article about the "steampunk" sink that was just a rusty pair of copper taps from a while back. I use to think steampunk was some clockwork/ victorian inspired alternate history type stuff, Is something steampunk if it is made of metal now? is my grandfathers knee steampunk?!? These are the questions people/ Man, the amount of things ive seen like this labeled “steampunk”, really? a banana musket? Not trying to be an obvious troll being obvious but this one is less steampunk than the article about the “steampunk” sink that was just a rusty pair of copper taps from a while back.

I use to think steampunk was some clockwork/ victorian inspired alternate history type stuff, Is something steampunk if it is made of metal now?

is my grandfathers knee steampunk?!?

These are the questions people/

]]> By: i_prefer_yeti http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734487 i_prefer_yeti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734487 at last I'll have something to shove phallically into my <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/08/just-look-at-this-aw-9.html#previouspost">banana underwear!</a> at last I’ll have something to shove phallically into my banana underwear!

]]> By: lasttide http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734488 lasttide Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734488 I see your Bananaphone and raise you a Bananagun. A Blananderbuss? I see your Bananaphone and raise you a Bananagun.

A Blananderbuss?

]]> By: siliconsunset http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734746 siliconsunset Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734746 Calm down people, Cory has simply successfully trolled you. If you're going to be upset about something, consider choosing that. Cory: good work, sir. Calm down people, Cory has simply successfully trolled you. If you’re going to be upset about something, consider choosing that.

Cory: good work, sir.

]]> By: Reverend Loki http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734494 Reverend Loki Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734494 I think the only way this could be even more up Cory's alley is if it were Open Sourced, and held by a man cosplaying him by wearing aviator goggles and a red cape. I think the only way this could be even more up Cory’s alley is if it were Open Sourced, and held by a man cosplaying him by wearing aviator goggles and a red cape.

]]> By: Grey Devil http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734495 Grey Devil Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734495 Speaking of Steampunk. Cory i started reading Boneshaker yesterday, I noticed that you're quoted in one of the first pages in the book. it's kicked off fairly slow but i'm liking it so far. Speaking of Steampunk. Cory i started reading Boneshaker yesterday, I noticed that you’re quoted in one of the first pages in the book. it’s kicked off fairly slow but i’m liking it so far.

]]> By: alowishus http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734497 alowishus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734497 Whatever happens, don't let the Banandroid get its yellow hands on this! Whatever happens, don’t let the Banandroid get its yellow hands on this!

]]> By: Fred H http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734756 Fred H Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734756 I just like how it lulls the monkeys into a false sense of security: Hey, its a banana. Alright! Then....BANG! I just like how it lulls the monkeys into a false sense of security: Hey, its a banana. Alright!
Then….BANG!

]]> By: Selkiechick http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734505 Selkiechick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734505 If it shoots monkeys- how do you load them. This gun is defective- clearly it has an insufficient simian magazine. If it shoots monkeys- how do you load them. This gun is defective- clearly it has an insufficient simian magazine.

]]> By: cmuwriter http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734506 cmuwriter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734506 This reminds me of that little known Clint Eastwood movie "Any Which Way But Harry" and that famous line from it. Harry Ape: "I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six monkeys or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a steampunk banana gun, the most powerful steampunk bananagun (that is actually a banana flintlock), in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" Punk: "I gots to know!" Harry Ape: "Well it's actually only a single shot so not only is the gun empty, I actually only shot once earlier. I'm surprised you were not paying attention...nevertheless you're under arrest, citizen." This reminds me of that little known Clint Eastwood movie “Any Which Way But Harry” and that famous line from it.

Harry Ape: “I know what you’re thinking. “Did he fire six monkeys or only five?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a steampunk banana gun, the most powerful steampunk bananagun (that is actually a banana flintlock), in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?”

Punk: “I gots to know!”

Harry Ape: “Well it’s actually only a single shot so not only is the gun empty, I actually only shot once earlier. I’m surprised you were not paying attention…nevertheless you’re under arrest, citizen.”

]]> By: Dewi Morgan http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-735275 Dewi Morgan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-735275 funniest part of the post is the "See also" list. It's HUEG! funniest part of the post is the “See also” list. It’s HUEG!

]]> By: sayeth http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734510 sayeth Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734510 This would be the perfect weapon for Guybrush Threepwood. This would be the perfect weapon for Guybrush Threepwood.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734511 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734511 It has a simian mobile disc launcher It has a simian mobile disc launcher

]]> By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734518 Teresa Nielsen Hayden Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734518 I think someone's written an app that generates comments that say "That's not steampunk, it's just [fill in description from entry headline]." Alowishus, flintlocks and wheellocks both work for me, and the low muzzle velocity makes it an appropriate gun for indoor social confrontations. I think someone’s written an app that generates comments that say “That’s not steampunk, it’s just [fill in description from entry headline].”

Alowishus, flintlocks and wheellocks both work for me, and the low muzzle velocity makes it an appropriate gun for indoor social confrontations.

]]> By: salsaman http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734521 salsaman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734521 Just look at this exploding banana mask: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0Vw0I-PhcA Then look at the invading Gleek army: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn8eLbu_ugc Just look at this exploding banana mask:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0Vw0I-PhcA
Then look at the invading Gleek army:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn8eLbu_ugc

]]> By: Jaan http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-735035 Jaan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-735035 I must be missing something...is it "hip" now to call pretty much everything mechanical steampunk? Gosh I feel old. Am I steampunk now? I must be missing something…is it “hip” now to call pretty much everything mechanical steampunk? Gosh I feel old. Am I steampunk now?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734524 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734524 It's only a matter of time before we see girls playing home-made steam-punk Ukuleles in banana suits while singing a song about daleks and unicorns based on a theory by robert anton wilson in order to protest secret copyright treaties, the DMCA, the TSA, and DRM, and to promote Cory's podcast where he reads an excerpt from Big Brother in the UK, simulcast to transgendered psychedelic maker librarians and artists in San Francisco and Disneyland. It’s only a matter of time before we see girls playing home-made steam-punk Ukuleles in banana suits while singing a song about daleks and unicorns based on a theory by robert anton wilson in order to protest secret copyright treaties, the DMCA, the TSA, and DRM, and to promote Cory’s podcast where he reads an excerpt from Big Brother in the UK, simulcast to transgendered psychedelic maker librarians and artists in San Francisco and Disneyland.

]]> By: Wordguy http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734528 Wordguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734528 "What? I can't hear you Bert; I've got an awesome steampunk bananagun in my ear." “What? I can’t hear you Bert; I’ve got an awesome steampunk bananagun in my ear.”

]]> By: the Other michael http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-735042 the Other michael Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-735042 >How is Cory ever going to top this? A DIY WiFi steampunk banana-gun that has been banned from taking photos in Akihabara by anti-Darwinist cosplayers. >How is Cory ever going to top this?

A DIY WiFi steampunk banana-gun that has been banned from taking photos in Akihabara by anti-Darwinist cosplayers.

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734534 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734534 Also: ring ring ring ring ring ring ring BANANAGUN Also:

ring ring ring ring ring ring ring BANANAGUN

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734537 Talia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734537 *shakes a fist!* by two minutes! but I think you meant bang bang bang bang bang bang bang. :) *shakes a fist!* by two minutes!

but I think you meant bang bang bang bang bang bang bang. :)

]]> By: ChibiR http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734547 ChibiR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734547 I first read the "Just look at it." in my RSS reader before the image had loaded (and without checking the headline), which resulted in "Wait, is that one of these crazy banana posts again? What will it-[image loads]-*FACEPALM*" I first read the “Just look at it.” in my RSS reader before the image had loaded (and without checking the headline), which resulted in “Wait, is that one of these crazy banana posts again? What will it-[image loads]-*FACEPALM*”

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/03/12/just-look-at-this-aw-10.html#comment-734565 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-734565 <i>The more interesting question is why would Cory post something so obviously pandering to his niches</i> You expect him to call you up and grill you about your interests so he can blog about them? The more interesting question is why would Cory post something so obviously pandering to his niches

You expect him to call you up and grill you about your interests so he can blog about them?

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